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This option allows the user to change the printer's active configuration or typeface in Offline mode.
Job-Select On (factory default). Allows the user to change the printer's active configuration.
Typeface On. Allows the user to change the printer's typeface.
Print Hist. Log
NOTE: For H-Series printers only.
Checks the status of user downloaded font files in the build.
OCR Font Density
Determines the horizontal print density for OCR-A and OCR-B fonts. A higher density will print higher
quality OCR fonts at the cost of a lower print speed. The vertical density is always 144 DPI.
120 DPI (Factory default)
180 DPI
240 DPI
NOTE: The maximum density for the IPDS emulation is 180 DPI.
RBN Low Warn @
This option allows the user to select the Ribbon Life value at which point the printer will declare a ribbon
low condition and display the "RIBBON UNDER XX% / Change RBN Soon" warning message. The
default is Under 2%. See RBN Low Action below for details of how the printer behaves once a ribbon low
condition is reached.
The values are Under 2% (factory default), Under 5%, Under 10%, Under 20%, and Under 30%.
RBN Low Action
This menu determines how the printer behaves once a ribbon low condition is reached.
Warn & Continue (factory default). Once a ribbon low condition is reached the printer beeps and
displays the "RIBBON UNDER XX% / Change RBN Soon" warning message. Printing will continue
without interruption. The warning message can be cleared by pressing the ONLINE/Clear button,
however the message will persist again in two minutes. This action will continue until a ribbon out
(ribbon life reaches 0%) condition occurs.
Warn & Pause. This setting is similar to the Warn & Continue selection with one exception. When a
ribbon low condition is reached the printer will still display the "RIBBON UNDER XX%/Change RBN
Soon" warning message, however the printer will stop printing. This is meant to get the user's
attention. To resume printing the user must press the ONLINE/ Clear key.
NOTE: Printing will only stop on the first occurrence of a ribbon low condition. Once the user clears the
warning message, subsequent warnings will display the warning message but printing will
continue.
RBN End Action
This menu allows the user to override the normal ribbon low warning and ribbon out conditions.
Stop At RBN End (factory default). When this factory default option is selected, the printer displays a
warning message when a ribbon low condition is reached and display a ribbon out fault when ribbon
life reaches 0%.
Ignore RBN End. When this menu option is selected, it overrides the ribbon low and ribbon out
conditions, i.e. no warning or fault messages is displayed and printing continues even after ribbon life
reaches 0%. However, once the ribbon life reaches an excess wear condition as indicated by the fault
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