Printer Configuration and Adjustment 85

Changing Printer Settings

Table 7 • Print Settings (Continued)

Media Type Select the type of media that you are using.

•If you select CONTINUOUS, you must include a label length in your label format (^LL if you are using ZPL).

•If you select NON-CONTINUOUS for various non-continuous media, the printer feeds media to calculate the label length.

See Types of Media on page 47 for more information.

Accepted values: • CONTINUOUS

•NON-CONTINUOUS

Related ZPL command(s): ^MN SGD command used: none

Control panel menu item: MEDIA TYPE on page 22

Printer web page: View and Modify Printer Settings > Media Setup >

Media Type

Print Method Specify if ribbon is being used. Thermal Transfer media requires ribbon for printing while Direct Thermal media does not.

To determine if you need to use ribbon, see When to Use Ribbon on page 49.

Accepted values: • THERMAL TRANS

•DIRECT THERMAL

Related ZPL command(s): ^MT SGD command used: none

Control panel menu item: PRINT METHOD on page 22

Printer web page: View and Modify Printer Settings > Media Setup >

Print Method

Print Width Specify the width of the labels being used.

Note • Setting the width too narrow can result in portions of a label format not being printed on the media. Setting the width too wide wastes formatting memory and can cause the printer to print off of the label and onto the platen roller. This setting can affect the horizontal position of the label format if the image was inverted using the ^POI ZPL II command.

Accepted values: minimum: 2 dots

maximum:

•203 dpi: 832 dots

•300 dpi: 1248 dots

Related ZPL command(s): ^PW

SGD command used: none

Control panel menu item: PRINT WIDTH on page 22

Printer web page: View and Modify Printer Settings > Media Setup >

Print Width

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