Calibrating the printer, Purpose 5, Purpose – Zebra Technologies XiIII User Manual

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Calibrating the Printer

This chapter of the user’s guide is

so important that we’ve printed it on a

different color paper! That way, it will be easy for you to find when you
must calibrate (set up) the printer for your particular application.

Purpose

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To calibrate the printer.

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To verify that the printer is properly set up by printing a test label.

NOTE: This procedure

must be performed when the printer is first

installed or when it cannot properly detect the top of the label.

To calibrate the printer, you must do the following (all of the instructions
are contained in this chapter):

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Determine the type of media (labels) being used.

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Choose the print method.

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Position the media sensors (if necessary).

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Configure the printer and software or driver based on the label being
used.

n

Perform a media and ribbon calibration.

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Print a test label.

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