Plusteck 7200i & Mavericks

[gbealnz]

A quick MayDay here from someone who has just bought a used Plusteck 7200i, and has Mavericks on his desktop. What do I do to get it all running.
Part of the problem is that the bundled software is way out of date, it is V6.5. It has also been registered, so a simple update is not happening right now.
I've written to LaserSoft Imaging and will see what they say, but thought I'd ask the knowledge base here as well. A search pulled up nothing, but I can't be the only one who has come across this.
Any help appreciated.
Gary

 

[Addy101]

"Maverick on his desktop" means Apple, doesn't it? AFAIK there is no support from Plustek/Lasersoft for the 7200i on OS X. Your best bet is Vuescan.

 

[V-12]

Even if it was possible to run the 7200 if the Silverfast software has been registered that may still cause a problem because it is an integral part of installing the Plustek drivers. After installing it you can ignore it and run Vuescan, even un-install Silverfast, but you can't download the drivers without Silverfast.


V

 

[Addy101]

But there is no Silverfast OS X software for this scanner 'cause there are no drivers.
And you can download Windowsdrivers from the Plustek website, but no OS X drivers.

 

[Merlijn53]

Even if it was possible to run the 7200 if the Silverfast software has been registered that may still cause a problem because it is an integral part of installing the Plustek drivers. After installing it you can ignore it and run Vuescan, even un-install Silverfast, but you can't download the drivers without Silverfast.


V

With vuescan you don't need t download any drivers I suppose.
Frank

 

[gbealnz]

A bit of an update, I've all but given up.
It does work, with the bundled SilverFast software, but only on a borrowed Windows machine. I am all Mac, so it isn't going to work for me.
SilverFast, and Vuescan work on a Mac, but there are no 7200i drivers for Mac, so it isn't going to happen for me.
An expensive lesson on my behalf.
Thanks for all your help team.
Gary

 

[willie_901]

This is exactly what I did with Mavericks... and it works. I did removed Silverfaast (never opened it!0 with no consequence.

The last time I checked VueScan did not provide drivers for Plustek scanners.

Even if it was possible to run the 7200 if the Silverfast software has been registered that may still cause a problem because it is an integral part of installing the Plustek drivers. After installing it you can ignore it and run Vuescan, even un-install Silverfast, but you can't download the drivers without Silverfast.


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[Tejasican]

If you need to use the scanner, couldn't you use a windows instance with virtualbox and then edit as usual on the mac after scanning?

 

[Wardor]

I can confirm that briefly installing silverfast to use the drivers works, but you may in fact need a newer version of silverfast to do so. I am using a plustek 8200 with Vuescan and Mavericks, and I have no problem. I do recall that my plustek scanner came with a newer version of Silverfast, version 8 or higher if I recall correctly. Maybe worth tracking down a newer version?

 

[gbealnz]

Thanks to all that assisted here. A great forum for help like this.
In the end it got too difficult, I simply sold it off to a Windows user, and will go to "Plan B".
Gary

 

[willie_901]

Other Mac owners may be interested to learn the most recent versions of VueScan (9.4.53) and Yosemite (OS X 10.10.1) operate the Plustek scanner after an upgrade from Mavericks.

Of course the Silverfast drivers had been installed with Mavericks as described above.