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Jan 21, 2014 16:22:32   #
bedgmon Loc: Burleson, Texas
 
PhotoArtsLA wrote:
Vuescan is quite a good scanning program. Highly recommended, as are the latest generation of Epson printers.

FWIW,

Richard Brown


Richard, thank you for assisting my search. I looked into VueScan today. I think I will purchase it. It has a few features I think I might use. I am very close to purchasing an Epson V600, I think. I am amazed at the lack of information in the last 12 months on any new scanners. People must have completed their archival process with their family photos? I can't justify the high-end scanners for the poor quality of my family's old photos, but they are precious to me. :)

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Jan 21, 2014 16:24:34   #
bedgmon Loc: Burleson, Texas
 
problem child wrote:
Try Silverfast.. You can geta free 30 day trial. I have a Cnonscan 9000f and I'm trying it out now.

http://www.silverfast.com/


I found several articles that placed VueScan above Silverfast. So I think I my try the VueScan for now. Let me know how your trial goes, I am a fickle woman and may change my mind at any time. hehe

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Jan 21, 2014 16:26:48   #
bedgmon Loc: Burleson, Texas
 
DanRobinson wrote:
As a booksetter, I scan in a lot of old pictures for archival and reproduction purposes.

Between the different scanning apps, I see no difference. 300 dpi from one app = 300 dpi from another.

When I'm scanning heirloom pictures, I scan at 600 dpi. Frequently there is fine detail and I use my old Epson 4490 at 1200 dpi or even higher, to capture Grandma Sallie in the background of a pic. But normally, 600 dpi on my HP all-in-one is sufficient.


You won't see a difference between 600 and 300 dpi on your screen until you zoom in. If you have a monitor that is displaying 120 dpi (the old CRTs were 72 dpi) then what you're seeing at 100% is 120 dpi . . . not 300 or 600.

But printing on today's color inkjets, you'll see the difference. Most laser printers are 600 dpi.

This is where your photo manipulation apps come in. The original is (for instance) a 2.5×2.5-inch brownie image from the 1940s. You scan it in at 600 dpi. At this point, forget dpi. you have a digital grayscale image at 1,500×1,500 pixels

You crop the image (1,000×900)
You print it four inches wide (250 dpi)
On the web site (200×150)
Print an 8×10 for Uncle Max. (100 dpi) Horrible!

If your original was scanned at 300 dpi, Uncle Max would have received socks for his birthday.

If you had scanned in that same photo at 2400 dpi Max would have received the picture of his sainted mither at 400 dpi!

That is a family heirloom worth keeping.

My point is this: Always scan in heirloom pictures at 1200 dpi at least. You never know when you'll need those extra dots and gigabytes are cheap.
As a booksetter, I scan in a lot of old pictures f... (show quote)


What wonderful advise. I will certainly keep your advise in hand while scanning :thumb up:

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Jan 21, 2014 16:29:09   #
bedgmon Loc: Burleson, Texas
 
RMM wrote:
I've used SilverFast and VueScan. Both are very good. VueScan actually works with some older scanners that SilverFast no longer supports. If I were you, I'd go with VueScan. The basic program costs $40 and the professional version costs $80. You can start with the basic program and upgrade for the difference in price, and you have a year to make up your mind, which is plenty of time to decide whether you need the extra capabilities. I'd say you have to be extremely serious to need more out of your software.
I've used SilverFast and VueScan. Both are very go... (show quote)


I think I will go with VueScan! :thumb up:

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Jan 21, 2014 17:01:59   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
PhotoArtsLA wrote:
The Epson MIGHT not be called by its name, but by its scanner name. My Epson scanner, for example, does NOT go by its Epson name, but I am 2700 miles from my office... so I cannot tell you what it says exactly. I am all Mac, and the interface is a bit different as well, but not too much. I always scan under the additional options, which gives you a LOT of control over the scanner.

Thanks, but I got it to work.

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Jan 21, 2014 20:41:46   #
Bugfan Loc: Toronto, Canada
 
I have a Nikon 5000 ED for 35mm slides and film and an Epson V750 Pro for odd sized negatives and paper and prints.

In an actual scan I use the software that came with the scanners.

In fact the Epson is interesting, it has a simple driver, a medium complicated driver and something that looks like an airplane cockpit. As a result it's the most functional of all. Often what I got from the scanners I can use as is, sometimes I do some editing with Photoshop.

Initially I had only slides and 35 mm to worry about, I had done thousands of those in my film days. The Nikon 5000 ED was perfect for that. But then I inherited a lot of prints, glass plates, B&W medium format negatives and a number of really strange negative sizes too as well as hundreds of prints that didn't have negatives. This demanded a more flexible scanner and something to do prints with too. That's what settled me on the Epson V750 Pro.

Both scanners do amazing things for me. The images are as good as the originals and sometimes, after Photoshop, they're even better.

I should add that I also have an all-in-one printer that has a scanner and sheet feeder. I use that for run of the mill hard copy where professional quality is not needed. I don't like using my high end machines for trivial scans.

However depending on how picky you are, that all in one does remarkable scans on all kinds of paper and prints. It might be a cheaper alternative for doing scanning if all you have are prints to scan.

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Jan 21, 2014 21:12:35   #
DanRobinson Loc: Charlotte, NC
 
Bugfan wrote:
. . . depending on how picky you are, that all in one does remarkable scans on all kinds of paper and prints. It might be a cheaper alternative for doing scanning if all you have are prints to scan.


I just scanned a 278-page book. I'm sure glad I had the HP all-in-one and its document scanner.

Sometimes you have better originals than others.
Sometimes you have better originals than others....

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Jan 28, 2014 21:15:24   #
Dun1 Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
You make sure that you have the latest software updates on your Mac Book Pro
Here is a link to a partial answer on the Epson website
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=FAQ&oid=207953&prodoid=63098441&foid=214280
You also might want to search the Apple site or forums to see if others have had issues with your model of Epson scanner and the Mac OS

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Jan 28, 2014 22:09:06   #
bedgmon Loc: Burleson, Texas
 
Dun1 wrote:
You make sure that you have the latest software updates on your Mac Book Pro
Here is a link to a partial answer on the Epson website
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=FAQ&oid=207953&prodoid=63098441&foid=214280
You also might want to search the Apple site or forums to see if others have had issues with your model of Epson scanner and the Mac OS


Thanks, I just received my V600. I think it saturates colors more so than my Canoscan 8800f. Not sure I like better?

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Jan 28, 2014 22:09:36   #
bedgmon Loc: Burleson, Texas
 
DanRobinson wrote:
I just scanned a 278-page book. I'm sure glad I had the HP all-in-one and its document scanner.


Whoa…that a bunch of stuff!

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