I recently purchased this scanner and have been really pleased with it. It is hooked up to my Beige G3/OS 9.2/384MB through a PCI USB card and 4 port mini USB hub. I have scanned both color and B&W. For B&W I will usually scan in at 36 dpi as a color image. This gives me that Sepia toning. If that toning does not work on the photo then it comes in just fine as Grayscale. I use Photoshop 6 with it so I really haven't taken the time to see how it works with the built in software. If you don't have photoshop you may still want to look into something like Photoshop Elements which has also worked.
As for printing, I have an HP 932c and have been able to print 8x10's that I have been quite impressed with. As a side note, I picked up some of Ilford's Classic Pearl Paper last week and it worked wonderfully on both 5x7 and 8x10 prints. I've used it with a limited number of slides and have had some difficulty but only because the slides were very dirty - not the scanner. Color correction is usually needed on the color photos but that is easily enough done (usually) in photoshop. I just got a book on Photoshop Restoration that has been a big help. If your interested I can get the exact title - I just can't remember the full title of the author right now - just let me know. Overall, I really think it is a bargain and you can find it on the Costco website for $149. Good luck! Delano on 11/17/01 3:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > good morning pug-sters: > > looking at perhaps purchasing my 1st film scanner. i remember reading a few > weeks/months back about the pacific image 1800u. a local shop now has them > in stock. > > could those w/real-world experience share some of their experiences? > > since i usually don't shoot slides, for those who do shoot print film, do u > no longer have prints made at a lab but now scan from your negatives? > > w/o starting a holy war, how does this unit handle b/w film negatives? > > my needs are modest. i would be printing on an epson photo printer for my > own viewing, usually 5x7, occasionally larger, and for web posting of images. > > do u use the software that comes w/this scanner? > > i use macs. is that a problem w/this machine? software-wise? > (for those mac-heads, what machine are u using w/this scanner & how much ram?) > > again, and as always, thanks for any info u care to share. > > be well > > robo > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
