Has anyone used it with a Mac/will it scan Black and White negatives accurately? Last scanner I used BW negs came out orange!
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It will scan to Mac. I can't 100% say for sure about black and white negatives as I haven't tried this. The slides we had were from the 60's and 70's so some of the negatives were faded and I thought the scan was accurate to the faded color of the slide
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I just scanned about 200 photos from the1950's and some came out red but the negatives Werent very good and I use a Mac computer
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I haven't tried that yet but it is supposed to scan any 35 mm color or black and white negatives. The only 35 mm slides it would not scan are the dark ones that could only see spots of light like distant street lights and such.
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I have the same question! I am looking for something to scan the old black and white negatives- larger ones than 35mm. Have you found a scanner that will do that, mt gal? If you do, can you let me know at dlamp3300@aol.com ? Thanks
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I have the 8600F and have scanned 14 rolls of 24 exposure film. All but one roll worked fine. One roll some pictures look over-exposed and about half of the jpg's look like negatives. I was able to use Adobe photo elements and do a negative on it and color balance to get it to look near normal. There are still a half dozen or more that the colors are all off if I try this. If anyone has figured out a cause and/or solution, please let me know as well! Thanks.
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I'm running 10.6.8 and it's working on the iMac. You may have to download updates or something. Unless you are doing large format, one of the lower priced scanners may do just as well for you. I think some of the newer ones don't require the warm up times etc. this one does. I've had it for quite a while and haven't had any major issues, occasionally you may need to unplug it and do a restart on it, but you probably know how to do all that stuff already. Have fun.
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I have been very satisfied with the quality of the scan of photo's both color and b&w.; Speed of the scanner is great, comparing it to an earlier CanoScan I had. I have had some difficulty bringing up the advanced tools to scan negatives, but need to read the manual for detailed directions. I would recommend this scanner.
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Dear Beth, The scanner can scan document in Colour & Mono.It does compatible with Mac but the software we sent as a free gift cannot apply to Mac.The software is used to edit your scanned document.
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If your negative is color the scan will be in color. I believe you have the option to change it to greyscale or black and white but I have never used that option.
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I am using a Mac OSX Yosemite version 10.10.4. Everything is smooth and crystal clear on the scanned pics. Just follow the directions and it should work. Just install the Epson Scan Software Ver 3.55A. And You'll be ready to go. Make sure you turn on the scanner first before opening the application on your mac.
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I have used it scanning over WiFi on a Mac, and it is more or less indistinguishable from using USB. USB may be more reliable, though.
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I love may Canon scanners. I have two actually, both stand alones, but I don't have a Mac computer .. and no other software is needed with either of my scanners .. hope this helps.
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Yes...I just plugged it into my iMac and it woked with no problems. Simple and easy. I love this scanner!
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I purchased this printer today. I'm using it with a Mac and wireless networking. Everything works fine except the Scanning Software. When I try to start the software it says "Epson Scan cannot be started..." I can't even open the software let alone get it to work. I've deleted and reloaded the software from scratch on two occasions without luck. I also downloaded the software from Epson for Snow Leopard and installed that, along with the latest driver from Apple. Still no luck.Can anyone offer some advice?
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This scanner will scan a color or black and white negative, and make you a digital .JPG (picture). You can then do whatever you want to with it. I have scanned negatives that I still have prints from, from the 1980's, and my prints from these scans are better than the originals from the 1980's. So yes it will scan them very well.
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I'm sorry I can't speak for Mac I am a PC user. The scanner works great BTW.
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Most of what I have (90-95%) are Black & White negatives, and I see from a review at http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN/CS9000/9000F.HTMthat FARE is disabled for B&W; film (it thinks the whole emulsion is dust).Have you scanned many B&W; negatives?Also, have you scanned any contact prints/proof sheets (I imagine it does those just fine, but I just remembered those?If this does good with B&W; negatives - then that's' what I'm looking for - as I need a general purpose scanner too.
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Yes. It appears on the mac like an SD card reader, and the scanner dumps its output to the card. It does not work with Preview, Image Capture, or other scanner software. But it doesn't need it; it handles the scanning to the card itself.