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Subject: [OM] Re: OT: Nikon LS2000 scanner questions
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:41:40 -0500
Tim, thanks for the suggestions and insights.  I'll ask the buyer to try them.

ScottGee1

On 12/26/05, Tim Hughes <timhughes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Scott,
>            there are some slightly weird things about these scanners to do 
> with insering the film to the right position etc. which cause them to appear 
> not to be working properly. I can't quite remember the issues but I know it 
> always takes me a while to get mine "working". Sometimes the driver seems to 
> not initialise properly.  Fiddle around with how deep the film is inserted 
> maybe. I think the stack loader always works correctly?  They do have a 
> stepper motor failure mechanism, but I beleive if they did not have an early 
> failure with this problem, they are likely ok in the long term. This would 
> seem to apply to your unit!. Vuescan works so much better than Nikonscan to 
> drive these and may be more XP compatible if using windows. Also seem to 
> remember it is quite important to get the right Scsi driver off the adaptec 
> website. I got a very generic cheap Adaptec card that worked well with mine. 
> The compatibility of the latest scsi cards does not allways seem so good with 
> olde
 r
>  low
>  bandwidth generic devices. Focus issues may be due to damage in transport , 
> I have not had any trouble with that, despite transporting mine unlocked.  I 
> downloaded a variety of useful tips off of the web after a lot of searching, 
> when I first got mine, Nikon is not at all helpful
>
>   Tim Hughes
>
> ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If there's better forum for these questions, please point me there.
>
> I recently sold a Nikon LS2000 scanner. Bought it a while back from a
> respected repair tech, tried it once and realized I needed more
> computer horsepower to do it right and packed it away 'til I sold it.
>
> Buyer is having lock-up and focus problems. Anyone familiar with how
> to fix 'em? I aghast that I sent problems to someone else.
>
> Side note . . . he initially operated it with the bottom transport
> screw in place. Could that have caused the problems?
>
> TIA!/ScottGee1
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