Hasselblad Flextight 848 User manual

User’s Guide
Batch Feeder for
Flextight 848 and 949 Scanners
by Hasselblad

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© 2005 Hasselblad A/S. All rights reserved.
Feeder for Hasselblad Flextight 848 and 949 Scanners User’s Guide, Part No 70030031, revision E.
e information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change with-
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in this manual.
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result of using Hasselblad soware or products.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 4
Important Warnings and Restrictions 4
System Requirements 5
Batch Feeder Diagram 6
Preparing the Feeder for First Use or after Shipping 7
Mounting and Unmounting the Batch Feeder 8
Mounting the Batch Feeder 8
Unmounting the Batch Feeder 12
Loading Originals into the Feeder 14
Scanning with the Batch Feeder 16
Batch Scanning with 3F 16
Custom Setups and Single Scans 19
Troubleshooting 22
Aligning the Feeder 23
Adjusting the Feeder Angle 23
Adjusting the Load Position 25
Preparing the Feeder for Storage or Shipping 31
Storing the Feeder 31
Shipping the Feeder 31
Preventive Maintenance 33
Disposal 33
Technical Information 34
Specications 34
CE Declaration 35

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Introduction
e Batch Feeder enables you to load up to 10 original holders (up to 60
originals, depending on format) for batch scanning with your Flextight
848 or 949 Scanner.
is manual provides important information about using the Batch
Feeder for your Flextight 848 or 949 scanner.
Topics include:
Important warnings and restrictions
System requirements
Installation instructions
Operating instructions
Instructions for preparing the unit for transportation
Disposal instructions
Important Warnings and Restrictions
General
Read all of the included documentation before attempting to install
and use the Batch Feeder.
Never attach or detach the Feeder when the scanner is switched on.
Always use the standard, soware-guided procedure when mounting
or unmounting the Feeder from your scanner. See “Mounting and
Unmounting the Batch Feeder” on page 8 for details.
Keep the original box in which the Feeder was delivered to you. is
box is made of sturdy cardboard and includes a foam lining custom
cut to hold the Feeder safely and securely. Always store the Feeder in
this box when you are not using it.
Before shipping the Feeder, always ret the two transportation safety
screws and pack it in its original box. If you must return the Feeder to
Hasselblad for service, you must use this box for shipping or the ship-
ment will be refused. See “Preparing the Feeder for Storage or Ship-
ping” on page 31 for instructions.
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When you switch on the scanner, the Feeder will position itself into
its “home” position, if not already there. Do not touch the Feeder
while the magazine is moving.
Before servicing the scanner and/or Feeder, the power supply must be
disconnected from the mains (unplugged). It is not sucient simply
to press the on/o button on the scanner.
Install the scanner and Feeder in a location where they are not acces-
sible by children. e units contain small openings and moving parts
that can cause injury.
When using the Feeder, a huge amount of data is generated. Make
sure to allocate ample hard disk space for scanned images on the disk
of the attached host computer.
When Operating the Feeder
Do not touch the Feeder while the magazine is moving.
Do not touch the originals or the original holders during scanning.
Do not start scanning or previewing until an original holder with an
original has been mounted.
Flexible original holders are only to be mounted or removed when the
drum is in the load position.
System Requirements
For All Users
Hasselblad Flextight 848 or 949 Scanner.
Additional original holders.
For Macintosh Users
A computer running Mac OS 10.2.1 or later
FlexColor 4.0.2 or later for Mac OS
For Windows Users
A computer running Windows 2000 or XP
FlexColor 4.0.2 or later for Windows
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Batch Feeder Diagram
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Figure 1: Hasselblad Flextight 848 Scanner with Batch Feeder
Hasselblad Flextight 848 (or 949) Scanner.
Batch Feeder
Dust cover: to protect the originals and scanner entrance from dust.
Magazine: showing original holder position 1.
Magazine: showing original holder position 10.
Power Indicator (Green): Remains lit when ready to scan. Flashes
when the scanner is switched on.
