Ready-To-Work™ Indicator; Ready-To-Work Led Flashing Or Off; Troubleshooting Adjustments; Ribbon Wrinkling Adjustments - Intermec EasyCoder PD41 User Manual

Chapter 4 — Troubleshooting
Ready-to-Work™ Indicator
The blue Ready-to-Work LED is lit when the printer is
operational. It can be turned off or flash in case something is not
working as expected.

Ready-to-Work LED Flashing or Off

The Ready-to-Work indicator is set to flash when the printer is
receiving data, as well as under several different error conditions.
Normally, this is due to an IP link error, where the printer has a
network card but has not yet received an IP number. Other
causes may be that the printhead is lifted, or the media is loaded
incorrectly. The Ready-to-Work LED will be turned off if the
printhead temperature is too high. Fingerprint users can obtain
an error diagnosis with the command
line
PRINT SYSHEALTH$
receive the printer's Ready-to-Work status.

Troubleshooting Adjustments

This section describes in detail some of the solutions mentioned
in the Troubleshooting tables above.

Ribbon Wrinkling Adjustments

The follwing two procedures can solve ribbon wrinkling
problems.
Ribbon Tension Adjustment
1 Push the knob on the ribbon supply hub.
2 Rotate it clockwise to increase breaking force or
counterclockwise to decrease breaking force.
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through a terminal connection to
Ribbon tension adjustment
EasyCoder PD41 Printer User's Guide
. Enter the
SYSHEALTH$