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What you are describing sounds like the film as improperly loaded. It is important that the film is threaded properly and advanced to where the
full-width arrow lines up with the index "S" and "red line" on the film holder. If the paper is advanced too far, the first several frames will not be exposed. There are detailed instructions with illustrations in the manual.
Steve