Operations 53

Calibrate the Print Engine

Calibrate the Print Engine

Calibrate the print engine when it is first put into service. Calibration allows the print engine to establish the proper settings for the specific media and ribbon used in your application. You may calibrate the print engine at other times as needed. Table 6 shows the different methods for calibration.

Table 6 • Types of Calibration

Type of Calibration

Description

When/How It Occurs

 

 

 

Auto-calibration

The print engine automatically

Occurs at the following times:

 

sets the value it detects for the

• When the print engine is first

 

spaces between labels.

turned on if CALIBRATION is

 

 

selected for MEDIA POWER

 

 

UP (see Select Media

 

 

Power-Up Option on page 81)

 

 

• When the print engine feeds

 

 

media after the printhead is

 

 

closed if CALIBRATION is

 

 

selected for HEAD CLOSE (see

 

 

Select Head Close Option

 

 

on page 82).

 

 

• As part of both the sensor

 

 

profile and media and ribbon

 

 

sensor calibration procedures.

 

 

 

Long (Standard) Calibration

The print engine does the

To perform a long calibration, do

 

following:

one of the following:

 

• feeds media and ribbon

• Press PAUSE on the control

 

• sets the values it detects for

panel to pause the print engine,

 

media length, media type

and then press CALIBRATE.

 

(continuous or non-continuous),

• Select CALIBRATION for the

 

and print mode (thermal

MEDIA POWER UP or HEAD

 

transfer or direct thermal)

CLOSE parameter (see Select

 

• updates the sensor values

Media Power-Up Option

 

 

on page 81 or Select Head

 

 

Close Option on page 82).

 

 

 

Short Calibration

The print engine calibrates using

Select SHORT CAL for the

 

the current sensor values rather

MEDIA POWER UP or HEAD

 

than detecting the spaces between

CLOSE parameter (see Select

 

labels and resetting the sensors.

Media Power-Up Option

 

This calibration sequence uses

on page 81 or Select Head Close

 

fewer labels than the long

Option on page 82).

 

calibration sequence, but it is less

 

 

reliable because the values that are

 

 

stored in the sensors could be

 

 

incorrect.

 

 

 

 

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