Quote Originally Posted by Peter De Smidt View Post
And if you hear strange grinding/binding type noises when the scanner moves the carriage, carefully clean the rails/linear motion parts, and put a tiny bit of light machine oil on the appropriate parts, but try Bryan's suggestion first!
There were loud noises when I turned on the scanner again after having pulled it out of storage. I had to reset the steel bars that guide the sensor/lens unit. Will report back after I try Bryan's suggestion and also apply some lubricant.

Thanks again.