On Fri, Feb 04, 2011, Gour wrote: >On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:53:05 -0800 >Rem P Roberti <remeg...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I use Vuescan with Windoze, and you are right, it is infinitely >> better than any free source software. > >It's really puzzling how one-man shop can support write software which >is so much better than any free software with support for so many >scanners.
Possibly because the author, Ed Hamrick, has more incentive than people writing free software? He has always been extremely good responding to my questions and requests regarding VueScan which I got originally for my Mac Mini when HP stopped supporting my old ScanJet. FWIW, I have been extremely disappointed with HP's driver support, particularly for older scanners. I had purchased a new ScanJet 5590 in April 2009 which worked fine with VueScan on top of HP's low-end drivers on my PPC Mac Mini running Leopard. When I got a new Macbook Pro in August 2009 running Snow Leopard, HP didn't have drivers for it, and their older drivers didn't work. Their web site said they would have Snow Leopard drivers in September or October of 2009, but they didn't come out until sometime in the 2nd quarter of 2010. For that reason, I will be looking at other hardware vendors the next time I'm in the market for a scanner. Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. -- Samuel Adams _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
