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PRINT HEAD UP Close Print Head, 333

PRINTER HOT, 333

PRINTER UNDER REMOTE CONTROL, 333

PWR SUPPLY HOT, 333

RBN TAKEUP FULL Remove Used Rbn, 334

REACTIVATING HOST SERIAL, 334

RECHARGE BATTERY, 334

Remove Label, 334

RESETTING PLEASE WAIT, 334

RESTORING BOOT CODE, 334

RFID MAX RETRY Check System, 335

RFID TAG FAILED Check Media, 334

RIBBON BROKEN Reload Ribbon, 335

RIBBON FAULT Timeout, 335

RIBBON LOAD BAD Reload Ribbon, 335

Ribbon Low, 335

RIBBON OUT Load Ribbon, 335

SECURITY CODE VIOLATION, 335

SELECT DOWNLOAD PORT=XXXXXXXXXX,

335

SIGNAL Clipping, 335

SOFTWARE ERROR Recycle Power, 336

Speed Exceeds Validator Limit, 336

TESTING HARDWARE PLEASE WAIT, 336

Unscannable Code Check media, 336

Validator not communicating, 336

WAITING FOR PROGRAM DOWNLOAD, 336

WIRELESS ADAPTER NOT COMPATIBLE,

336

Fault Message Troubleshooting Table, 323

Fault messages, 322

Fault Message Troubleshooting Table, 323

operator-correctable, 322

requiring field service attention, 322

Fault mode, 43

Feature File option, 250

FF After Job option, 219

FF valid at TOF option, 220

FF Validity option, 220

FILE EXISTS Enable Overwrite fault message, 328

FILE SYS INVALID Optimize&Reboot fault

message, 328

FILE SYS WRITE Check Flash fault message, 328

FILE SYSTEM FULL Add Flash fault message, 328

FILE SYSTEM FULL Delete Files fault message,

328

FILE SYSTEM FULL Optimize & Reboot fault

message, 328

Flash Avail. option, 157

FLASH Installed option, 250

Fonts, 28

Downloading, 291

downloading truetype fonts, 293

Form Length (lines) option, 220

Form Width (char.) option, 221

Form Width (in.) option, 221

Form Width (mm.) option, 221

Format Control option, 221

Forms Handling option, 221

Forms Length (in.) option, 220

Forms Length (mm) option, 220

FPGA FILE NOT FOUND fault message, 328

FRAMING ERROR fault message, 329

Framing Errors option, 263

Gap, 77

Gap Length option, 149

GAP NOT DETECTED See Manual fault message,

329

Gap Windowing option, 148

Gap/Mark Sensor option, 119,

145

Gap/Mark Thresh option, 146

Gaps, 74

Gateway Addess option, 268,

273

Glob Mem Adjust option, 160

Gothic Typeface option, 222

Graphic Chek Cod option, 222

Graphic Chek Err option, 222

GRF CHK ERROR PRESS PAUSE fault message,

329

Half Speed Mode fault message, 329

Handshaking, 308

hardware, 308

software, 308

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Page 9: ...d changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Fules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation European Union EU Conformity Statement IBM cannot...

Page 10: ...her than recommended cables and connectors Industry Canada Compliance Statement This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil numérique de la classe A conform á la norme NMB 003 du Canada Statement of CISPR 22 Edition 2 Compliance Attention This is a Class A Product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be requi...

Page 11: ...asse A EN 55022 Klasse A Geräte müssen mit folgendem Warnhinweis versehen werden Warnung dies ist eine Einrichtung der Klasse A Diese Einrichtung kann im Wohnbereich Funkstörungen verursachen in diesem Fall kann vom Betreiber verlangt werden angemessene Maßnahmen durchzuführen und dafür aufzukommen EN 55024 Hinweis Wird dieses Gerät in einer industriellen Umgebung betrieben wie in EN 55024 festgel...

Page 12: ... cause radio interference in which case the user will be required to take adequate measures Korea CAUTION This product is equipped with a 3 wire power cord and plug for the user s safety Use this power cord in conjunction with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid electrical shock ...

Page 13: ...collectively the Embedded Software or the Software only in conjunction with the printer As the rightful possessor of the printer you may make a reasonable number of copies of the Software as necessary for backup configuration and restoration of the printer You must reproduce the copyright notice and any other legend of ownership on each copy of the Software you make You may transfer possession of ...

Page 14: ...or any contributor to the Embedded Software than that provided by the Red Hat eCos Public License v 1 1 or any express warranty that may be made by Printronix Inc 5 Limitation of Liability UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY WHETHER TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE SHALL RED HAT PRINTRONIX ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTOR OR ANY DISTRIBUTOR OF THE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE OR ANY PART THE...

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Page 19: ...ter 27 Standard Features 27 Optional Features 28 Thermal Printer Technology 30 The Printing Process 30 Dynamic Print Control 30 Thermal Consumables 31 Media Selection 31 Ribbons 31 Setting Up The Printer 32 Unpacking The Printer 32 Installation 34 2 Operation 39 Controls And Indicators 39 Power Switch 39 Control Panel 39 Powering On The Printer 43 Operating Modes 43 Media Handling Modes 43 Loading...

Page 20: ...aten Roller And Media Sensors 83 3 Configuring The Printer 87 Overview 87 Setting Printer Configuration Parameters 87 Moving Within The Configuration Menu 87 Selecting A Menu Option 88 Changing Printer Settings 89 Saving A Configuration 90 Specifying A Power Up Configuration 91 Modifying A Saved Configuration 92 Printing A Configuration 93 Loading A Saved Configuration 94 Menu Overview 101 Main Me...

Page 21: ...us 249 PARALLEL PORT 252 PARALLEL PORT Submenus 253 SERIAL PORT 256 SERIAL PORT Submenus 257 C T PORT 264 C T PORT Submenus 264 USB PORT 265 USB Port Submenu 265 ETHERNET PORT 266 ETHERNET PORT Submenu 266 ETHERNET ADDRESS 267 ETHERNET ADDRESS Submenus 268 ETHERNET PARAMS 269 ETHERNET PARAMS Submenus 270 WIRELESS ADDRESS 272 WIRELESS ADDRESS Submenus 273 WIRELESS PARAMS 275 WIRELESS PARAMS Submenu...

Page 22: ...nd Optional RS 422 Serial Interfaces 303 RS 232 303 RS 422 304 USB 304 5 Diagnostics And Troubleshooting 307 Printer Tests 307 Troubleshooting Common Situations 307 Improving Processing Time 308 Data Exchange 308 Controlling Print Quality 310 Determining Printhead Wear 311 Replacing The Printhead 312 Restore The Printer To Operation 314 Solving Other Printer Problems 315 Printer Alarms 322 Fault M...

Page 23: ...nd Accessories 347 Ribbons 349 Accessories 349 C ASCII Control Codes 351 D Heavy Duty Media Cutter Installation 353 Prepare The Printer 353 Installing The Heavy Duty Cutter 354 Restore The Printer To Operation 355 Removing The Media Cutter 356 E Media Cutter Tray Installation357 Assembling The Media Cutter Tray 357 Installing The Media Cutter Tray 358 F Glossary 361 ...

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Page 25: ...countries contact your country Call Center You may call for service free of charge during the printer s warranty period You can obtain service after the warranty period has expired if you sign a service contract agreement with an authorized service provider You also can obtain service on a billable per call basis after the warranty period has expired Please have your service contract information a...

Page 26: ...nt IMPORTANT Information vital to proper operation of the printer NOTE Information and helpful tips about printer operation Manual Conventions Operator panel keys are printed in uppercase letters Example Press the PAUSE key and then press ENTER Operator panel keys are often shown by their symbol or icon located on the control panel directly below the key Example Press the key for ENTER Liquid Crys...

