EASYPRINT Communicator II, Product Manual

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OPERATION
25364 Issue 8 March 2018 3-37
Stop Mid Print (CM only)
It might be that the design contains text lines
spaced widely apart. The resulting space between the lines is a waste of
ribbon, as in the following example:
BAKED BEANS
The bracket relates to the size of
the print and it is obvious that there
is a waste of ribbon between the
upper part (BAKED BEANS) and
the lower part (Lot Number)
Lot Number
321556464
BAKED BEANS
Lot Number
321556464
BAKED BEANS
Lot Number
321556464
If “Stop Mid Print” is set to “YES”, the printer’s print head will be raised
between “BAKED BEANS” and “Lot Number” and ribbon feed will also be
stopped, i.e. no ribbon is wasted.
This feature should always be set to “YES”. If quality problems should occur
at high speeds in the middle of the print, this may be due to having selected
the “YES” mode and the print head and the ribbon does not have sufficient
time to lift up/return or to accelerate and decelerate. Reduced print quality
in the middle of the design at high speeds could be due to this option being
set to “YES”.
Retraction Type (CM only)
This setting is very important in reducing
consumption of ribbon.
The thermal transfer printer normally works at very high speeds, and in
many cases the ribbon will be pulled a few millimetres too far with a
resultant waste of ribbon. To compensate for this, the printer can pull the
ribbon either way and thus compensate for the extra ribbon that can get
pulled at high speeds.
The RETRACTION feature defines how much the printer should pull back
the ribbon. This feature can be set to Off, Auto or Manual.
If it is set to OFF , there will be no reverse feed of the ribbon.
If this item is set to Auto , enter a Retraction Offset, which is used to
fine-tune the ribbon pull back.