Primera Technology CX1200 - Manual (Page 42)

38 Toner Monitoring and Supply Management
How do I Print a Proof Print? A proof print is simply a one page print job using the same PTPrint
file that you created using the instructions in Section 5. Go to File - Print. Set your number of
copies to 1. Click OK.
It is not necessary to tape the proof print to the rewinder. The proof print will print approximately
4 feet of label stock. The stock will be automatically cut.
What happens if I don't print a Proof Print? If you do not print a proof print and you have "Require
Proof Print" checked in settings, a notice will appear informing you that a one page job will be sent
to the printer instead of your original job. If you do not have "require proof print" enabled, and you
do not print a proof print you will not be warned if you do not have enough toner to finish the job.
6.3 Managing Used Toner Cartridges
If the printer runs out of toner, the job will be stopped and the paper will be cut. The printer can
not pause a job while you swap out toner because of calibration issues and physical issues with the
image transfer unit and the fuser. Because of this, it is important to make sure you have enough
toner in all the cartridges to finish your job. Printing a proof print before a job allows you to check
if you will have enough toner to finish your job. See Section 6.2.
In many cases, a job will use only part of the toner in a cartridge. For example, if a particular job
uses 75% of the toner in a
cartridge that leaves you
with 25% remaining. If
the next job requires 50%
of that particular color
you can not use that car-
tridge. The 25% cartridge
will have to be removed.
However, you don't need
to waste this cartridge.
You can write the remain-
ing toner amount on the
cartridge before you
before you remove it.
You may also print a Supplies Sheet before removing the cartridge. This summary includes the
percentage remaining in each cartridge and the Serial Number of that cartridge. You can then attach
this information to the cartridge you are removing. In a few weeks if you have a job that needs less
than 25% of that color you can pull this cartridge from your library and put it in the printer. This
means that you can keep a library of partially used toner cartridges with varying amounts of toner
left. This allows you to use as much toner as possible with out running out of toner in the middle
of a job. See the diagram below for an example of how this works.
K
75% K
48% K
27%
M
21% M
56% M
72% M
12%
C
22% C
45%
C
15% C
34% C
44% C
45%
C
67%
C
100% M
34% Y
100% K
45%
Job Requires Toner Cartridge with at least 50% Magenta and at least 70% Black
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