Hi Simon, error number 10 is called "Gross calibration error". Reason: The scanner could not calibrate a substantial number of pixels. You may be right if you believe in a broken lamp. Maybe the calibration area (an area inside the scanner above the scan area) is dirty ?
Sincerely Peter Simon Wood wrote: > Hi Peter and the Sane-Devel team, > As the subject suggest I'm having difficulty getting my Scanjet 4 to scan > (it's always been a bit flakey since I got it second hand and has been idle > for a few months). I am using a Seagate TMC-850 scsi card, which is also > quite crappy. > > I've picked up the latest sane back and front ends, and the hptools but to no > avail. > > The failed scanning sequence is: > Light On, Move to start of Scan, wait a long time (this was causing a > SCSI_TIMEOUT till I lengthened it...), > Light off, wiggle sensor, light on, wait again, > Light off, 'scan', return to 'base'. > > This results in a long wait for a blank image. I've looked at the > SANE_DEBUG_HP stuff but didn't see anything that stood out as an obvious > error. > > Using 'hpscan /dev/sg0 -qerror' reports an error code of '10', but this is > not listed in the HP-SCL documentation that I found on the web > (http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/incoming/HP-ScanJet-SCL.TXT). > > > I suspsect that this means that the lamp has died, can someone please confirm > (if you know that this is what the error means) so that I don't waste money > on a new lamp if this is not the case. > > Yours, > Simon Wood. > > -- Peter Kirchgessner http://www.kirchgessner.net mailto:pe...@kirchgessner.net
