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Epson Perfection 3170 Driver

VueScan Scanner Software

VueScan is an application for scanning documents, photos, film, and slides on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Trusted by over 900,000 customers across the globe including

DOJ
NASA
Shell
US Army
Hallmark

What is VueScan?

  • Scanning app for Windows, macOS, and Linux
  • Supports over 7400 scanners from 42 manufacturers
  • Works with scanners no longer supported by their OS/manufacturer
  • Includes custom reverse-engineered drivers for scanners

Why use VueScan?

  • Infrared cleaning of Kodachrome film
  • Brilliant, lifelike color scans
  • Correct for faded color film dyes
  • High quality black/white film scans
  • Save raw files for later post-processing
  • Produce multi-page PDF files
  • Brilliant, lifelike color scans of photos
  • Efficiently scan multiple photos
  • Optical Character Recognition

How it works

1
We reverse engineer older scanner drivers so that you can use old scanners that are no longer supported
2
We also use the latest drivers and plugins from manufacturers and operating systems
3
You download VueScan and use it to scan documents, photos, film and slides with your scanner

Works on 7400+ scanners

Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux

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Advanced Scanning Control

Basic Mode

Works on Flatbed, Document, and Film/Slide Scanner

Translated in to 28+ languages

The Tool For All Your Scanning Needs

VueScan has the features you need no matter what you need to scan

Scan Documents

Whether you need to scan a single page or a hundred page book, VueScan has the tools to help you.

  • Scan with Flatbed and Automatic Document Feeders (ADF)

  • Scan to PDF (Single and Multipage)

  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

  • Automatic Color Detection

  • Small document file sizes

  • Automatic document deskewing

VueScan for Documents

Scan Photos

Do you have boxes full of photos in a drawer? Use VueScan to get them on your computer, and off your to-do list.

  • Scan with Flatbed and Automatic Document Feeders (ADF)

  • Scan to JPEG or TIFF

  • Preset photo sizes

  • Scan multiple photos on the flatbed

  • Automatic file naming

Learn more about scanning photos with VueScan »
VueScan for Photos

Scan Film and Slides

VueScan is the ultimate tool for all your film and slide scanning needs.

  • Works with almost all film/slide scanners

  • Scan to JPEG/TIFF/RAW

  • Infrared Dust Removal

  • Color correction

  • IT8 Calibration

  • Photoshop Integration

VueScan for Film/Slides

Epson Perfection 3170

Epson Perfection 3170 Technical Information

VueScan is compatible with the Epson Perfection 3170 on Windows, macOS and Linux.

You need to install the Epson driver to use this scanner on Windows and macOS. On Mac OS X, this is normally already installed by Software Update, so VueScan should just work.

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).

Epson sold this scanner in some countries as the GT-9400UF.

Flatbed Scanning:

Yes

Film Scanning:

Yes

Infrared lamp:

No

Document Feeder:

Yes

Windows:

Yes

Mac:

Yes

Linux:

Yes

USB:

Yes

SCSI:

No

Firewire:

No

Network:

No

USB Vendor ID:

04b8

USB Product ID:

0116

Optical DPI:

3200

Every day thousands of people download VueScan to fix their old scanner

Now it's your turn to bring your scanner back to life - and keep it out of the landfill