40 Using the Printer
Afinia
Othersettings • UsefixedUSBID
Whenenabled,theHostPCusesafixedinternalUSBID
insteadofassigningadifferentUSBIDtoeachprinterin
thePlug‐N‐Playsetupprocess.Enablethisoptionifyou
needtohot‐swapprintersonaPC.
• EnableEnhancedFast‐Time‐
To‐FirstLabel(ETTFL)
Tradeoffsomeprintheadcleaningroutinesbeforethe
startofaprintjobtoreducethetimeofthefir s tprintout
inthePrintandHoldmode.
• EnableExtendedPrintheadCleanCycleatthe
End‐of‐Job
ThisoptionaddsaNormalprintheadcleancycletothe
standardcleaningsequenceattheEnd‐of‐Job.
• EnableInkspitevery10mininstandbymode
Enablethisoptionwhentheprinterisusedinadry
environment,characterizedbylowhumidity(~35%RH)
andlowtemperature.(~15
o
Cor59
o
F)
• EnableMaintenanceModuleServicingmessage
Whenchecked,theprinterwilldisplayanerrortonotify
theuserifthereisanissueencounteredwiththe
MaintenanceModulewhichwillaffectprintquality.The
usercanser vicethemoduleatthattime.
• EnableSMARTnozzlehealthextenderalgorithm
Whenenabled,the
printerprintsrepetitive(image)
labelsusingagroupofadjacentnozzlesintheprinthead
insteadofusingthesameeachtime.Thishelpsextend
theprintheadlife.However,thiscausesagradualshiftof
theimageupto1mmtotheleft(viewingfromthe
printeroutput).
Disablethisfeature
ifimageshiftingbetweenlabelsis
notdesirable.ThisfeatureisignoredifBorderlessis
enabledinthedriver.
• Cutthefirstlabel(forLength>8")atmediaload
Whenenabled,theprinterautomatica llycutsthefirst
label(if>8"long)whenloadinganewlabelroll.
Thiseliminates
potentialmediaskewingwhenthemedia
isretracting.
Table2EWSpages
EWSPage Description