Re: Omnipage 10.0,Wndows 2000 & Agfa Scanners

From: Mike Betz (mwbetz@HOME.COM)
Date: Mon May 14 2001 - 09:34:08 CDT

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Date:         Mon, 14 May 2001 06:34:08 -0800
From: Mike Betz <mailto:mwbetz@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Omnipage 10.0,Wndows 2000 & Agfa Scanners
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    <pre> Interesting. Were you ever able to scan using Omnipage 10 with Windows 2000? If so, then I would look at the drivers and whatnot that came with the Agfa scanners, creating a software conflict. Photoshop may utilize an entirely different set of DLLs which could explain the behavior.

    Bonnie Jean Cox wrote:

    > We recently upgraded the equipment in our scanning lab: we have just
    > switched to Agfa DuoScan HiDs. We are finding it impossible to scan using
    > Omnipage 10.0 installed on machines running Windows 2000 with these
    > scanners. We've tried all the built-in troubleshooting in OmniPage,
    > including scanning directly with the Agfa scanning product (FotoLook
    > 3.75[?}); it either crashes or locks up the system. Everything works
    > smoothly with Photoshop, so the glitch seems to be in OmniPage. We have
    > also installed the OmniPage patch and update of ScanManager available on
    > the Caere site.
    >
    > Has anyone had similar experiences or have suggestions to make?
    > Thanks
    >
    > Bonnie Jean Cox
    > Electronic Resources Librarian
    > 2-1 William T. Young Library
    > Lexington, KY 40506
    > Telephone: 859-257-0500x2120
    > FAX 859-257-0505
    > EMail: mailto:bjcox@pop.uky.edu 

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