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SETUP OPTIONS
SYSTEM SETUP OPTIONS
3) The procedure for changing the software language immediately follows the
procedure for changing the date and time in Appendix
A.8 of the Online Help
System or the Instructions for Use manual.
4. Click the
Host tab.
a. The LIS/HIS communication settings on the Host screens configure the A
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instrument for communications with (to and from) the laboratory’s host computer.
b. Typically, the laboratory decides what information needs to be transmitted and then
a qualified technician uses the information in the Host Transmission Specification
manual to define the correct settings for the laboratory’s system.
5. Click the
Printer tab.
a. The Printer screen allows you to define four print options:
1) The Printer in use
2) The non-patient results that automatically print
3) The contents of the printed patient report header
4) The information included on the printed patient report.
b. The options in the Printer box on the left side of the screen:
1) Allow you to add or delete a Printer from the available Printer list.
a) Use Printers available in the Printer list because those Printers and their
drivers have been validated for use with the A
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b) Do not delete a Printer unless instructed to do so.
2) Allow you to access the Windows-NT Printer Properties window and change
the paper size, print quality, and number of copies.
3) Allow you to select the default Printer.
4) Are set by Service at installation.
5) Can be changed using the
Add Printer, Printer Properties, Set Default Printer, or Delete
Printer
procedures in Appendix A.8 of the Online Help System or the
Instructions for Use manual.
c. The Autoprint box in the middle of the screen:
1) Allows you to choose to automatically print any of the following at the
completion of analysis:
Quality Control Results, Reproducibility Results, Calibration
Results
, and Startup results.
2) If the laboratory wants to print any of these results automatically, have the
trainee find and use the procedure,
Auto-Print (Non-Patient Results), in Appendix
A.8 of the Online Help System or the Instructions for Use manual.
d. The Report Header fields allow you to customize the header on the patient report.
1) Six header fields, 20 characters each, are available for adding header
information.
2) If the laboratory plans to use a customized report header, have the trainee find
the procedure,
Report Header (Entering/Editing), in Appendix A.8 of the Online
Help System or the Instructions for Use manual, and type in the header.
e. The remaining boxes on the Printer screen allow you to select the information that
will be printed on the full patient report.