Press to move up or down through the menu selections. The highlighted menu is the active selection.
OR
OR
Press to scroll through the available choices for the highlighted menu. If the highlighted menu contains submenus, these buttons have no effect and the message “
↵ for Submenu” will display.
ENTER
+
Press to confirm selection. For normal menus, this will change or execute the menu. If the selection has submenus, the submenu will be entered.
Press to lock and unlock the ENTER key. The
ENTER key is locked by default to prevent you from accidentally changing the printer configuration. The lock and unlock function can be configured to be other than
+ (See Set Lock
Key on page 205.)
Press to return to the previous menu level.
CANCEL
Press to return to Offline mode. If changes were made, the user will be prompted to save or discard the configuration.
ONLINE
To experiment with navigating the menus, use the example on the next page as a tutorial.
Top Level Menu Overview
When entering Menu mode, the user will see top level menus represented as icons as shown below. Use the navigation buttons up, down, right, and left to highlight the desired icon. As the user navigates, the name of the top level menu displays on the top line of the LCD.
43
Table 3 provides brief descriptions of first level configuration menu options:
Table 3 Icon Level Menus
Menu Icon Menu
QUICK SETUP
Description
These options allow quick access to the most frequently changed or inputted parameters during the installation of the printer.
PRINTER
CONTROL
This menu allows you to select parameters common to a general user, such as display language and Barcode quality.
ADVANCED USER This menu allows you to select several advanced operating parameters for the printer, such as the speed at which paper will advance when slewing. The
SURE SCAN menu for OpenPrint models is under this menu.
CONFIG. CONTROL These options allow you to save, print, load, delete, name, and reset entire sets of configuration parameters.
HOST INTERFACE These options allow you to select either the Serial
RS-232, Centronics
® parallel, Ethernet
™
, IEEE
®
1284 parallel, or Auto Switching interface for the printer. This menu also allows you to configure several parameters for each interface.
NETWORK SETUP This option allows you to select from Ethernet
Address options and Ethernet Parameters options.
EMULATION
DIAGNOSTICS
This menu allows you to configure the options which are available for the current operating (active) emulation. For example, if LinePrinter+ is the active emulation, then the LinePrinter+ emulation options can be configured using this menu. The ACTIVE IGP
EMUL and ACTIVE EMULATION menus are under this menu.
This menu includes the diagnostic tests, system memory, software build part number, Feature File
(if one exists), the shuttle type, and statistics of the printer. The Printer Mgmt menu is under this menu.
44
45
Changing Parameters Example
OFFLINE
QUICK
SETUP
*= Factory Default
CONFIG.
CONTROL
Load
Config
Factory*
Cfg 1 – Cfg 8
Save
Config
Cfg 1*
Cfg 2 – Cfg 8
Print
Config.
Current Short*
Current Full
Factory
Power-Up
All
Cfg 1 – Cfg 8
Delete
Config.
All*
Cfg 1 – Cfg 8
Power-Up
Config.
Protect
Configs.
Name
Configs
Reset Cfg
Names
Auto
Save
Factory*
Cfg 1 – Cfg 8
Disable*
Enable
(see Example 2
On page 52)
Cfg 1*
Cfg 2 – Cfg 8
All
Enable*
Disable
A configuration consists of several parameters. The default factory configuration has a starting set of parameters. In the configuration menu above, and in all the configuration menus in this chapter, the factory default values are indicated by an asterisk (*).
Your print jobs may require parameter values which vary from the default settings. This section provides an example procedure for changing individual parameter values.
46
The following procedure shows how to change and save the settings for the Barcode Quality and Panel
Display options. Use these guidelines to navigate the configuration menus and change other parameters.
Step Press LCD Notes
Make sure the printer is on.
1.
2.
ONLINE
3.
ENTER
Shows the top level icons.
4.
Allows you to make configuration changes.
+
5.
UNTIL
6.
ENTER
7.
8.
UNTIL
47
48
Step
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Press
UNTIL
ENTER
LCD
UNTIL
UNTIL
ENTER
+
15.
ONLINE
16.
ONLINE
Notes
The * indicates this choice is active.
The * indicates this choice is active.
Locks the ENTER key.
Press ENTER to go back into the menus or press ONLINE again to go ONLINE.
Configuration changes were detected and you are prompted to save the configuration permanently or temporarily, to cancel changes, or restore the Factory
Configuration.
Step
17A.
17B.
Press
ENTER
LCD Notes
Saves the Configuration as Config
1 then returns the printer ONLINE.
Places the printer online after permanently saving the configuration changes as Config 1.
18.
The printer is ready for operation
Auto Save Configuration
If the user makes a menu change and attempts to place the printer online without saving the changes to a configuration, the following prompt displays:
The active option is highlighted. Use the Up and Down keys to scroll through the different options; the keys will loop at the top and bottom options. The
↵
(Enter) key selects the highlighted option. After performing the selected option, the printer will go to Online mode.
