DELL All-In-One Printer Will Scan, But Can't Save The Scan
I have a DIMENSION 3100C, running Windows XP, with a Dell All-In-One Photo Printer 964. I used to be able to scan documents with it using the Dell All-In-One Center. Recently it stopped saving scanned documents. The scanner works. I can see a Preview of the scanned document. I set the Productivity Tools to "Scan and save to a PDF format." I select my "Save As" folder, give the document a name and hit SAVE. A DELL SCAN STATUS bar appears and it scans. Next, a PROCESS progress bar should appear and it saves the document. That's how it used to work. Now it stops before the PROCESS Bar appears. The Dell All-In-One Center disappears. I can scan documents using ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint Plus software, but it takes longer than the Dell All-In-One Center. What am I missing? My computer knowledge is medium - just enough to be dangerous to myself and the computer. Thanks for any suggestions.
Technical devices can seem complex initially; once we master them it’s a cake walk. I will assist and guide you to get to resolution.
There are a set of Services which has to be started. These are required by the printer to scan the documents from the computer.
Perform the steps below and ensure that the services required are started:
Press the “Windows + R” to launch the run window.
Type “Services.msc” in the run window and hit the Enter key.
Right click each service mentioned below, click properties. Set the startup type as “Automatic” from the drop down menu and click “Start”. Please click “Apply” to save the changes.
The services to be enabled are:
Human Interface Devices (HID).
Printer Spooler.
RPC (Remote Procedure Call).
RPC Locator (Remote Procedure Call Locator).
Windows image acquisition (WIA).
Windows Installer.
After starting the services, restart the computer and try to print from the computer. If the problem still persists uninstall the printer drivers from the computer.
Follow the steps to uninstall the printer drivers from the computer:
Click “Start”.
Select “Control Panel”.
Select “Add or Remove Program” (for windows xp operating system).
Select the printer model Dell 926 and uninstall it
Restart the computer for saving the changes.
These steps will uninstall the printer drivers.
Insert the printer driver’s cd for an Dell 964 printer and install the drivers in the computer.
If the cd is unavailable use the following steps to download the printer drivers.
NOTE: Please do not connect the printer using the USB cable to the computer prior to installing the drivers. Please choose the right operating system from the list under operating system.
Please copy the above mentioned link, paste it in the address bar of the new internet explorer window.
Select the operating system of your computer from the list.
Save the file to the desktop.
Double-Click the downloaded file.
Click “Yes”, when the utility prompts to extract the files.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
Connect the printer using the USB cable when prompted.
Try Scanning the document from the computer and reply with results.
It will only Save the scan to the Desktop. If I try to Save to another folder such as My Documents/Gary Coleman/Personal/Medical History, it will not Save the PDF document.
If I scan and save using only ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint Plus software, I can Save the PDF to the Medical History folder. But I have to go through many more steps.
The Dell 964 was scanning and saving to the Medical History folder fine last week.
This thread has been locked due to inactivity.For assistance,with same issue or a different issue,please click New Post on the top right to start a New Thread.
shesagordie
12 Elder
•
46017 Posts
2253
0
Posted September 15th, 2012 21:00
ColemanCreative
The best forum to post this in, is the Peripherals/Printers Forum, I am moving the thread to it.
Bev.