Update/Fix Scanner
& Other Driver Problems

A desktop flatbed scanner is an important peripheral device that is used for digitizing physical prints and images. High speed document scanners are also extensively used these days for document management at offices as well as homes. It is common to find a Canon Scanner or an HP Scanjet, which is a popular range of scanners, on most office desks.

A typical color scanner has to gather and exchange a large amount of visual data with your computer. The scanner software and scanner driver that are usually shipped along with the device are a crucial element, without which, your scanner cannot function.

Early scanners used the large parallel port to connect to your PC. Today, they utilize the USB port with USB 2.0 standards that support high speed of data transfer. In either case, your scanner driver follows a special protocol called TWAIN, which is highly customized to manage photographic and imaging data.

Apart from the color scanner, there are also specialized models of document scanner devices that can scan documents at very high speed. Such scanners have their own set of drivers. Depending on the type of connectivity and the specific model, you need to have the right scanner driver to run your device.

The most common complaint by many document scanner as well as color scanner users is that their device does not get properly installed through the Windows plug-and-play process. The reason for this is fairly simple. If you do not install the scanner driver in advance, Windows installs a default driver, the moment you plug your scanner to your computer.

The Windows default driver does not work most of the time. If you try and install the actual shipped driver after plugging in the scanner, driver conflicts arise and render your scanner useless.  Hours of productivity can be lost in the search and repair process to get the scanner driver error fixed.

Manually

You can follow these steps below to attempt and fix scanner driver errors yourself:

1. Ensure that the scanner is unplugged from your computer.

2. In case it was plugged in before, click Start > select Run > type devmgmt.msc and press Enter to open the Device Manager window. Here, if you find any installed scanner driver, right-click on it, and select Uninstall to remove it from the system.

3. Restart your system, and install the authentic scanner driver available on the CD shipped with your scanner. You may also download the latest driver provided in the manufacturer's website.

Repairing a faulty scanner driver, and getting your document management process back in action, can prove to be an elaborate task. You also stand at a risk of deleting the wrong drivers of other devices functioning properly in your computer.

Update Scanner Drivers the Easier Way

Automatically

An easier way would be to use readily available Driver Update Tools offered by various software vendors. Such tools have access to thousands of device manufacturers that enables them to provide all updates for millions of device drivers through a single channel.

These tools enable you to update the drivers of almost all the devices on your system and help you download and install the latest versions for each of them, with ease and automatically.

Why not take advantage of the tool by following the 3 simple steps to scan and update your scanner driver?

1. Download Scanner Drivers Update Tool

2. Scan Your Computer

3. Click the Button to Update

The tool is so easy to use and it’s 100% worry-free.  In 2 minutes or less, you will have a perfectly functioning scanner to scan and store vital information for you and for your business. You will also enjoy a much more stable and optimal computer than ever before.

Uninstall Instructions:  You may leave the Drivers Update Tool on your computer to update your device drivers at scheduled time.  Or you may uninstall the program by going to Control Panel, click on Remove programs.  The program will be uninstalled just like that.