The Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED is a multi format film scanner which is able to scan virtually everything concerning foto, film or other originals. Every filmscanner can scan 35mm film strips or mounted 35mm slides. But the Coolscan 9000 can also scan medium format films (120/220) from 4,5x6 cm up to 6x9 cm gradually. Nikon has not released any software updates for the Super Coolscan 9000 film scanner since Vista. Users found a way to generate a 64 bit driver that works with Windows 7 using the scan software Nikon released for Vista. Jun 11, 2018 (Available when SUPER COOLSCAN 9000 ED, SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED, or COOLSCAN V ED are connected.) The Scan Image Enhancer function has been added. (Available when SUPER COOLSCAN 9000 ED, SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED, or COOLSCAN V ED are connected.) A function to start up Nikon View has been added. (Nikon View 6 must be installed for using this function.). Nikon Coolscan 9000 + Nikon Scan 4.0 (Windows XP) Limitation. I couldn't get Silverfast (the software that came with the Plustek Scanner) to work on Mac OS 10.13. I wasn’t about to purchase another license, seeing that I already had one.
Hi @ Paul Hollins, According to this link you may have to purchase 3rd party software to use your scanner. As @johnfpolarbear showed above this is the appropriate software and here is the download link for it. It mentions a trial use so somewhere along the way you’ll have to pay for it.
Even though Nikon does not officially support 64 bit Windows versions Nikon Scan 4.03 can still be used under such operating systems. We will detail how that can be accomplished below. Please note that you are using this information at your own risk and that we can't provide support for this. Of course that doesn't mean we'll not answer questions or are not interested in any problems you might encounter. This page is based on a Photo.net thread started by the community member Steel Chn whom we thank for this information. We mainly summarized that thread for our German users but to keep things in synch below is an English version also.
Building a driver for Nikon Scan 4.03 under Windows Vista 64 bit, Windows 7 64 bit & Windows 8 64 bit
To get started download Nikon Scan 4.03 for Windows Vista 32 bit. Install the software on your 64 bit Windows 7 or Windows 8. Next we need to create a driver for your scanner that is 64 bit compatible. To do so create a new folder anywhere on your system you feel comfortable with. Depending on the scanner model you own copy the two files 'NKScnUSD.dll' and 'Nks1394.inf' or respectively 'NksUSB.inf' which are to be found under 'C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesNikonDriverScan1394' or 'C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesNikonDriverScanUSB' into that folder. Open 'Nks1394.inf' or respectively 'NksUSB.inf' in a text editor of your choice to replace its contents. To do so click into the text box below and press Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+C to copy the code. Next enter your text editor and press Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+V to paste the code into the *.inf file.
Save the file. Turn on your scanner and connect it to your computer. Go to Window's Control Panel and select System > Device Manager. On Windows 8 first follow the instructions at the end of this page which eventually take you to the Device Manager, too.
On Device Manager's device list your scanner is located in the imaging devices category. The corresponding entry will be named 'Firewire Scanner' or something like that. Right click this entry and select 'Update Driver Software'. Next select 'Browse My Computer' and specify the folder you created before. A warning message will be displayed which you will need to disregard, telling the system to go on with the installation. Afterwards your scanner should be listed under its correct name like 'Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 8000 ED'. When you start Nikon Scan 4.03 after doing this it will detect your scanner and you should be good to go.
Installing and using unsigned drivers on Windows 8
We don't use our scanners on Windows 8 but user feedback tells us that in order to install the driver created above one needs to start Windows 8 in a special mode first. Getting Windows 8 to boot in that mode involves a series of steps of which we provide screen captures below. The screen captures come from a virtual Windows 8 machine and since FireWire devices can't be passed through to that virtual system we won't show the actual driver installation.
First get the Windows 8 menu to show and click the gear icon at its bottom. On the settings screen click the 'Change PC settings' entry. There choose the General category from the 'PC settings' list and scroll down all the way to the end of that category to reach the 'Advanced startup' entry as shown. There press the 'Restart now' button.
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Your system will restart and after a while you'll get to this option screen. On it choose Troubleshoot, then choose 'Advanced options' and finally choose 'Startup Settings' where you'll find yet another Restart button. Press it to reboot to the 'Startup Settings' screen and on it press either 7 or F7 on your keyboard to boot Windows 8 with its driver signature enforcement disabled.
After booting Windows 8 that way choose Search from the Windows 8 menu, enter 'devmgmt.msc' and click on the App found to get to the Device Manager. Now install your driver as detailed above for Windows 7.
This will let you use Nikon Scan 4.03 on the 64 bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista with the following Scanners: Nikon Super Coolscan LS-4000 ED, Nikon Super Coolscan LS-5000 ED, Nikon Super Coolscan LS-8000 ED, Nikon Super Coolscan LS-9000 ED, Nikon Coolscan IV (LS-40) and Nikon Coolscan V (LS-50).
VueScan is compatible with the Nikon CoolScan 9000 ED on Windows x86, Windows x64, Mac OS X and Linux.
If VueScan isn't working with the Firewire cable, try a different Firewire port or a different Firewire cable.
This scanner has an infrared lamp for scanning film. VueScan's 'Filter | Infrared clean' option can be used to remove dust spots from film scans. This is similar to (and we think better than) the ICE and FARE algorithms.
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It scans with both visible light and infrared light in a single pass.
Infrared cleaning works well with all types of color negative and color slide film, including Kodachrome. However, silver-based black/white film doesn't work with infrared cleaning because the silver particles look the same in visible light and infrared light.
All types of Nikon film adapters are supported.
When scanning Medium Format film, use a ruler to measure the distance from the start of one frame to the start of the next frame and then set 'Input | Frame spacing' to this distance (in millimeters).
If you're using Windows and you've installed a Nikon driver, VueScan's built-in drivers won't conflict with this. If you haven't installed a Windows driver for this scanner, VueScan will automatically install a driver.
You can use this scanner on Mac OS X and Linux without installing any other software.
Nikon sold this scanner in some countries as the LS-9000.