On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 18:27 +0000, Alastair M. Robinson wrote: > Hi, > > On 10/03/11 16:10, Leonard Evens wrote: > > > Strip read failed due to misread (Not enough patches) > > Hit Esc to give up, any other key to retry: > > > Any suggestions would be helpful. > > Are you putting the instrument on blank paper, and not on the first > patch? I made that mistake the first time I tried using an eye-one. > Also make sure you're pausing briefly between pushing the button and > moving the instrument. Thanks for the response. I did try to start it off on the blank paper. I think my problems were caused by other things. It may have been the use of the -B option, but it was probably just getting my hands to do the right thing. I did finally manage to get it to work. > > All the best > -- > Alastair M. Robinson