• VueScan Quick Start
• VueScan User's Guide
• Check for Newer Versions
• General Scanning Resources
• Changes from Previous Versions
• Supported Scanners
• Supported Digital Camera Raw Files
• Mac OS X Release Notes
• Windows Release Notes
• Linux Release Notes
• Removing VueScan
• Purchase VueScan
• Warranty

For more information, refer to the VueScan User's Guide.

General Scanning Resources

You can often find answers to common scanning questions by searching the archives of the comp.periphs.scanners newsgroup with groups.google.com. You can also discuss scanning techniques, problems and workarounds with other experienced scanner users in this newsgroup.

There's an excellent web site with scanning tips maintained by Wayne Fulton. It contains a scanning tips for flatbed scanners and film scanners. There's also a summary of the available film scanners , a review of VueScan and an example of using VueScan's cleaning, intensity, and contrast options.

Changes from Previous Versions

What's new in version 8.1.26

• Improved infrared cleaning on Canon, Epson and Acer scanners
• Added support for PIE PrimeFilm PF7250Pro
• Added support for realtime updating of "Color|Pixel colors"
• Added support for saving to Readiris on Mac OS X
• Fixed problem with some older Microtek USB scanners
• Fixed problem with Reflecta DigitDia 4000 (PIE PS3650)
• Fixed problem with Epson GT-9000 / ES-1200C

• Improved infrared cleaning
• Fixed problem with Epson Perfection 4990 transparency scans
• Fixed problem with clicking with Alt key (displays last image)
• Fixed problem with "Color|View color"

• Significantly improved display update speed
• Added support for real-time display update
• Added support for real-time histogram update
• Added support for Agfa DuoScan f40 USB
• Added "Color|Threshold" option for text display
• Added "Prefs|Anti alias text" option
• Added "Prefs|Anti alias image" option
• Fixed problem with UMAX PowerLook 1000 transparency scans

• Significantly improved display update speed
• Faster display update when changing brightness and threshold
• Fixed problem with high-resolution scans on some Epson scanners
• Changed "Color|Brightness" option to also affect B/W images
• Added "Prefs|Enable density display" option

• Added anti-aliased display of images
• Added "B/W threshold" option for scanning text
• Fixed problem scanning text on some scanners
• Fixed problem with infrared cleaning

• Significantly increased speed of zooming in and out
• Fixed problem with Canon multi-function printer/scanners (MP-series)
• Fixed problem with some newer SCSI Epson scanners on wide SCSI adapters
• Fixed problem with initializing Epson Perfection 2480/2580 on Mac OS X and Linux
• Fixed problem with preview & scan sometimes not displaying in correct tab

• Added support for Epson Perfection 4990 / GT-X800
• Added support for Epson PM-A900
• Improved infrared cleaning on all scanners
• Fixed problem with 4800 dpi scans on Canon 9950F
• Fixed problem with infrared cleaning on Canon scanners
• Fixed problem using raw scan files from NikonScan

• Fixed problem with film scanning on Epson Perfection 2480
• Improved quality of film scans on Epson Perfection 1670
• Improved quality of film scans on Epson Perfection 2480
• Improved quality of film scans on Epson Perfection 2580
• Improved 1 bit scans on some scanners

• Fixed problem with film scanning on Epson Perfection 2480
• Fixed problem with film scanning on Epson Perfection 2580
• Fixed problem with 1 bit scans on some scanners
• Fixed problem with hanging when scan is all black or white

• Fixed problem with auto focus with PIE scanners
• Fixed problem with option panel width when system font is large
• Fixed problem with gray scans on several scanners
• Fixed problem with scans on some newer Microtek scanners
• Fixed problem with scanner profiling using some Kodak Q60 targets
• Fixed problem with profiling in guided mode
• Improved color correction with Epson Perfection 4870 / GT-X700
• Changed "File|Default options" to set all options to default

