Device and method for reading out information stored in a storage layer

Device for reading out information stored in a storage layer, comprising:

• a receiving device for receiving an emission radiation emitted from the storage layer;
• a support surface for supporting the storage layer, wherein an x-y plane is defined by the support surface;
• and
• a guide means for guiding the receiving device or the storage layer on a guide surface during the execution of a relative movement between the receiving device and the storage layer in the x direction, in which the guide means comprises a first partial guide for achieving an interspacing in a z direction that lies perpendicular to the x-y plane, between the guide surface and the guide means, and a second partial guide for achieving an interspace in the z direction, and the first partial guide is arranged—viewed in the z direction—on one side of the support surface and the second partial guide is arranged—viewed in the z direction—on the other side of the support surface;
• wherein
• the guide surface is independent of the storage layer, and the first partial guide and the second partial guide are connected to one another and are pretensioned against one another so that they act like pincers on the support surface.