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the selections

at that level. Pressing the ENTER

key selects an item and the system

inserts an asterisk ( * ) to indicate

that this

is now the de

fault option.

Ribbon En

d Point

Factory defau

lt is Normal. This value correspond

s to the character life expectancy o

f the detected, authorized ribbon in

stalled in

the printer. RibbonMinder tracks ribbon life to the recommended end point before d

eclaring 301 RIBBON INK LOW or 146

RIBBON INK OUT. This is a global setting: it is in effect for all printer configurations and cannot be set for individual p

rinter

configurations.

To change this setting, press the SCROLL↓ or SCROLL↑ key to select “Darker +1” through “Darker +6” (SCROLL↓) or “Lighter

-1” through “L

ighter -10” (SCROLL↑), where eac

h increment or decrement corresponds to a predetermined set value (density).

Pressing SCR

OLL↓ or RIGHT changes the valu

e by one increment per key press. The second line of the display cha

nges to

show the action taken. Press ENTER to select the desired level. The changed setting will remain in effect until it is ad

justed

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Y

PRINTER CONTROL

PRINTER CON

TROL

Ribbon End Po

int

Interface S

election

Display Language

Print Direction

Hex Print M

ode

Power On State

Paper Jam

Detection

Forms Spe

ed

Set Platen at BOF

Shuttle Tim

eout

Energy Saver Timer

OCR Font Density

Eject/Resto

re

PTR Setup

Option

File System

Power Stacker

1

Auto Eleva

tor

1

Printer Management Port

Top Exit Te

ar Distance

Ribbon End Point

Ribbon Action

PRINTER CONTRO

L

Ribbon Action

Ribbon Action

Stop At RBN End*

Ribbon Action

Ignore RBN End

Ribbon End P

oint

Darker +1, +2, +3,

+4, +5, +6

Ribbon End Point

Normal*

Ribbon End Point

Lighter -1, -2, -3, -4,

-5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10

1 If power stacker is

installed



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again. If a different type of ribbon is installed, the density setting will remain as sele

cted, but the end of life value for th

e new

ribbon type w

ill be used.

By changing this setting, you specify a point low

er or higher at which the “301 RIBB

ON INK LOW” or “146 RIBBON IN

K OUT”

message will display. The user can thus set ribb

on life to match the required print d

ensity for a specific application. The graph

below shows the relationship between print density and the Ribbon End Point settings.

For reference

, the nominal starting density of a new black text ribbon is approximately 1.2, with a yield to 0.5 density of

approximately 16 million HS characters. Incrementing the Darker setting will raise the density end point, while decreasing the

yield. Each D

arker increment will decrease the y

ield by a percentage from the expected 16 million. For example, Darker +1

would change

the expected yield to 12.67 million characters. Darker +3 would decrease the yield to 6 million characte

rs.

Conversely, d

ecrementing the Lighter setting de

creases the density, which increas

es the yield. Each Lighter decreme

nt

increases the

yield by an additional percentage. For example, Lighter -2 would cha

nge the expected yield to 30 million

characters. Lighter -5 would result in an approximate yield of 52 million characters.

Changes to this setting can be made at any time

during a ribbon’s life, and the new

end point will be calculated accordingly.

However, onc

e a depleted ribbon is removed and another ribbon installed, the deple

ted ribbon is added to the used ribbon long,

and may not be re-introduced into the printer.

Ribbon Ac

tion

Factory defau

lt is Stop At RBN End. When the ribbon life reaches 0%, the message “146 RIBBON INK OUT / INSTAL

L NEW

IBM RIBBON

” displays on the operator panel. The status lamp flashes, the alarm s

ounds (if enabled), printing stops, and the

printer enters

the fault state. Printing cannot resume until this condition is cleared. To complete a print job in progress, you can

return the printer to READY state by pressing START. This allows the printer to co

ntinue printing for approximately tw

o

1.2

0.8

0.5

0.2

+3+2+1

-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

Setting

Density

X Normal





The Rib

bon Log

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The Ribbo

n Log

The printer id

entifies each ribbon by maker, type

, and a unique identification code. RibbonMinder recognizes the currently

installed ribbo

n and previously used (but not dep

leted) ribbons, and resumes tracking the life of the ribbon from the value it had

when it was removed from the printer.

The printer ke

eps a log of the depleted ribbons, identifying them if they are again installed on the printer. This information is not

printed in detail, but a summary by type of all ribb

ons ever installed on a particular p

rinter is printed in the log for review

. The log

also captures

any attempts to run Unknown1 or Unknown2 ribbons. This informatio

n is recorded in the log as “Ribbon

Not

Recognized.”

The Ribbon Log is a permanent re

cord; it cannot be cleared. The loca

tion and format of the Ribbon Log is shown

below.

NOT REA

DY

OPERATOR PRINT TESTS

Printer De

monstration *

Print Erro

r Log

Print Ribb

on Log

Ripple Print

All E’s

All H’s

All E’s + F

F

Underline

s

Adapter T

est Page

1

Ethernet Test Page

1

Clear Error Log

1 Appears only if ethernet

NIC is ins

talled

Ribbon Log

Installed Ribbon = IBM, Ribbon Name, 55%, Normal

Ribbon History = IBM, Ribbon Name = 45

IBM, Ribbon Name2 = 33

IBM, Undefined = 2

Ribbon Not Recognized = 3

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