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Coolscan IV ED don't work
Posted on July 5th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I have bought it days ago. My problem is that when I put the negative and Preview tell me that can't focus automaticly. If I accept the message appear another one that tell me the scanner in not...

Vuescan histogams
Posted on July 5th, 2005 | 1 Comments

When scanning b&w negatives with Vuescan the histogram display shows two overlapping curves on the "after" panels. On is green and the other is blue. They differ slightly in shape, but the endpoints...

Microtek Scanmaker i900 Review - A Flatbed That Can Compete With A Film Scanner? No Way! Yes, Way! :-)
Posted on July 5th, 2005 | 0 Comments

"Finally, there are a couple of software items that speak to quality. The inclusion of SilverFast Ai impressed us. Even more, the inclusion of IT8 reflective and transparent targets (with the...

Canon FS2710 and Windows XP
Posted on July 5th, 2005 | 3 Comments

There's at least 4 years worth of archive on this subject and I must have ploughed through most of it. The scanner, SCSI card and cable work fine in a Pentium II W2000 machine. I'm attempting to...

Bulk Scanning - Hardware and Software
Posted on July 5th, 2005 | 9 Comments

Hello I am trying to archive a huge amount of paper materials for a school. There are 10000+ pages, and I want to groups them in .pdf files automatically. So I put 50 pages in the scanner, and...

11x17" Scan Service
Posted on July 5th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I have about 2000 11x17" sheets printed on both sides that I need to scan. I'm in the Los Angeles area... does anyone know of a place to do such scanning? TIA

What's that stripe doing in my pictures?
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I run an Epson 2450 Photo. I've recently been getting a black stripe with b&w negs and a white stripe with color transparencies. 120 film in all cases. Does anyone have a clue? Norman Miller

Epson 2450 with Vuescan
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I'm about to install an Epson 2450 with a new PC. I intend to use Vuescan rather than the "native" Epson software. Do I need to install the Epson twain driver first, or will Vuescan detect the...

PrecisionScan 3.1 Settings
Posted on July 3rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

Does anyone know how to add a program to the "Scan to" list. I can't get it to see Corel PhotoPaint 11 as a eligible program. It had no trouble seeing PhotoPaint9 previously. Any thoughts would...

Want to purchase new scanner
Posted on July 3rd, 2005 | 2 Comments

Need a new scanner to scan slides and misc. Budget limited to $200. Suggestions for US purchase?

PrescisionPro 3.1 how to set default programs and scan to window
Posted on July 2nd, 2005 | 0 Comments

Does anyone know how to add programs to the "Scan to " option? thanks rq

Crt monitor recommendation for black point
Posted on July 2nd, 2005 | 6 Comments

I bought a Viewscan G70f flatscreen 17 inch crt monitor recently. Aside from other problems, I cannot get a black point adjustment with the brightness control. Can anyone recommend a good 17 inch crt...

Forcing Irfanview to be my TWAIN source (how)?
Posted on July 1st, 2005 | 13 Comments

Is there a good URL which shows how to add a TWAIN source to WinXP? I start Irfanview on Windows XP & press File --> Select TWAIN Source, but the results are totally empty (ie there are no TWAIN...

Kodachrome "Diapositiv" Slide Scanning - Colour Seems Fine
Posted on July 1st, 2005 | 1 Comments

I scanned some of my Kodachrome slides, processed in Germany in 1981, (see http://www.dolman.ca/pics/) and they seem fine. I don't see any of the colour distortions I've heard about. They do seem a...

Fujitsu fi-4120C WIA problem
Posted on July 1st, 2005 | 4 Comments

Alright, so here's the situation. I have a Fujitsi fi-4120C and if I install the driver and run their ScandAll program, I am able to scan just fine. No problems. However, if I install the same driver...

Color differences - Canon vs. Epson
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Any opinions about the differences in color between moderately priced Canon vs. Epson scanners?

Canon Canoscan FS-4000US
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Recently picked up a Cannoscan FS-4000US film scanner .I did not get any cd with it. Where can I get a copy of the scanning program Filmget . TIA

Cost effective film scanning
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 6 Comments

I have 35mm films (app 50) from my overseas travels, the prints were lost and I want to scan the negs to view my photo's. Are there any other cost effective ways to do it? I purchased a...

35mm film gamma question
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi, I am a newcomer to photography and trying to figure out if the 35mm film has a linear (like the raw digital format) or gamma corrected image. Do I need to compensate for gamma after scanning the...

Visioneer Strobe XP 200
Posted on June 29th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Hi there, Does anyone knows if this scanner can be shared on a LAN and used by all the computers in the network? Or, is there any look-alike scanner capable of this? Thanks in advance, -Benton