Page 27: ...ter Plus LP emulation which provides direct compatibility with IBM Infoprint 6700 series printers In addition the printer has co resident IGP PGL emulations which provide printer system commands for text barcodes graphics lines and boxes Direct thermal printing and thermal transfer thermal transfer is not supported on 4 inch DT models Standard interfaces Serial RS 232 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ...

Page 28: ...L and STGL Interpreters PPI ZGL Zebra PPI TGL TEC PPI IGL Intermec and PPI STGL SATO interpreters are powerful integration tools that allows the 6700 to function in virtually all legacy ZPL TEC IPL and SGL application environments without requiring modification to host data stream Optional Features Ask your authorized representative about the following enhancement options Fonts A selection of font...

Page 29: ...ulation to be printed through the Ethernet TN5250 3270 is not supported in SL RFID models Online Barcode Validator This option provides online validation of printed barcodes When you incorporate a bar code quality procedure into the printing process you will increase the overall bar code quality reduce waste from misprinted bar codes and achieve high first time read rates This is increasingly impo...

Page 30: ...r abrasive long storage applications and for specialized applications such as in extreme environmental conditions or where tamper proofing is required NOTE Thermal transfer is not supported on 4 inch DT model printers Dynamic Print Control Dynamic print control is a unique feature of your thermal printer that provides excellent print quality by preventing unevenness of print density Print quality ...

Page 31: ...mical reaction Thermal transfer media requires ribbon A wide range of IBM thermal transfer media is available such as film or synthetic paper substitutes Most of these media options can be die cut for easy label applications The wide selection of media sizes and face stocks have been tested with IBM ribbons for print quality and usage Ribbons IBM offers a wide range of ribbons specifically enginee...

Page 32: ...scharge damage while setting up the printer The discharge of accumulated electrostatic energy can damage or destroy the printhead or electronic components used in this device ATTENTION Do not place the printer on its backside during unpacking or handling because you may damage the printer interface connector 1 Remove the tape strips from the media cover Lift open the media cover 2 Remove the tape ...

Page 33: ... and the frame 5 Open the pivoting deck by rotating the blue deck lock lever fully clockwise 6 Remove the foam pad from between the printhead and the platen rubber roller 7 Close the pivoting deck and media cover Foam Foam Pad Deck Lock Lever Pivoting Deck Platen Printhead ...

Page 34: ... international safety standards this printer has been equipped with a three pronged power cord When inserted in a correctly wired power outlet the ground conductor will ensure that the printer chassis is at ground earth potential Do not use adapter plugs or remove the grounding prong from the cable plug If an extension cord is required ensure that a three wire cable with a properly grounded plug i...

Page 35: ...ce Attach a suitable serial printer cable from the computer to the DB 29 RS 232 serial interface connector at the back of the printer For additional information on serial cable wiring refer to Diagnostics And Troubleshooting on page 307 NOTE The printer supports simultaneous connection of the parallel and serial interfaces using the Auto Switching feature Auto Switching is described on page 297 Pa...

Page 36: ... detected with the software stored in the printer s flash memory both the amber and green LEDs will alternately blink continuously Under normal conditions both LEDs remain on continuously If your printer is equipped with the optional Coax Twinax optional RS 422 and optional Ethernet the rear I O panel will appear as illustrated below RS 422 Ethernet Connection Coax Connection Coax Twinax RS 422 an...

Page 37: ...ted in the I O plate in the back of the printer d Twinax Connection Attach a suitable twinax cable from the computer to the twinax connector located in the I O plate in the back of the printer e Ethernet Connection Insert a suitable Ethernet cable from your hub or switch to the Ethernet connector located in the I O panel in the rear of your printer Wireless And GPIO Interface Panel Wireless Antenn...

Page 38: ...38 Chapter 1 Setting Up The Printer ...

Page 39: ...alization messages will appear on the Liquid Crystal Display LCD on the control panel To remove power place the power switch in the O OFF position Control Panel The control panel is located on the front of the printer and includes an LCD indicators and control keys buttons These are described in the following tables Also refer to Chapter 3 OFFLINE Liquid Crystal Display LCD Online Status Indicator...

Page 40: ...E the interface type and emulation in use During a fault condition displays the specific fault message and the corrective action Displays OFFLINE During a fault condition displays the specific fault message and the corrective action Displays OFFLINE and a main menu submenu or option During a fault condition displays the specific fault message and the corrective action Job In Process Indicates when...

Page 41: ...d printer configurations Scrolls left through main menus Decrements option values within submenus DECREMENT Key in Menu Mode FEED Key UP Key in Menu Mode Advances the media one label length Advances the media one label length Scrolls the current menu selection one level up TEST PRINT Key Pressing the ENTER key with a Diagnostic Test displayed initiates the test Pressing again terminates the test N...

Page 42: ...rs all data in the printer data buffer when enabled Scrolls the current menu selection one level down MENU Key Takes the printer Offline and selects the Menu Mode Selects the Menu Mode Scrolls between main menu selections ENTER Key Pressing the ENTER key in Menu Mode selects the displayed option or value An asterisk then appears next to the option or value indicating it has been selected Note If t...

Page 43: ...printer from offline to online mode The ONLINE status indicator is not illuminated in offline mode Menu Pressing the MENU key takes the printer offline and into Menu mode In this mode you can navigate through all configuration and status menus and change the printer configuration Fault In fault mode a fault condition exists that must be cleared before printing can continue The ONLINE status indica...

Page 44: ...uctions on the printer itself on a label on the inside of the media cover The term media in this manual refers to all the different kinds of paper label or tag stock material that can be printed on by the printer Your thermal printer can print on continuous paper adhesive backed labels or non adhesive tags packaged in roll or fanfold form ATTENTION DO NOT TOUCH the printhead or the electronic comp...

Page 45: ... end of the media hanger and flip it up horizontally 3 Open the pivoting deck by rotating the blue deck lock lever fully clockwise 4 Slide the blue media width guide close to the outside end of the media damper Media Hanger Media Hanger Guide Media Width Guide Deck Lock Lever Pivoting Deck Media Cover Media Damper ...

Page 46: ...top of the roll and towards the front of the printer 6 Place the media hanger guide under the media hanger and against the lower part of the label core at a 45 degree angle as shown This position provides the required tension for a new label roll and the desired drag for a partial label roll Media Roll Media Hanger Guide Media Hanger ...

Page 47: ... between the platen rubber drive roller and the printhead You can also refer to the arrows on the printer frame or to the label inside the media cover for media loading instructions Media Damper Printhead Platen Rubber Drive Roller Media and Ribbon Loading Instruction Media ...

Page 48: ...edia damper 9 Push the blue media width guide in until it is flush with the outer edge of the media 10 Check the horizontal position of the lower media sensor located under the media guard and refer to Positioning The Media Sensors on page 72 Media Sensor Handle Media Guard Lower Media Sensor Fixed Guide Media Damper Media Width Guide ...

Page 49: ... directly over the lower sensor 12 Align the left inside edge of the media with the guide notch located on the front edge of the tear bar Upper Sensor Visible Red Beam Lower Sensor Upper Sensor Handle Media Guard Opening Guide Notch Media left edge ...

Page 50: ...ay 14 Verify that Print Mode in the printer configuration menu is set for the media type installed Direct or Transfer The Print Mode submenu is located in the QUICK SETUP menu See Main Menu on page 102 for details 15 Verify the printhead pressure is properly set See Printhead Pressure Adjustment on page 70 16 Verify the pressure blocks are properly positioned See Printhead Pressure Block Adjustmen...

