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4. USING TTP-248M

4.1 Power-on Utilities

There are two power-on utilities to calibrate sensor and initialize TTP-248M

hardware. These utilities are activated by pressing the PAUSE button, PAUSE

and FEED buttons and turning on the printer power simultaneously. The utilities

are listed as below:

1. Gap/black mark sensor calibration

2. Printer initialization

4.1.1 Gap/Black Mark Sensor Calibration Utility

This utility is used to calibrate the sensitivity of the gap/black mark sensor. The

gap/black mark sensor must be calibrated whenever changing the label media

or executing printer initialization.

Please follow the steps below to calibrate the gap sensor.

1. Install the ribbon and label roll as the above-mentioned procedures, and

engage the carriage release lever.

2. Turn off printer power.

3. Press PAUSE key and then turning on printer power. Release the PAUSE

key when “GAP/BLINE sensor calibrating….” Message is shown on the LCD

display. The printer will calibrate the gap/black mark sensor automatically.