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Scanning with Gimp on Windows 11
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Can I scan from Gimp on Windows 11 using a Plustek Opticfilm 8100? I see there is a plugin called twain.exe in the plugins folder but Ceate> Camera/Scanner only offers the WIA interface. If I select it nothing happens. I am totally unfamiliar with Windows, being a lifelong Linux user.
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(4 hours ago)andrewld Wrote: Can I scan from Gimp on Windows 11 using a Plustek Opticfilm 8100? I see there is a plugin called twain.exe in the plugins folder but Ceate> Camera/Scanner only offers the WIA interface. If I select it nothing happens. I am totally unfamiliar with Windows, being a lifelong Linux user.

Unfortunately, we had to drop 32bit TWAIN support after GIMP 3.2.0, so that would be the last version that supports it: https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v3.2/windows/

We use MSYS2 for Windows packages when building, and they're dropping support for 32bit versions which our TWAIN plug-in relied on. If someone finds a way around that, we're happy to include that plug-in again - but for now, all we can support is WIA.
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2 hours ago (This post was last modified: 2 hours ago by rich2005.)
I am also a linux user so these are just from searches and you have probably already done that.

Since you are using Gimp 2.10 you need a TWAIN installation that typically comes with the scanner. (..and memories of using Windows )

Windows 11 no longer supports TWAIN https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...patibility

..but you might be able to use it: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...plications

I doubt if any of that works.

https://plustek.com/eu/products/film-pho...upport.php

Does the scanner come with Silverfast ? Even the SE version would do.
https://plustek.com/eu/products/film-pho...upport.php
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(2 hours ago)CmykStudent_ Wrote:
(4 hours ago)andrewld Wrote: Can I scan from Gimp on Windows 11 using a Plustek Opticfilm 8100? I see there is a plugin called twain.exe in the plugins folder but Ceate> Camera/Scanner only offers the WIA interface. If I select it nothing happens. I am totally unfamiliar with Windows, being a lifelong Linux user.

Unfortunately, we had to drop 32bit TWAIN support after GIMP 3.2.0, so that would be the last version that supports it: https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v3.2/windows/

We use MSYS2 for Windows packages when building, and they're dropping support for 32bit versions which our TWAIN plug-in relied on. If someone finds a way around that, we're happy to include that plug-in again - but for now, all we can support is WIA.

My Windows 11 is 64bit, in case that changes anything. And as I say, the twain plug-in is present.
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