Problem with Epson Perfection 3200 Photo

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.scanner (More info?)

Hi,

I purchased a refurbished model of this scanner last year from the Apple
Store and (now that it is no longer covered by any kind of warranty) it
streaks red on 1/4th of the image area on the right side. I put a solid
black sheet on the glass and did a preview scan using VueScan v.8.1.33, and
the left 3/4 is black and the right 1/4 is magenta.

Recalibration does nothing to change this.

What could be wrong with this?

Thanks,

Be

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.scanner (More info?)

Well, today I worked the scanner out; ran the calibration command a couple
times from the latest VueScan version, cleaned the glass (it was clean
anyway) and managed to get the red banding to disappear. I guess the thing
just needed to be used a bit.

Be


On 8/23/05 9:15 AM, in article
_bGOe.656$_84.156@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net, "-" <xvvvz@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> 1/4 of the way across sounds pretty ominuous. Make sure the glass is
> spotlessly clean across the top 1 inch. You can try to take it apart and
> see if anything has discolored the calbration strip underneath but it may
> need to be sent in for repair or ditched to buy another unit (repairs are
> often not very good investments).
>
> Doug