Oliver Schwartz <oliver.schwa...@gmx.de> writes: > Hi all, > > I've received a report from a user who was left with a broken scanner > after using the Epson 2480 in transparency mode in 2400 DPI with > xsane. According to the report the scanner power light went red and > the scanner "smelled hot". After power-cycling the scanner it was not > possible to scan anymore.
I take it you are positive that this user used the snapscan backend when this happened. The epkowa backend also supports this scanner. > Since I cannot rule out any misbehaviour of the SnapScan driver I urge > all Epson 2480/2580 users not to try 2400 DPI in transparency mode. > I've disabled the code in CVS, but of course that doesn't change the > behaviour of your SANE installation until a new version is installed. > > Having said that, it's the first report of that kind that I have > received and the code hasn't been touched for a long time. I don't > own any Epson scanner so I cannot verify the report myself. It's also > possible that the scanner of that user broke down for other reasons. > If you have been using the transparency adapter of the 2480/2580 > successfully with 2400 DPI or if you noticed any strange behaviour to > confirm the report, please let me know. -- Olaf Meeuwissen FSF Associate Member #1962 sign up at http://member.fsf.org/ GnuPG key: 30EF893A/2774 815B DE83 06C8 D733 6B5B 033C C857 30EF 893A Penguin's lib! -- I hack, therefore I am -- LPIC-2
