Printronix P7000 Cartridge Ribbon Printer - Manual (Page 260)

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Chapter 4 ADVANCED USER Menu
RBN Low Action
This menu determines how the printer behaves once a ribbon low condition is
reached.
• Warn & Continue (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 (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.