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1st Oct 2023, 4:46 PM
	Malcyramone SUBS Remember the good old 1980's? Member since Sep 2011 7675 Points	Does anyone use a flatbed scanner that's developed pale lines across the scan? If so don't bin it just yet and try this. Scanners have a white plastic strip stuck underneath the top half of the case just before the glass, where the scan head resides before and after each scan. Apparently it uses this to calibrate itself and if even the tiniest speck of dust gets on the strip this will cause a pale line. I took apart my Epson Perfection, removed the glass which was only held in with double sided tape on 3 sides and cleaned everything with IPA. That's Isopropyl Alcohol, not India Pale Ale. I won't be mixing those two up again! Now it's scanning as good as ever.

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