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Printer Configuration and Adjustment

Calibrate the Ribbon and Media Sensors

Calibrate the Ribbon and Media Sensors

Use the procedure in this section to calibrate the printer, which adjusts the sensitivity of the media and ribbon sensors.

•For issues that may be resolved by sensor calibration, see Printing Issues on page 148.

•For a summary of the options for initiating calibration, see Media and Ribbon Sensor Calibration on page 75.

Important • Follow the calibration procedure exactly as presented. All of the steps must be performed even if only one of the sensors requires adjustment. You may press and hold CANCEL at any step in this procedure to cancel the process.

To perform sensor calibration, complete these steps:

1.With the printer in the Ready state, initiate media and ribbon calibration in one of these ways:

•Press and hold PAUSE + FEED + CANCEL for 2 seconds.

•Send the ezpl.manual_calibration SGD command to the printer. See the Zebra Programming Guide for more information about this command.

•Navigate to the following menu item on the control panel display. This item is located under the TOOLS menu and the SENSORS menu. See Navigating through Screens in the Display on page 90 for information about using the control panel and accessing the menus.

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MEDIA/RIBBON CAL

START

a.Press RIGHT SELECT to select START. The printer does the following:

•The STATUS light and SUPPLIES light flash yellow once.

•The PAUSE light blinks yellow.

•The control panel displays:

MEDIA/RIBBON CAL

LOAD BACKING

REMOVE RIBBON

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