[Histonet] PSLIM slide printer

[Victor Tobias]

Andi,

How are you utilizing the printer? We are trying to incorporate the 
printer with real time printing as the tech scans the bar coded 
cassette. We have had one tech working with the PSLIM and they have 
printed about 200 slides over a couple of days, but it has been getting 
progressively worse in performance.If there is more than one slide 
needed for the block then the PSLIM can hang. It's as if it doesn't have 
enough memory. We are on our second or third unit and are about to give 
up and go to labels. The PSLIM was questionable at $5K, but out of the 
question at Fisher's $10+K pricing. The print quality is so much better 
than the Leica.

Victor

Victor Tobias
Clinical Applications Analyst
University of Washington Medical Center
Dept of Pathology Room BB220
1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195
victor <@t> pathology.washington.edu
206-598-2792
206-598-7659 Fax
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Andrea Grantham wrote:
> I think mine was probably the last lab to purchase a PSLIM from 
> AccuPlace before they  sold off the printer to Fisher. Just in time!
> For what it is worth, I do like the printer. It is great for a small 
> lab and is saving what is left of my wrist. However, we are on the 
> second machine. The first one wasted about as many slides as I 
> accepted. We called tech support and tried their suggestions but 
> nothing worked. After we sent them a picture of what the slides looked 
> like they called with an RMA number and sent out a replacement that is 
> working perfectly.
> I'm happy!
> We had an option of purchasing a service/replacement agreement with 
> the printer and I'm glad we did. I don't know if Fisher is offering 
> this option but if you are considering the printer it might be a good 
> idea.
>
> Andi
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