Hi Lori, We have been trying to get the SlideMate/ Printmate system working in our lab for close to a year now. Our experience with the SlideMates has been dismal. Our quality with the Slidemates is minimally adequate, with a lot of 'misprints'. We didn't get the best print with their Colorfrost slides, in fact we have found the Statlab 'ColorView' slides to be the least problematic (note: I did not say the results are good, just less bad).
Within 6 months of use, we needed to send all three of our Slidemates back to get new printheads, and a cost of $1000 each. I would not consider our implementation 'successful', and I would not have purchased them if I knew then what I know now! Beth Cox, HTL/SCT(ASCP)QIHC Histology Supervisor St Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood, KY Message: 13 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:58:55 -0500 From: "Lori White" <lwhit...@cogeco.ca> Subject: [Histonet] Slide Mate printers To: <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <004801ce0a46$14d190f0$3e74b2d0$@ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, We recently installed Slide Mate printers and are experiencing poor print quality despite several onsite service calls. The vendor is attributing the problems to the slides we are using even though we are using Colorfrost slides from the manufacturer's List of Approved Slides. Has anybody successfully implemented these printers? If so, could you please share what slides you are using? Thanks in advance. Lori W Ontario, Canada _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet