[G4] Epson Scanners

[Snoke Jay S NPRI]

Is this a recent develpoment? I only have a utility that is scan to file...???  did you d/l this recently from Epson's website?

> >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...
> 
> Thanks - the entire Epson Utility is a wierd interface, with 6 panels that
> are pretty superfluous,
> Scan to File, Scan to Print, Scan to Email, Scan for Creativity ... you get
> the idea. I d/l the Scan to File Utility (the only one they have for OS
> X.1), and hopefully can bypass the overwrought app. Dad
> always forgets what to do with it, and frankly, so do I.
> 
> >Re: your HP scanner - I suppose if you go to HP's website, you can find
> >the OS X version of your driver...???
> 
> No ... it would seem HP doesn't support OSX for my scanner. I suppose I
> could put Epson's
> Twain for PS7 in the Plugins folder and see what happens.
> 
> I did a newbie thing today though while looking for the serial number on
> the HP - while plugging
> it in again I hit the large circular button on the front and this brings up
> the HP scan utility independent
> of Photoshop. I could just save to file, and I guess then I could use
> either PS6 in OS9 or PS7 in
> OSX, whatever catches my fancy. That's so un-difficult I might just stop
> there and not worry
> any more about it.
> 
> Anne Keller Smith
> Down to Earth Web Design
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