Motor Drive Indicator (Yellow): lights up when the scanner is repo-
sitioning the optics, drum or Feeder magazine.
Scan Indicator (Red): lights up when scanning. Do not touch the
scanner or Feeder while this indicator is lit. If the light is ashing
when not scanning, then an error has occurred - please contact your
Flextight dealer for assistance.
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Preparing the Feeder for First
Use or after Shipping
Before you begin to use the Feeder, you must remove the two shipping
screws that secure the magazine during shipping. ey are located near
the bottom of the Feeder on the back side, as shown in Figure 2, below.
On new Feeders, these are clearly marked by a label, which reminds you
to remove them before use.
Figure 2: Location of the shipping screws on the Feeder back panel
Be sure to keep both the original packaging and the two shipping screws
in a safe place. You should always store the Feeder in its original packag-
ing while you are not using it. You must also replace the shipping screws
and use the original packaging if you need to ship the Feeder (for exam-
ple, to a new studio or back to Hasselblad for service).
See also “Preparing the Feeder for Storage or Shipping” on page 31 for
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Mounting and Unmounting
the Batch Feeder
e procedures for both mounting and unmounting the Feeder to/from
your scanner require that you use the soware-guided procedure, which
ensures that the mechanical pars of the scanner and Feeder are correctly
aligned for each step. Always use this soware feature when you need to
mount or unmount the Feeder. Otherwise, you may damage your Feeder
and/or scanner. Also, the unmount procedure makes sure that the Feeder
is correctly positioned for storage in its original box.
Mounting the Batch Feeder
Always use the soware-guided procedure below to mount the Feeder. It
is otherwise possible to damage the Feeder and/or scanner while mount-
ing the Feeder
If you have not already done so, set up your Flextight Scanner, con-
nect it to your computer and install the FlexColor soware as de-
scribed in your scanner and soware user manuals. Conrm that the
scanner is working correctly by making a test scan using one of the
standard original holders.
If there is still an original holder mounted inside the scanner, then
remove it. Close the light table, if it is open, by liing its front edge.
See your scanner manual for instructions.
Make sure the scanner is turned on and launch the FlexColor so-
ware. If FlexColor is already running, then quit and restart the pro-
gram.
Select Maintenance > Feeder from the FlexColor menu bar.
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e Feeder window opens.
Click on the Mount button.
e Mount feeder window opens, which guides you through each
step of mounting the Feeder. e procedure here in this manual also
describes each step.
Click on the Continue button.
e scanner now positions itself to accept the Feeder and shuts itself
down. e Mount feeder window updates with new instructions.
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Get the Batch Feeder and study its back panel. Here you should see an
electronic connector (A) and a pair of mounting pins (B), as shown in
Figure 3, below.
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B
Figure 3: Back panel of the Batch Feeder, showing the electronic connec-
tor (A) and mounting pins (B).
Li the batch-feeder panel on the front of the Flextight Scanner and
locate the connector (A) and two mounting holes (B) inside the scan-
ner, as shown below in Figure 4. ese match the pins and connector
of the Feeder.
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Figure 4: Flextight Scanner with the batch-feeder panel open, showing
the electronic connector (A) and mounting holes (B).
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Grasp the Batch Feeder rmly with one hand while holding the
batch-scan door open on the scanner with your other hand. Align the
connector and pins on the back of the Feeder with the holes and con-
nector inside the scanner. Gently press the Feeder down and in place,
making sure that the Feeder sits rmly and has a good connection
with the connector.
Turn on the scanner by pressing its on/o switch.
FlexColor detects that the scanner has been turned back on. e
Mount feeder window updates with new instructions.
Click on Done to close the Mount feeder window.
If you have never used the Batch Feeder before, try to load it with a
full set of 10 original holders and scan them all. If the Feeder works
smoothly, then you are ready to begin work. However, if the scanner
has trouble moving the original holders in and out, then you may
need to align the Feeder to match your individual scanner. In this
case, please see “Aligning the Feeder” on page 23.
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Unmounting the Batch Feeder
Always use the soware-guided procedure below to unmount the Feeder.
