User's Guide

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PLT-02931, Rev. A.1 Printing preferences
Film Stretch Compensation When printing, the position of the image on the film can vary depending on whether
the previous film panel is used or not. Adjust this setting if the first card after an
error is shifted from the rest.
Alternative Mag Verify If set to 1, enables a quicker mag verification step of just looking for any data
encoded on the card. If set to 0 verifies all data written to the card.
Mag Hico DAC Adj Fine tunes the mag drive current for high-coercivity/super coercivity cards. Adjust if
mag verify errors start occurring with new card stock.
Mag Loco DAC Adj Fine tunes the mag drive current for low-coercivity/medium-coercivity cards. Adjust
if mag verify errors start occurring with new card stock.
Resin Heat Adjust Print the resin self-test card.
Use this adjustment for black resin text and barcodes that appear faded or too light
or dark.
Sleep Time Heater Off This setting adjusts how many minutes after the printer goes idle or enters a low
power state that the printer goes into a heater off power state.
Sleep Time Heater Low Power This setting adjusts how many minutes after the printer goes idle, the printer goes
into a low power state.
Blush Point The blush point is compensation during printing:
■ There is no dye transfer.
■ There is no light gray line on a portion of the card.
■ It should be white.
Film Takeup Transfer Tension ■ Negative adjustments can cause card jams.
■ Positive adjustments can help stop jamming.
Note: Adjustments affect flash and smudge.
Film Print Supply Tension Important: The film drive sets the baseline for the film tension and should not be
adjusted by the reseller or the end user.
Note: Adjustments moderately change the image length.
Cleaning Rate This adjustment changes the cleaning rate from 2000 to the new setting.
Transfer Heat Dissipation Level This setting adjusts when the transfer fan turns on.
■ 0, 1, and 2 - Transfer fan is on only during transfer.
■ 3 - Transfer fan turns on when transfer roller comes up to temp.
■ 4 - Transfer fan always on when not in sleep mode.
EAT Disable Environmentally Adaptive Transfer (EAT) automatically adjusts the transfer
temperature based on the ambient air conditions within the printer.
This is an ON (1) or OFF (0) switch.
Note: Settings can increase or decrease the transfer roller temperature by as much
as 68°F (20°C) in extreme conditions.
Beep Disable This setting disables the beep the printer generates after an EE setting is updated.
eSTANDBY_TEMP This option changes the temperature used when the printer is in standby mode.
Flipper Offset Mag This setting fine tunes the position of the flipper relative to the mag encoder. Only
use if a mag encoder is installed.
Image Length Fine tunes the length of the image on the card. Increase this value if the image
length is too short. Decrease this value if the image length is too long.
Internal Encoder offset in mm Fine tunes the position of the card when docking into Bay 0.
Setting Description