Canon MP640 series
Canon MP640 series ScanGear is Canon's scanner driver and image acquisition software for the imageFORMULA MP640 multifunction document scanner. ScanGear provides the user interface for scanning documents and photos from the hardware, with options for resolution, colour depth, page size, and destination folder. It integrates with TWAIN on macOS to allow other applications (Photoshop, document management software, OCR tools) to trigger scans directly from their File menu. The MP640 is a professional-grade production scanner used in document centres, law offices, accounting firms and high-volume imaging workflows.
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1 suggestionThe bundle ID indicates this is Canon's scanner driver for the imageFORMULA MP640 series. No public information is readily available about whether Canon has released an Apple Silicon native build of this driver, though the TWAIN framework it depends on can run on Apple Silicon through translation. Contact Canon's support team directly to confirm whether a native build of ScanGear for the MP640 exists and when it will be available—Canon has been updating drivers for M-series Macs on a selective basis, but older professional scanner drivers sometimes lag behind. If you rely on this scanner, check Canon's support page for the MP640 to see if a newer driver version is available before macOS 28 arrives in September 2028, at which point the Intel-only driver will stop working altogether. In the interim, the TWAIN driver may continue to run via Rosetta 2 translation if you stay on an older macOS, but that is not a long-term solution.
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