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From: NSN on 12 Oct 2007 09:57
I have had several scanners in the past, both Canon and Epson. They
all seem to arrive with some dust under the glass. Cleaning the
underside of the glass has been impossible. I am now looking for a
top of the line flatbed scanner, either Epson or Canon. However, if
necessary, I want to be able to get at the underside of the
glass...easily. Does such an animal exist?

Norm
From: Silicon Sam on 12 Oct 2007 10:31
On Oct 12, 8:57 am, NSN <n...(a)mail.com> wrote:
> I have had several scanners in the past, both Canon and Epson. They
> all seem to arrive with some dust under the glass. Cleaning the
> underside of the glass has been impossible. I am now looking for a
> top of the line flatbed scanner, either Epson or Canon. However, if
> necessary, I want to be able to get at the underside of the
> glass...easily. Does such an animal exist?
>
> Norm

On my Epson 3170, all I do is remove the 2 screws in the back, lift
the back up, move forward and the top comes off. Clean underside of
glass, replace cover. Guess you could leave the 2 screws out if you
are real lazy, but seriously, it's no big deal.

Can't get any easier than that. Most scanners are easy, once you
know how to take the top off.

From: Mike Fox on 13 Oct 2007 05:50
For my Microtech scanner, I even went to the manufacturer to find out
how to open it up. Can't be done without damaging the scanner.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:31:27 -0700, Silicon Sam <SiliconSam(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Oct 12, 8:57 am, NSN <n...(a)mail.com> wrote:
>> I have had several scanners in the past, both Canon and Epson. They
>> all seem to arrive with some dust under the glass. Cleaning the
>> underside of the glass has been impossible. I am now looking for a
>> top of the line flatbed scanner, either Epson or Canon. However, if
>> necessary, I want to be able to get at the underside of the
>> glass...easily. Does such an animal exist?
>>
>> Norm
>
> On my Epson 3170, all I do is remove the 2 screws in the back, lift
>the back up, move forward and the top comes off. Clean underside of
>glass, replace cover. Guess you could leave the 2 screws out if you
>are real lazy, but seriously, it's no big deal.
>
> Can't get any easier than that. Most scanners are easy, once you
>know how to take the top off.

From: isw on 13 Oct 2007 13:49
In article <6451h35qln3e2rm0lqibhbpdfp3m3ga6gn(a)4ax.com>,
Mike Fox <mikefox(a)Junoo.com> wrote:

> For my Microtech scanner, I even went to the manufacturer to find out
> how to open it up. Can't be done without damaging the scanner.

I'd be surprised if that's really true -- how do they refurbish ones
that fail final QA at the factory? I'm sure they don't just throw them
away. More likely they just don't want you to say "I followed their
instructions, and now it's broken".

My Microtek s400 comes apart after removing a few screws, but you have
to "pop" a couple of plastic latches -- a little stressful the first
time.

Isaac
From: Talker on 13 Oct 2007 16:47
On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:49:05 -0700, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote:

>In article <6451h35qln3e2rm0lqibhbpdfp3m3ga6gn(a)4ax.com>,
> Mike Fox <mikefox(a)Junoo.com> wrote:
>
>> For my Microtech scanner, I even went to the manufacturer to find out
>> how to open it up. Can't be done without damaging the scanner.
>
>I'd be surprised if that's really true -- how do they refurbish ones
>that fail final QA at the factory? I'm sure they don't just throw them
>away. More likely they just don't want you to say "I followed their
>instructions, and now it's broken".
>
>My Microtek s400 comes apart after removing a few screws, but you have
>to "pop" a couple of plastic latches -- a little stressful the first
>time.
>
>Isaac


Yes, I had a MicroTek that opened the same way. You had to remove
the two screws that were located in the holes where the lid fits into.
Once you rtemoved those, you had to use a small screwdriver to gentle
pop open the plastic latches on the sides. Once you've done it, it's
no big deal, it's just doing it the first time that was a little
unnerving.<g>
I switched from MicroTeks to a Canon because of a continuing
problem with my MicroTek. The Canon just has the two screws in the
lid's rear mounting holes, and once you've removed those, you just
lift the back of the top up and slide it off.
The manufacturers don't want you to now how to remove the tops,
they want you to go to a repair facility and spend $100 to have the
glass cleaned. I've always wondered why they don't included things
like "Ease of glass cleaning" when magazines do writeups on scanners.
If they used things like that in the writeups, manufacturers would see
their sales fluctuate, depending on how "repair friendly" their
products were.

Talker
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