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UMAX scanner driver and OSX
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mattsliva
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Aug 13, 2002, 09:52 AM
 
how the heck am i supposed to scan anything in osx with a umax scanner. i know of that vuescan, but it don't work with my scanner. anyone know of an alternative?
     
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Aug 13, 2002, 01:42 PM
 
Originally posted by mattsliva:
how the heck am i supposed to scan anything in osx with a umax scanner. i know of that vuescan, but it don't work with my scanner. anyone know of an alternative?
No. UMAX sucks...I have to boot into OS 9 to use my Astra 2200.
     
Paul S
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Aug 14, 2002, 10:09 AM
 
I called UMAX about this and they have no plans to support OS X on their older scanners or new consumer scanners. I will be buyng an Epson 1250 soon.
     
Giles Booth
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Aug 14, 2002, 01:34 PM
 
I have a Umax 1220U and wrote to the author of VueScan who told me the early Umax USB scanners have internal parallel or serial to USB converters, and they use a very weird instruction set.

So no OS X support. Ever. Sigh.
     
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Aug 14, 2002, 05:30 PM
 
FWIW, I've actually been able to use my Astra 3450 with VistaScan 3.7.5 from within Classic. Also, despite what they'd said before, Hamrick Software did add support for some USB UMAX scanners. So maybe there is still hope.

I'm sure Epson and Canon are just happy as peas in a pod over UMAX's lousy support. Certainly UMAX has lost a customer in me.

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