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

["Eric C" <eric.calderwood@btinternet.com>]

Thanks Sam,
I'll give that a try.

Eric


On 6/7/03 9:37 pm, "Sam A. McCandless" <samcc@vom.com> wrote:

> 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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