tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267701062003803614.post6096605967845551086..comments2023-12-10T04:01:20.946-08:00Comments on Acme Punched! A 2D Animation Blog: No. 40, Scanner Trouble, Part 2: My SolutionJim Bradrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497180922922976943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267701062003803614.post-21636208504711229572013-06-15T07:38:48.412-07:002013-06-15T07:38:48.412-07:00Well, yes, that's a good solution , too , espe...Well, yes, that's a good solution , too , especially if you can find an older Mac at a good price that can be a dedicated Scanner workstation. <br /><br />I worked at a studio where all the artists were using Macs , but the scanner (Fujitsu fi-4750 ) had drivers that worked ONLY with Windows PC . No Mac drivers. So we purchased an inexpensive Dell PC to do nothing except handle the scanning. Once the drawings were scanned the files were easily transferred to the Macs for digital ink & paint. <br /><br />It is amazing to me that most scanning software/drivers are so bad . And it doesn't seem to matter if it's Mustek or Brother with their $200 11" x 17" scanners or the super expensive Fujitsu 11" x 17" ADF scanners that cost $4,000 or more : all of them have either badly written drivers or drivers with severe limitations (such as PC only , no Mac support) . The only good one I know of is the Epson-Scan driver that comes with the Epson 10000XL and Epson GT-20000 11 x 17 scanners. But I've settled on using VueScan because it has so many image adjustment options and produces really high-quality scans which I then import into my animation app (TVPaint) . I'm sorry to learn that VueScan didn't work for your Mustek. David https://www.blogger.com/profile/09728364431363413760noreply@blogger.com