GE Amersham Typhoon - Page 108

ActionStep
Place the stage on the stage holder, with the printed side of the stage facing
up, and the handle of the stage facing to the front.
5
Push the stage all the way into the scanner.6
Close the main scanner door.7
Prepare a large glass cassette
(33 × 42 cm) for fluorescence
imaging
When scanning large glass cassettes (max. 33 × 42 cm) on the multi stage, the default
movable guide plates have to be replaced by the glass plate guide for large glass cas-
settes. These glass plate guides are available as option to the Amersham Typhoon
scanner, see also Glass plate guides (optional), on page 56.
Follow these steps to install the glass plate guides for large glass cassettes:
ActionStep
Open the lock screws, see Multi stage, on page 55.1
Remove the movable guide plates.2
Insert the glass plate guides for large glass cassettes (max. 33 x 42 cm).3
Close the lock screws.4
Place the glass cassette on the multistage in the same way as a DIGE gel, see Prepare
a DIGE gel for fluorescence imaging, on page 107.
108 Amersham Typhoon Operating Instructions 29193226 AC
6 Operation
6.2 Preparing the sample
6.2.1 Preparing a sample for fluorescence imaging