Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, I share your assessment of this scanner. Any idea of when the driver you are referring to will be marketed? Nathan Dan Cardish wrote: > There is a guy who is developing his own driver for the scanner, and it is > currently in 'alpha' stage testing, meaning that it is currently a simple > DOS based, command line driven program. One of it's features is a claim > that it lets the scanner actually scan at 30bits, wheras the HP softeare > apparently only scans at 24 bits (I can't confirm that this is true). In > any case, I have scanned some really tough b/w negs with the new software > that were impossible with the Official HP program. I am thrilled at the > resulting Epson prints. Brilliant highlight detail, without any trace of > 'noise'. > > So as far as I am concerned, the HP scanner is perfect, and a bargain at 3 > times the price. > > Dan C.