# Need TWAIN scanner driver for hp 4345mfp
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-twain-scanner-driver-for-hp-4345mfp/418764
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 11, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-twain-scanner-driver-for-hp-4345mfp/418764 "2007-09-11T10:28:28Z")
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### Author:  [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-twain-scanner-driver-for-hp-4345mfp/418764/1 "2007-09-11T10:28:28Z")
Where can I get one?
Or perhaps confirm what I’m being told… that I can’t use my PC to communicate with our network mfp.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-twain-scanner-driver-for-hp-4345mfp/418764/2 "2007-09-11T10:40:29Z")
If the review on [this](http://www.nextag.com/HP-Laser-JET-4345--zz66080740zB2z2--COMPARE-PRICES-html) page is to be believed, it’s not easily possible.
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> Great copier and printer but beware. Scanning is not TWAIN compatible! This is a major missing feature. Even $99 MFPs have TWAIN compatibility. Does not scan without complex digital sending software purchased seperately. Software is hard to set up and figure out. Scanning does not work out of the box and is integrated with email sending software.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2007, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-twain-scanner-driver-for-hp-4345mfp/418764/3 "2007-09-11T10:46:53Z")
…however… there’s a download of the ‘printing system’ available [here](http://www.nodevice.com/driver/LaserJet_4345mfp/get39461.html) - I don’t know if this download includes the scanner functionality - and it’s 140mb in size - so I didn’t follow through and check.
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### Author:  [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-twain-scanner-driver-for-hp-4345mfp/418764/4 "2007-09-15T15:09:45Z")
I’ve had one of these things in my office for a couple years. I concur that it would be extremely unlikely to find TWAIN drivers for it for a few reasons, the biggest of which is that the parallel and USB ports are for printing only. Being that it’s a department-level machine, it’s just not made to be hooked directly up to a PC. Don’t ask me about the presence of the parallel and USB ports, though.
And yes, that reviewer is correct. That thing is a beast to set up, starting with needing 2 people to get it out of the box. But he’s wrong that you need “complex software purchased separately” to scan. Out of the box, it can e-mail scanned documents, needing just the ability to send e-mail, as does any e-mail user. I didn’t read the complete review, but I’m guessing that he either wants to have the scanner copy the file to a server share or he needs the files encrypted before being sent over the network. I’m pretty sure those are extra cost items.