Hi Beth,
My nose and cheeks have calmed down enough I can now see past them. I didn’t know how to edit the page once its been posted, so I deleted it and constructed a new one here <
http://homepage.mac.com/csut2/Microtek_Scanner/PhotoAlbum10. html> .
I am interested in technology that will simplify photo restoration. To my knowledge, Microtek is the only scanner using this digital ICE software for such purposes. I thought I saw a reference to another at one point, and it may exist, but I currently know only the Microtek. The scanner has several color modes up to true 48-bit color and both 8-bit and 16-bit gray modes for B&W. It has an optical resolution of 4800×2400 dpi(that’s what it says folks-dpi). Its both Windows and Mac compatible and can be connected by USB 2.0 or firewire. It comes bundled with quite a bit of software including PSE 2 with a coupon good for upgrade to photoshop up to 50% savings (whatever that means) at the Adobe store thru June 30, 2004. The basic function of scanning is OS X compatible and I do not know yet about the OCR, email, copy,and web functions. I downloaded the latest driver from the Microtek web site and installation could not have gone easier. It worked on my first photo I scanned and I put up at the URL above the second photo I scanned and first I scanned with the ICE software. The interface seems pretty straightforward and simple. There is an initial window for routine scanning I found easy to use. You click on a button in it to take you to a far more complicated window for complex scanning. It looks like there is a lot of digital imaging technology like we have in PSE 2 here so some of it may be reduplication that may or may not prove useful. I bought it thru Amazon for $359.00. Maybe I could have gotten a better deal elsewhere, but I have been so happy with Amazon and so unhappy with the other etailers I’ve used that I just use Amazon anymore.
I don’t know of anything else to say right now. I’ve just opened it up and started. I’m happy to share this with you and further as I get experience.
Carl