Intermec PB51 - Battery Management

Chapter 1 — Using the PB51 Mobile Label and Receipt Printer
PB51 Mobile Label and Receipt Printer User’s Guide 7
Managing Power on the PB51
Use the power options on the PB51 to manage and conserve battery
power. From the Power option in Setup menu, you can set Low
Battery, Sleep Timer, and Standby Timer.
Use the Low Battery option to set the battery voltage at which the low
battery warning appears. The values for Low Battery range from 12.1
V to 16.8 V in 0.1 V increments. The default settin g is 13.5 V.
Use the Sleep Timer option to set the amount of tim e it takes for the
PB51 to go to “sleep” if the printer is not printin g and you do not have
any interaction with it. When the printer goes to “sleep,” it turns o
the backlight and it dims the Ready-to-Work indicat or. By default, the
printer backlight turns o after 20 seconds of no user interaction.
You can set Sleep Timer to always o, always on, 5 seconds, 10
seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, or 60 seconds. The backlight turns
on when:
tthe printer begins printing.
tyou press
a button.
tyou connect the printer to external power.
tyou are communicating with or sending data to the printer.
Use the Standby Timer option to turn o power to t he radio, the
display, and the backlight. The Standby Timer optio n has the same
eect on the PB51 as pressing the Standby button. When the printer
is in Standby mode, both the LCD and the Ready-to-W ork indicator
are turned o. You can set Standby Timer to 5 mins , 10 mins, 20
mins, 30 mins, 60 mins, or disabled. Press the Standby button to turn
the printer back on.
Note: If you have Sleep Timer set to always on, the Stand by timer
setting will have no eect on the PB51.