Adjusting Darkness
Seagull Driver | ZDesigner Driver | In BarTender® (Seagull) | In BarTender® (Zebra)
Calibration
Seagull Driver / TSC Console | ZDesigner Driver
Adjusting Darkness with the Seagull Driver:
If you are using the Seagull driver and having poor print quality you can follow these steps to adjust the darkness (heat) of your printer.
- Go to Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
- Right click your printer and select “Printer Preferences”.
- Go to the options tab and deselect “Use Current Printer Settings”.
- From here you should be able to adjust your darkness level.
Note: Zebra printers will have an additional option. EIM recommends using the “Absolute” option rather than “Relative” for consistent printing.
Adjusting Darkness with the ZDesigner Driver:
If you are using the ZDesigner driver and having poor print quality you can follow these steps to adjust the darkness (heat) of your printer.
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- Go to Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
- Right click your printer and select “Printer Preferences”.
- Go to the options tab and locate “Darkness”.
- From here you should be able to adjust your darkness level with the drop down menu
Adjusting Darkness through BarTender® with the Seagull Driver:
If you have an existing template with poor print quality you will need to adjust your darkness (heat) level within BarTender®. Follow these steps.
- Open the print dialog (ctrl + P).
- Click document properties.
- Go to the options tab and deselect “Use Current Printer Settings”.
- From here you should be able to adjust your darkness level.
Note: Zebra printers will have an additional option. EIM recommends using the “Absolute” option rather than “Relative” for consistent printing.
Adjusting Darkness through BarTender® with the Zebra Driver:
If you have an existing template with poor print quality you will need to adjust your darkness (heat) level within BarTender®. Follow these steps.
- Open the print dialog (ctrl + P).
- Click document properties.
- Go to the options tab and locate “Darkness”.
- From here you should be able to adjust your darkness level with the drop down menu.
Calibrating Printers with the Seagull Driver:
An easy way to calibrate your printer is through the Seagull Driver! Follow these steps to calibrate your printer.
- Go to Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
- Right click your printer and select printer properties.
- Go to the tools tab.
- Click Action > Run Calibration.
Note for TSC printers: If this doesn’t work you’ll have to use the TSC Console found here:
TSC Console
- Go to Functions > Printer Configuration.
- In Printer Configuration click Calibration.
- Under Media Type choose the correct type of label.
- Under Auto Calibration click Calibrate.
Calibrating Printers with the ZDesigner Driver.
- Go to Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
- Right click your Zebra Printer > Printer Preferences.
- Click the Tools tab.
- Confirm “Action” and “Calibrate media” are selected.
- Click Send.