[rollei_list] Re: Epson Scanning Resolved


On 20 Feb 2009, at 22:58, Marc James Small wrote:
OK, folks. Here is the straight skinny. Mind you, this is for the TPU on an Epson Perfection 1200S -- I'm not in the Big Bucks Brackets you folks seem to be, what with your high-end Epson gear! I even went so far as READING THE INSTRUCTIONS, something I'd not done since I acquired this scanner as a gift four years or so ago. 

Step One:  Turn off the scanner.
Step Two:  Make certain the TPU is also turned off.
Step Three:  take off the normal lid and put the TPU in place.
Step Four:  connect the TPU cord to the "options" socket on the back.
Step Five:  Turn the TPU swith to on.
Step Six:  Turn the scanner on.
Cool! That sorts it! but I actually have a 4490 on my desk, and I run into problems with steps Two, (no switch on lid), Three (no normal lid) and Five (no switch on lid.). Trust me, I do read manuals. I also talk to customer support, and have listened to endless hold music. I have had the software work perfectly correctly and subsequently refuse to concede that there is a transparency in place. I don't think the software is robustly written and I don't think its a co-incidence that I get 788,000 google hits for the combination of keywords 'epson twain problem'. To be fair to epson I think it would probably fair better if I used a dedicated machine to run the scanner, but not being professional, I don't have that luxury and so the software has to co-habit with a lot of other rambunctious and extrovert programs which may lead it astray. 
All the best
Larry Cuffe
Nota Bene: when you scan, you will have the Epson Twain screen come up. You have to change the initial setting from "flatbed scanner" to the sort of transparency you are scanning (color negative, positive -- slide, b&w negative). That setting will turn on the TPU light and turn off the scanner illumination.
The 1200S is pretty basic and doesn't do a very good job on miniature-format negatives or slides, but it does a solid job with medium-format stuff. But, then, 90% or more of what I scan is documentary items, pages from books, diagrams, illustrations, and the like. Still, I had come across some slides of my dead ex-wife yesterday, and I scanned two or three of them to see how they came out. 8" by 10" prints clearly had pushed through the envelope. Better to get these guys Ilfocrhomed and then scan the prints.
I use a marginally corrupt HP scanning program that works okay, and saves the scan as a TIFF file, which I can then use Irfanview to process and save in some more reasonable format, such as BMP or JPG. Or I can convert to PDF if that is appropriate. Pretty good for an old fart who can't understand digital. I've not checked the Epson website to see if updated software is available.
I have an equally bare-bones printer, an Epson Photo R200, which meets my needs, albeit I've never invested in the fancy inks and papers available. Just the Epson cartridges and Ilford Gallerie paper. 

Marc


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