The software package included with both the OmniGrid and the OmniGrid Accent microarrayers is designed to be both user-friendly and highly flexible, granting the user extensive control over protocol design. The Array Design menu offers the flexibility to define the size and shape of arrays. The Pin Configuration menu allows the user to choose from a wide selection of pin configurations for each run with up to 48 printing pins. The Sample Sequence menu allows users to choose the sequence in which the sample blocks are printed onto the slides. This feature is very useful if there are control samples within the plates that the user wants to print periodically in the array.
Users can specify custom patterns with random access of any sample block.
The example screen shown is for a 48-pin print head. The Run Parameters menu allows the user to specify which plates should be printed, on which sample the software should start and finish, which slides to print on and how many plate positions will be used. The status section is updated, along with a progress bar, during the printing process.