Hello,

I bought the Epson 4870 scanner yesterday but find the bundled
scanning software a bit limiting. Can anybody recommend some good
scanning software?

Thanks,
Stephen

"Stephen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I bought the Epson 4870 scanner yesterday but find the bundled
> scanning software a bit limiting. Can anybody recommend some good
> scanning software?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen

The Epson software is fine if you get into Pro Mode.
http://files.support.epson.com/htmld...ing%20mode%20a

Alway RTFM!

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I'd like to ask the same question of my HP Scanjet 5p scanner, which I
bought second-hand. It came with Deskscan II 2.9. Is there more recent
software for these scanners?

Thanks.

Graham wrote:
>
> I'd like to ask the same question of my HP Scanjet 5p scanner, which I
> bought second-hand. It came with Deskscan II 2.9. Is there more recent
> software for these scanners?
>
> Thanks.

I've tried Precisionscan Pro (3.14) & Precision Scan LTX but they both
say "Sorry, sscanner could not be initialized. (Scanner not found.)"

From the install options of one of them it seems it may be looking for
a scanner in the USB port. The Scanjet 5p is SCSI.

However, I did find a thread on the web where someone claimed they had
used PrecisionScan software with their Scanjet 5p:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hard..._20663143.html

I must be missing something...

Thanks for any help.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> Graham wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to ask the same question of my HP Scanjet 5p scanner, which I
> > bought second-hand. It came with Deskscan II 2.9. Is there more recent
> > software for these scanners?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> I've tried Precisionscan Pro (3.14) & Precision Scan LTX but they both
> say "Sorry, sscanner could not be initialized. (Scanner not found.)"
>
> From the install options of one of them it seems it may be looking for
> a scanner in the USB port. The Scanjet 5p is SCSI.
>
> However, I did find a thread on the web where someone claimed they had
> used PrecisionScan software with their Scanjet 5p:
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hard..._20663143.html
>
> I must be missing something...
>
> Thanks for any help.

Deskscan 2.9 was the last of that series for HP SCSI scanner line.
Dunno if any of the PrecisionScan series could work or not.

It costs $ but VueScan will work with it, I suppose...does with IICX, 3,
4 SCSI models. Free trial, hamrick.com.

For flatbed use though, I've generally had good enough results with
DeskScan on my old HP IIcx. What doesn't it do for ya?

Mac

Mac McDougald wrote:
>
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > Graham wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd like to ask the same question of my HP Scanjet 5p scanner, which I
> > > bought second-hand. It came with Deskscan II 2.9. Is there more recent
> > > software for these scanners?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > I've tried Precisionscan Pro (3.14) & Precision Scan LTX but they both
> > say "Sorry, sscanner could not be initialized. (Scanner not found.)"
> >
> > From the install options of one of them it seems it may be looking for
> > a scanner in the USB port. The Scanjet 5p is SCSI.
> >
> > However, I did find a thread on the web where someone claimed they had
> > used PrecisionScan software with their Scanjet 5p:
> > http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hard..._20663143.html
> >
> > I must be missing something...
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
>
> Deskscan 2.9 was the last of that series for HP SCSI scanner line.
> Dunno if any of the PrecisionScan series could work or not.
>
> It costs $ but VueScan will work with it, I suppose...does with IICX, 3,
> 4 SCSI models. Free trial, hamrick.com.
>
> For flatbed use though, I've generally had good enough results with
> DeskScan on my old HP IIcx. What doesn't it do for ya?

Well, the older software tends to lock Windows up while the optical
mechanism goes back to position. Also, the window size is a little
small at a higher resolution and can't be resized.

Thanks for the info.

Graham wrote:
>
> Mac McDougald wrote:
> >
> > In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > > Graham wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to ask the same question of my HP Scanjet 5p scanner, which I
> > > > bought second-hand. It came with Deskscan II 2.9. Is there more recent
> > > > software for these scanners?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > I've tried Precisionscan Pro (3.14) & Precision Scan LTX but they both
> > > say "Sorry, sscanner could not be initialized. (Scanner not found.)"
> > >
> > > From the install options of one of them it seems it may be looking for
> > > a scanner in the USB port. The Scanjet 5p is SCSI.
> > >
> > > However, I did find a thread on the web where someone claimed they had
> > > used PrecisionScan software with their Scanjet 5p:
> > > http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hard..._20663143.html
> > >
> > > I must be missing something...
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Deskscan 2.9 was the last of that series for HP SCSI scanner line.
> > Dunno if any of the PrecisionScan series could work or not.
> >
> > It costs $ but VueScan will work with it, I suppose...does with IICX, 3,
> > 4 SCSI models. Free trial, hamrick.com.
> >
> > For flatbed use though, I've generally had good enough results with
> > DeskScan on my old HP IIcx. What doesn't it do for ya?
>
> Well, the older software tends to lock Windows up while the optical
> mechanism goes back to position. Also, the window size is a little
> small at a higher resolution and can't be resized.

Minor correction: I just found out the preview size can be adjusted.
Not bad afterall.

(E-Mail Removed) (Stephen) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Hello,
>
> I bought the Epson 4870 scanner yesterday but find the bundled
> scanning software a bit limiting. Can anybody recommend some good
> scanning software?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen

http://www.scanhelp.com

Check out Art-Copy. Very easy to use and will give you a bunch of features.