David, I felt my frustration level max out just reading your installation agony. I give up under such circumstances far too easily. Is it a '5400'? Hope to read your positive review at some point.
Jack --- David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About two weeks earlier than expected, my new film > scanner (Minolta > Multi Pro) arrived today. > > The only real complaints I have so far are related > to the software > installation process. And downloading the latest > driver is just > stupid. You have to download 7 different files > which are then pieced > together afterwards to create a single installer > file. The download > site said they did this to keep the file sizes small > (about 2Mb each) > but I'd rather just let one big file download while > I do other things, > instead of having to babysit the whole process. > > Then I forgot to copy the new version's Photoshop > plug-in across, which > caused numerous unexplained errors and Photoshop > crashings. I'd only > realised my mistake after uninstalling everything so > I could start > again :) On top of that there are all the issues > regarding multi-user > systems and administrator rights, etc... you'd think > that manufacturers > would have this stuff all figured out by now. > > So far I've only scanned some 35mm slides and I > haven't had much of a > chance to seriously get into the options and > settings. To be honest I > doubt I'll be using many of the features of the > driver. From my > initial playing it looks like it'd be better to make > any adjustments in > Photoshop. I'm itching to scan a 6x7 slide at full > res, although my > poor computer has enough trouble at 200Mb filesize > without going up to > 500Mb+. > > Oh and one more whinge: the supplied FireWire cable > is too short. But > at least they supplied one (unlike Epson). > > Right, time to find some nice 6x7 slides. > > Cheers, > > - Dave > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
