# Re: Mustek Paragon CD II

becka@sunserver1.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Wed, 7 May 1997 11:25:10 +0200 (MET DST)

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> Sven> So far... Has anyone of you heard of similar experiences? Do
> Sven> you know someone who uses this model with Linux? Any ideas how
> Sven> to solve this?
> There was one other report: that scanner got damaged because the scan
> area length was wrong. What is the SCSI id string you get for your
> scanner? If it is MFC-08000CZ, then this might explain the problem.
I had a similar problem, too. My MFS-12000SP was once configured to have a
_slightly_ too large scanning area which caused a nasty sound when it
hit the bottom of the scanning area. Fortunately the mechanics were not
damaged, but readjusted themselves correctly, after I had turned the
scanner off and on again.

We should probably place a "big fat warning" somewhere to tell people
to try with small scan areas first.

> How did the scanner go "crazy"? Did it start scaning normally and
> then when it hit the end of the scan surface it got very noisy? If
> so, that would explain a lot.
I will try to check, as I probably know the "victim".
(Sven: It was Rio, right ?)

> In any case, I'm sorry to hear that the mustek backend fried your
> scanner. I hope it's still under warranty and that you'll get a
> replacement quickly. Before wasting another scanner, could you send
> me the following info:
>
> - SCSI id string you get at boot up (something like MFC-08000CZ)
Only "Scanner", if my guess above is right. This seems to be the new
firmware >2.0 . I suppose they have done this to make OEMing easier ...

I have had another complaint about these scanner types not working
correctly, but this seemed to be rather a problem of the adaptor.

I will report about that, when I hear more from it.

CU,ANdy

P.S.: Could you tell your Mustek contact, that it would be a good idea to
spend an extra $2 for a hardware switch which prevents the carrier
from hitting into the bottom ?

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