filmscanners: To Ed H; was: Vuescan for Minolta Scan Multi Pro

["Joel Rittvo" <joel@perfect-flight.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of EdHamrick@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 2:17 PM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan for Minolta Scan Multi Pro
>
>
> I pulled it out of the box a few hours ago, and have VueSca doing a few
> things with the Scan Multi Pro (ejecting, reading the film holder type,
> etc.).  Scans are all black, but this will probably be working in the
> next few days.

Ed,

Not trying to steal trade secrets here, and wouldn't know what to do with
them anyway, but could you briefly explain how you learn to "talk" to a new
scanner in its "language"?  Do you run through its software and have some
way of reading or logging the info that goes back and forth between the
computer and the scanner?  How?  Just trying to get a the-way-things-work
understanding on my end.

Thanks,

Joel