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WP-234 Printer User’s Manual

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Summary of Contents for WP-234

Page 1: ...WP 234 Printer User s Manual...

Page 2: ...service able parts inside Refer servicing to qualified service personnel Weigh Tronix reserves the right to change specifications at any time CAUTION EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WARNING This is a Class A prod...

Page 3: ...tion 11 Connecting and Powering Up Your Printer 11 Maintenance 11 Changing the Printer Ribbon 12 Inserting a Ribbon with Paper in the Printer 13 Printer Test and Setup 14 Printer Test 14 Accessing the...

Page 4: ...ters inch 40 column 21 characters inch 7 4 lines per inch 130 lines per minute for 24 column 110 lines per minute for 32 and 40 column Table top 2 25 W x 2 75 D 0 44 I D Panel mount 2 25 W x 1 25 D 1...

Page 5: ...34 Printer User s Manual 5 1 500 000 lines mean character before failure Black 200 000 characters Purple 250 000 characters Large roll 12 500 lines Small roll 3 000 lines Ribbon life Paper Print Head...

Page 6: ...WP 234 Printer User s Manual 6...

Page 7: ...Test and Setup Communication Please follow the precautions listed below when setting up your printer They are designed to help you keep your printer working at its best Plug your power supply into an...

Page 8: ...t in about one quarter inch before it stops 6 While holding the paper in place press the rocker switch to the Paper Feed position The printer will activate and a rubber roller will pull the paper into...

Page 9: ...234 Printer User s Manual 9 9 Slide the paper through the slot in the printer cover 10 Push the back of the printer cover down and into place 11 Press the front of the printer cover down to lock in pl...

Page 10: ...per will jam and will possibly damage the printer mechanism 1 Advance the paper about one inch beyond the paper cutter by using the Paper Feed switch 2 Lift the paper roll away from the printer housin...

Page 11: ...r Your printer is now ready for printing The printer stores characters for printing until one of two things happens 1 The line buffer is filled 2 It receives a line feed hexadecimal 0A or a carriage r...

Page 12: ...the Paper Feed switch for several seconds Below are the steps for replacing the ribbon 1 Turn the printer to Standby 2 Four small grooves are embossed on each side of the printer cover Push down on on...

Page 13: ...t weak or irregular printing The cartridge must be properly seated and aligned for best printing 6 Turn the cartridge knob marked by an arrow clockwise to stretch the ribbon 7 Replace the cover 8 Repl...

Page 14: ...itch on the printer With the printer unplugged at the outlet or at the back of the printer press and hold the right side of switch as you plug the unit in The printer will print out a list of the conf...

Page 15: ...more than five seconds Ready is printed and you will have to try steps 1 and 2 again to access the setup menu After you access the setup menu if you press NEXT left side of switch repeatedly you will...

Page 16: ...nfigure menu The following is printed LOAD DEFAULTS gives you the opportunity to reset the printer to all default settings shown below Choose OK to do this or NEXT to go to the next parameter The foll...

Page 17: ...can select EVEN or ODD parity If you choose 8 data bits parity defaults to NONE STOP BITS is the next parameter Choose 1 or 2 stop bits HANDSHAKE is the next parameter Choose from the following setti...

Page 18: ...m your printer Your choices with examples are NONE DOUBLE WIDE DOUBLE HIGH DOUBLE WIDE HIGH After you choose one of the magnifications the printer will print Ready to show the printer is out of the co...

Page 19: ...is printout shows you how each item is currently set Below is an explanation of each item and the choices you can make for each TIME DATE FORMAT is the next parameter Choose from the following formats...

Page 20: ...after CR Autoprint of the sequence number will not occur unless three seconds has elapsed since the printer has stopped printing ZERO is the next parameter Choose how you want the zero character to l...

Page 21: ...s stands for Extended Character Set Choices YES Allows you to use hexidecimal numbers above 80 true only for 8 data bits NO Disables the Extended Character Set ability PRINT READY is next Choices YES...

Page 22: ...e on black to show the position of the cursor This is the number which will be incremented if NEXT left side is pressed If the number is correct press OK right side and the following is printed The cu...

Page 23: ...the setup menu and ready to print RESET SEQ is the last setup menu item This menu item lets you reset the sequence number This number is the number of print transactions since the last reset With the...

Page 24: ...12VDC To printer Only w 9 12VDC option 11 CTS Clear to send From printer Signal equivalent to BUSY indicating that printer is ready for operation and can receive data 21 Power return To printer Only w...

Page 25: ...ground Cable shield 23 RD Received data From printer printer data return line 25 RD Received data To printer printer data input line Optional 1 Connectors On the printer 25 hole receptacle equivalent...

Page 26: ...NAK 15 21 Get time and date SYN 16 22 ETB 17 23 Stop Reverse Field CAN 18 24 Reverse Field EM 19 25 Set Printer Config SUB 1A 26 Escape ESC 1B 27 FS 1C 28 24 Column Mode GS 1D 29 32 Column Mode RS 1E...

Page 27: ...sent at any time on a line it need not be the first code received by the printer after a carriage return You cannot mix normal and double height charac ters on the same line Once you select the double...

Page 28: ...15 When the printer receives this control code it will immediately reset the sequence number to 00000 A standard character line is made up of ten dot lines Eight of these dot lines are used for the p...

Page 29: ...ce that each number in the DATA statement corresponds to one row in your character To design a charac ter follow these steps 1 Use quad ruled paper to design your charac ter 2 Number 8 consecutive row...

Page 30: ...followed by the six numbers you computed above Here is an example of how this can be done After typing RUN your custom character will be stored in the printer s memory It will retain this information...

Page 31: ...printer may become overloaded and stop printing This control code is used when setting the printer s various configuration parameters The printer powers up in the column mode last selected by configu...

Page 32: ...sponds to hexadecimal 7E is received by the printer it will print the character defined in its RAM Random Access Memory The section on USER Programmable Character describes how this RAM can be loaded...

Page 33: ...format with AM or PM ESC 2 MM DD YY month day year ESC 3 DD MM YY day month year numeric month ESC 4 DD MON YY day month year with 3 letter abbreviation of the month ESC 5 DOW day of week abbrevia tio...

Page 34: ...Notes...

Page 35: ...re QC H9R 4R7 Canada Telephone 514 695 0380 Toll free 800 561 9461 Facsimile 514 695 6820 www weigh tronix ca Avery Weigh Tronix 1000 Armstrong Dr Fairmont MN 56031 USA Telephone 507 238 4461 Facsimil...

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