Printronix P5005B, User Manual

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RIBBONMINDER
RibbonMinder is a user-definable software feature that notifies the
user when a ribbon should be changed. It does this by monitoring
ink consumption and alerts you when the print quality falls below a
level you designate. This is especially important if you are printing
barcodes to be scanned. As printing continues, the percentage of
usable ink in the ribbon decreases.
When you begin printing with RibbonMinder enabled, the message
display shows a ribbon life value of 100%.
The ribbon life decreases as the ink is consumed:
When 0% usable ink appears, if the printer is configured to
DISPLAY or FAULT IMMEDIATE, it will display the following
message:
ON LINE 100%
<printer emulation>
ON LINE 74%
Ribbon ink being consumed
<printer emulation>
ON LINE 8%
Ribbon life approaching end
<printer emulation>
RIBBON INK OUT
CHANGE RIBBON
RIBBONMINDER