Leica IP S Operating Instructions Manual page 13

Tested and recommended print media for the Leica IP S ink jet printer
IMPORTANT!
The use of other print media may result in unsatisfactory print quality and/or jamming of
slides/cassettes during the printing process!
If the slides/cassettes you are currently using are not listed above, please contact your
local Leica Microsystems' representative.
The following slides have been successfully tested with the Leica IP S:
Clipped corner slides
• Erie – Leica Ink Jet Slides*, Superfrost (plain and plus)
• Knittel GmbH – Starfrost bevelled edge 45°
• Matsunami – Clipped corner slides
• Menzel – Superfrost
• Okando – Premier coloured end, plain and charged, bevelled edge
* Highly recommended, especially for printing 1 and 2 dimensional bar codes.
Distributed by many major lab supply companies.
Slides manufactured by the same companies, but with special coatings as e.g. Superfrost
®
-Plus slides for immunohistochemical applications proved to be difficult with regard to
processability, print quality and ink resistance.
We recommend these slides only for alphanumeric imprints (no for bar code) and also
recommend to test these slides prior to using them to verify whether the imprints on such
slides are sufficiently resistant to reagents.
Caution!
Slides made by other manufacturers must be tested before use. The test must include the
following steps:
Mechanical compatibility with the instrument. Imprint quality.
Chemical and mechanical resistance of the imprints against the reagents the slides will
be exposed to during the subsequent processing steps.
Important!
Leica Microsystems assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any damages due to im-
prints of poor quality or imprints made with non-reagent-resistant ink.
Leica IP S
3. Instrument components and specification
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