[bksvol-discuss] Need Help: Epson 3170 Scanner goes Off Line While Scanning

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:59:12 -0700 (PDT)

Hi, all-- Expert help needed.

I'm posting this for a friend who's not on the list
any more. If you reply here, I'll forward the replies
to here, or you can write to her yourself--I've
included her email.

Thanks.

Cindy


 Louise <blindcatlady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I just set up an Epson 3170 scanner on my Windows Me
> computer.  The problem
> I'm having is that after scanning a few pages of a
> book, the light bar goes
> down the
> bed like usual and then stops and doesn't return  to
> the top/back of the
> scanner
> and I get the error in the Epson scan window that
> there is no response from
> the scanner and that if I'm using scuzzy , I should
> restart the computer.  I
> have the scanner connected to USB.  It doesn't
> matter whether I'm doing
> automatic scanning or pressing the F9 key for each
> scan--the problem still
> occurs.  The only
> thing I know to do is to switch the scanner off and
> then back on again,
> which brings the light bar back to the top/back of
> the scanner and then the
> scanner resets/initializes, or whatever it's called.
>  I also then have to
> save my work, close Kurzweil, reopen
> Kurzweil and reopen the file before continuing to
> scan it.  This is very
> annoying when I'm trying to scan a book!  Any ideas
> as to what's going on
> here?  I am using static thresholding and 400 dpi
> with margins enabled at 3
> inches for the front margin on a paperback book and
> three seconds between
> scans.  I realize I could have posted this to the
> Kurzweil list, but I
> recently changed my E-mail address and haven't
> gotten back on that list yet.
> Any help in this regard would be greatly
> appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> Louise
> 
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