The First Printer Test; Settings For The Material Type; Printing The Status Report - Avery Dennison AP7.t User Manual

12/08 Rev. 5.01-01

The First Printer Test

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Material type
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Material length
Material width
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Type of punch
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100 mm width
50 mm width
Density
USER MANUAL

Settings for the material type

The parameter settings described below provide the printer with the
necessary information about the label material used. When printing from a
layout program, these settings are usually provided automatically by the
printer driver. For your first test prints, you need to configure them manually.
The label material is "endless", which means that it contains no punches/
perforations, breaks or reflex marks that could be recognised by the punch
sensor:
PRINT PARAMETER > Material Type
Set the
The label material contains punches/perforations, breaks or reflex marks that
can be recognised by the punch sensor (so-called "punched" material):
PRINT PARAMETER > Material Type
Set the
PRINT PARAMETER > Material Length
Set the
PRINT PARAMETER > Material Width
Set the
Only for punched/perforated material:
Label material with breaks or punches:
SYSTEM PARAMETER > Sensor Type
Set the
Label material with reflex marks:
SYSTEM PARAMETER > Sensor Type
Set the
Instructions on how to use the parameter menu can be found in
and Parameters, "Using the Parameter Menu".

Printing the status report

A status report printout is a perfectly adequate printer test. The width of the
status printout can be set to 100 mm or 50 mm. This should match the width
of the label material used. The length of the printout is 200 mm.
INFO PRINTOUT > Printer Status
Navigate to
The printout that is triggered spans a label length of 2x 200 mm, listing all of
the printer's current parameter settings.
SYSTEM PARAMETER > Print Info Mode
Set the
INFO PRINTOUT > Printer Status
Navigate to
The printout that is triggered contains the same information as the wider
printout, compressed to a width of 50 mm.
If the printout is not as black as you would like it to be, increase the print
density as follows:
AP 7.t
to "endless".
to "Punched".
to the length of the material (in mm).
to the width of the material (in mm).
to "Punched".
to "Reflex".
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to "Compact right".
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Commissioning & Operation
Info-Printouts
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