Well, I must say that this list works wonders. Thanks to everyone who contributed to solving this problem. I have now had some success. The only things that I have done (besides those suggested in other e- mails) were to reinstall Epson scan (downloaded from their site), and to uncheck the "thumbnail" box in the main scan window. I don't know which of these did the trick, but I successfully scanned several MF stuff yesterday (let's hope it still scans documents and 35 mm stuff - I have not tried yet). It seems that my Epson scan is different from that Carlos has - I use a MAC. Could that account for it?
Thanks, Cheers to all, gram
despite the identical windows; the preview image is set to "Thumbnail" by--------------------------------------------------------------------- -From: gram rupert <gramario@xxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: rollei_list Digest V5 #41 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:20:57 +0000Thanks Ferdi, a very interesting bit of info which I had not considered.From: Ferdi Stutterheim <fstutterheim@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Scanning hassle Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:50:59 +0100I have not used Epson Scan for quite a few years but I remember therewas something you could not do when scanning MF slides. IIRC it is about the choice between "Thumbnail" and "Normal". I am talking of the blue two way switch between the larger "Preview Scan" and "Scan" buttons down on the screen. With MF it has to be set to "Normal". I have version 2.77D. I am not sure it has anything to do with yourproblem. I do remember the scanner did not work on "Thumbnail" and ittook me a long time to figure it out. Ferdi. Op 19-feb-2009, om 18:33 heeft gram rupert het volgende geschreven: Hi Sanders,I have been looking at the holders, too, but even when placing the MF on top of the 35mm on, I see no difference as to the notches.------------------------------ From: Sanders McNew <sanders@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Scanning hassle Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:20:09 -0500 I use the 4990 with the supplied Epson software. It doesn't sound like a software issue to me. Epson scanners "look" at a strip at the very top of the scanning glass to determine the type of media it is scanning. The film carriers all have notches cut out at the top to expose this strip. You can also scan transparent media directly on the glass, so long as you do not block the strip. If the strip is covered, even in part -- by the carrier or something on the glass -- then the scanner thinks you are scanning reflective media. The fact that another carrier worked suggests to me that there is something amiss with the carrier you are using with the failed scans. It could be a carrier for another generation of Epson scanners, with the wrong-sized notch for your model. I've had several Epsons, and the carrier notches have changed from model to model, and they are not interchangeable -- the wrong notch will produce your error. Sanders Elias,I am resinstalling the software and drivers. I have not tred scanning without the holder, but I'll try that, too.On Feb 21, 2009, at 2:02 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote:From: Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Fwd: rollei_list Digest V5 #39 Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:26:46 -0500 As Carlos suggested, try reinstalling the software & drivers. Also try scanning without the holder - place the neg down on the glass bed, and take a preview, see what comes up.If I'm not mistaken there are optical codes on the holders that tellsthe software what to look for - maybe you have a problem there. Elias------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:39:37 -0800 (PST) From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Scanning hassleThat is one of the differences regarding my Epson software version 2.75Adefault and I have no problem to scan MF slides and negs using the"Thumbnail" preview image, in fact the few times I used the software I never changed to the "Normal" preview image option, you also can see the normalsize -if you want it- after the preview image appears in a new window.Another difference is that the "Scan" button is active in Gram's Epsonscreen despite the preview image does not work, in my version the "Scan"button is activated only if the "Preview" scanning worked fine.-Carlos
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