I have an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo scanner. It is a fine scanner that has served me well for many years through many different operating systems, Windows as well as Mac OS X.
Epson Perfection 3170 Photo Drivers – Computer OSes generally use a generic driver which enables computer systems to identify printers, scanning device as well as others device and utilize the basic characteristics. To make use of all offered functions, suitable software should be set up on the system.
The scanner software is no longer supported by Epson for OS X Lion. The only way I can now san is by using the drivers that are built into the OS. I can access the scanner either through System Preferences/Print & Scan, or use Image Capture.
Epson Perfection 3170 Scanner
Unfortunately, all the scans are of an extremely poor quality. I can no longer scan fibrant colors or stong blacks, the entire scan is now murky and all colors as well as the blacks and greys are faded.
Does anybody have the same experience? Is there a solution to this?