6x17 Negs in the 120 Glass Carrier

[MWesley]

Hi,

I want to scan some 6x17 negatives with my Sprintscan 120 but I cannot seem to find anyway to do this even though the entire negative fits nicely into the carrier. In Silverfast 6 I can't even see the entire negative in the preview. In Insight I can see it but when I try to scan I get an error message saying 6x9 is the current limit.

Is there a way to do this? I was considering a Fuji 6x17 or a 6x12 back for my 4x5 and I assumed that the glass carrier would be great for large negatives like this.

Thanks,
Martin

[LSI_Support]

I'm afraid but PolaColor Insight is right in saying that 6x9 is the current limit, and is applies also to SilverFast.

[ilyons]

The issue is hardware. The scan head covers the full 18cm in two 9cm steps. At one time Polaroid were actively persuing a means of scanning the two 9cm strips and then auto stitching the two scans together. I'm not sure if this project ever got finished.