SureScan System User Guide
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SureScan Scanner Specifications
The scanner operates within the following specifications:
Approximate
dimensions
Height: 42 cm (16.5 in)
Width: 43 cm (17 in)
Depth: 67 cm (26 in)
Weight
56.8 kg (125 lbs)
Power input
100 – 240 Vac, 50 - 60 Hz, 250-VA max.
Fuses
Two power supply fuses: T4A, 250 VAC (part# 2110-1491)
Temperature
range
Operating: 15 ° to 30 °C
Storage: –40 ° to +50 °C
Humidity
Operating: 15% to 85% RH at 30 °C
Potentially sensitive to condensing humidity conditions. Follow precautions stated in
on page 51. Always allow 12 hours thermal equilibration time on
site before opening the shipping box.
Altitude
Operating maximum: 4,600 m (15,000 ft)
Storage maximum: 9,200 m (30,000 ft) at –40 °C
Usage
Indoor use
Laser
information
Wavelengths:
•
Green solid-state laser: 532 nm
•
Red solid-state laser: 640 nm
Power: both controlled to 13 mW
Maximum
scan region
71 mm x 21.6 mm
Suggested
microarray
print region
1 mm smaller than scan region on the right, 2 mm on the left, and 0.6 mm on the top and bottom.
For non-Agilent slides, the print region is smaller than this by an amount equal to the array printing
tolerance.
Dyes
supported
Cyanine-3 (Cy-3) and cyanine-5 (Cy-5) and dyes similar to Cy-3 and Cy-5 and Alexa 647, 555, and
660 dyes
Resolution
(pixel size)
2, 3, 5 or 10 microns
Pixel
placement
error
< 1 pixel at 5-micron resolution
Uniformity
5% CV global non uniformity, average local nonuniformity is typically 1% based upon 100um
features.
