Media Thickness Adjustment - Citizen CL-E700 Series User Manual

Chapter 3 Printer Adjustments
Installing the Media (p.26)
Self Print Mode (p.34)

Media Thickness Adjustment

It may be necessary to adjust the printer according to the thickness of
the media being used. This can be done easily by rotating the media
adjustment dial to improve the print quality.
• Poor print quality across the complete printout means wrongly set
media thickness. See this section.
• Poor print quality on one side of a printout means wrongly set media
width. See next section.
When using standard label media, high quality media or
direct thermal media
Adjust while performing test printing by turning the dial from the
smallest number on the dial to the largest number on the dial one step at
a time.
When using thicker media (tags, card, etc.)
Adjust while performing test printing by turning the dial from the
smallest number on the dial to the largest number on the dial one step at
a time.
Media Thickness Dial Position
0
1-2
3-5
6-9
These values are guidelines. The exact media being used must be
matched with the correct media thickness adjustment position.
• When shipped from the factory, it is set at dial 1 or 2.
(The factory default setting is indicated on the adjustment gauge label.)
• The offset adjustment varies according to the thickness and the
hardness of the media.
• Dial adjustment may be required depending on the thickness of print
and occurrence of ribbon wrinkles.
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Media thickness adjustment dial
Suggested media type
Direct thermal media (thin media)
Standard Label media, Direct thermal media
Thicker backing paper labels
Cards, tags, thicker media stock.