28 chapter 4 – menu system, Print control – Rice Lake Datamax M-Class Mark II User Manual

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Chapter 4 – Menu System

Print Control

The Print Control menu contains printing throughput, offset and custom setup functions:

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Heat

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Print Speed

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Feed Speed

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Reverse Speed *

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Slew Speed *

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Row Offset

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Column Offset

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Present Distance

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Custom Adjustments *

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Items denoted with an asterisk (*) are only accessible through the Advanced Menu.

The menu selections are defined as follows:

DISPLAYED ITEM

ITEM DESCRIPTION

HEAT

Controls the burn time (0 - 30) of the printhead (and is equivalent to the Heat

setting in many software labeling programs), where:

10 Is

the

default

setting.

PRINT SPEED

Controls the rate of label movement during printing, where:

x.x in/sec

FEED SPEED

Controls the rate of label movement between printing areas, where:

x.x in/sec

REVERSE SPEED

Controls the rate of label movement (2.0 - 5.0 inches per second) during backup

positioning, where:

4.0 in/sec

Is the default setting.

SLEW SPEED

Controls the rate of label movement (2.0 - 16.0 inches per second) between

printing areas when using the GPIO function, where:

x.x in/sec

ROW OFFSET

Shifts the vertical start of print position (0 - 99.99 inches) on the label, where:

00.00 in.

Is the default setting.

COLUMN OFFSET

Shifts the HORIZONTAL, left-justified start of print position to the right (0-99.99

inches), without shifting the LABEL WIDTH termination point to the right, where:

00.00 in.

Is the default setting.

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