Page 51: ...brate on page 78 If you have already run an Auto Calibrate complete the following steps a Close the media cover b Press the FEED key once to verify that the media advances c Press the PAUSE key to place the printer online For thermal transfer operation which uses a ribbon Complete the ribbon loading procedure see Loading Ribbon on page 57 ...

Page 52: ...els through either the rear or bottom panel opening 4 Place the media over the media hanger flush against the back of the printer 5 Flip up the media hanger guide and slide it in against the outer edge of the fanfold media 6 Flip the fanfold tension arm down by pushing on it through the opening at the top of the media hanger guide 7 Open the pivoting deck by rotating the deck lock lever fully cloc...

Page 53: ...bel inside the media cover for media loading instructions Verify that the left inside edge of the media is against the fixed guide on the bottom of the media damper 10 Slide the media width guide inward against the outer edge of the media 11 Check the horizontal position of the lower media sensor located under the media guard and refer to Positioning The Media Sensors on page 72 Media Sensor Handl...

Page 54: ...54 Chapter 2 Loading Media And Ribbon 12 Align the left inside edge of the media with the guide notch located on the front edge of the tear bar Guide Notch Media left edge ...

Page 55: ...u is set for the media type installed direct or transfer The Print Mode submenu is located in the QUICK SETUP menu See Main Menu on page 102 for more information Also if thermal transfer media is installed see Loading Ribbon on page 57 15 Verify the printhead pressure is properly set See Printhead Pressure Adjustment on page 70 16 Verify the pressure blocks are properly positioned See Printhead Pr...

Page 56: ...uto Calibrate on page 78 If you have already run an Auto Calibrate complete the following steps a Close the media cover b Press the FEED key once to verify that the media advances c Press the PAUSE key to place the printer online For thermal transfer operation which uses a ribbon Complete the ribbon loading procedure see Loading Ribbon on page 57 ...

Page 57: ...on take up core comes with the printer Thereafter use the core from the old used up ribbon 2 Slide the ribbon roll onto the ribbon supply spindle until it stops against the spindle flange 3 Open the pivoting deck by rotating the deck lock lever fully clockwise until the deck swings upward Ribbon Roll Ribbon Supply Spindle DeckLock Lever Pivoting Deck Ribbon Take Up Core Ribbon Take up Spindle ...

Page 58: ...der the rear ribbon guide roller then between the platen and the printhead You can also refer to the arrows on the printer frame or to the upper right corner of the label inside the media cover for ribbon loading instructions Media Printhead Rear Ribbon Guide Roller Ribbon ...

Page 59: ...the adhesive on the ribbon leader 6 Manually rotate the spindle clockwise until the clear leader has passed the printhead 7 Close the pivoting deck and rotate the deck lock lever fully counterclockwise 8 Verify that Print Mode in the QUICK SETUP menu is set for Transfer See QUICK SETUP on page 113 for more information Ribbon Take up Spindle Ribbon Take up Core Media Cover Media and Ribbon Loading ...

Page 60: ...o rewind labels after they have been printed Batch Rewind Mode or to automatically peel labels from their backing and dispense them one at a time while rewinding the liner Peel Off Mode Both modes require an internal rewinder which is available as a factory installed or a field unit option Batch Rewind Mode Batch Rewind allows you to automatically rewind printed labels into a roll using the option...

Page 61: ...n the front door by pulling it upwards then forward 2 The bottom of the plastic media guide is shaped like a hook and the top has a groove a Hook the bottom of the media guide under the bottom edge of the front door b Snap the groove on the media guide to the top edge of the front door 3 Close the front door Media Guide Groove Hook Front Door ...

Page 62: ...62 Chapter 2 Using The Optional Internal Rewinder Loading Media 1 To load media refer to Loading Roll Media on page 45 and complete steps 1 through 10 Rewinder Rewinder Release Lever ...

Page 63: ... release lever on the rewinder counterclockwise and lock it in place This forms a raised ridge along the width of the rewinder 4 Insert the leading edge of the media into the closest slot of the rewinder and slide the media against the back flange 5 Hold the media edge in the slot and manually rotate the rewinder one full revolution counterclockwise until the media is taut Rewinder Release Lever S...

Page 64: ...printhead assembly into the printing position 7 Press the FEED key to advance the media to the next TOF Top of Form position 8 Press the PAUSE key until ONLINE displays 9 Close the media cover IMPORTANT The rewinder supports a maximum diameter of five inches of printed labels Exceeding this diameter can cause printed labels to rub on the bottom pan Deck Lock Lever Media Cover ...

Page 65: ...printed label past the printhead and tear the liner from behind the last printed label 3 Manually rewind the remaining printed labels onto the rewinder by turning the rewinder counterclockwise 4 Turn the release lever on the rewinder clockwise 5 Slide the roll of printed labels off the rewinder Printhead Release Lever Rewinder ...

Page 66: ...ter for more information 2 Press the PAUSE key until OFFLINE displays Loading Media 1 If you want to install the media guide to print long labels do so now by completing the steps listed in Installing The Media Guide on page 61 2 Open the media cover and refer to the Label Peel Off illustration on the Ribbon and Media Loading instruction label on the inside of the cover 3 Open the front door by pu...

Page 67: ...dge of the media into the closest slot of the rewinder and slide the media against the back flange 8 Hold the media in the slot and rotate the rewinder one full revolution counterclockwise until the media is taut 9 Remove labels from the liner so that behind the tear bar the liner is void of labels for about 1 5 inches and below the tear bar for about 2 inches 10 Close the front door 11 Complete t...

Page 68: ...move Label displays on the LCD 14 Manually remove the peeled label from the printer 15 Press the PAUSE key until ONLINE displays 16 Close the media cover IMPORTANT The rewinder supports a maximum diameter of 5 inches of liner Exceeding this diameter can cause the liner to rub on the bottom pan The rewinder is designed to support the full amount of liner from a standard 8 inch diameter media roll D...

Page 69: ... discard Removing The Media Guide Remove the media guide from the front door when using Tear Off or Tear Off Strip media handling because you will need to tear the label downward against the tear bar 1 Open the front door by pulling it upward then forward 2 Grasp the upper right corner of the media guide and pry it off of the top of the front door 3 After removing the media guide close the front d...

Page 70: ...dial is the active setting In general adjust printhead pressure to the lowest value which produces the desired print quality Die cut labels usually require a setting of 4 while heavy stock requires a setting of 6 to max The numbers on the printhead pressure adjustment lever are relative only and do not indicate a specific printhead pressure or media thickness By following this procedure you will m...

Page 71: ...m printing width you may need to manually slide the left pressure block further to the left Right Pressure Block The right pressure block should be positioned with its pointer handle on 4 inch printer models near the right edge of the media or ribbon in use Turn the lead screw knob clockwise to move the block right or counterclockwise to move it left Check the pressure block positioning by printin...

Page 72: ... The Media Sensors Your printer is equipped with upper and lower media sensors that detect the top of form position on media with label length indicators gaps notches holes or black marks These sensors also detect when a Paper Out condition exists The media sensors should not be placed in the path of media features that could cause false gap detection or paper out faults Such features are dark pre...

Page 73: ...ck mark on the media 3 Select Mark in the Gap Mark Sensor submenu under the CALIBRATE CTRL menu See Sensing Different Media Types on page 77 4 Perform an Auto Calibrate See Running Auto Calibrate on page 78 Sensing Media with No Label Length Indicators 1 When using media without label length indicators no gaps notches holes or marks or when you want to ignore all existing length indicators place t...

