Comments on: Mac OSX drivers for Windows Scansnap

By: techenvy

techenvy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:24:40 +0000

Try running through Ali’s process in this comment, some steps may have changed since this was originally posted:

http://techenvy.com/hack/mac-osx-drivers-for-windows-scansnap#comment-275

By: csh

csh — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:42:11 +0000

can you kindly expand on step 9: How do I install? I have the 2 downloads each on my desktop, I don’t know which one I was supposed to click but if I click on either one it says it has to perform a check to see if it can be installed, then tells me “Scansnap Manager cannot be installed on this computer
Cannot run the update because the target ScanSnap Manager is not installed.”

I have an S510 and am running Mac OSX 10.7.2

If you can walk me through this you are indeed the man.

By: kklein

kklein — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:40:51 +0000

Another success with the Ali method.

I just bought a brand-new S300M, not realizing it was old stock, and then I was very frustrated to find that it wasn’t recognized even when following the Fujitsu instructions. It is finally working.

COMPUTER: iMac 27″ (2011)
OS: 10.7.2

I followed the Ali process above (although V22L15 is the new intermediary patch). Works perfectly.

I do not understand why that had to be such a hassle.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:46:00 +0000

Thank you for that. I have been running my PC version f5110EOX on my iMac using the Japanese language driver workaround with English subtitles This worked well enough for me for several years. However, this workaround broke when I “upgraded” to OSX 10.6.8 So I tried your more elegant workaround and it works like a charm for me. I link my scans to Devonthink Pro Office and the OCR works fine. Thank you again for going to the trouble of posting the workaround for Mac users.

By: Techenvy

Techenvy — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:44:19 +0000

Hey Jacki, yes you can. Here’s how to run the Mac version of the hardware on a windows machine:
http://techenvy.com/hack/using-a-mac-scansnap-300m-on-a-windows-pc

By: Jacki

Jacki — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:44:03 +0000

Can you do the reverse? I accidently bought a S510M and I have only a PC.

By: Klausz

Klausz — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:04:40 +0000

After having some problems to understand that I had to
- mount the ScanSnap_V30L20.dmg before I was able
- to see the package content and
- changing the installation check file
I managed to install and having the scanner working on OSX 10.7.2. (on a MacPro and a MacBook). (the ScanSnap S300 is working on both PC’s).

Finally I have three installation programs for future installations:
- ScanSnap_V22L11.dmg (its a full program)
- ScanSnap_V22L12.dmg (updates the V22L11)
- ScanSnap_V30L20.pkg (which was modified).

Actually I did not try newer programs, OCR functionality (as I would like to have the option ‘Comment on Acrobat Reader’where I still need the Acrobat Professional (and I can use OCR on acrobat).

Fujutsu is behaving stupid. On the other side I have never has such a good scanner (its already the 2nd one; possibly I have scanned 5000 or even 10000 pages).

Thank you very much !

By: ScanSnap S300 gebruiken op Mac | | Remco TolsmaRemco Tolsma

ScanSnap S300 gebruiken op Mac | | Remco TolsmaRemco Tolsma — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:04:16 +0000

[...] De ScanSnap S300 is in principe bedoeld voor gebruik op een normale PC met Windows. Fujitsu heeft namelijk voor de Mac een speciale versie van de scanner uitgebracht, namelijk de SnapSnap S300M. Ik ben echter vrij recent overgestapt van een PC naar een Mac. Gelukkig heeft Nathaniel Akin hier een oplossing voor gevonden die hij beschrijft in het artikel “Mac OSX drivers for Windows Scansnap” op Tech Envy website. [...]

By: Jaap van den Berg

Jaap van den Berg — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:21:00 +0000

A big thank you indeed TechEnvy. You precedure worked beautifully for me in that I have managed to successfully get a S500 (PC version) working with my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. Two comments:
1. Like an earlier repondent I needed to download and mount ScanSnap_V22L11.dmg before being able to mount the update ScanSnap_V22L12_S510M_S500M_S300M.dmg
2. I also needed to download the Scansnap S1500M manager (http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/computing/peripheral/scanners/software/s1500m-setup.html). The file you suggest (s1500m driver package (currently V30L20W_S1500M.dmg))I could not initially mount and after this it is then not required. As I said after the Installation Check file modification, it worked a treat. Great!!

By: NYCUser

NYCUser — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:54:51 +0000

Worked like a charm for OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with ScanSnap S510. I was originally using another workaround I had found for a couple years, but that broke after a SnowLeopard auto upgrade. I was so happy to find this article, and it seems to work even better than the original workaround. Thanks for posting!!