AMT Datasouth 4500 Series manual Setting Print Speed and Darkness, Speed Darkness

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Media Settings

Note that accurately assessing bar code label quality will require bar code validation equipment to determine a bar code’s ANSI grading. See the Bar Code Quality in this section for more information.

Printing Method	4505/4505+			4510
Printing Method	Speed	Darkness	Speed		Darkness

Thermal Transfer
Wax Ribbon	100%	80%	70%		100%

Wax/Resin Ribbon	100%	75%	70%		95%
Resin Ribbon	90%	85%	45%		85%
Direct Thermal
Standard Sensitivity	100%	85%	60%		90%

High Sensitivity	100%	70%	80%		90%

Table 5 - Suggested Initial Settings for Print Speed and Darkness

Setting Print Speed and Darkness

The following procedure guides the user through setting the Print Speed and Darkness values.

ONLINE

1.	Press the	PAUSE	key. This takes you to the off-line menu.
				MENU
2.	When Interface Status Off-Lineis displayed, press the			key. This
	will take you the to the Print Parameters menu.
		ITEM
	Press the	FEED	key. Print Speed is the first parameter displayed. Press

the or CANCEL key to change the Print Speed value.

NOTE: When changing values using the or CANCEL keys, a single key press will change the value by one unit. If the key is pressed and held in, the value will change by 10 units.

		ITEM
3.	Press the	FEED	key again. Print Darkness is the next parameter
	displayed. Use the			or CANCEL keys to change the value.
		ONLINE
4.	Press the	PAUSE	key. If any parameters were changed, the display will read
				ENTER

ENTER to save new defaults. Press the PRINT key to save these values.

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