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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Methods Mol Biol. 2012;808:155–165. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-373-8_11

Table 2.

Printing parameters

Parameter Description Recommended value
Number of slides High-print-quality slides 12–15
Delay before spotting Time of suspended pins above slide 0 s
Target height Distance of pin into contact with slide 1 mm
Speed Speed of pin into contact with slide 4 mm/s
Surface height Thickness of slide 1 mm
Dwell time Time tool is held in place at its target height 0 s
Pitch Distance between the center of spots 0.2 mm