Ribbonminder - Printronix P5005B User Manual

RIBBONMINDER

RibbonMinder is a user-definable software feature that 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. As printing continues, the percentage of
usable ink in the ribbon decreases.
When you begin printing with RibbonMinder enabled, the message
display shows a ribbon life value of 100%.
ON LINE
<printer emulation>
The ribbon life decreases as the ink is consumed:
ON LINE
<printer emulation>
ON LINE
<printer emulation>
When 0% usable ink appears, if the printer is configured to
DISPLAY or FAULT IMMEDIATE, it will display the following
message:
RIBBON INK OUT
CHANGE RIBBON
100%
74%
Ribbon ink being consumed
8%
Ribbon life approaching end
RIBBONMINDER
ETHERNET PARAMS
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