64-Bit Driver for EPSON Perfection 1650 Photo Scanner

[Turtles50]

Help, I just moved over from myXP system to a new Vista 64-bit system and I have an Epson Perfection 1650 Photo Scanner that I cannot get to work AT ALL with this new system. Does anyone know if they have one out yet for 64-bit Vista? I've checked Epson's web site with no luck. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I use this scanner all the time for photos and negatives. Thanks

[synesthesiac]

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Originally Posted by Turtles50

Help, I just moved over from myXP system to a new Vista 64-bit system and I have an Epson Perfection 1650 Photo Scanner that I cannot get to work AT ALL with this new system. Does anyone know if they have one out yet for 64-bit Vista? I've checked Epson's web site with no luck. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I use this scanner all the time for photos and negatives. Thanks

I am dealing with the same problem only I have the epson perfection 1660
I spoke with them on the phone regarding getting new drivers and was just told that my scanner was not supported. I then emailed them to find out if my scanner will ever be supported by the windows vista 64 bit system
and am awaiting there reply. It may be a good idea to do the same thing.
have a great day

[tng1701d]

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Originally Posted by synesthesiac

I am dealing with the same problem only I have the epson perfection 1660
I spoke with them on the phone regarding getting new drivers and was just told that my scanner was not supported. I then emailed them to find out if my scanner will ever be supported by the windows vista 64 bit system
and am awaiting there reply. It may be a good idea to do the same thing.
have a great day

Hi Synesthesiac,
I had the same problem today. There is no driver for this scanner for Windows Vista 64Bit. So you can't install the scanner with this system.
So I created a virtual machine with Microsoft Virtual PC (free). I had to do this with my old XP-Computer, because Microsoft Virtual PC doesn't support Vista 64 Bit. Than i copied this virtual machine on the new computer an started it with vmware player (free).
Than i installed the scanner software and it works!
Greetings from tng1701d

[synesthesiac]

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Originally Posted by tng1701d

Hi Synesthesiac,
I had the same problem today. There is no driver for this scanner for Windows Vista 64Bit. So you can't install the scanner with this system.
So I created a virtual machine with Microsoft Virtual PC (free). I had to do this with my old XP-Computer, because Microsoft Virtual PC doesn't support Vista 64 Bit. Than i copied this virtual machine on the new computer an started it with vmware player (free).
Than i installed the scanner software and it works!
Greetings from tng1701d

Thank you so much. You saved me from buying another scanner and I love the epson 1660 its worked well while I've owned it. Have a great day.
Synesthesiac

[R2-2k10]

Another option would be to use a program called VueScan. It is not free but Epson recommends it as it is able to install a driver for 64bit editions of Vista & Windows 7

VueScan Scanner Software for Windows 7, Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) and Linux

Robert from Blitware.

[geeksalive]

A possible free 64-bit scanner driver for the Epson Perfection 1650 scanner is mentioned here:
PlanetAMD64 > EPSON Perfection 1650 Vista x64 Driver is now available!

I've not tried it yet. The download package is in the form of a .rar file instead of the more common .zip file, but there are many free tools for unpacking .rar files (I use ZipGenius).

Dave

[Does]

Yes! Fantastic. Finally a driver that works for my 1650 scanner on vista 64 bit. Thank a lot! I have been searching all day and nothing else seemed to work. I tried the xp compatible installation of de epson 32 bit xp version, to no avail. But this driver works for me.
I hope it works for others too.

Thanks again.