"New" Epson 1680

[peter_lindman]

<p>Hi—<br>

I'm new to the forum and I have a question. I recently received a "new" in-box Epson 1680. The scanner was obtained by a friend in a liquidation sale and he has no idea how long it's been in storage or under what conditions.<br>

The box it was in is like new, however, and the scanner cosmetics are also as new. I haven't plugged it in or powered it up because I'm a little wary of how well it's aged internally—especially in terms of lubrication drying out.<br>

Any advice or suggestions about things I might do before actually plugging the thing in?<br>

I've had a 1680 since 2001 but that one has recently become erratic—it stops in mid-scan about 80% of the time—so this could be a good find for me.<br>

Thanks,<br>

Peter</p>

[custom film holders for fl]

<p>On your old one, you should try very lightly lubricating the metal rods/rails on which the scanning head slides. You might try putting some very light machine oil sparingly on a paper towel and rubbing that along all of the surface of each rod. You want to avoid getting any on the optics of the scanner and/or applying so much that it slowly will vaporize inside the scanner and migrate to leave a coating on surfaces.</p>

[wogears]

<p>My 1680 had a similar symptom at one time. Clean the old lubricant off the worm screw, and apply a SMALL amount of light sewing machine oil along the length of the screw.</p>

[peter_lindman]

<p>Thank you for the suggestions—I'll give the oil a try.<br>

Les—I read your old posts and it looks like you purchased a service manual pdf. Can you tell me which website you used?<br>

Thanks</p>

[wogears]

<p>I think there was a link in one of the previous threads--I can't find it on my computer.</p>