Primera Signature Cassette Printer Owner's manual

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PTLabUserManual

BarcodeInput

LISIntegration

ManualInput

ManagingSlideLevels

NetworkingwithPTNetPrintServer

ManagingHoppers(CassettePrinter)

MultiplePrinters

SettingsandPreferences

JobQueueandPendingQueue

Overview

Updated2‐24‐16

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TableofContents

Section1PTLabOverview

Section2

ManualInput

Section3

BarcodeInput

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3.1

Overview(Sample/DemoScan)

3.2

ScannedBarcodeRequirements

3.3

IncompleteTemplates

Section4

LISIntegration(PTLabProOnly)

4.1

InstallPTLabProfessionalEdition

4.2

FormatDatafromLIS

4.3

WatchFolderLocation

4.4

SetDefaultTemplatesPTLab

4.5

SetyourPendingJobsQueuePreference

Section5

ManagingSlideLevels

Section6

ManagingHoppers(CassettePrinter)

Section7

JobQueueandPendingJobs 

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JobQueue

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PendingJobs

Section8

SettingsandPreferences

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8.1

Settings

8.2

PrinterInformation

8.3

TemplateManagement

8.4

SoftwareInfoCheckforUpdates

8.5

Logging

8.6

SettheSlideTypeonaSlide Cartridge

8.7

PreloadSlideinAuto‐FeedMode(SlidePrinter)

8.8

AutoPrintCassettesafterloading(CassettePrinter)

8.9

AdvancedSettings

Section9

MultiplePrinters

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Section10

NetworkingwithPTNetPrintServer

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Section1:Overview

PTLabwithaSlidePrinterConnected.

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WaitingJobs/

Finished Jobs

PrintPreview

Clickheretocheck

forUpdates

Settings

Pending

Jobs

ScannerStatus

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Browsefor

Templates

CurrentTemplate

(Clicktoviewrecent

templates)

SlideLevel

(ClicktoReset)

PrinterStatus

(Errorswouldbe

displayedhere)

SlideTypeDisplay

Print

aSlide

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SetupMultiple

Printers

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RibbonLevel

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PTLabwithaCassettePrinter–RoboticFeedconnected(Onlydifferencesarenoted)

Visualrepresentation

ofcassette

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Hopperselection(Only

PresentwhenRobotis

connected)

CurrentHopper

Level(Mouseover

toseeallhopper

levels

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CassetteSizeassociated

withcurrenttemplate

(Edittemplateto

change)

Adjusthorizontaloffset

ofprintedcassette

TemplateDesigned

specificallyforsize1cassette

IndicatesCassettePrinter

(RoboticFeedisconnected)

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Section2:ManualInput

Thisistheleastdifficultdataentrymethodtoimplementbutstillpresentsthepossibilityfordataerrors

tobeintroducedbytheuser.Enterthedatabytypingorbychoosingfrommenus.Thetypeofmenu,

theorder,thelabelsandeventheslidetypeareallcustomizableusingthePTTemplatesoftware.

Thesoftwarecomespreloadedwithseveraltemplateoptions.Theseoptionsaremeanttoprovideyou

withasamplingoftheprinter’scapability.Theyarenotnecessarilysuitedforpracticaluse.Before

usingtheprinterinalabyouwillprobablywanttoeditanexistingtemplateorcreateanentirelynew

templateusingthePTTemplatesoftware(SeethePTTemplatesoftwaremanual).

Toquicklychooseapreloadedtemplateclickthedropdownarrowtoviewrecenttemplates.Choose

one.

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Browse

Button

Youmayalsoclickthebrowsebuttontotherightofthecurrentlyselectedtemplatetoviewthesame

listofavailabletemplateswithapreview.

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Onceyouhaveselectedthetemplateyoumustentertheinformationyouwouldliketoprint.

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1.ForthisexampleSampleTemplate2.svgwasselected.Chooseacolorswatchtobeprinted. 

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2.Typethenecessaryinformationinthetextfieldsthatrequiremanualinput.Thepreviewwillupdate 

asyouentertheinformation.

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3.Thistemplatealsoincludesthreeotherautomaticfields/features:

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Barcode

Abarcodeencodedwiththepatien t

IDandtheSlideLevelwillbeprinted.

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SlideNumberinSet

Example:Slide“2of7”willbe

printedontheslide.

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Date

Thecurrentdatewillautomatically

beprinted.

