Hello again !! First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to all the kind folks who replied to my message yesterday. I've fiddling with my ScanMaker 3600 and has yet to produce result. Now the thing is, SW5 just doesn't "see" the scanner at all, although the computer can see it.

My old HP scanner finally quit all the way. So I went to Newegg, and I found two really inexpensive scanners: Canon LiDE 25 is for $44.77, Canon LiDE 70 is for $89.88. I will not be scanning any photographs, since I have a digital camera. Yet every once in a while I scan a document. These...

I have Minolta DiMage 5400 and I'm quite pleased with it, EXCEPT for the two things: 1. Major problems scanning blue sky from color slide (8 bit scans). No problems for example with black, which was my major concern. Haven't really done anything else than slide scans so far... 2. Speed, which...

"Ed E." wrote in message ... $600, $1100, and $2000 for the Coolscan V, 5000, and 9000 Those are good prices from Nikon. snip The price of the coolscan 9000 is fantastic news and its not even April

Can anyone reccoment a good slide/film scanner? This is for personal use of transfering our slides to digital. I have a "PrimeFilm 1800u" but all the scans of the slides come out way too dark. I can see that the slide is not that dark. I've played with all the settings and they don't seem to...

It seems to be common currency that cheap negative scanners are not adequate but i was pretty surprised at how cheap the Canon scanners are. The 5000f is only about $130 and does not require and additional adapter for 35 mm negatives or slides. It is 2400 x 4800 dpi with 9600 x 9600 dpi...

Hello all, First of all, thank you so much for all your help in the past. As I have written before, I am in the process of scanning a great deal of pictures (thousands, and no, I don't have the negatives) and need to put them in digital photo albums. I am looking for software that will allow me to...

I have been digitally archiving our old family pics (mostly slides) using a scanner. I have recently been experimenting with the new jpeg 2000 format which is quite exiting. the problem I am having is when I save an image in jpeg2k I can't seem to open it in any common applications such as IE6 etc....

Is there truly any noticeable difference between the 2 different color bits when printing on a photo printer? both bits seem to represent millions of colors. The only difference is in the file sizes. If one was scanning slides/photos what would be the best choice....48 bit at a lower resolution or...

I've notice a problem in many scans of photos with the matte finish instead of a glossy finish. The resultant scan looks like it has a heavy "pebble" finish, much more pronounced than the original matte finish. I assume this is caused by the reflected light of the scanner bouncing off the high and...

Hi, Wondering if anybody has had any success in getting either of these adaptor to work with they scanner. I would like to try and get my nikon LS2000 running through one on WinXP, or am I pushing **** up hill with this idea. Shane

I have a huge problem that can't seem to be solved: I have a UMAX Astra 610P scanner (without a power switch), and every time I try to do something (scan, preview...), the lamp barely moves and I get one of the following messages: "Error 00000000h", or "Please unlock scanner". Thing is, my scanner...

I currently own a ScanJet 4C. When I bought it, I was running Win98 and had to install a scsi card in order to install and use it. I'm now running XP Home and it's my understanding that in order to use my 4C I'd have to employ some kind of workaround. I don't care to do that. So, first, can anyone...

I've got hold of an old Acer (Benq) 640BT scanner with the transparency and Negative scanning facility. But no templates for the negatives and slides. It seems there is something in the templates that is used for calibration. Anyone got this model and can tell me what the heck is used - is it a...

Hello, I'm guessing this question has come up before, but I couldn't find anything definitieve in terms of a yes or no on it -- I'm interested in getting text files of just parts of textbooks that I'm interested in -- instead of just highlighting the textbook, getting a digital dump of the text...

I have a BenQ Scanwit 2720S. It's starting to preview scan only the first frame or slide. Can anyone help? Many thanks Rod

I have an application for a color linear array like those found in CCD types of flatbed scanners. A commercially available camera with a linear array costs over $1000. I have a few old flatbeds and can buy a very good new one for less than $200. For this reason, I am interesting in "harvesting" the...

Hi, I seem to be having difficulty with a particular slide that is showing a "halo" along a boundary between dark (almost black) and bright gold - the gold is causing a halo (I've looked at the slide with a loupe and I can't see a halo) Also, the contrast seems to be lower than the actual slide...

Hi, I have two computers and a Canon 5000F. I know that I can't share the scanner like I can the printer, but would a solution be to get a 4-1 USB hub, connect the scanner to the 1 port and connect the computers to the other ports, making sure that the software/driver is on both computers? ...

So I want to scan some precious family photos from the 30s up to the 2000s. I would like to preserve all the detail that is in the original print, in the scan. Question is, at what DPI should I scan these prints so as to preserve all the detail in the precious, irreplaceable original pix? Are...