anyway to prevent molding on Scanners ?

ahtiu · 24th October 2005

Hi,
I have one Epson scanner, but the glass seems to be molding after 1 year of use.. is there anyway to prevent tis in our environment if I get a new one ? ANyone has similar problem as me and would like to share ? thanx

Astin · 24th October 2005

Didnt know that scanner can also get molds?

ahtiu · 27th October 2005

no one has this problem before on their Flatbed scanners ?

sweat100 · 27th October 2005

Yup I had encountered. That time mine not only mould. The glass plate dropped off...

So I opened up the scanner and clean away the mould. After that use those 3M tapes to stick back the glass. And it was back to new again.

kodachrome · 27th October 2005

Originally Posted by ahtiu

Hi,
I have one Epson scanner, but the glass seems to be molding after 1 year of use.. is there anyway to prevent tis in our environment if I get a new one ? ANyone has similar problem as me and would like to share ? thanx

Happened to me too. 1 epson and 1 Umax. In both, it was possible to disassemble the scanner (carefully) and clean the glass. Reassembly was NOT real easy but was managed without any special tools. Clearly the success of this will vary with the exact model.

ahtiu · 31st October 2005

seems like mine can't be remove tat easily.. in tat case, is a factor when considering scanners

Keltzar · 31st October 2005

I have a cheap lexmark all-in-one that broke... so they did a 1:1 exchange. Obviously they won't give me a new one... but the one I got back has a bit of fogging from outgassing!

And yes, I have had some mould problems before on my old HP scanner.
comes with the climate we live in I suppose.
Even if mould isn't a problem... outgassing which will cause a bit of fogging will be.

24th October 2005	#1
ahtiu Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 80	anyway to prevent molding on Scanners ? Hi, I have one Epson scanner, but the glass seems to be molding after 1 year of use.. is there anyway to prevent tis in our environment if I get a new one ? ANyone has similar problem as me and would like to share ? thanx

24th October 2005	#2
Astin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Astin Studio Posts: 4,724	Re: anyway to prevent molding on Scanners ? Didnt know that scanner can also get molds?

27th October 2005	#3
ahtiu Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 80	Re: anyway to prevent molding on Scanners ? no one has this problem before on their Flatbed scanners ?

27th October 2005	#4
sweat100 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 711	Re: anyway to prevent molding on Scanners ? Yup I had encountered. That time mine not only mould. The glass plate dropped off... So I opened up the scanner and clean away the mould. After that use those 3M tapes to stick back the glass. And it was back to new again.

31st October 2005	#6
ahtiu Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 80	Re: anyway to prevent molding on Scanners ? seems like mine can't be remove tat easily.. in tat case, is a factor when considering scanners

31st October 2005	#7
Keltzar Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: West Posts: 3,161	Re: anyway to prevent molding on Scanners ? I have a cheap lexmark all-in-one that broke... so they did a 1:1 exchange. Obviously they won't give me a new one... but the one I got back has a bit of fogging from outgassing! And yes, I have had some mould problems before on my old HP scanner. comes with the climate we live in I suppose. Even if mould isn't a problem... outgassing which will cause a bit of fogging will be.