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Zebra XiII Printer User’s Guide 119
Glossary
printhead wear The degradation of the
surface of the printhead and/or the
print elements over time. Heat and
abrasion can cause printhead wear.
Therefore, to maximize the life of
your printhead use the lowest print
darkness setting (sometimes called
burn temperature or head tempera-
ture) and the lowest printhead/toggle
pressure necessary. Also, use ribbon
that is as wide as or wider than the
media to protect the printhead of the
XiII printer from the rougher surface
of the media.
registration Alignment of printing with
respect to the top of a label/tag.
ribbon A band of inked material that is
pressed against the media and heated
to transfer an image onto the media,
which in turn is pressed against the
platen. A ribbon consists of a base
film coated with wax or resin “ink”.
Zebra ribbons also have a back coat-
ing that protects the printhead from
damage.
ribbon wrinkle A wrinkling of the rib-
bon caused by improper alignment of
the strip plate and/or printhead pres-
sure. This wrinkle can be seen just
above the strip plate. Ribbon wrinkle
can cause voids in the printing and/or
it can cause the spent ribbon to
rewind unevenly. Correct this condi-
tion by performing adjustment proce-
dures.
roll media Media that comes supplied
rolled up on a core (usually card-
board). Contrast this with fanfold
media, which comes folded in a rect-
angular stack.
supplies A general term for ribbon and
media.
tag A type of media having no adhesive
backing but featuring a hole or notch
by which the tag can be hung on
something. Usually tags are made of
cardboard or other durable material.
take label sensor See “label available
sensor”.
thermal direct printing See “direct ther-
mal printing”.
thermal transfer printing A printing
method in which the printhead heats
an ink- or resin-coated ribbon against
the media, causing the ink/resin to
transfer onto the media. By selec-
tively heating the ribbon, an image
can be formed on the media. See also
“ribbon”.
“void” A space where printing should
have occurred but, due to some error
condition, it did not occur. A void can
cause a bar code symbol to be read
incorrectly or to not be read at all.
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