Print Speed

The range of available print speed varies with the selected printer type.  This setting controls the speed at which the stock moves when printing.  The combinations of print speed and head temperature control the print quality of the label.

Slew Rate

This setting affects the speed at which the paper is fed when advancing over non-printing areas.  This setting may affect printer throughput.

Backup Speed

This controls the rate of label movement during backup positioning for start of print, cutting, or present distance.

Head Temperature

This allows you to control the darkness of the print.  10 is nominal; setting the temperature higher than 10 causes the label to print darker.  Temperature settings lower than 10 cause the label to print lighter.

Symbol Set

The Symbol Set option selects the scaleable font’s symbol set.  Consult the appendix section of your printer manual for a description of the character set.

Double-byte Symbol Set

This option allows you to choose a variety of Double-byte symbol sets, assuming your printer has the capability.

Clear Memory Module

When checked, the memory module is cleared each time a label format is sent.  If unchecked, the memory module is not cleared before each label format is sent, thus potentially saving time.  This option should only be used if enough memory is present to allow the module to remain uncleared when a format is sent.

Override Printer Setup

When checked, this allows you to override the Clear Memory setting in the PSO.  This may be useful if you have a label that uses a lot of memory, and clearing the memory module is important.

Supply Type

§  Die Cut - Stock that has gaps between each label.

§  Continuous - No gaps, notches, or perforations between labels.

§  Mark Stock - Black mark found opposite print side.

Buffer Mode

§  Double - Selecting the double buffer mode instructs the printer to erase and format only incremental fields that have changed.

§  Single - Selecting single buffer mode instructs the printer to erase and format both incremental fields and the rest of the label format.

This feature is only active when the labels being printed are less than half the maximum size of the printer’s print buffer.

Ribbon Saver  

This command turns the ribbon saver feature on in supported printers.  The command is ignored by printers that do not support this feature.  When the ribbon saver feature is turned on, the ribbon saver automatically lifts when the minimum amount of white space is exceeded

Present Distance

This specifies an additional amount to advance the label after printing.

Tear Off (Label Retract)

The Tear Off control enables the label retract feature of the printer.  The printer advances the label “tear off” dots after the label is printed so the label can be torn off.  It automatically retracts the label back to the proper start position before printing the next label.

The length should be set longer than the form edge.

Form Edge (Top of Form)

The Form Edge control determines where printing begins on your label.  If you want the printer to print nearer to the leading edge of the label, decrease the form edge offset.  If you want to move the start of print position away from the leading edge of the label (into the body of the label), increase the form edge offset.

Label Gap

For continuous stock, this setting is used to add space between printed labels.  The settings available are in increments of 1/100 of an inch.

Column Offset

This command allows horizontal adjustment of the point where printing begins.  This feature is useful when a single format must be printed on several different types of labels that already have printed information.

Row Offset

This command allows vertical adjustment of the point where printing begins.  This feature is useful when a single format must be printed on several different types of labels that already have printed information.

Label Applicator

Enables integration with equipment that picks the label from the printer and places it on a package.

Label Present

The printer presents each label and waits for the label to be removed before continuing.  While in “label present” mode, Loftware Label Manager receives status information from the printer indicating that a label is being sensed by the sensor and the printer does not print labels if a label is detected.

Internal Batch Mode

Internal batch mode enables communication between the Datamax printers and a dumb terminal.  When internal batch mode is enabled, the Datamax printer directly sends information that is displayed on the terminal.

Cutter Engaged

This option turns the cutter on or off.  Consult your printer manual for hardware availability.

Download Truetype Fonts

This option instructs Loftware Label Manager to download TrueType fonts to the Datamax printer’s memory module.  If this option is not enabled (or is not available for your model) and a TrueType font is selected, the TrueType font is sent to the Datamax printer in the form of a graphic.  To download TrueTypes into the printer’s memory, you must have the appropriate memory module and firmware versions, which are 2.01 or higher.  Consult your manufacturer’s manuals for details.

Set Label Length

When enabled, the label length is sent to the printer.  The length of the label is the height or width value specified in Label Specifications section of the Label Setup dialog box. Whether height or width is used is dependent on print orientation.

Pre 2.01 Firmware

Changes in firmware affect the commands that the printer accepts.  Line properties including boxes and borders are affected.  Check this box if your Firmware is Pre 2.01.

New Firmware

Checked by default.  Allows for larger line widths in barcodes.

Memory Module

The Memory Module option is used to specify which memory module(s) to download formats, graphics, and fonts to.  The choices are: None, Module A, Module B, or Module C (Emulation Mode)  Prodigy Plus Printers, for example, have an A or B Memory Module Card Slot in the front of the printer.  Citizen Printers have an internal Memory Module C.  If you have a Citizen Printer that you are running in Prodigy Plus Emulation, you would choose Module C (Emulation Mode) from the drop down list.  Consult your printer manual or representative for more information about what modules are available for each printer model.

Clear Memory Module

When checked, the memory module is cleared each time a label format is sent.  If unchecked, this prevents the memory module from being cleared before each label format is sent, thus potentially saving time.  This option should only be used if enough memory is present to allow the module remain uncleared when a format is sent.

Symbol Set

The Symbol Set option selects the scaleable font’s symbol set.  Consult the appendix section of your printer manual for a description of the character set.

Scaleable Font Processor

This allocates scaleable font processor memory on the printer, but only if the option “send to printer” is checked.  This option works with the XL, Ovation 2, Datamax Prodigy Max, Datamax Prodigy Max 300dpi, DMX 300, 800 and PE42.

Retry Attempts

This setting determines the number of times to retry in case of initial failure.