Page 74: ... Check the position of the lower sensor by looking through the long narrow opening in the media guard Use the visible red light emitting from the lower sensor as a reference pointer 3 Use the sensor handle to manually position the sensor to the center of the gap notch or hole in the media 4 Select Gap in the Gap Mark Sensor submenu under the CALIBRATE CTRL menu See Sensing Different Media Types on...

Page 75: ... the position of the lower sensor by looking through the long narrow opening in the media guard Use the visible red light emitting from the lower sensor as a reference pointer 3 Use the sensor handle to manually position the sensor to the center of the gap in the media Then use the handle on the upper sensor to position it directly above the lower sensor NOTE When using ribbon you may need to slid...

Page 76: ...e the upper sensor directly over the lower sensor 2 Check the position of the lower sensor by looking through the long narrow opening in the media guard Use the visible red light emitting from the lower sensor as a reference pointer 3 Use the sensor handle to manually position the sensor to the center of the notch or hole in the media Then use the handle on the upper sensor to position it directly...

Page 77: ...ace between die cut labels or when using tag stock with notches or holes as label length indicators on white background media Advanced Gap Select when using media that has liner gaps between die cut labels with black background Advanced Notch Select when using media with notches or holes that interrupt a black vertical line on the underside of the media Disable Select when using media with no labe...

Page 78: ... the next black mark When you have completed Auto or Manual Calibrate you can verify the new values are correct by pressing the FEED key several times Each time you press FEED media advances one label and stops at the correct Top of Form position of the next label Once you confirm the correct values save them to the desired configuration menu before powering off the printer See Saving A Configurat...

Page 79: ...not be updated If GAP NOT DETECTED displays run Auto Calibrate again If Auto Calibrate continues to end with an incorrect Sensed Distance value displayed or a fault message displayed run Manual Calibrate as described on page 81 or see Table 17 on page 323 NOTE The amount of media sampled during Auto Calibrate is based on the length of a label and transitions detected without error between a label ...

Page 80: ...intout Ensure the media sensors are horizontally positioned to permit sensing of the label length indicators See Positioning The Media Sensors on page 72 Ensure the Print Mode option selected in the QUICK SETUP menu matches the media installed Select Direct for heat sensitive media no ribbon required or Transfer for thermal transfer media ribbon required 1 Press to place the printer in Menu mode 2...

Page 81: ...ermit sensing of the label length indicators See Positioning The Media Sensors on page 72 Ensure the Print Mode option selected in the QUICK SETUP menu matches the media installed Select Direct for heat sensitive media no ribbon required or Transfer for thermal transfer media ribbon required If you try to do a Manual Calibrate when Peel Off Media Handling is enabled the LCD will display CANNOT CAL...

Page 82: ...SE key until OFFLINE displays 11 Press the FEED key several times Each time you press FEED the media advances one label length and stops NOTE After a form feed the position of the leading edge of the next label depends on the type of Media Handling mode selected under the QUICK SETUP menu Tear Off and Tear Off Strip Media Handling positions the label edge at the tear bar while Continuous positions...

Page 83: ...an you will help maintain its life Platen Roller Cleaning Media dust and adhesive residue on the platen roller can degrade print quality and cause voids in your label image Clean the platen roller at the same time as the printhead Use a small amount of isopropyl alcohol on the cloth or the cleaning pen supplied with your printer to clean the platen roller With the pivoting deck up the platen rolle...

Page 84: ...pter 2 Cleaning Pivoting Deck Printhead Heating Elements Deck Lock Lever Printhead Cover Upper Media Sensor Lower Media Sensor visible with red LED Platen Roller Peel Tear Door A A Upper Sensor Print Element ...

Page 85: ...bly heating element area 2 Gently rub the felt tip of the cleaning pen or a cotton swab with Isopropyl alcohol across the printhead heating elements light brown area 3 Allow the printhead to dry for one minute before reloading the media and ribbon 4 Clean the platen roller 5 Clean the upper media sensor with a soft cloth 6 Clean the lower media sensor by vacuuming or blowing air across the lens co...

Page 86: ...86 Chapter 2 Cleaning ...

Page 87: ...y the printer or an OPTION NOT INSTALLED message will display on the LCD Moving Within The Configuration Menu You can move through the configuration menus using the appropriate navigation keys as shown in Figure 2 See Controls And Indicators on page 39 for more details on the function of the operator panel keys You can select different options and save them as the power on default however you can ...

Page 88: ...he key press the and keys simultaneously This toggles the ENTER LOCK function If this function is performed while the key is locked the message ENTER SWITCH UNLOCKED displays for one second and the key will be unlocked If this function is performed while the key is unlocked the message ENTER SWITCH LOCKED displays for one second and the key will be locked When you press the key with the key unlock...

Page 89: ...the power up default see Saving A Configuration on page 90 Changing Printer Settings You can change or configure printer settings such as print speed or emulations through the control panel as follows 1 Press the key until the following message displays 2 Press the key to cycle through these options Print Intensity Print Speed Print Mode Media Handling Paper Feed Shift Label Length Label Width Ver...

Page 90: ...t different configurations to meet eight unique print job requirements These configurations are saved and stored in the printer and are not lost when the printer is turned off NOTE If the Protect Configs option is enabled the new configuration will not be saved until the existing configuration is deleted Follow these steps to save a new configuration 1 Press the key until the following message dis...

Page 91: ... 1 8 or Factory as the power up configuration 1 Press the key until the following message displays 2 Press the key until the following message displays 3 Press the or key to cycle through the options 1 8 and Factory When the desired number displays press the key to select it The following message displays NOTE If the configuration number has not been saved previously the following error message di...

Page 92: ...ing message displays Then the following message displays when it is loaded 2 Move through the menu and change all the desired values In this example press the key until PARALLEL PORT displays Press the key until Port Type IEEE 1284 displays Press the key until Centronics displays 3 Press the key to select each new value An asterisk displays 4 Before saving the modified configuration you must delet...

Page 93: ...int a configuration 1 Press the key until the following message displays 2 Press the key until the following message displays 3 Press the or key to cycle through the following printout options Current Factory Power Up All 1 8 customized configurations 4 When the desired option displays press the key The printer prints the specified configuration NOTE If the configuration you want to print has not ...

Page 94: ...on To use a different configuration 1 Press the PAUSE key until OFFLINE displays 2 Press the JOB SELECT key until the desired configuration displays 3 Press the key until the desired configuration displays 4 Press Loading Saved Configuration displays ...

Page 95: ...Loading A Saved Configuration 95 Figure 3 Sample Configuration Printout ...

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Page 97: ...Loading A Saved Configuration 97 Sample Configuration Printout cont ...

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Page 99: ...Loading A Saved Configuration 99 Sample Configuration Printout cont ...

Page 100: ...100 Chapter 3 Overview Sample Configuration Printout cont ...

Page 101: ...monitor and record printer performance PARALLEL PORT Select various parallel port related parameters Press to select the next main menu Press or to move within each main menu OPTIONAL PORTS Select optional host interfaces OPTIONAL FEATURES Select optional features such as Battery Control SELECTED EMULATIONS NOTES 1 This menu appears only if an RFID encoder is installed See the RFID Labeling Refere...

Page 102: ... must recalibrate the media 2 This menu appears only if an RFID encoder is installed 3 This menu appears only if a Validator is installed 4 This menu will not appear on Direct Thermal only printers VALIDATOR 3 Press to select the next main menu Press or to move within each main menu Press or to cycle through each possible option or value Print Intensity Print Speed Print Mode 4 Media Handling Pape...

