Laurie, I could be wrong calling the Epson driver a 64-bit twain driver. If memory serves me, Epson referred to it as a "64-bit driver". I did not ask for it as I was, and still am, on 32-bit machines - mainly because of the Sprintscan 120.
Jim LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > I would check again on the 64-bit twain driver. Epson may have developed a > proprietary driver for the scanner but I sort of doubt it was a twain driver > since there were never any official standards set for the 64 bit twain > driver by the twain working group consortium even though they talked about > doing so and there was never any implementation of an official 64-bit twain > driver although there may have been implementations of 64 bit drivers for > scanners by third parties (e.g. Ed Hamrick) manufacturers as proprietary > items. It is quite possible that what you got was a 64 bit WIA interface > driver which allows the scanner to work with 64 bit Windows Vista machines > and maybe XP. > > I see where there is now some discussion online about standards for a 64 bit > version 2.0 twain driver set of standards (version 1 discussions were > abandoned a few years ago); but the discussions do not seem to have reached > a firm enough stage that there have been any fully implemented instances of > such a twain driver that are working drivers issued by software developers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk > [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of James L. Sims > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:55 PM > To: lau...@advancenet.net > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, > > I have an Epson 1600, that's older than my Polaroid 120 and Epson has > provided 64-bit twain drivers for it. But you're right, the 120 will > have to stay with a 32-bit XP machine. > > Jim > > LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > >> Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and >> > Vista > >> X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either third >> party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed >> > WMA > >> drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB >> based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an >> ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the case >> with SCSI based scanners of old. There is a difference between drivers >> which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such >> things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to >> > recognize > >> the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk >> [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of >> caryeno...@enochsvision.com >> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:03 PM >> To: lau...@advancenet.net >> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, >> >> I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in >> Vista-x64. I used >> the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that >> > I > >> downloaded >> from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. Windows made >> > the > >> low beep that >> it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. The scanner >> > works > >> perfectly in >> Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. >> >> Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. >> >> I went ahead and bought Silverfast Ai Studio for it for a variety of >> > reasons > >> mostly >> related to the difficult faded originals. They're very old filmstrips of >> great historical >> value that I'm restoring. Silverfast isn't as easy to use as Vuescan but I >> felt the more >> finely tuned results justified the high price. Btw, Silverfast had no >> problems recognizing >> the scanner either. That's because Lasersoft customizes each version for a >> specific >> scanner. Vuescan should drive virtually any scanner right out of the box. >> It's amazing. >> >> I made sample scans on a friend's V750 and could not discern any >> > difference > >> in quality >> between those scans and the ones on the V500 -- and I am very picky. The >> optics are >> probably better on the V750 though. Don't bother with the Epson OEM >> software. Either >> Vuescan or Silverfast are greatly superior. Your choice. >> >> On 13-Jun-09 15:43:44, LAURIE SOLOMON (lau...@advancenet.net) wrote: >> >> >>> SCSI is the hardware connection; there are no twain drivers for 64 bit >>> > OS. > >>> You need the ASPI layer with SCSI for any Windows OS (32 or 64 bit) to >>> recognize the scanner as a hardware device ( I do not know about USB >>> connected scanners); but this is different from getting the scanner to >>> work which is different from getting the OS to recognize the hardware and >>> requires device drivers. The traditional scanner and scanner drivers >>> were and are proprietary software connected twain drivers, which are only >>> >>> >> 32 >> >> >>> bit and will not work with 64 bit OSs. Ed Hamrick by passes the twain >>> driver and has written his own drivers for scanners; they may be 64 bit >>> >>> >> capable. >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> On Behalf Of li...@lazygranch.com >>> >>> >> >>> Ed Hamrick.would know the OS/software issues. >>> >>> >> -- >> Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com >> Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is >> the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is >> to reveal this radiance through the created object." 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