I don't know that it is the scanner. I have installed 10.3 and 10.2 on several machines. With 10.2, I have had very little problems with scsi items, but on 10.3, we can hardly get anything to work. I would recommend either rebooting in os 9 to scan or getting a firewire scanner.
Bruce On Jul 16, 2004, at 8:22 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > It's a G4 tower. Gray and white. > > I downloaded Vuescan but so far cannot get it to recognize the scanner. > > A dialog box said to check System Profiler to make sure the computer > found the scanner ... I did and the SCSI bus showed an Epson GT-9000, > which I guess is what it looks like to OS X. But Vuescan still said it > couldn't find any scanner. > > An FAQ on the Vuescan web site said to try removing the Epson Scanner > file from /library/image capture/devices. Did that and rebooted. > Vuescan still can't find the scanner. > > Am searching Epson web site for OS X scanner software. I'm finding a > little bit, but nothing that says it would work with this scanner. > Will try it anyway and report back. > > Dan > > >> Hi Dan, >> >> You failed to mention the cpu. ?If it is a G5 computer, shut down >> the computer and remove the SCSI card. ?You?ll probably find that it >> is not compatible (most are NOT) with the G5. ?Start looking for a >> new scanner. >> >> Ward >> >> Ward Oldham, MacDude >> MacTown >> 1041 Bardstown Road >> Louisville, KY ?40204 >> 502-485-1243 >> ward at mactown.us >> http://www.mactown.us >> >> >> From: Dan Crutcher <dcrutcher at loumag.com> >> Reply-To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:53:05 -0400 >> To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> Subject: MacGroup: Epson scanner and OS X >> >> Just installed a new computer running OS X 10.3.4 and am trying to >> connect our trusty old Epson ES-1200C scanner to it. I have installed >> an Adaptec SCSI card in the computer and have the scanner attached to >> that. The physical connection seems to work okay -- it makes the >> proper >> noises, all the right lights come on, etc. >> >> We've used it for years with OS 7, 8 and 9, acquiring images through >> the Scantastic Photoshop plug-in that came with the scanner. That >> appears not to work any longer (using Photoshop 6 under Classic) and >> I >> do not have any drivers or TWAIN software that works with this >> scanner >> in OS X (and Photoshop CS). >> >> Any advice on getting this scanner to work -- preferably in OS X, but >> if that's not doable, then at least in Classic? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
