Jeff Johnson wrote: > Most of the front ends i have seen so far (XSane, XScanimage, Iscan...) > Either only have 8 or 16 bit as an option for color depth or have no > selection at all. I wonder is there anything i need to do in order to > scan above 16 bit? > > btw: scanner="epson 1650 photo" Hi Jeff, That's 16 bits per color frame, ie 48 bits in total. Which is the limit of your scanner. Frank.