Ribbonminder - Printronix P5000 Series User Manual

RIBBONMINDER

RibbonMinder is a user-definable software feature which notifies
the user when a ribbon should be changed. It does this by
monitoring ink consumption and alerts you when the print quality
falls below a level you designate. This is especially important if you
are printing barcodes to be scanned.
ON LINE
<printer emulation>
As printing continues, the percentage of usable ink in the ribbon
decreases.
ON LINE
<printer emulation>
ON LINE
<printer emulation>
When 0% usable ink appears, the printer is typically configured to
stop printing and display the following message:
RIBBON INK OUT
CHANGE RIBBON
NOTE: Once you have set up options for RibbonMinder, it works
100%
74%
8%
without attention. When you begin printing with
RibbonMinder enabled, the message display shows a
ribbon life value of 100%. The ribbon life decreases as the
ink is consumed.
Ethernet Submenu
Ribbon ink being consumed
Ribbon life approaching end
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