Pitney Bowes DA80F - Sensor Operation Check; Calibrate Sensors

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2. Use + key to scroll down to 8. Feed Gap and press the Enter key.
3. Press the Enter key again to go into the A. Feed Gap Type submenu.
4. Use + key to scroll down to Selectable Gap and press the Enter key. Make sure the * symbol
appears in front of the Selectable Gap.
5. Press MENU button to go up one level in the menu.
6. Use + key to scroll down to B. Feed Gap Distance submenu and press the Enter key.
7. Use the + or – key to change the feed gap distance to a desirable value and press the Enter key.
Make sure the * symbol appears in front of the feed gap distance value. (TIP: press and hold + or –
key will increment or decrement the feed gap distance value continuously.).
8. Press ONLINE button to put the printer back online.
9.2 Sensor Operation Check
1. With printer OFF LINE, enter the Service Menu by simultaneously pressing and holding the
MENU and – button.
2. For shuttle head printers:
 Use + key to scroll down to 2. Test Paper Sensor and press the Enter key.
 Press the Enter key again to go into the A. Paper Sensor Test.
 Blocking and unblocking the sensor physically will change the LCD display of the sensor
state from BLOCKED to UNBLOCKED.
3. For fixed head printers:
 Use + key to scroll down to 2. System Test and press the Enter key.
 The LCD screen will display letters P E F (Paper Sensor, Exit Sensor, and Feeder
sensor) in either upper case or lower case. The lower case letter indicates the sensor is
UNBLOCKED and the upper case letter indicates it’s BLOCKED.
 Blocking and unblocking a sensor physically should change the LCD display of the
sensor state from upper case to lower case.
9.3 Calibrate Sensors
1. With printer OFF LINE, enter the Service Menu by simultaneously pressing and holding the
MENU and – buttons.
2. For shuttle head printers:
 Use + key to scroll down to 2. Test Paper Sensor and press the Enter key.
 Use + key to scroll down to B. Calibrate Sensor and press the Enter key.
 Follow the LCD screen instruction to calibrate the sensor.
3. For fixed head printers:
 Use + key to scroll down to 4. Calibrate Sensors and press the Enter key.
 Use + key to select the sensor to be calibrated (Paper Sensor, or Exit Sensor, or Feeder
sensor), and press the Enter Key.
 Follow the LCD screen instruction to calibrate the sensor.