I have not seen scanner parts that cost less than buying a new one. It does seems like such a waste when everything else works but th light bulb. I recall seeing Umax scanners at Best Buy for around $50 a while back. Ebay? Shipping will hurt, but you might be able to shake up just the part you need. On Sat, 2002-08-24 at 16:34, phrostie wrote: > my wife has a scanner that the bulb has gone out on. > it's a snap to remove and install but i have no clue where to find a > replacement. the manuf'(Umax) wants more than the scanner was worth new. > > are there generic replacement parts avalible for these anywhere? > > -- > Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS, > and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. > http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ > //www.freelists.org/list/cad-linux > > --- > This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list. > See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be > sent to listmaster at ale dot org. -- James P. Kinney III \Changing the mobile computing world/ President and CEO \ one Linux user / Local Net Solutions,LLC \ at a time. / 770-493-8244 \.___________________________./ GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) <jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7 -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- -- File: signature.asc -- Desc: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA9Z+gNYZCtw4KcbKcRAsFVAJ4igMyA4DwShhse7ZYjFyHV97EdhACgpyYM bc+GR6D8snGBgRJoZ2TRT2Q= =JLXA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----