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4. USING TTP-243 series/243E series/342 series

4.1 Power-on Utilities

There are three power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware. These

utilities are activated by pressing the FEED or PAUSE button and turning on the

printer power simultaneously. The utilities are listed as below:

1. Self-test

2. Gap sensor calibration

3. Printer initialization

4.1.1 Self Test Utility

Install the label first. Press the FEED button and then turn on the printer power.

Do not release the FEED button until the printer feeds labels. The printer

performs the following items:

1. Calibrate label pitch

2. Print out thermal print head check pattern

3. Print the internal settings

5. Enter dump mode

Regarding the self-test and dump mode, please refer to section 3.7 "Self Test"

and section 3.8 "Dump Mode" for more information.

4.1.2 Gap Sensor Calibration Utility

This utility is used to calibrate the sensitivity of gap sensor. Users may have to

calibrate the gap sensor for two reasons:

1. The media is being changed to a new type.

2. Initialize the printer.

Note: The ERR. LED may flash if gap sensor is not calibrated properly.

Please follow the steps below to calibrate gap sensor:

1. Turn off the printer power and install blank labels (without any logo or

character) on printer.

2. Hold down the PAUSE button then turn on printer power.

3. Release PAUSE button when the printer feeds labels. Do not turn off

printer power until the printer stops and two green LEDs light on.

Note: Black mark sensor has fixed sensitivity. It is no need to calibrate the

black mark sensor

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