The cover is not difficult to remove but the wires that connect the door slide switch and the on/off switch are pretty short. If you remove the cover without watching the tension on these wires, you will pull one loose from its soldered connection--believe me.
After removing the cover, it's necessary to power up the unit long enough to get the carriage opening centered over the mirror. That gives you some access to the mirror. Then quickly power off and do the dust removal. After doing all that and after having to solder the wires back, I really couldn't see any change in my scans. I understand that Polaroid charges a flat rate fo $400 to repair the scanner. Keep that in mind before opening it.... Stan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: SS 4000 Questions . Secondly, I have heard from people who have found it necessary to open their SS4000 scanners for one reason or another, and they claim that some of the optical components do get grimy or dusty, and that upon having them cleaned, the scan quality improved. It strikes me, although I have never opened my unit up, that since the carrier and film need to intercept the optical path, that dust can also. The film has to somehow go between the light source and the lens, either directly or via some mirrors, and if those components get dusty, they would degrade the image quality. For the time and cost considerations in protecting the scanner when not in use, (what's a shoebox sell for these days ;-)) it seems like a worthwhile investment. Art ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
