CognitiveTPG DLXi User Manual
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P R I N T E R S E T U P
Optimum MEDIA_ADJUST values depend on the
currently loaded media (for TT printers, both paper
and ribbon). CognitiveTPG suggests the following
procedure for experimentally finding the optimum
MEDIA_ADJUST
value for your media.
1. Prepare the following label format:
! 0 100 190 1
PITCH 200
VARIABLE DARKNESS -70
VARIABLE MEDIA_ADJUST 3000
BARCODER CODABAR(2:4)- 20 10 200 0123456
BARCODER CODABAR(2:4)- 220 10 200 3456789
END
• The MEDIA_ADJUST 3000 command in the
above label format will effectively turn off
MEDIA_ADJUST
. The darkness value should be
whatever you think will print a readable label on
your printer.
2. Send the label format to the printer.
3. Examine the printed bar codes carefully using
a magnifying glass or jeweler's loupe. Ideally,
the wide bars should show some breakup
between dot rows and the narrow bars should
be only one dot row wide. This setting is
probably lighter than you would normally
want.
4. Adjust the darkness value experimentally until
you achieve the results described in step 3.
5. Reduce the MEDIA_ADJUST value to 2500. Do
not change the DARKNESS value.
6. Print the label format again, and examine the
bar codes. You may begin to see some
darkening of the narrow bars, although no
change may appear until you have changed the
MEDIA_ADJUST
value significantly; results
vary with media sensitivity. Ideally, the
narrow bars should be two dots wide. The
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