Compaq 5532 - Manual (Page 128)

Chapter 4 RIBBONMINDER
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RIBBONMINDER
RibbonMinder™ is a user-definable software feature which notifies the
user when a ribbon should be changed. It does this by monitoring ink
consumption and alerts you when the print quality falls below a level
you designate. This is especially important if you are printing bar codes
to be scanned.
As printing continues, the percentage of usable ink in the ribbon
decreases.
When 0% usable ink appears, the printer is typically configured to stop
printing and display the following message:
NOTE: Once you have set up options for RibbonMinder, it works
without attention. When you begin printing with RibbonMinder
enabled, the message display shows a ribbon life value of
100%. The ribbon life decreases as the ink is consumed.
ON LINE 100%
<printer emulation>
ON LINE 74%
Ribbon ink being consumed
<printer emulation>
ON LINE 8%
Ribbon life approaching end
<printer emulation>
RIBBON INK OUT
CHANGE RIBBON