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Imaging a Plate with RI 2
This topic explains how to image a plate with Rock Imager 2. You have two options: If you are using barcode labels on your plates, then follow the instructions on this page. If you want to image a plate that does not have a barcode label, please see Instant Imaging.
Prerequisites
- Your plate has a barcode label affixed to the short side of the plate opposite the A1 position.
Imaging a Plate
- Place the plate in any available slot with the label facing towards you.
- Tell Rock Imager to scan the barcode.
- Using the Rock Imager software, go to the Imager menu and select Scan Plate(s).
- Choose from the following options:
- To image an entire plate with the default imaging settings, on the Imager menu, point to Image, and click Plate(s).
- To image an entire plate with the imaging setting(s) of choice, on the Imager menu, point to and Image, and click Plate(s) Using. Rock Imager will display a dialog box that asks you to select available imaging settings.
- To inspect your plates well-by-well or drop-by-drop without taking images, go to the and use the manual navigation controls.
- To image a specific drop with the default imaging settings, on the Imager menu, point to Image, and click Drop.
- To image a specific drop with your choice of imaging settings, on the Imager menu, point to and Image, and click Drop Using.
- If you have tagged certain drops as interesting in Rock Maker, you can opt to image only those drops by going to the Imager menu and selecting Interesting Drop(s) in the Image menu to use the default imaging setting.
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Point to Image, and click Interesting Drop(s) Using to use a custom imaging setting.
- When your plates have been imaged at least once, you can view the images in Rock Maker.
- As long as Rock Imager Processor is running, you should see thumbnails of your images on the .
If your images are not showing up, try pressing F5 on your keyboard while in Rock Maker to refresh the image display.
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