On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 00:52 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 10:38 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > > I have an HP PSC 1510 All-In-One. It's worked just fine until a week > > ago. Then it wouldn't scan and I got all aggravated. After re-booting, > > using smart to check all of my installed rpms and pouring over the > > docs with terminal windows opened all over the desktop, when I opened > > the lid and re-positioned the document, it lit up and scanned. > > > > Opening the damn lid to the scanner. Who would have thought? :) Ric > > Faulty lids and covers are the bane of any serviceman. We've all > encountered some device that needs the cover taking off and replacing, > or taking off and leaving it off, to make the device work. Often for no > good reason. > > It's right up their with equipment that has one too many, or one too few > screws. The second being more of a worry, wondering where it fell, or > what you put one into that doesn't own one. > > If Microsoft built a car, you'd have to drive it with the bonnet > unfastened. In this case it was just the lid that you normally open, hinged on the long side, like a xerox machine. The scanner part is atop the printer. When I opened it and moved the document a tad, it fired right up. I had the document in place already when I fired up openoffice writer so I thought it would scan. Oh Heck no, it expects the sequence: -start Open Office writer -open the lid and place document -close lid -mouseclick on "insert - picture - scan - select source" ... then it's happy. Who would ever guess? I remain amazed at it all. <chuckles> Ric --
