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Canon don't have a Windows 10 driver for my old MP190. The default Windows one seems OK for the printer, but not for the scanner.
I tried the Windows 8.1 64 bit one as recommended by some on the Microsoft website, but haven't got it to work [url= https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/scanner-for-canon-mp190-not-working-on-windows-10/cacab84b-b807-4dc5-b4fb-16da1bad1169?auth=1 ](Example of Windows community recommendations)[/url].
There seem to be lots of websites offering Windows 10 MP190 drivers, or general scanner drivers, but I'm out of touch with who to trust, and I'm wary of downloading a virus.
Could anyone please recommend a good source?
new scanner?
I wouldn't trust any of those dodgy driver sites, what happens when you try and install the one from W8?
The only tool other that I would trust other than windows update or the official Canon site would be [url= https://sdi-tool.org/ ]Snappy Driver Installer[/url]. However it is a bit of a techie's tool, so the UI leaves a bit to be desired.
You'd need to run it, select to download the indexes, then let it rescan the hardware.
A slightly leftfield approach would be to use Virtualbox to run an older copy of Windows to do your scanning. You'd need a license and media etc though.
retro83
Thanks for your help. I was being dim - I was expecting the .exe file I downloaded from Canon to install the UI as well as the W8.1 driver. I've download the scanner app from Microsoft, and that seems to work OK.
SORTED - THANKS.
Or try VueScan. It includes its own drivers, so you don't need to install them from Canon etc. And its much more useful and a nicer interface than most bundled scanner software.
It says it supports that Canon. https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/canon_mp190.html
I was going to say, my MP160 will only install the printer drivers but Win10 will do the scanning part itself through fax and scan.