CanoScan 9000F and Windows 11

[dpj8197]

Is there any work around to use the Cannon 9000F Scanner with Windows 11?

[Foolth]

What software do you use to clean up the photos you scan? The (trial version of ) VueScan software doesn't do nearly the job of color restoration, dust removal, etc. Photoshop Elements takes too long to process images one at a time.

[barbdyer]

I haven’t started that process yet.  Considering Photoshop but will take your experience under advise.

[Foolth]

I think that the full Photoshop application enables batch processing, with some hefty learning involved, but I'm not sure that Elements does. With MPNavigator, I would set up a scanning profile for a batch of photos based on their fade level, amount of dirt, texture, etc - and then run a whole bunch of scans at once. I'm using the 8.1 driver now with success in windows 11 but realizing that even that, I no longer have the patience for so I may buy a scanner with a feed like the Epson or Plustek.

[Phileshaw]

Did you have any success with drivers and software for the 9000f? I have purchased one but run  windows 11 on most pcs. I could install a win 10 vm or use an old pc - just wondering what your experiments discovered? Thanks.

[Phileshaw]

Or virtual machine?

[kryten79]

I did not try a virtual machine on Win 11 - in theory it should work.  My main purpose for the Canon scanner is family photos at high resolution so they can be edited if needed.  I was not able to get high-res scans in Win 11 with the older drivers.  My solution was to boot up a Windows 10 PC and run the scanner from that and then move the photos across the home network.  

[jrhoffman75]

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@kryten79 wrote:

I did not try a virtual machine on Win 11 - in theory it should work.  My main purpose for the Canon scanner is family photos at high resolution so they can be edited if needed.  I was not able to get high-res scans in Win 11 with the older drivers.  My solution was to boot up a Windows 10 PC and run the scanner from that and then move the photos across the home network.  

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If you need to do this a lot you might want to look into VueScan by Hamrick Software.

[Foolth]

Update: The 8.1 driver has been working fine for me. I also invested in a Plustek to make quicker work of huge piles of photos that didn't need special attention. Photoshop Elements does a fair job of batch processing folders full of faded images. I found that old photos benefitted greatly from the higher resolution detailed processing of the 9000F. 

[LynnD9000]

My solution: Bottom line up front: I used a free trial version of the VueScan driver by Hamrick (www.hamrick.com) to see if the Canoscan 9000f purchased in 2011 was worth keeping. It was and I bought the VueScan driver for $ 24.95.

Details: Like the original poster, I could not find a driver for Windows 11. Tried the Canon driver for Win 10 - no good.  I did not try all the previous version.  Windows Fax and Printer worked for up to 600 dpi.  I wanted to compare the 9000F with my HP printer/scanner which scans at 1200 DPI. Once I had the free trial version of VueScan, it was obvious that the HP's images were very high contrast and were not subtle enough for my art work.  The trial version of VueScan (which leaves a watermark on your image) was enough to convince me that I wanted to keep the 9000F.