Post your drum scans (aka the first official Drum Scanners thread)

What version OS does your dongle supports? Is the version of the dongle listed on it? Possibility that you might have the wrong dongle. Thank God that my Scitex Eversmart Pro II and Imacon Precision II are not dongle dependent.
 
Evanjoe610 said:
Jzagaja,

Was the scanner running prior to your desoldering the wire?Did you ever use the scanner prior to this incident?
Or did you recently purchased the scanner to discover that it wasn't responding?
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Prior desoldering Darlington array scanner worked similarly except now when switching on Mac the drum does not spindle for few seconds. I just purchased the scanner without knowing if it worked.
 
Since you did do the desoldering, I am guessing that you own the scanner now. Check to see if thew original owner will take it back. Otherwise you might have to ask ABS Scan if they are willing to look over the a scanner to see IF ITS NOT THE BOARD that's bad. It might be other elements that might be creating your problems. Check the encoding bulb, that is one last thing that most technicians AND Engineer overlook. Had that problem with a drum scanner that cause us a loss of 2 weeks with any scanning! Had to farm out the work...
 
Jzagaja,

Many people have complaint about the Atto not working correctly in the PowerPC G5. That could be a possible problem that the SCSI card is NOT working in your G4. I have several G4 (MMD version) so I would suggest as what Margus mentioned in his posting, try to find an Adaptec SCSI card.

I have as backup SCSI cards, Adaptec 2903, 2906, 29160, and a 39160. All of the mentioned SCSI card works in both my G4. I have an older G3 that uses an Atto card just not sure which one.

I would suggest looking on Adaptec website to find a compatible SCSI card for your G4. That would be the cheapest way to determine if its a SCSI card issue. Try to find an Adaptec card that has a return policy in the event that the problem is the same.
 
Dude, you have too much stuff that doesn't work 😀

Meaning too many "IFs" programmed in your setup.

Start with getting a 100% working computer-SCSI setup - buy a complete new s/h when you have to - G4s and SCSI bits go cheap as chips or even for free on your local fleabay giveaways. When you have a working SCSI+computer setup then you know for sure if it's the scanner that's having issues or not.

Good luck,
Margus
 
Jzagaja,

I went through 6 different SCSI cards and 5 different SCSI cables to finally get my scanner working. They are touchy and to what works and what doesn't. I felt the same way, but once you get it going, you will learn that all of these connections tend to be be very quarky and unique to the G4 you might have.
First time as suggested by Margus, rule out all other issues by isolating the G4 to a good SCSI good. It doesn't have to be your scanner hooked up to it. If you have another working SCSI device, hook it up till it works. Then put the scanner in to see how it reacts.

A lot of time and dedication will work out the issues. I went through that searching for the right connection. Again find a working SCSI card seller that has a return policy. Then either buy a NEW cable or borrow a KNOWN good Cable. CABLES DO GO BAD.
 
Has anyone here tried Copex Rapid in comparison to other fine grain films? If anyone's interested, I could donate a strip with tripod stabilized Leica shots.
 
Jockos said:
Has anyone here tried Copex Rapid in comparison to other fine grain films? If anyone's interested, I could donate a strip with tripod stabilized Leica shots.
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Not tried CR yet, but I can imagine the noticable "grain" would be hard to find on this film even @ 6000+ppi, especially wet-mounted when I think about ORT25 that should be similar "ultrasmooth" film I've scanned in the past. High-end Leica optics might resolve close to 600 lp/mm the CP film is rated to.

Might have to take into plan drumscanning some shots of CP.
 
With Adaptec 39160 (Power Domain) drum rotates during boot - that's the only difference against Atto UL3D. Removing and installing new drivers does not help as well as changing thumb wheel channel or SCSI socket. My question - do you see scanner under System Profiler?
 
I don't have a drum scanner, but any SCSI device will be seen in the System Profiler.

If you are following the sequential steps outlined earlier by Margus, the last step you should be doind to TURN on your computer and upon completion of BOOT, launch the Scanner or the SCSI Profiler. Depending on which number you dial in (preferably 5) you should be able to see the scanner. I has been a long while since I last used OS9.22. For my Imacon I work in Snow Leopard or OS10.4.11 Tiger. For my Creo/Scitex Eversmart Scanner Pro II I use Tiger for now and did had it running in Leopard. My final task will be to integrate the last version of software that would allow me to see & run my scanner in Snow Leopard.
 
jzagaja said:
With Adaptec 39160 (Power Domain) drum rotates during boot - that's the only difference against Atto UL3D. Removing and installing new drivers does not help as well as changing thumb wheel channel or SCSI socket. My question - do you see scanner under System Profiler?
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If it does rotate during boot it's a major sign it still at least partly lives. I'd try Adaptec under OS9 to be sure.

Yes, "ScanMate 11000" should show in System Profiler under SCSI/ Parallel SCSI / Power Domain XXX (XXX - your SCSI card model).

Since OSX can have its quirks with SCSI hardware I'd actually recommend installing OS9 in the same machine and the correct OS9 SCSI drivers for your Adaptec card. I've found OS9 can solve many questions about things running or not since it's a "simpler" OS so to speak. Under OS9 Adaptec drivers create "SCSI Probe" program - with this you can see the card you have connected and if you have the scanner connected onto this particular card. I.e. if it shows the correct SCSI card but no scanner then start messing with the SCSI cables, ID and terminators. If no card then it's the card issue. Etc etc, much better for fault-finding analysis than OSX.

Plus you have a free and simpler Color Trio software under OS9 - another nice thing that helps to test the semi-faulty hardware since it has less functions than the Color Quartet.

You can keep OSX as well - just use Startup Disk function to boot into one or another.

Hope this helps,
Margus
 
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