Page 103: ...talled 4 This menu will not appear on Direct Thermal only printers CALIBRATE CTRL page 144 Gap Mark Sensor 1 Auto Calibrate Media Profile Sensed Distance Gap Mark Thresh Paper Out Thresh Paper Out Sensor 1 Manual Calibrate Pwr Up Auto Cal Online Auto Cal Gap Windowing Gap Length Cal in Peel Mode Min Calib Delta Use Label Length Threshold Range Print File List Auto Locking Set Lock Key Ptx Setup Pa...

Page 104: ... Active Char Set Secondary Sets 5225 World Trade Cancel IGP DCU Lead in Chars User Defined St1 5 User Defined St2 5 User Defined Stp 5 Alt Set 80 9F Graphic Chek Err Graphic Chek Cod LAC Option LAC Approx Set Text Orientn Host Override Format Control Max Print Width SPC COAX SETUP 2 3 4 page 173 SPC Type Logical Buf Size Intervention Req Buffer Print Translation Tbl PA1 PA2 Buffer Reprint Null Han...

Page 105: ...ndling PGL Normal UPC Descenders I 2 5 Selection User Def Ratio Lead PDF Dist Trunc Dyn Data Error Report Repeat Form Opt Preparser Cmd Preparser Port Ret Status Port Primary Sets Translation Tbl Active Char Set Secondary Sets Lead in Chars User Defined St1 4 User Defined St2 4 User Defined Stp 4 Alt Set 80 9F Graphic Chek Err Graphic Chek Cod Set Text Orientn Host Override Format Control Max Prin...

Page 106: ...orm Length Slash 0 Repeat Form Ignore Dots Append Rotated Truncate Alpha True Vert 1 10 Absorb After PY UPC Descenders Select SO Char Rot Char Size Ignore Spaces Ignore Lxx Cmd Midline PY Width Limit Absorb After PN Expanded Font Auto FF at PN Vertical Density Error Msgs Error Markers Offpage Errors Barcode Errors Ignore Chars Ignore Ch 1 Ignore Ch 2 Data Bit 8 Cmd Resolution Dnn Dot Slew Barcode ...

Page 107: ...u change the default in one submenu the default value in the other two submenus change automatically Select CPI Select LPI Typeface Horizontal DPI Vertical DPI Prop Spacing Italic Print Slashed Zero Left Margin 3 Right Margin 3 Top Margin Bottom Margin Print Char Set Define CR code Auto LF Define LF code Control Code 06 Compressed Print Bold Elong Alt Font Gothic Typeface EVFU Select Upr Case Sele...

Page 108: ...t Margin 3 Right Margin 3 Top Margin Bottom Margin Print Char Set Define CR code Auto LF Define LF code 20 CPI Condensed Bold FF valid at TOF Alt Char Set Text Position Host Command Reset Cmd CFG Ld Form Length inches 3 4 Form Length mm 3 4 Form Length lines 3 Form Width inches 3 5 Form Width mm 3 5 Form Width char 3 Select CPI Select LPI Typeface Character Group Character Set Epson Set Horizontal...

Page 109: ...gnored 1 Buffer Size in K Auto Trickle Trickle Time Timeout Report Status Prime Signal Data Polarity 1 Resp Polarity 1 Busy on Strobe 1 Latch Data On 1 Offline Processing NOTES Italicized items are available only when Admin User is set to Enable in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 Available only when the Centronics option is set to Enable in the Port Type submenu of PARALLEL PORT 2 Appears only if the C...

Page 110: ...Mask SEG2 Subnet Mask SEG3 Subnet Mask SEG4 Gateway Address SEG1 Gateway Address SEG2 Gateway Address SEG3 Gateway Address SEG4 MAC Address DHCP ETHERNET ADDRESS 1 page 267 IP Address SEG1 IP Address SEG2 IP Address SEG3 IP Address SEG4 Subnet Mask SEG1 Subnet Mask SEG2 Subnet Mask SEG3 Subnet Mask SEG4 Gateway Address SEG1 Gateway Address SEG2 Gateway Address SEG3 Gateway Address SEG4 MAC Address...

Page 111: ...rnat Mode Auth Mode Default WEP Key WEP Key 1 Format WEP Key 1 Width WEP Key 1 BYTE1 WEP Key 1 BYTE2 WEP Key 1 BYTE3 WEP Key 1 BYTE4 WEP Key 1 BYTE5 WEP Key 1 BYTE6 2 WEP Key 1 BYTE7 2 WEP Key 1 BYTE8 2 WEP Key 1 BYTE9 2 WEP Key 1 BYTE10 2 WEP Key 1 BYTE11 2 WEP Key 1 BYTE12 2 WEP Key 1 BYTE13 2 WEP Key 2 Format WEP Key 2 Width WEP Key 2 BYTE1 WEP Key 2 BYTE2 WEP Key 2 BYTE3 WEP Key 2 BYTE4 WEP Ke...

Page 112: ...lert 2 High Volt Alert 2 Low Volt Alert 2 NOTES 1 Does not appear if the CTHI option is installed 2 Available only when Battery Monitor is set to Enable in the BATTERY CONTROL menu Functional only when the printer is connected to a power cart via serial interface and the cart has an ICP Intelligent Control Panel option 3 Appears only if the Real Time Clock option is installed ...

Page 113: ...unction as shown in Table 6 on page 144 If you change the Gap Mark Sensor or Paper Out Sensor you must recalibrate the media 7 Appears only if a validator is installed Print Intensity 6 ips 1 10 ips 1 Print Speed Paper Feed Shift Label Width Label Length Orientation 4 1 6 6 or 8 5 inches 2 4 Portrait Landscape Inv Portrait Inv Landscape 3 15 to 15 00 1 to 8 5 inches 4 0 00 inches 2 4 or 6 inches 2...

Page 114: ...n specifies the speed in inches per second ips at which the media passes through the printer while printing The range is 1 through 10 ips in increments of 1 ips The factory default is 6 ips NOTE The maximum print speed varies based on maximum printer width and dot per inch dpi resolution of the printhead installed 203 or 300 dpi See Table 18 on page 337 Print Mode This option specifies the type of...

Page 115: ...of labels have been printed when a software cut command has been issued It cuts continuous roll paper labels or tag stock Continuous Printer prints on the media and sends it out the front See Continuous Mode on page 142 for more information The factory default is Tear Off Strip Paper Feed Shift This option represents the distance to advance shift or pull back shift the stop position of a label whe...

Page 116: ...ength This allows the entire image to be printed within the boundaries of the label length indicators gaps notches holes or black marks When the Logical Label Length is greater than the Physical Label Length and Clip Page Enable in the MEDIA CONTROL menu the printer will clip the bottom portion of the image that exceeds the Physical Label length In this case the printable data that was not printed...

Page 117: ...arameter The allowable range is 1 00 inches to the current Label Length value setting up to a maximum of 12 80 inches in 01 inch increments The factory default value is 0 00 inches Hor Image Shift This option specifies the amount to shift an image horizontally left or right for precise positioning on the label The actual width of the image is not affected by this parameter The allowable range is 1...

Page 118: ...ortrait Inverse Portrait refers to vertical page orientation where the height of a page is greater than its width The top edge of the image is parallel to the trailing edge of the media The following illustration is an example with the operator viewing the front of the printer NOTE Inverse Portrait orientation applies to PGL and VGL emulations This is regarded as Portrait using PPI ZGL 4 inches 6 ...

Page 119: ...gth indicators gaps notches holes or black marks Disable Select when using media with no label length indicators no gaps notches holes or black marks or when you want the printer to ignore all existing label length indicators on the installed media NOTE When you select Disable the length of each label is based on the Label Length value entered in the QUICK SETUP or MEDIA CONTROL menu or the value ...

