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INTRODUCTION 

Congratulations on choosing the Argox F Series industrial barcode printer! 
This user’s manual, which describes the F-Series printer, will help you get to 

know your new printer. This manual includes a guide to operating the printer as 

well as related information on maintenance, troubleshooting and technical 

reference. 

 

 

Printer Overview 

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Summary of Contents for F Series

Page 1: ...F1 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ... the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into a different outlet on a different circuit Consult the dealer or an experience Radio TV technician for help This unit was tested with shielded cables on the p...

Page 3: ...n operation guide and a technical reference In the operation guide there are illustrations to help you quickly learn the functions and features of the printer Information in greater detail is included in the latter chapters on troubleshooting maintenance and technical reference For your convenience much of this information is presented in table format We hope you enjoy your new printer Sincerely A...

Page 4: ...ace Requirements 11 Centronics Parallel Interface Requirements 11 Serial RS 232 Interface Requirements 11 COMMUNICATING WITH THE PRINTER 13 Before installation 13 Installing the Driver Label Dr 200 13 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SEAGULL DRIVER 16 INSTALLING USB DRIVER WINDOWS 98 ONLY 21 INSTALLING PRINTER DRIVER WINDOWS 98 ONLY 23 USB PLUG AND PLAY FUNCTION 26 INSTALLING THE USB DRIVER IN WINDOW...

Page 5: ...1 54 Authorised 2 57 Special Setup 58 MAINTENANCE 60 TROUBLESHOOTING 61 ERROR MESSAGES 61 TECHNICAL REFERENCE 62 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 62 INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS 65 Serial Interface Specification 65 Parallel Interface Specification 66 PS2 Keyboard Interface 67 USB Interface 67 Auto Polling 67 APPENDIX A STAND ALONE KEYBOARD BARCODE READER 68 KEYBOARD 68 Keyboard Functions 68 BARCODE READER 72 AP...

Page 6: ... describes the F Series printer will help you get to know your new printer This manual includes a guide to operating the printer as well as related information on maintenance troubleshooting and technical reference Printer Overview Front View 1 LED indicator 2 LCD display 3 Front panel buttons 4 Media door 3 2 1 4 ...

Page 7: ...4 Rear View 1 RS232 Serial Port 2 PS 2 Port 3 USB Port 4 Centronics Parallel Port 5 Power switch O Off I On 6 Electronics cover 7 AC power connector 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 ...

Page 8: ...5 Interior View 1 Ribbon take up spindle 2 Media supply hanger 3 Media roll guide 4 Print head module 5 Ribbon supply spindle 6 Media guide 7 Platen roller 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 9: ...buttons are used to operate the printer and to set parameters The LED indicators show the printer s operation status or indicate which control panel buttons are active 1 POWER light 2 ALERT light 3 LCD 4 MENU button 5 ENTER button 6 UP arrow or PAUSE button 7 LEFT arrow or CANCEL button 8 DOWN arrow button 9 RIGHT arrow or FEED button 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...

Page 10: ...ess the CANCEL key to return to ready mode after resolving the problem RIGHT Arrow FEED The FEED key advances one label when the printer is in stand by UP Arrow PAUSE The PAUSE key temporarily suspends printing Press CANCEL to resume printing Setup Mode Button Function Description ENTER The ENTER key selects the function item or displayed value Save changes and exit Setup mode LEFT Arrow CANCEL Sc...

Page 11: ...8 Control Panel Lights Light Status Function Description POWER On The printer power is turned on Off The printer power is turned off ALERT Blinking ALERT blinks when an error occurs ...

Page 12: ...wing items Printer Power cord An extra ribbon core Ribbon core adaptor Media hanger USB cable CD ROM Quick Installation Guide Note If there are any items missing or damaged please contact your reseller or distributor Ribbon core Ribbon core adaptor CD ROM Media hanger Printer Power cord USB cable Quick Guide ...

