Daniel ... see below
On 21/08/2009, at 12:27 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
Hi Ian
Just to add to this for your interest.
I was out doing another job for a client today, which got fixed very
quickly, so they asked me to look at their scanner which had stopped
working.
Lo and behold, it was an Epson Perfection 1670.
Running a new iMac with 10.5.6. Would come up with a message that it
cannot
recognise the document after the preview scan and just show the
preview as
white with nothing on it.
Trashed the preferences, restarted.
Updated to 10.5.8.
Repaired permissions.
Uninstalled and reinstalled from a downloaded driver.
Removed and checked TWAIN drivers.
Checked Image capture.
Still the same, no joy.
So it's not a hardware fault with your scanner,
What makes you so sure of that ... ?
what if the sensor has say a broken wire and simply cannot send the
signal
or sends only a very low level signal to the software ?
Bob
so you can rule out taking
it to get looked at ;o) (And thanks for the heads up on ServiceWest,
hadn't
realised that.)
A lot of googling didn't really turn up anything useful at all.
Unfortunately the client had to go out so we ran out of time to keep
looking
at it.
I just had an idea driving back, which you may want to try.
From the downloaded update, uninstall the drivers. (When you open up
the
update it will be set to custom install, but if you click that (in
the top
left hand corner) you can choose Uninstall.
So ran that and uninstall their drivers.
The restart and just try scanning without installing anything.
(I'm just wondering if there is a "default" TWAIN driver installed
which is
conflicting with the Epson one.)
If doesn't work at all, I'd then try installing it straight from the
CD that
came with the Scanner, rather then the update. Just to see if it
makes a
difference.
See how you go with that. Will be interested to hear back.
Just thought I'd let you know.
Kind Regards
Daniel
On 21/8/09 11:31 AM, "Ian Reid" <[email protected]> wrote:
On 21 Aug 2009, at 9:00 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote:
I run an Epson Perfection 1640SU on an Intel iMac no probs.
Before you go to a repairer you could bring it by our place and see
if
it runs on one of our machines.
We live in Bibra Lake.
regards
Kev
Hi Kevin.
I accept. Would you be at home tomorrow morning? What is your
address.
Margaret will jump at this as an excuse to go on further to the
Mundijong Spud Shed for some cheap vegies.
Regards
Ian
On 20 Aug 2009, at 6:22 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
Hi Ian
I'd be hesitant to suggest taking it to a repairer without giving
them a
call first. Most places would charge you before looking at it, as
they have
a "standard" quoting fee these days, and some of them can be at
least
$75-$100 just to look at it.
If you then consider that you can get a new scanner for around $150,
it's
sometimes not worth it.
Not saying that's always the case, just something to consider.
ServiceWest are a repairer for anything Epson, so may pay to give
them a
call tomorrow and see what they say - 9474 4990.
Hope that helps a bit.
Kind Regards
Daniel
Hi Daniel
ServiceWest gave up repairing Epson some time ago. PrintCom, in Mt
Lawley (9371 8600) do it now. They charge $80, plus any replacement
parts, to look and repair.
Ian
On 20/8/09 6:13 PM, "Ian Reid" <[email protected]> wrote:
On 20 Aug 2009, at 5:15 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
Hi Ian
One thing also to note which happens with some scanners and
software, is
that when the TWAIN (scanner driver) is in use with one Application
the
other Application doesn't always get control of it.
For example, if you've just tried to use it with Epson Scan and
found it
didn't work then opened Image Capture straight away it "generally"
won't
always work. If you restart the computer and open Image Capture
first
(and
not open Epson Scan), and then see if it works from there.
That way, if it doesn't work with the Epson software, then you've
got
a fall
back at least.
I'd be surprised if it doesn't work full stop though, as I've got
clients
who have similar models.
Hope that helps.
Kind Regards
Daniel
That is interesting Daniel. I did try to use Image Capture
immediately
after failing with Epson Scan.
However, I have downloaded and installed Vuescan and still obtain
pristinely blank scans. It looks like I trot along to a repairer
with
the 1670 under my arm.
I will let you all know the result.
Ian Reid
On 20/8/09 5:09 PM, "Ian Reid" <[email protected]> wrote:
On 20 Aug 2009, at 3:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hello Ian,
Did you have this version Scanner Driver 2.77A installed, says
OS X
10.5.x?
Thanks Ronni
I had Version 273. So I downloaded V.277a, opened the dmg and
clicked
on the Installer, assuming that it would uninstall V.273 first. I
didn't, so I trashed the V.273 application, emptied the Trash and
clicked on the Installer once again. No luck! V.273 returned to
Applications folder. Running a scan still produces a blank sheet.
The
only other mention of 'scanning' that I can find is the Reference
Guide in the Documents folder.
Ian Reid
<http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?oid=23762&prodoid=3
5
836299&infoType=Downloads&platform=Macintosh
Scanner Driver and EPSON Scan Utility v2.77A
Intel-based Macs with OS X (v10.4.4 - v10.5.x), PowerPC Macs with
OS X
(v10.2.8 - v10.5.x)
epson12700.dmg - 6.2MB - posted on 07/29/08
This file contains the EPSON Scan Utility and Scanner Driver
(TWAIN)
v2.77A.Installation instructions (some of the following steps may
not
be necessary):
* Download the file.
* Double-click the downloaded file to create a disk image on your
desktop.
* Open the disk image.
* Double-click the installer icon to begin the installation.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 20/08/2009, at 3:12 PM, Michael Waldie wrote:
On 20/08/2009, at 2:38 PM, Ian Reid wrote:
Good afternoon all
I have just discovered from Epson Support that the reason why my
scanner now goes through all the motions and noises of scanning a
document, but produces only a blank sheet, is because of
incompatibility with recent versions of Mac OSX. Apparently I
have
to work via Image Capture.
Opening Image Capture doesn't do much and clicking on the scanner
ikon just produces another blank page. Pogue's Missing Manual
doesn't help.
Where can I find instructions on how to scan documents with my
1670
or do I need a replacement scanner? Your help would be much
appreciated.
Ian Reid
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Forgot to put on the website:
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