Power-On Utilities; Ribbon And Gap/Black Mark Sensor Calibration - Max Meyer LabelMax SP2 User Manual

4 Power-On Utilities

There are six power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware. These utilities are
activated by pressing FEED button and by switching on the printer power
simultaneously. The utilities are listed as below:
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Ribbon sensor calibration and Gap or black mark sensor calibration
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Gap/black mark sensor calibration；Self-test and dump mode
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Printer initialization
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Set black mark sensor as media sensor and calibrate the black mark sensor
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Set gap sensor as media sensor and calibrate the gap sensor

4.1 Ribbon and Gap/Black Mark Sensor Calibration

Gap/black mark sensor sensitivity should be calibrated at the following conditions:
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A brand new printer
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Change label stock.
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Printer initialization.
Please follow the steps below to calibrate the ribbon and gap/black mark sensor.
1. Turn off the power switch.
2. Hold on the button then turn on the power switch.
1. Release the button when LED becomes red and blinking. (Any red will do
during the 5 blinks).
It will calibrate the ribbon sensor and gap/black mark sensor sensitivity.
The LED color will be changed as following order：
Amber red (5 blinks)
blinks) red/amber (5 blinks)
amber (5 blinks) green (5 blinks)
solid green
green/amber (5
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