Designing and Printing Labels
48 QL-800 User Guide
3 Check the Ink Estimation Mode Enabled option. Then choose Submit. A red “Ink
Estimation Mode” indicator message will appear.
This step places the printer in a virtual printing mode. Print jobs you send will not
be printed, but their associated ink use calculations will appear in the Ink Usage
screen.
4 Print the label job. Observe the following guidelines to ensure an accurate ink
estimate.
• Print a high number of copies (such as 100).
• Print with the same driver settings (media, resolution, size, etc.) as will be used
in the actual print job.
When the virtual print job ends, the ink estimates will appear in the Ink Usage page
of the QL-800 Toolbox. You may need to choose the Ink Usage link to refresh the
page.
Ink estimates do not consider auto-maintenance cleaning operations. The estimate
only predicts the amount of ink that will be deposited onto labels during the print
job.
Note: Two fields are used to display black ink usage estimates. Add these two
estimates to obtain the total estimate for black ink usage.
5 Determine the ink use per label by dividing the micro liter (uL) estimates for each
color by the number of copies (pages) printed.
6 If necessary, print other virtual jobs for ink estimation. The most recent print job will
be listed at the top of the Ink Usage screen.
7 When you are finished printing virtual jobs for ink estimation, disable ink estimation
mode. Uncheck the Ink Estimation Mode Enabled option. Then choose Submit.
Close the web browser to exit the QL-800 Toolbox application.
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