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From: rumblings on 12 Jan 2008 06:01
Barry Watzman wrote:
> I service the coolscans. I am presuming that you are going to
> disassemble the unit enough to get good, total, unrestricted access. Is
> it risky? Yes, but you are apparently at the point of giving up use of
> the scanner anyway.


I'm glad you are retracting the statement that cleaning the mirrors is
"not that difficult to do". I don't know if dismantling the unit is
risky or not.

The scanner has had over four years of use but is still fine for
documents and general use and I intend to use it for that and save my
new scanner - when I get it - for photographic stuff. It is too easy to
accidentally scratch the glass with general use. I've had to replace it
once already. (Espon were very helpful and advised me of suitable
suppliers for a new top which was reasonably prices)
From: Barry Watzman on 12 Jan 2008 23:23
The difficulty varies from scanner to scanner. In some it's trivial, in
others it's nearly impossible. But most flatbed scanners are made so
that the top cover (including the glass) can be removed and everything
can be cleaned without too much difficult. MOST. Not all.


rumblings wrote:
> Barry Watzman wrote:
>> I service the coolscans. I am presuming that you are going to
>> disassemble the unit enough to get good, total, unrestricted access.
>> Is it risky? Yes, but you are apparently at the point of giving up
>> use of the scanner anyway.
>
>
> I'm glad you are retracting the statement that cleaning the mirrors is
> "not that difficult to do". I don't know if dismantling the unit is
> risky or not.
>
> The scanner has had over four years of use but is still fine for
> documents and general use and I intend to use it for that and save my
> new scanner - when I get it - for photographic stuff. It is too easy to
> accidentally scratch the glass with general use. I've had to replace it
> once already. (Espon were very helpful and advised me of suitable
> suppliers for a new top which was reasonably prices)
From: Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen on 16 Jan 2008 12:32
Interesting. Where did you get your new glass from?

>>>>> "r" == rumblings <rumblingsDELETE(a)gmailDELETE.com> writes:

r> Barry Watzman wrote:
>> I service the coolscans. I am presuming that you are going to
>> disassemble the unit enough to get good, total, unrestricted access.
>> Is it risky? Yes, but you are apparently at the point of giving up
>> use of the scanner anyway.



r> I'm glad you are retracting the statement that cleaning the mirrors is
r> "not that difficult to do". I don't know if dismantling the unit is
r> risky or not.


r> The scanner has had over four years of use but is still fine for
r> documents and general use and I intend to use it for that and save my
r> new scanner - when I get it - for photographic stuff. It is too easy
r> to accidentally scratch the glass with general use. I've had to
r> replace it once already. (Espon were very helpful and advised me of
r> suitable suppliers for a new top which was reasonably prices)


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From: rumblings on 18 Jan 2008 07:50
Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen wrote:

>>
>> r> The scanner has had over four years of use but is still fine for
>> r> documents and general use and I intend to use it for that and save my
>> r> new scanner - when I get it - for photographic stuff. It is too easy
>> r> to accidentally scratch the glass with general use. I've had to
>> r> replace it once already. (Espon were very helpful and advised me of
>> r> suitable suppliers for a new top which was reasonably prices)


> Interesting. Where did you get your new glass from?

Expressterminals 01765 694100 (UK)

I was fobbed of at first with the usual stuff about no user serviceable
parts and send it to an Espon agent etc but then they gave me a few
contacts and I bought it from the one above. If you are thinking about
doing the same do you have the pdf on opening the scanner up??
From: Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen on 21 Jan 2008 08:32
Thanks for the info.
No, I haven't got the pdf. It seems a bit difficult to get at the
screws. If you have documentatio of how to open the scanner, I'm
interested.

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