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4.Finally,thistemplaterequiresSlideType1.Slidetypecouldbesettoanynumberbetween1and100

orremovedentirely.Slidetypescanbeusedasinternaldesignationsinalabfordifferenttypesofslides

suchaschargedslides(Seesection7.6)

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Therearemanyothertemplatefields/featuresavailabletopreviewintheotherpreloadedslide

templates.Anyofthefieldsfoundintheotherpreloadedtemplatescanbeaddedtoacustom

templatethatyoucancreateinthePTTemplatesoftware.

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Section3:ScanaBarcode

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3.1Overview(Sample/DemoScan)

Ifthetemplatesupportsityoucanscananexisti ng linearor2Dbarcodeusingtheoptionalscannerfrom

anotherlabel.Thiswillallowyoutodirectlytransfersomeoralltheinformationonthelabeltotheslide

printertemplate. Ifallinformationtocompletethetemplateispresent,youcaneitherchooseto

automaticallyprinttheslideorsendthejobtothePendingJobsqueue.

Ifthescannedbarcodecontainstheproperfields,thesoftwarecanautomaticallychoosethetemplate

needed,automatically adding theinformationtobeprinted,setaslidetype(section7.6),andevenset

thenumberofcopies.Followtheinstructionsbelowtoseeanexampleofhowthiscanwork.

Connectyourscannerandinstallthedriver.OpenPTLab.ToverifythatPTLabis

communicatingwithyourscanner,clickthescannericonatthetoprightpartof

yourscreen.

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ScannerStatusshouldreportConnectedand Running.Ifitcannotcommunicateyouwillseeanerror

messageanda“Reconnect”buttonwillbepresent.Click“Reconnect”.

Onthisscreenyoumayalsodisplaythecharacterstringwhichisactuallyencodedintoanyscanned

barcode.Simplyscanthebarcodeandthedatastringwillappear.

Closethiswindowbeforeattemptingascan/printorscan/pendingjobsoperation.

2.Atanypointwhilethesoftwareisopen,simplyscanabarcodeto

printitscorrespondingtemplateorsendthetemplate tothepending 

jobsqueueforreview.Thefollowingsamplelabelis preconfiguredto

automaticallyprintorsendittopendin gjobs.

3.If“Moveallscannedjobstopendingqueue”is unchecked,theassociated

printtheslide.

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templatewillautomatically

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4.If“Moveallscannedjobstopendingqueue”is checked,thejobwillappearinthependingjobs

queue.

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5.Clickonthejobtodisplaythetemplateandreviewthedatabeforeprinting. 

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6.ClickPrinttoprinttheslide.

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3.2ScannedBarcodeRequirements

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Inthesamplecasedescribedintheprevioussection,theprintedbarcodeonthespecimenlabel

requiredthatthebarcod ebeencodedwiththefollowingdataintheordershown.Thisisnota

requirementforalltemplates.Youcaneditorcreateatemplatetoacceptdataintheformatofan

existing2Dbarcodethatiscurrentlybeingprinted.Thiscanbeaccomplishe d usingthePTTemplate

software.

PatientID

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ImageColor

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TemplateNumber SlideLevel UrgentStatus

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3.3IncompleteTemplates

Ifthetemplatehasmoreinputfieldsthanareprovidedbythedatastringscannedinfromthebarcode,

thejobwillautomaticallygointothePendin gJobsqueue.Thiswillbethecaseregardlessofwhether

youhave“Moveallscannedjobstopendingqueue”checkedorunchecked.

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Scanneddatawill

beshownhereif

fieldsaremissing.

ExtraFieldnot

foundinBarcode

ScanData

Youmaynowchoosetofillinthemissinginformationorprintthe slidewithouttheextrafield

information.

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Section4:LISIntegration(PTLabPEOnly)

UsingtheProfessionalEdition(PE)versionofthissoftware,yourLISsystemcansendordersforprinted

slides/cassettestotheprinterandprintthemwithnouserinteractionatall.Thiscapabilityrequiresthe

purchaseofanupgradetothissoftware.

4.1InstallPTLabProfessionalEdition

1.InserttheDongleintoanopenUSBport.

2.Iftheinstallerdoesnotautomaticallystart,browsetotheUSBdongle

driveviaMyComputeranddoubleclickthesetup.exetorunthe

installer.

3.TheLicenseFilewillautomaticallybetransferredtothecomputer.

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Eventhoughthelicensefilewastransferredtothecomputer,youwillneedthedongleifyoueverwant

toinstallthesoftwareontoanewcomputer.Followtheseinstructionstotransferthelicensebackto

theUSBDongle.

1.OpenPTLab.ClicktheSettingsiconontheupperrightcornerofthesoftware.

