This Avasys forum post may be relevant to you: http://www.avasys.jp/cgi-bin/lx/bbs/en/scanner-bbs/hyperbbs.cgi?mode=view;start=1;Code=5005
It's for the 4490, but maybe the 3490 has the same problem? Patrick On 9/10/07, Levente Nov?k <lnovak at dragon.unideb.hu> wrote: > I am wondering whether the epkowa backend is capable of 16 bits/channel, > as I only get a funny stripy false colour preview at this depth. > Scanning at 8 bpp is OK, but the 16 bpp options seems valid also in the > sense the backend accepts it. > > I own an Epson Perfection 3490 Photo, which, by the way, works well with > the snapscan backend at either 8 or 16 bpp.
