JAY EMRIE wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT>What goes wrong with these things?  Any of you guys ever been into them?

RJT>I notice over where the carriage (?) in there sits,  where the 
RJT>light bulb is, it's getting kinda warm.  That normal?  What kind of 
RJT>a light bulb is that in there anyhow?  Easy to find a replacement 
RJT>if I need one?

JE> The flat bed scanners I have been into use a fluorescent bulb which
JE> is a specific color temperature. I bought replacements at a lamp
JE> supply house nearby.

I'm wondering if maybe that's part of the problem?

I was lacking red in the images I generated yesterday,  now I'm lacking
green?  It was stone cold when I turned it on,  though.  Maybe there's some
power supply part that's not regulating properly,  or something of that
sort.

Anybody know how these things switch colors?

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