Last Updated Jan 2001

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The following are step-by-step instructions for receiving a shipment of 2nd-generation plates.

1. Shipment arrives. Unpack crate in rm 133. Carefully clean all styrofoam crumbs from plate boxes before bringing them into plate vault. Shipment should be accompanied by a shipping list, ie, a list of the plates.

2. An electronic shipping list should also have arrived, via email from ROE or Caltech. Extract the file(s) into the appropriate sub- directory of disk$user:[gsops.platelists], with a filename indicating which shipment it is.

3. Print out the electronic list & compare to the one from the crate. Do they match? If so, great. If not, keep them both around and see which one matches the actual shipment.

4. Edit the file to make it match the format needed by ENTERPLATE. Eliminate the header information & make sure there are no extra blank lines at the top or bottom. Compare it to other files in the directory to make sure the format matches.

5. Prepare the plate vault by putting a cardboard plate frame and a plate-sized piece of styrofoam covered by a sheet of acid-free paper on the light table in the work area.

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