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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Scanners? TWAIN? | Posted by: paws on 2008-11-16 13:18:35
There's a Fujitsi Scanpartner 300C for sale near me, which is SCSI-scanner with a feeder. I've been looking for such a thing to pair with my Power Mac.
The manual I've found makes no mention of the software, but there's an illustration of it connected to a 'Mac', so I'm guessing it's compatible.
What I'm not sure is how drivers relate to this TWAIN stuff - are scanner drivers generic, or do I need to track down some vendor specific drivers if the seller doesn't have them?
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2008-11-16 14:24:04
You need specific drivers for your scanner, especially if you want the optional stuff (feeder) to work.
Some company did make some software with drivers for a range of scanners, forget the name but I have used it on the mac.
| Posted by: tmtomh on 2008-11-16 14:36:46
VueScan is a terrific piece of software that supports hundreds of scanners. It appears to support the Scanpartner 300C:
http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#fujitsu
You could try Googling for Fujitsu's own drivers, and I suppose it's possible if you have Photoshop that its built-in TWAIN driver might work. But as a fallback, VueScan will definitely work - and it's better than many manufacturers' own drivers.
M
| Posted by: bsod on 2008-11-17 12:18:50
VueScan is a terrific piece of software that supports hundreds of scanners. It appears to support the Scanpartner 300C:
http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#fujitsu
You could try Googling for Fujitsu's own drivers, and I suppose it's possible if you have Photoshop that its built-in TWAIN driver might work. But as a fallback, VueScan will definitely work - and it's better than many manufacturers' own drivers.
M Yes! I remember using it with my HP 5300C scanner and it could even be used with a document feeder (which I believe it was an optional feature for the 5300C...).
Unfortunately, me and VueScan didn't get along: it was always crashing, had a crumpled interface, but did the job - until I got a brand new Brother DCP-540CN which talks perfectly with my two main Macs, and every single peecee around the house (Linux included! 😀 ), has a document feeder (which is a really nice feature, I scan a lot of course notes onto PDF that way) and also network capabilities! 🙂
Sorry for the off-topic, but I really like that little sucker 😀 .
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