On 2006-01-31, at 16.00, Carlisle Landel wrote:
> Harald,
>
> Let us know if the firmware update solves the problem. Here's hoping
> that it does!
I can't say that the basic erratic behaviors have disappeared, but
possibly, the upgrade seems to have reduced the problems somewhat
(although it is very difficult to know for sure).
All my findings over the years are documented in articles, and you
might be interested in the latest article, where I describe how the
quality finally at least approaches perfection:
.
Best Regards,
/Harald
> On Jan 30, 2006, at 5:37 PM, Harald E Brandt wrote:
>
>> First of all:
>> Finally Microtek responded today, after more than a week! They
>> attached the firmware version 1.61 for the ArtixScan 4000tf, saying
>> "Unfortunately there is no Mac OS X updater available for this scanner
>> model. The attached updater is for Windows only."
>>
>> Great! But there was no other information attached, no upgrade
>> instructions, no release notes, and no information inside the
>> zip-archive. Nevertheless, I have already managed to install it from
>> the temporary-connected PC over USB, but I had to install ScanWizard
>> just for the updater to find the scanner. And it works! (I normally
>> use Mac OS X, but once the firmware is installed in the scanner, it
>> is of
>> course as good from Mac OS as from Windows.) It is too early to say if
>> there are any improvements though.
>
>> On 2006-01-30, at 16.24, Carlisle Landel wrote:
>>> Are you sure you need a firmware update? Would you mind re-
>>> explaining the problem?
>>
>> No, I'm not sure I need it. It is more of a "hope" that quality
>> goes up and erratic behaviors go down...
>>
>> Originally I wrote: "Although the scanner still works, it sometimes
>> happens that it misses focus, or that the calibration tables come in
>> wrong, or slightly inconsistent brightness/color between scans, so
>> I am hoping that a firmware upgrade might perhaps help."
>>
>> When I joined this list in 1999, I had a lousy scanner, but then I
>> bought the ArtixScan 4000tf as soon as it was possible to buy it in
>> Sweden. I happen to belong to the picky ones, so even though this
>> scanner is supposed to be one of the best (e.g in terms of shadow
>> performance), I have never been fully pleased, and the quality of
>> scanner software, IT8-calibration in particular, is generally lousy
>> with zillions of problems. Issues have been discussed with LaserSoft,
>> and I've had various private communication with Ian Lyons and other
>> friends. It has taken me a long time to get results that I consider
>> descent. If you are interested in calibration issues, you may want to
>> read the articles <>. Still
>> though, the scanner sometimes misbehaves, and it has always been like
>> that.
>> <...snip...>
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