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VueScan is the world's most popular 3rd party scanning application with over 950,000 customers. VueScan is easy to use for the beginner and the professional.
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www.hamrick.com VueScan is a scanning program that is compatible with over 6800 scanners - and is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. VueScan is only available online - and can be fully tested free of charge before purchase (download takes less than one minute.) You can also check the list of supported scanners to ensure that it will work with your scanner. VueScan has over 50 advanced feat

ures; including being able to output scanned documents, photos, and film in PDF, JPEG and TIFF formats. It can also recognize text using OCR and create multi-page pdfs using both flatbed scanners and scanners with automatic document feeders. Beginners only need to run VueScan and press the 'Scan' button, and can press the 'More' button to use basic options. Pro users can press the 'Advanced' button to unlock powerful features to have complete control over their scans. VueScan supports older scanners that don't work on newer operating systems, including most Canon LiDE, Epson Perfection, Nikon CoolScan and HP OfficeJet scanners. Look to see if we have a scanner driver for your scanner. Flexible licensing

You can use VueScan on up to four different computers that you personally use, with any combination of operating systems, with any number of scanners, both x32 and x64, with a single license. Standard and Professional Edition includes free updates for a year, the license is for life and you can upgrade to Professional Edition at anytime.

02/27/2025

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.45 released on 23rd February 2025
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.45.html

- Added support for 28 HP MFPs

HP Color LaserJet MFP 5800
HP Color LaserJet MFP 6800
HP Color LaserJet MFP M578
HP Color LaserJet MFP X579
HP Color LaserJet MFP X677
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 3301
HP DeskJet Plus Ink Advantage 6100
HP DeskJet Plus Ink Advantage 6500
HP Envy 6100
HP Envy 6500
HP LaserJet MFP M634
HP LaserJet Pro MFP M126
HP OfficeJet 8120e
HP OfficeJet 8130e
HP OfficeJet 9120
HP OfficeJet Pro 8130
HP OfficeJet Pro 9120
HP OfficeJet Pro 9130
HP OfficeJet Pro 9720
HP OfficeJet Pro 9730
HP PageWide P77740
HP PageWide P77740z
HP PageWide P77740zs
HP PageWide Pro 772
HP PageWide Pro 772z
HP Smart Tank 5100
HP Smart Tank 520
HP Smart Tank 580

- Added support for Brother ADS-1300
- Added support for Brother ADS-1350w
- Added support for Plustek OpticPro A380 Plus
- Fixed problem with Canon 8400F
- Fixed problem with orientation of some raw files
- Fixed problem with asking for output file name when already set before scan
- Improved capturing from video devices
- Added support for ‘Input | Auto lamp off’ with video devices
- Improved scan speed with some PIE scanners
- Fixed problem with Epson WF-7830 with duplex scanning

02/07/2025

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.44 released on 26th January 2025
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.44.html

What's new:

- Improved support for scanning from video devices
* Works with many inexpensive slide/document scanners costing less than $100 (i.e. VIISAN P4U)
* Supports scanning using iPhone/iPad as a “Continuity Camera” from a Mac
* Continuity Camera on Mac works with inexpensive iPhone copy stands available on amazon.com
* Supports scanning using an USB video camera
* Can disable in VueScan by setting “Prefs | Disable scanners” to “Webcams”
* Can disable using “System Settings : Privacy & Security : Camera” on Mac
* Can disable using “Settings : General : AirPlay & Continuity : Continuity Camera” control panel on iPhone/iPad

- Restored ‘Filter | Restore colors” option
- Increased scan speed of Epson Expression 13000XL
- Fixed problem with some kinds of Canon MFPs not working
- Fixed problem scanning from some TIFF files
- Fixed problem with hangs with Huion Tablet_GT2401
- Fixed problem with some kinds of WIA scanner drivers
- Fixed problem with some kinds of PIE and Reflecta scanners hanging
- Fixed problem with some newer Fujitsu scanners not working with Duplex Feeder

01/06/2025

Happy New Year to everyone - and - in case you missed it - this was a New Year's Eve present from us :-)

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.43 released on 31st December 2024
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.43.html

What's new:

- New Year’s Eve present: Added support for most digital camera raw file formats
- List of digital cameras at https://www.libraw.org/supported-cameras
- More than 1,200 digital cameras are supported
- Can be used to quickly scan large numbers of slides and negatives
- Fixed problem with Fujitsu fi-4010CU
- Exits cleanly on Windows when using End Task in Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del)
- Exits cleanly on macOS when using Force Quit
- Exits cleanly on Linux when receiving SIGINT and SIGTERM signals