Page 13: ...ase make sure to clear the ground and isolate the power adapter from other electrical cables Isolate the power cord from other electrical cables Warning Do not operate the printer in an area where it might get wet Connecting the Printer to a Power Source Connect the printer to a power source as follows 1 Make sure the power switch is in the off O position 2 Plug one end of the power cord into the ...

Page 14: ...inter to the host computer s parallel port using any standard Centronics cable The required cable must have a standard 36 pin parallel connector on one end which is plugged into the parallel port located on the back of the printer The other end of the parallel interface cable connects to the printer connector at the host computer For pin out information please refer to the Technical Reference in t...

Page 15: ...nication speed than the serial port 2 The pin assignment of the cable used for this serial port is different than serial cables used for a PC Please contact your local Argox reseller if you need this cable RS 232 Serial Port USB Port Centronics Parallel Port ...

Page 16: ... Windows software applications such as MS Word and print to this printer Before installation 1 Check the contents of the driver to ensure it is completed 2 Make a backup copy of the driver Installing the Driver Label Dr 200 1 Double click the driver file Label Dr 200 to execute in Windows 2 Click Next 3 Select a driver for your printer and click Next For F1 you should select Argox F1 203 dpi ...

Page 17: ... 4 Select the port of the printer and click Next 5 When the related files have been copied to your system click Next 6 After the installation is complete click Finish 7 Click Yes to restart your computer ...

Page 18: ...nstall new bar code application software such as ArgoBar LabelView or CodeSoft you should activate the Label Dr 200 driver and set it as the current printer driver 3 If you install new bar code application software such as Bartender Ultra Lite you should activate the seagull driver for Argox printers ...

Page 19: ...16 Installing the Printer Driver Seagull Driver 1 Double click the driver file to execute in Windows 2 Click Next 3 Select Install printer drivers and click Next ...

Page 20: ...17 4 Select a driver for your printer and click Next Please select Argox F1 PPLB 5 Select the port of the printer and click Next ...

Page 21: ...18 6 Enter a specify Printer Name Argox F1 PPLB and click Next 7 Click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 22: ...19 8 After the related files have been copied to your system click Finish 9 After the installation is completed click Close ...

Page 23: ...nstall new bar code application software such as ArgoBar LabelView or CodeSoft you should activate the Label Dr 200 driver and set it as the current printer driver 6 If you install new bar code application software such as Bartender Ultra Lite you should activate the seagull driver for Argox printers ...

Page 24: ...nstalling the USB driver 1 Connect the label printer to a computer with a USB cable 2 Turn on the printer s power 3 The window Add New Hardware Wizard will pop click Next 4 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended click Next 5 Select new driver location Click Next ...

Page 25: ...22 6 Click Next 7 Click Finish 8 Click Next Note After the USB driver is installed you could refer to next page to install the printer driver ...

Page 26: ... Printer Driver Windows 98 Only 9 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended 10 Click Next 11 Select Specify a location 12 Click Browse and choose Label Dr 200 location 13 Select Win98 14 Click OK ...

Page 27: ...24 15 Click Next 16 Click Next 17 Click Finish 18 Click Finish ...

Page 28: ...25 19 Click OK ...

Page 29: ... for Windows XP Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 1 Extract the PrinterDriver exe to the fixed route C Label Dr 200 for example 2 Connect the label printer to a computer with an USB cable 3 Turn on the printer s power and the system will detect the device automatically 4 Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced click Next ...

Page 30: ...27 5 Select Search for the best driver in these locations and choose Include this location in the search Input the location of the printer driver click Next 6 Select Continue Anyway ...

Page 31: ...28 7 Click Finish 8 The Label Dr 200 4 inch model printer is added in Printers and Faxes 9 Reboot the system 10 The system assigns the USB port for Label Dr 200 4 inch model printer ...

Page 32: ...the fixed route C Label Dr 200 for example 2 Connect the label printer to a computer with an USB cable 3 Turn on the printer s power and the system will detect the device automatically 4 Select Locate and install driver software recommended 5 Pop the window User access control and click Continue ...

