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Applicator Interface Kit Installation Guide
Pause
The applicator can toggle the current pause state by using the pause IN signals
to simulate pressing Pause on the printer front panel.
Startprint
When the printfeed command is executed, the print process sets the dataready
signal and then waits for the startprint signal to be detected before proceeding
with the print job.
The print process will not set another dataready signal until the current print
job de-asserts the previous dataready signal. This prevents the printer from
printing a new label before the previous label is completed.
Reprint
This signal works much the same way as startprint. The reprint signal is
detected under two conditions:
• when the printer is idle.
• when the printer is waiting for a startprint signal during the execution of a
printfeed command.
The printer prints only one label at a time.
Handling External Applicator Errors
The external applicator error in signals (APPERR1, APPERR2, APPERR3,
RTWINEXT) should be asserted when external applicator errors occur. When
one of these signals is detected, an associated event is activated in the System
Health Monitor (SHM). When the issue causing the error has been resolved and
the error signals are de-asserted, the events are deactivated in the SHM.
Handling Internal System Errors
When a system error occurs that activates an event in the SHM, the “service
required” signal is asserted. The external RTW out signal can be de-asserted,
depending on the current print engine RTW setting.
When any of these errors occur, the appropriate out signal (including the error)
is asserted:
• Ribbon low
• Ribbon out
• Media low
• Media out
• RFID tag error