VueScan is compatible with the Epson Perfection V600 on Windows x86, Windows x64, Mac OS X and Linux.
Scanning IT8 Target The IT8 colour chart is an international standard designed to communicate and control colours. An IT8 target is the media (film, paper) that the chart is produced on in which a profile is created from. Color calibration, with a standard IT8 calibration target, will give your scans better color fidelity. As with SilverFast, VueScan comes without a scan target, so you’ll have to buy one separately. The calibration also takes a few more steps than with SilverFast, but it’s easy to follow the instructions in the User Guide. Scanning IT8 Target The IT8 colour chart is an international standard designed to communicate and control colours. An IT8 target is the media (film, paper) that. Place the IT8 target onto your flatbed scanner, as you would a photo. Turn on your scanner and then load VueScan. Click the “Input” tab, and then select “Profile Scanner” from the “Task” dropdown option. VueScan - Task - Profile Scanner. VueScan can make an IT8 target on your printer which you pop into your scanner and scan to profile the printer. In this case, VueScan knows the values of the target, so you don't need a reference.
This scanner has an infrared lamp for scanning film. VueScan's 'Filter | Infrared clean' option can be used to remove dust spots from film scans. This is similar to (and we think better than) the ICE and FARE algorithms.
It scans with visible light in the first pass and with infrared light in the second pass.
Infrared cleaning works well with all types of color negative and color slide film, including Kodachrome. However, silver-based black/white film doesn't work with infrared cleaning because the silver particles look the same in visible light and infrared light.
You need to install the Epson driver to use this scanner on Windows x86 and Mac OS X. On Mac OS X, this is normally already installed by Software Update, so VueScan should just work.
Vuescan It8
Vuescan It8
You need to install the Epson driver to use this scanner on Linux.
Note that Epson drivers for Windows Vista or later will usually work on Windows 10. Drivers for Mac OS X 10.6 or later will also usually work on Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra).
Vuescan It8 Calibration
Epson sold this scanner in some countries as the GT-X820.