[G4] Epson Scanners

[Snoke Jay S NPRI]

Anne-
I have an Epson Perfection 1200 - pretty much the same scanner.  I tried everything before I broke down and used the Scan to File Utility.  I do not use Photoimpressions.  You can control the scan just as you could with the previous OS 9 version if you fiddle around with it - meaning you can change the resolution, target file size, etc...
Re: your HP scanner - I suppose if you go to HP's website, you can find the OS X version of your driver...???
Jay Snoke


> I'm trying to help my Dad, a newbie, with his Epson Perfection 1250 Photo.
> 
> He's running OSX.1 (won't upgrade to 10.2, won't get Adobe Elements,
> etcetera ...)
> on an iMac G4.
> 
> Just d/l the File to Scan utility, which should work. I have a general groan
> and vent about the free software that comes with these scanners. It is awful
> :@(
> 
> Is there anyway to call up the Epson Twain utility without having to go through
> their terrible interface? It is slow and very confusing. The image manipulation
> software, Photoimpressions, maxes to full screen and won't minimize w/o
> quitting altogether. Wish I could bypass this as well.
> 
> I  have demoed Photoshop for him so hopefully he will see the advantage to
> shelling out the $99.
> 
> P.S.: I just installed Photoshop 7 on my G4 Tower. I thought it supported
> scanners willy-nilly, but I guess not. I suppose I need a driver from Hewlett
> Packard to put in my Plug-ins folder? Oh, no, this is  now OSX and I have
> no idea where it goes.
> 
> Anne Keller Smith
> Down to Earth Web Design
> G4 733mHz (OS X.2/Classic) | Graphite iBook 333mHz (OS 9.0.2)
> mailto:earthpigz at earthlink.net
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