Thanks for the tip RK. I tried covering the whole bed with 3 pieces of
paper (I don`t have any larger paper), but it is still doing the band thing.
I`ve had a contractor with a tractor at my house for some time now,
and the next time he starts up the tractor I`m going to have him bury
the scanner. Maybe I`ll get some satisfaction.
It sounds like HP and UMAX are in cahoots with each other in making
crappy scanners.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
----- Original Message -----
From: "RK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: Scanner problem - a little OT but help would be nice
> Well, that is bad news: I have a HP with exactly the same problem and was
> thinking of switching over to UMAX.
> Would this be something generic with cheapo scanners?
>
> Anyway, here's my cheapo fix- it's a partial fix, actually. Most of the
> times it works, sometimes it doesn't; no idea why, either way.
> I had noticed that these bands only occurred when the paper I was scanning
> did not cover the scanner bed; I now place a very clean and smooth (no
> crumpling permitted) blank A3 sized paper over the A4 document so that the
> entire bed is covered.
> By doing this, the frequency of the bands showing up has now reduced by
> about 85%; still come up when I have something very important to be
> scanned, naturally. :-)
> If you have a better fix, please share.
> RK
>
> Steve Larson wrote:
>
> >
> > (snip).....Needless to say, my next scanner will not be UMAX,
> > and I need one now, because I`m getting the dreaded yellow
> > bands, along with some pretty green bands.
>
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