Setting The Media - Intermec EasyCoder F4 Installation & Operation Manual

Setting the Media

Sensitivity
Number, cont.
Intermec EasyCoder F4 – Installation & Operation IPL Version, Ed. 1
The sensitivity number on each roll of thermal transfer media or
ribbon has an asterisk (*) in place of one of the digits. To optimize
the sensitivity number for thermal transfer media, you combine
the digits as in this example.
Media or Ribbon
Thermal transfer media
Thermal transfer ribbon
To set the sensitivity rating for direct thermal media, use the
three-digit sensitivity rating located on the roll of media or listed
in the Direct Thermal Media Sensitivity Settings table, later in
this chapter.
To use DOS to set the media sensitivity number on a PC
1. At the DOS prompt, type the following command and press
Enter:
MODE COM1 96,E,7,1,N
2. Type the following command lines and press Enter:
COPY CON COM1
<STX><SI>g1,567<ETX>^Z
where:
<SI>g1,567 sets the media sensitivity number to 567.
Appendix 2 Media Specifi cations
Sensitivity Rating Description
The asterisk for the third digit
56*
is reserved to identify the
ribbon's sensitivity number.
The asterisk for the second
5*7
digit is reserved to identify the
media's sensitivity number.
Optimum sensitivity rating
567
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