Printronix T5000e Series Configuring The Validator, Enabling And Disabling The Validator

Enabling And Disabling The Validator

Configuring The Validator

Setting validator options is done through the printer configuration menu. The validator comes equipped with a default setting for each configuration option, and it works without having to change any of these options. However, in some cases it is necessary to adjust these options, which are described below.

Enabling And Disabling The Validator

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1. Press .. to take the printer offline and place the printer in Menu mode.

2. If necessary, press ↓ and ↵ at the same time to unlock the ↵ key.

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3. If necessary, press .. until “VALIDATOR” displays.

4. Press ↓ until “Validator Funct.” displays.

5. Press + or – until “Enable” displays.

6. Press ↵ to enable the validator. An asterisk (*) should appear after “Enable.” Once enabled, the printer will command the validator to begin scanning and reporting errors, and the counters will be incremented.

7. Press ↓ and ↵ at the same time to lock the ↵ key, then press PAUSE to take the printer offline.

8. Press PAUSE again to put the printer online.

NOTE: To disable the validator once it has been enabled, repeat steps 1–8 and select the “Disable” option in step 5.

Validator Reporting

After any completed print job, you can request a report from the printer which describes the validation statistics since the printer was turned on, or since the last data reset (for information on resetting data, see page 45).

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