Printronix SL5000r RFID Smart Label and Thermal Printers - Manual (Page 238)

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Chapter 3 DIAGNOSTICS
DIAGNOSTICS Submenus
Printer Tests
The printer tests below allow you to check for proper printer operation and
print quality:
• Auto Calibrate (the default). Senses paperout, perforation, gap, or mark,
and calibrates the printer for the currently installed media.
• Checkerboard. This pattern helps identify marginal printhead elements,
quality of edge sharpness, and uneven print quality.
• Grey. This pattern helps identify burned out printhead elements and
uneven print quality.
• Grid. This pattern helps identify edge sharpness and uneven print quality.
• Current Config. Prints the current printer configuration and helps identify
the text print quality. Also prints Printhead statistical data in the header.
• Left Test. Prints a pattern containing a series of ladder-type bar code
symbols, starting with four and decrementing by one symbol on each print
until a single symbol prints on the
left side. This pattern helps identify
ribbon wrinkle problems.
• Right Test. Prints a pattern containing a series of ladder-type bar code
symbols, starting with four and decrementing by one symbol on each print
until a single symbol prints on the
right side. This pattern helps identify
ribbon wrinkle problems.
• Combo Test. Prints a combined left test and right test.
• Ethernet Test. This item appears only if the Network Interface Card (NIC)
adapter is installed. Prints the NIC statistics stored on the NIC adapter.
• Barcode Demo. Prints text and barcodes with the barcodes positioned at
the left and right margins of the standard label media supplied with the
printer. The test automatically produces output for 4, 6, and 8 inch printers
at 203 dpi and 300 dpi.
• ODV/RFID Report. This item appears only if the validator and/or RFID
encoder is installed. Prints a report of the validation and/or RFID statistics
since the printer was turned on or since the last data reset.
Once you have selected the desired test pattern, press ↵ to start printing. If
the Test Count option (below) is set to Continuous (the default), press ↵ again
to stop printing.
Test Count
This item selects the number of times the selected test pattern will be printed.
The options are Continuous (factory default), 1 Page, 2 Pages, 5 Pages, and
10 Pages.