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Old 11-27-2020, 01:12 AM   #1
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About Epson V850 Pro scanner


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I'm prepared to purchase a scanner for scanning photo negatives and found Epson v850 pro scanner

Does it work on Linux?

Thanks

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Old 11-27-2020, 01:57 PM   #2
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Why not check if the sane/xsane packages support it? I'd imagine they do, butI'm not going to check for you. You can do that yourself and learn on the way.
http://www.sane-project.org/
http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html
 
Old 11-27-2020, 02:41 PM   #3
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Hi,
I'm prepared to purchase a scanner for scanning photo negatives and found Epson v850 pro scanner Does it work on Linux?
Sort of like your other thread about HDMI splitters/cables....did you just try putting "Espon v850 linux" into Google?? The VERY FIRST HIT:
https://epson.com/Support/Scanners/P...SPT_B11B224201

Epson's own website to download a Linux driver.
 
Old 11-27-2020, 04:58 PM   #4
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Short answer - no.
I have a V600 and keep a Win10 laptop merely to do my scanning. Works ok, but still involves work - I have slides from the 70's and 80's I needed to salvage.
 
Old 11-27-2020, 09:26 PM   #5
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Hi,

I'm prepared to purchase a scanner for scanning photo negatives and found Epson v850 pro scanner

Does it work on Linux?

Thanks
Don't know about that one, but I have a Film2USB converter film scanner (purchased off ebay) that works just fine with linux. Can be used with USB to scan to PC or use SD card.
It is manual, and a bit tedious for large jobs, but works for either slides (positive colors) or film (negative colors) by flipping a setting on the scanner.

I recently did a box of about 300 pictures (film negatives) and they came out great. My aunt was very impressed.
 
Old 11-28-2020, 01:12 AM   #6
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morning-tea,

As per TB0ne's post, put V850 in the search box:
http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/se...h/searchModule
 
Old 11-28-2020, 10:53 AM   #7
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And then there is

https://www.hamrick.com/
http://www.silverfast.com/get_demo/de.html

HTH.
 
Old 11-29-2020, 12:21 AM   #8
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Sort of like your other thread about HDMI splitters/cables....did you just try putting "Espon v850 linux" into Google?? The VERY FIRST HIT:
https://epson.com/Support/Scanners/P...SPT_B11B224201

Epson's own website to download a Linux driver.
Your advice noted and thanks

Regards
 
Old 11-29-2020, 12:29 AM   #9
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Hi,

Thanks for your advice and links.

I'm preferring to a less expensive flatbed scanner because I have some aged photos without negatives

Just found following thread on Internet
The 5 Best Film and Negative Scanners in 2020
http://www.vfxpro.com/best-film-and-negative-scanners/
#4 – Epson Perfection V550 Color Photo, Image, Film, Negative & Document Scanner

I won't scan documents, only film negatives and aged photos


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After scanning film negatives on flatbed scanner do I need to split them into their own files, not a file of 4/6 digital photos. If YES please advise how, running screenshot?

Regards

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Old 11-29-2020, 04:27 AM   #10
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I never got any linux tools to works as I wanted. YMMV.

With the Win10 software, you get a series of sequentially named images per strip - img001.jpg, img002.jpg ... I expect you should get similar. As for prints, you can supposedly do several per run, but it's flaky - I select one per scan to be saved.
 
Old 11-29-2020, 10:58 AM   #11
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After scanning film negatives on flatbed scanner do I need to split them into their own files, not a file of 4/6 digital photos. If YES please advise how, running screenshot?
There may be some other tools, but I would use gimp and after cropping each image would then save it to its own file.
 
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There may be some other tools, but I would use gimp and after cropping each image would then save it to its own file.
Thanks

I wonder whether there is scanning method without further work cropping each image?

Can those film negative scanners on the market work?

Regards
 
Old 11-30-2020, 07:38 AM   #13
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The softwares I suggested earlier should do that automatically...
 
Old 11-30-2020, 11:55 AM   #14
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Thanks

I wonder whether there is scanning method without further work cropping each image?

Can those film negative scanners on the market work?

Regards
Yes, the film scanner I mentioned earlier does a single frame at a time and i am certain there are others. It scans film strips or slides, one image at a time.
 
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The softwares I suggested earlier should do that automatically...
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