Hand-held Printer: for student projects and pilot studies ~$2,500 - $4,500
Medium Through-put Printer: for a few hundred spots and 45 chips/run ~$60,000
DNA Microarray Printed by Emily Oldham (Davidson College)
How Chips are Printed
Pins - miniature quill pins shaped like tiny nails
48 Pins in Holder During Print Run
Microarray Pin v. Fly Eye; Warhol Does Microarrays
Printing Machine
High Through-put Printer for Whole Genome Chips