Scanners

VueScan doesn't use the Twain standard, to my knowledge. It is a very
unintrusive program. Uses it's own .ini file, and doesn't put anything
into the registry, except maybe a registration key when you buy it. You
can try it for free to see how it works. Just start the
app, and it should find your scanner, if it's connected and turned on.

I have an Epson 1650 Photo scanner, and also had a very trying time
getting the driver installed. What finally worked for me was to get rid
of every vestige of old Twain Drivers on my system. Previously, I had a
Twain interface installed by an old outdated Mustek scanner, which quit
working. I searched my drive and my registry for anything I could think
of, like Mustek, SP8000 (the model), twain, scanner, etc. Every time I
found anything, I blew it away, and when I finally got it all gone, the
Epson interface loaded, like magic. If you do anything like this, be
sure to back up probably your Windows directory, and any other
directories you delete stuff from, and create a restore point before
screwing around in the registry.

Good Luck.



Franklin wrote:

> On 17 Dec 2004, bmoag wrote:
>
>
>>If what you are asking for is if there are other programs
>>besides the Epson Twain program with which to operate your
>>scanner, the main alternative is Vuescan.
>>
>>I use it frequently to operate my old Epson 1200 when scanning
>>photos and the occasional old large format negative or
>>transparency that I run into.
>>
>>It has more usable options for tuning the scan image in the
>>driver than is provided for in the Epson Twain scanner.
>
>
>
> I think I will try VueScan.
>
> Can I leave the original Epson TWAIN on the system when I install
> VueScan?
>
> If so, then can I select between the two TWAIN drivers?