Vario II series
Table of contents
12.11
Operating manual
3
Table of contents
Table of contents .............................................................................. 3
1
Important notes ..................................................................... 5
1.1
Intended use ............................................................................ 5
1.2
Environmentally-friendly disposal ............................................ 6
1.3
Connector pin assignment (printer rear).................................. 6
2
Safety notes ........................................................................... 7
2.1
Warnings ................................................................................. 7
2.2
Operating conditions................................................................ 8
3
Technical data ...................................................................... 13
3.1
Control inputs and outputs (option I) ..................................... 16
3.2
Control inputs and outputs (option II) .................................... 18
3.3
Plug & Play ............................................................................ 19
4
Installation ............................................................................ 21
4.1
Setting up the label printer .................................................... 21
4.2
Connecting the label printer .................................................. 22
4.3
Switching the label printer on and off .................................... 22
4.4
Initiation of the label printer ................................................... 23
5
Loading media ..................................................................... 25
5.1
Loading media ....................................................................... 25
5.2
Loading transfer ribbon ......................................................... 29
6
Foil keyboard ....................................................................... 31
6.1
Keyboard assignment (standard) .......................................... 31
6.2
Keyboard assignment (text entry/customized) ...................... 32
7
Label creation ...................................................................... 35
7.1
Bitmap fonts ........................................................................... 35
7.2
Vektor fonts ........................................................................... 37
7.3
1D bar codes ......................................................................... 39
7.4
2D Barcodes .......................................................................... 42
7.5
Rectangle .............................................................................. 51
7.6
Line graphic ........................................................................... 52
8
Function menu ..................................................................... 55
8.1
Menu structure ....................................................................... 55
8.2
Printer parameter ................................................................... 58
8.3
Label measurement ............................................................... 58
8.4
Printer initialisation ................................................................ 59
8.5
Print mode ............................................................................. 61
8.6
Serial interface 1 .................................................................... 64
8.7
Serial interface 2 .................................................................... 64
8.8
Parallele interface .................................................................. 65
8.9
Start/stop sign ........................................................................ 65
8.10
Paper counter ........................................................................ 65
8.11
Date & time ............................................................................ 66
8.12
Password protection .............................................................. 67
8.13
Service functions ................................................................... 67
8.14
Print examples ....................................................................... 71
8.15
Remote console ..................................................................... 71
8.16
Emulation ............................................................................... 72
8.17
Main menu ............................................................................. 73