plustek: HP2200 - nasty noise at start of scan
Subject:
Re: HP2200 - nasty noise at start of scan
From:
Mike Causer ####@####.####
Date:
5 Jul 2002 13:05:40 -0000
Message-Id: <20020705135322.05ff75b6.mikec@mikecauser.com>
On Thu, 4 Jul 2002 23:40:32 +0100 Mike Causer wrote:
> I have a new HP2200C, Sane 1.0.8, Xsane 0.86 and sane-plustek 0.42 on a
> Mandrake 8.2 installation. The HP has a worrying problem at the start
> of the scan, when the motor makes a nasty noise for a few seconds as if
> it were trying to move the head back to the start position even though
> it is already there.
> I have also tried the "lm9832" backend by ? Ludo Stellingwerff which
> does not have the same problem, so I do not think that it's a hardware
> fault.
Another data point: vuescan also tries to drive the head above the top,
and I pulled the power after a few seconds as it showed no sign of
giving up. <sigh> I suppose this means that HP (or Plustek) have
changed something in the latest production.....
Mike
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