How to verify if my scanner driver is TWAIN compatible?

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Logan picture Logan · Apr 25, 2012 · Viewed 43.6k times · Source

We have a application which integrates a 3rd party scanning component - Dynam .NET TWAIN. It's working well with my HP scanjet 5700. Recently, we got Cannon LiDE210 but it doesn't work. I finally noticed that our application needs to work with TWAIN compatible drivers.

How can I verify if my scanner driver supports TWAIN? We are going to send the application to other customers. I am looking for a easy way to find out if my clients' scanners support TWAIN.

Thank you.

Answer

John Mccandles picture John Mccandles · Mar 2, 2015

There is a handy tools called TWACKER...Make sure you run it as admin. Choose File->Select Source, and see if your scanner is listed there. If your scanner is listed, it means you are using a TWAIN driver, in which you can have a further scanning with different scanning settings to check your scanner's TWAIN compatibility. Otherwise, you need to find a TWAIN drvier for your scanner.

You can download TWACKER on http://www.twain.org/scannerdriverdevelopers/specification-and-tools.html .

Cheers.

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