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 Epson Perfection V700 on Windows x86, Windows 圆4, Windows RT, Windows 10 ARM, Mac OS X and Linux.