[sane-devel] Normal or destructive behaviour when SANE starts?

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 04:36:46PM +0000, Jose Paulo Moitinho de Almeida wrote:
> On Friday 14 March 2003 13:03, Alisdair wrote:
> > ..
> >
> > 1. The scanner spends about 15 seconds making rather worrying grinding
> > noises (the scan head does not move at this time);
> >
> 
> >From the PROBLEMS file:
> 
> - Avoiding damage on Mustek flatbed scanners
>         Most Mustek flatbed scanners have no protection against exceeding
>         the physical scan area height.  That is, if a scan is attempted with
>         a height that exceeds the height of the scan surface, the scanner
>         begins making loud noises and the scan mechanism may be damaged.
>         Thus, if you hear such a noise, IMMEDIATELY turn off the scanner.
> 
> I once had a  scanner (neither Mustek nor Agfa) damaged because of this. Don't 
> know about your case, but I would be most carefull.

Usually that only happens when the scan head bumps at the end of the
scan area. It shouldn't happen a the home position. But you are right,
you never know...

Bye,
  Henning