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Calibrate the Print Engine
6/29/11 110PAX4/R110PAX4 User Guide 57512L-004 Rev. A
Calibrate the Print Engine
Calibrate the print engine when it is first put into service. Calibration allows the print engine to
establish the proper settings for the specific media and ribbon used in your application. You
may calibrate the print engine at other times as needed. Table 6 shows the different methods
for calibration.
Table 6 • Types of Calibration
Type of Calibration Description When/How It Occurs
Auto-calibration The print engine automatically
sets the value it detects for the
spaces between labels.
Occurs at the following times:
• When the print engine is first
turned on if CALIBRATION is
selected for MEDIA POWER
UP (see Select Media
Power-Up Option on page 81)
• When the print engine feeds
media after the printhead is
closed if CALIBRATION is
selected for HEAD CLOSE (see
Select Head Close Option
on page 82).
• As part of both the sensor
profile and media and ribbon
sensor calibration procedures.
Long (Standard) Calibration The print engine does the
following:
• feeds media and ribbon
• sets the values it detects for
media length, media type
(continuous or non-continuous),
and print mode (thermal
transfer or direct thermal)
• updates the sensor values
To perform a long calibration, do
one of the following:
• Press
PAUSE on the control
panel to pause the print engine,
and then press
CALIBRATE.
• Select CALIBRATION for the
MEDIA POWER UP or HEAD
CLOSE parameter (see Select
Media Power-Up Option
on page 81 or Select Head
Close Option on page 82).
Short Calibration The print engine calibrates using
the current sensor values rather
than detecting the spaces between
labels and resetting the sensors.
This calibration sequence uses
fewer labels than the long
calibration sequence, but it is less
reliable because the values that are
stored in the sensors could be
incorrect.
Select SHORT CAL for the
MEDIA POWER UP or HEAD
CLOSE parameter (see Select
Media Power-Up Option
on page 81 or Select Head Close
Option on page 82).