Power-On Utilities; Ribbon And Gap/Black Mark Sensor Calibration - Polaroid P420T User Manual

4.3 Power-on Utilities

There are six power-on utilities to set up and test the printer. These utilities are activated by
pressing the FEED button and then, switching on the printer simultaneously and releasing the
button at different color of LED.
Please follow the steps below for different power-on utilities:
1. Switch off the printer
2. Press the button while you switch on the printer
3. Release the button when LED indicates accordingly
Power on utilities
Functions
1. Ribbon sensor calibration and gap /
black mark sensor calibration
2. Gap / black mark sensor calibration,
Self-test and enter 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

4.3.1 Ribbon and Gap/Black Mark Sensor Calibration

Gap/black mark sensor sensitivity calibration should be performed for 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. Switch off the printer
2. Press the button while you switch on the printer
3. Release the button when LED is red and blinking.
The LED color will change as follows:
LED color
Red
Amber
(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