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It seems to me the scanner software either has a setting designed to do that or it does not recognize a break in the paper which causes it to do that. Check the options or try to put a dark background paper at the end of the sanned area to see if it causes it to only scan once.
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It seems to me the scanner software either has a setting designed to do that or it does not recognize a break in the paper which causes it to do that. Check the options or try to put a dark background paper at the end of the sanned area to see if it causes it to only scan once.

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I just installed an old Dell MFP I had to use on my home computer, mostly to scan and print docs. I had used it lots before as a networked device at my office but I recently replaced it. It prints just fine but when I try to scan an image I get triple inmages (see attached). I tried updating the drivers and reinstalling the software but no luck. When I use the Windows XP scan utility it works just fine, but I find that app a be tedious. Any suggestions? <a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/02_w08/409851/Scan02152011-092245.BMP" target="_blank" title="Example of attempted scan (24.1 MB)"><img alt="Example of attempted scan" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/02_w08/800_409851/Scan02152011-092245.BMP" /></a>
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I just installed an old Dell MFP I had to use on my home computer, mostly to scan and print docs. I had used it lots before as a networked device at my office but I recently replaced it. It prints just fine but when I try to scan an image I get triple inmages (see attached). I tried updating the drivers and reinstalling the software but no luck. When I use the Windows XP scan utility it works just fine, but I find that app a be tedious. Any suggestions? 

Scanner problems

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