Re: colorsync-users digest, Vol 3 #252 - 7 msgs
Re: colorsync-users digest, Vol 3 #252 - 7 msgs
- Subject: Re: colorsync-users digest, Vol 3 #252 - 7 msgs
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 02:37:06 -0700
Heidelberg Tango vertical drum scanner.
LinoColor 6 repro software top quality and productivity, also
with ICC ideal as color management software.
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Message: 2
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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 14:22:10 +0200
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Subject: Scanner recommendations
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From: Josef Fallnhauser <email@hidden>
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To: <email@hidden>
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Harvey Ferdschneider wrote:
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> Part of the problem you are having is with the type of scanner you are using.
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> The
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> ScanMate is a ccd scanner which inherently has less ability to deal with very
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> dense film
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> as compared to a pmt type scanner (drum scanners). Although a better ccd
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> scanner (like
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> the new Imacon and Scitex, among others) with active cooling might work
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> better, but are
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> more expensive.
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> Harvey Ferdschneider
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> partner, SKID Photography, NYC
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There must be some misunderstanding - the Scanview 11000 is not a CCD
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scanner, it is a PMT drum scanner.
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Some years ago when we started to scan ourselves, we compared the 11000 with
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ColorQuartet to a Howtek 7500 with Trident. The reason why we have chosen
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the 11000 was because of the scan interface from the ColorQuartet software.
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The Howtek with the Trident software produced even a little bit better
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results, but it was more a software made for cmyk scan operators than for
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intuitive working photographers.
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But now after years the quality of the 11000 is not good enough anymore for
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my expectations and there are no really signs that things change to a better
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side. Scanview was sold to Purup-Eskofot, now there is again some change in
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the company policy and it seems that this is the reason that they do not
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have the time to work on there products and make things better - and I'm
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tiered of waiting.
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So I'm still waiting on some good scanner recommendations for a alternative
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to the 11000.
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Josef Fallnhauser
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