[X4U] EPSON Perfection 610

[Stroller]

On 13 Jan 2006, at 22:07, Stephen Mackenzie wrote:
>
> 2. Are there any other scanning apps I should consider before  
> committing 50 bucks (or £28.76757567 to be precise) to VueScan?
>
> 3. Is it worth getting the Epson software working, and if so, how?

2) Yes
3) No.

I have a Canon Canoscan N656U here that I'm very happy with. Mine was  
given to me via the local Freecycle mailing list but there's one on  
eBay at the moment for a tenner Buy-It-Now price.

I can't compare the quality against the EPSON Perfection 610 under  
ideal conditions (using the manufacturers' drivers on a PeeCee?) but  
it works perfectly for me scanning at 400dpi and it'll do higher  
resolutions, too. If you'd like to suggest what you want to use it  
for I could make a sample scan & send it to you.

Canon have two software components for this scanner - the Canon "tool  
box" and a driver "plug-in". When you install the plug-in it looks  
for suitable applications & then you can use the scanner with them.  
Photoshop is the only application on my system it works with - it  
adds an entry to the "Import" menu item and when you choose this a  
window appears in which you can select DPI, colour correction &c.

If you don't have Photoshop (or other TWAIN-compatible software??)  
then you need to install the ToolBox software first, then the driver  
installer will detect that. That gives you mail, print, scan-to-file  
&c options and selecting any one of those brings up the same window.

Stroller.