VueScan Release Notes

VueScan 9.7.67

4 October 2021

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

VueScan 9.7.66

23 September 2021

Fixed problem with multi-page PDF files on some systems
Fixed problem with Canon 8600F transparency scans
Fixed problem with Canon LiDE 120 scan quality
Fixed problem with Epson XP-8500
Fixed problem with Canon MB2100 at 1200 dpi
Fixed problem with HP ScanJet 4890 detection

VueScan 9.7.65

25 August 2021

Added support for rotating pages with right-click on thumbnail
Support multi-page thumbnails for PDF, TIFF and JPEG files
Faster loading of thumbnails
Added PDF menu in menu bar
Right-click on thumbnails supports all languages
Fixed problem with thumbnails when changing language
Fixed problems with crashes when producing thumbnails

VueScan 9.7.64

17 August 2021

Reduced file size when ‘Input | Media’ is set to ‘Color text’
- Reduces file size between 3x and 5x
- Works the same as “Line art” in older versions of VueScan
- Only 8 colors stored in file
- Can use ‘Color | Threshold’ to adjust colors
- Can duplicate previous functionality with color scans using ‘Filter | Flatten’
More types of PDF files work with thumbnails
Right-clicking thumbnails display options available for that file type
Fixed a number of thumbnail bugs
When some options change, ‘Save’ and ‘Save+’ buttons reappear

VueScan 9.7.63

15 August 2021

Added support multi-page PDF, TIFF and JPEG thumbnails
- Displays thumbnail for each page on right side of window
- Can drag pages to new location to rearrange pages
- Displayed when ‘Output | XXX multi page’ option is turned on
- Right click options for PDF and TIFF files:
  - Delete
  - Delete all
  - Reverse
  - Interleave
  - Separate
  - Swap even/odd
Added support for reading some PDF files with ‘Input | Source’ set to “File”
Added support for Fujitsu fi-7300NX
Added support for transparency scans on Canon LiDE 700F on Windows
Fixed problem with Brother MFC-9970CDW
Fixed problem with some Canon DR-series scanners

VueScan 9.7.62

9 August 2021

Added support for 37 new Canon MFP’s

VueScan 9.7.61

8 August 2021

Added support for 7 new Avision scanners
Fixed problem with some Canon LiDE scanners
Fixed problem with Epson XP-720
Improved recognition of HP ScanJet 4850 vs. HP ScanJet 4890 (same USB Product ID)

VueScan 9.7.60

26 July 2021

Fixed problem with duplex scans on Epson DS-1610 and Epson DS-1630
Fixed problem with Epson XP-630 and Epson XP-760
Fixed problem with black/white duplex scans on Canon DR-F120
Fixed problem with Plustek OpticSlim A4 Series
Fixed problem with specifying viewer on Windows
Fixed problem with some sheetfed scanners

VueScan 9.7.59

10 July 2021

Added support for 10 new Epson MFPs
Added support for 7 new HP MFPs
Fixed problem with Canon 8600F transparency scans

VueScan 9.7.58

29 June 2021

Added support for 28 new Brother MFPs
Fixed problems with some Genesys Logic scanners

VueScan 9.7.57

22 June 2021

Plustek OpticFilm scanners are now more than twice as fast with VueScan as with other programs
Improved scan speed with most Genesys Logic scanners
Added support for HP LaserJet MFP M436
Fixed problems with some Genesys Logic scanners
Fixed problem with Epson XP-4100
Fixed problem with Xerox WorkCentre and VersaLink scanners

VueScan 9.7.56

10 June 2021

Tripled black/white flatbed scan speed on Canon 8400F and Canon 8600F
Improved scan speed and image quality with some Genesys Logic scanners
Fixed problem with preview disappearing after a scan
Fixed problems with some Genesys Logic scanners (especially Canon LiDE scanners)

