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Online Data V alidator User ’ s Manual The Printr onix T5000 e seri es of Thermal Printers.
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170895-001H The Printronix T5000 e series of Thermal Printer s Online Data Validator User’s Manual.
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9 1 Installation Instr uctio ns ....... ..... ....... ..... ... 11 Overview ................ ............. ............. ............ .................... ....11 Safety Noti ces ............. ............. ............. ............. .................
T able of Contents 10 Bar Code Fai lures ........... ............. .................... ............. ....... 6 1 Bad Bar Cod e Error D etection ..... ............. ............. ....... 61 Missing B ar Code E rror Detec tion...... ............. .....
11 1 Installation Instructions Overview The online data validat or (valid ator) is an exte rnal bar c ode scannin g device attach ed above the pape r exit of the printer .
Chapter 1 O verview 12 • The validato r can also evaluate PDF 417 bar code s. For PDF 417 Limited, the va lidator works best wit h security lev el 5 or higher, us ing the cu rrent d efau lt printe r settin gs for Def ects Percen tage, Per cent De code, and Dec odeabili ty.
13 T ools And M aterials Y ou Will Need • Stat ic Wr ist Str ap • 3m mA l l e nk e y • 2.5 mm A llen ke y • T5000 User ’ s Manua l Parts List • Validator /Upper B racke t • Lower Brac ke.
Chapter 1 Sa fe ty Not ices 14 Safe ty Notice s The valid ator is a Class 2 l aser prod uct. The fol lowing not ices apply at all ti mes when th e printer is powe red on an d the v alidator is active: WA R N I N G Class 2 lase r light. D o not s tare in to the l aser bea m or a reflected ima ge of t he laser beam.
Prepar e The Pri nter 15 Inst allation Prep are Th e Print er 1. Set the prin ter pow er sw itch to O (Of f). WA R N I N G Always unplug the printer power c ord from the pri nter or power outlet before d oing any installation procedure. Failure to remove power could result in injury to you and damage the equipment.
Chapter 1 In stallatio n 16 Inst all The Ferri te IMPORT ANT If your printer has a factory installed validator, then the ca ble, ferrite, w ire sad dle, and gr ommet have alr eady been ins talled. Go to “Install The Brackets” on page 2 3. 1. Loose n the two c aptive s crews s ecurin g the top of the f rame side co ver.
Install The Ferrite 17 3. If you hav e the expa nsion -CT option : a. Loosen one screw and re move the other scre w that secure s the expansio n-CT subas semb ly to the rear of the printer f rame. (F igure 3.) b. Carefull y lift the ex pansion- CT sub assembl y and C T adapter pl ate out of t he fra me cutout.
Chapter 1 In stallatio n 18 Figure 4. Wrapp ing the Power/Data C able Around the Fe rrite 4. Using the end of the power/d ata cable with the short conn ector, insert the ca ble throu gh the fe rrite. (Fi gure 4.) 5. Wrap the power /data cable around the fer rite twice.
Install The Ferrite 19 Figure 5. Inserting the Wire Saddle Into the Frame Boss 7. Insert the wire saddle into the fr ame boss. (Figu re 5.) Fram e Boss Wire Saddl e.
Chapter 1 In stallatio n 20 Figure 6. Inserting the Power/Data Cable Through the Hole in the Frame Wall 8. Raise the me dia cover and r emove the s olid gro mmet fro m the hole in t he frame wa ll. 9. On the el ectroni cs sid e of the prin ter, inse rt the lo ng con nector end of the pow er/data ca ble throug h the hole in the fr ame wall.
Install The Ferrite 21 Figure 7. Adding the Grommet to the Power/Data Cable 11. On the media side of the pri nter, slide the grom met onto the power/data ca ble an d insert it int o the ho le in the f rame wall .
Chapter 1 In stallatio n 22 Figure 8. Position the Ferrite 13. On th e electroni cs side of t he printe r, posit ion the ferrite on to p of the u pper DC mo tor. (F igure 8. ) 14. Route th e power/da ta cable thr ough the wi re saddl e, then under the power su pply cable as shown in F igure 8.
Install T he Brack ets 23 Install The Bra cke t s Figure 9. Installing the Lower Br acket 1. Using the four M 4x10m m screw s, install the l ower brac ket as shown in F igure 9.
Chapter 1 In stallatio n 24 Figure 10 . Installing t he Validato r/Upper Brack et Unit onto the L ower Brack et 2. Face th e front of the p rinter whi le installi ng the va lidator/ upper bracke t unit. 3. Loosen th e two adj ustment s crews on t he botto m of the validat or.
Attach The Power/Data Cable To The Validator 25 Att ach The Power/Dat a Cable T o The V alidator Figure 11 . Attach ing the P ower/ Data Cable 1. Loosen the three upp er bracket screw s and route the power/data ca ble through the cab le channel in the uppe r bracke t, as shown in Figure 11.
