Printhead Pressure - Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User Manual
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Chapter 12 Adjustments
Printhead Pressure
Knob
Thepressureofthethermalprintheadagainsttheribbonor
direct
thermalmediaisfactoryadjusted.However,theuseofthic
keror
thinnermediathannormalcouldrequiretheprintheadpres
sure
tobereadjusted.
Turntheadjustmentknobclockwiseforincreasedpressure,
or
counterclockwiseforlesspressure.Printafewlabels,pr
eferably
testlabels(seeChapter6,
"SettingUpthePrinter"),andcheck
theprintout.Increasedpressuregenerallygivesadarker
printout
andviceversa.Repeatuntilthedesiredresultisobtained
.
To
ndthebasicsetting,turntheknobcounterclockwiseuntil
thereisnopressureleft.Testwithapieceofmediaunderth
e
printhead.Youshouldbeabletopullitoutwithoutmoretha
n
justalittleresistance.Thenturntheknobthreetofourfu
llturns
clockwise.Fine-adjustusingthetrial-and-errormethod
.
Donotuseahigherprintheadpressurethannecessary,bec
auseit
mayincreasethewearoftheprintheadandshortenitslife
.
Caution!
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