Paxar 9800 Series manual E c k i n g S u p p l y Q u a l i t y

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C h e c k i n g S u p p l y Q u a l i t y

The printer continuously stores data from the most recent 16 supplies printed to check the reflectivity of the sensor marks on the supply. Before you check your supply quality, print a batch of supplies or test labels.

1.From the Diagnostics menu, press l or r until you see

	DIAGNOSTICS
l	User Diag	r

2.Press Enter/Pause. You will be at the User Diagnostics menu. Press l or r until you see

USER DIAG

Supply Quality r

3.Press Enter/Pause. If you have not printed any labels, the message "No data! Press Enter" appears. You will also see the "No data! Press Enter" message if you are using continuous (non-indexed) supplies.

If you have printed labels since turning on the printer, you will see

Len Min Max OK l 1568 034 124 Y r

The Len listing is the length of the loaded supply in dots.

The Max listing should always be greater than the Min listing. The OK listing tells whether the sense mark on the supply passed a detection test. Press l or r to see the other readings.

Using Diagnostics 10-3

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Contents Monarch 9800 Series Printers Canadian D.O.C. Warning B L E O F C O N T E N T S Checking Script Information Page Page Main Menu T T I N G S T a R T E DP a c k i n g t h e P r i n t e r D i e n c eT a b l i s h i n g C o m m u n i c a t i o n s N n e c t i n g t h e P o w e r C a b l eN n e c t i n g t h e C o m m u n i c a t i o n C a b l e I n g t h e C o n t r o l P a n e lI n t e r S t a t u s L i g h t s Enter/Pause S p l a yMain Menu L e c t i n g a F u n c t i o nI t i n g a n O p t i o n 8Getting Started A D I N G S U P P L I E S A d i n g L a b e l s o r Ta g s Supply Holder Guides Die Cut Sensor Nibs Supply Lever Thumb Well 6Loading Supplies Feed the backing paper over the peel bar I n g t h e O p t i o n a l Te a r B a r D i n g t h e P e e l E d g e o r S h e l f I n g L i n e r l e s s S u p p l yPage If inserting the peel bar Page J u s t i n g t h e W i d e / N a r r o w K n o b s 14Loading Supplies A D I N G R I B B O N A d i n g R i b b o n Take-up Core Take-up Reel Ribbon Rollers 4Loading Ribbon T T I N G S U P P L Y O P T I O N S Supply P p l y Ty p eRibbon B b o nSpeed E e dE d M o d e Feed ModeC k f e e d I n t P o s i t i o n S i t i o n i n gBackfeed Positioning P p l y P o s i t i o n R g i n P o s i t i o n Positioning Separators T c h S e p a r a t o r sSkip Index I p I n d eT t i n g C o n t r a s t 14Setting Supply Options M M U N I C AT I O N V a L U E S Wo r d L e n g t h U d R a t eSerial Comm Baud RateR i t y O p B i t sStopbits Parity O w C o n t r o lFlow Control R a l l e l C o m m u n i c a t i o n s S e t t o D e Fault Va l u e sPort Parallel CommUSA T T I N G D E Fault SUSA N e t a r y S i g nC o n d a r y S i g n DefaultsMonetary Sign Secondary Sign C i m a l P l a c e sDecimal Places Slashed Zero A s h e d Z e r oW e r U p M o d e Power UP ModePrompt SET O m p t S e t8Setting Defaults I t i a l S c r i p t S t a r t u p P r o c e d u r e s I N G S C R I P T SR m a t t i n g F l a s h M e m o r y E c k i n g S c r i p t I n f o r m a t i o nScripts MystoreFlash Memory SetupCreating Flash File System W n l o a d i n g a S c r i p t A b l i n g a S c r i p t L e t i n g a S c r i p t E w i n g S c r i p t I n f o r m a t i o nA b l i n g I m m e d i a t e C o m m a n d s A b l i n g S t a t u s P o l l i n gE c k i n g a v a i l a b l e F l a s h M e m o r y I N T I N G Print ModeI n t i n g D e m a n d M o d e P r i n t i n g I n t i n g a n Error L a b e lS t a r t i n g a B a t c h U s i n g a B a t c hPause Menu N c e l i n g a P a u s e d B a t c h To cancel only the paused batch, press l or r until you see P e a t i n g a B a t c h I n t i n g Tr u e Ty p e F o n t s SL5 OPY C e n s i n g Yo u r F o n t sE a r i n g L a b e l J a m s R E a N D M a I N T E N a N C EE a n i n g Voids Printhead P l a c i n g t h e P r i n t h e a d Page Snap the printhead into place I N G D I a G N O S T I C S DiagnosticsC t o r y S e t P a s s w o r d E c k i n g t h e S o f t w a r e Ve r s i o nUser Diag I n t i n g a Te s t L a b e lE c k i n g S u p p l y Q u a l i t y I n g P a s s w o r d P r o t e c t i o n R v i c e D i a g n o s t i c s Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g This section helps you correct some problems that may occurError M e s s a g e s Error Description/Action M m o n Error sPage Page I n t e r Specification SP p l i e s N e r l e s s S u p p l i e s B b o n SpecificationO u t R i b b o n s B l e P i n o u t s C e s s o r i e s C E S S O R I E S & O P T I O N SH e r n e t I n f o r m a t i o n C t o r y Install e d O p t i o n sFormat O S S a R YPage Index D EFlow control options 5 Function, selecting 1 Start XO N character Index