Vertical line on Agfa SnapScan 1212p

[Haakon Riiser]

I have an Agfa SnapScan 1212p, and I recently noticed a miscolored
vertical line that goes all the way from the top to the bottom
of the scan. This is what it looks like when I scan the entire
area without putting anything in the scanner:

http://folk.uio.no/hakonrk/tmp/vertline.jpg

The problem is much less visible when a real picture is scanned,
but I can still see it. I cleaned out the flatbed glass as good
as I could, but it made no difference. This scanner is several
years old; is it common for scanners to break down in this way?
Should I just get a new scanner, or is it something I can fix?

I have searched for this problem on Google, and I found several
suggestions, like opening up the scanner and cleaning the optics
with compressed air, but I was hoping to get some suggestions
specific to my case, now that people can see exactly what my
problem looks like.

Thanks in advance!

 

[carbon based life form]

I have an Agfa SnapScan 1212p, and I recently noticed a miscolored
vertical line that goes all the way from the top to the bottom
of the scan. This is what it looks like when I scan the entire
area without putting anything in the scanner:

http://folk.uio.no/hakonrk/tmp/vertline.jpg

The problem is much less visible when a real picture is scanned,
but I can still see it. I cleaned out the flatbed glass as good
as I could, but it made no difference. This scanner is several
years old; is it common for scanners to break down in this way?
Should I just get a new scanner, or is it something I can fix?

I have searched for this problem on Google, and I found several
suggestions, like opening up the scanner and cleaning the optics
with compressed air, but I was hoping to get some suggestions
specific to my case, now that people can see exactly what my
problem looks like.

Thanks in advance!

i've been getting the same on my snapscan 600 scsi runnig thru a scsi
card on a mac dual g5. i've been using vuescan as the agfa software is
unsupported in osx. i've tried to scan at 150 dpi and found NO lines.
anything higher and i get a variety of lines like you - this happens in
transparency or flatbed mode. no idea how or why, but thankfully i
haven't needed anything large than 150 dpi. i know that this won't
help, but at least you're not alone!
cheers