Scanning Images
Scanning Roll of FilmIf you're scanning many frames from the same roll of film, the following procedure will optimally set the CCD exposure and film color (i.e. mask color):
Batch ScanningTo scan multiple images in a batch, set the "Device|Frame numbers" option to "1-6" and then press the "Scan" button. More InformationFor more information, refer to the VueScan User's Guide.
There's an excellent web site with scanning tips maintained by Wayne Fulton. It contains a scanning tips for flatbed scanners and film scanners. There's also a summary of the available film scanners , a review of VueScan and an example of using VueScan's cleaning, intensity, and contrast options.
Nikon LS-20, LS-1000, LS-30, LS-2000, Minolta QuickScan 35, Scan Dual, Scan Multi, Scan Multi Pro, Scan Speed, Scan Elite, Polaroid SprintScan 120, SprintScan 4000, Microtek ArtixScan 4000, Microtek 35t+, Polaroid SprintScan 35/LE/+, Microtek 45t+, Polaroid SprintScan 45, Canon FS2700, FS2710, FS4000, HP PhotoSmart, Acer ScanWit 2720S and 2740S, Epson FilmScan 200, Konica Qscan
FireWire Scanners supported (Windows, Mac OS 9.x/10.1):
USB Film Scanners supported:
SCSI Flatbed scanners supported:
USB Flatbed scanners supported:
Unsupported scanners:
If you're using a Firewire scanner on Mac OS 9.x, you may need to remove the firewire extension installed by the scanner vendor's software into the system folder. For instance, to get the Nikon LS-4000 to work with Mac OS 9.x, remove all the extensions that begin with the word "Nikon" (make sure you reboot with a film holder inserted into the scanner). If your scanner has a button on the front and if a program starts up when you press this button while running VueScan, you need to disable this behavior to get VueScan to work properly. To disable button polling on Epson scanners, use "Epson Scanner Monitor Setup" in the Apple menu (uncheck "Enable monitoring") or remove the "Epson Scanner Monitor" extension in Mac OS 8/9. The file type and file creator for the .tif, .jpg, and .bmp files are determined by the settings in the "File Exchange" control panel on Mac OS 8/9. Several users have reported problems with some versions of the Kaleidoscope extension on Mac OS 8/9. Removing this extension will solve the problem. Note that the volume name and folder names used by VueScan can't have either a forward slash (/) or a backslash (\).
VueScan works on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP, and works with all known SCSI cards. It also works fine with multiple computers on a single SCSI bus (i.e. dual ported access to scanners). If you're using Windows 2000 or Windows XP and a SCSI scanner and if VueScan doesn't find your SCSI scanner, you may need to download and install ASPI (you don't need this for USB scanners): If VueScan won't start and you have Logitech MouseWare or a Logitech keyboard installed, try stopping EM_EXEC.EXE and/or ITOUCH.EXE. There have been some reports of these two programs causing problems with VueScan. (These two Logitech programs cause problems for many other Windows programs as well.) Alternatively, try turning off the "Smart Move" option in MouseWare.
You need to make sure all of the /dev/sg* devices are read/write accessible. To see what scanners are available, type "cat /proc/scsi/scsi". Note that the Adaptec AVA-1505 SCSI card doesn't work with a Nikon film scanner, and will cause a hard bus hang if you use VueScan with it. This is due to a bug in the aha152x driver. Another bug in this driver causes junk to be appended to the end of a raw scan when using the PhotoSmart. Other SCSI cards seem to work fine with VueScan on Linux. There have also been problems reported with the Adaptec AVA-2904E and the Canon FS2710, although this combination works fine on Windows. If you want to add or remove scsi devices without rebooting your system, use the following commands: echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 ? 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi echo "scsi remove-single-device 0 0 ? 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi (use the SCSI ID in place of "?" above)To use USB scanners on Linux, set up the SCANNER0 environment variable to point to /dev/usbscanner (it needs to be read/write accessible), set up the SCANVID0 environment variable with the USB Vendor ID (VID) and set up the SCANPID0 environment variable with the USB Product ID (PID). You can support up to 8 USB scanners at a time by using SCANNER1, SCANNER2, SCANVID1, SCANVID2, etc. Some VID/PID pairs for scanners that VueScan supports are:
VID PID Scanner
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03f0 0101 HP 4100
03f0 0201 HP 6200
03f0 0401 HP 5200
03f0 0601 HP 6300
04a5 any Acer scanners
04b0 4000 Nikon CoolScan IV (LS-40)
04b8 0101 Epson Perfection 636 (GT-7000)
04b8 0102 Epson GT-2200 (GT-2200)
04b8 0103 Epson Perfection 610 (GT-6600)
04b8 0104 Epson Perfection 1200 (GT-7600)
04b8 0105 Epson StylusScan 2000
04b8 0106 Epson StylusScan 2500 (CC-700 )
04b8 0107 Epson Expression 1600 (ES-2000)
04b8 0109 Epson Expression 1640XL (ES-8500)
04b8 010a Epson Perfection 1640 (GT-8700)
04b8 010b Epson Perfection 1240 (GT-7700)
04b8 010c Epson Perfection 640 (GT-6700)
04b8 010e Epson Expression 1680 (ES-2200)
04b8 0110 Epson Perfection 1650 (GT-8200)
04b8 0111 Epson Perfection 2450 (GT-9700)
04b8 0112 Epson Perfection 2450 (GT-9700)
06bd 2061 AGFA SnapScan 1212U
06bd 0100 AGFA SnapScan Touch (not supported)
06bd any other AGFA scanners
For instance, to set up VueScan for the Epson 640, use
the following commands if you're using csh:
setenv SCANNER0 /dev/usbscanner
setenv SCANVID0 04b8
setenv SCANPID0 010c
or if you're using sh or bash:
export SCANNER0="/dev/usbscanner"
export SCANVID0="04b8"
export SCANPID0="010c"
For more help setting up a USB scanner on Linux, see
the SANE pages on
http://www.mostang.com/sane/.
To use the Minolta Scan Dual II, HP 5300 or
HP 7400 scanners on Linux, you can use the
hpusbscsi module.
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