It is otherwise possible to damage the Feeder and/or scanner while un-
mounting the Feeder
Turn on the scanner and launch the FlexColor soware.
Select Maintenance > Feeder from the menu bar.
e Feeder window opens.
Press the Unmount button.
e feeder moves the magazine into its storage position and FlexColor
displays the Mount feeder window.
As instructed in the window, click Continue to prepare the scanner
and Feeder for unmounting.
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e scanner shuts down and the Mount feeder window updates with
new instructions.
If there are original holders in the magazine, then remove them all.
ey should be very easy to remove—do not use force. When all orig-
inal holders have been removed, remove the Feeder itself by liing it
up and away from the scanner. Always store your Feeder by placing
it into its original box (see also “Preparing the Feeder for Storage or
Shipping” on page 31).
Click on Done to close the Mount feeder window. You now return to
the Feeder window.
Click on Done to close the Feeder window.
If you now want to scan using the standard light table, open the light
table and switch on the scanner by pressing its on/o switch.
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Loading Originals into the
Feeder
C
Pos. 1
Pos. 10
A
B
Figure 5: Loading originals into the Feeder
To load originals into Batch Feeder, refer to Figure 5 and do the follow-
ing:
Important! Use only original holders (A) that are tted with the
special plastic rail (B), otherwise the Feeder will not be able to un-
load the holder properly.
Place your original into an appropriate original holder (A). See your
scanner documentation for a complete description of how to work
with Flextight original holders.
Place the original holder (A) into the rst empty slot in the Feeder
magazine. Slide it gently into the slot until it comes to a stop. (To re-
move the original holder, just slide it back out.)
NOTE! We recommend that you load original holders into the
magazine from the top and down, starting from position 1.
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Continue loading originals into holders and holders into the scanner
until you have either loaded all of your originals or used all 10 slots of
the Batch Feeder.
Go to your computer and run FlexColor. Use the batch scanning fea-
ture of the program to scan your originals as described in “Scanning
with the Batch Feeder” on page 16. See also your FlexColor documen-
tation for detailed instructions.
IMPORTANT: Do not touch or remove the original holders while the
scanner is running. Always stop scanning before removing holders. One
way to stop a scan in progress is to press the scanner on/o button (C);
the scanner will then stop scanning, unload the current original holder
and shut down.
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Scanning with the Batch
Feeder
Batch Scanning with 3f
e Batch Feeder is intended as a tool for scanning large numbers of
originals in a production environment. For this application, we strongly
recommend the 3f workow for maximum eciency and exibility.
e 3f image-le format preserves your full-resolution, 16-bit raw scans
and keeps a record of settings applied to each exported image. is gives
you the exibility to use all of the image correction and sizing tools in Fl-
exColor while ensuring that no data is lost from your original scan. Once
you have made all of the required settings in FlexColor for each image,
you can export TIFF or JPEG les in which all of your FlexColor settings
are applied. Your settings are stored in the original 3f le, but not applied
to it. If you export using dierent settings, then these are also stored with
the original le, providing you with a history of all the exports you have
made from the le. A given image might, for example, be optimized sev-
eral times for use in a black & white newspaper, color brochure, poster
and web page.
e 3f workow is fully described in the FlexColor User’s Guide. An ex-
ample of how to use it in a production environment is briey outlined
below.
Load the Batch Feeder with up to ten originals as described in “Load-
ing Originals into the Feeder” on page 14.
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Instead of using the standard preview/scan workow in FlexColor,
click on the 3f button to open the Scan 3f window.
Make the various 3f settings as described in the FlexColor User’s
Guide. Note the following:
Use the Destination setting to select a parent folder in which to
save your 3f les. If you would like to create a new sub-folder for
each batch, mark the Add job folder check box; then, each time
you begin a new 3f batch scan, FlexColor will create a new sub-
folder below the Destination folder and save the new scans there.
Either way, the contents of the most recently used folder will be
displayed in the FlexColor Thumbnails window immediately aer
the batch is nished.