Page 33: ...30 6 Select I don t have the disk Show me the other options 7 Select Browse my computer for driver software advanced ...

Page 34: ...31 8 Input the location of printer driver C Dr200 Printer Driver_ x86 Win Vista 4 inch mode for example 9 Select Install this driver software anyway 10 The related files start to copy to your system ...

Page 35: ...32 11 After the installation is complete click Close ...

Page 36: ...ansfer thermal printing and the required ribbon is coated outside 1 Lift the top cover and front access door to expose the media compartment Figure 1 Figure 1 2 Unlatch the print head module by pushing the release lever on the right side toward the rear Figures 2 3 ...

Page 37: ...Unwrap the ribbon roll pack and separate the ribbon roll and the bare core 4 Attach the edge of the ribbon to the bare core and wind a little bit onto the core Figure 4 5 Figure 4 Release Lever Print Module Media Compartment ...

Page 38: ... left side Make sure the coating side of the ribbon is face down Figure 6 Figure 6 6 Put the print head module down and insert the bare core into the pick up holder Figure 7 1 First snap in the right side and then left side Figure 7 2 Figure 7 1 Figure 7 2 Ribbon Supply Holder Ribbon Pick up Holder ...

Page 39: ...36 7 Turn the wheel of the print head module to ensure the ribbon is tightly wound Figure 8 Figure 8 8 Press down the print head module firmly on both sides till you hear a snap Figure 9 Figure 9 Wheel ...

Page 40: ...ng material away from the label as it prints After the label is removed the next label prints Standard Mode 1 Lift the top cover and front access door to expose the media compartment 2 According to media core inner size and load the media roll onto the media hanger Figure 10 1 and 10 2 Figure 10 1 1inch media core inner Figure 10 2 3inch media core inner 3 Click the media hanger back into the medi...

Page 41: ... 5 Hold the print head module upward to let the media pass under it Lead the media through the media guides with the other hand Adjust the media guide to the media width by pushing the button located on the media guide Figure 11 Figure 11 6 Lead the media over the platen roller Figure 12 Figure 12 ...

Page 42: ...down firmly on both sides till you hear a snap Figure 13 Figure 13 8 Close the top cover and press the FEED button if the printer is already on Figure 14 Note After the media is loaded you could press FEED button to calibrate the media length Figure 14 ...

Page 43: ...oading Media Standard Mode above and then continue with the steps below 7 Thread the media over the platen roller and then route the media through the slot of the cutter module Figure 15 Figure 15 8 Press down the print head module firmly 9 Turn on the printer or press the FEED button if the printer is already on Figure 16 ...

Page 44: ...41 Figure 16 Note The FEED button does not make the printer cut For cutting to occur the panel setting must be properly enabled ...

Page 45: ...de Note For Peel off mode you must first install the dispenser kit Please refer to Appendix B 1 Open the peeler assembly Figure 17 Figure 17 2 Remove approximately 6 inches of labels from the backing paper Figure 18 ...

Page 46: ...43 Figure 18 3 Lead the backing paper over the platen roller and then thread it back into the slot Make sure that the media is under the peeler module Figure 19 Figure 19 ...

Page 47: ...h the print head module 6 Close the top cover and turn on the printer or press the FEED button if the printer is already on Figure 21 Figure 21 Note The FEED button does not make the printer peel For peeling to occur the panel setting must be properly enabled ...

Page 48: ...ess MENU to enter setup mode 2 Use the left and right buttons to scroll through the parameters until you reach MEDIA CALIBRATION 3 Press ENTER 4 Press MENU to SAVE CHANGES 5 Use the up and down buttons to scroll to YES or NO 6 Press ENTER Printing a Configuration Label After loading the media or performing a self test print a configuration label as a record of your printer s current settings Keep ...

