20 Most Recent Epson Perfection 1240U Flatbed Scanner Questions & Answers

The Track/chain that the scanner bar follows might have some debris/dirt whatever on it stoping it from moving further. Alternatively the motor might have a problem. you can take the cover off and blow that area with a con o' air. Make sure not to get dirt or prints on the scanner or the bottom of the glass Basic idea of most scanners

The glass plate in scanners is almost always held in by some kind of 2 sided adhesive tape AND plastic clips. Th adhesive probably failed, but the glass plate is probably at an angle and not resting on the plastic clips correctly. These act as a failsafe in this very situation, so the glass plate doesn't break or damage the scanner guts. Anyway, if you want a permanent repair, this is the tape you should use: Amazon com 3M Scotch Heavy Duty Mounting Tape Clear 4010 Double Sided... It will definitely support the weight of the glass and then some. Be careful with this stuff, it will remove paint (or worse) from drywall. You should only need 4 strips, one for each edge of the glass. Apply it firmly to the glass, then stick the glass onto the plastic bracket.

Epson Perfection 1240U Scanner -> Documents & Manuals Downloads

Hope it helps.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=Downloads&oid=14549&prodoid=54582&category=Products

Copy and paste the link above go there and get your driver.

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Remove the transparency adapter from the top of the scanner and take notice of the two small screws where the adapter was unplugged. Remove the screws with a small Phillips driver, and this is where you must be careful. Lift the rear of the glass frame approximately one inch from its base and firmly push it forward to remove it from the base. There are two plastic hinge retainers at the front of the glass frame that must be shifted forward to free the frame from the base. If the base is lifted to high after the screws are removed these plastic hinges could be damaged. After the glass frame is removed clean it with a water vinegar solution and replace it with the same care with which it was removed.

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Epson have the manuals online

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=Doc&oid=14549&prodoid=54582

Download from this site.

• Epson Scanner Driver

Log on to support.epson.com to get the drivers for your scanner.
Here is the link:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?oid=14549&prodoid=54582&infoType=Downloads&platform=Windows&BV_UseBVCookie=yes

Just choose which driver is compatible with your operating system.

First, check to see if the bulb lights up, if not you have bad bulb. the bulb can be ordered separately. if the bulb is good, you have a problem with the main board.

here it is.

http://cgi.ebay.com/24V-AC-DC-Adapter-Power-Epson-Perfection-1240u-Scanner_W0QQitemZ120481614443QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0d438a6b

http://ftp.epson.com/pdf/per14u/per14upg.pdf

needle3000:  The Epson "Perfection" 1240U Scanner won't work with Mac OS X 10.4.11 possibly due to the program it is being run from. Like you, I had the same problem: it wasn't being recognized. Epson's drivers installed and ran correctly. Scanner even appeared under Bus in USB Device Tree in System Profile. Finally, I discovered that the Scanner runs if opened directly from EPSON Scan.app under Applications. The problem, in my case, was my ancient version of Photoshop (5.5.) from which I was running it.
 Hope that helps!

Did you try uninstalling and re-installing the drivers. Uninstall everything including the canoscan tool bar, Arcsoft photo studio and Omnipage. And re-install.

Hope that helps,
Sai.

There is glass platen and on its sides you can see the markings to place various paper sizes. Just follow them as per your paper size.