filmscanners: VueScan USB support on Mac OS
I just thought I'd drop a quick note to let the Mac users on this mailing list know that I now have VueScan working with USB scanners on Mac OS. I'll release this in the next 24 hours as VueScan 6.7.3, but I thought people would like to know the good news. It was quite hard to do (I probably spent 100 hours on this), but it now works reliably, even with multiple USB scanners hooked to the same computer. There's a bit of a problem with some flatbeds (i.e. Agfa SnapScan e50) that can't disable the button polling, but Epson USB flatbeds and the Minolta Scan Dual II work nicely. Regards, Ed Hamrick P.S. The HP S20 doesn't work on Mac OS however, since the only way I can talk to it is via an HP .DLL file on Windows that isn't available on Mac OS.
RE: filmscanners: VueScan USB support on Mac OS
I just thought I'd drop a quick note to let the Mac users on this mailing list know that I now have VueScan working with USB scanners on Mac OS. I'll release this in the next 24 hours as VueScan 6.7.3, but I thought people would like to know the good news. Great news, now for some questions: 1) Do the problem scanners (w/button polling) present the same problems under Windows? If not, why not? 2) Is FireWire next? Especially for the Mac? This would open up the new Nikon and various flatbed scanners. 3) Does VueScan function under MacOS X. As a native application or under compatibility mode? Are you waiting for a carbon version of cross platform windowing library or is the problem with accessing SCSI/USB/FireWire under MacOS X?
Re: filmscanners: VueScan USB support on Mac OS
In a message dated 2/26/2001 4:28:50 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) Do the problem scanners (w/button polling) present the same problems under Windows? If not, why not? Windows has a standard way of turning the button polling on and off, but Mac OS doesn't. 2) Is FireWire next? Especially for the Mac? This would open up the new Nikon and various flatbed scanners. Yes, FireWire is next. The code is structured in such a way that adding FireWire support shouldn't take more than 100 lines of code. 3) Does VueScan function under MacOS X. I don't know. As a native application or under compatibility mode? It runs in compatibility mode. Are you waiting for a carbon version of cross platform windowing library Yes. or is the problem with accessing SCSI/USB/FireWire under MacOS X? Yes, this will be a problem as well. Most of the USB routines I'm using aren't supported on Mac OS X. Regards, Ed Hamrick
