Designing and Printing Labels
QL-850 User Guide
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Estimating Ink Use
You can use the QL-850 Toolbox application to estimate ink use for print jobs. This is
accomplished by printing a “virtual” print job and viewing projected ink use estimates.
Note: Some QL-850 Toolbox features are not supported. Use only the features described in
this procedure.
1.
Open the QL-850 Toolbox application from a PC connected to the printer.
From the Windows Start Menu, choose
Start > All Programs > QuickLabel QL-850 >
Toolbox
.
A web browser will open and display the QL-850 Toolbox application. Under the Available
Printers, select a printer that is powered on and connected to the host PC.
2.
Choose the
Ink Usage
link to display the Ink Usage information.
3.
Check the Ink Estimation Mode
Enabled
option. Then choose
Submit
. A red “Ink
Estimation Mode” indicator message will appear.
This step places the printer in a virtual printing mode. Print jobs you send will not be
printed, but their associated ink use calculations will appear in the Ink Usage screen.
4.
Print the label job. Observe the following guidelines to ensure an accurate ink estimate.
•
Print a high number of copies (such as 100).
•
Print with the same driver settings (media, resolution, size, etc.) as will be used in
the actual print job.
When the virtual print job ends, the ink estimates will appear in the Ink Usage page of the
QL-850 Toolbox. You may need to choose the
Ink Usage
link to refresh the page.
Ink estimates do not consider auto-maintenance cleaning operations. The estimate only
predicts the amount of ink that will be deposited onto labels during the print job.
Note: Two fields are used to display black ink usage estimates. Add these two estimates
to obtain the total estimate for black ink usage.
5.
Determine the ink use per label by dividing the micro liter (uL) estimates for each color
by the number of copies (pages) printed.
6.
If necessary, print other virtual jobs for ink estimation. The most recent print job will be
listed at the top of the Ink Usage screen.
7.
When you are finished printing virtual jobs for ink estimation, disable ink estimation mode.
Uncheck the Ink Estimation Mode
Enabled
option. Then choose
Submit
.
Close the web browser to exit the QL-850 Toolbox application.
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