New software for V500????

[stradibarrius]

I have an Epson V500 on a Windows 7 64 bit machine. It does a pretty good job but I was wondering if I would gain anything but changing to "Silverfast" or "Vuescan" software?????

 

[Loris Medici]

I prefer Vuescan, not because it's a much better software (actually it is - but it is a little more complex / cumbersome than Epson OEM at the same time. Anyway, that isn't the primary reason to me, see the following ->), but because I can use it for all of my scanners (Epson 2450 + Minolta Dimage Dual Scan III), and it works in all of the operating systems I run. (Windows 7 64bit, Mac OS X 10.6 and Ubuntu Linux 10.10) It seems I like stability and consistency very much!

 

[stradibarrius]

My question is...would I gain anything by buy Vuescan in terms of better quality scans?
I have used EpsonScan a lot and know how to use it.

 

[Loris Medici]

Why don't you install the trial version and see it for yourself?

EDIT: Give yourself some time to get used to the program.

P.S. I don't think it would give significantly better results (if any) from the Epson driver, BTW...