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Microplate Manager User Guide
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dialog box. Select the appropriate directory and double-click on the template file to
open it.
Template files have a .mpm extension—that is, they are saved as data files, even if no
data has been read into the template. Templates with no data have “0.000” entered
into the data fields.
4.1.2 Opening a New Template
To open a new template, select New Template from the FILE menu. (See Chapter 5
for information on selecting a new template from within a protocol dialog box.)
Templates are listed in terms of numbers of columns and rows. For example, a 96-
well microplate will have the dimensions of 12 columns
x 8 rows. A 1536-well
microplate will have the dimensions of 48 x 32.
Ultramark users can select from one of three standard template sizes: 12x8, 24x16, or
48x32. Model 550 and Benchmark users can only select the standard 12x8 template.
If you are using the Ultramark, you can also define your own template size by
selecting Custom.
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If you select a custom template, the Ultramark will capture an image of the
microplate at 500 micron resolution; standard templates will simply capture
well data. There is no difference in the resulting data and analysis; however, if
you use a custom template, you can view the resulting microplate image in the
Raw Image Report. This report is not available if you use a standard template.
See section 6.6.5 for more details.
Figure 13. Selecting a template.
Select Custom to
select/add a different
format