Thermo Scientific ID Scribe, User Manual

Page: 51 / 64

Creating and Editing Labware Files
Editing a Labware File
Thermo Scientific ID Scribe User Manual 8-7
writing is usually accomplished with a circular geometry, center
justification is more appropriate.
Interline spacing is the space in pixels between each printed line of text.
Sometimes, rather than three lines of text, you only need two lines of
text, but you would like to space the text out further.
Certain pens that you may use with ID Scribe may tend to dry out
quickly and need “wicking” to ensure the flow of ink. To make sure that
all of your tubes are printed, “first tube repeat” is an option to allow you
to repeat printing of the first tube a number of times. Once this setting is
appropriately set, you should have a sufficiently wet pen after the
printing of the first tube.
Certain pens that you may use with ID Scribe may tend to dry out
quickly and need “wicking” to ensure the flow of ink. To make sure that
all of your tubes are printed, “first letter repeat” is an option to allow you
to repeat printing of the first letter a number of times. Once this setting
is appropriately set, you should have a sufficiently wet pen after the
printing of the first tube.
Labware Files can be edited in two ways. You can either edit them as
you would any text file or use the ID Scribe software to edit a file. In
Windows you can double-click on a text file to edit the file with
Notepad.
To edit a labware file from within ID Scribe software, select the
particular file from the Labware Files pull-down. Then either press Ctrl-
a or use your mouse and select Menu

Rack Settings.
You can change any of the settings for a Labware File and then hit
“Save” to modify that particular file. You can also hit “Save as New
File” to create a new Labware File.
When launched, the ID Scribe will automatically look for Labware Files
in the default labware folder. This folder is usually named “labware”
and is found in the same folder that the ID Scribe application is found.
The list of Labware Files that the ID Scribe finds is displayed in a pull-
down box labeled “Labware”.
Below you can see a side-by-side
comparison of the labware folder and the labware pull-down .
Interline Spacing
First Tube
Repeat
First Letter
Repeat
Editing a
Labware File
Loading a
Labware File