I once had an old scanner (epson I think) that did something similar to this. I had to replace the light source (fluorescent type tube) as it was no longer putting out enough light.
But I think I paid something like 35 bucks for this lousy bulb (but the scanner was an upper end machine that I had paid 400+ for). There are a lot of new very inexpensive scanners out there. You like HP? Compusa lists a HP5470cse for under 50 bucks.
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