I have an Epson 1600, that's older than my Polaroid 120 and Epson has provided 64-bit twain drivers for it. But you're right, the 120 will have to stay with a 32-bit XP machine.
Jim LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and Vista > X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either third > party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed WMA > drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB > based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an > ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the case > with SCSI based scanners of old. There is a difference between drivers > which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such > things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to recognize > the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. > > -----Original Message----- > From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk > [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of > caryeno...@enochsvision.com > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:03 PM > To: lau...@advancenet.net > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, > > I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in > Vista-x64. I used > the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that I > downloaded > from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. Windows made the > low beep that > it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. The scanner works > perfectly in > Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. > > Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. > > I went ahead and bought Silverfast Ai Studio for it for a variety of reasons > mostly > related to the difficult faded originals. They're very old filmstrips of > great historical > value that I'm restoring. Silverfast isn't as easy to use as Vuescan but I > felt the more > finely tuned results justified the high price. Btw, Silverfast had no > problems recognizing > the scanner either. That's because Lasersoft customizes each version for a > specific > scanner. Vuescan should drive virtually any scanner right out of the box. > It's amazing. > > I made sample scans on a friend's V750 and could not discern any difference > in quality > between those scans and the ones on the V500 -- and I am very picky. The > optics are > probably better on the V750 though. Don't bother with the Epson OEM > software. Either > Vuescan or Silverfast are greatly superior. Your choice. > > On 13-Jun-09 15:43:44, LAURIE SOLOMON (lau...@advancenet.net) wrote: > >> SCSI is the hardware connection; there are no twain drivers for 64 bit OS. >> >> You need the ASPI layer with SCSI for any Windows OS (32 or 64 bit) to >> recognize the scanner as a hardware device ( I do not know about USB >> connected scanners); but this is different from getting the scanner to >> work which is different from getting the OS to recognize the hardware and >> requires device drivers. The traditional scanner and scanner drivers >> were and are proprietary software connected twain drivers, which are only >> > 32 > >> bit and will not work with 64 bit OSs. Ed Hamrick by passes the twain >> driver and has written his own drivers for scanners; they may be 64 bit >> > capable. > >> -----Original Message----- >> On Behalf Of li...@lazygranch.com >> > > >> Ed Hamrick.would know the OS/software issues. >> > > -- > Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com > Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is > the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is > to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title > or body > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body