Xerox 6400 - Manual (Page 32)

Xerox 6400 Scanner User’s Guide 27
Scanning
Scanning 35mm Slides and Negatives
Your Xerox 6400 scanner is specially designed to scan 35mm
slides and negatives. You can scan both positive and negative film
images.
A Brief Explanation
Your scanner has sensors that capture the image of the item being
scanned. Those sensors are located in the body of the scanner.
When you scan a paper item, the light in the bottom of the scanner
shines up on the paper and reflects the paper’s image down onto
the scanning sensors. If a 35mm slide or negative is on the glass,
however, the light from the bottom of the scanner would shine up
through the transparent 35mm slide or negative and would not
reflect its image onto the sensors. That is why your scanner has a
light in its document cover. When you scan a 35mm slide or
negative, the light in the bottom of the scanner turns off, and the
light in the cover shines down through the film onto the sensors to
capture the film’s image.
To prepare to scan a 35mm slide or negative:
Open the scanner’s document cover and carefully remove the
white cover plate.
The slide holder underneath the cover plate is where you insert
35mm slides or negative filmstrips to scan them.
Notice that the cover has a small slot at the bottom of the slide
holder. That slot is for calibration to assure that you get the best
possible scan results. Do not place items in the calibration slot.
The slide holder is
where you put 35mm
slides or film
negatives to be
scanned.
This small slot is for
calibration. Do not
block it when you’re
scanning slides or
filmstrips.
Cover plate