Instruction manual

Printing a Test Label
1. Turn off the printer.
2. Press and hold the FEED button while turning on the printer.
3. Release the FEED button when the LED is flashing orange and the printer starts advancing
lines.
The test labels print. The first label shows the model number and the printer’s configuration
by packet (A-F). See Chapter 2, “Configuring the Printer,” for more information.
The second label shows the software version, communication settings, speed, contrast, gap
sensor setting, label length, and total number of inches printed.
Reading a Test Label
The first test label shows the model number, software version, and the printer’s configuration by
packet. See Chapter 2, “Configuring the Printer” for more information about the printer’s
configuration.
The second test label shows the model number, software version, total number of inches
printed, voltage, print contrast, printhead resistance, number of bad dots, and memory. In the
example above:
¨ The printer has printed 119 inches of regular supplies.
¨ The printer has printed no linerless (high-energy) supplies.
¨ No options are set
¨ CONTRAST POT does not apply.
Using Data Dump
After printing test labels, this printer is in “data dump mode.” To use data dump mode:
1. Turn off the printer.
2. Press and hold the FEED button while turning on the printer.
3. Release the FEED button when the printer starts advancing lines.
The test labels print.
Your printer is now in data dump mode.
4. Download the data stream you wish to “dump” (print out on a label).
8-2 DIAGNOSTICS AND ERRORS