[filmscanners] RE: Vuescan/scanners/windows XP

2004-10-19 Thread Les Berkley
AFAIK, VueScan works by using low-level calls to the scanner's interface, and is independent of the OEM driver software. Ancient SCSI scanners work perfectly on my XP box (with the ASPI layer installed). Les > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beh

[filmscanners] RE: Cheapo scanner for contact prints

2004-10-19 Thread Les Berkley
Hi! I use an Epson 1600 for MF work. The supplied carriers don't permit making a contact sheet for a full 35mm roll, but they are beautifully made and produce good film flatness. For a contact sheet, you could just lay the negs on the copyboard. I have read of people doing that with excellent resu

[filmscanners] RE: Coolscan 5000 ED - stopping during batch scanning?- Solved?

2004-10-19 Thread
Hi All Thought I'd post the solution to the problem of my Coolscan stopping part way through a batch scan (anywhere between 6-20 out of 50 scans would complete before an error message saying that power was off to the scanner would appear and then hang.) It appears that the USB 2.0 PCI card I inst