SATO CL608VA Operator's Manual Page 67
- Page / 256
- Table of contents
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- BOOKMARKS
Rated. / 5. Based on customer reviews
PROCEDURES CL408 and CL412
ADJUSTING THE PRINT QUALITY
The CL4XX printers are equipped with two different methods of adjusting the quality
of the print: print darkness and speed. When adjusting the printer for optimum print
quality, a bar code verifier system should be used. The human eye is a poor judge of
the relative widths of the bars in a symbol, a characteristic that is extremely
important for good bar code quality.
Darkness (Print)
This adjustment allows the user to control (within a specified range) the amount of
power that is used to activate 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.
The Print Darkness can be set using the front panel LCD panel (see page 2-16) or by
downloading the setting using the Print Darkness software command (see page 4-58).
There are five ranges, 1 , 2, 3, 4 and 5, with setting 1 giving the lightest print and 5
the darkest print . Once the range has
been selected, the PRINT
Potentiometer on the front panel can
be used to make finer adjustments.
PRINT Potentiometer
The fine adjustment for Print Darkness
is the PRINT potentiometer on the
operator panel. It provides a
continuous range of adjustment,
allowing you to make precise changes.
Use a small cross-point screwdriver,
turning clockwise for darker print and
counterclockwise for lighter print. See
Section 2: Installation and
Configuration for instructions on
performing potentiometer adjustments.
NOTE: The PRINT potentiometer adjustment will affect the darkness in all of the
command code speed ranges, i.e. if the PRINT potentiometer is adjusted for lighter
print, the darkness will be lighter in all speed ranges selected by the command code.
Print Speed
The other method of controlling print quality is by controlling the speed at which the
label is printed. This adjustment is made only on an individual label basis using the
either the Print Speed command code or the CL4XX LCD display panel. For more
details on this command, see page 4-62 in Section 4: Programming. Changing the
print speed allows the user to control the amount of time allowed for print element
cooling before the media is stepped to the next print position. It is especially critical
Section 3: Cleaning and Maintenance
SATOCLSeriesPrinters9001035Rev.EPage3-7
- CL Series 1
- Thermal Transfer Printers 1
- TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
- PRINTER OVERVIEW 11
- SECTION 1 11
- Section 1. Printer Overview 12
- CHARACTER FONTS 14
- BAR CODES 15
- PHYSICAL 16
- OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 17
- SECTION 2 19
- SETTING UP THE PRINTER 21
- LINE LABEL RIBBON ERRORPOWER 30
- PITCHOFFSETPRINT 32
- REAR PANEL CL608 and CL612 34
- REAR PANEL CL408 and CL412 35
- SATO DEFAULT 42
- COMPLETED 42
- POWER ON 43
- Receive Buffer 43
- Hex Dump Label 43
- Print Buffer 43
- PRINT SPEED 45
- ADVANCED MODE 47
- VERT. OFFSET 48
- HOR. DIRECTION 48
- HOR. OFFSET 49
- GAP (X.XV) 50
- INPUT (X 50
- Label Only Eye Mark 51
- Less than 1.0V 2.5V to 3.5V 51
- CALENDAR ENABLED 52
- CALENDAR 52
- 01/01/01 01:01 52
- USER TEST PRINT 55
- LARGE SMALL 55
- PRINT SIZE 55
- to correctly position the 58
- Moved with 58
- Label Feed Direction 58
- SECTION 3 61
- CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE 61
- Sensors located beneath 65
- Label Hold-Down 65
- Assembly 65
- PROCEDURES CL408 and CL412 67
- Print Head 68
- Label Sensor Unit 70
- SECTION 4 71
- PROGRAMMING 71
- USING BASIC 72
- THE PRINT AREA 74
- Table 4.1, Print Area 75
- SATOSATO 78
- COMMAND DEFAULT SETTINGS 79
- COMMAND CODES 80
- Bar Codes 81
- Input to Printer <ESC>A 82
- Printer Output 83
- UCC-128 Without Incrementing 84
- With Incrementing 84
- Bar Codes, Expansion 86
- Bar Codes, Variable Ratio 87
- Base Reference Point 89
- Characters, Custom-Designed 91
- Character Expansion 93
