Operations 71

Calibrate the Printer

Calibrate the Printer

Calibrate the printer when it is first put into service. Calibration allows the printer to establish the proper settings for the specific media and ribbon used in your application. You may calibrate the printer at other times as needed. Table 7 shows the different methods for calibration.

Table 7 • Types of Calibration

Type of Calibration

Description

When/How It Occurs

 

 

 

Auto-calibration

The printer automatically sets the

Occurs at the following times:

 

value it detects for the spaces

• When the printer is first turned

 

between labels.

on if CALIBRATION is

 

 

selected for MEDIA POWER

 

 

UP (see Select Media

 

 

Power-Up Option on page 92)

 

 

• When the printer feeds media

 

 

after the printhead is closed if

 

 

CALIBRATION is selected for

 

 

HEAD CLOSE (see Select

 

 

Head Close Option on page 93).

 

 

• As part of both the sensor

 

 

profile and media and ribbon

 

 

sensor calibration procedures.

 

 

 

Long (Standard) Calibration

The printer does the following:

To perform a long calibration, do

 

• feeds media and ribbon

one of the following:

 

• sets the values it detects for

• Press PAUSE on the control

 

media length, media type

panel to pause the printer, and

 

(continuous or non-continuous),

then press CALIBRATE.

 

and print mode (thermal

• Select CALIBRATION for the

 

transfer or direct thermal)

MEDIA POWER UP or HEAD

 

• updates the sensor values

CLOSE parameter (see Select

 

 

Media Power-Up Option

 

 

on page 92 or Select Head

 

 

Close Option on page 93).

 

 

 

Short Calibration

The printer calibrates using the

Select SHORT CAL for the

 

current sensor values rather than

MEDIA POWER UP or HEAD

 

detecting the spaces between

CLOSE parameter (see Select

 

labels and resetting the sensors.

Media Power-Up Option

 

This calibration sequence uses

on page 92 or Select Head Close

 

fewer labels than the long

Option on page 93).

 

calibration sequence, but it is less

 

 

reliable because the values that are

 

 

stored in the sensors could be

 

 

incorrect.

 

 

 

 

Sensor Profile Calibration

The printer auto-calibrates and

Select the SENSOR PROFILE

 

prints a media sensor profile. See

option on the control panel. See

 

Sensor Profile on page 140.

Print Sensor Profile on page 87

 

 

for instructions.

 

 

 

6/30/06

105SL User Guide

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