3 Replies Latest reply: Oct 22, 2011 5:52 AM by CatzCradle64 RSS

    How to Remove TWAIN from CS3?

    CatzCradle64 Community Member

      Hello,

       

      I recently moved my scanner from my new computer to my old computer due to my family getting newer laser printer installed. Although when I tried scaning a few things into Photoshop using WIA, everything was normal at first, however after a few times a TWAIN loading bar started showing up after the WIA progress bar was done. I find this incredibly annoying since I have scanned a lot of things with this printer and with Photoshop before, but never had a TWAIN progress bar appear. And it makes my already incredibly slow computer even more slow.

       

      Is there a way to remove TWAIN? Or at least this step? What would happen if I did remove this step?

        • 1. Re: How to Remove TWAIN from CS3?
          Mylenium CommunityMVP

          Well, chances are that if you remove TWAIN, nothing will work. In any case, it's merely a driver thing specific to your printer/ scanner and points to a configuration error. If you are feeling adventurous, delete the driver in Windows\System32\Twain and reinstall from scratch and also check your device manager for USB ports and the actual printer device, otehrwise check the driver settings. Such stuff usualyl relates to simplified vs. advanced modes for scan settings.

           

          Mylenium

          • 2. Re: How to Remove TWAIN from CS3?
            MTSTUNER Community Member

            Maybe you could just disable the Twain plug-in in photoshop if wia works good for you.

             

            You can do that by going to the cs3 plug-ins folder under import-export and putting a tilde (~) symbol at the front of

            the name.

             

            The path for the plug-in is either: (whether you have a 64 bit system or not)

             

            C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Plug-Ins\Import-Export

             

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            C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Plug-Ins\Import-Export

             

             

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            MTSTUNER

            • 3. Re: How to Remove TWAIN from CS3?
              CatzCradle64 Community Member

              Thanks a lot Mylenium and MTSTUNER for your help!

               

              When I tried disabling TWAIN first, a Wizard popped up asking me how I wanted to do my printing, and it work fine. But after the first time, even though the Wizard and scanning progress bar still popped up, the image didn't show up in Photoshop.

               

              *sigh* I guess there's just no other choice than tolerate TWAIN for now, at least it only shows up for colour pages.xP

               

               

              Thanks again to both for your advice and help!~