IBM EasyCoder 3400e Setting the MSN for Intermec Media and Ribbon, Sensitivity, Media or Ribbon

Operating the Printer 2

To print a software configuration label

1.Turn the On/Off switch to the off position.

2.Press and hold the Feed/Pause button while turning the printer on. The printer prints out a hardware configuration label.

3.Set the DIP switches to print out the software test label.

Top Bank Set switches 1 through 6 and 8 off. Set switch 7 on.

Bottom Bank Set switches 1 through 8 off.

4.Hold the Feed/Pause button down for 1 second. The printer prints out the software configuration label.

5.Return the DIP switches to their original settings.

6.Turn the printer power off and then on.

Setting the MSN for Intermec Media and Ribbon

For direct thermal media, use the three-digit sensitivity number located on the roll of media to set the sensitivity number. You can also use the values from the tables in the next section.

For thermal transfer media, you need to look in two places to determine the sensitivity number. The sensitivity number on each roll of thermal transfer media or ribbon has an asterisk (*) in place of one of the digits. On thermal transfer media, the rating contains the first and second digits, with an asterisk in place of the third digit. The number on the ribbon has the first and third digits, with an asterisk in place of the second digit.

To optimize the sensitivity number for thermal transfer media, you combine the digits as in this example.

	Sensitivity
Media or Ribbon	Number	Description
Thermal transfer media	56*	The asterisk reserves the third digit to identify
		the ribbon’s sensitivity number.
Thermal transfer ribbon	5*7	The asterisk reserves the second digit to identify
		the media’s sensitivity number.
	567	Optimized sensitivity number

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