2010/7/8 Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]>: >> When I had all the trouble with the USB ports we were testing one swithcing >> stuff around -- after uninstalling and reinstalling various drivers >> including the one for the Twain... I suddenly have lost the ability to >> switch from flatbed scanning to slide scanning... >> I was able to toggle back and forth easily but now the opening screen I get >> does't let me do it... >> >> "help" didnt help I have a bunch of negs taken on my dear old LX'en (as >> Caesar would say) that i need to scan...
Ann, I have never used Epson's software other than for testing, TWAIN or not, to drive any Epson scanner. To me, that's just junk software. I use Vuescan, which supports the Epson Perfection 1640su and works very well. I've used Vuescan to drive Epson 2450, V700, Minolta Scan Dual II, Polaroid SprintScan 35E/S and Nikon Coolcan IV ED (LS-40) scanners. I've compared it against the Epson, Minolta, Nikon, Polaroid OEM software and a couple of third party (SilverFast, Apple's Image Capture, and a couple others I can no longer remember). It is without a doubt the best scanning software I've used. Here's an information page for Vuescan with this scanner: http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/epson_perfection_1640su.html You can download Vuescan for evaluation from the home page: http://www.hamrick.com And there's a decent Users Guide available in PDF: http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.pdf I don't work with a scanner unless Vuescan supports it nowadays. That's my bottom line. ;-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
