Roll Media Sensing and Media Loading

The printer uses two sensing methods to accommodate a wide range of media:

Center area transmissive sensing, for continuous media and gap/web label media.

Full-width movable (reflective) sensing, for print format (length) demarcation using black marks, black lines, notches or holes.

Media Type	Sensing Method
Web/gap media	The printer senses the differences between the label and the liner to determine the print format length.
Continuous roll media	The printer only senses the media’s characteristics. The print format’s length is set by programming (driver or software) or the last stored form’s length.
Black mark media	The printer senses the beginning of the mark and the distance to the start of the next black mark to measure the print format length.

For other common media and setting variations, see one of the following: