We had 5 of those old Canon monsters. We couldn't get repair parts for 
them, couldn't upgrade the computers because of the driver limitation, 
and finally bit the bullet, as it were, and replaced 'em. We purchased 2 
ScanPro 2000s, and hooked 'em up to a couple of Dell 780s. We're still 
running XP on those computers, but they will work with Win7 when we get 
ready to upgrade. These ScanPros are fantastic. They read film, fiche, 
micro-opaque cards, all on the computer screen. They can help clean up 
old scratched microfilm, you can crop, you can save output to PDF rather 
than print, they are environmentally friendly. Those 2 ScanPros are 
currently doing the work of those 5 Canons, 4 microfiche readers, 2 
micro-opaque readers and about 20 Dukane hand-cranked microfilm readers, 
I could go on and on... check out this site:
http://www.e-imagedata.com/

We were able to almost completely clean out our microtext equipment, and 
re-purpose that area as a Digital Media Studio.
hth,
David


On 01/26/2011 11:58 AM, Steven Espinoza wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am starting with this list but if anyone thinks another list might 
> be better suited to ask this question, please let me know. Thank you.
>
> We have 4 Canon Microform reader/scanners (work with both fiche and 
> film). Models are MS300 and an MS350.
>
> They are going on 5 years old and are attached via SCSI to PC’s 
> running Windows XP.
>
> Goal is to move them to Windows 7, however Canon does not/has not 
> AFAIKT come out with Windows 7 drivers.
>
> Is anyone else dealing with this or have dealt with this either by 
> finding a workaround for existing equipment OR you’ve found new 
> Microform reader/scanners for Win 7 that you can recommend?
>
> Thank you.
>
> -Steve
>
> Steven R. Espinoza
>
> Lead Information Technology Consultant
>
> **
>
> *California State University San Marcos*
>
> Kellogg Library - Systems
>
> San Marcos, CA 92096
>
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>
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>
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>

-- 
David Robinson -- Systems Librarian
James E. Walker Library
Middle Tennessee State University