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Any ideas here - I have 2 scanners connected via a scsi card to my pc (xp
pro) - the
first in the chain is a film scanner - polaroid 120 and that works ok. The
second scanner is an old flatbed Microtek Scanmaker III annd that has been
working fine until very recently. It previews the images ok but suddenly
freezes
and crashes PS after starting the scan. And the 'ready light' goes out.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling all drivers and scan software and
also the 'repair' option re-installion of PS (cs2).
I access these scanners from the PS>file>import menu. Is the old grey mare
just dying and I should toss it out, or is there a software problem that can
be fixed?
Unfortunately, the Scanwizard app for the Scanmaker flatbed scanner isnt
standalone, so i cant try it from outside of Photoshop.I've also tried to
only have one scanner at a time connected.
I did try unchaining the polaroid film scanner (usually 1st in the scsi
chain) and connecting only the troublesome Microtek flatbed with a short
scsi cable and terminator. No luck, same problem. There is a Scantest
utility that comes with the scanner which tests if the scanner is ok - it
tested ok, strangely enough.
I also suspected memory allocation problems as when the problem first
ocurred, we were able to scan some handwritten pages as line art, but when
we wanted to scan a col print, it failed. How oes one fix memory addressing
problems ?
any ideas ?
pro) - the
first in the chain is a film scanner - polaroid 120 and that works ok. The
second scanner is an old flatbed Microtek Scanmaker III annd that has been
working fine until very recently. It previews the images ok but suddenly
freezes
and crashes PS after starting the scan. And the 'ready light' goes out.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling all drivers and scan software and
also the 'repair' option re-installion of PS (cs2).
I access these scanners from the PS>file>import menu. Is the old grey mare
just dying and I should toss it out, or is there a software problem that can
be fixed?
Unfortunately, the Scanwizard app for the Scanmaker flatbed scanner isnt
standalone, so i cant try it from outside of Photoshop.I've also tried to
only have one scanner at a time connected.
I did try unchaining the polaroid film scanner (usually 1st in the scsi
chain) and connecting only the troublesome Microtek flatbed with a short
scsi cable and terminator. No luck, same problem. There is a Scantest
utility that comes with the scanner which tests if the scanner is ok - it
tested ok, strangely enough.
I also suspected memory allocation problems as when the problem first
ocurred, we were able to scan some handwritten pages as line art, but when
we wanted to scan a col print, it failed. How oes one fix memory addressing
problems ?
any ideas ?