Microplate Barcode Labeler User Guide - Agilent Technologies

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Cloning a bar code
Introduction
If your company is changing the bar code symbology it uses on plate
labels, you will need a way to re-label plates that are already labelled.
The re-labelled bar codes would have to carry the same information but
use the new symbology. You can use bar code cloning for this.
The optional bar code reader is required for cloning, and it must be set
up to decode the bar code format that you want to read.
How it works
In simple terms, the cloning process works as follows:
1. The bar code on the existing label is read by the bar code reader.
2. The bar code information in the label is decoded to text.
3. The text is copied to the bar code field that will be printed on the
new label.
4. The text is encoded using the new symbology.
5. The new label is printed, either on a different side of the plate or the
same side of the plate over the top of the existing label.
Before you start
This procedure assumes that PlateTag is already open.
Procedure
To clone a bar code:
1. In PlateTag, click the Schemas tab at the bottom of the page.
2. Click the Clones tab.
3. Create a new clone:
a. Click Add new clone.
b. In the Variable name column, click once in the New Clone #x
field.
c. Click a second time to make it editable and type a name for the
clone.
d. Click once in the Side to clone bar code from column.
e. Click a second time to open a list box and select the side of the
plate that has the bar code to be read.