Avery Dennison Monarch Tabletop Printer 2, Reference Manual

Page: 24 / 206

2-8 Packet Reference Manual Classification: Avery Dennison – Public
B4. feed_m ode Feed Mode. 0 is the default. Options :
0 Continuous operation (not rec om m ended for Ec oCut).
1 On-dem and m ode. This is the default for Ec oCut printers .
2 Liner take-up
B5. s upply _pos n Supply Pos ition. Adjus ts the pos ition of the s upply relative to
the index m arks in the feed direc tion. Range:
-300 to 300 in
1/203 inc h. 0 is the default. Inc reas e the s upply pos ition to
m ove print up, dec reas e to m ove print down on the label. This
adjus tm ent ac c ounts for m ec hanic al toleranc es from m ac hine
to m ac hine. The s upply pos ition adjus tm ent only needs to be
m ade on the initial m ac hine s etup.
The s upply pos ition c annot be c hanged while the printer is
ac tive. Changing the s upply pos ition effec ts the print pos ition,
dis pens e pos ition, and bac kfeed dis tanc e. Onc e the s upply
pos ition is s et, us e the print c ontrol pac ket and bac kfeed
c ontrol pac ket to adjus t printing and the dis pens e pos ition.
B6. c ut_pos n Cut pos ition. Range: -300 to 300 in 1/203 inc h. 0 is the
default. Adjus ts where the tag is c ut. The printer adjus ts the
c ut pos ition ac c ording to the index m arks on the s upply.
Aperture s upplies m ay need adjus tm ents . Inc reas e to m ove
the c ut up, dec reas e to m ove the c ut down.
B7. s k ip_index Skip index m ode. 0 is the default. Options :
0 Dis able s kip index m ode
1 Enable s kip index m ode. Allows the printer to s kip (ignore)
a s ens e m ark and print an im age over m ultiple labels .
Note : Do not us e s kip index with RFID s upplies . Unexpec ted res ults m ay oc c ur!
B8. c ut_m ode Enables or dis ables the optional c utter. 0 (does not c ut) is the
default. W e do not rec om m end c utting die c ut label s upply.
Options :
0 Does not c ut.
1 Cuts eac h tag. This is the default for Ec oCut printers .
2 Cuts in s trips , not eac h tag. W e do not rec om m end this
m ode with Ec oCut printers .
B9. non_index _len Spec ifies the feed length for Ec oCut c ontinuous /non-indexed
(no index m arks for s ens ing) s upplies . W hen this param eter is
a non-z ero value, the printer us es it, ins tead of the
length in the
form at header. Range: 1218 to 3248 in 1/203 inc h for 203 dpi
or 1800 to 4800 in 1/300 inc h for 300 dpi. The default is 1218
(6.0 inc hes at 203 dpi), 1800 (6.0 inc hes at 300 dpi), or the las t
us ed form at length. 0 indic ates the value is not s et (the printer
us es the length in the form at header). This value is ignored on
non-Ec oCut printers .
Exam ple
{I,B ,0 ,0,1,10,50 ,0 ,1 ,0 | }
Indic ates blac k m ark and therm al direc t s toc k has been loaded, c aus es the printer to operate in
on-dem and m ode, feeds the s upply approxim ately .05 inc hes up before printing the form at on
eac h label (10/203 inc hes ), feeds the s upply .25 inc hes (50/203 inc hes ) before c utting, dis ables
s kip index m ode and c uts eac h tag. No value is s et for non-indexed length.
Exam ple {I,B ,2 ,0,2,0,0,0,1,609 | }
Us ing the Ec oCut™ printer, c ontinuous therm al direc t Ec oCut s upply is loaded; the printer
operates in liner take-up m ode; values are not s et for s upply or c ut pos ition or s kip index m ode.
The Ec oCut printer c uts after eac h tag and eac h tag is 3.0 inc hes long (609 dots ).