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Scanner noise

Just purchased a Canon Lide 90 scanner. Makes a loudish high pitched whine as it scans,particularly on the return scan. Is 6his normal? My visioneer made an operating noise but not like this.

dwil Fri 28/03/08 09:59

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beso
Fri 28/03/08
10:15

A scanner must register the position of the scanning head very accurately. The motor that drives it is a "stepper motor" which advances to the next position by responding to an electrical pulse. The motion is a result of a series of thousands of pulses.

The higher the maximum resolution and the faster the scan speed the more pulses occur per second. Human hearing is at its highers response at about 400 Hertz so sounds at this frequency appear louder. Unfortunately modern scanners run somewhere in this range.

dwil
Fri 28/03/08
10:19

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Thanks. A very technical answer. I think therefore it's normal.

ACtheTROLL
Fri 28/03/08
10:36

my canon sounds like a banshee.... always has done
results are excellent though ...

dwil
Fri 28/03/08
10:48

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Thanks. I'm very impressed with the results so far and it seems like the noise is normal.

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