The first device test, Settings for the material type, Printing the status report – Avery Dennison ALX 924 Operating Manual User Manual
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OPERATING MANUAL
Device Description
ALX 92x
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The first device test
Settings for the material type
The parameter settings described below provide the device with the neces-
sary information about the label material used. When printing from a layout
program, these settings are usually provided automatically by the device driv-
er. For your first test prints, you need to configure them manually.
Material type
•
The label material is “endless”, which means that it contains no punches/
perforations, breaks or reflex marks that could be recognised by the punch
sensor:
« Set the
PRINT PARAMETER > Material Type
to “endless”.
•
The label material contains punches, breaks or reflex marks that can be
recognised by the punch sensor (referred to as “punched” material):
« Set the
PRINT PARAMETER > Material Type
to “Punched”.
Material length
« Set the
PRINT PARAMETER > Material Length
to the length of the material (in mm).
Material width
« Set the
PRINT PARAMETER > Material Width
to the width of the material (in mm).
Only for punched/perforated material:
Type of punch
•
Label material with breaks or punches:
« Set the
SYSTEM PARAMETER > Light sens. type
to “Punched”.
•
Label material with reflex marks:
« Set the
SYSTEM PARAMETER > Light sens. type
to “Reflex”.
Setting parameters
: see topic section „Info-Printouts and Parameters“,
chapter “Using the Parameter Menu”.
Printing the status report
A status report printout is a perfectly adequate device test. The width of the
status printout can be set to 100 mm or 50 mm. This should match the width
of the label material used. The length of the printout is 200 mm.
100 mm width
« Navigate to
PRINT INFO > Printer status
.
The printout that is triggered spans a label length of 2x 200 mm, listing all of
the device’s current parameter settings.
50 mm width
« Set the
SYSTEM PARAMETER > Print Info Mode
to “Compact right”.
« Navigate to
PRINT INFO > Printer Status
.
The printout that is triggered contains the same information as the wider print-
out, compressed to a width of 50 mm.
Density
If the printout is not as black as you would like it to be, increase the print den-
sity as follows: