No problems at all. I learn something every time I post on this group, Laurie. Thanks to everyone!
Jim LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > caryeno...@enochsvision.com, > > I apologize for using your post as a vehicle for posting a correction to one > of my earlier posts where I referred to WMA drivers when I should have > referred to WIA drivers. I am sorry if my error in reference has caused any > confusion or trouble. > > -----Original Message----- > From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk > [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of > caryeno...@enochsvision.com > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:39 PM > To: lau...@advancenet.net > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, > > Silverfast provides a 64-bit installer for the V500 (and presumably related > Epson > scanners). It's WIA and it installs both a standalone client and a plug-in > for Photoshop. > Silverfast also provides an optional TWAIN version but there's no reason to > install it > that I can see. > > In the flier packaged with the scanner, Epson tells you not to install from > the CD. They > point you to their website so you can install the latest 64-bit driver for > it. That > appears to be a WIA driver. Epson's OEM software is like most OEM software; > it's mediocre > and very basic. You need either Vuescan or Silverfast. I use Silverfast > Studio Ai version 6.6. > > Additional comment below. > > On 14-Jun-09 12:41, 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. >> > > >> LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: >> >>> Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and >>> >> Vista >> > > There's no "yes but." I explicitly stated that I installed a USB scanner so > my comments > applied only to that. > > >>> 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. >>> > > Do any prosumer manufacturers even make SCSI scanners anymore? > > > 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. >>> > > I know that. I didn't say they were the same. You might be responding to > someone else's > post there. > > >>> 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. >>> > > -- > 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." (Joseph Campbell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title > or body > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
