The Sysmex SP-1000i is a fully automated and standardised slide-maker stainer, available as a stand alone unit or as a module for the Sysmex HST-N and EXPERTline. The system offers top quality smears through automatic adjustment to the sample haematocrit followed by high quality staining with May Grunwald and Giemsa. The Sysmex SP-1000i removes a high risk manual process with a safe, high quality reproducible process which offers a rapid turnaround time (120 samples per hour) and produces barcoded smears which can be processed rapidly by the Cellavision automated digital microscope systems.