• Added support for Epson FS-1300 (same as FilmScan 200)
• Fixed problem with Epson Perfection 1640
• Fixed problem with Minolta Scan Elite II, Scan Dual III, Scan Dual IV
• Fixed problem scanning text with some Umax scanners
• Fixed problem with display update when changing output color space
• Fixed problem with infrared cleaning with:
  • Acer ScanWit 2740/2750
  • Canon FS-4000
  • Canon D2400U
  • Canon 3200F
  • Canon 5000F
  • Canon 8000F
  • Canon 9900F
  • Canon 9950F
  • Epson Perfection 4870/GT-X700

• Significantly improved speed when scanning text
• Significantly improved display quality when scanning text
• Increased maximum scan width to 65536 pixels
• Added output file name to guided mode

• Significantly improved speed when updating display
• Significantly improved speed saving files

• Improved color correction for Canon scanners
• Improved color correction for Epson scanners
• Improved infrared cleaning (better scratch removal)
• If in Japanese time zone, display domestic Epson scanner names
• If in USA time zones, default US Letter paper size, otherwise use A4
• Added 12x17 in. paper size for tabloid-size scanners
• Save scanner make, model, and transparency mode in raw scan files
• Fixed problem with infrared scans on Canon 9950F

• Fixed problem with multi-scanning on Minolta Scan Dual IV
• Improved scan quality on Minolta Scan Elite 5400
• Improved infrared cleaning on Minolta scanners
• Improved color on some UMAX scanners
• Added support for Epson ES-10000G
• Added support for Epson PM-A700

• Added support for Epson F-3200
• Faster scanning on many Epson scanners
• Improved infrared cleaning on Epson 4870
• Fixed problem with reflective scans on Epson 4870
• Fixed problem with Microtek i900
• Fixed problem with Microtek X6USB
• Fixed problem with too-slow scans after turning off guided mode

• Fixed problem with Canon 9950F
• Fixed problem with Canon 4200F
• Fixed problem with Canon D2400U
• Fixed problem with Canon D1230U
• Fixed problem with Canon FB620S
• Improved scans on Canon 5000F
• Improved scans on Canon 8000F
• Fixed problem with flatbed scanning in Advanced mode
• Fixed problem with firewire SmartDisk scanners on Mac OS X
• Fixed problem with Microtek X6USB scanner
• Increased delay for tool-tips from 1 to 3 seconds
• Reduced number of dollar-sign watermarks in trial version
• Added support for 9 Canon MultiPass multi-function scanners (Windows only)
  • MP360
  • MP370
  • MP375
  • MP390
  • MP700
  • MP730
  • MP750
  • MP760
  • MP780

• Fixed problem with descreening
• Fixed problem with 24-bit scans on some Canon scanners
• Fixed problem with strip film scans on Canon 9900F

• Added support for transparency adapter on some Canon scanners
• Fixed problem with Canon 5000F not working on Mac OS X
• Fixed problem with some PIE scanners on Mac OS X
• Fixed problem with some options displaying blanks instead of zero
• Fixed problem with UMAX PowerLook 1000

• Improved speed of flatbed scans (preview & scan done together)
• Improved speed of PhotoSmart scans (preview & scan done together)
• Added 'Quality' and 'Media size' options to guided mode

• Added support for Epson CX-4600
• Fixed problem with Canon 5000F
• Fixed problem with Canon 9950F on Mac OS X
• Added support for new version of Plustek OpticFilm 7200
• Automatically turns off CanoScan Toolbox on Mac OS X

• Added support for 16 Canon scanners
  • CanoScan LiDE 35
  • CanoScan LiDE 50
  • CanoScan LiDE 80
  • CanoScan D640U
  • CanoScan D1230U
  • CanoScan D1250U
  • CanoScan D2400U
  • CanoScan 3000F
  • CanoScan 3200F
  • CanoScan 4200F
  • CanoScan 5000F
  • CanoScan 5200F
  • CanoScan 8000F
  • CanoScan 8400F
  • CanoScan 9900F
  • CanoScan 9950F
• Changed background color for images to a neutral gray
• Serial number on Mac OS X shared among all users on a system
• Fixed problem with window getting shorter each time on Mac OS X
• Overall speed improvements

• Added support for Epson GT-15000 scanner
• Fixed problem with some HP OfficeJet/PSC scanners
• Fixed problem with Epson Perfection 4180
• Fixed problem with film profiling
• Fixed problem with single tab panel option

