If you pop open the scanner, there should be a clean, white strip inside the cover near where the bulb starts scanning. That is a "white calibration" strip. If it's really dirty (or worse, missing), that could be affecting things.

(Made the mistake once before of taking apart a scanner and taking the strip out; all black scans right after).

Not the same scanner, but here's an OK page to explain a little further:

http://www.carlmcmillan.com/CanonScanner/Canon.htm

> Guess I got screwed. It does do everything the listing says (Bulb works, powers
> up fine)... everything is perfect, even the front panel LCD works, the photo
> feeder... except for the part IT DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING BUT BLACK (and sometimes
> black with a shade of dark green or dark blue shit in the one corner).
>
> grrrrrr
>
> _ _ - - = = Pr3tty F1y = = - - _ _
>



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