Consumer Grade Scanners

Started by Slappy, December 16, 2013, 09:13:49 PM

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Stiv

I have a CanoScan and the interface sucks rocks. The scanner has these buttons on it that you are supposed to press for scans, POS.

Now the scanner is good and I use it through a Twain import.

Fontaholic

Quote from: Stiv on December 20, 2013, 02:42:40 PMI have a CanoScan and the interface sucks rocks. The scanner has these buttons on it that you are supposed to press for scans, POS.

Now the scanner is good and I use it through a Twain import.

Are you using the scanner with a Mac, or with a PC?

Because both have ways of accessing a more detailed / controllable preview screen.

Cheers, John the Fontaholic

David

I have an older Canoscan, it works great (with the exception of the buttons on the scanner itself).
The Twain plugin for my model is too old for my new iMac with Mavericks, it only runs in 10.5, so I'll need to upgrade to a newer model when I retire the G5.
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mwc

Older scanners (i.e. Canon) are usually supported with this software - http://www.hamrick.com/
VueScan (free trial). Yea, it's $40...but it brings a lot of dinosaurs back to life.

hotmetal

Quote from: mwc on December 23, 2013, 08:40:43 AMOlder scanners (i.e. Canon) are usually supported with this software - http://www.hamrick.com/
VueScan (free trial). Yea, it's $40...but it brings a lot of dinosaurs back to life.

Agreed. I've been using VueScan with my Umax Mirage II for years. Speaking of dinosaurs -

http://reviews.cnet.com/scanners/umax-mirage-ii-flatbed/4507-3136_7-31097800.html
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