Intermec EasyCoder 3240 Getting Started Manual page 44

Print Quality Problems (continued)
Symptom Possible Causes
Print quality is poor. Direct thermal/thermal
transfer switch set in the
wrong position.
The printer skips a The label gap sensor is not
label or sends an in the correct position.
intermittent error.
Excessive use of the TOF
switch.
The printer is not The printer is not sensing
waiting until you that there is a label at the
remove a label to strip bar.
print again.
The ribbon is moving You have incorrectly set
towards the outer the bias adjust screw.
edge of the media
path.
The ribbon and media are
not the same width.
Top of form shifts in The tension has changed
self-strip mode after on the liner.
you lift the
printhead.
Top of form shifts in You interrupted the
batch mode after you precision print
lift the printhead. technology.
Label image is not Lateral movement of the
printing in the media through the media
middle of the label. path or variations in a roll
of media.
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Optimizing Print Quality
Solution
Set the DIP switch for the type of media you are using.
See "Configuring the Serial Port" in Chapter 2.
Properly position the label gap sensor. See
"Accurately Detecting the Start of a Label" later in this
chapter.
Lift the printhead to reset the top of form position. See
"Fine-Tuning the Top of Form Position" later in this
chapter.
Properly position the label taken sensor. See
"Adjusting the Printer for Self-Strip Printing" later in
this chapter.
Adjust the bias adjust screw. See "Correcting Uneven
Print Quality" later in this chapter.
Make sure that your ribbon and media are the same
width. Intermec recommends that the width of the
ribbon and media be the same to achieve the best
performance from your printer.
Remove the accumulated liner from the rewinder hub.
See "Loading Media for Self-Strip Printing" in
Chapter 1.
If some top of form shift remains, use the TOF switch
to correct it. See "Fine-Tuning the Top of Form
Position" later in this chapter.
Use the TOF switch to correct the shift. See "Fine-
Tuning the Top of Form Position" later in this chapter.
Adjust the lateral position of the printhead with the
lateral printhead knob. See "Correcting the Lateral
Position of the Label Image" later in this chapter.
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