Page 120: ...s a paper out condition Auto Calibrate can also be initiated from the TEST PRINT key the CALIBRATE CTRL menu or the DIAGNOSTIC menu Press the key with Auto Calibrate displayed The printer will then advance media the distance needed to accurately detect the label length indicators then stop at the Top of Form position and momentarily display the Sensed Distance The process takes a few seconds to co...

Page 121: ...r each new job The configurations are stored in memory and will not be lost if you turn off the printer If the Protect Configs parameter is enabled the new configuration will not be saved unless the existing configuration has been deleted first The factory default configuration cannot be changed See Saving A Configuration on page 90 for details The factory default is 1 Power Up Config You can spec...

Page 122: ...ctory 1 8 1 1 8 Current Factory Power Up All 1 8 Factory 1 8 Disable Enable 1 8 All 1 Save Config Print Config Delete Config Power Up Config Name Config 1 Protect Configs Name Config 2 Name Config 3 Name Config 4 Name Config 5 Name Config 6 Name Config 7 Name Config 8 Reset Cfg Names 1 1 8 ...

Page 123: ...is option is used to print a listing of various stored printer configurations We recommend you store printouts of your configurations in a safe place for quick referral The options are Current the factory default Factory Power Up and All Delete Config You can delete one or all of your eight customized configurations The factory default configuration cannot be deleted The factory default is 1 Power...

Page 124: ...ne until the key is pressed which sets the modified name as the current selection Press or to cycle through the values available for that character at the cursor location Press to move to the next character to be modified Press to go back to a character you have already modified Continue until you have entered the name you want to give to this configuration then press to save The name you entered ...

Page 125: ... model width and size of DRAM installed see Appendix A Specifications MEDIA CONTROL Print Intensity 6 ips 1 10 ips 1 Tear Off Strip Tear Off Peel Off Cut Print Speed Print Mode Media Handling Paper Feed Shift Label Width Label Length Ver Image Shift Hor Image Shift Orientation Auto Label Width Num Auto Labels Slew Speed Transfer Direct 4 1 6 6 or 8 5 inches 2 4 Portrait Landscape Inv Portrait Inv ...

Page 126: ...nable in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 The Peel Off option under Media Handling must be enabled for this menu to function 2 The Continuous option under Media Handling must be enabled for this menu to function Set Label Length Manual Automatic Foot First Head First Print Direction Tear Strip Time 1 to 60 0 seconds 1 0 seconds Lbl Missing Flt Enable Disable Ribbon Width Same as Paper Set in Menu Displa...

Page 127: ...des The range is 15 through 15 The factory default is 3 Peel Off Mode 1 Fast Standard Continuous Mode 2 Standard Tear Off TOF Detect Fault 3 Labels 9 Labels Tear Strip Full Ticket Save Mode Disable Enable 1 Label MEDIA CONTROL cont from previous page Notes Factory Default Italicized items are available only when Admin User is set to Enable in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 The Peel Off option under Me...

Page 128: ...ar for removal Tear Off After each label is printed the printer positions the label over the tear bar and waits for you to tear off the label before printing the next one on demand printing A Remove Label message will display to remind you to remove the label before the next one can be printed Peel Off Prints and peels die cut labels from the liner without assistance The printer waits for you to t...

Page 129: ...t of different media types explains how the physical label lengths are determined Die cut labels measurable length of the removable label leading edge to trailing edge This does not include the liner material or gap Tag Stock with notches or holes measurable length from the trailing edge of one notch or hole to the leading edge of the next notch or hole Tag Stock with black marks on underside meas...

Page 130: ...led in the printer See Appendix A for specifications NOTE See Set Label Length on page 141 Label Width This option specifies the physical width of the image to be printed The value can be specified in inches or millimeters depending on the setting of the Units submenu under the MEDIA CONTROL menu The allowable range in inches is 00 1 to the maximum print width of the printer The allowable range in...

Page 131: ... edge of the image is parallel to the leading edge of the media The following illustration is an example with the operator viewing the front of the printer NOTE Portrait orientation applies to PGL and VGL emulations This is regarded as Inverse Portrait using PPI ZGL Landscape Landscape refers to horizontal orientation where the width of a page is greater than its height The top edge of the image i...

Page 132: ...s to horizontal orientation where the width of a page is greater than its height The top edge of the image is the right edge of the media the left edge of the image is the trailing edge of the media The factory default is Portrait The following illustration is an example with the operator viewing the front of the printer NOTE Inverse Landscape orientation applies to PGL and VGL emulations This is ...

Page 133: ... Auto Label Width and Num Auto Labels menu items When disabled excess data in any program sent to the printer with horizontally adjacent labels that exceed the physical page width of the printer will be clipped or wrapped depending upon the setting of the Autowrap menu option The options are Disable the factory default and Enable Examples All of the examples below assume that the logical form leng...

Page 134: ...ical width Solution 1 The user sets Auto Label Width to 4 the width of two labels configures the Num Auto Labels to 2 and enables the Auto Label Mapping feature Printer Operation for Solution 1 The printer will print the first two labels at the same time These first two labels will be horizontally adjacent Once these labels have been completed the printer will print the remaining 2 labels along wi...

Page 135: ...um File Width Problem A file has been constructed with three horizontally adjacent 4 labels The user now desires to use this file with a printer that has a 8 physical width The user should have used a solution similar to one of the solutions in the section above but the user erroneously enters an Auto Label Width of 12 and a Num Auto Labels of 3 Printer Operation Maximum Num Auto Labels 20 12 1 67...

Page 136: ...abels have been printed the printer will print a blank 4 label Auto Label Width The width of a single label to be printed or the maximum width of the media that will be used for the print file The value is selectable from 00 1 inch through the maximum print width of the printer NOTE The maximum Auto Label Width value will be limited to the current MEDIA CONTROL Label Width value selected in the co...

Page 137: ...NOSTIC menu Print Direction has two options Head First Foot First For example with Portrait orientation when you select Head First the top of form will come out of the printer first Conversely when you select Foot First the bottom of form will come out first Print Direction and Orientation are two independent options that can be combined to produce the following results depending on the Active IGP...

Page 138: ...ward pre peel motion temporarily breaks the die cut label from the liner and the reverse motion places the label back on the liner prior to printing peeling or dispensing the label Pre Peel Mode is usually enabled only when using die cut labels with an aggressive adhesive that makes automatic label removal from the liner difficult The factory default is Disable Pre Peel Adjust When Pre Peel Mode E...

Page 139: ...ngth dictated by the gap notch hole or black mark on media the printer continues to print the remaining excess data onto the next physical page The media sensor looks for the gap notch hole or black mark only after the media has advanced the distance specified by the Label Length value in the MEDIA CONTROL menu or by the Host Forms Length value sent via the software Any gaps notches holes or black...

Page 140: ...data that was printing when an error occurred Disable The printer will not reprint the label that was printing when the error condition occurred Enable The printer reprints the label that was printing when the error condition occurred The factory default is Disable Ribbon Width When Same As Paper is selected the printer automatically adjusts the ribbon operating parameters to match the installed m...

Page 141: ...ctory default and In Millimeters Set Label Length This feature selects whether the Sensed Distance value derived from an Auto or Manual Calibrate will be used to set the Label Length value in the MEDIA CONTROL menu and the QUICK SETUP menu Manual The Sensed Distance value derived from an Auto or Manual Calibrate will not override or change the Label Length value Automatic When an Auto or Manual Ca...

