>>> Thanks for the samples. I've never seen this particular problem before. >>> I'll >>> have to take a crack at seeing if I can reproduce this to make 100% sure >>> it's not an issue with your hardware. You'll have to hang tight before I >>> can >>> find an Artisan 710 and some free time to investigate. > > I couldn't get hold of an Artisan 710, so I instead used an Artisan 700 as > you mentioned that the problem affected this scanner as well. > > I tried scanning with scanimage at 75, 150 and 300 dpi both with the latest > development version of iscan and with iscan 2.21. Unfortunately, I was > unable to reproduce the problem seen in the sample image you sent me. > > At this point I honestly don't know what the problem could be. A faulty USB > cable perhaps? Just grasping at straws here. I am going to ask around a bit > more to see if anyone else has seen this phenomenon before. I'll let you > know if I dig anything up, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Just for the record, I tried another USB cable with the same results. I was also using the scanner connected to a scan server before, and I just tried it connected directly to my laptop with the same results. - Grant