VueScan 9.7.55

17 May 2021

Improved scan quality with 5 Canon LiDE scanners
Improved scan speed with Canon LiDE 80
If cropping changed after a scan, ‘Cropped area’ tab is updated
Updated Polish translation
Updated Turkish translation

VueScan 9.7.54

12 May 2021

Only shows ‘Save’ button if cropped area hasn’t been saved or if it’s been rotated or mirrored
(‘File | Save image’ and ‘File | Save image+’ are always available)
When file name entered with ‘@’ button, doesn’t add path if same as default folder
Changed ‘Prefs | External viewer’ to a checkbox
Changed ‘Prefs | Viewer” to allow ‘folder’ as an option
Always show tips the first time after installation
Updated Polish translation
Fixed problem with some AirPrint scanners
Fixed problem with Epson WF-3720
Fixed problem with Canon MX450 at 1200 dpi
Fixed problem with viewer sometimes being started after a preview

VueScan 9.7.53

23 April 2021

Added support for Plustek A320E
Fixed problem with some Genesys Logic scanners
Fixed problem with some WIA scanners
Fixed problem with Epson XP-6100
Fixed problem with Canon DR-C230
Fixed problem with Brother MFC-J5625DW
Improved recognition of ScanJet 4850 vs. ScanJet 4890 (same USB Product ID)

VueScan 9.7.52

6 April 2021

Added support for 2 new Brother MFPs
- Brother DCP-J587N
- Brother DCP-J987N
Added support for ‘Input | Lamp’ on Epson Perfection V600
Fixed problem with Minolta Scan Multi and Scan Multi Pro
Improved recognition of ScanJet 4850 vs. ScanJet 4890 (same USB Product ID)

VueScan 9.7.51

14 March 2021

Increased number of bits in TIFF and Raw files with multi-sampling and size reduction
Fixed problem with hangs after some Windows installs
Fixed problem with ‘Overview’ and ‘Cropped area’ not both updating when ‘Input | Media’ changed

VueScan 9.7.50

4 March 2021

Added support for 80 new Canon MFPs

VueScan 9.7.49

2 March 2021

Improved quality of buttons at lower right (rotate, zoom, change frame)
Added ‘Prefs - Dark mode’ option on Windows 10
- Installs ‘VueScan Dark Mode’ theme
- This theme can also be selected from Personalization control panel
Fixed problem with flickering window title
Fixed problem with Canon DR-M260
Fixed problem with Brother MFC-J6925DW

VueScan 9.7.48

23 February 2021

Added support for Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1400
Added support for Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1600
Added support for Plustek OpticSlim 1680 on macOS
Added support for older WIA 1.0 drivers (i.e. Mustek)
Fixed problem with Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 and ScanSnap S1500M
Improved recognition of ScanJet 4850 vs. ScanJet 4890 (same USB Product ID)

VueScan 9.7.47

11 February 2021

Fixed problem with adding/deleting pages from PDF file on Windows
Added “PDF - PDF tools” command
Improved recognition of ScanJet 4850 vs. ScanJet 4890 (same USB Product ID)

VueScan 9.7.46

28 January 2021

Fixed problem with film scanning with Genesys Logic scanners
Fixed problem with occasional smearing at start of scan with some OpticFilm scanners
Fixed problem with recognition of ScanJet 4850 and ScanJet 4890

VueScan 9.7.45

17 January 2021

Added three levels of ‘Filter - Sharpen’
Fixed problem with PIE/Reflecta scanners when connected with Firewire
Changed ‘Input - Options’ to ‘Basic’, ‘Standard’ and ‘Professional’
When using ‘Basic’, displays only two tabs - Input and Prefs
Added default folder and output files to Input tab

VueScan 9.7.44

16 January 2021

Numerous user interface improvements
Changed ‘Input - Options’ to ‘Basic options’, ‘Standard options’, ‘Advanced options’
When using ‘Basic options’, displays only three tabs - Input, Output, Prefs
Remembers current tab when exiting and restarting VueScan
Removed default folder and output files from Input tab - now only in Output tab
When output file name doesn’t contain ‘NNN+’ or ‘*’, always prompts for name
Removed ‘Output - Auto file name’ option (was confusing)
Added ‘Output - Center captions’

