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A 920 AIO Printer and Vista
Why would anyone recommend Vista to me if it is so much trouble!!!!! I have been using my A920 printer and scanner (mostly for photos) for years. Now that I have purchased a system with Vista, it prints but won't scan. The AIO program dropdown doesn't give me any options to do anything even though it prints on command from my mouse. Any ideas that don't require a techno guru to handle. I am scared to death of drivers and the like because I don't want to mess up what is working.
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August 3rd, 2009 15:00
Muhlenberg,
I understand that. Please make sure to make a System Restore Point first, that way if it does not work, system restore will take the computer to the way it is now.
Rick
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August 3rd, 2009 15:00
Thanks for your response. I don't dare do all of this without my friend who understands computers better than I. I can't afford to be without my printer if I should mess up.
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August 3rd, 2009 15:00
Muhlenberg,
Please follow the instructions below and then tell me what happens.
Disconnect your printer.
Download and run this patch to completely remove the printer from your computer. Run the patch, a MUST on Vista machines, until it prompts you to restart your computer.
Restart your computer.
Download the proper drivers.
XP Drivers
Vista 32-bit Drivers
Vista 64-bit drivers
All other drivers
Install the proper drivers. You'll be prompted when to connect your printer(powered on)
As for scanning, if you have the disk that came with the printer, then insert the Printer disk and stop it from running. Go to My Computer and double click on it. Look for the drive with the Dell disk in it. Right click on it, left click explore. Look for the OCR Folder. In the OCR Folder, there is an Abbyy Folder. right click on setup.exe, that's in the Abbyy Folder and left click run as administrator. This will install the OCR program.
Scanning
Scanning using USB connection, open the Dell All-In-One Center, click on scanning and copying and scan from there.
Scanning wirelessly, use the scan buttons on the printer.
Rick
First, let's make sure your computer has the latest Windows Updates, especially .net framework, needed to run many applications and the latest Java.