Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal - what jim said i use my powerbook to scan and airport the images to my iMac. The power book is not good for manipulation in PhotoShop but iMac so it works out ok. I just tried out the newest Nikon Scan program with my Cool Scan 4000 and it definitely DOES NOT WORK with Jaguar. My powerbook is running 10.1.5 whereas the iMac is 10.2 ernie On Saturday, October 19, 2002, at 04:33 PM, Jim Laurel wrote: > Pascal, > I have the same problem. While I'm sure Nikon will eventually cough > up the > drivers for Jaguar, it may be a while. > > Here's an idea: > If you have a second machine running a Nikon Scan -supported OS, > network > them together and use it as a dedicated scanning workstation. For > example, > while I cannot run Nikon Scan on my PowerMac under 10.2, it will run > under > 10.1.x. My old G3 Pismo Powerbook is still on 10.1.5. > > In my workflow, the Powerbook drops scans to its internal hard disk on > a > shared directory, which I monitor from the G4. As new scans are > placed in > this shared directory, I pick them up and put them through > post-processing > (i.e., rotate, crop, correct, create archive/catalog/web/thumbnail > versionsm > etc.) This actually works pretty well in terms of workflow, since the > scanning process consumes alot of resources. It's nice to do the > Photoshop > work on a machine that is not being burdened with scanning. By the > time you > are finished post-processing one image, the next is just being > completed and > dropped off in the shared directory. > > It would work just as well, if you could set up an WinNT/2K/XP machine > as > the dedicated scanning workstation. Even an older Mac or Windows > machine > would do the job just fine. Really saves alot of time. > > --Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pascal" <cyberdog@attglobal.net> > To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 11:13 AM > Subject: [Leica] Off-topic: using Nikon slidescanner under MacOS X > > >> I have (finally) made the leap from OS 9 to 10.2.1. After two months >> I am >> beginning to become more accustomed to the interface and features, >> though > I >> keep preferring the general look and features of 0S 9. Alas, there is >> no >> future in it anymore, so I'd thought I'd give OS X a try and see if I > could >> get used to it before maybe switching to XP :-( >> >> I am having a BIG issue with my trusty Nikon Super Coolscan LS-2000. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > http://www.ernienitka.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html