Setting The Msn For Intermec Media And Ribbon - Intermec EasyCoder 4420 User Manual

EasyCoder 4420/4440 Bar Code Label Printer User's Manual
Use the PrintSet software, your third-party software, or the Intermec Printer Language
(IPL) command set to change the media sensitivity number. If you do not know the
sensitivity numbers for your media or ribbon, use the PrintSet Print Quality Assistant to
help you choose the correct media sensitivity number. If you want to see the current
sensitivity setting of your printer, print out a software configuration label.
To print a software configuration label
1. Turn off the printer.
2. Press and hold the Feed/Pause button while turning the printer on. The printer
3. Set the DIP switches to print out the software test label.
4. Hold the Feed/Pause button down for 1 second. The printer prints out the software
5. Return the DIP switches to their original settings.
6. Turn the printer off and then on again.

Setting the MSN for Intermec Media and Ribbon

The sensitivity number on each roll of thermal transfer media or ribbon has an asterisk
(*) in place of one of the digits. To optimize the sensitivity number for thermal transfer
media, you combine the digits as in this example.
Media or Ribbon
Thermal transfer
media
Thermal transfer
ribbon
To set the sensitivity number for direct thermal media, use the three-digit sensitivity
number located on the roll of media or listed in the Direct Thermal Media Sensitivity
Settings table on page 1-20.
1-18
prints out a hardware configuration label.
Top Bank Turn off switches 1 through 6 and 8. Turn on switch 7.
Bottom Bank Turn off switches 1 through 8.
configuration label.
Sensitivity Number
56*
5*7
567
Description
The asterisk reserves the third digit to
identify the ribbon's sensitivity
number.
The asterisk reserves the second digit
to identify the media's sensitivity
number.
Optimized media sensitivity number