• Added support for Epson Perfection 4180 on Mac OS X
• Improved usability when in guided mode
• Create icon on Windows desktop when installing
• Use "My Pictures" for default folder on Windows

• Improved quality when reading digital camera raw files
• Fixed problem with Epson RX600 scanner at 2400 dpi
• Changed color of "Guide me" button on Windows and Linux

• Now remembers Guided/Advanced mode when re-run
• Added support for Epson CX-3600
• Added support for Epson RX-420
• Added support for Epson Perfection 4180
• Fixed problem with Epson Perfection 2480/2580 on Mac OS X and Linux

• Improved user interface for new users
• Added guided tasks (i.e. Wizards)

• Acer/Benq
• Agfa
• Apple
• Canon
• Epson
• Hewlett-Packard (HP)
• Kodak
• LaCie
• Linotype-Hell
• MediaX
• Microtek
• Minolta/Konica
• Nikon
• Pacific Image Electronics (PIE)
• Plustek
• Polaroid
• Reflecta
• SmartDisk
• UMAX
• Unsupported

• RFS-2035
• RFS-2035 Plus
• RFS-3570
• RFS-3600

• SilverScan 1800
• SilverScan 1800AFL
• SilverScan 2700 Pro
• WorkScan 3600pro

• PrimeFilm 1800
• PrimeFilm 1800i
• PrimeFilm 1800U
• PrimeFilm 1800AFL
• PrimeFilm 1800LAB
• PrimeFilm 3600PRO
• PrimeFilm 2700
• PrimeFilm 1800LC
• PrimeFilm 3650PRO
• PrimeFilm 3650U
• PrimeFilm 3650LAB
• PrimeFilm 7250PRO
• PowerSlide 3600
• PowerSlide 3650

• CrystalScan 2700
• DigitDia 3600
• DigitDia 4000
• iScan
• ProScan 3600
• ProScan 4000
• RPS 3600
• Silverscan

• SmartScan 2700
• SmartScan 3600

• Canon PowerShot 600
• Canon PowerShot A5
• Canon PowerShot A50
• Canon PowerShot Pro70
• Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS
• Canon PowerShot G1
• Canon PowerShot G2
• Canon PowerShot G3
• Canon PowerShot G5
• Canon PowerShot S30
• Canon PowerShot S40
• Canon PowerShot S45
• Canon PowerShot S50
• Canon PowerShot Pro1
• Canon EOS D30
• Canon EOS D60
• Canon EOS 10D
• Canon EOS 300D
• Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
• Canon EOS Kiss Digital
• Canon EOS D2000C
• Canon EOS-1D
• Canon EOS-1DS
• Canon EOS-1D Mark II
• Casio QV-2000UX
• Casio QV-3000EX
• Casio QV-3500EX
• Casio QV-4000
• Casio QV-5700
• Casio Exlim Pro 600
• Contax N DIGITAL
• Creative PC-CAM 600
• Creo Leaf Valeo 22
• Fuji FinePix S2Pro
• Fuji FinePix S5000
• Fuji FinePix S7000
• Fuji FinePix F700
• Imacon Ixpress
• Kodak DC20
• Kodak DC25
• Kodak DC40
• Kodak DC50
• Kodak DC120
• Kodak DCS315C
• Kodak DCS330C
• Kodak DCS420
• Kodak DCS460
• Kodak DCS460A
• Kodak DCS520C
• Kodak DCS560C
• Kodak DCS620C
• Kodak DCS620X
• Kodak DCS660C
• Kodak DCS660M
• Kodak DCS720X
• Kodak DCS760C
• Kodak DCS760M
• Kodak EOSDCS1
• Kodak EOSDCS3B
• Kodak NC2000F
• Kodak ProBack
• Kodak PB645C
• Kodak PB645H
• Kodak PB645M
• Kodak DCS Pro 14n
• Kodak DCS Pro 14nx
• Kodak DCS Pro SLR/c
• Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n
• Leica Digilux 2
• Minolta DiMAGE 5
• Minolta DiMAGE 7
• Minolta DiMAGE 7i
• Minolta DiMAGE A1
• Minolta DiMAGE A2
• Nikon D1
• Nikon D1H
• Nikon D1X
• Nikon D100
• Nikon D2H
• Nikon D70
• Nikon E950^*
• Nikon E990^*
• Nikon E995^*
• Nikon E2100^*
• Nikon E2500^*
• Nikon E4300^*
• Nikon E4500^*
• Nikon E5000
• Nikon E5700
• Nikon E8700
• Olympus C5050Z
• Olympus C5060WZ
• Olympus C8080WZ
• Olympus E-1
• Olympus E-10
• Olympus E-20
• Panasonic DMC-LC1
• Pentax *ist D
• Pentax Optio S
• Pentax Optio S4
• Phase One LightPhase
• Phase One H10
• Phase One H20
• Phase One H25
• Rollei d530flex
• Sigma SD9
• Sigma SD10
• Sinar 12582980-byte
• Sony DSC-F828

