Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:04 PM +0200 Pascal <cyberdog@attglobal.net> wrote: > As promised I would like to update you on how the problem of MacOS X not > recognizing the LS-2000 on my PowerBook G4 with Ratoc SCSI cardbus card > was eventually solved. > > Yes, solved. > > After contacting the Ratoc systems tech support and trying out a few > suggestions, what really made it work is this: the LS-2000 scanner's ID > should be set to 5 and the ID 5 should be set in asynchronous mode via het > Ratoc SCSI utility software. > > This way, the scanner is recognized by Vuescan all right, even when other > devices are attached to the same SCSI chain under MacOS 10.2.1. > > So far the good news. > > Now the bad news: the Vuescan program is not very good. It is way too slow > compared to the Nikon Scan software, plus it is quite confusing. I have > tried it out several times, but so far I have yet to produce a decent scan > with it. The Nikon Scan software is way above Vuescan in terms of ease of > use and getting decent results. Pascal, I think you should give Vuescan another chance. Yes, it does not have the greatest user interface in the world, mainly because it is designed to be cross-platform, but under the hood there is a lot of power. I initially had the same reaction that you did, but after some careful experimenting, I found that Vuescan was delivering consistently superior scans to Nikon Scan. This is with the LS-4000. The trick is finding the optimum settings among the seemingly endless array that Vuescan offers. But once you get it right, great results are repeatable. Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html