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5
Operation
5.1
Printhead Protection
!
Attention!
Printhead damage caused by improper handling!
Do not touch the heating elements of the printheads with the fingers or sharp objects.
Ensure that the material is clean.
Ensure that the material surfaces are smooth. Rough material act like emery paper and reduce the
service life of the printhead.
Print with the lowest possible printhead temperature.
The printer is ready for operation when all connections have been made and labels and, if applicable, the transfer
ribbon have been loaded.
5.2
Designing the Print Image
Define the double material width as label width.
Place the information for one print side at x-coordinates between 0 and the material width.
Place the information for the other side at x-coordinates between the single and the double material width.
5.3
Identical Images on Both Sides
Define the single material width as label width.
Place the information.
Activate in the printer driver menu General > Print Settings > Advanced Setup > Options the setting "top side
same as bottom".
or
For direct programming use the command
O B
Programming Manual.
5.4
Single Side Printing
The lower printhead can be switched off. Therefore is it possible to print labels in a similar way as in on side printers.
Activate the parameter
Setup > Printing > Disable lower head
.
Unlock the lower printhead.
Remove the ribbon from the lower print unit.
Send a print job with single label width.
5.5
Ribbon Saving
If there is no information to print during a longer label feed, in the lower print unit the printhead will be lifted, and the
transfer ribbon will be paused from feeding. This will reduce the ribbon consumption. The minimum length for ribbon
saving is defined in the firmware and depends on the print speed.
The ribbon saver can permanently be activated in the printer configuration (
Configuration Manual) or job-oriented
by the software (
Programming Manual).
