UMAX Scanner OS X Drivers Revisited

From James Snodgrass, "At least Umax scanners as far back as the 3400 line ARE supported in OS X by VueScan (well, for $40). VueScan works perfectly in OS X on my Astra 3400 and the $40 registration comes with a license to install on up to 4 computers (even PCs - VueScan has a version for all flavors of Windows as well as all flavors of OS 9 and X). You CAN get the 3400 to work (Classic only, though) when booted into OS X with just the Umax drivers." [The VueScan link was provided by Scott Spindler who commented that he hasn't found a plug in to allow it to scan directly into PhotoShop.-ed.]

From Gordon Low, "[T]he following information is available from this Umax UK web page:

Mac OS X support

Astra Scanners
Astra 6400 & 6450 scanners.
UMAX are currently Beta testing an OS X VistaScan driver. The Beta version is available for download from the Driver Downloads page. Currently most Umax scanners driven by VistaScan software will not run in Mac OS X natively, but will run in the Classic environment. New Astra scanners will soon be released with OS X compatible drivers.

PowerLook scanners
PowerLook scanners driven by MagicScan will soon have a native OS X driver available. It is currently in beta testing due for fullrelease soon. The Beta version is available for download from the Driver Downloads page. To run your SCSI PowerLook scanner, you must have an OS X compatible SCSI card with an OS X driver/extension. (UK testing has been done using an Adaptec 2906)

"I have not seen reference to the VistaScan 4.0.12 Beta for MacOS X (7 MB) before so I guess this is quite new. Both the English and German versions are available for download."