(Epson Perfection 3590 Photo) Random CMY "speckles" throughout scans.
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I bought an Epson Perfection 3590 Photo scanner about 12 years ago and I adore it. It has served me exceptionally well over the years and has never had a problem — until now. Any time I scan something I get a random array of speckles all over my image. See attached images; one shows the entire scanner platen with nothing on it, the other is an enlargement of a section of the first image. The speckles you see are entirely random; if I make the same scan three times in a row, the speckles appear in random locations.
Zooming in on the speckles shows spots them to be cyan/magenta/yellow bars. I'm thinking this is being caused by a bad CCD?
I've eliminated software issues, bad USB cable, and bad power supply from the equation. It is the original lamp. Problem is, the nearest Epson repair facility is a two hour (at best) drive away from me and they've quoted me an absolutely ridiculous price to repair it.
Am I right in assuming it's a bad CCD?
How would I go about repairing this?
Whole Platen: https://i.imgur.com/Mz0MEad.jpg
Zoomed In: https://i.imgur.com/i5j8z5J.png
I bought an Epson Perfection 3590 Photo scanner about 12 years ago and I adore it. It has served me exceptionally well over the years and has never had a problem — until now. Any time I scan something I get a random array of speckles all over my image. See attached images; one shows the entire scanner platen with nothing on it, the other is an enlargement of a section of the first image. The speckles you see are entirely random; if I make the same scan three times in a row, the speckles appear in random locations.
Zooming in on the speckles shows spots them to be cyan/magenta/yellow bars. I'm thinking this is being caused by a bad CCD?
I've eliminated software issues, bad USB cable, and bad power supply from the equation. It is the original lamp. Problem is, the nearest Epson repair facility is a two hour (at best) drive away from me and they've quoted me an absolutely ridiculous price to repair it.
Am I right in assuming it's a bad CCD?
How would I go about repairing this?
Whole Platen: https://i.imgur.com/Mz0MEad.jpg
Zoomed In: https://i.imgur.com/i5j8z5J.png