Scanning Slides and Negatives

[bobc4012]

NoOp-4 wrote:
> 
> On 12/15/2009 01:18 AM, bobc4012 wrote:
>> 
>> I have a HP C8100 printer/scanner/copier. I can scan pictures,
>> newspapers,
>> etc. with Xsane, Gimp and Scanner Utility with out a problem (except the
>> ICM
>> Profile pop-up - which I "x" out and continue). However, when I use the
>> "35MM Slide or Negative film, I cannot find where to set these
>> applications
>> to scan them and produce a picture. All I get is a picture of the
>> black/white/gray picture of the slide/negative holder containing the
>> slide/negative (like scanning a newspaper article). I can scan with the
>> HP
>> support provided under Windows (XP) and get the pictures in the
>> slide/negative, but have not found a way to do this in Ubuntu. I have
>> included the output from the scan. I did check the Xsane documentation
>> (on-line version is 0.994 and installed version is 0.995 - not quite the
>> same). Choosing the different options (slide, negative, Kodak, Fuji,
>> etc.)
>> just produced the same output with different colors. Inserted is a
>> negative
>> strip and a slide. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks.  
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p26791277/Scanned%2Bpicture.jpeg  
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p26791277/Slide.png  
>> 
> 
> Per:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/200166
> [HP PhotoSmart C8100: I cannot select film/slide scanning in XSane]
> this is marked as "Won't Fix"
> Not sure why, but the reporter 'Till Kamppeter' is very well known for
> Ubuntu printer/printer-driver support. So, if he couldn't get it
> changed, doesn't look good.
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Thanks for the reply. I did check out the "launchpad" post and I saw he had
a work around using the C8100 front panel and a USB/Memory Card. I will give
that a try. Otherwise, I'll have to stay with Windows XP and the HP support.
It is unfortunate that it is not supported. There are some "standalone"
scanners on the market, such as the Pandigital and others. I suspect they
are not supported either. If not supported under Linux (Ubuntu in my case),
then it gives others a reason to stay with Windows.  

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