Brady POWERMark, User Manual

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Printing
¡ 4-3
Supply ribbon
As you create your labels, you’ll have the opportunity to decide which ribbon colors to use
for printing the labels. You have great flexibility in choosing your colors, since all colors
on the palette are available to you at all times, regardless of what kind of ribbon you
install. (In fact, you can even compose your label without installing a ribbon. See
Operating
the system without supplies installed
on page 4-7 for details about how you can use this
feature.)
Your system supports both paneled ribbons, which contain multiple colors in the same
ribbon cartridge, and monochrome ribbons, which contain one color. You can print your
label:
• By using a single ribbon of either type, using only the color(s) on the ribbon for your design.
• By swapping various monochrome ribbons in and out during a single print job, which means
you can use multiple monochrome ribbons to print a label you designed while a paneled ribbon
was installed.
• By swapping monochrome and/or paneled ribbons during a single print job.
However, because the system looks at the installed supplies to determine the rules you
must follow, the procedure you use to compose and print your label differs according to
the ribbon you install.
The information your system needs is stored in the memory cell flag located on each
ribbon cartridge. The system reads that information every time you:
• Turn on the system
• Retrieve a file stored in memory
• Change the tape or ribbon
• Print any label
Note: If you change ribbons or tape during label composition, the system keeps the
length restrictions in place from the original ribbon and tape installed. If you start
with a 14-inch paneled ribbon and decide to install a continuous color monochrome
ribbon, the original 14-inch limitation still exists and will continue for that label and
all other labels in that file.
Color listings, however, are updated to show the currently installed ribbon color(s).