Mac OS X Release Notes

You can share one copy of VueScan among multiple Mac OS X users by putting the VueScan folder into a read-only folder somewhere on the hard drive. This will cause the default folder for each user to be that user's "Pictures" folder. If VueScan doesn't see your scanner on Mac OS X, first make sure that Apple System Profiler can see the scanner. If it doesn't, try powering off the computer, powering off the scanner, powering on the scanner and then powering on the computer.

If you're using an Epson 2400/2450 on Mac OS X and are having problems with long startup times, try using the Firewire cable.

Make sure you haven't set "Show input menu in menu bar" in the "International/Input Menu" preferences.

If VueScan hangs with Firewire scanners, make sure OpenFirmware has "security-mode" set to "none". Other settings cause problems.

To use PIE (Pacific Image Electronics) scanners with VueScan, you need to first install CyberView X (not CyberView 32) in the default location. VueScan uses the CyberView X libraries to control the scanner.

To use the Epson Perfection 3170 with VueScan, you need to first install the Epson software for this scanner.

If VueScan hangs when starting up, make sure that you don't have the International Input Menu turned on - this causes problems with VueScan. This is in the International system preferences. Canon N-series and LIDE scanners are powered directly by the USB port. The USB port must provide a power supply of 500 mA. If you plug the scanner into the USB port on a keyboard or other USB device, the scanner may not work properly. Attach the scanner directly to a USB port on the computer or to a 500 mA self-powered USB hub. If you find that an N-series or LIDE scanner doesn't work with one of your USB ports, try plugging it into the other USB port.

If you're using Mac OS X 10.0.4 or 10.1 with a SCSI scanner, you may need to download newer Mac OS X SCSI drivers Don't install this driver on Mac OS X 10.2 or later, since this can cause kernel crashes.

The driver for the beige G3 built-in SCSI has bugs on Mac OS X 10.1 which have been fixed in 10.2. The driver for the beige G3 built-in SCSI is included with Mac OS X.

If you don't have a SCSI interface on your Macintosh, many users have reported success using VueScan with Firewire-to-SCSI adapters.

If you've installed the beta UMAX OS X scanner software, you'll need to remove the extensions it installed in order to use VueScan. These are stored in /System/Library/Extensions. To temporarily remove them, just rename the .kext file to .kext.save.

If you're using a Microtech FireSCSI adapter, make sure that you're using SCSI ID 0 and that the SCSI termination is correct.

If you're using an Orange Micro 906F SCSI card, make sure it's upgraded to at least firmware version F1.35.

Windows Release Notes

If you've set up a shortcut to vuescan.exe and are having problems, try double-clicking c:\vuescan\vuescan.exe directly. This will test whether the problem is with the way the shortcut was set up or whether the problem is with VueScan.

To use PIE (Pacific Image Electronics) scanners with VueScan, you need to first install CyberView X (not CyberView 32). VueScan uses the CyberView X libraries to control the scanner.

To use the Epson Perfection 3170 with VueScan, you need to first install the Epson software for this scanner.

If your scanner has a button on the front and if a program starts up when you press this button while running VueScan, you have a program running in the background that you need to stop. To stop this program, press control-alt-delete, choose the task manager and use it to stop this program. One example of this is the Epson Status Monitor.

VueScan works on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP, and works with all known SCSI cards. It also works fine with multiple computers on a single SCSI bus (i.e. dual ported access to scanners).