2.ClickSoftwareInfo.ClickTransferLicensetoUSBDongle.Oncecompleteyou

willreceiveamessageifsuccessful.ProfeatureswillnowbedisabledinPTLab.

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Note:PTLabPEFeatureswill

beenabledassoonasthe

dongleisconnected.The

nameofthesoftwareinthe

upperleftcornerwillchange

to“PTLabProfessionalEdition”

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SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTLabManual2016

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4.2FormatDatafromLIS

ConfigureyourLIStoplaceanANSIorUTF8textfilewhichcontainsthedatayouwouldliketoprint,into

theWatchfolder.IfPTLabProisinstalled,thesoftwarewillimme diatelyrecognizethefile,processit

andthendeleteit.

DataFormat

• ANSIorUTF8(.txtfile)

• Commadelimitedfields

• Eachnewrecord(patient)onanewline(separatedbycarriagereturn)

Note:Ifyouneedmultiplecopiesofthe

sameslide/cassetteprinted youmaydrop

thesametextfileinthewatchfolder

multipletime sorsetyourprinttemplate

toaccepta“numberofcopies”field.

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Exampledata:

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PatientID

Username

ImageNumber



UrgentStatus

SpecialFields‐Addthesefieldstoyourdatastringtodesignatewhichprinter,templatesorhoppers

shouldbeused.

!,

PrintonCassettePrinter–Manual.Precedealldatainthestringwiththis

characterfollowedbyacommatousethemanualcassette printer.

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Exampledata:

!,JohnDoe,A,4,1

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!Cassette

Type!,

PrintonCassettePrinter–Robotic.SetCassetteprintertopickcassettes

fromthedesignatedhopperbasedonthecassettetypeset.First,hoppers

needbeassignedatypedescription. (SeeSection6).



CassetteType=1‐16

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Exampledata:

!7!,JohnDoe,A,4,1

#Number#

SetTemplateNumber.Setdatatouseaspecifictemplatenumber.Template

numbersaresetinthePTTemplatesoftware.If thisisset,thedesignated

templateischosennomatterwhichprinteriscurrentlyconnected.



Number=1‐?

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Exampledata:

#2#,JohnDoe,A,4,1

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NoSpecial

UseSlidePrinter.Tousetheslideprinternospecial charactersare

necessary.IftheSlidePrinterisconnected,thedefaulttemplatewillbeused.

Note:UseforSlidePrinter

orCassettePrinter.

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SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTLabManual2016

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

Ignoredatafields

IdeallythefileshouldhaveONLYthedatayouwouldliketoprintincluded.However,theprinttemplate

canbeconfiguredtoignorefieldsinthetextfilethatdonotneedtobeprinte dontheslide.Use

placeholdersinyourtemp late‐Input/Outputfieldssectiontoignorefieldsyoudonotintendtoprint.

Seesection5ofthePTTemplatemanual.

Eachtextfilecanrepresentoneuniqueslide/cassetteoryoumayseparateeachrecordwithacarriage

returntoprintoneslide/cassetteforeachrecordinthesamefile.

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ExampleDataStringwithextradatathatshouldbeignoredinRED

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IgnoredbyPlaceholders 

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PatientID

UrgentStatus



ImageNumber

Username

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4.3WatchFolderLocation

BydefaultthewatchfolderislocatedatC:\ProgramData\PTI\PTLab\WatchFolder\

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YoumaychangethewatchfoldertoanyotherlocationaccessiblebythePCrunningPTLabwithoutusing

additionalpasswords.Changethewatchfolderbyeditingthisfile:



"C:\ProgramData\PTI\PTLab\Plugins\FlatFilePlugin.xml"

Editthiskey:

<WatchFolderPath>C:\ProgramData\PTI\PTLab\WatchFol der\</WatchFolderPath>

Statusofthecurrentjobwillbeprovidedintwoxmlfiles(CurrentSlideJobs.xmland

CompletedSlideJobs.xml)inthesameWatch folderlocation.

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SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTLabManual2016

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4.4SetDefaultTemplatesPTLab

WhenPTLabdetectsdatainthewatchfolderitneedstodeterminewhattodowithit.Youwillneedto

setthedefaulttemplatestouseforbothslideandcassetteprinters.Theappropriatedefaulttemplate

willbechosendependingonthewhichprinterisconnected.Forexample,ifthecassetteistheonly

printerconnected, PTLabwillsendthedatatothedefaultLIScassettetemplateunlessaspecific

templatehasbeen designatedusingthespecialfieldformatdescribedintheprevioussection.

