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Removing Plates

When you are no longer interested in imaging a plate, it's time to remove your plate from Rock Imager. In this tutorial, we explain how to safely remove a plate.

Important: You should never attempt to physically go inside Rock Imager 1000 or 182 to remove a plate from somewhere other than the load port.

Prerequisites

• The plate is inside Rock Imager.
• You know the plate's project name, experiment name, plate number, dispense date, user name/owner, plate type, plate ID, barcode, location, and/or state.

To Remove a Plate from Rock Imager:

1. If you don't know where your plate is inside the imager, search for your plate to locate it.
   • If the plate is already in the load port hotel, you can skip to step 2.
   • If your plate is located somewhere else, right-click the plate, point to Move Plate To, and click Load Port Hotel. To select multiple plates at once, press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard before right-clicking.
     
2. Open the load port door. If you are using Rock Imager 1000, the load port shuttle will move towards you.
3. Remove the plate(s) from the load port.
4. Close the door. If you are using Rock Imager 1000, the load port shuttle automatically retracts.

Related Topics

• Searching for Plates
• Plates Tab
• Search Sub-Tab

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