Intermec EasyCoder PF4i - Compactflash Protection Plate; Label Taken Sensor; Real Time Clock; Special Printheads

Chapter
9
—
Options
Label
Taken
Sensor
TheLabelTakenSensor(LTS)isaphotoelectricsensorthatenablesthe
printer’s
fi
rmwaretodetectifthelatestprintedlabel,ticket,tag,etc.has
beenremovedbeforeprintinganothercopy.TheLTScanbeenabledor
disabledusingtheinstructionsLTS&ONandLTS&OFFrespectively
inIntermecFingerprintandtheIntermecDirectProtocol.
TheLTScannotbeusedinconnectionwithapapercutter.
Real
Time
Clock
TheRealTimeClockcircuit(RTC)relievestheoperatororthehost
fromhavingtosettheclock/calendarusingtheIntermecFingerprint
instructionsDATE$andTIME$aftereachpowerup.TheRTChasits
ownbackupbatterybackupthatwilllast10yearsormore.
CompactFlash
Protection
Plate
TheprotectionplateenclosesaninsertedCompactFlashcardandmakes
itmoredif
fi
culttosteal.SeeChapter3forillustration.
Special
Printheads
Asstandard,theprinterisfittedwithan8dots/mm(203.2dots/inch)
thermalprinthead.Therearealsoanumberofoptionalprintheadsfor
specialapplications:
8 dots/mm (203.2 dots per inch)
11.81
dots/mm
(300
dots
per
inch)
Theprintheadcaneasilybereplacedorexchangedbytheoperatoras
describedinChapter11.
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