

However, silver-based black/white film doesn't work with infrared cleaning because the silver particles look the same in visible light and infrared light.

Infrared cleaning works well with all types of color negative and color slide film, including Kodachrome. It scans with visible light in the first pass and with infrared light in the second pass. This is similar to (and we think better than) the ICE and FARE algorithms. VueScan's 'Filter | Infrared clean' option can be used to remove dust spots from film scans. This scanner has an infrared lamp for scanning film. If VueScan isn't working with the Firewire cable, try a USB cable, try a different Firewire port or a different Firewire cable. VueScan is compatible with the Canon 9950F on Windows and macOS.
