Sealing Quanti-Trays
WARNING: Personal injury, sealer damage, property damage, and/or inaccurate test results may occur if sealer is not used
according to the following instructions.
1. Press the power switch to turn on the sealer.
The amber status light illuminates.
2. Allow the sealer to warm up until the amber status light changes to green.
The sealer will not operate until the status light turns green, indicating that the unit has reached sealing temperature.
3. Place a Quanti-Tray or Quanti-Tray/2000 tray filled with sample and IDEXX reagent well-side down onto the corresponding rubber insert,
making sure that each well is seated firmly into its corresponding hole.
CAUTION: Do not apply labels of any kind to trays before sealing. Labels could damage the sealer. Use a felt-tip marker, or apply a
label after the tray has been sealed.
4. Guide the loaded rubber insert into the input slot of the sealer, with the large cutout facing away from the sealer.
5. Slide the loaded rubber insert into the sealer until the motor grabs the insert and begins to draw it into the sealer.
You can insert multiple rubber inserts consecutively without pausing.
After about 10 seconds, the sealed tray is partially ejected from the rear of the sealer.
Note: If you need to reverse the motor (for example, if a misaligned tray was accidentally fed into the sealer), press and hold the
Reverse button
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CAUTION: Do not reverse the motor if the rubber insert has been drawn fully into the input slot.
6. Remove the rubber insert and tray from the rear of the sealer.
7. Turn off the sealer or use sleep mode when not in use.
Using Sleep Mode
When sleep mode is enabled, the sealer enters a low power mode after 1 hour of inactivity. When the sealer is reactivated, it warms to
sealing temperature faster than from a cold start.
To enable or disable sleep mode: Press the Moon button
When sleep mode is enabled:
• A moon icon
is visible on the display.
• After 1 hour of inactivity, the green status light changes to a pulsing amber light, and the LCD display screen turns off.
• Sleep mode will remain enabled even though the sealer has been turned off and back on. The sealer will "sleep" again after 1 hour
of inactivity.
To reactivate the sealer after the LCD display has turned off: Press any button, or insert a Quanti-Tray. The sealer will process the tray once
it has warmed to sealing temperature, indicated by a green status light.
To disable sleep mode: Press the Moon button again. The moon icon disappears from the display. Sleep mode can be disabled at any
time the sealer is active (i.e., LCD display screen is on).
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