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1 DATECS

, Bulgaria

User’s Manual

LABEL PRINTER

MODEL

LP-50

Summary of Contents for LP-50

Page 1: ...1 DATECS Bulgaria User s Manual LABEL PRINTER MODEL LP 50...

Page 2: ...CUMENT CANNOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC WAY AND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT FROM DATECS LTD Sofia 1784 BULGARIA tel 359 2 974 00 55 fax 359 2 974...

Page 3: ...rs 21 3 5 List of commands 21 4 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMANDS 25 4 1 Setting the printer s functional mode 25 4 2 Working with variables and counters 29 4 3 Generating a graphic images 31 4 4 W...

Page 4: ...1 DATECS LP 50 4...

Page 5: ...consult your dealer or local power company y Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord Do not place this product where the cord will be walked on y If an extension cord is used with this product...

Page 6: ...l thoroughly Please keep it handy for reference whenever it may be needed y The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice y Reproduction of part or all of this User s Manual wit...

Page 7: ...hazard and damages that can occur if the given instructions are neglected or the printer is incorrectly operated WARNING Negligence of this precaution may result in death or serious injury CAUTION Neg...

Page 8: ...Do not drop or insert any foreign substances such as clips or pins into the equipment y Do not spill any liquid or spray any chemical containing liquid over the equipment If any liquid is spilled on...

Page 9: ...plug socket a radio or TV receiver is connected to It may cause a receptionproblem y Use the equipment only at the specified power supply voltage and frequency Otherwise it may emit smoke and catch fi...

Page 10: ...e could cause erroneous printing due to corrupt data and so on y Use the equipment in an environment where there is s plug socket near the main body and you can easily disconnect the power plug from i...

Page 11: ...d paper Use of other paper could deteriorate the print quality or cause a problem with the printing head To Prevent and Spreading of Damage y Never touch the printing head motor or paper cutting blade...

Page 12: ...contaminated with paper powder use a soft brush to clean it Be careful not to damage the printing head y Cleaning the Printing Head 1 Moisten gauze slightly with alcohol and clean the heating surface...

Page 13: ...this printer for different applications Prior to using it read and understand this manual thoroughly 1 1 Features 1 Small lightweight and installable in a narrow area 2 High speed and low noise owing...

Page 14: ...all the printer near a heater or in a place exposed to the direct sunshine y Do not use the printer in a high temperature high humidity or contaminated environment y Do not allow dew condensation to f...

Page 15: ...m Do not spill liquids of any kind on the device Print only on specified thermal paper rolls Don t force paper out from the printing mechanism Should the printer behave unusually during operation imme...

Page 16: ...in designing the inscriptions on your labels If those fonts do not satisfy your requirements you are free to load additional fonts in the memory of the device The device may be used to print informat...

Page 17: ...or preparing a label It includes the following stages 3 3 3 3 3 When working under DOS the setup of the PC serial port is done with the MODE COMn command in parallel to the setup of the printer the fo...

Page 18: ...ariable 3 3 3 3 3If we wish to insert graphics in the label we must select a name and position for this element and add a command for its layout in the text file GG The PCX file must be prepared in ad...

Page 19: ...can be stored in the memory irrespective of how small they happen to be On the other hand is the restriction related to the volume of the memory itself which is 506 kB It must be remembered that the m...

Page 20: ...aper roll printing Sticker label Sw8 Normal operation mode LP 50 compatible 3 3 2 Operation buttons The FEED button extracts paper until it is released In the sticker type labels mode positions the pr...

Page 21: ...l is found 3 5 List of commands 3 5 1 By categories Setting the functional mode of the printer Setting the printing density Setting values for counters variables Defining counters Defining a text vari...

Page 22: ...h graphic files monochrome PCX format Saving a new PCX file Deleting a PCX file Direct printing of graphics Listing of loaded PCX files GM GK GW GI Saving a new font Deleting a font Listing of the loa...

Page 23: ...n occupied memory Returning a list of loaded forms Returning a list of loaded graphics Returning a list of loaded fonts U U UM UF UG UE 3 5 2 In alphabetical order Setting values for counters variable...

Page 24: ...ine L Clearing the operational memory M Clearing current forms and graphic buffer N Printing a label P Resuming an interrupted printing session PC Setting the page length Q Setting the starting point...

Page 25: ...e printing density Offers the option to adjust the printing density depending on the sensitivity of the paper and the character of the printed information Format Dn n may have values from 0 to 15 wher...

Page 26: ...437 n 1 Bulgarian CP856 n 2 Russian CP866 n 3 Latin2 CP912 n 4 Baltic CP775 n 5 Win CE 1250 n 6 Win Cyrillic 1251 n 7 Win Western 1252 n 8 Win Baltic 1257 n 9 Win Greek 1253 n 10 Win Turkish 1254 n 11...

