- Find a good position to start scanning. Ensure that more than 50% of the image is covered by the specimen. We suggest starting in the top left corner of the specimen. Slide should look like this now. Select scan.
- It is recommended to scan from the top to bottom as the camera frame is wider than high. This saves time in the scan process. When you move from the top to bottom and bottom to top try to overlap the next scan line by approximately three columns of the grid of the previous scan line. If the specimen shape is thin and wide you may need to scan left to right to be more efficient. However, it is almost always best to scan vertical, moving one direction at a time – down, right, up, right in a methodical manner.
- The box around biopsy will turn green and a bar at top will appear. See blue arrow. You want this white bar to be as close to the right side as it can be but must be at least above blue line. You can also watch your progress over on the right side to see how far you have gone. See green arrow. The best way to get a good scan is to go up and down as compared to going left to right.
- When the image is out of focus you will see that the length of the white bar decreases. Bring the image back to focus and continue scanning.