4: Printer Settings and Adjustments
Printer Properties
Tools
Dialog box for testing and communicating with the printer.
•Command to send to printer - Enter a printer command (all capitals without the leading escape character) in the top edit box; e.g., MI MO, which will pick and eject one card. Then click on the Execute button. Printer Status will show the status of the command. Contact Zebra Technical Support for a complete list of the printer commands.
•Print test card - Select the desired test card type from the dropdown menu: Standard, Printer Parameters, and Encoder Parameters. Click on the Print button to print the card.
•Cleaning - Select the desired cleaning to be performed from the dropdown menu: Printer only or Magnetic encoder. Click on the Clean button to run the cleaning process.
•Offset setting - Enter the Front X and Y direction offsets, and click on the Set Offsets button to set the offsets for printing the card.
•Firmware download: See Page 50 for details.
•Send file - This command will allow a .prn or .txt file to print.
-The .prn file must be created with a Zebra printer driver using the same ribbon as present in the printer.
-The .txt file must contain firmware commands only with only one command per line. The first line must only contain MASTER; the last line must only contain SLAVE.
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