Power On Utilities; Ribbon And Gap/Black Mark Sensor Calibration - AMT Datasouth Fastmark M5 Plus Series User Manual

4. Power on Utilities

There are six power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware. These utilities
are activated by pressing FEED button and by turning on the printer power
simultaneously. The utilities are listed as below:
1. Ribbon sensor calibration and Gap or black mark sensor calibration
2. Gap/black mark sensor calibration, Self-test and dump mode
3. Printer initialization
4. Set black mark sensor as media sensor and calibrate the black mark sensor
5. Set gap sensor as media sensor and calibrate the gap sensor
6. Skip AUTO.BAS

4.1 Ribbon and Gap/Black Mark Sensor Calibration

Gap/black mark sensor sensitivity should be calibrated at the following conditions:
1. A brand new printer
2. Change label stock.
3. Printer initialization.
Please follow the steps below to calibrate the ribbon and gap/black mark sensor.
1. Turn off the power switch.
2. Hold on the button then turn on the power switch.
3 Release the button when LED becomes
the 5 blinks).
It will calibrate the ribbon sensor and gap/black mark sensor sensitivity.
The LED color will be changed in the following order
Amber
red
green/amber (5 blinks)
Note:
Please select gap or black mark sensor by sending GAP or BLINE command
to printer prior to calibrate the sensor.
For more information about GAP and BLINE command, please refer to
programming manual.
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red
amber (5 blinks)
(5 blinks)
red/amber (5 blinks)
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and blinking. (Any red will do during
green (5 blinks)
solid green