VueScan 9.7.43

13 January 2021

Added support for one line or two line captions
Controlled by ‘Output - Caption 1’ and ‘Output - Caption 2’
Uses black letters on a white background
Text is anti-aliased so it looks good
Text can contain non-English letters (i.e. Cyrillic, Japanese, Chinese)
Uses smaller font if caption is too long to fit
Appended at the bottom of JPEG, TIFF and PDF files
To disable, set to zero-length line
Useful when scanning photos, slides and negatives to add info
Easy to delete later with an image editor

VueScan 9.7.42

10 January 2021

Set ‘Prefs - Network scanners’ to choose how to find network scanners
Use ‘mDNS’ to search the network for scanners (default)
Use ‘Manual’ to manually enter info about a scanner
- Set ‘Prefs - IP address’ to the IP address of the scanner
- Get the USB Vendor ID and USB Product ID from the supported scanners list
- Set ‘Prefs - USB Vendor ID’
- Set ‘Prefs - USB Product ID’
- Re-do the ‘Scanner - Find scanners’ command

VueScan 9.7.41

9 January 2021

Added support for 17 new Epson scanners
Improved ‘Input - Frame alignment’ on Nikon scanners
Improved ‘Input - Blank page removal’
Improved scan quality with Plustek OpticFilm scanners

VueScan 9.7.40

2 January 2021

Added support for ‘Input - Lamp’ on scanners with two lamps

VueScan 9.7.39

31 December 2020

Faster return to home with Canon 4400F (5 sec instead of 15 sec)
More accurate maximum scan size with some older Brother scanners
Fixed problem with HP ScanJet 5590 Duplex Feeder
Fixed problem on Windows changing PDF files while Adobe Acrobat is open
Fixed problem with scanner profiling on Linux
Added support for Canon MF110/MF910 series

VueScan 9.7.38

23 December 2020

Fixed problem with Canon 4400F
Fixed problem with Canon 8400F
Fixed problem with HP ScanJet 4850
Fixed problem with HP ScanJet 4890
Fixed problem with ‘Crop Multi crop’ on flatbed scanners
Fixed problem with ‘Input Show texture’ on some Epson scanners
Added support for Dell 1760nw
Variety of small improvements and bug fixes
Small improvements for Czech translations
Small improvements for German translations
More detailed tips for solving problem with not finding scanners

VueScan 9.7.37

8 November 2020

Automatically finds film strip length on some Nikon scanners
Faster scanning on some Canon scanners
Doesn’t delete ocr_xx.bin files when upgrading
Improved detection of HP ScanJet 4850 and HP ScanJet 4890

VueScan 9.7.36

31 October 2020

Improved reliabilty and scan speed for some Nikon film scanners
Improved scans with Canon CanoScan 5600F
Improved scans with Canon CanoScan 8400F
Fixed a variety of small problems with various scanners

VueScan 9.7.35

20 September 2020

Added support for 16 new HP scanners

VueScan 9.7.34

19 September 2020

Added support for 38 new Epson scanners
Fixed problem with Brother DCP-9020CDW
Fixed problem with Canon LiDE 35
Fixed problem with Canon TS8200 at 1200 dpi
Fixed problem with HP Scanjet N6010
Fixed problem with multi-page option set to ‘Front/Back’
Fixed problem on Windows when home directory contains non-ASCII characters

VueScan 9.7.33

12 September 2020

Improved options in Filter tab, especially ‘Filter Infrared clean’
Improved support for some older Canon flatbed/film scanners
Increased scan area for Plustek OpticFilm scanners to 28 mm high
Improved preview speed on Canon 5600F
Fixed problem with lamp warmup on some older Genesys Logic scanners
Fixed problem with document feeder on Brother MFC-J6945DW
Fixed problem with Brother HL-L scanners
Fixed problem with some Avision document scanners