NOTE: Only the Up, Down, and Enter keys work at the Menu Changes Detected prompt.
• Save Permanently (factory default). This option causes the printer to save the configuration to the active configuration and make the active configuration the Power-Up default configuration. If the active configuration is the Factory Configuration, the printer will save the configuration to an open configuration and make that open configuration the Power-Up default configuration.
If no open configuration is available, the user must decide which configuration to overwrite. In this case the printer will display the Save Configuration menu, otherwise, the printer will go Online.
• Save Temporarily. Menu changes will be implemented, but will not be saved once the printer is powered off.
• Cancel Changes. This option causes the printer to reload the Active Configuration, then go Online.
• Restore Factory. This option will cause the printer to reload the Factory Configuration, then go
Online.
NOTE: A printer fault during the Auto Save process causes the printer to Save Temporarily.
Saving Your New Configuration
The Save Config. option allows you to save up to eight custom configurations to meet different print job requirements. Once you have changed all of the necessary parameters, you may save them as a
numbered configuration (Example 1 on page 50) or a named configuration (Example 2 on page 52) that
49
can be stored and loaded later for future use. If you do not save your configuration using the Auto Save, or this option, all of your parameter changes will be erased when you power off the printer.
Once you have saved a custom configuration using this option, it will not be lost if you power off the
printer. You can load a configuration for a specific print job (see Load Config. on page 76). You can also modify and resave it. You may want to print your configurations (see Print Config. on page 76) and store
them in a safe place, such as inside the printer cabinet. If the Protect Configs. parameter is enabled and you try to resave an existing configuration, the new configuration will not be saved until the existing
configuration has been deleted (see Delete Config. on page 76).
NOTE: Once you change active emulations, any changes to the previously selected emulation will be gone unless they have been saved.
Example 1
This example shows how to save a configuration as a numbered configuration, then later print it.
Step Press LCD Notes
Make sure the printer is on.
1.
2.
ONLINE
3.
ENTER
4.
Allows you to make configuration changes.
+
5.
UNTIL
50
Step
6.
Press
ENTER
LCD Notes
7.
8.
UNTIL
9.
ENTER
The * indicates this choice is active.
NOTE:
We recommend that you print the configuration. To print the configuration go to Step 10. To skip this procedure and resume printer operation, go to Step 13.
10.
11.
UNTIL
12.
ENTER
13.
Locks the ENTER key.
+
51
Step
14.
Press LCD Notes
Press ENTER to go back into the menus or press ONLINE again to go ONLINE.
ONLINE
15.
Places the printer ONLINE.
ONLINE
16.
If you printed the configuration, store it in a safe place. The printer is ready for operation.
Example 2
This example shows how to save a configuration as a named configuration.
Step Press LCD Notes
1.
2.
Make sure the printer is on.
Follow Steps 2-6 from
Example 1 (page 50)
3.
4.
UNTIL
ENTER
5.
6.
ENTER
52
Step
7.
Press
OR
8.
OR
9.
ENTER
10.
CANCEL
11.
UNTIL
12.
13.
UNTIL
ENTER
14.
+
LCD Notes
Press the left or right key to choose the character that is highlighted.
Press the up key to select the next character in the string. Press the down key to go back to the previous character and continue editing as necessary.
Configuration 2 is renamed TEST.
Your configuration is saved as
TEST.
Locks the ENTER key.
53
Step
15.
Press LCD Notes
Press ENTER to go back into the menus or press ONLINE again to go ONLINE.
ONLINE
16.
Places the printer ONLINE.
ONLINE
Now you have the saved configuration for later use if needed.
Optimizing Print Quality
LP+, IGP/PGL, and IGP/VGL Emulations
You can optimize print quality for darker and sharper barcodes and characters. Doing so, however, will decrease the printer speed.
To optimize print quality, you can change the values of the following configuration parameters:
• Bar Code Quality (Printer Control menu): Select “Dark” or “Draft.” Dark prints the darkest images, but at the slowest speed. Draft prints at a faster speed than Dark, but the characters are not as dark.
(See page 191 for a written description of Bar Code Quality.)
• Print Quality (IGP/PGL emulation): Select “Best” or “High.” Best prints the darkest images, but at the slowest speed. High prints at a faster speed than Best, but the characters are not as dark. (See
page 147 for the IGP/PGL Configuration Menu, and page 153 for a written description of Print
Quality.)
• Print Quality (IGP/VGL emulation): Select “High.” (See page 157 for the IGP/VGL Configuration
Menu, and page 160 for a written description of Print Quality.)
OpenPrint Postscript/PDF Emulations
You can optimize print quality for darker and sharper text and barcodes by using the following configuration parameters:
• Unidirectional (Printer Control menu): Select “Enable” for best quality but reduced throughput (half speed).
• Resolution (Postscript/PDF menu): Select higher values (horizontal by vertical DPI) to get better print quality.
H-Series Emulations
Print quality varies based on the typeface selected. Both text and barcodes will print using the resolution of the selected typeface.
54
