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Installation

Install the printer

1. Please put the printer on the stable surface.

2. Make sure printer power is turned off, please do not plug  

    the power cable when the printer power is turned on. 

3. Connect serial or USB or Parallel or Ethernet cable to  

    printer and PC.

4. Connect power plug to power supply socket.

Be careful:

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Please turn off the power switch the printer in the power socket,

     

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Transmission interface in the picture will vary depending on your printer

     purchased aircraft type, the actual transmission interface, please refer to 

     the corresponding product specifications

power line is inserted into the printer.

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Ribbon installation

1. Press two press buttons on left and right side to open 
    printer

 

top

 

cover.

2. Put empty paper tube into ribbon take-up hub if you 
    buy new ribbon which one side is no contact with 
    paper tube. After that, install ribbon take-up hub left 
    side and right side onto printer. 

   Remark:   Factory standard ribbon two sides already 
   fixed well on paper tube. Go ahead to step 3 instead 
   of step 2.

3. Press the Push button to open print head.

4. Insert black ribbon supply hub into new ribbon, then 
    install ribbon and supply hub from left to right side.

5. If insert factory supplied new ribbon, please refer to 
    step 2: install ribbon and ribbon take-up hub.

   If you buy and use new ribbon, firstly you roll up the 
   ribbon onto the empty paper tube.

   After that please adjust the big blue wheel according
   to the direction of arrows to assure the ribbon touch
   the take-up hub flatly and smoothly without wrinkle.

6. Close print head by pressing two arrows locations, 
   confirm the two sides of print head are closed 
   correctly to ensure you get printing in good quality.

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Summary of Contents for GP-1225Z

Page 1: ...Thermal Transfer Barcode Printer User s Manual GP 1225Z GP 1235Z ...

Page 2: ...roduct introduction Open and check Printer components Appearance Internal The bottom Installation LED indicator function Troubleshooting Maintenance Install the printer Install the ribbon Installation of paper Installation of paper LED indicator Thermal printing Thermal transfer printing Button Function Start function Common problem 13 13 6 1 Printer Cleaning 15 15 ...

Page 3: ... plastic paper etc Common 1D barcode and 2D barcode fonts are built inside printer also it support 4 direction printing characters can be enlarged from 1 to 10 times Besides it supports 5 different size bitmap fonts OCR A and OCR B fonts together with 203dpi 300dpi higher print resolution this series printer are your best choice among the same class Declaration This is a class A product fit for No...

Page 4: ...S plastic housing Gap sensor Ribbon sensor The print head open sensor Communication interface Memory Memory The paper key and LED indicating lamp Built in 8 dot matrix font English number The character and the bar code can be printed in four directions of rotation 0 90 180 270 degree Built in simplified Chinese traditional and Korean font for programming The built in voltage automatic switching po...

Page 5: ...e thickness of the paper tag bottom paper The width of the paper tag bottom paper The paper winding form Paper type The maximum capacity of internal paper roll diameter Print out of plane roll print surface involute Continuous paper gap of paper paper folding punched paper Note If you use the tag length less than 25 4mm 1 recommend the use of a perforated line in the gap on the label paper so the ...

Page 6: ...ng mate rials well in case you need to mail the printer Packing list One Label printer CD Driver Nice label software User Manual Power Adapter Power Cord USB cable Parallel cable serial cable optional Ribbon roller Ribbon Label roller Label paper External paper holder Standard for GP 1225Z GP 1235Z Picture 1 Please pack equipment and materials needed for safekeeping printer for subsequent handling...

Page 7: ...ce Label exit LED indicator Press button for top cover open Press button for top cover open LED lights indicate ON LINE electric lamp ERROR error lamp RIBBON ribbon status light Picture 2 Picture 3 Power on off switch Label exit ...

Page 8: ...b Ribbon take up hub Push button for thermal print head open Top cover The bottom Power port Parallel port Bottom cover with DIP switch RS 232C serial port Ethernet port USB port Label entrance from external holder Note Picture showing printer port is for GP 1225Z GP 1235Z ...

Page 9: ...ke up hub if you buy new ribbon which one side is no contact with paper tube After that install ribbon take up hub left side and right side onto printer Remark Factory standard ribbon two sides already fixed well on paper tube Go ahead to step 3 instead of step 2 3 Press the Push button to open print head 4 Insert black ribbon supply hub into new ribbon then install ribbon and supply hub from left...

Page 10: ...d 5 Install label same as picture showing 6 Close the print head by pressing two arrow locations Confirm print head two sides are closed correctly to ensure you get printing in good quality 7 Close printer top cover Insert media roll spindle into media roll 3 Place the media roll onto printer adjust the position of medial roll to make it in the center of media roll spindle 4 ...

Page 11: ...ndicator is off Error indicator flashes every 160ms after two times flashing Error indicator goes off for 320ms printer start beeping Paper out Power indicator is off Error indicator flashes every 160ms after three times flashing Error indicator goes off for 320ms printer start beeping Black mark detection error Error indicator flashes every160ms Printer overheated protection mode is act ivated Af...

Page 12: ...his function to check if printing function is normal or not Print DIP Switch page Debugging Mode A Turn off the printer B Make sure the paper roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed C Press and hold PAUSE button and turn on the printer When paper feed and then release PAUSE button DIP switch page will be printed out A Turn off the printer B Make sure the paper roll is insta...

Page 13: ...efault setting Then power indicator will be on and printer goes to ready status Factory default settings do not include ribbon setting Ribbon Detection When printer power turn on or it is in thermal transfer printing mode printer will automatically detect ribbon status to check if ribbon installed or ribbon end or work normally After ribbon detecting printer will be set to thermal transfer printin...

Page 14: ...aper Label paper improperly installed Refer to Paper Installation steps in User Manual to re install paper Gap sensor detection error Adjust paper specification and print again Clear jamed paper Not printing Serial cable improperly connected 1 Check if Pin configuration in cable two sides are matching each other 2 Check if baud rate setting on PC and printer are the same If in TPSL comma nd mode W...

Page 15: ...n and label improperly installed Too much dust or adhesive on print head Re install ribbon and or label Clean print head and print again Print head damaged Take selftest page to check if printing are completely to confirm if necessary to change new print head Data miss printing in one or two sides Label paper size wrong setting Check if label size set correctly and same as your label paper Ribbon ...

Page 16: ... for at least one minute 3 Use a cotton swap and 100 ethanol to clean the print head surface When change new label paper Thermal transfer printing head Thermal transfer printing head Direct thermal printing head Direct thermal printing head 1 Turn off the printer 2 Rotate the platen roller and use a cotton swap to clean with 100 ethanol When Change new label paper Use a cotton swap and 100 ethanol...

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