Hasselblad 949 manual

U ser ’ s Guide Slide F eeder for Fle xtight 949 Sc anners by Hasselblad[...]

2 © 20 05 H as sel blad A /S . A ll r ig ht s res er ved . Sl ide Fee der for F lex t ig ht 949 S c an ner s, Pa r t No 750 20 08 8 rev i sion B . e i nfor mat ion i n t hi s ma nua l i s f u rn is hed for i nfor mat ion a l us e onl y , is s ubjec t to c ha nge w it hout not ice , a nd shou ld not be c ons tr ue d as a c omm it ment by Ha s se[...]

3 T able of C on tents Introdu ct ion 4 Impor tant Warnings and Restric tions 4 S ys tem Requirements 5 Feeder Diagr am 6 Slide Original Ho lder Diagram 7 Mounti ng and Unmounting t he Slide Feede r 8 Mounting the Feeder 8 Unmounting the Feeder 1 5 Loading Slide s 1 8 Loading Direc tly into the Feeder 1 8 Using a Second Magazine 1 9 Scanning wit h [...]

4 Introduct ion e Slide Fee der is a n optiona l acc ess or y for Flext ig ht 949 Sca n ners. It enables you to use your s ca n ner to load ind iv idua l slide s and to batch sc an up to 50 s lides at a t i me. It feature s a removable magaz ine, w hich enables oper ators to sca n one maga zi ne whi le a sec ond magaz ine is b eing loaded . Wh i[...]

5 Ins ta l l t he sc an ner a nd Slide Feeder i n a loc ation where t hey a re not acce ssible by chi ld ren. e un its conta i n sma l l openi ngs a nd movi ng pa r ts t hat ca n c ause i njur y . Do not touch the Sl ide Feeder wh i le the ma gaz ine i s movi ng. Do not touch the ori gi na ls or t he orig i na l holder dur ing sc a nn ing . When[...]

6 Feeder Diagram A C D F B E G Figure 1: F eat ures of the Sl ide Fee der Maga zi ne drawer cla sp : holds t he drawer close d; to open t he d rawer , pul l here a nd sw i ng do w n. Slide holder support s : support t he sl ide holder and g u ide it into t he sc an ner . Maga zi ne drawer wit h maga zi ne and sl ides mounted : th is i s where your [...]

7 Slide Origi nal Holder D iagram A C D E F B Figure 2: Slid e or igina l hold er fe atures L oadi ng tab :  is t ab must fac e into t he sca n ner . A ma gnet i nside t he sc an ner g rabs t he holder here. W hite ca l ibration slot : Before each s ca n, t he sc an ner ma kes a w hite ca l ibrat ion th rough t h is open ing. T ension springs : [...]

8 Mounting and Un mounting the Slide F ee der e procedure s for both mount i ng and u nmou nti ng t he Feeder to/ f rom yo u r sc an ner requi re t hat you use t he so wa re-g u ided procedu re desc rib ed below , w hich ens ures t hat t he mecha n ica l pa rs of t he sca n ner a nd Feeder are c orrec t ly a lig ned for each st ep. Always u s[...]

9 Selec t Ma int ena nce > Fe ed er f rom the Flex Color menu bar . e Feed er w i ndo w open s. Cl ick on the M ount but ton. e Mou nt fe ed er w i ndo w open s, wh ich g uide s you th rough e ach step of prepa ri ng t he sc an ner for the Feede r . e procedu re here in t hi s manua l a l so des cr ibes e ach step. Cl ick on the Co nt i[...]

10 A B Figure 3: Bac k panel of the S lide Fee der , sho wing the el ect ri cal conn ector (A ) and mount ing pins (B ). Li  t he batch-f ee der pa nel on the f ront o f t he Flex t ig ht 949 Sca n ner a nd locate t he connec tor ( A ) and t wo mount ing holes ( B ) i nside t he sca n ner , a s shown i n Fig ure 4 be lo w. ese match t he pins[...]

11 Gra sp t he Slide Feede r r m ly w ith one ha nd whi le holdi ng t he batch- sc an door open on t he sc an ner w it h your ot her hand . A li gn t he pin s a nd connec tor on the back of t he Feeder w it h t he holes and con nector in side the s ca nner. Gently pres s t he Feeder down a nd i n place, ma k i ng sure t hat t he Feeder sit s [...]

12 B A C D Figure 5: e Sli de Feed er at tac hed to a sc anner an d with its m agazin e drawer open , show ing the or igi nal-h olde r sup por ts (A ), dr awer h inge (B ), maga zine ( C) and dr awe r top (D ). T a ke t he sl ide holder and posit ion it wit h t he heav y met a l plate faci ng up and t he ta b faci ng into t he sc a nner . Hold i[...]

