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Priming the Chips

It's important to prime the chips before every dispense to ensure that the reagent has moved through the chip to the dispense point. At this point, you should have already designed a dispense (or opened an existing dispense).

Prerequisites

• You have set up the hardware.
• You have designed a dispense.

To prime all of the chips:

• Click the Prime All button . The chip(s) will prime to waste.

To prime one or more individually selected chips:

1. Click on the desired chip(s) in the Input Control Panel.

2. Click the Prime Selected button . The chip(s) will prime to waste.

Note: Priming an individual chip is only possible when using pipette tip reservoirs.

You are now ready to execute the dispense!

Tip: You can enable the Always prime before dispense option in the Dispense tab in the Options menu, if you want the TEMPEST to automatically prime the chips before each new dispensing process. For more information, see Using the Options Menu.

Related Topics

• Input Control Panel
• Dispense Overview
• Executing a Plate Dispense

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