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 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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JANA
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"MC" wrote in message
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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!

"JANA" wrote in message rvecommunications...

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.


Thanks. I'm going to take it apart and put it back together again, paying special attention to the ribbon cable, and see what happens.

"MC" wrote in message
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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!



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.

On Jun 22, 6:03*pm, "MC"
wrote:
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?