There is another "gotcha" for OS X that I have found for some USB scanners, and may exist for Firewire scanners. If you are running OS 9 ("Classic"), the drivers there can interfere with VueScan communicating with the scanner. Depending on I don't know what, sometimes you have to reboot if you let OS 9 "see" the scanner. I can't comment in detail, because life is too short to figure out all the issues--but I have no problem scanning from VueScan in OS X on a Nikon 4000 when OS 9 is not running.
A ======= >On 6/20/02 6:05 PM, "Simon Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There was an old restriction when using Vuescan on a Mac (might have applied >> to PC also) with Nikon scanners that certain files had to be deleted or >> extensions removed or Vuescan would not recognise the scanner. Is this >> still the case when using Vuescan for OS X and Nikon Scan for OS X? > >I don't know the situation on PC. But on Mac OS 9 and earlier, there is an >issue. The Nikon Scan software installs a group of files into the >Extensions folder. These files conflict with VueScan. To run VueScan you >need to turn off all extensions whose file names begin with "Nikon..." (by >moving them out of the Extensions folder) and then restarting the Mac. To >run Nikon Scan, you need to move the extensions back, and restart. A pain >in the ass if you use both programs. > >The issue does not exist in OS X. I have run VueScan and Nikon Scan in X, >without rebooting. But I have not tried running them at the same time. > >-- >Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >------------------------------------- >--------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe >filmscanners' >or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message >title or body > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body