Page 27: ...quoted above Setting the starting point of the print Sets the starting point of the printing area Format Rm n m is the horizontal offset Possible value is 0 383 n is the vertical offset Possible value...

Page 28: ...o use The divisors between the fields are marked in small letters entered immediately after the symbols we wish to use Example TDdd me y4 This would generate a date of the type 02 APR 2004 Setting hou...

Page 29: ...he maximum length is set joined by the force justify symbol C The string of the counter is centered while on the left and right ends to the set length the fill in symbols are joined d The additional s...

Page 30: ...by brackets and a max length of 25 symbols At initialization of the variable the printer sends this text over the serial port Example V1 6 L Name Defines a variable No 1 with a maximum length of 6 byt...

Page 31: ...d can be a Latin letter in which case it is a name of a loadable font The size of the symbols is there contained Around each of the in built fonts there is a white frame 1 dot wide so that the printab...

Page 32: ...t 0 4095 c Text orientation 0 0 1 90o 2 180o 3 270o where rotation is clockwise d Selection of the type of bar code for printing text from 1 to 3 symbols The possible values are in Table 1 e Setting t...

Page 33: ...ts wide 60 dots high with a duplicating text with content 123456789012 Table 1 String Bar code type 3 Code 39 3C Code 39 with check digit 9 Code 93 0 Code 128 UCC 1 Code 128 auto A B C modes K Codabar...

Page 34: ...n black Drawing a diagonal line Format LS m a b c d e m Non compulsory parameter Possible values E mode XOR W white a Starting coordinate for X 0 2047 b Starting coordinate for Y 0 4095 c Line thickne...

Page 35: ...rting coordinate on Y for the upper left corner of the bar code 0 to 4095 p3 Bar code type Must be P for PDF417 MacroPDF and Extended Channel Interpretation are not supported p4 Maximum print width in...

Page 36: ...0 p12 r Set maximum row count Allowed values r3 to r90 Default r90 p13 l Set maximum column count Allowed values l5 to l34 Default l34 p14 o Rotation Allowed values o0 0 o1 90 o2 180 o3 270 degrees De...

Page 37: ...0 4095 c Horizontal size in units of 8 dots bytes 1 127 d Vertical size in dots 0 2047 e Graphic lines There are c d bytes of information 8 dots per byte where bit 1 is a black dot Data is sent in hor...

Page 38: ...the symbol following the mark of the modifier May also be used for cutting off leading zeros or spaces Cuts off the string the end symbols which are identical to the symbol following the mark of the...

Page 39: ...ed from left to right The resulting string is added to the end of the string resulting from the processing of the previous elements Examples Date TD Time TT will generate something like this Date 02 A...

Page 40: ...th FK in the opposite case the command will be rejected Format FS Name Name is the name of the file which have at the most 8 s are acceptable excluding the symbol Small and capital letters are not dis...

Page 41: ...R Name Name The name of the form A form with this name must be loaded into the memory Example FR Test Deleting a form The command deletes existing form or all forms The engaged memory after this is fr...

Page 42: ...ple PhotoShop Format GM Name n Name The name under which the graphic file will be saved in the memory of the printer n The length of the file not more than 32768 bytes After the command the set quanti...

Page 43: ...can create your own fonts using the syntax of the command described further on or you may use ready programs for the purpose for example Soft Font Downloader Utility Format ES Name p 1 p 2 p 3 a 1 b 1...

Page 44: ...ots Deleting fonts The command deletes an existing loadable font or all fonts The engaged memory is freed Format EK Name Name of the font String which consists of only one letter which must be found i...

Page 45: ...e memory where the image for printing is generated and places the printer in the mode working without active forms The command may be used after an error when there are suspicions that the graphic buf...

Page 46: ...when they were defined and the new group of labels is printed with the new values Possible value 1 1000 n The number of absolutely identical labels for print The sum quantity for this command will be...

Page 47: ...the memory engaged with fonts presented in bytes d Is the free memory in bytes Format UM Returning data on loaded forms Format UF or FI NAME The first form of the command returns a list of the loaded...

Page 48: ...lowing format n1 n2 Di where n1 Most significant byte of total data count n2 Least significant byte of total data count Di Image data The total bytes count is n1 256 n2 The format of the data is monoc...

Page 49: ...is n1 256 n2 The format of the data is described in the command for loading fonts FS 4 10 Direct printing of a text Format Line Prints out a text directly without savings in the graphic buffer The pr...

Page 50: ...c images and fonts The principle for operating the keyboard is as follows the required information is entered with the keys the end is placed via one of the reserved keys indicated here below Dependin...

Page 51: ...nding on the digit entered previously a list of forms images or fonts loaded into the printer will be printed out 1 List of forms 2 List of graphic images 3 List of fonts If nothing has been entered a...

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