Mike777 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I have just installed Affinity Photo but find no icon to import from a printer scan. Having used various versions of PhotoPlus to do this very successfully I am baffled by the apparent lack of such a facility on Affinity Photo, or have I missed something? Help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Mike777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Are you using Mac or Windows? Apparently Windows doesn't scan inside Affinity products. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike777 Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 Hi Old Bruce, Thanks for your response. In this case I'm using a Dell Windows 10 PC. Seems I've bought a pup as the only thing I wanted it for was the function I described. Seems I shall have to use my iPad and taken a photo of the documents and email them. Ah well, we live and learn. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakdoc Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I highligted this omission sometime ago when testing the beta version. I use Windows 10 and have a Canon all in one printer MG7750 I had hoped there would be an import from scanner facility similar to your Page Plus,Photo Plus, Drawplus and webplus series! After watching your launch last night I downloaded Publisher and could not find the ' import from scanner tool'. This a vital utility I use it to scan documents, photos etc It seems that I am going to have to continue using Page Plus 9 until an upgrade is launched. Or hopefully, in my haste I might have missed something and if so please please let me know where to find the tool. The launch was terrific and enticed me to buy other products. Kind regards Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmrecs01 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 @bakdoc @Mike777 If you do a search in the forum you will find a number of posts similar to yours, about scanner support in the Affinity suite of products. As I understand it, because Affinity is 64 bit only and there is an almost complete lack in Windows itself of suitable 64 bit scanner drivers, it is just not possible for Affinity to include such a facility. The usual advice is to use the software supplied with your scanner to create the scans (in a suitable format) and then open them in the Affinity product of your choice. That is certainly what I do. Jeff Quote Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 18.1.1) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike777 Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) Hello Jeff, Many thanks, most useful. My printer is a Canon MG7150 so I shall have a go at that. Cheers, Mike Edited June 20, 2019 by Mike777 Make of printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakdoc Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Many thanks, Jeff I never thought about using the canon software I will have a play with it thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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