You do not have to do anything except place the slides in the carrier designated for the cardboard holders. It is just like putting them in a projector. There is an aluminum carrier for film strips another for slides, and one for larger negatives. These are automatically recognized, making it surprisingly easy and fast to scan the photos. George Harvey On Feb 23, 2005, David Crandon wrote: > Do you have to remove the negatives from the cardboard "holder" for > each one? > On Feb 22, 2005, at 7:06 PM, George Harvey wrote: >> A compromise between the ideal scanner and a cheaper one is the Epson >> Perfection 2450 flatbed scanner and its more recent relatives.