Setting The Dark Adjust - Intermec 4630 User Manual

4630 and 4830 Bar Code Label Printers User's Manual
4. Press Enter to activate the security level setting.
5. Press Cont to return to the OFFLINE READY display.
To bypass a security level
1. Turn off the printer.
2. Press and hold the Feed/Reload key and turn on the printer.
The printer security level is set to 0, which allows access to all menus

Setting the Dark Adjust

Print darkness can be adjusted when the printer is online or offline. The dark
adjust setting is set at the factory for common media.
A darkness setting of zero should provide optimal print quality; however, in
order to maintain print quality, you may need to adjust print darkness under
the following conditions:
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To adjust the darkness of your labels
1. From the ONLINE READY display, press Menu to enter the Operator
2. Press ↑ or ↓ until the display shows:
3. Press Select. The display shows the current darkness setting.
4. Press ↑ to increase the printing darkness or press ↓ to lighten the printing
5. Press Enter to activate the new setting.
6. Press Cont to return to the ONLINE READY display.
7. Print several print quality labels and then scan the bar codes on the labels.
2-10
Change in print speed.
Change in media type (from direct thermal to thermal transfer and vice
versa).
Printhead wear.
Using large amounts of media.
menu.
OPERATOR MENU
DARK ADJUST
on the label. The range is from -10 (lightest) to 10 (darkest).
You want to get a very high successful scan percentage (95% or better)
when you scan these labels. You can also use a bar code verifier to
determine if the print quality is acceptable for your application.