howdy,
occasionally, particularly when using fast user switcher to go to an different user account, the message dialogue box appears which says

 ( Big STOP SIGN) "No response from the scanner
Make sure the scanner is on and properly connected
If using a SCSI connection, restart your computer"

located in upper 1/3 of screen above every thing else

 clicking OK does not get rid of this box

having this dialogue box on screen is very annoying,
scanner not responding is also annoying

scanner does net get connected in image capture with its Browse device ( even though it shows up as a Twain devise)

system - G4 1.25 Mac OS 10.4.5
Epson 610 USB scanner
system profiler shows scanner connected
light is on when opening scanners lid

anyone got any suggestions on cause of the problem
and how to fix it?

thanks kindly
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gary dorn
north perth