Following from the last 2 posts I have discovered there is certainly a poor end of the scanning market.

I’ve used Epson printers and scanners always but when the ET-2550 stopped working because the inkpads were full (read throw it away) I vowed never to buy another. Can’t even use the scanner. I. glad I didn’t throw it away though because the scanning software that comes with the cheap HP I bought is rubbish.

Looks like I’ll have to grit my teeth and pay for a license to reset the Epson so I can continue to use the scanner at least. Grrrr.