06/08 SmartDate 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 General Information 1-1
1.1 Uptime™ Total Services 1-2
2 Setup and Timing Issues 2-1
2.1 Introduction 2-1
2.2 Setup Issues 2-2
2.2.1 Air Pressure Settings 2-2
2.2.2 Print Anvil 2-2
2.2.3 Printhead Gap 2-3
2.2.4 Ribbons 2-3
2.3 Important Printer Settings 2-4
2.4 Print Darkness 2-4
2.4.1 Print Speed 2-5
2.5 Print Signal Issues 2-6
2.5.1 Debounce Time 2-6
2.5.2 Debounce Distance 2-6
2.5.3 Print Delay 2-6
2.6 Print Quality Issues 2-7
2.6.1 Head Out Time 2-7
2.6.2 Start Border 2-8
2.6.3 End Border 2-8
2.6.4 Head In Time 2-8
2.6.5 Ribbon Advance Distance 2-8
2.7 Moving the Printed Image 2-9
2.7.1 Registration 2-9
2.7.2 Offset 2-9
2.8 Timing issues 2-10
2.8.1 Print Timings 2-11
2.8.2 SmartDate 5 - Intermittent Mode 2-13
2.8.3 Printing Time - Intermittent Printers 2-14
2.8.4 Print Cycle Time - Intermittent Printers 2-14
2.8.5 SmartDate 5 - Continuous Mode and SmartDate 5s 2-15
2.8.6 Printing Time - Continuous Printers 2-15
2.8.7 Print Cycle Time - Continuous Printers 2-15
2.8.8 Speed Profile Recorder 2-16
2.9 Distance between prints on the ribbon 2-21
2.10 Distance between prints on the substrate 2-21
2.10.1 Minimum Distance between prints in DRS mode 2-22