[filmscanners] Re: SS4000 & Mac OS X 10.2.6 System levelcrash.

["Sam A. McCandless" <samcc@vom.com>]

I don't know, Eric, but before getting my SS4000, I heard nothing 
good and a lot bad about the Polaroid software and just the reverse 
about LaserSoft's. Also, I was already using the Silverfast 4 which 
came with my Epson 836XL flatbed and hoped to simplify my life by 
using Silverfast on both scanners. So I never tried InSight.

You might ask about Insight use under OS X on 
macepsonlist@yahoogroups.com. Some of those printers are printing 
their own photographs, mostly, I think, after scanning them for 
themselves. I think they're not too happy about printing on their 
Epsons under OS X, but I don't remember seeing any complaints about 
InSight there.

Sam


>Thanks for the reply Sam,
>
>I do have OS 9.2.2 on the other hard drive, however on Polaroid's web site
>it says that Insight ver5.6 will work with my SS4000 ( which is as you
>correctly said is not the plus ) under OS X 10.2.x.
>
>I also have Silverfast 6Ai (upgraded from 5) which works fine, as does
>Vuescan both under OS X 10.2.6, but I thought I would try Insight 5.6 out.
>Since both other scanning applications work fine am I to assume that there
>is a problem with Insight 5.6 itself, or are other people using it ok?
>
>Eric
>
>
>On 6/7/03 6:47 pm, "Sam A. McCandless" <samcc@vom.com> wrote:
>
> > I have the first-generation, PCI-graphics G4 400 (Erich must not
> > since he has 2GB of RAM) and the SS4000 (not the Plus). I had the
> > Apple Store add a (slower) Adaptec SCSI card for the 4000; I don't
> > suppose that matters. But I've also scanned only under Mac OS 9.1,
> > which could matter. And I've also scanned only with LaserSoft's
> > Silverfast Ai; from Silverfast 4, which was bundled with my 4000, to
> > 5 and 6, to which I upgraded. With lots of problems. All due, as far
> > as I can tell, to poor (or at least poorly-translated) documentation
> > mixed with liberal doses of operator error. But I've never had the
> > problem Eric has. Which makes me think he might avoid it by
> > installing 9.1, if he can, on whichever hard drive he doesn't have OS
> > X on and scanning under 9.1, possibly via Silverfast 4, if he still
> > has it. Silverfast 6 seems to me much better, but I wouldn't suggest
> > paying for it until he's sure there isn't something wrong with his
> > 4000. Hope not.
> >
> > Sam
> >
> >
> >> [snip] I have a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 and am running it via an
> >> Adaptec 2906 SCSI
> >> card under Mac OS X 10.2.6.(G4 400Mhz, 2Gb ram, 10Gb & 20Gb hard drives)
> >>
> >> The problem is not that the PolaColor Insight 5.6 can't see the scanner,
> >> that is all ok.
> >>
> >> However, when I initiate a prescan then as the calibration starts then the
> >> screen goes very dark from the top, and I then get a pop-up saying to
> >> re-boot the system completely.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any ideas?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Eric Calderwood
> >
> > 
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