13 Figure 6: Ins er ting the S lide or ig inal hol de r . Position the Sl ide holder on the t wo support s ex tend ing f rom t he f ron t of t he Slide Fee der and sl ide t he holder into t he sca n ner . A mag net i nside t he sca n ner w il l g ra b t he hol der. Gent ly press t he holder into t he sca n ner to ma ke sure it is f u l ly i nser t [...]

14 Cl ick on Done to c lose t he Feed er w i ndow . Close t he ma gaz ine d rawer by ro t ati ng it up and pressi ng it into plac e so t hat t he meta l c lasp c lick s i n it at the top. e Slide Fee der is mounted a nd ready for use . Figure 7 : Fle xt ight scann er w ith the Slid e Feede r at tache d and ready for u se . 18. 19. 20.[...]

15 Unmounting t he Slide Feeder T o un mount t he feeder , you m u st a lways us e t he so wa re-g uided procedu re below to ensure t hat t he sca n ner dr u m a nd the ma gaz ine dr aw er a re posit ioned correc t ly before deta chi ng. T ur n on the sc a nner a nd launch t he Flex Color so wa re. Selec t Ma int ena nce > Fe ed er f rom t[...]

16 e Mou nt fe ed er w i ndo w upd ates w it h new in st ruc t ions. As i nst r ucte d in t he w i ndo w , remove the holder f rom the sc a nner w ith b oth h and s, g ra sping t he le a nd rig ht ex tended cor ners, a nd gently pu l l it out and away from the s ca nner a s shown i n Fig ure 8 , below . Put t he holder a way i n a sa fe place[...]

17 e Mou nt fe ed er w i ndo w upd ates w it h new in st ruc t ions. Close t he ma gaz ine d rawer by ro t ati ng it up and pressi ng it into plac e so t hat t he meta l c lasp holds it at t he top. U n mount t he feeder a nd place it i n it’ s or ig ina l pa cka g ing. Cl ick on Done i n t he Mo unt f eed er w i ndow . Open t he sc a nner l i[...]

18 Loa ding Slides Depend i ng on yo u r work load and preferred worki ng met hod , you mig ht decide to load sl ides d i rect ly i nto t he Feeder , or to wo rk u sing t wo ( or more ) ma ga zi nes,  l l ing one maga zi ne wh ile t he ot her one is bei ng sc an ned . Loading Direc t ly into the Feeder Open t he ma gaz ine d rawer by gra sping i[...]

19 Remove any slides t h at you ha ve a lre ady sc an ned . en, sta r t i ng at t he front/top of the ma gaz ine , load new sl ides in t he order i n which you wo u ld li ke to s ca n t hem. W hen sta nd ing i n f ron t of t he sc an ner , posit ion each sl ide wit h t he top point ing up a nd w ith a ny tex t showi ng forw ard ( not i n mi rror[...]

20 Figure 1 0 : Remov ing the maga zine drawer f rom its hinge . Place t he dr aw er  at on a table wit h it s maga zi ne faci ng up. Using bot h ha nds, pi nch t he four corners of t he maga zi ne toget her ( is shown i n Figu re 1 1 below ) unt i l you are able to li  t he maga zi ne away f rom the d rawer . Figure 1 1 : P inch the maga zin[...]

21 T a ke t he se cond magaz ine , which you just  n ished load i ng, a nd posit ion it the sa me way as t he maga z ine you just removed. At one end, t he maga zi ne ha s a broad meta l plate ( A ) a nd a red ra i ls w it h a notch at each side ( B ); t hi s must face t he bot tom of the d rawer , w it h t he rs t slide f aci ng the top ([...]

22 Scannin g wit h t he Slide F eede r Batch Scanning wi th 3f e Slide Fee der is i ntended as a tool for sc an ni ng la rge number of sl ides in a produc tion env ironment. For t hi s applicat ion, we strong ly recommend t he 3f wo rk ow for ma x imum e cienc y and ex ibi l ity . e 3f ima ge-le format preser ves your f u l l- res[...]

23 Ins tead of usi ng t he sta nda rd prev iew/ s ca n workow i n FlexC olor , cl ick on the 3 f button to open t he Sca n 3f w i ndo w . Ma ke t he va rious 3f set t i ngs as de scr ibed i n t he FlexC olor U se r’ s Guide . Note the follow ing : Use the D est ina ti on set t i ng to selec t a pa rent fo lder i n wh ich to save your 3f les[...]

