Re: turning off scanner-lamp

David Mosberger-Tang (davidm@azstarnet.com)
Mon, 5 May 1997 08:20:09 -0700

>>>>> On Mon, 5 May 1997 16:34:24 +0200 (MET DST), Andy Thaller <Andy.Thaller@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE> said:

Andy> Does anyone know of a way to turn off the Mustek Paragon
Andy> MFS-6000CX's lamp when the scanner is not needed? I believe it
Andy> affects the lamp's livetime to have it on all the time and I
Andy> don't quite like the idea to reboot my system just to make the
Andy> scanner (which I usually turn off to save the lamp) known to
Andy> it.

No, I don't know how to turn off the lamp through software control.
Check out the FAQ at www.mustek.com.tw. They talk about this issue.

Why not just turn off the scanner when you're not using it? There
should be no need reboot the system because of this (I do it all the
time and have not had any problems).

--david

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