VueScan 9.7.32

26 August 2020

Fixed problem with ‘Crop | Multi crop’ on flatbed scanners
- Lets you scan multiple photos at a time on a flatbed
- Works best if photos are aligned to an edge to keep straight
Added support for ‘Input | Mode’ set to ‘Light box’
- Lets you illuminate film with a backlight
- Works in black/white with Canon LiDE scanners
- Works with Genesys Logic flatbed scanners
Fixed problem when ‘Filter | Sharpen’ was set

VueScan 9.7.31

20 August 2020

Improved user interface - integrated wxWidgets 3.1.4
Added support for Plustek OpticFilm 120 Pro
Fixed problem with Plustek OpticFilm 7200i

VueScan 9.7.30

3 August 2020

Improved scan quality with Plustek OpticFilm scanners
Improved scan quality with Canon LiDE scanners
Added support for Epson ET-16600
Added support for Canon Pixma G4010 document feeder
Added support for Fujitsu fi-7800
Added support for Fujitsu fi-7900
Fixed problem with selecting multiple files in ‘Input Files’
Fixed problem with Brother MFC-J4620DW
Fixed problem with Canon MG5700
Fixed problem with Canon TR8500 at 1200 dpi
Fixed problem with Fujitsu S1500
Closes Adobe Acrobat Reader if preventing VueScan from adding pages to PDF file

VueScan 9.7.29

28 June 2020

Improved support for 53 scanners that use Genesys Logic chips
Plustek OpticFilm scanners between 2x and 3x faster
Scanning is quieter and faster with Genesys Logic scanners
Added support for Canon LiDE 90 without Canon plugins

VueScan 9.7.28

31 May 2020

Improved support for 53 scanners that use Genesys Logic chips
Supported on all versions of Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
If the vendor driver is installed, use ‘Prefs | Disable scanners’ to use this driver
Faster scanning by reducing lamp movement
Faster lamp warmup by keeping non-LED lamps warm
Improved scan quality with improved shading correction
Buttons on scanner supported by “Prefs | Button N action”
Added support for exposure control
Faster scans by reducing the backtracking when scanner faster than USB
Supported scanners are:

VueScan 9.7.27

31 March 2020

Improved scan quality with some Fujitsu scanners (including ScanSnap S1500)
Improved scan quality with Canon P-208
Support for some Plustek OpticFilm scanners on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
(No need for Plustek drivers with these scanners)
- Plustek OpticFilm 7200 (serial number 5A15XXXXXXXX)
- Plustek OpticFilm 7200i
- Plustek OpticFilm 7300
- Plustek OpticFilm 7500i
- Plustek OpticFilm 7400
- Plustek OpticFilm 7600i
- Plustek OpticFilm 8100
- Plustek OpticFilm 8200i
Added support for 4800 dpi with some Canon scanners

VueScan 9.7.26

24 March 2020

Added support for additional Genesys Logic scanners
- Plustek OpticFilm 7400
- Plustek OpticFilm 8100
Improved support for Genesys Logic scanners
- Canon 4400F (flatbed up to 600 dpi)
- Canon 8400F
- Canon 8600F
- Canon LiDE 35
- Canon LiDE 40
- Canon LiDE 50
- Canon LiDE 60
- Canon LiDE 80
- Canon LiDE 100
- Canon LiDE 110
- Canon LiDE 120
- Canon LiDE 200
- Canon LiDE 210
- Canon LiDE 220
- Plustek OpticFilm 7200i
- Plustek OpticFilm 7300
- Plustek OpticFilm 7500i
- HP ScanJet 2300c
- HP ScanJet 4850 (flatbed up to 400 dpi)
- HP ScanJet G4010 (flatbed only))
- HP ScanJet G4050 (flatbed only))

