Digital BW, The Print

Yes, I'm experiencing that problem with SF6 on a SS4000 Plus. I can click on
cancel after the progress bar gets to 100% and get the file into Photoshop.
I'm having a far more serious problem that I have reported to Lasersoft,
with no response so far. I have noticed fine white line banding in the
center of the scan frame which makes the scans worthless for printing. I'm
pretty sure this did not occur with v5.5 scans on the same scanner, but
would have to reinstall and rescan to make sure. I AM sure that the banding
does not occur with Polacolor Insight or with Vuescan.

Lloyd


----- Original Message -----
From: <fh.gross@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Silverfast 6, sprintscan 120 & PS problem


> 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
>
>
>
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Lloyd,
What version/release of Silverfast are you using - I have 6.0.1 r28
-if you have this one too then its likely the image not coming into 
PS is a bug ? 
The peculiar thing I've just discovered by trial and error is that 
the problem doesn't occur with the 35mm strip film holder, only with 
the other 3 (35mm mounted slide, 120 size film & the glass holder).
Is there a link between the Silverfast software and the film 
holders ? 
I don't think RAM can be an issue as I have 768MB.And the latest 
scanner firmware.
Frank

> Yes, I'm experiencing that problem with SF6 on a SS4000 Plus. I can 
click on
> cancel after the progress bar gets to 100% and get the file into 
Photoshop.
> I'm having a far more serious problem that I have reported to 
Lasersoft,
> with no response so far. I have noticed fine white line banding in 
the
> center of the scan frame which makes the scans worthless for 
printing. I'm
> pretty sure this did not occur with v5.5 scans on the same scanner, 
but
> would have to reinstall and rescan to make sure. I AM sure that the 
banding
> does not occur with Polacolor Insight or with Vuescan.
> 
> Lloyd
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <fh.gross@s...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:30 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Silverfast 6, sprintscan 120 & PS problem
> 
> 
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, 
Polls and
> other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >

Frank,

Yep, I'm using that same version and I have 1GB of RAM. The problem happened
to me using the slide carrier. I haven't tried the filmstrip carrier on this
scanner yet.

Lasersoft really irritates me as a company. They have one of the most unfair
pricing structures I've seen, requiring essentially full-boat pricing for
multiple copies of essentially the same software (for different scanners).
Scanners are not that unique in their programming requirements. If they
were, then how does Ed Hamrick fit support into Vuescan for every scanner
under the sun into a single 1.3MB download?

I resent being ripped off by elitist pricing strategies, and I doubly resent
it when the product doesn't live up to its price. The digital imaging
business seems to be rife with companies adopting this policy. What other
group of consumers would put up with smart chips to make it difficult to use
anything but grossly overpriced OEM inks (Epson), full-boat double pricing
for using software on a filmscanner and a flatbed (Lasersoft), or a $500 a
year fee to answer the telephone and provide access to bug fixes
(Colorbyte)? Thank goodness the president of Colorbyte has come back to
reality enough to relax that policy, at least for desktop printers
(according to reports on this list).

Lloyd


----- Original Message -----

From: <fh.gross@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Silverfast 6, sprintscan 120 & PS problem


> Lloyd,
> What version/release of Silverfast are you using - I have 6.0.1 r28
> -if you have this one too then its likely the image not coming into
> PS is a bug ?
> The peculiar thing I've just discovered by trial and error is that
> the problem doesn't occur with the 35mm strip film holder, only with
> the other 3 (35mm mounted slide, 120 size film & the glass holder).
> Is there a link between the Silverfast software and the film
> holders ?
> I don't think RAM can be an issue as I have 768MB.And the latest
> scanner firmware.
> Frank