1.ConnecttheCassetteprinterorSlideprinter.Differenttemplateswillappeardependingonwhich

printerisconnected.

2.OpenPTLab.

3.GototheSettingsicon.

4.ClicktheTemplatesMenu.Selectthetemplate youwouldlikeasyourdefaultandclick“SetLIS

Default”

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Note:YoumustfirstcreateandexportthetemplateyouwilluseinPTTemplate.Besuretoadd

input/outputfieldsthatcorrespondwiththetextfileyouplaceinthewatchfolder. 

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SlidePrinterTemplates

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SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTLabManual2016

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CassettePrinterTemplates

DefaultTemplateisset!

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4.5SetyourPendingJobsQueuepreference

YoucansetPTLabtoautomatically printanyslide/cassetteassoonasthenecessarytextfilewiththe

dataappearsinthewatchfolder‐or‐youcansetPTLabtoautomaticallyplacealljobsinthepending

queue.

Note:Ifthereisinsufficient

datatocompletefillallfieldsinyourtemplate,thejobwillalwaysgotothe

pendingjobsqueuenomatterthesetting.

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If“MoveallLISjobstopendingqueue”isunchecked,theassociatedtemplatewillautomaticallyprint

theslide.

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4.If“MoveallLISjobstopendingqueue”ischecked,thejobwillappearinthependingjobsqueue.

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5.Clickonthejobtodisplaythetemplateandreviewthedatabeforeprinting.Youmayenteradditional

datainemptyfields,leavethemblankorchangedatainanyfield.Click“Print”whenyouarereadyto

print.

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Section5:ManagingSlideLevels

Theslidelevelistrackedbythesoftwareanddisplayedonthestatusbaratthebottom.



ClicktoOpenSet

SlideLevelWindow

Note:Theprinterdoesnothaveaphysi calslidelevelsensor.Thesoftwaretrackswhenaslidehasbeen

printedandsubtractsonefromthetotal.Iftheoriginaltotalwasincorrectforsomereason,theslide

levelreportedbythesoftwarewouldalsobeincorrect.

Tosettheslidelevel,clickontheslideicon.Thefollowingscreenwillappear.

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Thiswindowwillalsoappeariftheslidecartridgeistakenoutoftheprinterwith2orlessslides

remaining.Whenyoureplacetheslidecartridgeyouwillbepromptedwiththewindowabove.

Anexplanationofthefunctionofeachbuttonisbelow.

• ResetSlideLevelresetstheslidelevelto100

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• SetSlideLevelsetstoaspecificnumberthatyoucansetbytypingthenumbertotheleft.This

numberwillberememberedthenexttimethiswindowappears.Thisisuseful ifyourslidesdo

notcomeinpacksof100.Youcaneasilyresettheslidecountertoequalwhatevernumberof

slidesyourstandardboxincludes.

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• HideSlideLevelwillstopthiswindowfromappearingafteracartridgechangeandremovethe

slideleveliconfromthestatusbar.Youcanalwaystracktheslidelevelbylookingattheactual

slidesremainingthroughtheclearblueslidecartridge.Youcanre‐enabletheslideiconinthe

settingsarea.

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• Ignoredismissesthewindowanddoesnotchangetheslidelevel.Usethisifyouremovedand

insertedthesameslidecartridgebutdidnotaltertheslidecount.

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SignatureSlide/CassettePrinter–PTLabManual2016

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Section6:ManagingHoppers(CassettePrinter–RoboticFeed)

TheSignatureCassettePrinter–RoboticFeedhasfourhoppers(40cassetteseach)thatcanbefilled

withcassettesofdifferenttypes.Thedifferenttypecassettescouldbedifferentcolorsordifferent

constructionsaslongastheymeetthespecificationsoutlinedintheprintermanual.

Toviewthecurrenthopperlevelsanddescriptions, hoveryourmouseoverthehoppericononthe

statusbar.

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ProgrammingHopperDescriptions

UsingPTLabyoumayprogramupto16differenttypedescriptionsthatcanbeselectedforeachhopper

location.Oncethedescriptionshavebeenprogrammedyoumaysetthecurrenthoppertype

descriptiononthecontrolpaneloftheRobotorviathePTLabsoftware.However,itisonlypossibleto

programthedescriptionsusingPTLab.

Toprogramhopperdescriptions,double‐clickonthehoppericononthestatusbar.Youmayalsoclick

onthesettingsiconandchoosesettings–HopperSettings.

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Double‐Click

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Primera Signature Cassette Printer, Signature Slide Printer Owner's manual

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