Good to know, Paul! Thanks! Cheers, Christine
> On Feb 26, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Epson's software is far better than Vuescan. I've used both extensively and I > frequently scan for publication. The Epson software is easier to use and > allows finer adjustment . > > Paul via phone > >> On Feb 26, 2016, at 5:56 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>>> On Feb 26, 2016, at 3:01 PM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 26 February 2016 at 20:52 Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Also, I'd appreciate suggestions on software that would work well with >>>> it, particularly for converting negatives into positives. I have both >>>> Mac and Linux computers available. >>> >>> I think Vuescan is still the standard. It seems to work with virtually any >>> scanner ever built and all popular OSs. The only regular fault that I know >>> of >>> are issues with odd colour balances. Experienced this myself and had to >>> reinstall to fix it. One pay and permanent updates. I like Mr Hamrick's >>> business model. >> >> >> To Mike’s point, here’s the link to the VueScan Scanner Software: >> http://www.hamrick.com >> >> And from the webpage: >> >> "VueScan can output scanned documents, photos, and film in PDF, JPEG and >> TIFF formats. It can also recognize text using OCR and create multi-page >> pdfs using both flatbed scanners and scanners with automatic document >> feeders” >> >> The Epson software does the same as described above—the multi-page PDF >> feature is great when scanning multipage materials for my students. Optical >> Character Recognition (ORC) software is included. I’ll have to start >> playing around with the photo crease reduction and dust removal features—see >> how far I can push them for prints and negatives. >> >> I’m not sure what I would gain by downloading VueScan, since I have the same >> features with Epson’s software. Any thoughts if VueScan’s software is, in >> fact, superior to Epson’s software? >> >> Cheers, Christine >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