Chapter 1 Restore The Printer To Operation 26 Restore The Pri nter T o Operation 1. Lower the med ia cover. 2. Engage th e tabs on t he botto m of the frame si de cover i n the slots i n the pri nter fra me. 3. Rotate the c over i nto positi on. 4. Tighten the two captiv e screws.
Attach The Power/Data Cable To The Validator 27 Enable The V alidator Later ve rsion s oftwar e can auto matic ally de tect the v alida tor. When the printer is powered up wit h the validato r installed, the VALIDATO R menu a ppears a nd Valid ator Fun ct.
Chapter 1 Adjust The Scanning B eam 28 Adju st The Scanning Beam NOTE: Make sure th e printer is on a nd the s canning be am is on. If the beam i s off, pr ess the RESE T button for less than 2 seconds to tur n on the be am.
Attach The Power/Data Cable To The Validator 29 If your pr inter is con figur ed for Peel -Off Med ia Handlin g mode ( use of optional inter nal rewinder ), you may need to align the bea m further behi nd the notc hes (0.20 t o 0.30 i nches [5 .08 mm t o 7.
Chapter 1 Adjust The Scanning B eam 30 Figure 15. Scanning Beam Adjustment Screws Figure 15 shows the s crews used to adjus t the paralleli sm and positio n of the sc anning b eam. The pos itio ns of the scr ews assu me that you are in front of the valida tor unit and facing the prin ter.
Attach The Power/Data Cable To The Validator 31 Correct al ignme nt of the scanni ng beam. T he bea m lines up with the end notch es and is parallel to th e long edge of the tear bar . T ighten the top left screw to move the scan ning beam downward. If th e screw is already tig ht, loos en both bott om screws to lower the beam.
Chapter 1 Adjust The Scanning B eam 32 Summary Of Sca nning Beam Adj ustment NOTE: If the printe r does no t have a te ar bar with notches at th e ends, adjus t the s canning beam s o that th e center of t he beam is app roximat ely 0.06 inches ( 1.52 mm) fr om the lower ed ge as sho wn in Fi gure 16.
Shifting The Scanning Beam 33 Shif ting The Scanning Beam This op tion enabl es you t o shif t the scan ning b eam hori zontally t o the left or rig ht. The lef t edge of the bea m shoul d be appro ximate ly 0.13 inch es (3.3 m m) from the left ed ge of the tea r bar.
Chapter 1 Cali bration 34 Calibr ation WA R N I N G Class 2 lase r light. D o not s tare in to the l aser bea m or a reflected ima ge of t he laser beam. WA R N I N G Using controls, making adjustments, or performing procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiat ion exposure.
Shifting The Scanning Beam 35 Figure 17. Calibrating the Validator 7. The scannin g beam sh ould turn off for a few s econds then b ack on, and the CALIBRAT ION ligh t shou ld turn of f.
Chapter 1 Cali bration 36 11. Power th e printer of f, wait a few se conds, th en power th e printer on . If the cal ibration was s uccess ful, th e scanni ng bea m is on a nd the CAL IBRATION l ight is off. If the cal ibration was n ot succe ssful, the s canning bea m remains on and the C ALIBRATION light sta ys lit witho ut flashin g.
Bar Code Validation Demo Pag e 37 9. The printe r will p rint one d emo page c ontainin g two goo d bar codes. NOTE: In the QUICK SETUP or MEDIA CONTROL menu, if Lab el Length is se t betwee n 0.5 an d 1.0 inch es, on ly one go od bar code will pr int.
Chapter 1 Cali bration 38.
39 2 Operation Basic V alidator Setup Unit Po sition ing The valida tor m ust be position ed so that the scann ing be am cover s the en tire ar ea cont ainin g the bar cod e s, in cludin g the area required for qui et zones.
Chapter 2 Basic Va lidat or Setup 40 • RESET: This bu tton is used in the calib ration p rocedur e and possib le troubl eshootin g situati ons. E xcept i n these s pecific circums tances, t he RES ET button s hould not b e used . CAUTI ON Do not lift the printer by the va lidator unit or by the lower bracket.
Validato r Menu Structure 41 V alidator Me nu S tructure VALIDATOR Disable* Enable Valida tor Repor t page 44 Short Report* 0 C o n t i n u e da tt h et o po fn e x tp a g e Notes: * = Factory De fault Italic ized items are available only when you enable Advanc ed User (in the PRINTER CO NTROL m enu).
Chapter 2 Basic Va lidat or Setup 42 VALIDATOR (cont. from previous page ) Minimum* Maxim um Disable* Enable 0.15 to 1.00 inches 0.25 inches* Enable* Disable Enable* Disable Notes: * = Factory Default Ital iciz ed it em s ar e available only when you enable Advanced User (in the PRINTER CONTROL menu).
