VIPColor VP7 Series, User Manual

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Using the Printer
Other settings • Retract media when printer is idle for 10 or 30 minutes
When the media remains in the printer for some time, it
may become deformed and affects the print quality. To
avoid this, select this option.
• Enable virtual printing
Simulate printing to estimate ink usage.
a) Select
Enable virtual printing
.
b) Print in the usual way. The printer will not actually
print, but will estimate ink usage for the print job.
c) On the
Printer Status
page, select
Ink Status
to view the
estimates.
The control panel will display
Simulation
when the printer
is in this mode.
• Disable cut at the start of a print job
Do not cut the media at the start of a print job. Enable
this option if the printer is used in a clean room to reduce
unwanted paper dust/debris.
• Use fixed USB ID
When enabled, the Host PC uses a fixed internal USB ID
instead of assigning a different USB ID to each printer in
the Plug‐N‐Play setup process. Enable this option if you
need to hot‐swap printers on a PC.
• Enable Enhanced Fast‐Time‐To‐First Label (ETTFL)
Trade off some printhead cleaning routines before the
start of a print job to reduce the time of the first printout
in the Print and Hold mode.
• Enable Extended Printhead Clean Cycle at the
End‐of‐Job
This option adds a Normal printhead clean cycle to the
standard cleaning sequence at the End‐of‐Job.
• Enable Ink spit every 10 min in standby mode
Enable this option when the printer is used in a dry
environment, characterized by low humidity (~20% RH)
and low temperature. (~15
o
C or 59
o
F)
• Enable SMART nozzle health extender algorithm
When enabled, the printer prints repetitive (image)
labels using a group of adjacent nozzles in the printhead
instead of using the same each time. This helps extend
the printhead life. However, this causes a gradual shift of
the image up to 1mm to the left (viewing from the
printer output).
Disable this feature if image shifting between labels is
not desirable. This feature is ignored if Borderless is
enabled in the driver.
Table 4 EWS pages
EWS Page Description