imacon Flextight Progression, User Manual

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Imacon Flextight Progression UserÕs Guide
Hardware ReferenceÑFlextight Progression
Preparing the Scanner for Transport
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is about halfway out. This will stop the drawer in the halfway posi-
tion.
4. Push the ßatbed support halfway back into the scanner so that it is
lined up with the ßatbed drawer.
5. Unplug the scanner from your wall socket.
6. Look up into the ßatbed drawer from the bottom of the scanner.
You should be able to see a long thin light tube located just inside
the scanner.
7. Grab each side of the light tube and pull it out of its sockets.
8. Mount a new tube into the sockets inside the scanner. Press the
new tube into the sockets by applying pressure at each end of the
tube, never at the middle.
9. Plug in and turn on the scanner.
10. Pull out the drawer support as far as it will go again.
11. Press the drawer button again. The top layer of the ßatbed drawer
is automatically drawn back into the scanner, leaving the bottom
layer extended. If you are not going to use the ßatbed right away,
gently press the bottom layer of the ßatbed drawer into the scan-
ner. Otherwise, press the drawer button to open the ßatbed again.
Preparing the Scanner for Transport
The glass plates in the ßatbed are extremely fragile. To prevent them
from breaking in transit, you must always replace the original packag-
ing material before transporting or shipping scanner.
Also, the optics are better protected when they are in the drum-scan-
ning position. You must also make sure that the internal lens is returned
to drum-scanning mode before transporting the scanner.
To prepare the scanner for transportation:
1. If the scanner is already turned on, then turn it off and then back on
again. This will cause the optics to be repositioned into the drum-
scanning position if they are not there already. This position is