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| MC... |
 Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:03 pm |
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Epson Perfection 1670 scanner. Software thinks it's normal; it goes through the motions of scanning; but the image is always just plain white.
Problem reproduced under 2 operating systems (on a machine that dual-boots XP and Vista) with separate copies of Epson Scan for each, so I don't think it's a software problem.
I recently moved the scanner around without setting the transportation lock, so I'm thinking there might be a broken connection. Has anybody encountered this problem before?
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| JANA... |
| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:12 pm |
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I had a different scanner than what you have. I had a similar fault. A
ribbon cable became loose that connects on to the circuit board from the
scanner head.
I have also had scanners go defective, and they were not feasibly
serviceable.
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Epson Perfection 1670 scanner. Software thinks it's normal; it goes
through the motions of scanning; but the image is always just plain
white.
Problem reproduced under 2 operating systems (on a machine that
dual-boots XP and Vista) with separate copies of Epson Scan for each, so
I don't think it's a software problem.
I recently moved the scanner around without setting the transportation
lock, so I'm thinking there might be a broken connection. Has anybody
encountered this problem before?
Thanks! |
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| Stephany Alexander... |
| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:51 pm |
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On Jun 22, 6:03 pm, "MC" <for.address.l... at (no spam) www.ai.uga.edu.slash.mc>
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Quote: Epson Perfection 1670 scanner. Software thinks it's normal; it goes through the motions of scanning; but the image is always just plain white.
Problem reproduced under 2 operating systems (on a machine that dual-boots XP and Vista) with separate copies of Epson Scan for each, so I don't think it's a software problem.
I recently moved the scanner around without setting the transportation lock, so I'm thinking there might be a broken connection. Has anybody encountered this problem before?
Thanks!
That's a no brainer - whatever you were scanning fell out while you
were scanning it.
Did you check the floor? |
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| Thomas Wankerson Corporation... |
| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:21 pm |
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"MC" <for.address.look at (no spam) www.ai.uga.edu.slash.mc> wrote in message
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Quote: Epson Perfection 1670 scanner. Software thinks it's normal; it goes
through the motions of scanning; but the image is always just plain white.
Problem reproduced under 2 operating systems (on a machine that dual-boots
XP and Vista) with separate copies of Epson Scan for each, so I don't
think it's a software problem.
I recently moved the scanner around without setting the transportation
lock, so I'm thinking there might be a broken connection. Has anybody
encountered this problem before?
Thanks!
I once encountered such a problem with a UMAX scanner. First tried tech
support, with no luck.
Then I simply unplugged it from the outlet and plugged it back in just to
have it work correctly. |
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