Page 142: ...s aligned at the tear bar No blank label is needed to remove the last printed label No blank label should exist between print jobs A no print zone 80 inches long exists from the leading edge of each printed label This option supports label lengths 2 50 inches or longer Tear Strip Full Same as Standard but the cross perforation following the last printed label is automatically aligned at the tear b...

Page 143: ... lengths only Disable The printer assumes that the media is not at the correct TOF position after cycling power or after the printhead is opened and then closed and advances media until the next gap notch or mark is detected by the Media Sensor s When print data is sent printing begins only after the next TOF is detected resulting in one or more blank labels being advanced The factory default is D...

Page 144: ...enu enable the In Millimeters option 3 When Gap Mark Sensor Disable Gap or Mark the default is 12 When Gap Mark Sensor Advanced Gap or Advanced Notch the default is 20 Table 6 When you select an option in Gap Mark Sensor Paper Out Sensor defaults to Disable Reflective Mark Reflective Gap Reflective Advanced Gap Transmissive Advanced Notch Transmissive Gap Mark Thresh 171 000 to 255 136 000 to 255 ...

Page 145: ...abel trailing edge of the gap notch or hole Advanced Notch Select when using media with notches or holes that interrupt a black vertical line on the underside of the media The Top of Form position is the leading edge of the die cut label trailing edge of the gap notch or hole The factory default is Disable Auto Calibrate This feature is used to improve the sensitivity and reliability of the Media ...

Page 146: ... plus one gap notch or hole trailing edge of one gap notch or hole to the trailing edge of the next gap notch or hole With black mark media installed the distance equals the leading edge of one black mark to the leading edge of the next This value is automatically determined only after successful completion of Auto or Manual Calibrate and cannot be changed manually The factory default is 0 00 inch...

Page 147: ... used to detect a paper out condition The printer automatically selects the type of sensing based on the Gap Mark sensing selected see Table 6 on page 144 NOTE Whenever you select Transmissive you must position the upper media sensor directly over the lower media sensor see Positioning The Media Sensors on page 72 The factory default is Reflective Manual Calibrate Manual Calibrate is another metho...

Page 148: ... function when the validator is enabled or when Error Recover under MEDIA CONTROL is enabled see page 140 The options for Online Auto Cal are Disable Enable Whenever the printer is brought online it automatically performs an Auto Calibrate see Auto Calibrate on page 145 Once the Auto Calibrate is complete the printer momentarily displays the Sensed Distance determined by the Auto Calibrate and the...

Page 149: ...al length height of a label gap measured in 01 inch increments The range is 0 05 to 1 00 inches NOTE You must enter the correct Gap Length If the Gap Length is too long the image will shift down from the leading edge TOF of the label The factory default is 0 12 inches Cal in Peel Mode This option allows you to perform a calibration Auto Calibrate or Pwr Up Auto Cal in Peel Off Media Handling mode ...

Page 150: ...te Enable The Label Length value set in the QUICK SETUP or MEDIA CONTROL menu is used in the calibrate algorithm This causes the Auto Calibrate process to advance media the minimum distance required to detect the true gap notch hole or black mark used for TOF Top of Form sensing This resolves problems where the sensor s may mistake high noise levels or preprinted images within the label as the gap...

Page 151: ...es Factory Default Italicized items are available only when you enable Admin User in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 Appears only if the CT emulation is installed 2 Will not appear if Ethernet is installed 3 Appears only if Ethernet is installed 4 When Coax Twinax interface is installed the factory default is Enable Disable 4 Enable Cancel Key Compatibility Ptx Setup SFCC Power up State Online Offline ...

Page 152: ...e 160 Notes Factory Default Italicized items are available only when you enable Admin User in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 You cannot change this value it is a display only item Ld Set from Flsh Save Set to Flsh Del Set from RAM Ld Set at PwrUp Disable Enable XXXXX XX 1 Del Char frm RAM Del Set frm Flsh Ld Char at PwrUp Disable Enable Save Char to Fls PRINTER CONTROL cont from previous page Continue...

Page 153: ...abeling Reference Manual Form No G550 0459 Enable Disable factory default LP Emulation This item selects the line or dot matrix printer to be emulated by the printer P Series see page 190 factory default P Series XQ see page 193 Serial Matrix see page 195 Proprinter XL see page 197 Epson FX see page 199 Max Cached Char 01 KBytes 0 to 512 340 Bold Chars 0 to 512 448 Standard Chars Extra Bold Char 0...

Page 154: ... Coax Twinax CTHI capability as done using a non CT printer with the third party converter interfaces The SPC gives the printer the operational ability to connect to any PC or network system supporting parallel or serial interfaces and to three different IBM host systems System 3x AS 400 327x Control Units The SPC will support the same models for Twinax as the IBM 6700 printer The printer emulatio...

Page 155: ...on Select the emulation under the Active IGP Emulation menu option and save it as Power up Config Send a host command to switch the emulation automatically see the appropriate Programmer s Reference Manual for details Power Saver Time The time interval you specify for this parameter sets the amount of idle time before the printer goes into Power Saver mode Pressing any key removes the power saver ...

Page 156: ...verlay set s from flash memory Ld Set from Flsh This option loads downloaded overlay set s from flash memory Save Set to Flsh This option saves downloaded overlay set s to flash memory Del Set from RAM This option deletes the downloaded overlay set s from RAM Ld Set at PwrUp This option loads the downloaded overlay set from flash memory at Power Up The options are Disable the factory default and E...

Page 157: ...ble the factory default and Disable View File List Displays the list of files in the file system Pressing displays the file size Delete Files Allows you to delete files in the file list Contact your administrator for assistance Flash Avail The amount of flash available for the user to save or download files into flash Optimize Reboot Reclaims flash space from deleted flash files After pressing wai...

Page 158: ...ivates that character set in the active emulation and LP protocols These changes are not visible on the front panel If Set Sharing is not selected only the LP protocol will share the CT s character set Switching host interfaces from CT to Centronics when Set Sharing is enabled causes the LP protocol character set to change to the same character set as the active emulation if possible In a non CT s...

Page 159: ...nd select Set Lock Key 2 Press The display reads Select a new lock key 3 Press the combination of keys that you want to be the new lock key Make sure you press all keys selected at the same time 4 If the selection is valid the display will read Enter the new lock key again Press the same combination of keys a second time If the selection is invalid the display will read Invalid key selection Retur...

Page 160: ...mory The Maximum Cache Memory option specifies the size of the memory block that can be allocated to the font cache The font cache stores bitmaps that are created on demand from the font outlines stored on the printer flash The cache allows the printer to print scalable fonts at optimum speed To calculate the memory requirement use this equation The allowable range is 50 KBytes through 900 KBytes ...

Page 161: ... Standard Chars This menu entry permits you to adjust the thickness or font weight of standard text fonts The range is 0 512 and the factory default is 340 Bold Chars This menu entry permits you to adjust the thickness or font weight of bold text fonts This menu will not take effect unless you save it in a configuration and the printer is powered up with that configuration The range is 0 512 and t...

Page 162: ...t is maintained The factory default is Disable Batch Counter Displays the number of pages remaining in a print job Enable The Pages remaining to be printed will display on the second line of the control panel LCD This feature is supported in PGL and PPI ZGL only The PGL Execute command to support this feature is EXECUTE NAME Pages The PPI ZGL Execute command is PQ Pages NOTE If the correct execute...

Page 163: ...PI IGL Programmer s Reference Manual STGL Refer to the Printer Protocol Interpreter PPI STGL Programmer s Reference Manual P Series page 190 P Series XQ page 193 Serial Matrix page 195 Proprinter XL page 197 Epson FX page 199 You can select emulation default parameters directly from the control panel or by control codes as explained in the appropriate Programmer s Reference Manual IMPORTANT BEFORE...

