User`s guide

PRINTER SETUP

VARIABLE PRINT_MODE

Function Sets the printer up for direct thermal or thermal

transfer printing. The command adjusts print

darkness and gap indexing parameters and enables

or disables the ribbon-out detector as needed for the

selected print method.

Explicit Form

Implicit Form

VARIABLE PRINT_MODE method

V PRINT_MODE method

Parameters

method DT

Direct thermal printing

Thermal transfer printing

AUTO

Printer checks for the presence

of a ribbon when it is turned on

or when the printhead is

lowered. If a ribbon is detected,

the printer sets itself for TT

mode. Otherwise, the printer

will automatically select DT

mode.

Comments Send this command to the printer with VARIABLE

WRITE in a non-printing label format. Do not use

this command in stored label formats.

Example

! 0 0 0 0

VARIABLE PRINT_MODE TT

VARIABLE WRITE

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