VueScan Release Notes

Released on

VueScan 9.7.86

Released on

VueScan 9.7.85

  • Fixed problem with watermarks in Basic Edition
  • Fixed problem with some AirPrint/Scan scanners
  • Fixed problem with some models of Plustek OpticPro A320E
  • Optimized eject direction of film strips on some PIE/Reflecta scanners
  • Fixed problem with duplex scanning on Canon P-208 scanners
  • Fixed problem with some Fujitsu document scanners
Released on

VueScan 9.7.84

  • Enabled Document Feeders (ADF) with Standard Edition
  • Enabled extra-long page scans with some Epson Document Feeders
  • Added support for the Basic Edition
Released on

VueScan 9.7.83

Released on

VueScan 9.7.81

  • Faster and sharper zooming and scrolling of ‘Overview’ and ‘Cropped area’
    • Hold Control key (Command key on Mac) to zoom with scroll wheel
    • Scroll up and down with scroll wheel
    • Hold Shift key on Windows and Linux to scroll left/right with scroll wheel
    • Use macOS trackpad or mouse to scroll up/down/left/right
    • Use macOS Pinch gesture on trackpad to zoom in and out
  • Sharper display of splash screen and ‘Help | About’ on high-DPI displays
  • Fixed a few problems with occasional crashes
Released on

VueScan 9.7.80

  • Higher-resolution buttons in bottom right of display
  • Clearer and sharper display on high-DPI displays
  • Solved problem with occasional crashing or freezing
Released on

VueScan 9.7.79

  • Fixed problem with occasional VueScan crashes
  • Eliminated flickering when scrolling thumbnails
  • Fixed small problems with thumbnails
  • Fixed problem with long file names
Released on

VueScan 9.7.78

  • Added to right-click menu popup on thumbnails
    • Rotate Right, Rotate Left, Flip and Delete have three options
      • ‘This page’ acts on the page selected with a right-click
      • ‘Selected pages’ acts on all selected pages
      • ‘All pages’ acts on all pages
    • Reverse, Interleave, Separate and Swap even/odd act on all pages
  • Added multi-selection of thumbnails
    • Multi-select using shift key and Up/Down/PageUp/PageDown/Home/End keys
    • Multi-select using shift key and clicking with mouse
    • Add to selection using control key (command key on Mac) and clicking with mouse
    • Reset selection using Up/Down/PageUp/PageDown/Home/End keys
    • Reset selection by clicking on a thumbnail
  • Fixed problem with drag/drop of thumbnails on Linux
  • Improved scrolling of thumbnails when dragging near top/bottom
  • Fixed problem finding some networked scanners (mDNS scanners)
Released on

VueScan 9.7.77

  • Added Quick View mode to display larger version of thumbnails
  • Added dock bar to options and thumbnail panels
  • Improved VueScan startup time
  • Improved Dark Mode support
  • Fixed numerous small problems
Released on

VueScan 9.7.76

  • Added a full-size popup of thumbnail pages when mouse is over a thumbnail
  • PDF files can be edited while scanning, useful for flipping or rotating pages
  • Tested with a 600 page, 50 MByte PDF file, similar to using Adobe Acrobat
  • Fixed a few problems with thumbnails
Released on

VueScan 9.7.75

  • More responsive user interface
  • Significantly faster scanning to PDF files
  • Significantly faster thumbnail display
  • Thumbnails refresh properly when window is resized
Released on

VueScan 9.7.74

  • Further increased speed of reading and writing JPEG files
  • Speeds up scanning with in-scanner JPEG compression
  • Fixed problem with creating some multi-page PDF files
  • Modified ‘Prefs | Disable scanners’ to add ‘Webcams’ option
Released on

VueScan 9.7.73

  • Increased speed of reading and writing JPEG files by up to six times
  • Uses the SIMD instructions in Intel, ARM and M1 processors
  • Also speeds up reading and writing of color PDF files
  • Works on Windows, Mac and Linux
Released on

VueScan 9.7.72

  • Added support for Plustek OpticFilm 8300i
  • Added tips for drag and right-click on thumbnails
  • Added tip when Plustek scanner detected without required plugin
  • Simplified Help menu
Released on

VueScan 9.7.70

  • Fixed problem installing drivers on some Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems
  • Improved messages when vendor driver needed for plugin libraries
  • Added support for some kinds of WIA scanner drivers on Windows
  • Fixed problem installing Photoshop plugin
  • Removed PDF menu, right-click on thumbnails instead
  • Fixed problem with some right-click options on thumbnails
  • Fixed some small problems with thumbnails
Released on

VueScan 9.7.69

  • Rearranged order and visibility of buttons to make usage more intuitive
  • Moved ‘Email’ button to ‘File | Email file’ (Professional Edition)
  • Removed ‘Options+’ button (use ‘Input | Options’ instead)
  • Improved choice of default button in different modes
  • Improved display of spinning progress indicator
  • Added indication of when a file has been saved (green checkmark)
  • Fixed problem with auto length detection with some Fujitsu scanners
  • Improved scan speed with some older Fujitsu scanners
Released on

VueScan 9.7.68

Released on

VueScan 9.7.67

  • Handled Controlled Folder Access (ransomware protection) on Windows
    • If \Users<username>\Pictures not writable, uses \Users<username>\VueScan\Pictures
    • If \Users<username>\Documents not writable, uses \Users<username>\VueScan\Documents
    • Alternatively, add VueScan to the list of trusted applications
  • Solved problem with accidentally changing options with scroll wheel on Mac and Linux
  • Frees memory when ‘File | Default options’ is used
  • Fixed problem with ‘Enter’ key not working when thumbnails displayed
  • Fixed problem reading raw file (.tif or .dng) that has a thumbnail
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