Chapter 4 – menu system 41 – Rice Lake Datamax-ONeil I-4212e Mark II - Manual User Manual

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Chapter 4 – Menu System

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DISPLAYED ITEM

ITEM DESCRIPTION

PRESENT DISTANCE

Sets the label stop position (0 - 4.00 inches) past the start of print position upon

output. When subsequent label formats are received, the printer will automatically
back up the label to position it at the start of print position, where:

0.00 in.

Is the default setting.

When set to 0.01 in., NONE is assumed and a zero (0) positioning value will be used.

TOF PRECEDENCE

Allows an override of label format data when the form length is exceeded, where:

DISABLE

Prints labels formats without TOF truncating.

ENABLE

Ends the label at the next TOF, truncating any print data that extends past this

mark

.

CUSTOM

ADJUSTMENTS

Changes the factory adjustment parameters to finely and independently

compensate for slight mechanical differences sometimes evident when multiple

printers share label formats. These settings are also available to make special
label formatting adjustments, where:

DARKNESS

Controls the strobe time (1 - 64) to establish the nominal HEAT setting for

printhead-specific thermal characteristics, where:

32 Is

the

default

setting.

CONTRAST

Allows fine-tuning (1 - 64) of the gray adjustment for print quality, where:

32 Is

the

default

setting.

ROW ADJUST

Shifts the vertical start of print position (in xxx dots) to fine-tune the ROW OFFSET

setting, where:

+0000

If shifting Row Adjust in the negative direction, modify the PRESENT ADJUST

setting (see below) by that same amount.

COLUMN ADJUST

Shifts both the horizontal start of print position and the LABEL WIDTH termination

point to the right (in xxx dots) to fine-tune the COLUMN OFFSET setting, where:

+000 (-100 –

100 DOTS)

Is the setting.

PRESENT ADJUST

Adjusts the label stopping position (in xxx dots) to fine-tune the PRESENT

DISTANCE setting, where:

+000 (-100 –

100 DOTS)

Is the setting.

MOTOR
THROTTLING

The printer will throttle the print to a single label with delay mode if printing
consecutively for a specified period of time.

ENABLE

Enables Motor Throttling; default setting

DISABLE Disables

Motor

Throttling

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