Intermec EasyCoder PF4i - Page 113

Chapter
6
—
Setting
Up
the
Printer
Contrast
Usethecontrastparametertomakeminoradjustmentsoftheblackness
intheprintout,forexampletoadapttheprintertovariationsinquality
betweendifferentbatchesofthesamemedia.11optionsaredisplayedin
anendlessloopfrom-10%to+10%.Defaultvalueis0%.Thecontrast
isresettothedefault(±0)wheneveranewpapertypeisspeci
fi
ed,regard-
lesswhichmethodhasbeenused.
Testfeed
Thesensitivityofthelabelstopsensor(LSS)mayneedtobeadjusted
whenswitchingfromonetypeofmediatoanother.Thisisespecially
thecasewhenusingadhesivelabelssincethetransparencyoftheliner
(backingpaper)mayvary.WhentheTestfeedmenuisdisplayed,press
the<Enter>key.Anumberofblankcopieswillbefedoutuntilthe
fi
rmwarehasdecidedthepropersettingfortheLSS.Atthesametime,
thefrontedgesofthelabels,tickets,etc.aredetectedsothefeedcontro
l
canpositionthemediaaccordingtotheFeedadjustparameter(sameas
theIntermecFingerprintstatementTESTFEED).Fourvaluesusedfor
troubleshootingtheLSSaredisplayed(read-onlyinformation).
Print
De
fi
nes
Head Resistance
Theprintheadresistanceismeasuredautomaticallyatstartup(read-onl
y
information).
Testprint
Thetestlabels”Diamonds”,“Chess”,“BarCodes#1”,and“
BarCodes
#2”areusedtochecktheprintoutqualityandfacilitateadjustmentof
theprintheadpressure,seeChapter12.Thetestlabels“SetupInfo”and
“HardwareInfo”listtheprinter’
scurrentsetupandtheinstalledelec-
tronicdevices.Testlabel“NetworkInfo”isonlyprintediftheprinter
hasanoptionalEasyLANinterfaceboard.Iftheinformationdoesnot
fi
t
ononelabel,twoormorelabelswillbeprinted.Iftheprinterrefusesto
printatestlabel,pressthe<i>keyto
fi
ndoutwhatiswrong,forexample
“printheadlifted”or“out-ofpaper”
.Seenextpageforexamplesoftest
labels.