Xerox X64005D-WU User Guide - Page 32

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. Cover plate 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. 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. Xerox 6400 Scanner User's Guide 27