Imacon Flextight Photo UserÕs Guide
Hardware ReferenceÑFlextight Photo
The Light Tube
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The Light Tube
Orientation of the Light Tube
FlexTight Photo contains a light tube that illuminates your originals
while scanning. The light tube is Þtted with a reßective sleeve, which
must be aligned correctly inside the scanner. The sleeve helps direct the
light to achieve maximum illumination of the original. When you
replace the light tube, you must make sure the sleeve is aligned cor-
rectly.
Some times, the sleeve is glued into place when the scanner is Þrst
shipped from the factory, but when you replace a light tube, the sleeve
will not be glued; it will be tight so that it can not slip freely, but you
will be able to rotate it manually if you try. The correct orientation of
the sleeve is shown in Figure 4.
Replacing the Light Tube
If your scans are suddenly coming out black (or all white if you are
scanning negatives), then your light tube may be burned out or mis-
aligned.
To replace a tube:
1.
Order a replacement lamp from Imacon. It is an OSRAM L 6W/12-
950 Lumilux De Luxe Daylight (5400K) lamp with a customized
reßective sleeve.
2.
Turn off and unplug the scanner.
Figure 4: Light sleeve alignment, as seen from the left side of the scanner.
Transmission Lamp
Align the sleeve with the
pins as shown. Note that
the long top slot should line
up between the two pins.
Illuminate CCD
Illuminate
light table
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