VueScan 9.7.25

8 March 2020

After document feeder PDF scans, opens view of folder instad of file
Added support for TIFF and DNG files between 2 GBytes and 4 GBytes
Added support for older Linux versions (build on Ubuntu 16.04 for x64 version)
Added support for HP Scanjet Pro 2000 s1 on Mac OS X
Fixed problem with Brother MFC-260C

VueScan 9.7.24

4 March 2020

Released a32 and a64 versions for ARM Linux
- Raspberry Pi 2 (32-bit only)
- Raspberry Pi 3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Raspberry Pi 4 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Fixed problem with Canon DR-3080CII

VueScan 9.7.23

13 February 2020

Fixed problem with Canon LiDE 120
Fixed problem with Fujitsu fi-7260 and Fujitsu fi-7280
Added support for Fujitsu fi-800R
Added support for Canon MF260 series
- MF264dw
- MF267dw
- MF269dw

VueScan 9.7.22

4 February 2020

Improved support for some Genesys Logic scanners
- Canon 4400F (flatbed up to 600 dpi)
- Canon 8400F
- Canon 8600F
- Canon LiDE 50
- Canon LiDE 60
- Canon LiDE 80
- Canon LiDE 100
- Canon LiDE 110
- Canon LiDE 120
- Canon LiDE 200
- Canon LiDE 210
- Canon LiDE 220
- Plustek OpticFilm 7200i
- Plustek OpticFilm 7300
- Plustek OpticFilm 7500i
- HP ScanJet 2300c
- HP ScanJet 4850 (flatbed up to 400 dpi)
Improved Polish translation

VueScan 9.7.21

1 February 2020

Fixed problem with HP LaserJet MFP M426
Fixed problem with button polling and some Epson scanners
Fixed problem with PIE PrimeFilm 7250 Pro3 and Reflecta RPS 7200
Fixed problem with Brother MFC-L2740DW
Fixed problems with some Fujitsu scanners
Added support for turning off lamp with some Avision scanners

VueScan 9.7.20

11 January 2020

Added support for 11 new Brother MFPs
- DCP-J981N
- DCP-J982N
- DCP-T310
- DCP-T510W
- DCP-T710W
- DCP-T810W
- DCP-T910DW
- MFC-J1605DN
- MFC-J903N
- MFC-J998DN
- MFC-T4500DW
Fixed problem with some PIE/Reflecta scanners

VueScan 9.7.19

9 January 2020

Added support for 112 new Canon MFPs

VueScan 9.7.18

1 January 2020

If ‘Output Auto file name’ is off, always ask for file name
Improved .rpm file for Red Hat Linux

VueScan 9.7.17

31 December 2019

Added support for new Canon scanners
Fixed problem with some Epson scanners on Mac OS X

VueScan 9.7.16

28 December 2019

Fixed problems with some Genesys Logic scanners
- Canon 4400F (flatbed up to 600 dpi)
- Canon 8400F
- Canon 8600F
- Canon LiDE 50
- Canon LiDE 60
- Canon LiDE 80
- Canon LiDE 100
- Canon LiDE 110
- Canon LiDE 120
- Canon LiDE 200
- Canon LiDE 210
- Canon LiDE 220
- Plustek OpticFilm 7200i
- Plustek OpticFilm 7300
- Plustek OpticFilm 7500i
- HP ScanJet 2300c
- HP ScanJet 4850 (flatbed up to 400 dpi)
Added support for Canon DR-850M
Added support for in-scanner auto skew with some Epson scanners
Fixed problem with some Brother document scanners

VueScan 9.7.15

26 December 2019

Reduced size of JPEG files 10% (optimization of entropy coding)
Reduced size of color text files (JPEG and PDF)
Support batch scanning mix of 8.5x11, 8.5x14 and 8.5x17 media sizes
Fixed problem with some newer PIE scanners and Reflecta scanners

