Easy SICSI wont work with W2k. Also note that if you use one of the
latest Adaptec Ultra 160 cards you wont be able to intsall the ASPI
layer, These cards are 29160, 39160.
James Grove
james@jamesgrove.co.uk
ICQ 99737573
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Steve Greenbank
Sent: 13 August 2001 09:20
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: Re: filmscanners: SilverFast Upgrade Disaster
Lloyd
That sounds a bit like dodgy ASPI drivers. Have you tried any other SCSI
scanning software.
You could try ASPICHK from :
_5.0
I notice that EZ-SCSI is having problems with 2000 so I don't know if
this will work. It does rather suggest there can be problems with 2000
if Adaptec can't get it working - they are usually considered the SCSI
experts.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd O'Daniel" <lodaniel@bham.rr.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: SilverFast Upgrade Disaster
Roger,
Let us know how the TWAIN version works. I'm having a similar problem
with v5.5 and my SS4000. At least, after reading your posts, I'm
thinking it might be Silverfast. I've also built a new computer and
switched scanning OS's back to Win2000. The SS4000 locks up Photoshop
upon selecting Scan in SF. In Insight, I get an unknown ASPI error
suggesting that I check termination. I've done that. Also, my Epson
1200S on the same chain (behind the SS) works fine using their TWAIN
driver.
I haven't contacted Lasersoft on this latest headache yet.
Lloyd
----- Original Message -----
From: RogerMillerPhoto@aol.com
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: SilverFast Upgrade Disaster
In a message dated 8/12/2001 4:56:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
steve@gccl.fsbusiness.co.uk writes:
Not wishing to sound to gloomy, but the advice sounds like a "we
have no
idea - but it might work if we re-install everything". The good news
is that
it often does - the bad news is IME it more often doesn't. When I
had a
problem they gave me all sorts of advice and blamed other software
suppliers
when I knew it was their problem from the tests I had done. I had
also found
a way round the problem which was an inconvenience rather than a
showstopper. 3-6 months later an update fixed the problem but they
didn't
e-mail me to tell me. If I had paid the normal asking price (it was
bundled)
and my livlihood depended on it I would have been bloody livid.
Depressingly Lasersoft support is actually better than many others.
Steve
Your comment about workarounds gave me an idea. After the reinstall
of
Photoshop, if SilverFast causes Photoshop to freeze again with a 500
MB file
from my SS120, I'll try to install SilverFast as TWAIN rather than a
Photoshop plug-in. I remember having a similar problem where my
Microtek
ScanMaker 5 flatbed scanner with ScanWizard software would cause
Photoshop to
freeze about every third scan. ScanWizard could be used either as a
Photoshop plug-in or as a stand alone program, so I run it by itself
now.
You're right, it's not convenient, but right now I need to get some
work done
and the sooner the better, even if it's not convenient.
