Datamax E-4304 manual Label Alignment Troubleshooting, Problem Possible Solution Description

4.5.5 Label Alignment Troubleshooting

Problem	Possible		Solution
Description	Cause
Attempting to	With the Present	Ø Set Label Alignment to AUTO,
perform Label	Sensor enabled,		press and hold FEED till paper
Alignment results	Label Alignment		moves for automatic Label
in no paper	can not be		Alignment Length measurement.
movement.	performed		~OR~
	without a Label
		Ø Re-measure Label Alignment
	Length.
			Length, use Menu Setup to set
			new length, ensure desired length
			has been set.
First label wasted	Alignment	Ø	Set Label Alignment to AUTO,
during alignment.	Length is too		press and hold FEED till paper
All labels thereafter	long.		moves for automatic Label
print with proper			Alignment Length
start of print			measurement.
position.			~OR~
	~OR~	Ø	Re-measure Label Alignment
			Length, use Menu Setup to set
			new length, ensure desired
			length has been set.
	For labels whose	Ø	Obtaining a slightly different
	label length and		label Alignment Length
	stop position		measurement. Using label
	cause them to		alignment AUTO mode, hold
	stop with a gap		the FEED button to force an
	on the edge		alignment and label
	sensor, the		measurement. Ensuring slack in
	alignment		the label stock may result in a
	function can		slightly different measurement.
	result in wasted		The Alignment Length may also
	labels.		be set manually via the Setup
			Menu. Increasing or decreasing
			the value by 1 or 2 units
			(in./100) may help to prevent
			the wasted labels, however this
			may result in incorrect print
			positions for labels that are
			short in length.

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