-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Charles Gillen wrote: > [Simon Heywood] wrote: > > "After running out of options for trying to understand the interface, > > I decided to pull my scanner to pieces earlier this evening. Canon had > > done a good job with one-piece moulded plastic and unnecessary amounts > > of glue, but I got the glass off and removed the PCB cover without > > breaking anything." > Do you have any advice on how to remove the glass... non-destructively? My > glass could do with a bit of cleaning inside. > Were you able to put the scanner back together again? :^)
Apologies for the late reply - I've moved house and started a new job! It took a certain amount of cunning to get the scanner apart in such a way that I didn't cause any permanent damage. I'll tell you what I remember. There are two plastic strips at each edge of the scanner. One end of each of these is engaged in a hold to secure it, and the other end is held in a slightly less secured slot. Essentially, you want to carefully peel up the middle of each strip (they're glued, but not too strongly) until you can pull out one end (should be the end nearest the front of the scanner). When all the glue has been lifted, pivot each strip vertically through 90 degrees about the other slot and it should come out. Once the strips are removed, the glass will come out fairly easily, but be careful not to damage the scan head whilst sliding the glass back and forth. When re-assembling, the glue marks should help you get the glass in the right place - it has a calibration thing at the scan head end. HTH - -- Simon Heywood http://www.simonheywood.org.uk/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE70cUgF1JsdFeRLz8RAoD7AKCkBrLOt/mJkpWz5QaKxj90qA8/aACg0Okm 48cGCCGZBN/tUh57rbuRHqI= =C6FA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