24 FlexC olor to ana ly ze e ach i mage to dec ide whet her it is negative or positive. It w i l l t hen use eit her t he Posit ive Se tup or N ega ti ve Set up t hat you have selecte d. If a l l of your ori gi na ls a re eit her posit ive or negative, t hen you ca n se t t he Film T y pe to match ( t houg h you could a lso u se auto detec t ion ).[...]

25 As you work wit h t he 3f images i n t he l ight ta ble, you ca n load each im age into Flex Color to ma ke set t i ngs and t hen save t he set t ings ba ck in t he his tor y for the 3f ima ge. When you have ni shed ma k i ng set t i ngs for a n enti re batch, you ca n t hen batch-p roc ess a l l i mages to s ave them a s TI FF or JPEG  le[...]

26 Cl ick on the B atc h Sca n button to open t he Bat ch Sc an w i ndo w. If it is not a l ready shown, ex pa nd t he Feed er head i ng in t he Ba tc h Sca n w indow by click i ng on t he tr ia ng le next to t he head i ng. Set t he Posi ti on eld to t he sl ide number you wi sh to sc a n. Y ou ca n enter t he n u mber d i rect ly u sing you r [...]

27 If you are u sing t he M anua l li st , then c on t i nue ta k i ng previe ws a nd add ing sc a ns u nti l you have dened a l l of t he sca ns you w ish to ma ke in t h is batch; t hen cl ick on Sc an i n t he Batc h Sc an w i ndo w to sc a n t hem a l l. For com plete de ta i ls about how to wo rk w it h t he Bat ch Sc an w i ndo w , pleas e[...]

28 T roubleshooting Below are a few com mon p roblems a nd how to solv e t hem. Problem: I am not able to mount the Feeder to my sc a nner . Solution: Firs t, ma ke su re you are usi ng t he latest version of FlexC olor . en, us e the s o wa re-g uided proc edure for mounti ng t he Feeder a s desc ribe d in “Mounti ng t he Feeder” on pa g[...]

29 Solution 2: Mov e t he d ru m to its home posit ion. T o do th is, r u n FlexC olor and selec t M aint ena nc e > Feed er to open t he Feed er w i ndo w. en set t he Dr um po sit ion d rop-dow n li st to “ home” . T r y sc a nn i ng aga in . Solution 3: Ma ke su re th at the ma gaz ine is pres sed f u l ly i nto the d rawer hi nge. Se [...]

30 Aligning the F e eder e Feeder is pre-adjust ed to a li gn pe rfec t ly w it h most i ndiv idua l sc an ners. However , some sc a nners may have a dr u m t hat is a l igne d sl ight ly outside of t he tolerance r a nge of the Feeder. If t he slide or igi na l holder is not being d raw n correc t ly i nto the s ca nner , t hen you may need to [...]

31 Figure 13: U nloc king/ locking th e Feede r posit ion. T wo nuts hol d the Feede r in pl ace— one i s vi sibl e above; th e other i s loc ated on the oth er sid e of the mounting pl ate, cl ose to the c onnec tor . Use a wrench to loos en bot h of t he n ut s just sl ig htly , but do no t remov e t hem. Adj u st t he posit ion o f t he mount [...]

32 P reparing the Slide F eede r for S tor age or T r anspor t T o prepare t he Feeder for storage or t ra nspor t ation: Det ach t he Feeder usi ng t he so wa re-g u ided procedu re given “U n mounti ng t he Sl ide Feeder” on page 15. N ote t hat t he Feeder must be i n its “ home” posit ion in order to t into t he box. Ret rie ve th[...]

33 P re v entiv e Maintenance A l l Flex tig ht sc an ners shou ld be ser v ice d ever y 25,0 0 0 sc a ns or ever y 12 mon t hs , wh ichever comes r st. I f a Feeder i s mounted, t he recom mended number of sc a ns is 15,0 00 prov ided t hat t he feeder is mou nted for al l sc an s. Pleas e note that prev iews a re a ls o counted a s sc an s. Ne[...]

34 T echnical Infor mation Speci cat ions Sc an ner supported Flex ti ght 949 Sc an ner footprint w ith fee der 36 x 42 c m W eig ht 3. 1 k g Ma x imum batch 50 sl ides Orig i na l t y pes 35 mm sl ides Sc an s o ware FlexC olor 4.0. 2 or later Computer OS Mac OS X 1 0. 2 . 1 ( or later ) Windows 20 0 0 ( or later ) ( Se e FlexC olor data she[...]

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