Photoshop plug-in for HP Printer/Scanner?

[IgnatiusTheKing]

I just bought an HP Photosmart 4480 All in One and wanted to know if anyone knows of a plug-in I can grab for Photoshop. The one the install disc added to PS just opens another program.

[MisterMe]

... The one the install disc added to PS just opens another program.What do you mean? Presumably, the plug-in is a TWAIN plug-in, which should just work in all TWAIN-compatible applications after you install the software. The most recent version of the software (v. 9.7.1) for the HP Photosmart 4480 is available for download on HP's website (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=219&lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&dlc=en&product=3418705). Within Photoshop, select File > Import... to bring up a list of image sources including your HP.

[IgnatiusTheKing]

What do you mean? Presumably, the plug-in is a TWAIN plug-in, which should just work in all TWAIN-compatible applications after you install the software. The most recent version of the software (v. 9.7.1) for the HP Photosmart 4480 is available for download on HP's website (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=219&lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&dlc=en&product=3418705). Within Photoshop, select File > Import... to bring up a list of image sources including your HP.

My old scanner opened up a window within Photoshop where I could set the scan settings, then run the scan. The TWAIN plug-in that installed with the new scanner opens up a separate program when I go to File > Import. I was hoping there was a way to avoid opening the HP Scan Utility (or whatever it's called) when I wanted to scan an image.

[MisterMe]

My old scanner opened up a window within Photoshop where I could set the scan settings, then run the scan. The TWAIN plug-in that installed with the new scanner opens up a separate program when I go to File > Import. I was hoping there was a way to avoid opening the HP Scan Utility (or whatever it's called) when I wanted to scan an image.You should kiss the developers of the TWAIN plug-in for your old scanner full on the lips. They did it the way the way that it should be done. Unfortunately, most TWAIN plug-ins look somewhat like HP's. They have been that way for more than a decade.

In the words of a great American President: "I feel your pain." My Canon scanner also sports a god-awful TWAIN panel for TWAIN-compatible apps--with one marvelous exception. The plug-in for Image Capture looks so much nicer and is ever so much faster. Therefore, I use Image Capture for most of my scanning. I then open my scanned images in my favorite graphics editor. Try Image Capture. You might like it.

[IgnatiusTheKing]

You should kiss the developers of the TWAIN plug-in for your old scanner full on the lips. They did it the way the way that it should be done. Unfortunately, most TWAIN plug-ins look somewhat like HP's. They have been that way for more than a decade.

In the words of a great American President: "I feel your pain." My Canon scanner also sports a god-awful TWAIN panel for TWAIN-compatible apps--with one marvelous exception. The plug-in for Image Capture looks so much nicer and is ever so much faster. Therefore, I use Image Capture for most of my scanning. I then open my scanned images in my favorite graphics editor. Try Image Capture. You might like it.

How unfortunate. Well, I'll give Image Capture a try.

[calebeaton]

Agreed. Manufacturer provided drivers suck. Found this thread because I wanted the slick photoshop plugin approach with my new hp all-in-one.

I'm gonna give SilverFast www.silverfast.com (http://www.silverfast.com) which was a godsend to use with my ancient ScanMaker E6.