Microplate Barcode Labeler User Guide - Agilent Technologies
Microplate Barcode Labeler User Guide - Agilent Technologies
Microplate Barcode Labeler User Guide - Agilent Technologies
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Chapter 6: Running a print job<br />
VCode <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
4. Replace the plate with the next one in the series and press the green<br />
button.<br />
Repeat this operation for all remaining plates in the series.<br />
Related information<br />
For more information about...<br />
Performing a test print<br />
See...<br />
“About test printing and applying” on<br />
page 99<br />
The location of the green button “Hardware overview” on page 11<br />
Labelling groups of plates with identical labels<br />
Introduction<br />
This topic explains how to set up a batch print job that prints groups of<br />
plates with the same labels.<br />
Example<br />
You may want to label groups of plates in a batch run, where each plate<br />
in the group has the same label. The following example has groups of<br />
three identical plates in an incrementing batch run:<br />
bc0001, bc0001, bc0001, bc0002, bc0002, bc0002, bc0003, bc0003,<br />
bc0003...<br />
When typically labelling a batch of plates, each plate is labelled with a<br />
unique label in sequence, such as:<br />
bc0001, bc0002, bc0003, bc0004, bc0005, bc0006...<br />
If you run the same print job in the typical way three times, the plates<br />
will be labelled like this:<br />
bc0001, bc0002, bc0003, bc0001, bc0002, bc0003, bc0001, bc0002,<br />
bc0003...<br />
This is inconvenient because you will need to shuffle the plates to get<br />
them into the order you want.<br />
The procedure in this topic shows you how to create the desired subsets<br />
of identically labelled plates.<br />
Before you start<br />
This procedure assumes that PlateTag is already open and that one of<br />
the schemas used for the print job uses a data source.<br />
Procedure<br />
To print subsets of identically labelled plates in a batch run:<br />
1. In PlateTag, navigate to Edit > Preferences.<br />
2. Click the Jobs tab.<br />
3. In the Data Sources group box, select Prompt for duplication of<br />
data source entries.