Hi all,

If there is a group that covers scanners could you give the name
please,



My Computer is: an AMD Athlon (T ) 64 Processor 34002.40 GHz,

1GB of RAM

With Microsoft Windows XP Home with service pack 2

Using Microsoft Office 2000.





I have a Canon ScanoScan 9900F Scanner, which I have had around 13 months.



When previewing is in progress the image appears ok,

Then the brightness and contrast are vastly increased at the end of the
pre-scan, I have carried on with the scan hoping the completed scan would be
better adjusted but it is not.

Documents turn out looking nothing like the original.



When I look at the hardware profile on my computer, and click on the
scanner, it shows the driver as: 8.2.5.0

On the Canon website it says there is a: Deldrv (C2.082) available is this
the one I should install?



It also quotes CanoScan Toolbox (4.1.3.1) for Windows XP

And ScanGear CS (8.25)

I have tried without success to install all three updates, I ended up using
the original setup CD with Ver. 1.03 FB6-5838 (for windows) to reinstall.

"Mick" wrote in message
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Hi all,

If there is a group that covers scanners could you give the name
please,



I have a feeling you are not in the right group with this question.

Try one of the computer newsgroups.

Alan

When previewing is in progress the image appears ok,
Then the brightness and contrast are vastly increased at the end of the
pre-scan, I have carried on with the scan hoping the completed scan would be
better adjusted but it is not.
Documents turn out looking nothing like the original.

Try checking the number of colours its scanning in as, and the gamma
setting.

Gamma should be 1.0 as standard (lower is darker, higher is brighter).

For "regular" document scanning, 256 colours is probably sufficient to
get good clarity, but for photos, you`re best ramping this up to 16 bit
(or whatever the scanner can do)

If you could put an example of a scan online somewhere it might help us
interpret what`s going wrong.

Oh, and its about as far away from DIY as I can imagine !

Mick wrote:

My Computer is: an AMD Athlon (T ) 64 Processor 34002.40 GHz,


Wow!!!


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Grunff

"Mick" wrote in
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Then the brightness and contrast are vastly increased at the end of
the pre-scan, I have carried on with the scan hoping the completed
scan would be better adjusted but it is not.

Documents turn out looking nothing like the original.

When I look at the hardware profile on my computer, and click on the
scanner, it shows the driver as: 8.2.5.0

On the Canon website it says there is a: Deldrv (C2.082) available is
this the one I should install?

From my knowledge of canon usb scanners (they can be a ****!):

Deldrv is the prog to uninstall old drivers, and should always be used
before a reinstall.


It also quotes CanoScan Toolbox (4.1.3.1) for Windows XP

Not important, I think; it's the sort of desktop control but the prog
you're scanning into should do all you need

And ScanGear CS (8.25)

That appears to be the correct one.

The driver you pick should resolve to an .exe file, which will install all
the gubbins, in fact this one:

S3Aodux.exe

I've found it pays to use the ones from the website, and to save deldrv and
the driver somewhere - I only use the sacanner occasionally, and I often
find it needs reinstalling just when I need to scan something quick.

But it's better now toucch wood.

After all this waffle, I must say I think all this is plain go/nogo stuff,
your symptoms sound as though the scanners bust.

How long did you say you've had it? 13 months? just out of warranty :-((

mike

My Computer is: an AMD Athlon (T ) 64 Processor 34002.40 GHz,
Wow!!!

LOL I missed that :-)

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message
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My Computer is: an AMD Athlon (T ) 64 Processor 34002.40 GHz,
Wow!!!

LOL I missed that :-)

Like the .4 is relavent...

Bob

In message , Bob Smith
writes

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message
et...
My Computer is: an AMD Athlon (T ) 64 Processor 34002.40 GHz,
Wow!!!

LOL I missed that :-)

Like the .4 is relavent...

I think a correctly placed space might have been
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geoff