Silverfast 4 - Nikon LS2000 and Windows XP ?

[martin and pam]

I have a Nikon LS2000 coolscan + Silverfast 4 + Photoshop 5.5 which has been running happily on Windows 98 for 2 years.

Problem is we need a new computer and the only OS available is Windows XP.

Will the scanner / Silverfast / Photoshop comb work on the new system ? or am I looking at expensive updates ?

thanks in advance

Martin

[President_LSI]

Upgrade to SilverFast Ai 5.5 for nikon LS2000 from SilverFast Ai 4

We have been investing substantially into the development to bring SilverFast Ai 4 to version 5 and 5.5 and to work with Windows XP and also Photoshop 7. You will also be able to use SilverFast as Stand-a-lone version. Yet we are charging only a moderate upgrade price:

Upgrade from previous versions (not SE) in Euro
Upgrade: 146.00
Upgrade with IT8 calibration: 273.00

https://www.silverfast.com/pricing/193/en.html

Just remember, SilverFast Ai has a unique value compared to other professional packages as LinoColor (which was a 5000$ value) and other high-end scan software packages.

Read the highlights of SilverFast 5.5 especially for Nikon-Scanners:
https://www.silverfast.com/english/scann ... index.html

Also read about the unique capabilities of HiRepp (opening a 500 MB Raw data file in only 1 second) and Raw Data (48bit) output processing that you get with SilverFast Ai 5.5 which includes SilverFast HDR:

https://www.silverfast.com/show/48bits/en.html
https://www.silverfast.com/show/hirepp/en.html



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[martin and pam]

Thanks for the reply

I have read that I should be able to get the LS2000 scanner working with Windows XP, but only by upgrading the drivers for my SCSI card (Adaptec 2904) to include a Windows XP ASPI(?) layer, and by installing Nikon's latest version of Nikonscan (3.1.2) to get the appropriate drivers.

I'm still not clear whether the version I have of Silverfast (4) will work with
Windows XP, can anybody advise ?

Has anyone else gone through this process with the LS2000 that can verify that it is possible?

Many thanks

Martin

[Tomaz Klinc]

Finally, Adaptec gave in to demand, and since May 2002, ASPI layer for Win 98, 2K, XP, others, is available for downloading at

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/suppor ... =ASPI-4.70