VueScan 9.8.42 (released 22nd December 2024)

What's new:

- Early Christmas present: All reported bugs, hangs and crashes fixed!
- Fixed bug with previews and scans immediately terminating on Windows
- Fixed problem with sluggish user interface with some scanners
- Removed “OCR…” popup when doing OCR on Windows (prevents scanning in background)
- Fixed problem with Canon MG7700
- Added support for duplex scanning with Brother MFC-L2900DW
- Displays amount of free space in vuescan.log file

12/19/2024

Our latest newsletter has now been sent out. Please make sure you have subscribed - or you can read it here:
https://www.hamrick.com/newsletter/December-2024.html

May we take this opportunity to say thank you for your fantastic support in 2024 and we wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Beverley.

12/17/2024

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.41 released on 16th December 2024
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.41.html

What's new:

- Improved detection of networked scanners on macOS
- Changed default file name to ‘YYYY-MM-DD-0001+.###’
- Faster changing from one scanner to another with ‘Input | Source’
- Improved update of skew grid when adjusting skew
- Improved ‘Input | Auto repeat’
- Fixed problem with crashes when installing Photoshop plugin on macOS
- Fixed problem with display not updating when making small changes to cropping or skew
- Restored ‘Help | Uninstall’ to Windows version
- Changed location of temp files on Linux from /tmp to $HOME/.cache (more free space)

12/02/2024

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.40 released on 26th November 2024
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.40.html

What's new:

- Added neural network (AI) to determine image rotation (Auto setting of ‘Input | Rotate’)
- Added automatic entry of registration info when viewing purchase receipt
- Added tip on macOS Sequoia to enable ‘Local Network” for networked scanners
- Added ‘Prefs | Enable spin buttons’ back to Windows and Linux versions
- Added support for Latin OCR
- Removed ‘Help | Uninstall” from Windows version (use Apps control panel)
- Fixed problem with OCR on macOS and Linux
- Fixed problem with exiting VueScan and leaving document feeder hung
- Fixed problem with spurious error when installing VueScan on Windows
- Fixed problem with reading JPEG files with CMYK color space
- Fixed problem with text alignment in user interface

VueScan 9.8.39 - released on 6th November 2024
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.39.html

What's new:

- Integrated wxWidgets 3.2.6 - improved user interface
- Removed ‘Prefs | Enable spin buttons’ (problems with ARM64 builds and gtk3 builds)
- Fixed problem with ‘Output | PDF OCR test’ with ‘Input | Media’ set to ‘Color’ or ‘Color text’
- Fixed problem with saving files and not auto-incrementing file name
- Fixed problem with ‘Color | Pixel colors’

11/06/2024

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.38 released on 1st November 2024
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.38.html

What's new:

- Enabled increasing ‘Input | Options’ to allow testing options not yet purchased
- No longer maintaining x32 and a32 versions but 9.8.37 available on web site
- Fixed problem with ‘Filter | Colorize’
- Fixed problem with some AirPrint/eSCL scanners
- Fixed problem with document feeder with some Canon printer/scanner/copiers
- Fixed problem with duplex feeder with Samsung SCX-483x
- Fixed problem with Epson Perfection 4180
- Fixed problem with Brother MFC-7460DN when ‘Input | Fine mode” enabled
- Fixed problem with Brother ADS-1800W when using 8.5 x 11 paper size
- Fixed problem with setting ‘Input | Mode’ to ‘File’ and re-scanning multi-page PDF files
- Fixed problem with unnecessary error messages on Linux
- Fixed problem with flickering crop box
- Fixed problem with ‘Crop | Buffer (%)’
- Fixed problem with ‘Crop | Border (%)’
- Fixed problem with saving multiple file types and numbering not synchronized
- Removed ‘Filter | Restore colors’ option
- Added support for new model of Plustek OpticBook 4800

10/17/2024

Our latest newsletter has been sent out to all our subscribers. It includes detailed information on our new 'colorize' feature, latest updates, Q&A and user experiences.

