Media Settings

Presentation Distance

After printing each label, the printer advances the label a preset presentation distance. This allows the label to be presented at a convenient distance for the application. The following procedure demonstrates how to change this value from the Operator Panel.

ONLINE

1.

Press the

PAUSE

key. This takes you to the off-line menu.

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

2.

With the Interface Status Off-Linedisplayed, press the

key. This

 

will take you the to the Print Parameters menu.

 

 

 

ITEM

 

 

3.

Press the

FEED

key until Pres. Dist. is displayed.

 

4. Press the or CANCEL key to change the presentation distance value.

ONLINE

5. Press the PAUSE key. If the presentation distance was changed, the display

ENTER

will read ENTER to save new defaults. Press the PRINT key to save the new value.

Forward Distance

Prior to printing a label, the printer may recall the current label from the presentation position or advance to the beginning of the next label. The Operator Panel menu provides control of this feature. Enabling the forward distance feature addresses issues with small height die-cut labels that may separate from the backing during the label recall event.

ONLINE

1.

Press the

PAUSE

key. This takes you to the off-line menu.

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

2.

With the Interface Status Off-Linedisplayed, press the

key. This

 

will take you the to the Print Parameters menu.

 

 

 

ITEM

 

 

3.

Press the

FEED

key until Fwd Dist. is displayed.

 

4.Press the or CANCEL key to change the forward distance value. Setting the value to 0.00 will enable the label recall feature. To enable this feature, set the value to the additional distance, beyond the presentation distance, required to advance the media to the beginning of the next label.

ONLINE

5. Press the PAUSE key. If the forward distance was changed, the display will

ENTER

read ENTER to save new defaults. Press the PRINT key to save the new value.

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AMT Datasouth 4500 Series manual Presentation Distance, Forward Distance