Printronix SL4M User Manual page 76

Chapter 4
MEDIA SETUP Menu
Tear-Strip Time
When Media Handling is set to Tear-Off Strip or when Media Handling is set
to Continuous and Continuous Mode is set to Tear Strip Full, Tear-Strip Time
specifies the number of seconds after the buffer is empty that the printer will
wait before it advances media to the tear bar position.
The range is .1 to 60.0 seconds, and the factory default is 1.0 second.
Label Missing
Allows the Label Taken Sensor to first detect the presence of a label at the
tear bar for Peel Off Media Handling Mode only.
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Fault Disable (factory default). The printer does not generate a fault
condition if a missing label is encountered.
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Fault Enable. The printer generates a fault condition if a missing label is
encountered.
Clip Page
This option determines how the printer handles images that are too large for
one physical page length when using gap or black mark media.
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Enable (factory default). When the user-selected page length is greater
than the physical page length, the printer clips the excess data to fit the
physical page. The excess data is lost. The media sensor constantly
looks for the gap, notch, hole, or black mark and when detected, uses it
as the Top-of-Form position for the next label and clips any remaining
data from the label being printed.
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Disable. When the user-selected page length (logical length) is greater
than the physical page length dictated by the gap, notch, hole, or black
mark on media, the printer continues to print the remaining excess data
onto the next physical page.
The media sensor looks for the gap, notch, hole, or black mark only after
the media has advanced the distance specified by the Label Length value
in the MEDIA SETUP menu or by the Host Forms Length value sent via
the software. Any gaps, notches, holes, or black marks that exist prior to
reaching the Label Length or Host Forms Length value are ignored.
When Clip Page is set to Disable, Mark and Gap media sensing reliability
can be improved and the sensor problems described below can be fixed:
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The image starts to print at an erroneous distance from the top-of-
form, especially towards the end of a roll where the media is severely
curled or scalloped.
The image is incorrectly positioned as a result of the media sensor
triggering off of a dark, pre-printed image on the label or multiple gaps
within the label.
The printer starts to print one label and then another all on the same
physical label, especially at the end of a roll where the media is
severely curled.