doug Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Black Widow 4830pro scanner. I know they are out of business but I want to clean my scanner. Scanning a plain sheet of paper and I get a hint of background shades. Cleaning the top of the glass makes no improvement. I am wondering how to take apart to clean the underside in case there is a film of dirt on the underside. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 normally there are either 2 or 4 screws on top of the scanner next to the glass, you can unscrew them and gently lift the glass up and give it a good cleaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 here's a site i bookmarked a while ago when i wanted to clean my HP scanner. maybe the steps are similar ?Click here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Thanks Prince. Looks an interesting article. I also smoke a pipe which is I was thinking about filming and the need to clea. Will let you know how I get on. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 let us know if you find anything interesting inside ;) found a mosquito once during a cleaning session :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Thanks Prince. Bit the bullet and got the cover off having read the article. For the Black Widow turned out to be very simple. If anyone is interested, lift off the cover. Remove the 2 crosshead screws located in the recesses. One has a leaf spring to grip one of the lugs for the cover. Tured the unit upside down, then sprung off the cover by sliding a terminal driver in each of the 2 recesses located down echa side. The cover the lifts off from the back and it is then very easy to clean both sides of the glass. There was a lot of blooming on the underside of the glass. Didn't see any mirrors though or creepy crawlies. Re-assembled and every thing is fine. Scanned a plain sheet of paper and the image was much improved. Printed it in draft and only got a faint blue background which I can balance out. Only needed the encouragement for which many thanks again. See you around. doug :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 cheers doug glad everything got sortedwould you mind if i posted the above article there too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Be my guest. SUCCESS. I think I've made the magic 100 postings. What time do I expect the telegram to arrive from craig? :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 with a free copy of windows 98! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Wow. I see I've been promoted to Windows 98. When do I get to 98SE? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 dunno i made 200 today and nothing happened ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 I posted a copy of my success in PCAdvisor, where I also posed the question. Why not post your link in there. FE might send you a copy of summat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 oops should have been more clear! when i asked if i could post the link there i meant PC Advisor which i've already done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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