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Umax Scaner

68kMLA Software 17 posts Sep 15, 2009 to Jan 27, 2010

#1 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 - 23:18 68kMLA

I got this nice looking scaner,

Its a umax astra 610s this thing looks new, not in the box tho, I can not find the sofware on the net for this thing, any one know where i may find it?

There is only pc drivers, I would like to use this scaner on my 575 but it may not work, as it looks like its a ppc app but thats all i found even the site that makes the scaner does not have the driver

#2 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 - 23:26 68kMLA

I have a disc for the Astra 1200S scanner, but I don't know if they use the same software.

#3 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 - 23:30 68kMLA

I would not know I know this scaner is a scsi, and I need a teramator on it, if it is the last device, as there is no swich for it, If i can not find the sofware i am convert this to somthing What i do not know,

but , could you send it over? or make like a img of it, I would gladly test it on my end

#4 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 - 23:39 68kMLA

old scanners make really good overhead lamps

If it were a lpt port one id do that in a second, but a scsi scanner is just fast enough to be quite useful, ... so I hope you can dig up the software

#5 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 - 23:42 68kMLA

I have a disc for the Astra 1200S scanner, but I don't know if they use the same software.

Could I please get a copy of that for my 1200S?

#6 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 - 23:51 68kMLA

yea if that sofware does not work then i will make it a lamp,

But lets see if we can get our hands on it, I have a usb scanner tho, that i use, winblows only ,but it makes pdf files and i use that, none of that ocr or doc jpg, .ect PDF works fine for me

#7 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 - 02:16 68kMLA

I'll see what I can do. I can pop it on my server, but speeds probably wont be the greatest (and I don't do that free/rapidshare.de garbage either)..... I could always mail a copy of the CD.

#8 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 - 02:36 68kMLA

I have found divshare to be decent actually. If you are willing to put it on a KDX server I think my friend has one up atm.

#9 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 - 13:06 68kMLA

If you fire the installer for the UMAX Astra 1200S in an email to me, i can host it for us ^^

send to johnhanssen (curly-a) gmail.com

#10 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 - 14:53 68kMLA

Whoops, sorry guys, I totally forgot! :-x I'll probably do it today.

#11 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 - 23:33 68kMLA

Whoops, sorry guys, I totally forgot! :-x I'll probably do it today.

Alright, I got it. Anyone who wants it shoot me a PM, and I'll give you the link.

#12 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 - 21:53 68kMLA

Software for the Umax scanners was VistaScan and MagicScan, IIRC. So if that 1200S disk had one or both of those on it, then it will probably work with the 610S. And the 600S for that matter.

The drivers used to still be available on the UK's Umax site.

#13 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 - 21:58 68kMLA

Ah, here we go. The UK site linked me to Deutschland (Germany), where I found this very nice page:

http://www.umax.de/support/treiber.htm

Note that if you enter the Powerlook 2000 as your scanner you'll be offered the MagicScan 4.5 software, which I've heard is nicer than VistaScan and compatible with the lower end SCSI scanners.

It also appears that one may order a CD with all their drivers on it?

#14 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 - 22:29 68kMLA

Software for the Umax scanners was VistaScan and MagicScan, IIRC. So if that 1200S disk had one or both of those on it, then it will probably work with the 610S. And the 600S for that matter.
The drivers used to still be available on the UK's Umax site.

The disc that I imaged has VistaScan.

#15 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 - 11:00 68kMLA

will that sofware work with mine? I just need to get a 25 pin scsi card for my power mac g4 and os 9 and away I go on my super computer, well more like my dream computer

#16 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 - 20:59 68kMLA

I have the same scanner model. I think I may have the software somewhere. Last time I needed it the UMAX web site actually had the download for it, too bad it looks like they don't anymore.

#17 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 18:20 68kMLA

I have the same scanner model. I think I may have the software somewhere. Last time I needed it the UMAX web site actually had the download for it, too bad it looks like they don't anymore.

The link I posted above has the software for the Umax 610S, as well as many other Umax scanners.

Anybody else had the glass fall out of their Umax scanner? Mine did recently. And when I went to use my backup, the glass fell out of that one too. Am now experimenting with 3M double sided adhesive tape...