Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-28 Thread John Sessoms
Not really a hobby. I couldn't afford to buy the computer I needed ready assembled, so had to build my own. On 1/28/2022 6:38 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Obviously an advantage if and only if you like to assemble computer hardware. And a good reason to choose a Linux or Windows OS. Personally

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-28 Thread John Sessoms
I can install Linux or Windoze on hardware I assemble myself. That appears to me to be the only advantage over Apple OS. Before the switch to Apple's own CPU chips, you could install Apple OS on your own hardware (assuming it was Intel hardware similar to that which Apple used), even though Ap

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-27 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Indeed! :-) And that reminded me the classics, - Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) where the Big-Endians are fighting with Little-Endians. (For those who doesn't remember that story from the childhood, - see the link at the bottom of this message.) The irony is that that story has a

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-27 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 5:45 AM Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 27.01.22 um 08:27 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi: > > Umm, I've been using VueScan since 1999. :) > > I have been using Vuescan for many years and like it. Now that i think about it, the epson drivers never did really work well before i sw

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-27 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 27.01.22 um 08:27 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi: Umm, I've been using VueScan since 1999. :) I have no idea when I got mine, but it was the very first version, developed by Ed Hamrick out of his frustration with the software for the HP Photosmart S20 scanner. Should have been around the same time

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jan 26, 2022, at 4:38 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Linux would seem to make sense for a server since it can be configured for > that specific task and doesn’t need the flexibility to play a wide variety of > other roles. Linux works great on the desktop. I’ve been using it on the desk

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Linux would seem to make sense for a server since it can be configured for that specific task and doesn’t need the flexibility to play a wide variety of other roles. Paul > On Jan 26, 2022, at 6:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >  > >> On Jan 26, 2022, at 2:31 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >>

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jan 26, 2022, at 2:31 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I don’t know much about a Linux but I would guess it’s only rarely updated. > If it had all the capability you need, you wouldn’t have to worry about the > policy of other OS providers. > > Paul Software on a Linux system is not provi

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
I don’t know much about a Linux but I would guess it’s only rarely updated. If it had all the capability you need, you wouldn’t have to worry about the policy of other OS providers. Paul > On Jan 26, 2022, at 5:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >  > >> On Jan 26, 2022, at 1:58 PM, Paul Stenquist

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jan 26, 2022, at 1:58 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Apple sometimes sacrifices comparability with old software to achieve OS > advances. Microsoft does as well. No one is forced to upgrade to a new OS or > a new computer. Neither “breaks” software or machines. Depends on your definit

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread Bill
d, Jan 26, 2022, 3:10 PM Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > My Epson 850 Pro work great with Epson scanner software on Monterey and > my > > iMac. The software is far superior to Vuescam which is clunky and lacks > any > > fine tuning capability. > > Paul > > >

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread David J Brooks
son 850 Pro work great with Epson scanner software on Monterey and my > iMac. The software is far superior to Vuescam which is clunky and lacks any > fine tuning capability. > Paul > > > On Jan 26, 2022, at 12:53 PM, David J Brooks > wrote: > > > > My 2450 is h

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 26.01.22 um 20:20 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi: You pique my curiosity.. I still have a 2450 too, I wonder if I can make it work on macOS Monterey? Get Vuesacan and you'll be fine with practically any combination of scanner and Mac OS. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blo

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread David J Brooks
I;ll look at that one too Its been working on El Capitain but lately its been flakey. Now it wont turn on so i guess its toast Dave On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 2:20 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > You pique my curiosity.. I still have a 2450 too, I wonder if I can make > it work on macOS Monterey? >

Re: OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread David J Brooks
BTW Im running OS 10.11.6 Dave B On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:53 PM David J Brooks wrote: > My 2450 is having trouble talking to my computer/Vuescan. Its iffy at best > now. Its also 22 years old > > Just looking at this one > > Epson Perfection V39 Colour Auto Photo Enhancement Flatbed Scanner >

OT Epson scanner replacement

2022-01-26 Thread David J Brooks
My 2450 is having trouble talking to my computer/Vuescan. Its iffy at best now. Its also 22 years old Just looking at this one Epson Perfection V39 Colour Auto Photo Enhancement Flatbed Scanner Anyone using it. It seems to do what I want, occasional colour or B&W photo scan and or documents. Sp

Re: OT: More Epson scanner questions

2013-04-12 Thread Zos Xavius
Turn off thumbnails. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > For the life of me, I cannot get the "Epson Scanner" software to stop > auto-cropping images when scanning 35mm strips. > > I disable "trimming" and then the next time I do a prev

OT: More Epson scanner questions

2013-04-12 Thread Charles Robinson
For the life of me, I cannot get the "Epson Scanner" software to stop auto-cropping images when scanning 35mm strips. I disable "trimming" and then the next time I do a preview scan, it's disabled again. WTF? This is on a Mac. Latest software installed. I'm

F: Epson scanner (was C-41 Tetenal Tabs Kit continued)

2004-03-15 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Thanks Jos. I bought a big bag of outdated film a month or so ago thinking it would last a while. But it's going faster than I thought possible. I'll have to find more soon. But I do have a dozen or so chromes -- Astia -- and as soon as I get chemicals I'll be able to try it out. By the way and c

SOT (Slightly off topic): New Epson scanner ;-)

2002-04-18 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
At 11:42 21.3.2002 -0500, Brendan wrote: >Actually I need to retact what I said about the Epson >1680 before. I just got the new drivers for XP and the >scan quality has improved greatly. This was the first >test with the new drivers and the out of focus >problems are gone, this scan was only redu

Re: Epson scanner

2002-04-14 Thread Andreas
On 14 Apr 2002, at 18:40, Frankie Lee wrote: > Hi > > Anyone know the quality of Epson Perfection 1650 Photo scanner? I just > want to scan some slides to a web albums and no intention to print the > photo. Thanks. > Hi Frankie, I have the Epson 1650 and I think it is good enough for the web.

Epson scanner

2002-04-14 Thread Frankie Lee
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