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Re: filmscanners: My replacement 8000 is banding like the first one :-(
Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> > > I thought the Polaroid SprintScan 4k that I had used
> > > the plastic teeth in the carrier to move the film...but you
> > are saying it
> > > only positions the film with those teeth, I assume then locks
> > the carrier
> > > somehow, and uses an other mechanism (lead screw perhaps) to
> > move the film
> > > during scanning.
> >
> > Yes - this is exactly what it does. If you shine a flashlight into the
> > front while it's scanning you can see this.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ed Hamrick
>
> Thanks, Ed! I learned something about hardware from you today ;-)
I wonder if Ed is a Mechanical Engineer or not? Maybe you shouldn't
trust him? ;-)
Art
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