Dako Autostainer - Manual (Page 32)

Editing a Protocol Step
The Autostainer software provides multiple methods for editing the reagents in a defined
staining run from the Programming Grid.
Changing a reagent for a step:
1. Click the reagent step you wish to change.
2. Select the desired reagent from the list. The new reagent is displayed for the step.
Replacing a reagent with skip step (no reagent added to slide):
1. Click the reagent step you wish to change.
2. Select the word None.
Editing a reagent in a staining step for one run only:
1. To edit a reagent in a staining step, or to use a reagent not listed in the reagent list,
click the appropriate step.
2. Select Edit Slide from the reagent list. The Edit Individual Slide Reagent window
displays the information associated with the reagent.
Note: Lot and date cannot be edited here and are grayed out. The reagent long
name, short name, compatibility, and incubation time can be edited.
3. Add a new reagent by entering the appropriate information.
4. Select the OK button. The new reagent is added for the current staining run only and
will not be added to the available list of reagents for this step.
Note: Do not use symbols when entering reagent information. Doing so may cause
errors during the run.
Printing Options
Autostainer allows you to print slide and reagent labels as well as reports that include
information regarding programs, runs, and stored reagents.
Slide Labels
1. Select the Print button at the bottom of the Programming Grid screen. The Which
Report screen displays seven options.
2. Select the Slide Labels button.
3. To print all slide labels for the program, select the All Labels button. The slide label
format is determined by the Design Slide Label screen that is accessed from the
Initialize screen (see Initializing, Section 3).
4. To print a range of labels, type the range of labels with a hyphen between the
starting and ending numbers in the range (i.e., 5-12). To print individual labels, type
the label number with commas between each number (i.e., 1,14,22). Both formats
can be used to print a combination of a range of labels with individual labels (i.e., 5-
12,14,22). Do not use a space between numbers.
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