Comments on: Scantastic http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic Mac & Technology Writings by Daniel Jalkut Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Jerry http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152576 Jerry Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:15:57 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152576 CDs that come with printers are of less use than the legal papers that are included ... thankfully one seldom needs to go to product download site since 10.6. (Canon are really hopeless and there seems to be nearly no one there who has ever seen a Mac. HP usually works - if you understand the logs ;-).) CDs that come with printers are of less use than the legal papers that are included … thankfully one seldom needs to go to product download site since 10.6. (Canon are really hopeless and there seems to be nearly no one there who has ever seen a Mac. HP usually works – if you understand the logs ;-).)

]]> By: Rick http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152524 Rick Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:30:59 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152524 elasticthreads, As far as I can make out, Grab is for taking screenshots. How do you get it to accept input from a scanner? elasticthreads,
As far as I can make out, Grab is for taking screenshots. How do you get it to accept input from a scanner?

]]> By: W. Ian Blanton http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152519 W. Ian Blanton Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:32:04 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152519 Ahh, but you didn't even touch the _true_ horror: If you UNINSTALL those applications that you didn't need in the first place, it will kill Snow Leopard's ability to print and Scan from that device. Think I'm kidding? http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Mac-printing-and-scanning/OS10-6-If-scanning-through-Preview-Image-capture-doesn-t-work/m-p/120922 Thank you HP, for making us laugh at love....or at least your software...again. Ahh, but you didn’t even touch the _true_ horror: If you UNINSTALL those applications that you didn’t need in the first place, it will kill Snow Leopard’s ability to print and Scan from that device. Think I’m kidding?

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Mac-printing-and-scanning/OS10-6-If-scanning-through-Preview-Image-capture-doesn-t-work/m-p/120922

Thank you HP, for making us laugh at love….or at least your software…again.

]]> By: elasticthreads http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152518 elasticthreads Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:47:22 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152518 I'd think you could use Grab.app, included with OS X, to use the scanner. Every scanner I've attatched my Mac to works with Grab. I’d think you could use Grab.app, included with OS X, to use the scanner.

Every scanner I’ve attatched my Mac to works with Grab.

]]> By: Jon http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152511 Jon Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:24:29 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152511 I believe someone else mentioned it, but the online fax services are great. I personally use http://trustfax.com I can email them documents to fax, or use their web interface. Incoming faxes go to my email as PDFs. I believe I end up paying about $20/year for it. Oh, and I'm sorry you learned about HP software first hand - I've been there. I believe someone else mentioned it, but the online fax services are great. I personally use http://trustfax.com I can email them documents to fax, or use their web interface. Incoming faxes go to my email as PDFs. I believe I end up paying about $20/year for it. Oh, and I’m sorry you learned about HP software first hand – I’ve been there.

]]> By: Peter Bierman http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152496 Peter Bierman Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:52:52 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152496 Another vote for Brother. They seem to actually care that their Mac software works, and their hardware feels pretty solid too. I have a MFC-7820N that gets lots of use without trouble. Another vote for Brother. They seem to actually care that their Mac software works, and their hardware feels pretty solid too. I have a MFC-7820N that gets lots of use without trouble.

]]> By: Colin http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152465 Colin Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:53:58 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152465 If anyone's thinking the level of HP suck scales inversely with the asking price, you'd be wrong. Even their flagship $3500+ printers have absolutely miserable drivers. And that's truly painful; the Z-series DesignJets are wonderful printers as far as longevity and print quality go. I'd love to recommend them more often. But between the lousy drivers and the matching support, it's really hard to. HP even managed to engineer some brilliant feature ideas into those drivers... Or at least they would have if they worked reliably. If anyone’s thinking the level of HP suck scales inversely with the asking price, you’d be wrong.

Even their flagship $3500+ printers have absolutely miserable drivers. And that’s truly painful; the Z-series DesignJets are wonderful printers as far as longevity and print quality go. I’d love to recommend them more often. But between the lousy drivers and the matching support, it’s really hard to.

HP even managed to engineer some brilliant feature ideas into those drivers… Or at least they would have if they worked reliably.

]]> By: John http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152461 John Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:41:49 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152461 As a former Mac Genius, the first thing I ever said to to a customer with _any_ printer issue was "You didn't install the printer software, did you?" to which they replied "Of course!" at which point I helped them erase-and-install their computer and instructed them to _never_ install printer software or camera software or any other software that you didn't know was in the box, no matter how adamant the documentation is that you _must_ install it. Of those customers who I would see again (for unrelated reasons), they all found this bit of advice very helpful when they later purchased printers or cameras. As a former Mac Genius, the first thing I ever said to to a customer with _any_ printer issue was “You didn’t install the printer software, did you?” to which they replied “Of course!” at which point I helped them erase-and-install their computer and instructed them to _never_ install printer software or camera software or any other software that you didn’t know was in the box, no matter how adamant the documentation is that you _must_ install it. Of those customers who I would see again (for unrelated reasons), they all found this bit of advice very helpful when they later purchased printers or cameras.

]]> By: Ölbaum http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152423 Ölbaum Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:53:01 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152423 Yes, I used to think HP's Mac software sucked. Then at work they bought a scanner with a document feeder and I tried it on both Windows and Mac OS X. Conclusion: HP's software in general sucks, the Mac version a tiny bit less. That gives you an idea of what Windows users must endure. Anyway, most are used to it. Yes, I used to think HP’s Mac software sucked. Then at work they bought a scanner with a document feeder and I tried it on both Windows and Mac OS X. Conclusion: HP’s software in general sucks, the Mac version a tiny bit less. That gives you an idea of what Windows users must endure. Anyway, most are used to it.

]]> By: cantab http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1118/scantastic/comment-page-1#comment-152416 cantab Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:25 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-152416 Macs can fax right from the computer. Just scan the material, go to the print dialog and go though the pop up menu to "fax". I use this a lot. Macs can fax right from the computer. Just scan the material, go to the print dialog and go though the pop up menu to “fax”. I use this a lot.

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