User`s guide

PRINTER SETUP
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currently loaded media (for TT printers, both paper
and ribbon). Cognitive suggests the following
procedure for experimentally finding the optimum
MEDIA_ADJUST value for your media.
1. Prepare the following label format:
! 0 100 190 1
PITCH 200
VARIABLE DARKNESS -70
VARIABLE MEDIA_ADJUST 3000
BARCODER CODABAR(2:4)- 20 10 200 0123456
BARCODER CODABAR(2:4)- 220 10 200 3456789
END
The MEDIA_ADJUST 3000 command in the
above label format will effectively turn off
MEDIA_ADJUST. The darkness value should be
whatever you think will print a readable label on
your printer.
2. Send the label format to the printer.
3. Examine the printed bar codes carefully
using a magnifying glass or jeweler's loupe.
Ideally, the wide bars should show some
breakup between dot rows and the narrow
bars should be only one dot row wide. This
setting is probably lighter than you would
normally want.
4. Adjust the darkness value experimentally
until you achieve the results described in
step 3.
5. Reduce the MEDIA_ADJUST value to 2500.
Do not change the DARKNESS value.
6. Print the label format again, and examine
the bar codes. You may begin to see some
darkening of the narrow bars, although no