Toshiba B-SX4T-GS20-QM-R manual Ribbon Motor Drive Voltage Fine Adjust Command ESC RM, SX4T SX5T

6.3.4 RIBBON MOTOR DRIVE VOLTAGE FINE ADJUST COMMAND [ESC] RM

Function

Format

Term

Explanation

Finely adjusts the drive voltage of the ribbon motor.

[ESC] RM; abbcdd [LF] [NUL]

a:Fine adjustment direction of the ribbon rewind motor -: Negative (The voltage is lowered.)

bb:Fine adjustment value for the ribbon rewind motor 00 to 15 (in units of 1 step)

c:Fine adjustment direction of the ribbon back tension motor -: Negative (The voltage is lowered.)

dd:Fine adjustment value for the ribbon back tension motor 00 to 15 (in units of 1 step)

(1)If wrinkles occur on the ribbon, they can be prevented by adjusting the ribbon motor drive voltage by this command.

(2)-1 step corresponds to -5% of the standard drive voltage.

(3)The ribbon motor drive voltage fine adjustment value is protected in memory (even if the power is turned off).

(4)If the ribbon motor drive voltage fine adjustment value has been set in the system mode (key operation on the printer), the fine adjustment value will be the sum of the system mode and the ribbon rewind motor adjustments or the system mode and the ribbon back tension motor adjustments. The max. fine adjustment values are as shown below.

Model		Rewind		Back tension
	Min.		Max.	Min.	Max.
B-SX4T	-15		0	-15	0
B-SX5T	-15		0	-15	0

Example

(5)When RAM clear is performed, the fine adjustment values for both fine adjust commands (rewind/back tension) and the system mode are 00.

(6)The fine adjustment values for both fine adjust commands (rewind/back tension) and the system mode are 00 at the time of shipment from the factory.

To set the value for the ribbon motor (rewind) to -3, and the value for the ribbon motor (back tension) to -2.

[ESC] RM; -03-02 [LF] [NUL]

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