Off Line - SATO M-8400RV Operator And Technical Reference Manual

Normal Mode
When the printer is powered on, the readout should display the following message:
The LCD Panel will display the Online status on the top line of the display. The
bottom line will contain the label quantity (QTY) status. The ON LINE message will
be changed to OFF LINE whenever the printer is switched offline by depresing the
LINE key. As soon as a print job is received, the QTY message will indicate the
number of labels to be printed. As soon as the label job begins to print, the display
will indicate the number of labels remaining in the print job that remain to be printed.
User Mode
To enter the USER mode:
1. The printer is first taken offline by pressing the LINE key once. The display will
change to:
2. When the display changes to OFF LINE, press the FEED and LINE keys
simultaneoulsy for more than one second.
The printer now displays the first USER mode adjustment (Print Darkness).
Print Darkness Setting
There are five Darkness (or heat range) settings on M-8400RV. The higher numbers
represent darker settings. The current setting is indicated by an underline under one
of the range settings. To change the setting:
1. Use the LINE key to step the underline cursor to the desired setting.
2. Once the correct setting is underlined, press the FEED key to accept the setting and
advance to the next adjustment.
Note: This setting can be overriden by software (see Print Darkness Page 4-56).
After setting the heat range with this command, finer adjustments can be made using
the PRINT potentiometer adjustment on the Adjustment panel. See Section 3:
CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE, for additional information on how to make this
adjustment for optimum print quality.
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