Printronix P8000 Series Cartridge Ribbon Printer - Manual (Page 236)

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Chapter 4 ADVANCED USER Menu
RBN Low Warn @
This option allows the user to select the Ribbon Life value at which point the
printer will declare a ribbon low condition and display the "RIBBON UNDER
XX% / Change RBN Soon" warning message. The default is Under 2%. See
“RBN Low Action” below for details of how the printer behaves once a ribbon
low condition is reached.
The values are Under 2% (factory default), Under 5%, Under 10%, Under
20%, and Under 30%.
RBN Low Action
This menu determines how the printer behaves once a ribbon low condition is
reached.
• Warn & Continue (factory default). Once a ribbon low condition is
reached the printer beeps and displays the "RIBBON UNDER XX% /
Change RBN Soon" warning message. Printing will continue without
interruption. The warning message can be cleared by pressing the
ONLINE/Clear button, however the message will persist again in two
minutes. This action will continue until a ribbon out (ribbon life reaches
0%) condition occurs.
• Warn & Pause . This setting is similar to the Warn & Continue selection
with one exception. When a ribbon low condition is reached the printer will
still display the "RIBBON UNDER XX%/Change RBN Soon" warning
message, however the printer will stop printing. This is meant to get the
user’s attention. To resume printing the user must press the ONLINE/
Clear key.
NOTE: Printing will only stop on the first occurrence of a ribbon low condition.
Once the user clears the warning message, subsequent warnings will
display the warning message but printing will continue.
RBN End Action
This menu allows the user to override the normal ribbon low warning and
ribbon out conditions.
• Stop At RBN End (factory default). When this factory default option is
selected, the printer displays a warning message when a ribbon low
condition is reached and display a ribbon out fault when ribbon life
reaches 0%.
• Ignore RBN End . When this menu option is selected, it overrides the
ribbon low and ribbon out conditions, i.e. no warning or fault messages is
displayed and printing continues even after ribbon life reaches 0%.
However, once the ribbon life reaches an excess wear condition as
indicated by the fault message "EXCESS RBN WEAR / Install New RBN",
printing will stop and the user must install a new ribbon before printing
can resume.
NOTE: The excess ribbon wear is set below the "Lighter -10" Ribbon End
Point setting.