Canoscan 9000F MKII Autoscan button not working

[Danker]

Hi,

Couple of days ago I bought a new Canoscan 9000F MKII. My OS is Windows 10 Pro. After set up, I started scanning and the auto button scanned the photo, and thereafter the My Image Garden popped up. So far so good. But this morning the auto scan button just didn't do anything.

Why, and how to resolve the problem?

Thanks and regards,

Danker

[BillS]

Hi Danker,

Let's test the hardware by initiating a scan from the computer.

1. Press the Windows Search button in the lower left of your screen.

2. Type "IJ Scan Utility" in the search box.

3. Open IJ Scan Utility.

4. Place your original.

5. Press the "ScanGear" button.

6. Press "Preview."

7. If you are happy with the image, press "Scan" to complete the operation.

Are you able to acquire an image?

[Danker]

Hello Bill,

All 7 steps done, and I was able to get an image. Isn't this what in fact thr autoscan button should do (but doesn't)?

[Patrick]

Hi Danker,

If you press one of the PDF buttons on your scanner, are you able to scan?

[Danker]

Hi Patrick,

No, none of the buttons work, except that it triggers the foloowing as in screenshot. Pressing OK for any of the options doesn't do a thing

[BillS]

Hi Danker,

From that screenshot, it looks like there are at least two imaging programs installed on the computer.  When the Auto button on the scanner is pressed, the computer recognizes that a button has been pressed but needs further direction what to do with it.  This doesn't happen when scanning from the computer, because the appropriate program is already open.  Re-installing the drivers may associate the button-press with the correct program.

1. Click HERE.

2. Scroll down to "Optional Drivers."

3. Click “Select” next to "9000F Mark II Scanner Driver Ver. 1.01."

4. Press "Download."

5. Open and run the file.

6. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

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[Danker]

Hi Bill,

OK. Did what you suggested. Driver installed. Didn't make a difference.

I then uninstalled the program, cleaned up the registry, rebooted and reinstalled it. Now the autobuttons work again, but for how long? After I first purcfhased the scanner and installed the program, the auto buttons worked, then at a sudden not anymore.

This time I didn't install the image garden (I have 2 other Canon printers, Canon MG 4200 as my main printer and Canon 3600 for office use - the MG 3600 also came with image garden, an utility I never use.

The other photo software I have is ACDSEE ultimate 2018 (you see that in the screenshot I attached).

For now, all is fine again. We'll have to see whether or not the autro buttons stop working at some timed in the future.

Best,

Danker

[Michael]

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[MichaelW62]

Hi,

I had the same problem when I had removed the USB cable and (probably) connected it again to a different USB outlet.

I solved the problem by going to the Device Manager (through settings in Win10) -> Properties and then there was a flap called "Events". There I had the option to specify what should happen when I press each button. The setting I had was "Prompt for which program to run" and I changed that to "Start this program:" followed by the scanner application ("MP Navigator" in my case). I had to repeat the process once for each button. After that it worked for me.

Hope that helps

[thorenj · Accepted solution]

MichaelW62 had the solution which worked for me, though I would phrase the directions differently. 

- Go to "control panel", then "devices and printers"

- opposite-click on the scanner then select "SCAN PROPERTIES" from the drop-down menu ( vs. general "properties")

- click the "events" tab

- in the "actions" section, select "MP Navigator" from the list of program options

- repeat for each "event"

Cheers.