Here it is - just in case you haven't seen it!
https://www.hamrick.com/newsletter/October-2024.html

Make sure you are signed up for the next one 😊

10/08/2024

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.37 released on 3rd October 2024
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.37.html

What's new:

** Added support for Filter | Colorize ** (see below)

- Takes a black/white image and colorizes it
- This is a Professional Edition option
- Can experiment with it using the trial version

* Fixed problem with Firewire scanners not being found by
Scanner | Find scanners
* Fixed problem with Dell B1265dfw
* Improved the size of the dots on the edge of crop boxes
* Improved TIFF compression
* Added right-click on preview image to adjust white balance
* Added Input | Media orientation option
* Added support for Ricoh fi-8040
* Added support for Ricoh fi-70F

** This is a brand new feature and very exciting. To find out more about it here is our blog:

https://www.hamrick.com/blog/colorize-black-and-white.html

08/20/2024

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.36 released on 19th August 2024

https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.36.html

- Added support for more OCR languages
- Added support for Epson Perfection V19II on Windows and macOS
- Added support for Epson Perfection V39II on Windows and macOS
- Added support for Brother ADS-1800W
- Improved selection of default language on Windows
- Improved ‘Output | OCR text RTF format’ (automatic line wrapping)
- Improved visibility of crop boxes and grid lines when adjusting skew
- Improved image when ‘Input | Media’ set to ‘Color text’
- Improved image when ‘Filter | Flatten’ enabled
- Moved ‘Input | Hole punch removal’ to ‘Filter | Hole punch removal’
- Fixed problem with Nikon LS-1000
- Fixed problem with Fujitsu fi-6770
- Fixed problem with Fujitsu fi-6770A
- Fixed some problems with cropping and skew
- Fixed some problems with thumbnails
- Fixed problem with some unnecessary error messages on Linux

07/04/2024

Hello!

See below for our latest updates - and look out for the latest newsletter which we're about to send out. We're really pleased with the new features and hope you will find them interesting and useful :-)

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.35 released on 1st July 2024 https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.35.html

What's new:

- Significantly Improved OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
-Upgraded from Tesseract 3 to Tesseract 5
-Much better accuracy of text recognition
-Built-in support for five languages
English
Spanish
German
French
Italian
- Support for 34 different languages
- Enabled OCR in Standard Edition and trial version
- Significantly improved ‘Output | OCR text RTF format’
-The .rtf files can be edited by many text editors
-Page size of scan is used

VueScan 9.8.34
Released on 27th June 2024
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.34.html

- Improved cropping (trained neural network with more images)
- Improved setting ‘Input | Media’ to “Color text’
- Improved ‘Filter | Flatten’ option
- Moved ‘Input | Hole punch removal’ to ‘Filter | Hole punch removal’
- Made ‘Filter | Hole punch removal’ changable without scanning again
- Added ‘Output | Watermark color’ and ‘Output | Watermark opacity (%)’
- Added support for scanning RGB and Infrared in a single pass on Plustek OpticFilm 135i
- Improved cropping support for Plustek OpticFilm 135 and Plustek OpticFilm 135i
- Improved support for Plustek OpticFilm 8100 New and Plustek OpticFilm 8200i New
- Fixed problem using some WIA scanner drivers
- Fixed problem with Canon RS40
- Fixed problem with Canon MB5100
- Added duplex scanning with Canon TS7450i
- Added warning if disk is full when writing a file
- Added warning if directory isn’t writable
- Fixed some problems when mouse is dragged outside of window

05/17/2024

Latest version of VueScan of 9.8.33 released on 15th May 2024
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan-versions/9.8.33.html

Have a nice weekend everyone :-)

What's new:

- Added ‘Crop | All frames’ option
- Fixed problem with ‘Input | Auto focus’ on scanners that can move focus position
- Fixed problem with ‘Input | Auto rotate’
- Fixed problem with reading raw files that are corrupt
- Fixed problem with PIE PrimeFilm 120 Pro Plus
- Fixed problem with Plustek OpticFilm 8200i (new model) on Windows
- Fixed problem with Plustek OpticFilm 8300i on Windows
- Fixed problem with Plustek OpticFilm 135i on macOS
- Fixed problem with Brother MFC-8460N
- Fixed problem with Canon DR-F120 and duplex scans
- Fixed problem with some WIA scanner drivers
- Fixed problem with 12 Fujitsu document scanners
Fujitsu fi-8150
Fujitsu fi-8150U
Fujitsu fi-8170
Fujitsu fi-8190
Fujitsu fi-8250
Fujitsu fi-8250U
Fujitsu fi-8270
Fujitsu fi-8290
Fujitsu iX1300
Fujitsu iX1400
Fujitsu iX1500
Fujitsu iX1600
- Added support for 1200 dpi scans with 3 older scanners
HP ScanJet 4400
HP ScanJet 4470
UMAX Astra 4400

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