Luckily I had an older Dell Dimension 4700 laying around that had more than enough horsepower to handle the software.
#Pakon f135 scanner software
That being said, the software will work on a Mac running Windows XP on Parallels Desktop and I have seen a few reports of it running on Windows 7 in XP mode.
#Pakon f135 scanner drivers
Due to their age, you must keep in mind that the software only works with Windows XP and there are no Mac drivers available at all. The quick rise of digital as a replacement for film brought and end to Pakon, which closed their doors a few years back, so the once $2,000+ scanners can now be found ebay selling for around $250. Coupled with one or two tabletop dye-sub printers and a CD burner a lab could have a reasonably capable analog/digital lab in a small foot print.
#Pakon f135 scanner plus
Made by Pakon with Kodak branding the F135 Plus was no speed demon when compared to the higher end scanners of the day, but it would scan a full, uncut roll of 35mm film in a few minutes. They were a way for smaller locations to have film scanning and printing capabilities without the foot print or capital investment of the high end Fujifilm Frontier hybrid digital systems that the bigger retailers were installing. I know, I installed a few of them as a field service technician in a past life. You would commonly see them in chain drug stores supplementing their digital printing operations. The Kodak/Pakon F135 Plus is a 35mm roll film scanner designed for low volume analog/digital retail labs in the early 2000's. Hopefully my most recent scanner acquisition will even the playing field for back end workflow between 35mm and medium format 120 film. I am much more likely to keep my Olympus XA2 or Stylus in my pocket for day to day shooting, than lugging one of my Kiev 60s or even my point and shoot Fujifilm GS645Zi. Not all together a bad thing, but I do miss the more casual nature of shooting 35mm. So much so, in recent years, I have shied away from shooting 35mm in favor of medium format. This scanner software combination is capable of producing great scans, but workflow can be slow and tedious.
Up until this point, I have been using a Minolta Dimage Scan Dual III and Silverfast's SE Plus scanning software for all my 35mm scanning needs. The downside to this, when working with a hybrid analog/digital workflow, is exponentially higher time spent scanning once the film is developed. Heading out with one or two 36 exposure rolls can cover a long day's worth of shooting with limited bulk. I have always liked shooting 35mm for the conveniences of the greater number of exposures per roll and smaller lighter cameras.
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