[Histonet] SLIDE PRINTER

[Michael Mihalik]

I guess I'm confused.  If pricing is an issue, why not go with a Zebra
printer that prints labels.  I wholeheartedly agree that printing directly
on slides is a preferred solution, but the up front cost is a killer.  I
wouldn't blame a lab for going with slide LABELS.

Frankly, if it was me, I'd save the money on this printer and put it towards
a  cassette labeler.

If money is not an issue, then I'd get both.


P.S. ..and you guys are getting me nervous.  This is the second person that
I've heard that has 'returned a printer'.

Michael Mihalik
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-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Andrea
Grantham
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:37 PM
Cc: HISTONET
Subject: Re: [Histonet] SLIDE PRINTER

BUT...I have a small lab and can't justify a more expensive printer so  
we purchased this printer - in fact we probably purchased the last one  
that AccuPlace sold before Thermo got it.
I like it a lot and even though we have returned a couple of them we  
have no complaints. It does a nice job. We were lucky to get it at the  
AccuPlace price.

Andi




Andrea Grantham, HT (ASCP)
Senior Research Specialist
University of Arizona
Cell Biology and Anatomy
Histology Service Laboratory
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On Jul 29, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Jimmy Markum wrote:

>
> Janice,
> I know this well!  It is a terrible item.  This was originally sold  
> under AccuPlace and it barely worked, but showed very nice at  
> various meetings under a very controlled environment.  In fact it  
> worked so well, that the nice people at Thermo decided to purchase  
> this from AccuPlace and more than double the price and hope to dupe  
> us to purchase at almost 2700% increase for the same item.
> While I have returned my units plenty of time and Thermo has added  
> some of their "crack" engineering to the item.
> Save your money and run from Thermo, buy a Leica or wait for TBS or  
> someone else to come up with something better for a cost you can  
> justify.
> I will never purchase anything from Thermo again, every time you do,  
> it only justifies what they are doing to the market.
> Jimmy
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:42:27 -0400
>> From: MITCHELLJA <@t> email.chop.edu
>> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>> Subject: [Histonet] SLIDE PRINTER
>>
>> Anyone out there in Histoland have any experience with Thermo slide  
>> mate?  We are looking into purchasing a few.   Thanks for any  
>> input, Janice
>>
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