Need help to hook up IBM color flatbed scanner

Devices: Canon CanoScan FB330P/FB630P Color Flatbed Scanners

Check pages 22-23 of this copy of your Canon Canoscan 630P Product Guide.

You'll need an "IBM-type" parallel printer cable - with a DB25 on each end, and your computer will also need to have an "IBM-type" DB-25 parallel printer port.

What the Canon Product Guide fails to mention is that this "IBM-type" printer cable is a kluged Centronics parallel printer cable, but became so popular (on older computers - your laptop may not have this port), that it got an IEEE standard: IEEE 1284 (with DB25 connectors on both ends).

You'll need a DB25-to-DB25 M/F cable, meaning DB25 connectors on both ends, with a Male on one end, and a Female on the other end.
The Male DB25 will plug into the Female DB25 connector on your computer/laptop, with the Female DB25 going to the FB630P Color scanner..
Here are some pictures/pricing:
http://www.computercablestore.com/IEEE_1284_Printer_DB25_to_DB25_catID2134.aspx

The nice thing about the design of the Canon FB630P Color Scanner is that the scanner also has a Female DB25 Printer port for an existing parallel printer, so when you connect an FB330P/FB630P to your system, your existing parallel printer is daisy-chained through this port - so you needn't give up you printer (to scan), nor must you install another parallel printer port onto your PCI-bus tower PC to keep your printer.

Canon Canoscan FB330P/FB630P Color Scanner Product Guide (82 pages):
http://canoncanada.custhelp.com/ci/fattach/get/267/

Most modern printers are USB-attached to laptop systems, so you may need an adapter, an example of which is seen here:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=116&sku=16899

This is a PARALLEL scanner and most of the much newer computers don always have these.

You can buy adaptors to install in the computer or USB adaptors that convert it to USB but by the time you have paid for one of those you could buy a new one.

Do a GOOLE search for parralell to USB and that will give you an idea of the cost.

Also do a search for parralel cards to get an idea of that route.

Prices vary from country to country which is why I have not given you any figures

You have a program, Vuescan, that works with most scanners.

Not likely to work reliably if you get it to work.
The parallel port must be set to communicate in both directions. The SUB to Parallel adapter may be a ONE-WAY communications device.

Get a new (or used) Epson scanner or Epson all-in-one ($50) which includes a scanner and printer! Your new computer may not have the proper drivers for your old IBM scanner, anyway. If you purchase an Epson all-in-one, get a "WorkForce" model - that's their latest product line.

i m using color flatbed scanner of acer i m not able to install the mira CD in windows vista home basic what is the solution for this .. the cd given to me is MiraCD 90.S0805.406
driver snapscan e 20 per vista os
instalacion de scanner 5000
I hae a MiraCD 90.s0805.406 -

I also have one of these and they are completely worthless with out the interface card that is ment to come with it :(

To download that, go to http://www.stuffware.co.uk/photostudio
Or download it right now by clicking Photo Studio Version 2.69
There are other files to get it working. You have to download this here at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE
It's theMicrosoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package

Go to the Lenovo website (www.lenovo.com). They bought out the IBM PC business. Search for 0275-011 and it will bring up the download page with drivers and instructions. Direct link is: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4793QC

Might not be, a lot of scanners do not have Vista drivers.
You could consider VueScan from Hamrick.

The driver on the link below is reported to work with this scanner on Windows XP. You will need to register (free) on the site to download: http://www.scanner-drivers.com/drivers/120/120718.htm Please update the question & let us know if the information given was useful to you - Good Luck!