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Maintenance and Troubleshooting / Maintenance

Transporting the Scanner and the Transparency Unit

Preparing the scanner for transportation
Preparing the Transparency Unit for transportation

When transporting the scanner or the Transparency Unit over a long distance, or when storing them for an extended period, you need to lock the scanner's carriage and the Transparency Unit's lamp assembly to prevent damage. Follow the procedures below.

Preparing the scanner for transportation

Make sure the transportation lock lever is in the UNLOCK position.

Align the SCSI ID rotary switch with "".

Turn on the scanner.

After the carriage moves to the back of the scanner, slide the transportation lock lever to the LOCK position.

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Preparing the Transparency Unit for transportation

With the Transparency Unit attached, turn on the scanner and wait until the unit's lamp assembly moves to its home position. Then turn off the scanner and remove the Transparency Unit.

Raise the front of the Transparency Unit, hold it upright, and gently shake it up and down once so that the lamp assembly slides down toward the back of the unit. Wait until the lamp assembly comes to rest.

Install the shipping screw in its original shipping hole.

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