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CYCLE TIME CONSIDERATIONS
Tag layout and printer configuration can have a significant influence on cycle time. Here are a few
techniques that in many cases can significantly speed printing.
1.
Select DRAFT mode. When DRAFT mode is on,
stepper and mirror resolution, laser speed, font sizes,
and barcode and graphic scales are automatically
adjusted.
2.
Increase laser speed (move slider bar to LIGHTER).
It may be necessary to increase Laser Duty Cycle to
maintain black/white contrast.
3.
Use ARIAL BLACK font for text, to create
darker easier-to-read characters. Also try using
the BOLD font setting instead of a larger font
size.
Design printing to run ACROSS the tag at 90° rotation
(right angles to tag feed) rather than down the tag at 0°
rotation (printing parallel to tag feed is slower).
4.
Avoid drawing graphic boxes around text or other graphics with long vertical (parallel to tag feed)
lines.
5.
Combine text strings into fewer lines. A single
long line of text is more efficient than several
short lines of text (at 90° rotation, parallel to tag
feed).
6.
Keep graphics/logo X-scale and Y-scale factors
equal to 1. If the graphic or logo must be re-
sized to fit on the tag, use an external
application such as MS PAINT to change the
dimensions of the image and re-save the BMP
file before importing into Producer™.
