Epson 3200 - Black turning to blue...

Greetings...

I'm using an Epson 3200 with Vuescan software.... it has worked well up until just last

night.

I scanned a 4x5 transparency of some bright yellow irisis against a dark black, felt,

background. The leaves are all a nice dark green color.

Settings:

Task: Scanned to File

Mode: Transparency

Media: Slide Film

Scan Qulaity 3200

Preview Quality Auto

White Balance

Scan Lamp (Blue) - On

First scan.... the black felt background turned into an almost flourescent blue color. The

green leaves also turned blue! :(

Second scan.... no changes to the settings. But, this time, the scan came out fine! Blacks

were black, greens were green, and yellows were yellow. :)

Third scan... again, no changes to the setting. The scan was a repeat of the first scan. :(

I used the "Guide Me" setup for ALL three scans.

I'm wondering whether this could be a function of the bulb going? Or, something akin to

that?

I was tossing round the idea of re-loading the software after the first scan. But, then... the

second scan came out perfectly.

So... I'm not sure what the heck is going on. Has anyone else run into this problem? What

did you do to rectify it?

Thanks in advance to all responders...

Cheers

Any chance that the little space on the glass that has to be left uncovered for

self-calibration was covered? Covering that can produce interference and

strange colours.

Alex

Alex,

I'm not sure which little space you're referring to....

Thanks

Cheers

The calibration notch is at the top of the holder and is a 12 mm deep indentation along the top edge.

<p> Doug<p>

<a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~dougfisher/holder/mainintro.html">Dougs

MF Film Holder for batch scanning of 120/220 medium format film with flatbeds</a>

Hi Doug,

Thanks... I'll take a look when I get home.

Cheers