aperture dispenser. As a rule of thumb, a 200 micron pickup height works well for dispenser
apertures up to 50 microns wide and a 1000 micron pickup height works for anything above
that.
When you are ready to print, you can click on the
button.
The controlling computer will automate the dispensing process from beginning to end. A
progress bar will be displayed giving an indication of the completion percentage as the pattern
prints, and the current or next item to be printed will be highlighted in blue.
Camera display
A final portion of the main interface is a realtime display from the CCD camera pointed at the tip
of the fluid dispenser. The high-magnification optics surrounding the CCD have a field of view
that is approximately 1200 microns (1.2 mm) across, and can resolve features as small as 5
microns wide. LED illumination is provided to enhance viewing in low-light conditions.
Aside from providing feedback for the dispense process and enabling entirely manual
dispensing for one-off tasks (such as placing polymer solution on a MEMS structure), the live
camera feed can be recorded to disk as digital video. To start recording from the camera, select
the menu item
Start recording
under the
Camera
menu or click on the
Record
toolbar
item. This will bring up a dialog box prompting you to specify where to save the recorded video
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