Page 49: ... LANGUAGE SETTING INFORMATION TRANSFER THERMAL RIBBON GAP NOTCH MEDIA TYPE 79 MM LABEL LENGTH TRANSMISSIVE SENSOR TYPE 1 CENTER TRANS SENSOR 12 INCH MEDIA CAL LENGTH NORMAL PRINT MODE 0 MM TEAR OFFSET 0 MM CUT OFFSET 0 MM HORI OFFSET 0 MM VERT OFFSET 8 DARKNESS 3 IPS SPEED ENABLED REPRINT MODE ENABLED ALERT BUZZER 9600 BAUD RATE NONE PARITY 8 DATA BITS 1 STOP BIT Figure 22 Note Printer configurati...

Page 50: ...e through sensor is in a fixed position and enabled from the control panel Figure 23 Figure 23 Adjust the Reflective Sensor 1 Press down the Thermal Print Head TPH release lever to release the print head module 2 Lift the print head module to expose the media sensor cover Figure 24 3 Slide the media sensor until the reflective sensor aligns with the gap or notch Figure 25 Figure 24 Figure 25 ...

Page 51: ...kwise to increase the pressure or clockwise to decrease the pressure Figure 26 Figure 26 Adjust the pressure adjustment screws as follows Condition Resolution Print quality of the left side of a label is too light Turn the left screw counterclockwise to increase the pressure Print quality of the right side of a label is too light Turn the right screw counterclockwise to increase pressure Right Scr...

Page 52: ...and release 2 Use the left or right button to scroll through the parameters How to Leave Setup Mode 1 Press MENU The printer displays SAVE CHANGES and activates the ENTER button 2 The following table shows three options for leaving the setup mode Option Description Save Changes Press ENTER to save changes and exit setup mode Reject Changes Press the up and down buttons to select NO and press ENTER...

Page 53: ...g table Password Level Level name Default Password 3 AUTHORISED SETUP 2 9999 2 AUTHORISED SETUP 1 1234 1 BASIC SETUP No password To enter a password when prompted complete the following steps 1 When the printer displays AUTHORISED SETUP X press ENTER The LCD displays password and the number 0000 2 Enter the four digit password for the password level displayed or for a higher level The left and rig...

Page 54: ...option sets as the printer to TT mode NO This option sets as the printer to DT mode MEDIA TYPE This parameter shows the type of media you are using Press the up and down buttons to scroll through the selection Gap Notch Select for non continuous web media non continuous fanfold media and tags GAP LENGTH 10mm 10 99 Selects the gap length of labels MARK Non continuous black mark lines MARK THICKNESS...

Page 55: ...t must correspond to the print mode Press the up and down buttons to scroll through the selection NORMAL TEAR OFF This parameter establishes the position of the labels over the tear off bar after printing PEEL OFF Enables label peeler mode CUT The printer automatically cuts a label after it is printed BY COMMAND Sets a specific number of labels for cutting by command CUT AFTER BATCH The printer wa...

Page 56: ...T 0mm 3 3 Change the thermal print head TPH vertical offset PRINT WIDTH Sets maximum print width Objects that exceed the maximum print width do not print 102mm 10 104mm The print width default value is 10mm DARKNESS Adjusts print darkness for consistent high quality printing Press up to increase value or down to decrease value 8 1 15 The default for print darkness is 8 SPEED Controls the rate of l...

Page 57: ... internal flash module EXTERNAL CLEAR FLASH Erase flash data all data stored in Flash memory is deleted Users can clear all Flash memory modules or clear specific Flash memory modules Clear expansion function will not show on LCD display unless an expansion flash memory card is installed Press ENTER and a warning message ARE YOU SURE YES You can select NO by scrolling with the up and down buttons ...

Page 58: ... form printing REPRINT MODE Reprint a label partially printed due to ribbon out media out or head open error conditions The label is reprinted after error condition is corrected On Enable recovery print Off Disable recovery print LABEL COUNT The printer displays label quantity you print On Enables the label count Off Disables the label count LABEL COUNT TYPE Count printing label quantity as decrea...

