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Select a location for your scanned images.

Displays the image in the Image Organizer when the scan is complete for immediate inspection.

Reduces the size of the image files.

Use the Compression ratio slider to adjust the compression. Generally a compression of 10:1 or 20:1 is adequate (meaning a compression of 20:1 will take a 100 MB image file and compress it to around 5 MB).

Individual image files are saved in a folder until they are compiled into the final image montage at the end of the acquisition.

• Check Remove temporary files to delete the individual files once the image has been compiled (this will free up disk space).

Individual image files are acquired and saved in a designated folder, but there is no compilation performed.

• Uncheck Keep image open and remove temp files to enable the postpone compilation option.
• Use the Compiler when you are ready to create the montage.

Enter the distance in microns if the image needs to be acquired below the focus map.

Useful if you want to create the focus map at the top of the tissue, but capture the image a set distance into the section thickness.

• When you designate a distance to acquire below the focus map, the first plane of the stack is acquired starting at that specified distance.
• If you enter “0”, acquisition will occur at the designated focus map locations, or at the specified top of stack.