[sane-devel] drum scanners or high-end flatbeds: any hope?

[David Heinrich]

Ok, thanks to the suggestion by Allan, I'm e-mailing with this
suggestion...I may be able to eventually buy one of these high-end flat-beds
or drum-scanners (that is, high-end compared to the Epson V750, not high-end
as in the $80k Aztek Premier) and have it shipped to a developer.

Developers, what are you suggestions for what may be a good thing to look
for? The Howtek 4500 drum seems to be commonly available, along with the
Creo Eversmart flatbed series (I think Creo is now owned by Kodak). However,
even the brand name of these companies is not mentioned on the sane-project
website. Of the high-end flatbed or drum scanners listed on the Large Format
scanner comparison page, only the Microtek brand are mentioned on the sane
page (and not any of the scanners relevant to me scanning in 4x5 inch and
8x10 inch film). Someone on LF forum suggested, however, that it might be
easier to adapt a driver for a low-end scanner of the same brand to a
high-end flatbed or drum (by high-end, I mean pro scanners with real
resolutions of 2500 dpi or higher, not marketing hype of 6400 dpi).

So, any suggestions?

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:24 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some developers do such things for free, but slowly. Other developers
> do such things more quickly, but for a price. Either way you'll get
> the code eventually, but it depends on how long you are willing to
> wait. :)
>
> allan
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:19 PM, David Heinrich <dh003i at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I sometimes see Howtek 4500's on sale for eBay for reasonable prices
> (under
> > $2k). Would having access to it assist in the process? I.e., if someone
> were
> > to buy it and have it shipped o the appropriate developers for however
> long
> > it might take to work on drivers?
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:13 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Developers can only write software for machines they can access and/or
> >> get protocol documentation for. These machines are quite expensive,
> >> and they are rare. Hence, out of the range of most volunteer
> >> programmers.
> >>
> >> allan
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:18 PM, David Heinrich <dh003i at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > I'm interested in scanning 4x5 transparency film, and would like to
> have
> >> > something a little better than the Epson V750 (which gets a real
> optical
> >> > resolution of 3200 at best, but more likely around 2200 - 2400,
> despite
> >> > stating more than 6000 dpi). Hence, I'm interested in entry-level
> >> > drum-scanners, like the Howtek 4500, or high-end flatbed scanners,
> like
> >> > the
> >> > Creo Eversmart series or Creo iQsmart series. Has anyone done anything
> >> > on
> >> > this? As far as I can tell, there isn't support for any drum scanners,
> >> > dedicated film scanners, or high-end scanners at all on Linux? (the
> best
> >> > scanners I see supported, like the Epson V750, are at best high-end
> >> > consumer
> >> > scanners, not suitable for enlargements beyond 3-4x).
> >> >
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> >
> >
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