What type of dust mitigation system do the high-class scanners have?

[Daniel D. Teoli Jr.]

They have discussed a little film cleaner attachment you can use on projectors for use with scanners. But do any scanners have a compressed air or vacuum system built into the scanner to mitigate dust?

In the old days, all the film leader was acetate. Now it is hard to get acetate leader and it is very costly. But a benefit of acetate was its antistatic qualities. The poly leader of today is a dust magnet. And it is not that cheap either.

On a side note...

If you get an old projector to test, run white poly leader through it. It picks up all the dirt and also gives you a clue if your rollers are gummy.

Projector with bad rollers

Or if you got other problems...

Before you run film in it.

 

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Edited February 28, 2022 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.