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VueScan review

Regular readers to the photo-i scanner reviews will know how I expect the best from any scanner, and good scanning software is essential to getting the best quality from a scanner. I will always review a scanner with the manufacturers bundled software, I know this may not always do full justice to the scanner being reviewed. A prime example of this is the Canon 9950 scanner, a superb machine which is let down by, putting it bluntly, awful scanning software (ScanGear). LaserSoft, publishers of SilverFast, has a version for the Epson range of scanners and continues to promise a Canon version, this may arrive at any time before 2008. Another scanning application that is well worth considering is VueScan.

VueScan supports over 400 scanners (I didn't know there were that many) and 157 digital cameras. This immediately gives VueScan the leading edge on SilverFast - you have to buy a scanner specific version of the software. OK, so how good is VueScan?