David, I let mine hang out. The lid isn't actually on them and it isn't moving at all. I think it helps to keep the negs flat also. You need to have some out both sides to get the best support.
Bruce Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 12:15:02 PM, you wrote: DB> Bruce Dayton scribed below: DB> <David, DB> <So how are you cutting your negs. I store mine in neg pages that DB> <hold DB> <up to 3 in a strip. That works just fine in the scanner without DB> <further cutting. What are you doing? DB> <David, DB> Bruce: DB> I cut my 6x6's in to 3 strips for the neg holders too,but DB> the holder for the neg only holds one neg and the first DB> time i put one in,the rest of the strip fell DB> outside the lid and i was afraid it would scratch or get bent. DB> My instructions tell me to put the holder in the upper right DB> corner of the glass.Are you puting it elsewere? DB> BTW i seem to miss some mail on this addy but get them DB> on the other but i cannot reply on this computer so i cut DB> it over. DB> <Bruce DB> <Monday, September 30, 2002, 11:22:13 AM, you wrote: DB>> So you did cave in eh Bruce<g>Glad to hear this ones DB>> better.I just widh i did not have to cut my MF DB>> negs to scan them.Oh and i wish my daughter had her DB>> own computer.I think i have only done 40-50 scans DB>> in 6 months:) DB> Pentax User DB> Stouffville Ontario Canada DB> http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ DB> http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses DB> Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail