"For this inexperienced user - what else can I do please?" Here is what I have done to keep my CanoScan 8800F working continuously: Find an external hard drive - a drive that you will use (boot from) any time you want to use the CanoScan 8800F. 1. ...
CThomas1, Sorry to hear that you have thrown out your scanner. Today, 26 Mar 2018, I dusted off a CanoScan 8800F. Like you, foundit did not work (is not recognized) by this laptop running Mac OS X 10.12.6. Yes, I agree the support pages at USA...