Enabling And Disabling The Validator 43 Configurin g The V alidator Settin g valida tor op tions is do ne through the prin ter confi gura tion menu. The v alidator com es equipp ed with a def ault settin g for each configur ation option, and it wor ks without hav ing to change any of these opti ons.
Chapter 2 Configuring The Validator 44 Requesting A V alidator Report This proce dure prints a summa rized valid ator repor t on the printer itself. 1. Press to take th e printer o ffline and pl ace th e printer i n Menu mode . 2. I f necess ary, pres s ↓ and ↵ a tt h es a m et i m et ou n l o c kt h e ↵ key .
Validator Reporting 45 Resetting V alidator Dat a The valida tor repo rts on a ll bar c odes it d etects s ince the las t data reset. Fo r example , you print a lar ge batch of lab els with bar c odes and then print a valida tor report. Then you pr int another batch of labels wi th bar c odes and p rint ano ther rep ort.
Chapter 2 Configuring The Validator 46 5. Press + or – t o cycle t hrough t he cho ices: • Disabled. Defau lt setting. T he validator doe s not send any data to an external devic e.
Validator Statist ics 47 5. Press + or – to cy cle thr ough th e choic es: • Short Report. Default setting. Provid es the enc oded failure cau se or pass in dica tion and t he bar w idth devia tion, shown a s a percen tage. • Full Report. Provides a c ompleted r eport o f all th e data captured by the vali dator .
Chapter 2 Configuring The Validator 48 • Last BWD: The Ba r Width D eviation in clude d in th e most recent re port rec eive d from the va lidato r, shown as a percent age. NOTE: A bar code ’ s Bar Width Devi ati on is det ermined by comparing the b ar width the v alidat or expect s to th e bar width tha t is act uall y prin ted.
Defining Validator Options 49 6. Press ↵ to select th e desired valu e. 7. Press ↓ an d ↵ at the sam e time to loc k the ↵ key, then pr ess PAUSE to take the printer off line.
Chapter 2 Configuring The Validator 50 2. I f necess ary, pres s ↓ and ↵ a tt h es a m et i m et ou n l o c kt h e ↵ key . 3. I f necess ary, p ress unti l “ VALIDA TOR ” displays. 4. Press ↓ un til “ Quiet Z ones ” displays. 5. Press + or – t o scroll t hroug h the choi ces: Ena ble or Di sable.
Defining Validator Options 51 Setting For S kip Labels This op tion is u sed fo r skippin g blan k labe ls after ba d label s have been mark ed. It is us eful whe n you wan t to have e xtra bla nk lab els in between bad and good ones . The settings are Mini mum (the default ) and Maximum.
Chapter 2 Configuring The Validator 52 6. Press ↵ to select the des ired valu e. 7. Press ↓ and ↵ at the same ti me to l ock the ↵ ke y, then pr ess PAUSE to tak e the pri nter offli ne.
Advance d Valid ator Opt ions 53 For the Infi nite op tion, th e printe r will s top every 5 r etry atte mpts. After you clea r the error mes sage, the pr inter will atte mpt to pri nt the same l abel. It wi ll not atte mpt to p rint the n ext label un til the previou s (pro blem) la bel ha s printe d cor rectly .
Chapter 2 Configuring The Validator 54 Percent D ecode You can se t how st rict the validato r grade s each ba r co de. For example , the Percen t Decode de fault val ue is 60 %. This m eans that 60% of t he scann ed bar co de must be readabl e for the validat or to g ive the b ar code a passin g grade.
Advance d Valid ator Opt ions 55 5. Press + or – to scr oll through the perc entage va lues: 0% to 100%. The defa ult is 20 %. 6. Press ↵ to select th e desired valu e. 7. Press ↓ an d ↵ at the sam e time to loc k the ↵ key, then pr ess PAUSE to take the printer off line.
Chapter 2 Configuring The Validator 56 Beam Shif t This opti on enab les you to s hift the s canning beam ho rizonta lly to the left or ri ght. The le ft edge of t he beam s hould b e approx imately 0.13 inc hes (3.3 mm) from the left edge of th e tear bar .
Print Speed Limits 57 Operation There a re a numb er of f actor s which contribu te to s ucce ssful ba r code val idatio n, inclu ding p rinter spe ed, dem and prin t setti ngs, calib ration, a nd amb ient ligh t. The fol lowing se ction s descri be how to ensu re your ba r code v alid ator is sc annin g and r eporting properl y.
