Printronix SL5000 User Manual page 132

Chapter 3
MEDIA CONTROL
The media sensor looks for the gap, notch, hole, or black mark only after
the media has advanced the distance specified by the Label Length value
in the MEDIA CONTROL menu or by the Host Forms Length value sent
via the software. Any gaps, notches, holes, or black marks that exist prior
to reaching the Label Length or Host Forms Length value are ignored.
When Clip Page is set to Disable, Mark and Gap media sensing reliability
can be improved and the sensor problems described below can be fixed:
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When Clip Page is set to Disable, the printer ignores any pre-printed dark
marks or multiple gaps on a label that could mistakenly be detected as
the next top-of-form position based on the specified Label Length value.
The Label Length option is in the MEDIA CONTROL menu.
NOTE: When Clip Page = Disable, the correct Label Length value must be
The factory default for Clip Page is Enable.
Error Recover
This option determines how the printer handles data that was printing when
an error occurred.
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Disable. The printer will not reprint the label that was printing when the
error condition occurred.
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Enable. The printer reprints the label that was printing when the error
condition occurred.
The factory default is Disable.
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The image starts to print at an erroneous distance from the top-of-
form, especially towards the end of a roll where the media is severely
curled or scalloped.
The image is incorrectly positioned as a result of the media sensor
triggering off of a dark, pre-printed image on the label or multiple gaps
within the label.
The printer starts to print one label and then another all on the same
physical label, especially at the end of a roll where the media is
severely curled.
An occasional blank label appears within a print job (in between
printed labels).
entered. If the value is too long, the printer will ignore the actual gap
or mark it needs to detect. When using Gap sensing, the Label
Length value is equal to the physical length of a die cut or removable
label. When using Mark sensing, the Label Length value is the
physical distance from the leading edge of one black mark to the
leading edge of the next black mark.