EPSON 350 scans 1/2 photo, makes loud clicking noise.
My scanner is making lots of noise sounds like it might be off the track. It'll only scan half the photo then smears the rest. Can I fix this? What's the best way to fix this?
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The Track/chain that the scanner bar follows might have some debris/dirt whatever on it stoping it from moving further. Alternatively the motor might have a problem. you can take the cover off and blow that area with a con o' air. Make sure not to get dirt or prints on the scanner or the bottom of the glass
On the back of the Epson Perfection 1660 Photo there is a lever that shows a lock and a unlock by where you plug in the wire to the computer. It must be in the unlocked position otherwise it will make that loud clicking noise and not work. Hope this helps.
It is normal for your Epson scanner to produce noise on startup as it calibrates the motor that moves the scan mechanism when powered on. But if this is too loud than normal, it means that there may be already a problem with the motor and must be replaced if it wouldn't give out quality scans. Otherwise, it is working normally.
I dismantled the printer because i've been having the same issue. It recedes to the right and begins clicking because it is at the end of the track. For some reason the scanner isn't registering that it is at the end of the track and keeps persisting making the gears jam up on the other end because they obviously can't move any further. Any suggestions as to how to fix, or master reset?
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I need more
information to offer a definitive solution, but I can give you some information
that might help diagnose the problem. Unless you
forgot and tried to use it locked…then unlocked it after, it seems unlikely
that changing the ink could directly affect anything related to the scanner. So
especially if it still scans and now just makes more noise then before, we can reasonably
say it isn’t a faulty locking mechanism and that the gears are probably not
stripped, which would either stop it or not. So you’re looking at either something
simple like the gear assembly being dry, shifted slightly, etc. or the safety by
the lock that makes noise to tell you the device is locked is stuck somehow.
The one can be tested by removing the little plastic safety that makes the
noise when the scanner is turned on and locked; the other you might be able to
test with some WD40 and see if it runs quieter.
Mine does the same thing and I have no idea how to fix it.
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