
Supported Printers and Drivers
Many of the settings in the printer do not take effect until the printer is re-booted.In the Device Options
dialog box, clicking Send To Printer sends the currently selected options to the printer.All Label Options
are sent to the printer every time a label is printed.
Eltron Options
Eltron Options may be label-specific or printer-specific.
Eltron Label Specific Options
Label Specific Options (LSOs) can be accessed when you click the Label Options from the Label Setup
and Properties dialog (F5).
Label Options Section
Print Speed
The range of available print speeds varies with the selected printer type. This setting controls the
speed at which the paper is fed when printing. The combinations of print speed and head
temperature control the print quality of the label.
Print
Direction
This setting affects the orientation at which the label is printed. The Eltron printers can internally
rotate the label 180 degrees. When Top is selected, the printer begins printing at the top of the label.
When bottom is selected, the label is rotated 180 degrees and printing begins at the bottom.
Head
Temperatu
re
Allows you to control the darkness of the print. 5 is nominal, setting the temperature higher than 5
causes the label to print darker. Setting the temperature to lower than 5 causes the label to print
lighter. Values from 0 to 7 for 2122/2142 and 0 to 15 for 2242/2044/2046/2642.
Form
Number
Eltron printers have the ability to store multiple forms in memory. In order to store multiple forms, a
unique name must be generated for each form. This option is used to provide a unique form name.
WARNING! Printing Blank Labels? In some instances while printing labels in thermal transfer mode, blank
labels advance out of the printer. If this happens, try increasing the head temperature in Label Specific Options
(F5) and test print your label again. This symptom may occur if the ribbon being used requires hotter head
temperatures to transfer the ink from the ribbon onto the paper substrate.
Label Cut Options Section
Cutter
Use Printer Cut Options uses Cut Options set in the Printer Specific Options section.When enabled, an
optional label cutter is set to cut a label after printing using settings specified in this dialog.
Cut
Every
Allows the cutter to skip a given quantity of labels before cutting.
Cut
Positio
n
This command is sent to a printer to provide precise cut placement. The default is 100 dpi.
Custom EPL
Command
Field
You can enter printer commands otherwise not available in the Loftware Label Manager
dialog boxes.
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