Roll+Length+Tracking

=What is roll length tracking and how do I enable it?=

(Edited) Information from Inkjetart Review:

Roll length tracking labels the roll and keeps track of how much paper is left on the roll. Once enabled it will ask you the media type and the length of any new roll you put in the printer. When you select to eject a roll it will print a barcode (uses up about 2.5 inches of paper) on the end of the roll which encodes the paper type you had selected along with the remaining length. It also prints both the media type and the length it in plain text so you can read it. When you put a roll back in it reads the barcode, sets the media type, and sets the length. This information is also communicated back to the status monitor on the computer.


 * Change the unit of measure if desired, e.g: Menu -> System Setup -> Length Unit -> feet
 * Unload the roll
 * To enable roll length tracking from the control panel: Menu -> Paper Settings -> Chk Remain. Roll -> On
 * Now when you load a new roll, the printer will ask you the media type and length.
 * To eject a roll, press Stop/Eject on printer control panel for more than one second. The remaining length will be printed on the roll.

Sample Bar Code:



Additional Notes:


 * This is a great feature but it is not perfect. Each time you eject a roll, a minimum of 1 foot will be deducted from the length tracked and printed. For example, I accidentally loaded a roll of Premium Matte which had 9 feet left according to the bar code. When I ejected the roll a moment later, it recorded there was only 8 feet left. Later I went back into the menus and manually set the length.
 * If you turn off Roll Length Tracking while a "tracked" roll is loaded and then eject/unload the roll, the printer will still print the barcode for that "tracked" roll.