AstroNova QuickLabel QL800, User Manual

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Designing and Printing Labels
66 QL-800 User Guide
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-800 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-800 Toolbox application.