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Anyone know if there's a demo or shareware program that would let me put my
scanner through its paces?

I'm trying to see if my somewhat old and second-hand Canon IX-4015 scanner
works with my Power Mac before I waste money on Photoshop or other incredibly
expensive software.  So far I've found Scankeeper, a rather remarkable little
French freeware program that scans in black and white (see
http://perso.club-internet.fr/jeanpe/mac/ScanKeeper.html), but is fairly basic
and doesn't do color or contrast adjustments or other more sophisticated
functions.

Also, does anyone know the basic principles of using a scanner on a mac?  I'm a
lifelong PC user, and I'm used to finding a single driver (e.g., a TWAIN
driver) that makes the machine basically functional with all software.
However, the only drivers I've been able to find for this scanner (including
from the Canon websites) are plug-ins for Photoshop, suggesting that on Macs,
the drivers are software-specific (a disappointment that would make scanners on
macs like they were on Windows 3.1, a rather primitive feature).

Thanks in advance for any information anyone can provide.

Jeff Edwards

PS: Sorry for the cross posting, but these newsgroups seem (either from their
name or the number of scanner-related posting in the usenet databases) to be
the most relevant for this question.  If there are any better or more
appropriate sources for this kind of information, please let me know.