Power-On Utilities - AMT Datasouth Fastmark M5e User Manual

Power-on Utilities

There are six power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware. These utilities
are activated by pressing the FEED button, turning on the printer power
simultaneously, and then releasing the button at different status of LED.
Please follow the steps below for different power-on utilities:
1.
Turn off the printer power switch.
2.
Hold on the FEED button then turn on the power switch.
3.
Release the button when LED indicates with different status (color) for
different functions.
Power on utilities
LED color
Functions
Ribbon sensor calibration
and gap / black mark
sensor calibration
Gap / black mark sensor
calibration, Self-test and
enter dump mode
Printer initialization
Set black mark sensor as
media sensor and
calibrate the black mark
sensor
Set gap sensor as media
sensor and calibrate the
gap sensor
Skip AUTO.BAS
The LED color will be changed as following pattern:
Green Amber Red
(5 blinks)
Release
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Amber Green Green/Amber
(5 blinks) (5 blinks) (5 blinks)
Release
Release
Release
Red/Amber Solid
green
(5 blinks)
Release
Release