Scanner won't run on Windows 11

Anonymous
2021-12-03T18:31:28+00:00

I have an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner that I can't get to run on Windows 11. I did an install with the disk that came with the scanner, then downloaded the latest driver update from Epson, but when I try to run it, I get a message saying "Can't communicate with scanner." Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I really need to use this scanner.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-08T21:29:27+00:00

    It is for Epson Scan which Epson has refused to update for legacy scanners like the V500 Photo.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-08T16:48:38+00:00

    Your comment "you have to use a hack to get the preview window to appear"... is this in vuescan on Win 11 or is it other some other scanning software on Win 11?

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-26T03:21:24+00:00

    I bought vuescan and it works but not well compared epsonscan. I have gone back to Windows 10 at least temporarily where Epsonscan latest driver works. It will work on Windows 11 too but you have to use a hack to get the preview window to appear. This scanner was built to last forever and a replacement with similar functionality is very expensive. I'll bet there are thousands, maybe millions of V500s out there still in use. There is not excuse for Epson not updating the driver software for this scanner.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-25T21:56:39+00:00

    It seems my Epson scanner issue has been fixed after Windows 11 22H2 upgrade.

    MS broke invisible Alt+tab, but at least the scanner works fine now.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-04T11:30:27+00:00

    What worked for me:

    if the computer was on before turning scanner on

    -Turn on scanner

    -rebooted the computer

    Since then,

    Made recommended changes (can't recall exactly, w?? Comes to mind). Now, all relatively normal.

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