SureScan System User Guide
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Figure 35
Agilent slide barcode orientation vs. microarray surface
Barcode specifications for non-Agilent slides
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The barcode label maximum thickness is 0.2 mm. Make sure that there are no bubbles in the
label. Do not add labels on top of old labels or replace labels that are beginning to peel off.
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Do not place barcode labels on slides whose scan region exceeds 61 mm. Enter the slide
identifier or barcode manually for slides whose scan regions exceed 61 mm.
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For a barcoded slide, the distance between the edge of the microarray scan region and the
edge of the barcode label can be no less than 4 mm.
Figure 36
Barcode label location on non-Agilent slide
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The barcode label width should be about 6 mm; the recommended barcode label width is for
use with the 61-mm scan region. Larger or longer barcode labels can be used by decreasing
the scan region proportionally.
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Barcode labels should be narrow enough so as not to interfere with the slide holder tabs.
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Maximum allowable tilt in the placement of the barcode label on the slide is ±3 °.
The barcode must meet the following requirements:
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The minimum quiet zone (the region between the edge of the label and the start or end of the
barcode) is ten times the X-dimension on each side of the barcode.
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Barcode lines must be parallel to the long edge of the slide within tilt tolerance of ±3 °.
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Agilent supports the following barcode formats:
>4 mm
Bar
code label ar
ea
Nominal scan region