Leaving the light on draws very little power and does no harm to the machine.
The only maintenance you might consider is replacing the tube once a year
because flourescent tubes tend to dim as they age. Many scanner brands use
commonly available tubes that can be purchased locally.
At 04:48 AM 12/20/97 +0100, you wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Fred Hucht wrote:
>
>> My problem is similar with a Highscreen Perfectscan (Microtek E6). The
>> lamp is always on after turning on the scanner. I cannot find a way to
>> turn the lamp off but turning off the scanner. Perhaps my scanner has a
>> bug? The documentation is really spare. Any ideas?
>
>Hi, I have a Tamarack scanner. Here too, the scanner always keeps the
>light on. The only way of turning the thing off is to start a scan using
>the transparancy adapter. However the transparancy adapter really needs
>to be present, and the normal light comes back on as soon as it is done.
>No, I really can't find a way to turn the light off.
>
> Roger.
>
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