20 Most Recent Nikon Coolscan III Film Scanner Questions & Answers

I had the same problem. You must remove the cover on the scanner. The reading unit shuld be moving on two metalleaders. It was the oil on them that was dry so i had some oil on and helpt it moving with my finger. Now its working again!

Good luck! Bjarne

Hi.

There is no support or driver available for this scanner. The scanner is SCSI and does not need a driver in order to work.Nikon never manufactured or distributed Windows drivers, they discontinued distribution of manual and old controlling software. Here the minimal support page.

To have the scanner working in XP you need to install ASPI driver, then manually install drivers using file NkScnXP.inf, held in hidden folder INF/LS2000/WinXP.
Pretty much the same with Win 7, you may have to use compatibility mode with 7.

You will still need a SCSI card to connect the Centronic 50 Pin cable to scanner and to manage the scanner. This kind of devices may give a lot of headaches with newer systems.

To install files, refer to the discussion below.

Windows XP Nikon Coolscan III

If your macbook doesn't have the correct SCSI card (SCSI II - d-sub mini 50 pin x2 connector) installed, you aren't going to be able to do this. You will need to find this SCSI card and install it in a computer that will accept it.

Rich

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Try a good scanner program called vuescan. Much better than Nikon software. I have been using on XP for a long time and no problems

I know some devices may not work properly or will not work period if your running a 64 Bit processor. I would recommend to contact the manufacture of your scanner & verify this. Possibly they may have 64bit drivers. Hope this was any help to you.

hi, please find enclosed a link showing nikon scan compatibility with different operating systems if you are using xp 64 bit or 32bit the table is showing that your version of nikon scan is not compatible http://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nikoneurope_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=7894&p_created=1068557916&p_sid=LeP*VyJi&p_accessibility=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTAmcF9wcm9kcz0yNSwzMSZwX2NhdHM9MjQxLDE3OSZwX3B2PTIuMzEmcF9jdj0yLjE3OSZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1 hope this helps

turn on the screen and push record.. the red botten on the back.. but you have to use the screen.. you can not film by using veiw finder