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The TWAIN Working group does not make, provide, or distribute any scanners or drivers. Drivers should be obtained from the manufacturer of the particular scanner or digital camera you are interested in. Below are direct links to manufacturer websites.
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A star next to the company name denotes a TWAIN Member Company.
ACER | Agfa | Avision |
Canon | Epson | Fujitsu |
Genius | Hewlett-Packard | InoTec |
Kodak Alaris | Microtek | Minolta |
Mustek | Nikon | Panasonic |
Plustek USA | Plustek Europe | Ricoh |
Umax | Visioneer |
The following are links to other Web sites that either provide or point to drivers
buzzsoft.com |
driverguide.com |
driverforum.com/scanner |
helpdrivers.com |
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Looking for information pertaining to the most current version of Photoshop? See TWAIN scanner plug-in.
TWAIN is an interface used to import from imaging devices, such as scanners. For more information, see the TWAIN Working Group's website. The Photoshop TWAIN plug-in connects with compatible devices that are installed on your computer.
TWAIN has been the main technology used for scanning in Photoshop for many versions. However, it is not always updated for new operating systems, and therefore may work less reliably than other scanning solutions, such as third-party utilities such as VueScan, the scanner software that comes with your scanner, or other scanning technologies. These third-party utilities are dedicated scanning solutions, and they are more appropriate for critical or high-volume scanning. If you use a third-party scanning application, save your scanned images as TIFF files, then open them into Photoshop.
TWAIN should work for basic scanning needs, but if you experience issues with TWAIN, try one of the other scanning technologies described below.
Note:To use any scanner technology, you need to install a scanner driver. This will probably be installed via your operating system, but you may need to contact your scanner manufacturer, especially for older scanners.
Windows
In Windows, the Photoshop TWAIN plug-in can be used if you run Photoshop CS6 or later in 32-bit mode. TWAIN is not supported in Photoshop when it’s run in 64-bit mode. If you need a scanning solution when you run Photoshop in 64-bit mode, use the WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) interface for your device, if it’s available. WIA is also available for use when running Photoshop in 32-bit mode. Contact your scanner manufacturer for more information.
macOS
In macOS, you can use the TWAIN plug-in to scan when running Photoshop CS6 (Photoshop CS6 and later only runs in 64-bit mode). Not many scanner manufacturers have released 64-bit versions of their scanner drivers, so you may not be able to use TWAIN. Contact your scanner manufacturer for more information.
If your scanner manufacturer does not support scanning in 64-bit mode, or you have issues scanning with TWAIN, you can scan into Photoshop using Apple’s ImageKit technology, which is built in to Photoshop, does not need a plug-in to be installed, and provides access to many scanners.
The TWAIN plug-in is available with the other optional plug-ins for Photoshop CS6 and later:
After you download the appropriate file, double-click the file to decompress it. If you are asked, extract all files.
Windows
Note: For Windows, the downloadable TWAIN plug-in is 32 bit only.
To install the TWAIN plug-in for Windows:
To use TWAIN to scan images into Photoshop:
macOS
When you use TWAIN to import from an imaging device, you may encounter problems like the following:
Try the following solutions:
If the problem persists with the most recent drivers, import your image using another application, such as the Image Capture utility. See macOS Help or contact your device manufacturer for more information.