Canon LiDE30 scanner... zero depth-of-focus... adjustable?

[Andrew Grebneff]

One of the things a scanner is extremelyu seful for is scanning 
ntural-history objects, in my case, shells (ardon myGyration keyboard 
dropping letters & spacers... bad, isn't it?  Too many to make it 
worth going back & correcting them... an now the SHIFT key is 
sticking & clicking... Mouse is faulty too, cursor keeps jumping to 
an edge of the screen, sometimes selecting everything it passes... 
will have to returnthem to the US for checking & replacement).

My old serial ScanMaker E6 is great for this... objects 4-5cm from 
the platen are still in focus.

Well, I tried the Canon for his today... and only the parts of the 
shell touching te glass are in focus. GREAT... I bought the scanner 
just for this purpose, and wasted y money Now I have to figger out 
how to run the E6 from a Serial port... or just use it on the old 
6116 G3.

Anyone know if the LiDE30 focus is fixed, or can it be altered? If 
not, I'll have to try to return it as unsuitable for purpose.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toota van nut

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