04-18-2013 10:35 AM
Hello,
First of all, I hope I have not put a post in the wrong forum area (this is my post on here) as I could not see a Microfilm Scanner area on the forum.
At our offices we have a Canon Microfilm Scanner MS350 with a SCSI connection and it works beautifully on Windows XP. We are moving to Windows 7 and have successfully managed to get SCSI drivers sorted BUT when we run the installation CD Windows 7 does not want to know (this is what we expected, but you have to hope).
The original CD states that it contains: -
ISIS & Twain Driver for Microfilm Scanner 300/350 v.1.1
Capture Perfect 1.0 Ver 1.053
Is anyone aware of any Windows 7 software for this device as our reseller tells us that it is not possible to get our device to work on Windows 7 and they want us to buy a replacement for about £5,000 which is more than we paid for the MS 350.
Thank you for any replies, even if they contain bad news.
01-07-2014 11:15 AM
Were you able to get a resolution for this?
03-23-2014 05:09 AM - edited 03-23-2014 05:45 AM
Hello,
the following windows 7-drivers are available for Canon MS 350 II:
CapturePerfect v1.063 Patch for MS300II_350II (v1.063)
ISIS & TWAIN Drivers V1.3 for MS300II_350II (Version 1.3)
Perhaps they are also suitable for Canon MS 350.
It also matters which SCSI board you use and if you use Win-7 32 or 64 bit.
Recommended SCSI boards for Canon MS 350 are:
1 Adaptec AHA-2930U
2 Adaptec AHA-2940AU
3 Adaptec ASC-19160
4 Adaptec ASC-29160
Only for SCSI boards no. 3 and 4 drivers for win7-64 bit are available.
Does anyone know if you need SCSI adapters for these boards and
which adapters are suitable?
Thank you for any replies.
04-08-2014 08:41 AM - edited 05-22-2014 08:04 AM
Hello,
Canon MS 350 works under Windows 7.
The instruction:
- PC with Windows 7 32 bit
- SCSI controller Adaptec-AHA-2940 UW
- Windows 7 driver for Adaptec-AHA-2940 UW
- Install ISIS & TWAIN Drivers V1.3 for MS300II_350II (Version 1.3)
- Install CapturePerfect v1.063 Patch for MS300II_350II (v1.063)
- Copy "pafcv2.dll" from Windows XP "CapturePerfect 1.0" folder in new "CapturePerfect 1.0" folder
That's all.
05-17-2014 02:26 PM - edited 05-17-2014 03:42 PM
Thanks for the workaround rauwitt.
Has anyone confirmed whether this will work for the original MS300? I see that the XP driver releases (v1.1 and v1.2) support MS300, MS300II, MS350, and MS350II - but v1.3 only shows the "II" models. Though I suppose if it will work for the MS350, it shouldn't be a problem?
We'll give it a try and see what happens...
Update: I have installed every version of the driver pack (1.1/1.2/1.3) and none of them create a file named pafcv2.dll. Can anyone clarify this?
Update 2: Found the file, it's in the ScanPerfect installation. The older version on the site (1.060) contains the same version of this file as the 1.063 patch, however. Very unclear one what I'm supposed to be doing here, as the instructions in the post above do not seem to be correct.
05-22-2014 08:26 AM
Thanks for your reply.
I corrected the instruction concerning the origin of the "pafcv2.dll".
It is indeed from the Windows XP "CapturePerfect 1.0" folder.
By the way Canon MS 350 Microfilm Scanner is working for 2 month
without any problems.
05-23-2014 11:31 PM - edited 05-23-2014 11:36 PM
OK, I think I get it now. The Vista version of CapturePerfect (v1.063) is labelled as a patch and does not contain the needed .dll file, but the application otherwise appears to function without installing the XP version (v1.060). However, both versions install to the same folder by default, so when I installed them consecutively on my computer the .dll file was already there and remained unchanged after v1.063 was installed. That's why I was confused - the instructions seem to instruct you to copy over an identical file.
So to sum it up: If you install the Vista software over the XP software it should "just work"... Whereas if the XP version was never installed, the needed library file won't exist.
This is still just a guess, as I haven't been out to the site where the scanner is installed yet - I just wanted to figure out what I was doing before I make the trip. And now I might not have to! Thanks rauwitt.
05-26-2014 08:19 AM - edited 05-26-2014 08:20 AM
You can leave out the installation of the XP version (v1.060), but save the file "pafcv2.dll" from it.
Just install the Win 7 version (v1.063) and add the saved dll-file.
06-01-2014 10:15 PM
11-30-2014 09:21 PM
Hi:
Finding this post and the following thread has given us some hope!!
Instead of the MS350, we have a used MS400. In every other way, we have the identical problem and wonder if these workarounds will help us configure the MS400 to work with Win 7.
I am the volunteer tech with a non-profit group known as the Quebec Family History Society (QFHS). We are a genealogical society based in Pointe Claire, Quebec. We have 7 desktops in our library; one of which is currently dedicated to the MS400. We depend on it to view and scan microfilm and fiche. Currently though we are having trouble configuring it to work with Win XP and are not sure whether it might work with Win 7. It has worked with XP in the past, but we just reformatted the hard disk and are in some difficulty.
Like this original post, we can't even consider purchasing a new scanner as it is way beyond our means. I have just subscribed to the Forum and will be making every effort to use your suggestions as well as contact Canon directly to see if they have anything helpful.
I plan to follow up with a little better technical detail letting you know the specific SCSI card/board we currently have installed. I believe that it is the first on the list provided here; the Adaptec AHA-2930 U. It is over 5 years old.
Do you think that we have any chance of migrating to Win 7 with our MS400?
I noticed that contributor "rauwitt" introduced a list of the 4 compatible SCSI boards as well as a list of the steps to configure the MS350 under Windows 7. There appears to be some confusion as to the board as described in the two posts. Is it the AHA-2940 AU or the AHA-2940 UW?
Thanks so much for sharing this thread. I look forward to any advice you can send our way.
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