[DM-MUG] new Scanner...

[Arne Quanbeck]

Don't worry about TWAIN. It's the standard interface for scanners on  
both the Mac and the Dark Side. I would be worried if a scanner DIDN'T  
support TWAIN.

If you have no program that supports TWAIN, you can always download  
the Mac OS X port of The Gimp, a free Photoshop clone.
http://darwingimp.sourceforge.net/download.html

Image Capture also appears to support TWAIN.

On May 14, 2008, at 10:06 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> Thanks, I'll read these == I don't understand the Twain thing, but  
> then, never the twain shall meet, right?
>
>>> Pentax has its own driver but it's talking on the website as if it  
>>> is not all that is needed to run the thing
>>
>> On their site is the line
>>
>>>> 	Start your TWAIN-compliant application software.
>>
>> The software you are using to talk to the scanner MUST support  
>> TWAIN.   Which is an open standard used to talk to imaging hardware.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWAIN
>>
>> The Apple article
>>
>> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304740
>>
>> implies that if your scanner does NOT come with "scanning"  
>> software, you can use Apple's Image Capture application to do it,  
>> after you have the TWAIN drive installed.
>
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