HELP!!! ibook and canon LiDE 30 scanner

[macvixn]

So I got the Canoscan LiDE 30 for my ibook running OS X 10.2.2.....the guy at the mac store told me that all i needed was to download a driver from the canon site and that it would work with 10.2. I downloaded both drivers, the toolbox and the scan gear....and it doesnt work. am i missing something here? do i HAVE to have photoshop 7 for it to work?? (for anyone scanner shopping i would recommend an epson over a canon...much easier to work!!) it is ridiculous to think that i have to buy $600 worth of software to get a $99 scanner to work!! Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!!

 

[bousozoku]

You don't need Photoshop to use the scanner, but I'm not sure why the drivers aren't working properly. Of course, check the Canon website. They just released the scan gear. I would expect new drivers shortly.