Plustek OpticPro 4831P - should it be noisy?
Graham Lindsey Steel
had never used a flatbed before. When scanning, usually I can just
hear the gentle running of the scan head back and forth, but
sometimes it gives more of a grating or rattling sound. The pictures
come out fine.
Can anybody else with this scanner tell me whether they get this kind
of noise? If nobody does get this noise, I wonder if I can take it
back to PC World and report it as faulty.
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buck
says...
understanding how the system works , as a whole.
What I have found is, after repeated scanning, editing, and saving the
results, the virtual memory of the system kind of gets "sluged up", and
causes a slowdown in the operation of scanners, video capture systems,
and printing.
With my system, when Im using my Plustek (9636T), if I hear the scanner
making loud grinding noises, I then know its time to run some system
upkeep.
With win95, system upkeep is NOT simple. You need to manually delete all
the temp internret files, all the files in the regular temp directory,
and run scandisk, to clean up any file fragments.
Check your virtual memory settings, and be sure you have room for 2 to 4
times your actual ram.
Most of the time the scanner making noises that your not used to, is
simply a symptom of the scanner running at a slower speed than it usually
does. This has proven to be true with my Plustek (lpt port) scanner , my
Umax Astra 610s scanner, My Epson scanner, and my Scantak 2c scanner
(also scsi)
buck
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xz...@apj.com
<steel...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>I recently bought this scanner - the cheap 69.99 UK pound model. I
>had never used a flatbed before. When scanning, usually I can just
>hear the gentle running of the scan head back and forth, but
>sometimes it gives more of a grating or rattling sound. The pictures
>come out fine.
>
>Can anybody else with this scanner tell me whether they get this kind
>of noise? If nobody does get this noise, I wonder if I can take it
>back to PC World and report it as faulty.
I had one of the things about seven months ago. Would make this
grinding noise. I was so curious I actually took it apart to see what
was up. It was the cable and pully mechanism that moved the image
sensors along the rail. At a given point in it's travel the cable
would put severe tension on the pully and it would grind. Additionally
the case seemed to snug for the chassy and was probably fouling
the mechanism. Conclusion was poor design. While the detail was
fine on this scanner I noticed some color sploching on some scans.
This could have been due to software but didn't keep it to
investigate. returned to vendor. Generally speaking, dispite the
noise, the scanner will probably stay functional if you want to put up
with the annoyance of the noise.
If you take the scanner back, don't get a Mustek parallel port model,
It's EPP interface is super slow, I would recommend a Scanmaker
X6. It has a fast parallel port interface and you can get a slide and
film scanner with it. This means you can take your film negatives
and scan them straight into your computer as positives. A great
feature. BEST BUY has these scanners for $179 (600x1200dpi)
WITH THE SLIDE SCANNER and a $50 rebate. So price after
rebate is $129 US. Don't know about UK.
Good Luck
Jim
Passion
>On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 22:03:39 +0100, Graham Lindsey Steel
><steel...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I recently bought this scanner - the cheap 69.99 UK pound model. I
>>had never used a flatbed before. When scanning, usually I can just
>>hear the gentle running of the scan head back and forth, but
>>sometimes it gives more of a grating or rattling sound. The pictures
>>come out fine.
>>
>>Can anybody else with this scanner tell me whether they get this kind
>>of noise? If nobody does get this noise, I wonder if I can take it
>>back to PC World and report it as faulty.
>
..its simply the belt driven mechanism - they are cheap machines and
as such lack sound insulation there... Hey for 45 quid - the cheapeest
I saw the 4831P new 2 months back - you can't complain! Does it scan
OK ?? Well, what you worried about??