Did you get Adobe’s latest Photoshop CS4 and then try import an image from your scanner? If you are on Mac OS X you might notice that your printer no longer shows up on the Import menu. The reason: you need to install the now-optional plugin. (Optional? Really?)
Quoting from Adobe’s web site:
The TWAIN plug-in is optional only for Mac OS (and available for download here). On 32-bit versions of Windows, Photoshop installs the TWAIN plug-in automatically. 64-bit versions of Windows do not support the TWAIN plug-in.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-790aa.html
In fact, CS4 now makes several other plugins optional too:
- Bigger Tiles
- Picture Package (ContactSheetII)
- ExtractPlus
- PatternMaker
- PhotomergeUI
- TWAIN
- Web Photo Gallery (WebContactSheetII) plus presets
- Textures for Texturizer
- script for Layer Comps to Web Photo Gallery
Install the Mac plugin and you’ll get your scanner back:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4047