Buy a new scanner or pay for VueScan?

[Mac1337]

The only thing that gives me pause is that vuescan is more expensive than a new scanner.

[mattkime]

>>The only thing that gives me pause is that vuescan is more expensive than a new scanner.

only the pro version. but that extra $40 goes toward future proofing. new scanner support is constantly being added. new OSes are added as they come out.

[maco]

Just bought Vuescan a couple of weeks ago for my Epson 3200. Happy with it so far.

[Racer X]

RESOLUTION of the scanners pretty much flattened out several years back, but the dynamic range has continued to improve on the better scanners.

I'd look into a refurb from the Epson outlet on-line. Full warranty.

[raz]

I picked up VueScan right after the switch to 10.1 - because my Minolta SCSI film scanner had no drivers. As a bonus, it also handled the old SCSI flatbed.

Since then, VueScan has flawlessly supported every scanner I've plugged in - including an HP all-in-one printer that came with my daughter's iMac.

The process is better than built-in Twain support. Under OSX, you scan in VueScan while editing in Photoshop (or whatever) while printing in another window.

Well worth the price.

[mattkime]

>>but the dynamic range has continued to improve on the better scanners.

which is typically of concern only for negative or slide scanning.