Operation

Front Panel Keys

Table 1. Front Panel Keys

Key

 

Function

 

 

 

Starts and stops the printing process.

•If the printer is not printing: no printing can occur

• Printing: printing stops once the current label is complete Press to remove error messages from the display.

Note: Pause Mode can also be activated via ZPL II (~PP, ^PP).

Forces the printer to feed one blank label each time the key is pressed.

• Printer not printing: one blank label feeds immediately

• Printing: one blank label feeds after the current batch of labels is complete

Note: Equivalent to the Slew to Home Position (~PH, ^PH) ZPL II instruction.

When in the Pause mode, this key will cancel print jobs.

• Print job in queue: press once for each print job to be deleted.

• Press and hold for several seconds to cancel all print jobs in the printer's memory. The Data light will turn off.

When in Pause mode, this key will calibrate the printer for:

• Media length

• Media type (continuous or non-continuous)

•Print mode (direct thermal or thermal transfer)

Note: The keys below are used only when configuring the printer. Specific uses of these keys are explained in the Configuration and Calibration section, starting on page 31.

Scrolls back to the previous parameter.

• Scrolls forward to the next parameter.

• Saves any changes you’ve made in the Configuration and Calibration sequence.

Enters and exits the configuration mode.

These keys change the parameter values. They are used in different ways depending on the parameter displayed. Common uses are: increase/decrease a value, answer “yes” or “no”, indicate “on” or “off”, scroll through several choices, input the password.

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