There are no free scanner driving applications worth a damn.
There is nothing even remotely comparable to Vuescan for under $150
or so. The only third-party scanning application that comes close and
is the same price as Vuescan Standard Edition is SilverFast LE ($49),
and then you get a version dedicated to one scanner that doesn't have
all the capabilities of Vuescan. The professional version, SilverFast
Ai, is over $200.
KM's supplied software today is much improved from what I received
with the Minolta Scan Dual II in 2000. Vuescan is still more capable.
I considered that scanner nearly unusable until Vuescan implemented
support for it. I drive both the Scan Dual II and my Epson 2450 with
Vuescan, have been very happy with the results.
Godfrey
On Nov 16, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Gaurav Aggarwal wrote:
Is there any cheap alternative to Vuescan that comes closer? I am a
beginner
who got a Minolta Dimage Dual Scan IV yesterday. Last night wasn't
a very
successful night but then obviously I need to spend lot more hours
figuring out
how to use all these scanning tools and photoshop etc.
But if someone suggests that another free software is better than
what came with
Dimage DualScan then I might as well spend time on that software's
learning
curve.
