Paxar Monarch 1460, Reference Manual

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Chapter 10. Printer Optimization
This chapter provides information on how to improve your
printer’s performance by
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adjusting the print quality
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reducing the imaging time for printing
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providing general tips and hints for designing formats.
These printers use "smart imaging" to image and print fields
on supplies. Smart imaging remembers the exact boundaries
and locations of each field and places a boundary box (white
space) around each field. When a field changes that
particular boundary box is cleared and the new field data is
imaged. However, the new field data may require a larger
boundary box than the previous field did. In some cases,
neighboring fields that do not change may be covered with
white space from the changing field’s boundary box. To
prevent existing fields from being covered by a changing field,
see "Option 61 (Reimage Field)" in Chapter 5.
Adjusting the Print Quality ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Many factors affect print quality: type of supplies, print speed,
print contrast, and the type of printer’s application. These
printers support both thermal transfer and thermal direct
supplies. The type of supply should match the printer’s
application.
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If you want to print at high speeds, you should use
premium supplies. Using premium supplies reduces
smudged images, hard to read labels, and faded print.
Supply type, print speed, and print contrast work
together to improve the print quality of labels. Contact
your Monarch Representative for more information.
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