Printronix Online Data Validator - Manual (Page 92)

Chapter 2 Bar Code Failures
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Stop
If the validator detects a bar code failure, the print job stops, the
printer status indicator lamp
flashes, the alarm sounds, and the
appropriate error message displays.
The printer remains in a fault condition until you press the PAUSE
key. This clears the error message and takes the printer offline. You
must correct any condition that may have caused the fault. When
ready, the printer can be put back online and it will resume printing
with the form immediately following the bad form and any other
forms printed prior to the physical stop (see “Forms Printed After an
Error Detection” on page 91).
Overstrike
Use Overstrike mode when you want bad labels to be marked, but
not reprinted (i.e., when using pre-numbered labels).
If the system detects a bar code failure, the print job stops, the
printer status indicator lamp
flashes, the alarm sounds, and the
appropriate error message displays.
Without pausing, the printer then automatically reverses to the top
of the bad form. It then prints an obliterating pattern over the bad
form and any other forms printed prior to the physical stop (see
“Forms Printed After an Error Detection” on page 91). By default,
the obliterating pattern is a grid of fine lines which clearly marks the
label as bad but allows you to read what was originally printed.
In the VALIDATOR menu, the Overstrike Style options are: Grid,
Grey, Checkerboard, or Error Type Msg.
NOTE: Select Error Type Message to see the error message
printed on the bad form as the Overstrike Style.
IMPORTANT If you are using an RFID encoder, set the validator Overstrike
Style different than the RFID Overstrike Style (in the RFID
CONTROL menu). This will help you differentiate between a
validator error and an RFID error.
After the overstrike printing, the printer clears the error message
and stops the alarm, then resumes normal printing at the point the
job was stopped.