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I found this scanner at a fleamarket for a price I could not refuse, $20. That
is less than the value of the Adaptec 2940, SCSI cable and terminator that
came with it. No software.
My needs are modest. I have a B&W darkroom and there are things I could do
with this, like proofs and quick and dirty prints to a monochrome laser
printer. I would also like to scan color snapshots, nothing fancy, to share
with family and friends.
I downloaded the software for it and the LS-30 series printers. The LS-20
software is a bit primitive and so is the LS-30, they look like something to
be used for acquiring an image and not much else. Gamma manipulation seems to
be the only thing that it will do to correct things.
Can someone point me in the direction of software that will let me do a bit
more in the way of manipulating color pix? The price of Photoshop, which seems
to be the standard, is too high for what I need.
Is there something in the LS-20 I should beware of? Like it only works when
the moon is in the second day of the third quarter otherwise it chews up
negatives. ;-)
There is a warning with the LS-30 software that it should not be used on older
scanners. Before I screw something up, should I pay attention to it? I
intended to use the LS-20 software to scan then the LS-30 software to use the
more advanced functions. No scanning with the LS-30 sw but it would be nice if
I could ignore the warning.
Thanks in advance.
Bert
is less than the value of the Adaptec 2940, SCSI cable and terminator that
came with it. No software.
My needs are modest. I have a B&W darkroom and there are things I could do
with this, like proofs and quick and dirty prints to a monochrome laser
printer. I would also like to scan color snapshots, nothing fancy, to share
with family and friends.
I downloaded the software for it and the LS-30 series printers. The LS-20
software is a bit primitive and so is the LS-30, they look like something to
be used for acquiring an image and not much else. Gamma manipulation seems to
be the only thing that it will do to correct things.
Can someone point me in the direction of software that will let me do a bit
more in the way of manipulating color pix? The price of Photoshop, which seems
to be the standard, is too high for what I need.
Is there something in the LS-20 I should beware of? Like it only works when
the moon is in the second day of the third quarter otherwise it chews up
negatives. ;-)
There is a warning with the LS-30 software that it should not be used on older
scanners. Before I screw something up, should I pay attention to it? I
intended to use the LS-20 software to scan then the LS-30 software to use the
more advanced functions. No scanning with the LS-30 sw but it would be nice if
I could ignore the warning.
Thanks in advance.
Bert