SureScan System User Guide
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Step 2. Insert slides into slide holders
A slide is inserted into a slide holder before loading it into the scanner.
1
Before you insert the slide, place the slide holder on a flat surface, with the clear cover facing
up, and the tab on the right. This helps to ensure that you have the slide aligned properly when
you insert it into the slide holder.
2
Gently push in and pull up on the tabbed end of the clear plastic cover to open it.
Figure 6
Opening the slide holder
Figure 7
Inserting slide into the slide holder
3
Insert the slide into the holder, as follows:
a
Hold the slide at the barcode end.
b
Make sure that the active microarray surface faces up, toward the slide cover, with the
barcode on the left.
NOTE
You cannot start scanning until both lasers are warmed up, at least one slide is
in the queue, and the scanner status is
Ready
.
NOTE
Fingerprints cause errors in the fluorescence detection. For accurate readings,
touch only the edges of the slide and always use gloves when handling slides.
Also, do not write on the slides with markers or place any labels on the slide
other than an appropriate barcode.
Slide ledge
