On 27/09/2012, at 2:28 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

> Hi Gary,
> 
> How old is the scanner?

ahh very old maybe 2001?
> Could be a driver issue; check you are using the latest driver for the 
> scanner.

downloading and reinstalling drivers says I had already the latest driver ( 
since approx April 2011)

> In Applications > Utilities -  'Epson Scan Settings'; check the settings are 
> correct.

hmm - no such app present  - did search - nothing of that sort found.

Is it likely to be a (old ) hardware issue.

thanks for the advice.


> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 27/09/2012, at 1:51 PM, gdorn <gd...@me.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 26/09/2012, at 3:22 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Gary,
>>> 
>>> Does the Scanner show in System Profiler > USB ? 
>> 
>> No it didn't
>> 
>> I did a restart, it showed up , so I did a scan - worked
>> 
>> hope I don't have to keep doing that!
>> 
>> Could  something be wrong ?
>> 
>> thanks
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> On 26/09/2012, at 12:39 PM, gdorn <gd...@me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi
>>>> my Epson 610 scanner has been having intermittent connection losses for 
>>>> the past few months
>>>> today it wont show any connection at all
>>>> 
>>>> I tried a different cable , different USB , image capture app, preview 
>>>> app, vuescan app
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> When I unplug the usb cable it does its usual scan on/ off movement thing
>>>> 
>>>> in settings>print and FAx> it shows up under scanners, but when I press 
>>>> the open scanner button, nothing happens!
>>>> 
>>>> Ps I used it last week AOK
>>>> 
>>>> mac OS 10.6.8 
>>>> Macpro 2x 2.66
>>>> 13GB Ram
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> does it mean the scanner (hardware) has gone
>>>> 
>>>> thanks for any advice
>>>> Gary Dorn
>>>> gd...@mac.com
>>>> 
> 
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