Lloyd, it looks like I won't have to use TWAIN as a possible workaround after all.
Ian Lyons' post indicates that he thinks my problem is due to my using a single
unpatitioned drive for everything. Photshop doesn't like that, it wants its own
reserved area for a scratch disc. So I'm going to buy another hard drive and dedicate
a part of it to Photoshop.
I see in another post that Steve made a suggestion to solve your problem. I hope it
works. But you should also make sure that you've partitioned your drive and set aside
a part of it for the exclusive use of Photoshop for a catch area.
In a message dated Mon, 13 Aug 2001 3:55:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Lloyd
O'Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> Roger,
> Let us know how the TWAIN version works. I'm having a similar problem with v5.5
>and my SS4000. At least, after reading your posts, I'm thinking it might be
>Silverfast. I've also built a new computer and switched scanning OS's back to
>Win2000. The SS4000 locks up Photoshop upon selecting Scan in SF. In Insight, I get
>an unknown ASPI error suggesting that I check termination. I've done that. Also, my
>Epson 1200S on the same chain (behind the SS) works fine using their TWAIN driver.
> I haven't contacted Lasersoft on this latest headache yet. Lloyd -----
>Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 9:23 PM
>Subject: Re: filmscanners: SilverFast Upgrade Disaster
> In a message dated 8/12/2001 4:56:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> Not wishing to sound to gloomy, but the advice sounds like a "we have no
> idea - but it might work if we re-install everything". The good news is that
> it often does - the bad news is IME it more often doesn't. When I had a
> problem they gave me all sorts of advice and blamed other software suppliers
> when I knew it was their problem from the tests I had done. I had also found
> a way round the problem which was an inconvenience rather than a
> showstopper. 3-6 months later an update fixed the problem but they didn't
> e-mail me to tell me. If I had paid the normal asking price (it was bundled)
> and my livlihood depended on it I would have been bloody livid.
>
> Depressingly Lasersoft support is actually better than many others.
>
> Steve
>
> Your comment about workarounds gave me an idea. After the reinstall of
> Photoshop, if SilverFast causes Photoshop to freeze again with a 500 MB file
> from my SS120, I'll try to install SilverFast as TWAIN rather than a
> Photoshop plug-in. I remember having a similar problem where my Microtek
> ScanMaker 5 flatbed scanner with ScanWizard software would cause Photoshop to
> freeze about every third scan. ScanWizard could be used either as a
> Photoshop plug-in or as a stand alone program, so I run it by itself now.
> You're right, it's not convenient, but right now I need to get some work done
> and the sooner the better, even if it's not convenient.
