Setting The Media Sensitivity Number For Thermal Transfer Media; Setting The Media Sensitivity Number For Other Media And Ribbons - Intermec 4400 User Manual

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When you set Sensitivity in the printer to match the rating for your media, the
amount of energy the printhead uses is adjusted to a value that is suitable for
your media. This improves print quality and sets the darkness to an
appropriate level.
You only need to enter the first digit to set the approximate rating for your
media. Setting the other two digits is recommended for fine-tuning the
sensitivity to improve print quality.
First Digit The first digit (in the hundreds place, at the left) designates the
range of sensitivity for your media.
Second and Third Digits The second and third digits are used to fine-tune the
printhead energy to improve print quality and darkness of your labels.
Setting the Media Sensitivity Number for Thermal Transfer
Media
The sensitivity rating, printed on each roll of thermal transfer media or ribbon,
has an asterisk (*) in place of one of the digits. On thermal transfer media, the
rating contains the first and second digits, and then an asterisk in place of the
third digit because this digit is reserved for ribbon. The rating on the ribbon has
the first and third digits, with an asterisk in place of the second digit because
this digit is reserved for media.
For example, you may see 56* on the media, and 5*7 on the ribbon. To fine-
tune the printhead for your media, you should set the sensitivity to 567.
Note: If you change media types often, you may decide to choose types with the same
first digit in their sensitivity rating and then set sensitivity to that digit only. This will
make it unnecessary to alter the setting each time you change to a different type of
media. See the following tables to compare settings for various types of media.
Setting the Media Sensitivity Number for Other Media and
Ribbons
If you are not using Intermec media and ribbon, or you misplaced your
packaging with the three-digit sensitivity number label on it, you can set the
approximate sensitivity setting. The approximate sensitivity numbers are the
first entry (in bold text) for each series in the media sensitivity settings table on
the following pages. Enter the three-digit approximate sensitivity setting (for
example, 800) to achieve acceptable print quality.
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