Manufacturers of ScannerS:

• Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) • ALi Corp. • Anchor Chips, Inc. • Brother Industries, Ltd • Canon, Inc. • Compaq Computer Corp. • CRS Electronic Co., Ltd • Datalogic S.p.A. • Dell Computer Corp. • Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd • Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd • Genesys Logic, Inc. • Grandtech Semiconductor Corp. • Hewlett-Packard • Hewlett-Packard Company • IBM Corp. • Kodak Co. • Konica Minolta • KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems) • Kyocera Corp. • Lexmark International, Inc. • Microtek International, Inc. • Multivideo Labs, Inc. • Mustek Systems, Inc. • National Semiconductor Corp. • Oki Data Corp. • OmniVision Technologies, Inc. • Panasonic (Matsushita) • Plustek, Inc. • Portable Peripheral Co., Ltd • Primax Electronics, Ltd • Ricoh Co., Ltd • Seiko Epson Corp. • Sharp Corp. • Symbol Technologies • Syscan • Ultima Electronics Corp. • Umax [hex] • Unknown Vendor • Visioneer • Xerox

Device Brief: Scanner

What is a Scanner driver? Scanners transform visual data into digital data. To do this, they use specialized drivers that help mediate the complicated processes needed to digitize words and images.   Problems Associated with Scanners If a scanner's driver gets outdated it won't be able to adequately transport documents into your computer, including text and photos. If the driver becomes corrupted, a scanner won't work at all.