User's Manual Part 2

Chapter 3 — Troubleshooting and Maintaining the Printer
66 PD41 and PD42 Commercial Printer User’s Guide
2 Load media and ribbon (if necessary). For help see, “Loading
Media” on page 9 and “Loading Thermal Transfer Ribbon” on
page 15.
3 Press and hold the Print button.
4 Continue to keep the Print button pressed down and turn on the
Power switch. After approximately ten seconds, the printer screen
lights up, runs a media setup routine, enters Testmode, and three
of the LEDs start to flash one at a time (green, red, and then blue).
5 Continue to press the Print button until the printer starts cycling
through the selectable media types: gap, mark and continuous.
6 Select your media type by releasing the Print button when your
type of media appears on the screen.
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The printer prints several test labels containing hardware, setup,
and network information and then enters Dump mode.
7 Press the Print button once or press the Cancel soft key ( ) to
exit Dump mode.
8 You can also save the dump by pressing the Save ( ) soft key.
Using Extended Testmode
Use Extended Testmode to run additional tests such as:
• printing test labels.
• running a Testfeed in slow mode.
• entering Dump mode.
• resetting to factory defaults.
To run Extended Testmode
1 Make sure the printer is turned off, loaded with media, and that
the printhead is lifted.
2 Press and hold the Print button.
3 Continue to keep the Print button pressed down and turn on the
Power switch. After approximately ten seconds, the printer enters
Extended Testmode.