Scanner warming up

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:43:14 +0800, "Click"
found these unused words floating about:

Every time I start to use my scanner an Epson 1660 Photo it starts by saying
that it's warming up. If I'm only scanning one page it takes much longer to
warm up than to scan the picture. When I get to scanning slides, which is a
very slow process you have to wait minutes for every scan to be done. Then
it's slow reloading up the next 4 slides for scanning. Then it's time for
the scanner to warm up again.

Is the scanner actually warming up? Would the process be quicker if the
scanner was in a warmer room? Would it help to have a small heater fan blow
on the scanner?

Apparently there's just enough time between scans for the internal
timer to 'conviently' turn off the lamp.

This 'feature' is supposed to make sure that the lamp is at proper
temperature, thus giving the full color specturm to your image.
I can't say for your model, but some scanners do allow the 'time-out'
feature to be adjusted in software.