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| Ron P |
 Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:09 pm |
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"Mike Rosenberg" <mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com> wrote in message
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Quote: 3T39 <rubbishrat@hotmail.com> wrote:
If you can see a preview then the scanner is probably OK, the main issue
will be software related.
Well, except that he has the same problem when with both the Epson
software and VueScan.
I'd try scanning from another user account (creating a new account just
for this purpose) and, if that fails, even trying it on another
computer. And if _that_ fails, it's time to replace the scanner.
Years ago I had a similar problem and had to re-install the twain driver for
the scanner. Somehow it had become corrupted in such a manner that it
couldn't do anything other than give a preview image no matter what program
I used.
If you haven't tried a re-install of the twain driver (I am assuming here
that your scanner uses twain) it might be worth a try. |
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| LDP |
| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:38 pm |
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| John E. |
| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:00 pm |
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Thus spake LDP:
Quote: I have the same problem with my 1670. It was working fine less than twoweeks
ago but now in preview mode it returns a white page just as if Ihad no
document on the scanner. I deleted the old drivers and softwareand
re-installed but still same problem.
My 1670 went away with the recycle trash on Monday.
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| John E. |
| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:01 pm |
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Thus spake Ron P:
Quote: Years ago I had a similar problem and had to re-install the twain driver for
the scanner. Somehow it had become corrupted in such a manner that it
couldn't do anything other than give a preview image no matter what program I
used.
If you haven't tried a re-install of the twain driver (I am assuming here
that your scanner uses twain) it might be worth a try.
Thanks for your reply.
I had reinstalled the latest drivers for it a couple of times. No joy.
The scanner is now probably disassembled into its component plastic bits in
the recycle yard of the local community.
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| Homer J Simpson |
| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:48 pm |
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"John E." <incognito@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Quote: My 1670 went away with the recycle trash on Monday.
You could always Freecycle it - it might work OK on an older system
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http://freecycle.org/
or
http://www.craigslist.org/ |
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| bz |
| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:40 pm |
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LDP <LDP.2m0cxa@nospamplease.com> wrote in news:LDP.2m0cxa@nospamplease.com:
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I have the same problem with my 1670. It was working fine less than two
weeks ago but now in preview mode it returns a white page just as if I
had no document on the scanner. I deleted the old drivers and software
and re-installed but still same problem.
I have an epson perfection 1660 scanner that was giving a 'badly scrambled'
images. It looked kind of like a tv picture with horizontal sync lost.
I took it apart and re-seated all the 'flexable cables' at each end and it
fixed it.
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| Michael A. Terrell |
| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:17 pm |
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LDP wrote:
Quote:
I have the same problem with my 1670. It was working fine less than two
weeks ago but now in preview mode it returns a white page just as if I
had no document on the scanner. I deleted the old drivers and software
and re-installed but still same problem.
Are the brightness and contrast settings at default?
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| John E. |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:52 am |
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Thus spake bz:
Quote: I took it apart and re-seated all the 'flexable cables' at each end and it
fixed it.
Tried that. I even took out the loooong flex cable that follows the
bulb/camera carriage and ohm'd it out. It was OK. Still, no joy.
It's binned.
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