All images will have a name based on the value entered in the Im-
age Name eld, plus a unique number.
When the Batch Feeder is mounted, the frame is always auto de-
tected before each scan. is is because batches are likely to con-
tain several dierent original formats.
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If you have both negative and positive originals in your batch, you
should set Film Type to “Auto Detection”. is will cause FlexCol-
or to analyze each image to decide whether it is negative or posi-
tive. It will then use either the Positive Setup or Negative Setup
that you have selected.
If all of your originals are either positive or negative, then you can
set the Film Type to match (or use auto detection). In this case,
only one setup selection will be available (Positive Setup or Neg-
ative Setup), depending on the lm type you have selected.
If you would like to export TIFF images automatically using your
selected setup, then mark the Save nal TIFFs check box. You
will still get the 3f images, but TIFF versions will also be saved in a
sub-folder below the 3f images.
To set highlight and shadow points automatically, mark the Auto
levels check box. is will result in automated ne-tuning of your
selected setup based on an analysis of each image. is is especial-
ly useful when you are using the Save nal TIFFs feature.
Usually, you should use a Scan Resolution of 100%, which en-
sures that your 3f les will contain the full scan data possible with
your scanner for each original format, allowing for maximum
exibility in the future. However, if you are short on disk space
and are sure that you do not need full resolution images, you may
consider reducing this value or setting a maximum size. Alterna-
tively, if you are sure that you will use your scans for just one spe-
cic purpose with known dimensions and resolution, you might
use the Adapt to format settings.
Be sure to mark the Feeder check box and to use the From Posi-
tion and To Position elds to set the rst and last original you
wish to scan from the Feeder.
Click on Scan in the Scan 3f window to scan all of your selected
originals to 3f les.
To use 3f les, you must use FlexColor to review, process and export the
images to standard TIFF or JPEG les, which are compatible with most
image-editing and DTP programs. FlexColor provides a virtual light
table of all 3f images from a selected folder and enables you to view de-
tails, view export history and load each image into the main FlexColor
window to make export settings.
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As you work with the 3f images in the light table, you can load each im-
age into FlexColor to make settings and then save the settings back in the
history for the 3f image. When you have nished making settings for an
entire batch, you can then batch-process all images to save them as TIFF
or JPEG les with your settings applied.
In a production environment, you might choose to store your 3f images
on a shared network drive, allowing any computer that has FlexColor
installed to open and export images for use even while the scan worksta-
tion is busy scanning. Even at sites where there is only one Flextight scan-
ner in use, the FlexColor license agreement permits your organization to
install FlexColor on any number of computers at the site.
Custom Setups and Single Scans
As mentioned above, we usually recommend that you use the 3f workow
when working with the Batch Feeder. However, you might sometimes
want to use the standard FlexColor batch-scan feature, which enables you
to make several dierent scans from each original and/or use a dierent
setup for each scan. e result of this workow will be a set of TIFF les
with your setups permanently applied to each of them, rather than the
more exible 3f les.
e standard batch-scan workow is fully described in the FlexColor
User’s Guide. An example of how to use this feature when you have the
Batch Feeder attached is given below, which includes some specic advice
for using the Feeder.
Run FlexColor and click on the Batch Scan button to open the Batch
Scan window.
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If it is not already shown, expand the Feeder heading in the Batch
Scan window by clicking on the triangle next to the heading.
Set the Position eld to the rst batch-loader position you wish to
scan (1 - 10). You can enter the number directly using your keyboard,
or select it by clicking on the up and down buttons next to the eld.
Click on Preview in the main FlexColor window. e scanner then
advances the Feeder to your selected original and makes a preview of
the selected original.
Select a setup and, if necessary, make image settings, such as rotation,
corrections and output size, using the various FlexColor tools as de-
scribed in the FlexColor User’s Guide.
Either make a nal scan now by clicking on Scan in the main Flex-
Color window or add the image to the Manual list in the Batch Scan
window by clicking on the Add button there (this enables you to set
up several scans based on their previews and then scan them all at
once later).
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