Label Printer Setup Guide – CourierPost SATO D512
Before you start
Download the Seagull Drivers:
1.
Visit the following link:
http://www.seagullscientific.com/downloads/drivers/archive/7.2/7.2.2/SATO_7.2.2.exe
This will download the driver installer.
Local Printer Install (USB)
To install the driver:
1.
Run the downloaded Seagull Driver installer, which will extract the drivers to a folder called
Seagull on your C:/ drive. You may choose a different folder if required. The installer will ask you
if you want to run a driver wizard and/or view a readme. Just untick those boxes and click finish.
2.
Open Control Panel -> Printers and Faxes
3.
Click “Add new printer” in the left sidebar, OR right click an empty space inside the Printers and
Faxes window and select “Add Printer”.
4.
Click Next, and at the next screen select “Local Printer attached to this computer”, but untick
“Automatically install my plug and play printer”. Click Next.
5.
Make sure “Use Existing Port” is selected, then, in the listbox, select a
USB Port.
Typical names
for the USB ports are
“USB001 – Virtual printer port for usb”, “USB003 – Virtual printer port for
usb”
. Generally it’s best to pick the port with the highest number to avoid possible conflicts with
already installed printers. Click Next.
6.
When asked to select and install drivers, click “have disk”. Click Browse and browse to where you
extracted the drivers earlier (default is C:/seagull/). Select the driver file (it’ll be the only visible
file in the folder). Click okay to confirm the selection.
7.
Browse down the list of printer models now available. Select “
Sato D512
”.
8.
Click next to continue.
9.
When asked to name the printer, call it “Ticket-It”,
10.
Untick “Set as default printer”.
11.
If your printer is plugged into the computer and is online, print a test page when prompted.
12.
Click finish.
13.
Follow the
completing the setup
instructions.
