Scanner Lines Microtek M1 ...

[Steve Karr]

Hi everyone,
So if you have a Microtek you may know they have really bad Tech Support. Like a week for a copy & paste response....

So I am asking for help here ....

Take a look at the two scans and tell me what causes the lines that look like comb lines. The backlit one is 2 1/4 so the lines are smaller, but the one on the couch is 35mm so they seem giant. They travel with the movement of the carriage that I know... It was been that way from new.

Yes, I know about the hairs & dust, but that's not what I and worried about. smiles

Help!!

Steve

 

[dfoo]

Is your computer CPU overloaded? I get strange artifacts like that with my CS 5000 when I run a VM and the CPU is busy.

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

The banding issue was one of the major problems with early released M1 scanners. Most of the problems were resolved by updating the Silverfast software. If any more problems persisted you had to contact Microtek for an RMA to exchange the scanner.

Microtek has sinced left the North American market late last year. As for tech support, us owners are pretty much up the creek without a paddle.

 

[Steve Karr]

I updated to the newest Silverfast & cleaned the heck out of the inside and the banding reduced a lot. But they still are there.

I scanned in RGB and looked at the different color channels and the lines are different in each channel and move around when clicking the r/g/b channels.

I did try the Microtek app and the same thing happened. The Vuescan will only return static type scan. Hmmm...

Is there a ccd to clean or a chip of some kind?

Thanks for the help so far.
Steve

PS... has anyone noticed the focus plane for the glass holder is on the BACK / Bottom side ? I was fighting with the focus. Glassless holder fine, glass holder soft. I taped it to the backside/bottom side and it's sharp. Now what to do? You can't tape 810's to the underside of the glass...

 

[Fenwick]

A little off topic:
Are these scanners still available?
I was looking for one about a year ago with no luck

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

Microtek pulled out of the North American consumer market last year. The M1 went with the pull out. Your best luck is probably ebay. I haven't seen one pop up in the classifieds yet.

 

[Steve Karr]

Fenwick,

Buy an Epson .... oh.... 'er , I mean Mine's for sale !!