Polaroid slide scanner SprintScan 35 Plus problem

I recently purchased a Polaroid SprintScan 35+ slide scanner on eBay for my SCSI PM9600. All appears to be properly hooked up (scsi ID, termination, cables tight, software installed & working, scanner seen by Mac), yet it won't scan.
When either "preview scan" or "scan" buttons in the Polaroid software are clicked, the slide holder carriage moves just a bit down, a bit back up, makes a slight noise, moves a bit down, and then back up to resting position, and the following error message appears in an error window: "The scanner is not responding. Please check that it is powered on and properly connected. Error -17508"
Given that the scanner carriage moves down about 1/2 inch, but not all the way to complete the scan, clearly there is a response from the scanner.
Also, the scanner lamp does not light up at any point, although I don't know WHEN it is actually supposed to light up in the cycle of a scan. However, even if the lamp is burned out, I don't see why that should prevent the carriage from physically moving through a scan cycle.
The green and yellow indicator lights are both on and NOT blinking in preparation to scanning, which is what Polaroid says should be the case. The yellow light goes out while the abortive cycle occurs, and then comes back on continuously - no blinking to indicate anything is wrong.
I've tried both SCSI ports, two different SCSI cables, termination switch on as well as a terminator on the second port itself.
Anybody have any ideas of what's wrong or suggestions to try? Thanks.

I have the same scanner model that I have used to scan 100s of slides.
The first clue is the illumination light. On my unit it is illuminated as soon as the power is turned On. The lamp is a Philips TL4W/33X5F. There are two lamps. The primary is installed in the sockets. There is a spare lamp attached to the inside of the front cover. To remove the cover, pull up-out from the bottom.
On my unit, the carriage that holds the slide, moves downward over 1 inch during the scan process. It could be that when no illumination/data is detected, the SW aborts.
I believe you are connected properly. My SCSI cable is connected to the connector closest to the On/Off Switch; the Terminator switch is set to On; and the SCSI ID is set to 9. Since you are getting some scanner activity, this confirms that you are probably connected properly.Also, your green & yellow lights are functioning properly.
I would check the light failure. Hopefully, it's a burned out light & not a lamp circuit problem.
Did you download the unit's PDF User Manual? If not I can email it to you.
 Cheers, Tom

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