Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/12

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Subject: [Leica] Film scanner for Linux
From: jevb at runbox.com (Jerry VanBrimmer)
Date: Wed Jan 12 13:44:53 2005
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 02:04:36PM -0500, Glenn Stauffer wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:37:55 -0800, Jerry Van Brimmer <jevb@runbox.com> 
> wrote:
> > Since Linux is my favorite OS for my computer, does anybody know of a 
> > film
> > scanner that works with Linux?
> > 
> 
> I'll second the recommendation for Vuescan.  I run Fedora Core 3 Linux
> with a Minolta Dimage IV scanner controlled via vuescan.  It works as
> good if not better than the Minolta software on Windows.  Quick,
> robust, with full control over the scanner functions.
> 
> Now if only I could get my Canon S900 printer to work, I'd have a
> complete digital darkroom setup with no need to run Windows.  (BTW,
> I've tried TurboPrint and I cannot get decent results for photo
> printing with this printer; I'll probably replace the printer soon.)
> 
> Glenn
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Thank you all for your replies. I'm just getting into this, so it's nice
to know that I won't have to give up Linux just to scan my negs. Great!






In reply to: Message from jevb at runbox.com (Jerry Van Brimmer) ([Leica] Film scanner for Linux)
Message from alaxsxaq at gmail.com (Glenn Stauffer) ([Leica] Film scanner for Linux)