Using Bd Focalpoint™ Slide Profiler Reports; Understanding Report Printing Operations; Print Sets - BD FocalPoint GS User Manual

12 Using BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler Reports
This section describes printing operations, provides examples of each type of slide result report,
and suggestions for choosing the most suitable options for each report. Information is also
provided on how to use specific types of reports and why certain options are not suitable for all
reports.
Understanding Report Printing Operations (Section 12.1), explains BD FocalPoint™ Slide
Profiler printing operations and the concept of print sets.
Report Options (Section 12.2), provides a brief discussion of each type of report layout and
information on how to choose the most suitable options for a given report.
Sample Reports (Section 12.3), provides an example of each type of slide result report and
suggested options for the report.
For additional information, refer to:
• The BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler Main Window (Section 11)
• Setting BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler Report Options (Section 14)
• Operating the BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler (Section 15)
12.1

Understanding Report Printing Operations

There are two types of printing operations on the BD FocalPoint™ Slide Profiler: printing and
reprinting. Both operations use the concept of a print set. It is important to understand what a
print set is and the differences between these two printing operations; the differences are subtle,
but critical to producing the reports most useful in your laboratory.
12.1.1

Print Sets

The contents of a report are based on a concept called a print set. Each time reports are printed
(either automatically, or from the Instrument Main Window), a print set is created that groups all
slides processed since the last time reports were printed.
When using the Reprint function to print a report that has already
been printed, a new print set is not created. Instead, choose the
print set to reprint. Refer to Reprinting in Section 12 for details on
The creation of a print set occurs in the following manner:
1
As slides are processed by the system, slide results are posted in the slide results area of
the Main Window.
2 When the Print command is chosen from the Report window, all qualified slides in the slide
results area are scored, a print set is created, and all pre-selected reports print (each slide
type, conventional or BD SurePath™, has separate reports).
NOTE
printing an existing print set.
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