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PE & Scanning Transparencies, Negatives
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

When I access my Microtek ArtixScan directly through PE without bringing up ScanWizard, I don't get an option to scan transparencies or negatives. Am I missing something? -Lew

Epson 1670 Photo - Help!
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

I have just bought an Epson 1670 Perfection Scanner. Documents, photos (both black and white), scan well, but I am unable to scan colour negatives. All I get is a solid black strip. I have tried...

Scanjet 4300c. New, bad driver (Twain)
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

On my new PC with XP I had to install a new driver for my scanner (HP Scanjet 4300c). The old driver for Win95/98 did not work well with XP. I searched for and found a driver called "sj657en". At...

Power fuse from hp scanjet 4100c
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi, My scanner died today and I opened it up and it was the fuse on the power circuit. The fuse was sodiered in place so I took it out, but the board connectors are partially covering up the...

Vuescan, Epson 2450, ADF, & multi-page output
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Hello, I grow extremely weary of scanning my multi-page documents, each page manually placed on my scanner glass, and each page copied to a separate electronic file. The scanning work and the lack...

Epson 4870 vs. ???
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 7 Comments

I am needing a new scanner. I have outgrown my CanoScan and am needing a more professional scanner. I mostly scan photos, but occasionally would scan a slide, neg or 4x6 transparency. I have been...

Averaging multiple scans
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 52 Comments

I have a scanner without multiscanning, so I have to do it manually. The problem is how do I eliminate extreme values when averaging? Let's say 4 scans result in following values for a point: 123,...

What has happend to my scanner ????
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi I have a HP-scanner and everything seems OK but when scanning only a gry screen / square turnes up on my monitor no picture of what's on the glass (light is on down the box and it moves and sounds...

Off Topic: Thanks and need help on 8mm conversions
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

First I want to thank the members of this group for all the help and suggestions. Without this source I would not have completed my task. Today I can say I am done with the physical scanning of...

White Point clipping, Black Point not, and Brightness usually needs heavy upping.
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments

It seems that all slides I am scanning (mostly Fuji) have some White Point clipping and very high Black Point numbers. Using the "Clipped Black Color" feature, I am finding the point at which...

Photoshop actions for IR-based dust & scratches removal
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments

In some other messages in this newsgroup I mentioned Photoshop actions that I used to remove dust & scratches using the IR channel from VueScan. These actions can now be downloaded for...

Black area down left side of image scanned with Visioneer 3100b
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Does anyone experienced the problem described in the subject line? Problem started suddenly--good image one day, 3 to 4 days without using scanner, then first image scanned had approx. 2 1/2 inches...

drivers
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I have a scanner for negative Epson Filmscan 200, now that I have upgrade to XP the driver doesen't work, and no support from Epson, someone have idea where I can find universal drivers for my...

need scanner recommendation
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Looking for at least 1200 x 1200 flatbed. usb or firewire. I do not have usb 2 and so am looking for one that can scan photo size pictures to digitize my collection. I would spend $150 or...

Solution to banding problems with Minolta Elite 5400
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 11 Comments

Under certain circumstances, the film scanner Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 produces vertical or horizontal bands or stripes in the scans which are sometimes hardly, sometimes clearly visible. In...

How do you tell...
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hi folks. I won't complement anyone here as I have been chastised for taking up unnecessary bandwith thanking folks for their input to my questions. But that being said, how does one really...

Photoshop getting embedded grayscale profile from VueScan
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 3 Comments

For some reason, and I know it's probably a simple answer, I am getting all grayscale photographs in photoshop from VueScan when before it was working fine. This is the message I'm getting: Missing...

Scanning Color Prints: Anything better than HP 6200c?
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

I'm about done all my slides and negs; time to start on the old prints. My flatbed is an HP 6200c. Last time I wantered through CompUSA, it looked like home-use scanners have come a long way -...

UMAX Scanner - and Photoshop Imports
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments

This scanner is a POS. My user has a UMAX Astra2400S scsi scanner. For one thing we had to BUY$$$ drivers for it when we upgraded the machine to W2K. That got me going to begin with - well with...

Is it hard to clean under glass of my HP 5500c
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I just noticed that the glass from my scanner HP 5500c is kind of milky from the inside. So far I can't see it on the pictures, but I'm sure it affects the scan one way or another. Is it hard to take...