Anyone have a working HP Scanjet 4470C scanner?

[Peabody]

I inherited one of these from a friend, but it has no power supply,
no CD-ROM, just the scanner. I rigged up a 12V power supply for it,
and a couple lights come on, but it's not clear the thing is still
alive. Before installing the 60mb of software I found at HP, I'd
like to make sure the scanner isn't obviously DOA.

Without connecting it to the computer, when I just power up the
scanner, I get two LEDs - the Power Save LED on the left, and the
Color indicator on the right. There's nothing in the little LCD
window. Pushing the Power Save toggle button has no effect - the
LED stays on.. The same is true with the Color/B&W toggle button.
No other buttons have any effect.

Is this normal for a powered-up but unconnected 4470C? Is there any
kind of stand-alone powerup self test I can make it do?

Thanks for any help.

 

[CheetahHugger]

Does it go though an initialization test so you hear a few buzzing
sounds and see the scanhead position on zero?
If yes, i'd say it works unless the port is blown (seen that only once).

Cheetah

 

[Peabody]

CheetahHugger says...

Does it go though an initialization test so you hear a
few buzzing sounds and see the scanhead position on
zero? If yes, i'd say it works unless the port is blown
(seen that only once).

Cheetah

No, it doesn't do anything. The two LEDs come on, but
nothing else happens. No movement of the scanhead. I've
even tried manually moving the scan head to the middle, then
powering up, but it still doesn't move at all.

Shouldn't there also be something showing in the litle LCD
window? That's dark on this one.

 

[Jerry G.]

Without the scanner connected to the computer and seeing the drivers
and software, it will not properly respond. You will have to install
the software and connect the scanner to properly test it.

Make sure the power supply you are using with it is properly rated, or
the the scanner may not work properly, or be damaged.


Jerry G.
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[Michael A. Terrell]

I inherited one of these from a friend, but it has no power supply,
no CD-ROM, just the scanner. I rigged up a 12V power supply for it,
and a couple lights come on, but it's not clear the thing is still
alive. Before installing the 60mb of software I found at HP, I'd
like to make sure the scanner isn't obviously DOA.

Without connecting it to the computer, when I just power up the
scanner, I get two LEDs - the Power Save LED on the left, and the
Color indicator on the right. There's nothing in the little LCD
window. Pushing the Power Save toggle button has no effect - the
LED stays on.. The same is true with the Color/B&W toggle button.
No other buttons have any effect.

Is this normal for a powered-up but unconnected 4470C? Is there any
kind of stand-alone powerup self test I can make it do?

Thanks for any help.

http://search.hp.com/query.html?cc=us&lang=en&qt=4470&la=en


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