Quadra 4 Operator Manual
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3.37.4 Stage Operations
You have two options to configure the stage for special plates. One is Quadrant
& Row/Column Offsets, and the other is X-Y Raw Stage Offsets. These functions
allow you to take a 96 tip head, and pipette to a 384-Well plate.
Quad & Row/Column Offsets
Note, since the Quadra 4 SPE does not have an indexing stage, the Stage Operations
selection is locked out.
Using the Quadrant Formatter feature, it is easy to take a standard 96 Tip head, and
format it to pipette from a 384-Well Plate.
Simply by selecting what particular quadrant you are aspirating from, the application can
locate the proper well.
Along with quadrant reformatting, you can also specify Row and Column Offsets.
What this function does is allow the user to move the plate along the X and Y axis
in order to line up the tips with another particular well. Offset values represent tip
position relative to standard labeling for plates with the same density of wells as tips.
Row Offset will position the tips one row up or down if the value is negative or positive
respectively. Column Offset will position the tips one column to the right or left if the
value is positive or negative respectively.
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