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Version 2.0, Revision I
Instrument Components and Specifications
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Printing speed:
1
Printing batch jobs: 15 cassettes/minute
Single-cassette printing: 10 s per cassette
Ink cartridge capacity:
2
approx. 60,000 printouts or 3.5 months
Flash bulb lifetime: approx. 150,000 flashes
Printing:
Print resolution:
3
360 x 360 dpi / 180 x 180 dpi, adjustable
Printing medium: Standard histology cassettes
max. 28.9 x 80.0 mm (with lid), max. 6.2 mm high
Print formats: Cassette 35 °, cassette 45 °
Pressure surfaces: Cassette 35 °: max. 28.2 x 8.0 mm
Cassette 45 °: max. 28.2 x 7.1 mm
PC system requirements:
IBM-compatible PC
Processor clock frequency: min. 800 MHz
Main memory (RAM): min. 256 MB
Hard disk: min. 6 GB
CD-ROM drive
1 free serial port
Operating systems: Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit), Windows 8.1 (32 bit and 64 bit),
Windows 10 (32 bit and 64 bit)
1
) Average value – exact speed in each individual case depends on system configuration and software
used.
2
) Average values are given; the exact number depends on the print density.
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) Measured in addressable dots per inch.
3.3 Print specifications
Only standard histology cassettes can be used in the Leica IP C. Other cassettes cannot be properly
processed.
3.3.1 Requirements for cassettes
A wide variety of standard cassettes may be used in the IP C; however, the following restrictions must
be observed:
• Suitable for printing are all standard cassettes (→ p. 17 – 3.2 Technical data) without lids
(→ "Fig. 5-1"), of the following dimensions:
Length without lid x width = max. 41.3 x 28.9 mm