If you're using Windows 2000 or Windows XP and a SCSI scanner and if VueScan doesn't find your SCSI scanner, you may need to download and install ASPI (you don't need this for USB scanners):

If VueScan won't start and you have Logitech MouseWare or a Logitech keyboard installed, try stopping EM_EXEC.EXE and/or ITOUCH.EXE. There have been some reports of these two programs causing problems with VueScan. (These two Logitech programs cause problems for many other Windows programs as well.) Alternatively, try turning off the "Smart Move" option in MouseWare.

If you have the Adaptec DirectCD Wizard on the Toolbar, you may have to remove it to get VueScan to run.

If you have an ELSA Synergy III graphics card (or possibly other NVideo graphics cards) and VueScan hangs when starting, you may need to disable the Desktop Manager that comes with the card (the file that causes the problem is nvdesk32.dll).

Linux Release Notes

On Linux, run vuescan from any directory. Your serial number will be stored in ".vuescanrc" in your home directory. If you run VueScan as root and enter your serial number, it will be stored in "/etc/vuescanrc" and all users on the computer will share this serial number.

If you're using a Firewire scanner, make sure you've loaded the sbp2 module.

If VueScan crashes on startup, make sure you aren't using the idescsi module - this can cause problems.

Note that PIE (Pacific Image Electronics) scanners do not work with VueScan on Linux because CyberView X isn't available on Linux. VueScan uses the CyberView X libraries to control the scanner.

If you're using the Epson Perfection 3170 (GT-9400), make sure you have /usr/lib/libesint32.so from the Epson Kowa SANE distribution. You also need to set up the environment variable SANEI_EPKOWA_FIRMWAREFILE to point to the firmware file esfw32.bin.

You need to make sure all of the /dev/sg* devices are read/write accessible. To see what scanners are available, type "cat /proc/scsi/scsi".

Note that the Adaptec AVA-1505 SCSI card doesn't work with a Nikon film scanner, and will cause a hard bus hang if you use VueScan with it. This is due to a bug in the aha152x driver. Another bug in this driver causes junk to be appended to the end of a raw scan when using the PhotoSmart. Other SCSI cards seem to work fine with VueScan on Linux.

There have also been problems reported with the Adaptec AVA-2904E and the Canon FS2710, although this combination works fine on Windows.

If you want to add or remove scsi devices without rebooting your system, use the following commands:

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 ? 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi remove-single-device 0 0 ? 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi

(use the SCSI ID in place of "?" above)

To use the scanner.o module on Linux, you need to load the scanner driver and specify the vendor ID and product ID of the scanner. For instance, to recognize the Canon N670U, use "modprobe scanner vendor=0x04a9 product=0x220d". Then type "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices" and make sure "Driver=usbscanner" is enabled for your scanner.

If you're using Linux 2.4.12 or later, you don't need to do anything special to have the scanner auto-recognized.

If you're using an earler version of Linux with a USB scanner, set up the SCANNER0 environment variable to point to /dev/usbscanner or /dev/usb/scanner (it needs to be read/write accessible), set up the SCANVID0 environment variable with the USB Vendor ID (VID) and set up the SCANPID0 environment variable with the USB Product ID (PID). You can support up to 8 USB scanners at a time by using SCANNER1, SCANNER2, SCANVID1, SCANVID2, etc.

For instance, to set up VueScan for the Epson 640, use the following commands if you're using csh:

    setenv SCANNER0 /dev/usbscanner
    setenv SCANVID0 04b8
    setenv SCANPID0 010c

    export SCANNER0="/dev/usbscanner"
    export SCANVID0="04b8"
    export SCANPID0="010c"

If you're having problems with USB timeouts (i.e. with the Nikon CoolScan IV (LS-40), make sure you use the "usb-uhci" (CONFIG_USB_UHCI) module instead of the alternate "uhci" (CONFIG_UHCI_ALT) module. You might also increase the kernel usb timeout value (CONFIG_USB_LONG_TIMEOUT=y).

Removing VueScan

To remove VueScan, delete the entire directory. There are no files installed elsewhere on the system.

Warranty

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Last updated: January 24, 2005