The LM-1000 serves optical practices, eye clinics, dispensing counters and glazing workshops. Opticians, optometrists, and glazing technicians use it to neutralise a patient's current glasses before refraction, confirm that new lenses sit correctly in the frame, measure contact lenses, and orient and mark uncut lenses for glazing.
Error control is where it earns its place. A reading stays live until the read button freezes it, and the next lens clears the screen, so the figures written down belong to the lens on the support. The system labels right and left automatically, and progressive detection sets the measuring mode. With the optional interface cable, frozen readings go straight to a Nidek RT-2100 refractor, a computer, or an Eye Care card system, eliminating retyping during the handover from lensmeter to refraction.
Glazing work benefits from the marker, which suits hydrophobic and ultra-hydrophobic coatings. Lenses from 5 to 120 mm across fit, so uncut lenses can be marked as well as mounted pairs. Prescriptions read prism up to 17 Δ horizontally and 20 Δ vertically, and UV-A transmission at 365 nm provides a four-level result for the patient during dispensing.
The 320 × 240 dot LCD tilts through 30°, so the instrument works for a seated or a standing operator. Printing runs through a connected Nidek AR-600, ARK-700 or RKT-7700 series instrument. Upkeep centres on ink cartridges or an ink pad for marking, and the unit includes two spare fuses. Contact lenses are read on the contact lens holder supplied as standard, across base curves from 6.00 to 9.00.