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4. Power on Utilities
There are six power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware. These utilities are
activated by pressing the FEED button while powering on the printer power simultaneously.
The utilities are listed as below:
1. Ribbon sensor calibration；Gap/black mark sensor calibration
2. Gap/black mark sensor calibration；Self-test and dump mode
3. Printer initialization
4. Black mark sensor calibration
5. Gap sensor calibration
6. Skip AUTO.BAS
4.1 Ribbon and Gap/Black Mark Media Sensor Calibration
Gap/black mark media sensor sensitivity should be calibrated under the following conditions:
1. Installing a brand new printer
2. Change label stock.
3. Printer initialization.
Please follow the steps below to calibrate the ribbon and gap/black mark media sensor.
1. Turn off the power switch.
2. Press down and hold the feed button while turning on the printer's power switch.
3 Release the feed button when LED begins blinking red. (The printer will blink red 5
times).
This will calibrate the ribbon sensor and gap/black mark media sensor sensitivity.
The LED color will change in the following order：
Amber Æ red (5 blinks) Æ amber (5 blinks) Æ green (5 blinks) Æ green/amber
(5 blinks) Æ red/amber (5 blinks) Æ solid green
Note:
Please select gap or black mark sensor by using the GAP or BLINE command
prior to calibrating the sensor.
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