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4. Power on Utilities
There are three power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware.
1. Printer initialization
2. Ribbon sensor calibration
3. Gap or black mark sensor calibration
Note: You must run the #2 and #3 utilities after running the #1 to properly set
up the printer.
4.1 Initialization
Printer initialization is used to clear DRAM and restore printer settings to
factory defaults. The only one exception is ribbon sensitivity, which will not be
restored to default.
1. Turn the printer power off.
2. Press and hold the FEED button and then turn on the printer.
3. The LED will turn orange, blink red 5 times, blink orange 5 times and then
blink green 5 times. Release after the first green light blink.
4. Printer configuration will be restored to defaults as below after initialization.
WARNING: This will reset all saved settings in the printer.
Parameter Default setting
Speed W305, 127 mm/sec (5 ips)
Density 7
Label Width 4.25” (108.0 mm)
Label Height 2.5” (63.4 mm)
Sensor Type Gap sensor
Gap Setting 0.12” (3.0 mm)
Print Direction 0
Reference Point 0,0 (upper left corner)
Offset 0
Tear Mode On
Peel off Mode Off
Cutter Mode Off
Serial Port Settings
9600 bps, none parity,
8 data bits, 1 stop bit
Code Page 850
Country Code 001
Clear Flash Memory No
4.2 Ribbon Sensor Calibration
Note: Please make sure the ribbon is properly installed before doing this
calibration.
Please follow the steps below to calibrate the ribbon sensor.
1. Turn the printer power off.
2. Press and hold the FEED button then turn on the printer.
3. The LED will turn orange then blink red 5 times. Release after the first red
blink and before the 5
rd
.
4. If the ribbon is properly installed the light will turn green. If it is not it will
turn red and blink.