Possible Mac OS X solution for LinoType scanners?
PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 10:24 pm
I've just started doing some research to upgrade an old PowerMac to a newer Mac running OS X. But I've got a Linotype Saphir Ultra II and finding scanner software for it on OS X has been a real challenge.
Silverfast AI looks like an excellent product that will do just what I need. Alas, no OS X version for the LinoTypes.
But wait! A little more digging on the web turned up the fact that many of the Linotype scanners are virtually identical to various Umax models. For example, see http://www.image-acquire.com/scanner/re ... xpl3.shtml
and you'll find that the Saphir Ultra II is the same as a Umax PowerLook III. And further, you'll find an effort to develop standardized scanner interfaces for Unix variants called S.A.N.E. and they've published the following table of compatibility:
http://www.rauch-domain.de/sane-umax/sa ... s-doc.html
SF does provide OS X versions for Umax models. Is it possible the Umax version will run the Linotype scanners? Can anyone try this and confirm?
John Lock
VP, Technology
Relevant Arts, Inc.
Silverfast AI looks like an excellent product that will do just what I need. Alas, no OS X version for the LinoTypes.
But wait! A little more digging on the web turned up the fact that many of the Linotype scanners are virtually identical to various Umax models. For example, see http://www.image-acquire.com/scanner/re ... xpl3.shtml
and you'll find that the Saphir Ultra II is the same as a Umax PowerLook III. And further, you'll find an effort to develop standardized scanner interfaces for Unix variants called S.A.N.E. and they've published the following table of compatibility:
http://www.rauch-domain.de/sane-umax/sa ... s-doc.html
SF does provide OS X versions for Umax models. Is it possible the Umax version will run the Linotype scanners? Can anyone try this and confirm?
John Lock
VP, Technology
Relevant Arts, Inc.
Any more word on supporting OS X and Linotype scanners?
