Scanner...???

[J]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 02:45, Kaj Haulrich <kaj.haulrich at adslhome.dk> wrote:
> On 2010-08-09 06:21, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> I see that you already have the answers from others, but I have the
>> Epson Perfection V300 scanner and what you need is the driver from Epson
>> itself. Comes as a two-part "driver" and you will find it here:
>>
>> http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/faq/id000837.php
>>
>>
>> The 2 parts are:
>>
>> iscan_2.25.0-1.ltdl7_i386.deb
>>
>> esci-interpreter-gt-f720_0.0.1-2_i386.deb
>>
>> You need to install one before installing the other - but you will get
>> an error message if you pick on the wrong one :-) . (I don't remember
>> which is the first one to be installed.)
>>
>> (Following your post I went to Avansys and found that there is a bug fix
>> which I just downloaded and will be installing in the next few minutes.)

Basil: have they updated those drivers to take advantage of the Epson
hardware features like ICE?  I have a version of the Avansys stuff
installed here and iscan is about as basic as you can get (I don't use
it unless I'm just in need of a quick document scan).  And since
neither iscan nor the driver support the advanced features the Epson V
series scanners have, I end up having to do most of my scanning in
Windows anyway... :(

Maybe I'll have to go and install Xsane and see if that allows any
better scanning...

> There is commercial software as well. Personally I use Vuescan from
> Hamrick Software and never looked back. The reason is that I do a lot of
> film scanning (old B/W and color negatives) and Vuescan has excellent
> support for (almost) all types of scanners and films. It's easy to use
> and installation is straightforward.

Kaj, Same question as above.  I'm certainly not against using
commercial software, because like you, I scan negatives and color
medium format slides, so I need the ability to do so with my scanning
software... does Vuescan do this?  (I'm assuming it at least does
negatives, since you've already mentioned that).  But will Vuescan
handle the advanced features that the Avansys drivers don't support on
the Epson printers?

Cheers,

Jeff