"Martin Gregorie"  wrote in message
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> I realise its probably a long time since you had a problem with your
> scanner, but how does this more detailed account compare with your
> experience?

Sadly I think it's different. In my case the slide holder was being sucked
into the machine OK, but then the very slow pixel-by-pixel advance during a
scan was slipping. I wonder if two different motors are used for the coarse
feed for loading the slide holder and the fine feed during scanning.

I think I'm correct in this: it was a year or so ago when I had the problem.
I'll see if I can find the scanner and its PSU (it's always the PSU that
goes missing with appliances!) and check my memory of the symptoms that I
had.


I remember that my fix with tape round the motor spindle affected the aspect
ratio slightly, so I had to punch a hole in a bit of film leader with a hole
punch and measure the exact pixel dimensions on two axes, and apply a
correction to all scans. If only Minolta were still in business I would get
a new plastic collar to replace the one that's split.

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