- Character, Fixed Spacing 95
- Character Pitch 96
- <ESC>* 99
- Continuous Forms Printing 100
- Copy Image Area 101
- Cutter Command 103
- CL408 CL608 CL412 CL612 105
- Font, Vector 106
- Fonts WB, WL, XB & XL 108
- Form Feed 110
- Form Overlay, Recall 111
- Form Overlay, Store 112
- Graphics, Custom 113
- Graphics, PCX 115
- Job ID Store 116
- Journal Print 117
- Lines and Boxes 118
- Line Feed 120
- Mirror Image 122
- Mirrored Area 123
- Off-Line 124
- Print Darkness 126
- Print Length, Expanded 127
- Print Position 129
- Print Quantity 131
- Print Speed 132
- Repeat Label 133
- Replace Data (Partial Edit) 134
- Reverse Image 136
- Sequential Numbering 142
- <ESC>A 143
- <ESC>Q50 143
- <ESC>Z 143
- Start/Stop Label 144
- Calendar Option Commands 145
- Calendar Increment 146
- Calendar Print 148
- Calendar Set 150
- Memory Card Option Commands 151
- Memory Card Function 152
- Clear Card Memory 152
- Expand Memory Area 153
- Fonts, TrueType Recall 155
- Fonts, TrueType Store 156
- Format/Field Recall 157
- Format/Field Store 158
- Graphics, Custom Recall 159
- Graphics, Custom Store 160
- Graphics, PCX Recall 162
- Graphics, PCX Store 163
- Initialize 164
- Slot Select 165
- Custom Protocol Command Codes 167
- Download 167
- Two-Dimensional Symbols 169
- Two-Dimensional Bar Codes 170
- Data Matrix, Data Format 170
- Data Matrix, Print Data 172
- Maxicode 175
- SECTION 5 179
- INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS 179
- THE RECEIVE BUFFER 180
- RS232C SERIAL INTERFACE 181
- RS232C Interface Signals 182
- Centronics interface 187
- (Not on CL408 or CL412) 188
- EXTERNAL OUTPUT SIGNAL TYPES 189
- SECTION 6 191
- TROUBLESHOOTING 191
- ERROR SIGNALS CL608 and CL612 194
- ERROR SIGNALS CL408 and CL412 195
- Section 6. Troubleshooting 196
- APPENDIX A 197
- COMMAND CODE QUICK REFERENCE 197
- CL408 CL412 CL608 CL612 201
- APPENDIX B 209
- BAR CODE SPECIFICATIONS 209
- <ESC>BD0bbcccd (data) d 210
- UPC-A/EAN-13 213
- ODD 024680 214
- EVEN 13579CD 214
- Industrial Two of Five 216
- Matrix Two of Five 217
- Code 128 218
- Example Without incrementing 224
- With incrementing 224
- Data Matrix 226
- Character Set 227
- CODE 128 CHARACTER TABLE 230
- Code 128 Character Table 231
- APPENDIX C 233
- CUSTOM GRAPHICS EXAMPLE 236
- PCX GRAPHICS EXAMPLE 240
- APPENDIX D 241
- LABEL CUTTER ALL MODELS 242
- CALENDAR ALL MODELS 249
- INTERFACE CARD ALL MODELS 249
- Appendix D: Optional Features 250
- APPENDIX E 251
- CUSTOM PROTOCOL COMMAND CODES 251
- ALT PROTOCOL 252
- DEFAULT COMPLETE 252
- USER DOWNLOAD 252
- APPENDIX F: 255
- LABEL WIZARD SUPPORT 255
Related products and manuals for Print & Scan SATO CL608VA
Print & Scan SATO XL410 Operator's Manual
(225 pages)
(225 pages)
Print & Scan SATO TH208 Instruction Manual
(32 pages)
(32 pages)
Print & Scan SATO MB410i Service Manual
(86 pages)
(86 pages)
Print & Scan SATO GL4XXE Service Manual
(204 pages)
(204 pages)
Print & Scan SATO LM408e Service Manual
(98 pages)
(98 pages)
Print & Scan SATO CL408e/412e Service Manual
(98 pages)
(98 pages)
Print & Scan SATO CG4 Series Instruction Manual
(102 pages)
(102 pages)
Print & Scan SATO XL4xxe User Manual
(114 pages)
(114 pages)
Print & Scan SATO CL608 Specifications
(12 pages)
(12 pages)
Print & Scan SATO /gt Series User Manual
(27 pages)
(27 pages)
Print & Scan SATO TH208 Instruction Manual
(20 pages)
(20 pages)
Print & Scan SATO CT4i Series Service Manual
(74 pages)
(74 pages)
Print & Scan SATO GY412 Instruction Manual
(217 pages)
(217 pages)
Print & Scan SATO XL400 User Manual
(194 pages)
(194 pages)
Print & Scan SATO M8485Se Service Manual
(216 pages)
(216 pages)
Print & Scan SATO CG412TT User Manual
(102 pages)
(102 pages)
Print & Scan SATO XL4xxe User Manual
(121 pages)
(121 pages)
© 2020, manymanuals.com. All rights reserved. | 3.144 s |
Manymanuals.com
Manymanuals.de
Manymanuals.fr
Manymanuals.it
Manymanuals.pl
Manymanuals.cz
Manymanuals.es
Manymanuals-pt.com
Comments to this Manuals