User's Manual

Chapter 2 System Adjustments

Sensing Different Media Types

The SLPA’s media sensors can detect the different types of label length

indicators on a large variety of media types. This requires changes to the

Gap/Mark Sensor menu item in the CALIBRATE CTRL menu:

1. Press the Menu key to take the SLPA offline and into Menu mode.

2. Press ↓ and

↵ together until ENTER SWITCH UNLOCKED displays.

3. Press the Menu key until CALIBRATE CTRL displays.

4. Press ↓ until Gap/Mark Sensor / Disable* (the currently enabled option)

displays.

5. Press + or – until the option that matches the type of label length

indicators on the installed media displays:

• Disable. The default. Select when using media with no label length

indicators (no black marks, gaps, notches, or holes) or

when you

want the SLPA to ignore all existing label length indicators on the

installed media. See instructions below.

NOTE: When you select Disable, the length of each label is based on the

Label Length value entered in the QUICK SETUP menu or the value

sent via host software.

• Mark. Select when using media that has horizontal black marks

located on the underside of the label liner or tag stock. See page 59.

• Gap.

Select

when using media with a liner space between die cut

labels or when using tag stock with notches or holes as label length

indicators on white background media. See page 60.

• Advanced Gap. Select when using media that has liner gaps

between die cut labels with a black background. See page 61.

• Advanced Notch. Select when using media with notches or holes

that interrupt a black vertical line on the underside of the media.

See page 62.

NOTE: If the SLPA detects a false paper out message when you change

from Advanced Gap or Advanced Notch to Gap or Mark sensing or

vice versa, press the Pause key and run Auto Calibrate (page 63).

6. Press

↵ to enable the displayed option. An asterisk (*) appears next to

the selection.

7. Press Pause until OFFLINE displays.

8. Review “Calibrating The Media Sensors” on page 63.

9. Perform the Auto Calibrate procedure on page 63.