Dell A940 all in one?

Hi all, i've been trying in vain to get a older Dell A940 all-in-one
printer to work with my new home built Vista 64 system. I had no problem
getting the printing to work. But i can't get the scanner to work. I was
curious if anyone here used this printer/scanner and how to get scanning
again.
Pushing the scan button on the actual A940 does nothing. This trusty
printer worked perfectly on XP and i wasn't quite ready to buy a new one
yet.


Edit: I figured out that Windows Fax and Scan works perfectly as a
substitute for the software that came with the printer in '03. Hope this
helps someone else. Thanks. :-)


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cwatson71

"cwatson71" <cwatson71.34e2o2@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi all, i've been trying in vain to get a older Dell A940 all-in-one
> printer to work with my new home built Vista 64 system. I had no problem
> getting the printing to work. But i can't get the scanner to work. I was
> curious if anyone here used this printer/scanner and how to get scanning
> again.
> Pushing the scan button on the actual A940 does nothing. This trusty
> printer worked perfectly on XP and i wasn't quite ready to buy a new one
> yet.
>
>
> Edit: I figured out that Windows Fax and Scan works perfectly as a
> substitute for the software that came with the printer in '03. Hope this
> helps someone else. Thanks. :-)
>
>
> --
> cwatson71

Is the A940 fully supported under Vista? Check on the Dell Support website
to find out.

I'm not sure Kevin, but i got scanning working using Vista's built in
Windows Scan and Fax. The printing drivers Vista found worked great from
the get go. This huge boat of a printer still works so i saw no need to
buy a new one just yet.


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cwatson71

According to the Dell website at
http://support.dell.com/support/down...atid=&imp id=,
they do not support the A940 on 64 bit Vista, only on the 32 bit.
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Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"cwatson71" <cwatson71.34e2o2@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi all, i've been trying in vain to get a older Dell A940 all-in-one
> printer to work with my new home built Vista 64 system. I had no problem
> getting the printing to work. But i can't get the scanner to work. I was
> curious if anyone here used this printer/scanner and how to get scanning
> again.
> Pushing the scan button on the actual A940 does nothing. This trusty
> printer worked perfectly on XP and i wasn't quite ready to buy a new one
> yet.
>
>
> Edit: I figured out that Windows Fax and Scan works perfectly as a
> substitute for the software that came with the printer in '03. Hope this
> helps someone else. Thanks. :-)
>
>
> --
> cwatson71