Scanners

Twain Scan Once Save Twice
I would like scan a document that has black and red text with a white background once. And save it twice; one saved file being in red dropout with just the black and white, and the other saved file having the red converted to black and white. Does anyone know if this is possible interfacing with the Twain driver?... 10 Dec 2007 00:27

Film scanner for 110-size strips
Is there a scanner on the market that handles 110-size film strips? -- nen ... 10 Dec 2007 00:27

Do color balance before or after gamma correction?
Hi, after let the vuescan output a linear raw file, two common tasks left to me: do color balance and do gamma correction. which one should be done firstly? another correlative question: i sometimes also need to a little curve in photoshop. i usually do it on lightness channel in LAB mode, i want to ask,... 10 Dec 2007 00:27

Minolta Dual Scan Elite II and Vista
I need to upgrade to a new computer because the old one broke down. And I'm considering a lot of PCs with Vista pre-installed. Has anyone managed to get this scanner work on Windows Vista? Many thanks! G. ... 10 Dec 2007 00:27

Should I scan my film negatives?
x-no-archive: I am cleaning house and would like to throw out my negatives (colour and B&W). Can I scan my negatives, so that should I need to print them again, the quality will be still be good? I'm reluctant to buy a new scanner since I'm speaking of 50 or 60 negatives. My scanner is an Agfa SnapScan E52 http... 10 Dec 2007 00:27

Epson 3200 Smart Panel Problem
I have this scanner few years - it was one of these 'super' $400 items. However the Smart Panel Copy function, was working originally, but now it crashes. I was trying to find new updates for Smart Panel, but there is nothing on Epson web side, other that I run across note that it is a third party software... I tr... 10 Dec 2007 00:27

Do Nikon Coolscans do good job with Kodachrome slides?
I wrote an earlier post about a problem I was having with strange artifacts appearing on slide scans using Vuescan IR cleaning and an Epson 4990 Photo flatbed. Someone asked if they were Kodachrome (they were) cuz they've been known to have problems with IR cleaning. Some captures: no IR cleaning: http:... 10 Dec 2007 00:27

Epson Perfection V500 Scanner
Consumer Reports (Jan 08 issue) has a brief article stating that the Epson V500 scanner has a 64000 dpi resolution and makes good 11x14 prints from a 35mm film scan. Has anyone looked at this machine? I have an old Epson 3170 scanner, and scanning 35 mm and 2-1/4 negs or positives is not particularly good. ... 10 Dec 2007 00:27

Nikon 35mm slide scanner equipment...(FS)
Nikon 35mm slide scanner equipment...(FS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ebay item # 190178460082...Nikon quality...excellent digitial results, fast and easy to use. state of the art software....bidding starts @ $.01 thank you !!!! ... 10 Dec 2007 00:27

Paperport replacement?
I've gotten tired of trying to get Paperport 11 to work reliably with my HP all-in-one scanner and it's time to find something else. I like Paperport but the bugs and no free support/forums is just too much. The HP scanning software isn't reliable either and usually I have to reboot in order to get it to scan to a ... 10 Dec 2007 00:27