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Section 4: Cleaning and Maintence

Page 4-4 TG3 Series Operator Manual

4.3 HOW TO CLEAN THE PRINTER (CLEANING SHEET) (Cont’d)

8. When the cleaning sheet has been removed, perform steps 5 to 7 to repeat the cleaning procedure one or

two more times.

9. When no more additional dirt appears on the cleaning sheet after it has been pulled out, you can stop

cleaning with the sheet.

10.Unlatch the print head and use the cleaning pen from the cleaning kit to gently remove any remaining dirt

from the print head.

4.4 ADJUSTING PRINT QUALITY

Print quality can be optimized with regular cleaning and maintenance of the print head and components along

the label path. Additionally, you can fine-tune print quality by adjusting print darkness and print speed settings.

4.4.1 Adjusting Print Darkness

This adjustment allows the user to control (within a specified range) the amount of power applied to the

individual print head heat elements. It is important to find a proper print darkness level based on your

particular label and ribbon combination. The printed images should not be too light nor should the ink from the

ribbon “bleed.” The edges of each image should be crisp and well defined.

Print Darkness — The Print Darkness can be set from the USER Mode

menu or by sending the Print Darkness software command from the host

computer. There are three settings, from 1 (lightest) to 3 (darkest). The

default setting is 2.

Once the range has been selected, the Darkness Setting of the

Adjustment screen can be used to make finer adjustments. For

instructions on setting Print Darkness, refer to Section 3.6 User Mode.

Darkness — The fine adjustment for Print Darkness is the Darkness

adjustment on Adjustment screen. It provides a continuous range of

adjustment, allowing you to make precise changes. See Section 3.4

Adjustment Screen for instructions on performing Darkness adjustments.

Note:

The DARKNESS adjustment will affect the darkness in all of the command

code speed ranges, i.e., if the DARKNESS is adjusted for lighter print, the

darkness will be lighter in all speed ranges selected by the command

code.

4.4.2 Adjusting Print Speed

Besides varying the rate at which labels are printed, this adjustment can

be used to regulate any changes in print quality.

Print Speed— Print Speed can be set from the USER Mode menu or by

sending the Print Speed software command from the host computer.

There are 9 settings, from 02ips (slowest) to 10 ips (faster). The default

setting is 6 ips.

For instructions on setting Print Speed, refer to Section 3.6 User Mode.

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