Error Messages

 

 

Table 4. Message List

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message

Explanation

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bar code quiet

Data validation error: the

1. Fix the application.

 

zone too small

blank zone(s) left or right of

2. Disable Quiet Zone in

 

 

the bar code is not big

 

 

the VALIDATOR menu.

 

 

enough to meet the minimum

 

 

 

 

 

requirement.

 

 

 

Typically, this occurs in forms

 

 

 

where bar codes are placed

 

 

 

too close to other elements,

 

 

 

the bar code is too close to an

 

 

 

edge of the media, or the

 

 

 

media’s position is shifting.

 

 

 

The minimum quiet zone on

 

 

 

each end of the bar code

 

 

 

should be ten times the

 

 

 

minimum element width or 1/

 

 

 

4 inch, whichever is greater.

 

 

 

In addition, between bar

 

 

 

codes, the validator requires

 

 

 

a minimum distance of 20

 

 

 

times the minimum element

 

 

 

width or 1/2 inch, whichever is

 

 

 

greater.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calibration

The validator has detected

Press PAUSE to clear the

 

warning

that it needs calibration. This

message. Calibrate the

 

 

message is a reminder and

validator. See “Calibration”

 

 

does not halt printing.

on page 34.

 

 

 

 

 

Checksum Failure

The bar code data fails the

Verify that the checksum

 

 

checksum check or is missing

digit exists in the bar code

 

 

the checksum digit.

and that it is the correct

 

 

 

value.

 

 

 

 

 

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Printronix T5000e Series user manual Error Messages Message List Explanation Solution