Re: More on Scanners...

sell some blood & go with the epson!

Michael_Georgoff@trendmicro.com wrote:

>See, I just knew that the twice-or-three-times-as-expensive Epsons would be
>suggested! Not that you're wrong about them, just that I am "resource
>challenged" at present... (What about Canonscan scanners? Anyone use 'em?)
>
>While pondering flatbed scanners that will also do 35mm transparencies, I
>happened to mention to a guy off-list that I might rather get a standard
>flatbed scanner and figure out some way to turn off the internal light
>source and use an external light source for transparency scans (which is all
>that a flatbed with a transparency adaptor seems to do anyway, as far as I
>can see).
>
>They guy I was exchanging email with said "Many standard flatbed scanners
>allow you to turn off the internal light by selecting transparency in the
>Software (TWAIN driver). You can then cut a piece of cardboard to fit over
>the scanner with a hole cut to the slide size and then place a light over
>the slide."
>
>This, I did not know. I was all set to grab my screwdrivers, soldering
>iron, Dremel and a switch... and here it might be doable in software.
>
>Has anyone out there done this? Anyone use the TWAIN transparency mode to
>turn off internal illumination and then light transparencies or negs with
>external illumination? I figure there's be enough nuts & bolts hackers,
>geeks and general DIY kinda folks on this this that someone may have tried
>this...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michael Georgoff
>San Jose, CA
>
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Received on Fri Mar 22 21:19:13 2002