Direct Thermal / Thermal Transfer Mode Switch; Auto Sensing; Dump Mode - Panduit TDP43ME Manual

3-4. Direct Thermal / Thermal Transfer Mode Switch

1. Power off the printer, press and hold the FEED key.
2. Power on the printer (while still holding the FEED key) and the printer will beep 3 times. Keep holding the FEED
key, wait for the STATUS light turn red and READY light flash red, then release the FEED key. The printer will go
into Direct Thermal (DT) Mode and automatically print "NOW IS DIRECT THERMAL (DT MODE)". This indicates
that printer is currently in DT Mode.
3. Power on the printer (while still holding the FEED key) and the printer will beep 3 times. Keep holding the FEED
key, wait for the STATUS light turn red and READY light flash orange, then release the FEED key. The printer
will go into the Thermal Transfer (TT) Mode and automatically print "NOW IS THERMAL TRANSFER (TT
MODE)". This indicates that printer is currently in TT Mode.
NOW IS THERMAL TRANSFER (TT MODE)
NOW IS DIRECT THERMAL (DT MODE)

3-5. Auto Sensing

Printer can automatically detect label (see-through) length and record it. By doing this, the printer can
accurately detect the label (gap) positions without setting the print length.
1. Check if the Label Sensor is located at the correct sensing position.
2. Power off the printer, press and hold the FEED key.
3. Power on the printer (while still holding the FEED key) and the printer will beep 3 times. Keep holding the
FEED key, wait for the STATUS light turn orange and READY light flash orange, then release the FEED
key. Printer will automatically detect the label size/length and record it.
Printer goes back to standby mode after performing the measurement.

3-6. Dump Mode

When label setting and the print result don't match each other, it is recommended to go into the Dump
Mode to check whether there's any mistake in data transmission between the printer and the PC. For
example, when printer receives 8 commands, yet without processing these commands, only prints out
the contents of commands, this will confirm whether the commands were received correctly. Test
procedures to enter the Dump Mode are as follows:
1. Power off the printer, press and hold the FEED key.
2. Power on the printer (while still holding the FEED key).
3. Keep holding the FEED key, wait for the STATUS light turn orange and READY light flash green, then
release the FEED key. Printer will automatically print "DUMP MODE BEGIN." This indicates the printer is
already in Dump Mode.
4. Send commands to the printer, and check if the printout matches the sent commands.
To cancel (get out of the Dump Mode), press the FEED key, the printer will automatically print out "OUT
OF DUMP MODE". This indicates that printer is back in the standby mode. Powering off the printer is
another way to exit the Dump Mode.
3-7. See-through Sensor on/off
Reflective Sensor and See-through Sensor. Users can set one of them as active sensor. By default, the
See-through Sensor is turned on and the Reflective Sensor is turned off.
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