A note for anyone using the amazing scanning app, Vuescan, with a Canon scanner.
If you download the current version of the mighty scanning program, Vuescan, which is V9, and immediately try to scan with a Canon scanner, then you will be told that the app can't find a scanner. The trick is to first get Info on Vuescan and then set it to open in 32-bit mode. Then all of the power of Vuescan returns, albeit slower than it would be in 64-bit mode. My VueScan 9 x64 didn't work, so I emailed Vuescan's author, Ed Hamrick, with this problem late last night (Saturday) and this morning (Sunday) his reply was already there, as follows: > Hi Ray, > > The problem is that the Canon driver for this program doesn't > have 64-bit code in the universal binary. That's why you need > to run VueScan x32. > > Regards, > Ed Hamrick I know of no other complex app that has the author providing nearly instant support on a weekend afternoon. In case you don't know about Vuescan, it is the most powerful scanning software I know of, and drives about 1100 different scanners and digital cameras. Ed Hamrick has been supplying and curating this app for the last 11 years. <http://www.hamrick.com/>. As with any piece of powerful software, it has great depth, and there is much to learn. However, with a colour-calibrated screen, and getting Vuescan to calibrate my scanner, I am now getting scans from my flatbed that are the equal of the expensive drum scans I used to pay big money for in past years. The app also allows you to calibrate your printer, so you get what you see, within the physical limits of your printer. I highly recommend that when you buy a copy you pay the US$80 for the Pro version as you then get upgrades for life and all of the calibration features. Does anyone know of a better-value app? PS VueScan 9 x64 runs under Mac OS X 10.5+, and Intel only. VueScan 9 x32 runs under Mac OS X 10.3.9+ and Intel/PowerPC. The one downloaded installer contains every one of these flavours. Regards, Ray Forma Tel +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