Chapter 2 Operation 58 For exam ple, a bar code 1 inch in hei ght can scan su cces sfully at a printer spe ed of 25 inches p er secon d; a bar code 1/8 inch i n height can sc an succ essfull y at no m ore than 3 i nches p er seco nd. By chang ing the Mi n.
Print Speed Limits 59 V alidation Report T ype Anothe r factor tha t limits pr int speed is th e type of v alid ation rep ort selected . The printer au tomatic ally exam ines the selec ted report type an d sets th e defin ed maxim um slew (v ertical pap er movement) a nd print s peeds to in sure prope r ope ration.
Chapter 2 Operation 60 3. I f necess ary, p ress unti l “ VALIDA TOR ” displays. 4. Press ↓ until “ Min. Code Ga p ” displa ys. 5. Press + or – to sc roll through t he choi ces: 0.15 to 1.00 i nches in 0.01 in ch incr ement s. The d efault i s 0.
Bad Bar Co de Er ror Det ection 61 Bar Code Failures The valida tor te lls the p rinter to an nounc e a fault c onditi on in two situation s: • if the val idator d etects a b ad bar c ode • if the va lidator detect s no bar code whe re it ex pects t o find one .
Chapter 2 Bar Code Failures 62 • You can se t the num ber o f bar cod es gener ated by a bitmapped im age that the print er should expec t per form by sele ctin g a va lue i n the “ Num ber of Cod es ” param eter.
Error Act ion 63 The printe r remai ns in a fa ult condi tion u ntil you pres s the PAU SE key . This cle ars the e rror mes sage and takes t he prin ter offli ne. You must cor rect a ny condi tion that m ay have c aused th e fault. When rea dy, the pr inter c an be p ut back o nline and it wil l resum e printing whe re it left off.
Chapter 2 Bar Code Failures 64 The pr inter wil l stop, i ndicate a n error , and o verstr ike as des cribed above . Then it will ski p a number of bla nk labels , dependi ng on the setting f or Skip Lab els (see “ Setting F or Skip La bels ” on pa ge 51).
Error Mes sages 65 Bar cod e quiet zone to o sma ll Dat a validatio n error: the blank zo ne(s) lef t or rig ht of the bar c ode is no t big enough to mee t the mini mum requ ire men t.
Chapter 2 Bar Code Failures 66 Contrast too low Chec k media Data validation er ror: the contras t betwee n bar s and spaces is no t suffici ent. Thi s can be c aused by too little heat in the ther mal transfer o r by use o f colore d media o r ribbons.
Error Mes sages 67 Poor scan ning Inspect h ead Data validation f ailur e: hardware def ect. The val ida tor det ect ed unexpect ed d ark spo ts in space s or light sp ots in bars. This usua lly indic ates a poor ribbon/m edia comb ination, a dirty pri nthead, or a b urned pixel.
Chapter 2 Bar Code Failures 68 Unscanna ble code check m edia Dat a validat ion er ror : missi ng bar cod e. An e xpect ed bar code is mi ssing o r was printed so poo rly that the validat or ca nnot de tect it . 1. C heck that p aper an d ribbon are c lean, unwrinkle d, and inst alle d corr ectly .
Error Mes sages 69 T roubleshooting If you ar e having pr oble ms with th e valida tor, co nsul t Table 5 for a list of s ympto ms and pos sible sol ution s. T able 5. T roubleshooting the V alidator Symptom Solution The sca nning bea m does not come o n.
Chapter 2 Troubleshooting 70 The pr inted labe ls lo ok clea n, but the vali dator is stil l repor ting an error mess age. The vali dator glass m ay be dirty , dist orting th e report res ults. Power do wn the printer and clean the glas s usin g a hou sehol d glass c leaner a nd a dry, lint -free c loth.
Error Mes sages 71 Main tenanc e WA R N I N G Class 2 laser light. Do not stare into the laser beam or a reflected image of the lase r beam. WA R N I N G Using controls, making adjustments , or performing procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.
Chapter 2 Ma intenance 72.
73 A Auto detec t bar co des, 48, 61 Auto Rep ort, 4 4 Average BW D comman d, 47 B Bad bar cod es, 61 Bar Code Demo Page, 36 Bar cod e failu re, 61 Ba r Code Im proper / D ata Fo rmat, 64 Bar cod e qu.
Index 74 F Fir mwar e re vis ion , 50 For m correl ation, 59 Form pa ra met er s, 48 Full R ep ort, 4 6 F/W Revi sion c ommand, 50 G Good Bar codes c ommand, 47 Good Form s comma nd, 47 Gradin g, 54 I.
Index 75 S Scanner Se ttings, 55 Settin g Auto R eport, 44 Settin g calibr ation , 34 Short Rep ort, 46 Skip Lab els com mand, 51 Speed Ex ceeds / V alidator Li mit, 67 Speed l imits, 57 Statis tics A.
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