
Chapter 1— Getting Started
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EasyCoder 4420 and 4440 Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual
Use the PrintSet software, your third-party software, or the Intermec
Printer Language (IPL) command set to change the MSN. If you do not
know the sensitivity numbers for your media or ribbon, use the PrintSet
Print Quality Assistant to help you choose the correct MSN. If you want
to see the current sensitivity setting of your printer, print out a software
configuration label.
To print a software configuration label
1
Turn off the printer.
2
Press and hold the Feed/Pause button while turning the printer on. The
printer prints out a hardware configuration label.
3
Set the DIP switches to print out the software test label.
Top Bank
Turn off switches 1 through 6 and 8. Turn on switch 7.
Bottom Bank
Turn off switches 1 through 8.
4
Hold the Feed/Pause button down for 1 second. The printer prints out
the software configuration label.
5
Return the DIP switches to their original settings.
6
Turn the printer off and then on again.
Setting the MSN for Intermec Media and Ribbon
The sensitivity number on each roll of thermal transfer media or ribbon
has an asterisk (*) in place of one of the digits. To optimize the sensitivity
number for thermal transfer media, you combine the digits as in this
example.
Example: Setting the Sensitivity Number
Media or Ribbon
Sensitivity
Number
Description
Thermal transfer media
56*
The asterisk reserves the third digit to
identify the ribbon’s sensitivity number.
Thermal transfer ribbon
5*7
The asterisk reserves the second digit to
identify the media’s sensitivity number.
567
Optimized media sensitivity number
To set the sensitivity number for direct thermal media, use the three-digit
sensitivity number located on the roll of media or listed in the Direct
Thermal Media Sensitivity Settings table later in this chapter.