Page 59: ...ty of the printer must match the parity of the host computer for accurate communications to take place None No parity Odd Odd parity Even Even parity DATABITS Set the Data Bit to match the setting used by the host computer 7Bits Seven bit Word length 8Bits Eight bit Word length STOPBIT Define Stop Bit 1 One stop bit 2 Two stop bits HANDSHAKE Define handshake protocol between printer and host BOTH ...

Page 60: ...arameter only appears if the RTC card is installed DATE MM DD YY Change current date if RTC module is installed Format MM DD YY TIME HH MM SS Change current time if RTC module is installed Format HH MM SS ADVANCED CUT Enable or disable backfeed after label cut This function does not appear if cutter function is disabled Note This parameter appears only if cutter is installed WITH BACKFEED Enable b...

Page 61: ... the special menu You can select a language via the control panel 1 Press MENU for 5 seconds 2 Press the or button to reach the language of your choice 3 Press MENU and you are prompted to accept changes Press ENTER to confirm the language ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN ITALIAN SPANISH PORTUGUESE CHANGE PASSWORD The parameter allows you to change the password for Authorised 1 and Authorised 2 1 Press MEN 2...

Page 62: ... old password 4 Press ENTER again and the printer prompts you to enter the new password 5 Press MENU and the printer prompts you to accept changes SETUP 1 The default password is 1234 SETUP 2 The default password is 9999 ...

Page 63: ...nter Component Procedure Frequency Print head 1 Open the print head and remove the media and ribbon 2 Using the swab and 100 ethanol wipe the print head from end to end Clean the print head after each change of ribbon Platen roller Manually rotating the platen roller clean it thoroughly with 100 ethanol and swab Clean the platen roller when changing a new label roll Tear off Peel off bar Use the s...

Page 64: ...rrectly MEDIA OUT ALERT YES Media is not loaded or is loaded incorrectly Load media correctly MEMORY FULL ALERT YES Memory is full Delete data in the memory or expand the memory CUTTER FAILED ALERT YES Media is jammed in the cutter Remove the jammed paper SERIAL IO ERROR ALERT YES Format or baud rate of RS232 communication is inconsistent between printer and host Check the baud rate format or prot...

Page 65: ... 32 bit RISC microprocessor Media sensor Reflective movable See through x 2 Display LED indicators x 2 2x16 LCD display Operation interface Button x 6 Communication interface Centronics parallel RS 232 serial baud rate 2400 115200 bps USB 2 0 full speed PS 2 Keyboard 1D Barcodes PPLB Code 128 UCC Code 128 auto Code 128 subset A B C UCC EAN 128 Interleaved 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 with check sum d...

Page 66: ...andard 5 alpha numeric fonts with height from 0 049 0 23 20 codepages for 8 bits character code page 437 850 852 860 863 865 857 861 862 855 866 737 851 869 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 9 codepages for 7 bits character USA British German French Danish Italian Spanish Swedish and Swiss Internal fonts are expandable up to 24x 24 times 4 direction 0º 270ºrotation Soft fonts are downloadable up to 72...

Page 67: ... length max 1182 360 M Core size ID 1 core 25 4 mm Power Source 100 240VAC 50 60Hz 5Amps Internal universal power supply Mechanism request Built in Tear off bar Easy Peeler install Easy Cutter install Side open cover Clear media window Fanfold slot Centralized ribbon and label path Safety Approval CE UL CUL FCC class A CCC Operation environment 40ºF 104ºF 4ºC 40ºC 10 90 non condensing Storage temp...

Page 68: ... baud rate data bit parity bit and stop bit by both sending commands to the printer and by using the LCD panel Pin Assignment and Description Pin Signal Description 1 No function Shorted to Pin 6 2 Received Data RxD Input Serial Received Data 3 Transmitted Data TxD Output Serial Transmitted Data 4 No function No connection 5 GND Signal Ground 6 No function Shorted to Pin 1 7 Request to Send RTS Ou...

