S400 & S600 User’s Guide

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Printer Status Sensors

The printer contains several status sensors. These sensors alert the operator to various conditions by either stopping the printing or turning on an LED.

Sensor

What it Monitors

How it Works

Printhead

Checks the open/ closed

If the printhead is open, the

sensor

status of the printhead

PRINTHEAD LED flashes.

lever.

 

 

Media sensor

Checks for proper

 

 

media loading.

 

(See Getting

 

If you run out of paper, the

If non-continuous media

Ready to Print

PAPER/RIBBON LED will turn on.

to adjust this

is used, sets label length

 

for individual labels.

 

sensor.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ribbon sensor

Monitors the presence

If you run out of ribbon, the PAPER/

of ribbon.

RIBBON LED flashes.

 

Label available

 

Once a label prints, it will pass

sensor (Peel-

In Peel-Off mode, it

between the two parts of this sensor

Off option

checks to see if a label

and cause the printer to pause.

required. See

is available.

When the label is removed, printing

Figure 25.)

 

resumes.

 

 

 

Backing rewind

 

 

spindle full

Senses when the

 

sensor (Peel-

backing rewind spindle

When the spindle is full, the

Off option

is full of used backing

PAPER/RIBBON LED flashes.

required. See

material.

 

Figure 26.)