Re: Umax Powerlook III Scanner

[nms@inamess.vip.best.com (Nick Silva)]

Also sprach Michael Greer:

> According to Umax, the PLIII isn't tweaked at all by Linotype. In fact, the
> Umax branded scanners are said to have the latest revs of the firmware. But
> from everything I've read, the Linocolor software is in a league of its own,
> and most importantly to many, their tech support is top notch. So if I were
> choosing between the two, I'd also pick the Ultra II over the PLIII.

I just got the Ultra II also for ~$1200. It's the same thing as the PLIII,
but the software is better. But unfortunately the Linocolor software has
one big flaw: there's no way to export the raw 48bit scan! I think this is
a big failing of supposedly high-end scanning software. I'd like to archive
hi-bit images for the day when editing them becomes the norm - I don't want
to have to scan them again in the future.

Fortunately, the UMAX software will work with the Linotype product, so you
can have the best of both worlds - the very capable Linocolor software and
the less capable but able to output a hi-bit file MagicScan.

Nick

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