I had the 1220P for 3 years, but never saw that happen. What does Umax say about it?  Did you check their FAQ's on their web site?  Did you send them an e-mail?  Are you using Vistascan's interface to scan, or are you scanning from a document manager?  Is the scanner connected to a passthrough port in another device that is directly connected to the LPT port?  If so, try connecting the scanner directly to the LPT port.
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>i'm having a problem wiht a Umax Astra 1220p scanner
>(running on W98 through the printer port, Dell Model L800r, Pentium III, 800 Mhz) it appears to be running normally, but the image it produces is just solid black. when i run Test32.exe, it comes back with "scan successfull"
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>i installed the new VistaScan v. 3.51 but it still did the same thing. anybody ever had this problem before?
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>Mike Wax
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