Page 69: ... printer and the host controller with a standard parallel cable Pin Assignment and Description Pin No Direction Description Pin No Direction Description 1 IN STROBE 13 OUT SELECT 2 IN DATA 1 14 15 N C 3 IN DATA 2 16 OUT GROUND 4 IN DATA 3 17 OUT GROUND 5 IN DATA 4 18 N C 6 IN DATA 5 19 30 OUT GROUND 7 IN DATA 6 31 N C 8 IN DATA 7 32 OUT FAULT 9 IN DATA 8 33 36 N C 10 OUT ACK 11 OUT BUSY 12 OUT PE ...

Page 70: ...USB interface that conforms to USB 2 0 full speed specification This increases the data transfer rate between the host controller and printer dramatically enhancing performance Pin Assignment and Description Pin No Direction Description 1 IN Vcc 5V 2 IN OUT Differential 3 IN OUT Differential 4 GROUND Auto Polling Both the serial port and parallel port of this printer can be active at the same time...

Page 71: ... form and press enter to confirm or change the form by pressing up and down 10 Type the input data according to instructions in the first row of the LCD Keyboard Functions Key Function ESC 1 Go back to the previous variable input field 2 During data input level press ESC or the CANCEL key on the panel for more than 5 seconds to force the printer back to the select form level Users can change to ot...

Page 72: ... command file for the form KBD FRM 2 Send the file KBD FRM to printer under MS DOS DOS command COPY B KBD FRM LPT1 3 Enable the AUTO FORM function in the privileged settings menu Command Description ZS Enable store to flash FK KBDFORM Delete previous form FS KBDFORM Start of form V00 15 N Product Name Define variable and display message C0 10 N 1 Product No Define counter and display message Q50 2...

Page 73: ...ect another form and press ENTER to confirm 7 Once a form is selected the LCD displays LOADING FORM KBDFORM 8 Key in the input device and barcode data Product Name Barcode Printer Product No 0123456789 9 Input the label count and the copy count LABEL SET NO 2 COPIES PER LAB 3 10 Six labels are printed out and the printer goes to step 8 and waits for data input ...

Page 74: ...71 Output ...

Page 75: ... and number from printed bar codes using the barcode reader Product Name Apple Product No 11223344 Command Description ZS Enable store to flash FK READER Delete previous form FS READER Start of form V00 15 N Product Name Define variable and display message C0 10 N 1 Product No Define counter and display message Q50 24 Set label dimension q406 Set label width S2 Set printing speed D8 Set printing d...

Page 76: ...eturn to normal operation press and hold ESC on keyboard or the CANCEL key for more than 5 seconds 2 During standalone operation you can input data through Keyboard Barcode reader Parallel port Serial port USB 3 For the keyboard form the P command is not allowed while for the barcode reader scanner form a PA command must be included ...

Page 77: ...in the figure below 4 Turn on the power switch and enable the cutter from the control panel Installing Media and Ribbon with Cutter The first time after installation or after a cutter jam use the following procedure 1 Put the media end on the roller 2 Close the TPH latch 3 Enter the setting menu on the panel Enable print mode to cut and choose rotate cutter function 4 After the cutter is rotated e...

Page 78: ...rating the panel setting or sending a shift command to the printer Panel setting 1 Enter the panel setting menu and choose OFFSET item 2 Use the up and down keys to select the CUT OFFSET option 3 Save and exit the menu setting after selecting a suitable cut offset 4 Feed a label and cut it off 5 Repeat the procedure if the cutting position is still incorrect Sending a shift command You may send a ...

Page 79: ... cover and press down the TPH release lever to release the print head module 3 Screw the peeler brace to the printer as shown in the figure below 4 Turn on the power switch and enable the peeler function from the control panel Diagram of Media and Ribbon Installation for Peeler ...

Page 80: ...wn and open the back cover 2 Plug the super card in the socket and set the DIP switch 5 to ON 3 Turn on the power and wait the LCD display appears RESTART PRINTER Note When you un plug the super card please shut the power down and put the DIP switch 5 to OFF ...

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