Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone with a similar setup encountered this problem ?

I am using Silverfast Ai version 6.01 - the PS plugin version 
(upgraded from the version 5.2 that was bundled with scanner)
Polaroid Sprintscn 120
Photoshop 6.01
Windows 98SE

Problem is that after the scanner finishes scanning, the little blue
progress bar shows that it is finished, then nothing happens !!! It is
almost frozen !
IT DOESNT BRING THE SCANNED IMAGE INTO PS

On screen the little box shows:
"Gray scanning" (i am doing a b&w neg, but it doesn't matter what scan
type).
The little Blue progress bar is complete.
A thumbnail of the image.
a Cancel button.
And the little aeroplane with moving propeller.

Now if I click the Cancel button, it will often do what was supposed 
to happen - bring the image into Photoshop.

What do you think the problem is and what can I do about it ?
I've written to Lasersoft/silverfast & posted to their forum but no 
replies.

thank you,
Frank

Hi Frank;

It might be a) not enough RAM  or b)some qirk of your particular ##&%
@!! Windows 98SE setup. The Silverfast password should enable you to 
go back and pick up the twain version (it comes with, on the CD so 
you're not cheating) I would start there, maybe it'll work better, 
and you can still use it through PS, there's no functional 
difference I'm aware of, except the twain is available to any other 
applications you might have as well-try it.

Steve K

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "frankg_photo 
<fh.gross@s...>" <fh.gross@s...> wrote:
> Has anyone with a similar setup encountered this problem ?
> 
> I am using Silverfast Ai version 6.01 - the PS plugin version 
> (upgraded from the version 5.2 that was bundled with scanner)
> Polaroid Sprintscn 120
> Photoshop 6.01
> Windows 98SE
> 
> Problem is that after the scanner finishes scanning, the little 
blue
> progress bar shows that it is finished, then nothing happens !!! 
It is
> almost frozen !
> IT DOESNT BRING THE SCANNED IMAGE INTO PS
> 
> On screen the little box shows:
> "Gray scanning" (i am doing a b&w neg, but it doesn't matter what 
scan
> type).
> The little Blue progress bar is complete.
> A thumbnail of the image.
> a Cancel button.
> And the little aeroplane with moving propeller.
> 
> Now if I click the Cancel button, it will often do what was 
supposed 
> to happen - bring the image into Photoshop.
> 
> What do you think the problem is and what can I do about it ?
> I've written to Lasersoft/silverfast & posted to their forum but 
no 

> replies.
> 
> thank you,
> Frank

I've also been trying to figure out a SprintScan 120/SilverFast 
peculiarity: why the SF6 Twain driver won't let me import a 48-bit color 
image from my SS120 into Photoshop 7. It works fine with 24-bit and 
gray-scale images but 48-bit images produce a consistent error saying 
something about a module failure -- after which Photoshop locks up and must 
be forcibly shut down and restarted. I tried reinstalling an earlier build 
of SF6 but found that it produced the same error. After trying and retrying 
a variety of Photoshop and SilverFast settings, I tried installing the SF6 
plug-in and am gratified to find that it works properly with 48-bit imports.

I've been been using the Twain driver since SF5 because it allows me to 
scan images into many other programs. I believe that there's no downside to 
having both the Twain driver and the plug-in installed. I like that the 
plug-in also works with LaserSofts new SFApp utility that launches 
SilverFast as an independent application.

I'm uncertain about the usefulness of SF6's new features since I have other 
Photoshop plug-ins that provide similar functionality, but its one big plus 
is its considerably enhanced stability. Almost every SF5 session ended with 
a lockup and a restart. SF6 pretty much just keeps rolling along.

-- Victor Landweber


At 11:35 PM 1/2/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi Frank;
>
>It might be a) not enough RAM  or b)some qirk of your particular ##&%
>@!! Windows 98SE setup. The Silverfast password should enable you to
>go back and pick up the twain version (it comes with, on the CD so
>you're not cheating) I would start there, maybe it'll work better,
>and you can still use it through PS, there's no functional
>difference I'm aware of, except the twain is available to any other
>applications you might have as well-try it.
>
>Steve K
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "frankg_photo
><fh.gross@s...>" <fh.gross@s...> wrote:
> > Has anyone with a similar setup encountered this problem ?
> >
> > I am using Silverfast Ai version 6.01 - the PS plugin version
> > (upgraded from the version 5.2 that was bundled with scanner)
> > Polaroid Sprintscn 120
> > Photoshop 6.01
> > Windows 98SE
> >
> > Problem is that after the scanner finishes scanning, the little
>blue
> > progress bar shows that it is finished, then nothing happens !!!
>It is
> > almost frozen !
> > IT DOESNT BRING THE SCANNED IMAGE INTO PS
> >
> > On screen the little box shows:
> > "Gray scanning" (i am doing a b&w neg, but it doesn't matter what
>scan
> > type).
> > The little Blue progress bar is complete.
> > A thumbnail of the image.
> > a Cancel button.
> > And the little aeroplane with moving propeller.
> >
> > Now if I click the Cancel button, it will often do what was
>supposed
> > to happen - bring the image into Photoshop.
> >
> > What do you think the problem is and what can I do about it ?
> > I've written to Lasersoft/silverfast & posted to their forum but
>no
> > replies.
> >
> > thank you,
> > Frank