So you've got an old scanner and want to make it work under Snow Leopard? MacDiddy to the rescue, even if the instructions are slightly incomplete - here go the complete ones:
Prerequisites:
Rosetta must be installed; if it isn't installed already, follow these instructions. Not sure if Rosetta is already installed? Perform the following steps:
- Launch terminal: Applications->Utilities->Terminal
- Type this into the Terminal window:
ls -l /usr/libexec/oah/
and hit enter.
If "translate" shows up you've got Rosetta installed.
Rosetta is installed.
Installation:
- Download and install CanoScan Toolbox (get it from Canon here, or if it isn't available anymore, locally here). Disregard the fact that Canon says it works only up to MacOS 10.4.
- Download and install the LiDE 80 driver (get it from Canon here, or if it isn't available anymore, locally here). Unfortunately the installer doesn't quite do his job, so a couple of files have to copied manually:
- Mount the LiDE driver installation disk image (LiDE80_7252MXEN.dmg) if it isn't still mounted, and navigate to the the "Into Users_shared" folder, where you will find a folder called "CanoScanLiDE80". Copy this folder to your hard disk to Macintosh HD -> Users -> Shared.
- If you are using Photoshop, perform step 5 of Macdiddy's instructions.
- Reboot the machine.
- With the scanner attached, launch the CanoScan Toolbox and scan away.
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