I used Vuescan with the Dimage Scan Dual II with much improved results.
Since having the Scan Dual IV, I haven't purchased the newer version of
Vuescan... I haven't felt the need to improve upon the Minolta software out
of the box. But you never know...
Tom C.
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: enablement disablement
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:49:46 -0800
There are no free scanner driving applications worth a damn.
There is nothing even remotely comparable to Vuescan for under $150 or so.
The only third-party scanning application that comes close and is the same
price as Vuescan Standard Edition is SilverFast LE ($49), and then you get
a version dedicated to one scanner that doesn't have all the capabilities
of Vuescan. The professional version, SilverFast Ai, is over $200.
KM's supplied software today is much improved from what I received with
the Minolta Scan Dual II in 2000. Vuescan is still more capable. I
considered that scanner nearly unusable until Vuescan implemented support
for it. I drive both the Scan Dual II and my Epson 2450 with Vuescan, have
been very happy with the results.
Godfrey
On Nov 16, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Gaurav Aggarwal wrote:
Is there any cheap alternative to Vuescan that comes closer? I am a
beginner
who got a Minolta Dimage Dual Scan IV yesterday. Last night wasn't a very
successful night but then obviously I need to spend lot more hours
figuring out
how to use all these scanning tools and photoshop etc.
But if someone suggests that another free software is better than what
came with
Dimage DualScan then I might as well spend time on that software's
learning
curve.
