Toshiba B-570 manual Print status content description of each sensor/switch, Non-transmissive

6. DIAG. TEST OPERATION

EM18-33010A

6.2 SELF TEST MODE

■Print status content description of each sensor/switch

Sensor/Switch		Print status content description
Head up switch	Indicates whether the print head is opened or closed.
Cutter home position	Indicates whether the cutter is at the home position or not.
switch
Rewind full sensor	Indicates whether the media is wound to peak capacity on the built-
	in take-up spool or not.
Slit sensor #1 (ribbon	Controls ribbon motor rotation by detecting the slit on the ribbon
rewind)	rewind motor and the ribbon feed motor. Indicates the position of
Slit sensor #2 (ribbon	the slit sensor.
feed)
Strip sensor	Indicates the existence of label in strip mode. When no label is
	detected (0), the subsequent label is issued, when a label is
	detected (1), the subsequent label will not be issued until the current
	label is removed.
Ribbon end sensor	The display of the ribbon end sensor only shows whether the ribbon
	is transmissive or non-transmissive. The status of the ribbon end
	detection differs according to the parameter setting. The following
	table shows the parameter settings in the parameter setting mode.
		Type of ribbon	Transmissive	Non-transmissive
		Ribbon end sensor
		Transmissive	With ribbon	Ribbon end
		Non-transmissive	Ribbon end	With ribbon

7SENSOR2 Check

SENSOR2 [H] 3.1V [A] 2.8V

Environmental temperature thermistor status: 0.0 ~ 5.0 V

Print head thermistor status: 0.0 ~ 5.0 V

[R] 3.3V [T] 2.4V

Feed gap sensor status: 0.0 ~ 5.0 V

Black mark sensor status: 0.0 ~ 5.0 V

[RANK 3]

Print head resistance rank: 0 ~ 15

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