[G4] Umax Astra 2200 Scanner

[John Erdman]

Hi Earle -
	I was pretty happy with the OS X VueScan drivers for my SCSI UMAX  
2400S on my Sawtooth G4/400 machine. I suspect that they make one for  
your scanner too.

Check them out at  http://www.hamrick.com/

I think they have a free trial.

OTOH. I suggest you consider put the cost of the drivers (not really  
very cheap) toward investing in a new USB scanner that would be  
compatible with OS X out of the box.  I did this recently and have  
been very pleased with the improved performance of my new scanner  
compared to the 4 yr old antique it replaces.
The software that came with the Epson scanner I got works a lot  
better and more intuitively than the Vuescan stuff I was using. And  
the higher resolution is a big plus. And I'm glad to be rid of the  
SCSI connections.

John


On Dec 30, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Earle Jones wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> The Umax Astra 2200 Scanner was designed to work with Mac Sys 9.x.   
> The included drivers are only for Sys 9.  Their website does not  
> include drivers for Sys 10.x.
>
> Is there any way to use my Umax scanner with Sys 10?
>
> This is more a matter of convenience than necessity -- I have an  
> old G4/400 that can run Sys 9, but I'd like to be able to use the  
> scanner with my 17" Intel iMac -- Sys 10.4.8.
>