Epson Perfection 1260
The Epson Perfection 1260 scanner is anything but perfection. It is the biggest friggin’ piece of crap that I’ve purchased in a long time.
I picked this scanner up a few months ago to replace an old Umax model. I paid a little extra for the 35 mm slide adapter. The feeder was designed by somebody on crack and produces the worst scans I’ve ever seen. Yes. I’ve ready the bloody manual a dozen times.
The drivers for OS X are the flakiest I’ve ever used. After Previewing a photo I click on Scan and hold my breath. Half the time it scans the image (which takes forever) and the rest of the time it flashes a couple of screens and returns to PhotoShop.
I found that unplugging the power and USB cables sometimes work. I’m just about ready to throw this junk in front of a streetcar on Kingston Road.
Waiting to see those Paris pictures? You may never see them at this rate. This weekend, JAK MEDIA is so buying me a Canon Rebel XT.
Stumble It!Posted in Technology at 4:04 PM
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Your boss is awesome! My boss bought ME a digital rebel too! Isn’t self employment amazing? In fact, I think I hear my boss coming into my office and telling me he’s taking my out for a beer to reward me for taking the morning to ride my bike.
Jay, have you tried VueScan? I have heard from several sources that it is an excellent scanner software and might make something decent out of that Epson. On the other hand, why not just return the piece of junk and try something better? See if you can get a “Buy a Canon Rebel XT, get a FREE scanner” deal out of someone.
But please, for the love of all that’s good, get those Paris pics up. I’m dying over here.
Hey, Photoshop CS2 was announced today!
Posted by: David on April 4, 2005 4:35 PM
Of course if you had your digital camera before you went on vacation you would be showing us pictures.
Take Care
Michael
Posted by: Blogin Idiot on April 4, 2005 9:53 PM
Lesson learned. I should have gone digital a long time ago when it comes to SLR cameras. I don’t know how much time I’ve wasted with this scanner.
PhotoShop CS2 looks pretty cool. Time to upgrade PhotoShop, Illustrator and InDesign. Again.
Oh, I think the boss is calling me. He wants to go for coffee.
David, I have a couple of very exciting conference calls coming up for two hours which means… I should get some more pictures scanned in.
Posted by: Jay on April 5, 2005 10:30 AM
