[Ti] OS X friendly scanners

[Charles J. Thompson]

Christian,

There is an PhotoShop Epson Twain driver for 10.2 which I am using 
successfully.  It is a development version and is hard to find on 
their site.  The driver they display prominently on their site for OS 
X does not work.  If you decide to get the 2450, I can probably guide 
you to the correct TWAIN driver.

My 2450 also included Silverfast, which I have not gotten to work. 
The folks at Lasersoft sent me a new driver which may work, but 
according to Lasersoft requires 10.2.2.  I have not updated to 10.2.2 
because I have no compelling reason to do so and there are some 
significant (to me) unresolved problem reports.

Vuescan 7.5.5 also works with this configuration.

I've also never gotten the Epson Smart Panel to work, but I haven't 
tried very earnestly, since I have found that such 
manufacturer-labeled software is often not worthwhile.  I prefer to 
do all my scanning directly into PhotoShop.

I have never used the "scan" button (actually called the Start button 
in the Epson manual). According to the manual, the button opens the 
Smart Panel by default and can be programmed to launch one of the 
"Smart Panel Applications".  I haven't tried that either.

Cheers!
Charles




At 11:18 AM +0100 11/30/02, Christian Leue wrote:
>>I'm looking for OS X friendly scanner. It must have the ability to scan 35
>>mm film and slides.
>
>
>Amusing. My brother, a photographer, just asked the identical 
>question. He is happily using the 667 DVI I recommended and 
>configured for him (does that bring us back on-topic enough?) and 
>wants to add a flatbed scanner to scan the magazines where his work 
>is published, but also good 35mm slide capabilities to scan his 
>originals. And, if he can, he would like one device for both tasks.
>
>The Epson Perfection 2450 suggested by Charles seems to fit the bill 
>(even though I am reluctant to evaluate an Epson device, since they 
>still have no intentions of providing OS X drivers for my little 
>StylusScan 2500 all-in-one machine). Do they provide OS X 10.2.2 
>TWAIN drivers for the 2450 so you can scan from within Photoshop or 
>Word? And, does Jaguar's Image Capture utility pop up when you press 
>the "scan" button on the machine?
>
>
>Cheers,
>Christian
>