Printhead Pressure - Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User Manual

Bar code label printer
Hide thumbs Also See for EasyCoder 501 XP:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Chapter 12 Adjustments

Printhead Pressure

Knob
Thepressureofthethermalprintheadagainsttheribbonor
direct
thermalmediaisfactoryadjusted.However,theuseofthic
keror
thinnermediathannormalcouldrequiretheprintheadpres
sure
tobereadjusted.
Turntheadjustmentknobclockwiseforincreasedpressure,
or
counterclockwiseforlesspressure.Printafewlabels,pr
eferably
testlabels(seeChapter6,
"SettingUpthePrinter"),andcheck
theprintout.Increasedpressuregenerallygivesadarker
printout
andviceversa.Repeatuntilthedesiredresultisobtained
.
To
ndthebasicsetting,turntheknobcounterclockwiseuntil
thereisnopressureleft.Testwithapieceofmediaunderth
e
printhead.Youshouldbeabletopullitoutwithoutmoretha
n
justalittleresistance.Thenturntheknobthreetofourfu
llturns
clockwise.Fine-adjustusingthetrial-and-errormethod
.
Donotuseahigherprintheadpressurethannecessary,bec
auseit
mayincreasethewearoftheprintheadandshortenitslife
.
Caution!

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the EasyCoder 501 XP and is the answer not in the manual?

Table of Contents