Media Type; Print Defines - Intermec EasyCoder 201 II Technical Manual

Intermec EasyCoder 201 II – Technical Manual
SETUP PARAMETERS, cont'd.

Media Type

Print Defines

• Printhead Resistance
• Thermal Paper Type
• Test Print
The Media Type setup controls how the label stop sensor and the
paper feed work. There are five different media types:
Label (w gaps) is used for adhesive labels mounted on backing
paper.
Ticket (w mark) is used for labels, tickets, or strip provided with
black marks either on the backside or on the topside of the paper
web. An optional black mark sensor must be fitted in the printer.
Ticket (w gaps) is used for tickets and tags with detection slits.
Fix length strip means that the length of the print window
decides the length of strip to be fed out.
Var length strip adds a sufficient amount of paper feed after the
last printable dot (may even be a blank space character or a
"white dot" in an image) to allow the strip to be torn off.
It is important to select the correct option, so the printer can indicate
possible paper errors. Two different error conditions may occur:
Error 1005 "Out of paper" indicates that the last ordered copy
could not be printed because of an empty paper stock.
Error 1031 "Next label not found" indicates that the last ordered
label or ticket was successfully printed, but no more labels/tickets
can be printed because of an empty paper stock.
Head Resistance
The power to the printhead is adjusted automatically according to
the printhead resistance each time the printer is started. There is no
manual head resistance setup, but it is possible to view the last
measured value in the Setup Mode of EasyCoder 201 IIE and 201
IISA.
Paper Type
Different brands of thermal paper require the printhead to be
controlled according to the characteristics of the media in question.
To obtain the best printout quality, the printer should be set up for
the brand of paper currently used.
Test Print
This option allows you to print a series of test labels as illustrated
on next page. The labels are the same as in the Test Label option in
the Intermec Shell program.
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