Tried Epson scan and have chosen Silverfast 8 ( i run on Snow Leopard). My Epson V700 came with two softwares : 'EpsonScan' & 'SilverFast 8'. I doubt you`ll find better s/w than Silverfast. ' Is silverfast 8 good enough to start out with, or should I just start looking into some better software right now?' If it was not they would not ship it with the scanner. Thanks!Īny software is good enough to start with. Is silverfast 8 good enough to start out with, or should I just start looking into some better software right now? I'm using OSX 10.7 on a pretty beefy macbook pro. My 8100 should arive today, and I have never used a scanner before.

So more investment into Mac users would be a welcome and positive improvement.įotolorea: - So how have you found this scanner to work with ViewScan on a Mac? Is it working well for you? I've been considering getting one. If I didn't like the quality of the scans so much I would return it. This process should be seamless.Īnd, to top everything off, 2 major scanner function buttons - Intelliscan and Quickscan only work with Windows. Having to go out of the program, find the website and then fill out an entire form with serial #, etc. And the software update process is ridiculous. It's a shame really because the quality of the scans is very good. It freezes up quite frequently requiring me to restart the whole program to get it going again. It's obvious that Plustek doesn't cater to Mac users since the Silverfast software is so kludgy.

The DNG on the Plustek site that is listed under the 7500 downloads also includes all the 8XXX frameworks. Still probably sticking with VueScan though :) I ended up just installing SilverFast, which automatically installed the necessary drivers.

Does anyone have any experience with this? I searched the discussion threads but was unable to come up with anything other than a link to the Plustek website (which, as I mentioned, doesn't list the Mac OS drivers for the 8100-however, it does say that the scanner is Mac compatible). I feel like I must be missing something, as I can't be the only one trying to use a Plustek with Vuescan on a Mac. It is my understanding that the software supplied with the scanner will install Silverfast, which I'd prefer not to do, as I'm using Vuescan. I just upgraded to a Plustek 8100 neg scanner from an Epson flatbed, but I'm having trouble finding the necessary drivers for a Mac OS on the Plustek website.

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