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Chapter 4 RibbonMinder
•Fault immed. When FAULT IMMED. mode is selected, and the ribbon l ife
reaches 0%, the message RIBBON INK OUT/ CHANGE RIBBON
displays on the control panel. The printer stops and goes into fault
condition. To complete the job in progress, the user must press the
CLEAR key. This allows the printer to continue pri nting for approximately
two minutes. After two minutes, the printer goes into fault mode aga in,
the RIBBON INK OUT/ CHANGE RIBBON display appears, and the
printer status indicator flashes. Clear the display by (1) repl acing the
ribbon when NEW RIBBON DETECT is enabled, or (2) pressing the
CLEAR key on the control panel. If the CLEAR key is pr essed, the
message will re-appear after approximately two minutes .
•Fault paper out. When FAULT PAPER OUT mode is selected, and the
ribbon life reaches 5%, the printer continues to acc ept new print jobs until
the printer runs out of paper. When an END OF FORMS/LOAD FORMS
condition is cleared (paper is loaded), then the RIBBON INK LOW/
CHANGE RIBBON message appears and the printer status indicato r
flashes. The printer will not accept new print jobs until the ribbon is
changed and the Ribbon Minder is reset to 100%.
In this mode, the Ribbon Minder is automatically reset when a “clean
hands” ribbon is installed and NEW RIBBON DETECT is enabled. If
another type of ribbon is used, the User must reset the Ribbon Minder
using the New Ribbon menu selection.
•Disable. When DISABLE mode is selected, the ribbon life displ ay is
removed from the control panel, but the Ribbon Minder con tinues to
monitor ink consumption. No indication (no flashing light, or wa rning
beep) is given, and the printer continues to accept new pr int jobs
indefinitely.
NOTE: When the printer displays “Ribbon Ink Out / Change Ribbon, “
disabling the ribbon action will not clear the message.