[softwarelist] Re: Scanning transparencies Epson 1660 RISCOS

In message <2kWxvxBxmUlFFwCN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <cbd7e49c4e.malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Malcolm Cowell
> <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>Well, I cannot scan transparencies with Iyonix/DPScan with Epson
>>Perfection 1660 - the transparency light does not come on.
>>Where should I be looking for the cause of the problem?
> 
> e.g.
> 
> On some Epsons you have to remove a panel from the lid to reveal the top
> light.
> 
> It is common for the connecting lead between the lid and the scanner to
> have come unplugged.
> 
> Software - the software needs to tell the scanner to scan in
> transparency mode. Presumably you are ticking the right box, but what
> then? If you click on preview then transparency preview scans must be
> set up. If you click on any sort of predefined scan which does not have
> the transparency flag set then a non-transparency scan will take place.
> 
> Finally, there is a question over which version of the scanner driver
> you have. There were problems in the early days with the newer Epsons.
> I'd better send you the latest version.
> 
All OK with latest version of Epson GT software: majorversion:2
minorversion:12 just received from David by email, as opposed to the 
one I was attempting to use: majorversion:2
minorversion:10

Brilliant. Thank you.

-- 
Malcolm Cowell

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