User manual HASSELBLAD SLIDE FEEDER

[. . . ] User's Guide Slide Feeder for Flextight 949 Scanners by Hasselblad © 2005 Hasselblad A/S. The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Hasselblad A/S. Hasselblad A/S assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual. Hasselblad A/S assumes no responsibility or liability for loss or damage incurred during or as a result of using Hasselblad software or products. [. . . ] Take the second magazine, which you just finished loading, and position it the same way as the magazine you just removed. At one end, the magazine has a broad metal plate (A) and flared rails with a notch at each side (B); this must face the bottom of the drawer, with the first slide facing the top (see Figure 12, below). Align the slots on the rails with the bottom tabs of the drawer and press the magazine down into place until it clicks at both the top and bottom ends. A B Figure 12: The bottom end of the magazine has a broad metal plate (A) and flared, notched rails (B); this end must face the bottom of the magazine drawer when you replace the magazine. As when you removed the drawer, hold the drawer with one hand and stabilize the Feeder with the other. Insert the two pins at the bottom of the drawer into the holes at the top of the hinge. Close the magazine drawer by rotating it up and pressing it into place so that the metal clasp holds it at the top. Scanning with the Slide Feeder Batch Scanning with 3f The Slide Feeder is intended as a tool for scanning large number of slides in a production environment. For this application, we strongly recommend the 3f workflow for maximum efficiency and flexibility. The 3f image-file format preserves your full-resolution, 16-bit raw scans and keeps a record of settings applied to each exported image. This gives you the flexibility to use all of the image correction and sizing tools in FlexColor while ensuring that no data is lost from your original scan. Once you have made all of the required settings in FlexColor for each image, you can export TIFF or JPEG files in which all of your FlexColor settings are applied. Your settings are stored in the original 3f file, but not applied to it. If you export using different settings, then these are also stored with the original file, providing you with a history of all the exports you have made from a given 3f image. A given image might, for example, be optimized several times for use in a black & white newspaper, color brochure, poster and web page. The 3f workflow is fully described in the FlexColor User's Guide. An example of how to use it in a production environment is briefly outlined below. If you have a large number of slides to scan, then use two (or more) magazines so that you can load one with new slides as another one is being scanned. Either fill the magazine in the Feeder or load a new, full magazine into it. 3. Instead of using the standard preview/scan workflow in FlexColor, click on the 3f button to open the Scan 3f window. 4. Make the various 3f settings as described in the FlexColor User's Guide. Note the following: · Use the Destination setting to select a parent folder in which to save your 3f files. If you would like to create a new sub-folder for each batch, mark the Add job folder check box; then, each time you begin a new 3f batch scan, FlexColor will create a new subfolder below the Destination folder and save the new scans there. Either way, the contents of the most recently used folder will be displayed in the FlexColor Thumbnails window immediately after the batch is finished. [. . . ] Then inspect the slide original holder to see if it sits perfectly centered within the Feeder. If it is too far to the left or right, then the Feeder will have difficulty loading the Feeder in or out of the scanner. It may also have trouble monitoring the position of the holder, so you may get an error claiming that the Feeder "can't find the frame position". If possible, measure the distance on each side of the slide original holder and calculate the correction needed to center it. Correcting the Alignment If the slide original holder is not centered correctly in the Feeder, then use the procedure below to realign the Feeder. [. . . ]