AMT Datasouth Codewriter 4500 Series - Manual (Page 43)

Media Settings
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Note that accurately assessing bar code label quality will require bar code
validation equipment to determine a bar code’s ANSI grading. See the Bar
Code Quality in this section for more information.
4505/4505+ 4510
Printing Method Speed Darkness Speed Darkness
Thermal Transfer
Wax Ribbon 100% 80% 70% 100%
Wax/Resin Ribbon 100% 75% 70% 95%
Resin Ribbon 90% 85% 45% 85%
Direct Thermal
Standard Sensitivity
100% 85% 60% 90%
High Sensitivity 100% 70% 80% 90%
Table 5 - Suggested Initial Settings for Print Speed and Darkness
Setting Print Speed and Darkness
The following procedure guides the user through setting the Print Speed and
Darkness values.
1. Press the
ONLINE
PAUSE key. This takes you to the off-line menu.
2. When Interface Status Off-Line is displayed, press the
MENU
key. This
will take you the to the Print Parameters menu.
Press the
ITEM
FEED
key. Print Speed is the first parameter displayed. Press
the or
CANCEL
key to change the Print Speed value.
NOTE: When changing values using the or
CANCEL
keys, a
single key press will change the value by one unit. If the key is
pressed and held in, the value will change by 10 units.
3. Press the
ITEM
FEED
key again. Print Darkness is the next parameter
displayed. Use the or
CANCEL
keys to change the value.
4. Press the
ONLINE
PAUSE key. If any parameters were changed, the display will read
ENTER to save new defaults. Press the
ENTER
PRINT
key to save these values.