File error? when i take a picture im able to turn it in black and white but then when i try to view my origianl picture and it says file error, how can i fix that?

Issue

Your product released before Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, and HP has not released drivers that support scanning for your product.
You have not installed the available HP software that includes scanning.
You are troubleshooting a scanning problem and need a quick workaround until you resolve your issue.

Windows XP
Follow these steps for the Windows XP operating system.
Scanning with Paint
To scan a document using Paint in Windows XP, follow these steps:
NOTE: Before you begin, make sure that the product is connected to your computer.

Click Start , point to All Programs , point to Accessories , and then click Paint .
Click File , and then click From Scanner or Camera .
Make any desired setting changes.
Click Scan .

Video of scanning with Paint
The following video demonstrates how to scan with Paint.
If you have trouble viewing the video or to view the video in a different size, click here to play the video on YouTube .
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Features available with WIA drivers
The following scan options and file types are available when you scan with WIA drivers:
Scan Options
Color picture
Grayscale picture
Black and white picture
Black and white text
Custom Settings

Contrast or Brightness adjustment
Resolution (75 - 4800 dpi, within the limits of the scanner model)
Picture type (Color, Grayscale, Black and White)

Supported file types
.bmp - Bitmap Image File
.jpg - JPG Image File
.tif - Tagged Image File
.png - Portable Network Graphics File
.pcx - Paintbrush Bitmap Image File
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Experiencing Scanning Errors?
If you experience an error during scanning, try these general scan troubleshooting steps (c02114802) (in English).
Workaround
Perform the following steps if you are unable to scan directly from HP Solution Center in Windows XP.

Click Start , and then click My Computer .
Double-click Local Disc (C:) .
Double-click Program Files .
Double-click HP .
Double-click Digital Imaging .
Double-click Bin .
Locate and double-click one of the following files. You will only have one to choose from.
Hpiscnapp.exe
Hpqscnvw.exe
This will launch the HP Scan application.
Select New Scan , and then change any desired settings to the scan.
Click Accept to save the scan to the desired location.
Follow these steps if you need to save the scan as another file type, such as a .PDF:
Right-click the recently saved file to open it in another application, such as Microsoft Word.
Save the new scan as the desired file type.

Bitmaps (.bmp) - are all black and white so if you can change the brightness in Canvas or Corel or ImageFolio until there are no shades and then save it as a bitmap or WMF you might be able to print it correctly.

Go into the menu and scroll to "reset"...follow the on-screen instructions.

Possible solution:

I had/have the same problem using L200 and SDHC memory card, called Samsung. Can't view certain pictures on camera or computer, camera freezes when viewing those certain pictures, green light flashing.

Samsung support told me that I needed to copy my (good) pictures to a computer first because a memory format will erase everything. Then format (menu->settings->format->yes) my memory card. Tried this just now and took some new pictures, so far so good.

I've had the same problem for a while now too.
The camera has been useless and Im looking to replace it.
Im sure this problem hasnt got a simple fix and im better off buying a new camera!
Id like to here if someone managed to get it fixed thou ?

Thanks

I had this problem on a Fusic (LX-550). The error occurs because a picture mail is corrupted that you're currently trying to preview (inbox). The Fusic inbox shows 3 pic mails at a time. If one of the three is bad, you'll get that error. If the bad pic mail is the most recent in the inbox, then send 3 pic mails to yourself to bump the bad one to number 4. This should allow you to get to your inbox without the error, although you still have to avoid the bad pic mail page(move up in the inbox to see you're oldest mail). Sending pic mails to yourself one at a time is one method of narrowing down the bad pic mail. The permanent fix is to install bitpim, edit->detect phone, view->view file system, navigate to /EPM/MediaStore/MessageStore and delete the offending pic mail. The file name with the highest number is probably most recent. Right click on the file and perform a hex dump to read the message time stamp. Do a backup first and view the hexdump to verify you're deleting a pic mail file. Good luck!

-Joe

There is a Black Dail by the Eyepiece, try unjusting that, and should do you.
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Bobby

card errror

Depending what cables you have, try plugging only the yellow cable into "video out", I previously had red, white, and yellow cables plugged into "comopents out" and only got black and white. Doing only the yellow into video out gave me color.

Hi again: About the black and white pictures on the TV... not normal I think... I have never seen your camera model but a common thing can happen to any camera!! Have you already tryed to connect the camera to your TV using a AC Adapter (D-AC8 in your case)? Are the connections Ok? You're connecting following the manual instructions? If you don't have it download it... :) http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/OptioS5i_Web.pdf Regards