VueScan 9.7.14

23 December 2019

Fixed problem with plugging/unplugging USB scanners
Fixed problem with ‘Scanner | Find scanners’ command
Fixed problem with ‘Input | Media size’ set to ‘Auto’
Added support for Plustek OpticFilm 135i on Windows and Mac OS X

VueScan 9.7.13

17 December 2019

Added support for inexpensive video film scanners on Mac OS X
Fixed problem with some Avision scanners
Added support for Plustek OpticBook 3800L
Added support for document feeder on Fujitsu M4097
Several small bug fixes

VueScan 9.7.12

10 December 2019

Added support for plugging/unplugging USB scanners while running
- Works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
- Recovers from computer sleeping and waking
Added ‘Scanners | Find scanners’ command
- Works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
- Searches local networks for WiFi and ethernet scanners
- Searches for attached Firewire and SCSI scanners

VueScan 9.7.11

2 December 2019

Significantly improved scan speed of many Brother scanners

VueScan 9.7.10

29 November 2019

Improved scan quality with older Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners
- S500
- S500M
- S510
- S510M
- S1500
Improved scan quality with older Fujitsu fi-series scanners
Fixed problem with ‘Color | Brightness’ with document scanners

VueScan 9.7.09

26 November 2019

Improved scan quality with 6 Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners
- S300
- S300M
- S1100
- S1100i
- S1300
- S1300i
Fixed problem with some Brother printer/scanner/copiers
Fixed problem with some Epson document scanners

VueScan 9.7.08

9 November 2019

Added support for setting ‘Input | Media size’ to ‘Custom’
Added support for Brother MFC-J775DW
Fixed problems with macOS 10.15 (Catalina)
Fixed problem with Canon 4400F
Fixed problem with Brother DCP-L2535DW
Fixed problem with ‘Input | Batch list’ not appearing
Fixed problem with ‘Color | White point (%)’

VueScan 9.7.07

4 November 2019

Faster scanning with some document scanners
Fixed problem with some document scanners
Fixed problem with some USB scanners on macOS 10.15 (Catalina)
Fixed problem with ‘Output | PDF multi page’ set to ‘Front/Back’
Fixed problem with duplex scans with Samsung CLX-6260
Reduced JPEG artifacts with some document scanners
Faster startup when USB scanner being used by another program

VueScan 9.7.06

4 November 2019

Faster scanning with high-speed document scanners
- (Overlaps scanning with saving to disk)
- Fujitsu document scanners
- Canon DR-series document scanners
- Epson DS-series document scanners
- Newer HP document scanners
- Samsung document scanners
- Kyocera and other office document scanners
Solved problems with some Genesys Logic scanners

VueScan 9.7.05

17 October 2019

Faster scanning with Genesys Logic scanners (remembers calibration)
Preliminary support for transparency scans with Genesys Logic

VueScan 9.7.04

14 October 2019

Fixed problem with some Genesys Logic scanners
Added support for Brother MFC-L2685DW

VueScan 9.7.03

8 October 2019

Added support for 6 new Canon DR-series document scanners
- DR-C230
- DR-C340
- DR-M260
- DR-G2090
- DR-G2110
- DR-G2140

VueScan 9.7.02

1 October 2019

Improved support for sliders in B/W histogram
Fixed problem with Fujitsu S500 and S500M
Fixed problems with some Samsung scanners when awoken from sleep
Fixed assorted small problems

VueScan 9.7.01

27 September 2019

Improved built-in drivers for some genesys logic scanners
- Canon 8400F (no infrared yet)
- Canon 8600F (no infrared yet)
- Plustek OpticFilm 7200i (preliminary)
Other OpticFilm scanners will be supported in the next months
Improved support for macOS Catalina (Mac OS X 10.15)
VueScan 9.7 requires Mac OS X 10.9 or later
Improved support for Linux (needs Ubuntu 16.04 or later)