Page 164: ...rinter emulations supported by the SPC are Twinax 5225 and Coax 3287 The SPC also provides a range of interfaces available in your thermal printer Centronics Serial Coax and Twinax Also supported are Epson Proprinter XL P Series Serial Matrix VGL and PGL emulations The SPC has the ability to handle multiple print jobs concurrently through coax twinax and parallel and serial interfaces This is acco...

Page 165: ...permits highlighting and contrasting by printing white characters on a dark background Automatic Increment Decrement Capability allows batch form processing You can identify individual numeric and bar code data fields which includes automatic increment or decrement functions Scaling Capability permits graphic elements such as corners or boxes to retain their physical shapes and sizes when printed ...

Page 166: ...rotated 90 degrees clockwise counterclockwise or printed upside down Logos are easily created using alphanumeric commands and a variety of print and shading features providing a customized appearance for forms reports and labels The registered trademark copyright TUV GS Mark UL and CSA symbols are provided as standard designs on the VGL and you can also define custom symbols Reverse and Shaded Pri...

Page 167: ... default is Enable Translation Tbl page 242 Early Print Cmpl page 216 SCS Buffer Cntrl page 237 NL At MPP 1 page 230 Disable 4 Enable On Off Primary Sets See page 169 Secondary Sets See page 169 Active Char Set page 202 Secondary Set Primary Set Don t Wait Wait Until Done PA1 page 232 PA2 page 232 Buffer Reprint page 206 Coax Type page 212 4234 3287 Buffer Print page 206 Disable Enable Alt Set 80 ...

Page 168: ... _ User Defined Null Suppression page 231 Off On Auto Skip At End page 204 Off On FF After Job page 219 Off On CR EM NL page 213 On Off Translate Table page 242 Default Downloaded Format Control page 221 Disable Enable Cancel IGP DCU page 206 Enable Disable Set Text Orientn page 239 Left to Right Control By Host Right to Left Change Case page 206 Dual Case Mono Case Max Print Width page 230 Printe...

Page 169: ...ew 0892 OCR A 0893 OCR B 0420 Arabic 0880 Cyril Old 0423 Greek Old 875 Gr New Euro 0871 Icelandic 0290 Japan Kata 0870 Latin 2 0838 Thai 1026 Turkish 0890 Yugos Old 1097 Farsi 1025 Cyrillic 0905 Turk Old 0256 Intern 1 0924 Euro Lat 9 1140 Euro Eng 1141 Euro Aust 1142 Euro Dan 1143 Euro Finn 1144 Euro Ital 1145 Euro Span 1146 Euro UK 1147 Euro Fren 1148 Euro Swiss 1149 Euro Ice Primary Sets from pa...

Page 170: ...Notes Factory Default Italicized items are available only when you enable Admin User in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 This menu appears only if the CTHI option is installed 2 This menu appears only if Port Type under C T PORT is set to Twinax 3 This menu appears only if the CTHI emulation under PRINTER CONTROL is set to Standard 4 This menu does not appear if the IPDS emulation is installed 5 This me...

Page 171: ...items are available only when you enable Admin User in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 This menu appears only if the CTHI option is installed 2 This menu appears only if Port Type under C T PORT is set to Twinax 3 This menu appears only if the CTHI emulation under PRINTER CONTROL is set to Standard TWINAX SETUP 1 2 3 cont from prev page Graphic Chek Cod page 222 LAC Option page 228 LAC Approx page 228 ...

Page 172: ...h 0297 French 0280 Italian 0281 Japan Eng 0284 Span Speak 0282 Portuguese 0285 English UK 0892 OCR A 0893 OCR B 0424 Hebrew 0803 Hebrew Old 0420 Arabic 0880 Cyril Old 0423 Greek Old 875 Gr New Euro 0871 Icelandic 0290 Japan Kata 0870 Latin 2 0838 Thai 1026 Turkish 0890 Yugos Old 1097 Farsi 1025 Cyrillic 0256 Intern 1 1112 Balt Mult 0924 Euro Lat 9 1122 Estonian 1140 Euro Eng 1141 Euro Aust 1142 Eu...

Page 173: ...e SFCC Char page 239 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 _ _ User Defined Notes Factory Default Italicized items are available only when you enable Admin User in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 This menu appears only if the CTHI option is installed 2 This menu appears only if Port Type under C T PORT is set to Coax 3 Appears only if CTHI emulation under PRINTER CONTROL is set to Simp Prot Conv 4 This menu appears only i...

Page 174: ...77 Danish 0278 Finnish 0280 Italian 0297 French 0281 Japan Eng 0290 Japan Kata 0284 Span Speak 0282 Portuguese 0285 English UK Notes Factory Default 1 This menu appears only if the CTHI option is installed 2 This menu appears only if Port Type under C T PORT is set to Twinax 3 Appears only if CTHI emulation under PRINTER CONTROL is set to Simp Prot Conv 4 This menu appears only if you select the U...

Page 175: ... Enable Null Suppression page 231 Disable Enable Page Rotation page 232 0 90 VPA Check page 246 Enable Disable Version 0 Version 1 180 270 Notes Factory Default 1 This menu appears only if the IPDS emulation and correct security key is is installed Expanded Fonts page 219 Scalable Compatible Hexdump Mode page 222 Disable Enable Print IPDS Fonts See page 177 Resident Font page 236 Compatible Scalab...

Page 176: ...an Euro Aust Germ Euro Dan Norw Euro Fin Swed Euro Italian Euro Spanish Euro UK Ireland Euro French Euro Internat Euro Icelandic Default Code Pag 2 from page 175 English USA Can English US Intl Internat Set 1 Symbols Set 7 Canadian French Austrian German Belgian Old Brazilian Canada French Danish Norw Finnish Swedish Italian Japanese Eng Portuguese Spanish Speak English UK Aust Germ ALT Dan Norw A...

Page 177: ...DS Setup Print IPDS Fonts This feature allows you to print a list of all resident fonts currently available in the active IPDS emulation 4028 or 3816 Figure 4 IPDS Fonts 4028 Emulation Sample Printout 5504 IPDS SETUP ...

Page 178: ...178 Chapter 3 IPDS IPDS Setup Print IPDS Fonts cont Figure 5 IPDS Fonts 3816 Emulation Sample Printout 5504 ...

Page 179: ...1 This menu appears only if the TN5250 TN3270 option and the correct security key is installed Translation Tbl page 243 Do Not Send Intervention Req page 228 Send To Host Position Aft FF page 233 Off On Last Char FF page 229 On Off Null Suppression page 231 Off On FF Validity page 220 Off On Auto Skip At End page 204 Off On Continued at the top of next page Secondary Sets page 181 Early Print Cmpl...

Page 180: ... Lead in Chars menu Format Control page 221 Disable Enable User Defined Change Case page 206 Mono Case Dual Case Set Text Orientn page 239 Right to Left Left to Right Max Print Width page 230 Printer Width 13 2 inches 3270 SETUP cont from page 179 User Defined St1 1 page 245 5F 40 FF User Defined St2 1 page 245 5F 40 to FF User Defined Stp 1 page 245 5B 40 to FF FF After Job page 219 Off On CR EM ...

Page 181: ...0880 Cyril Old 0423 Greek Old 875 Gr New Euro 0871 Icelandic 0290 Japan Kata 0870 Latin 2 0838 Thai 1026 Turkish 0890 Yugos Old 1097 Farsi 1025 Cyrillic 0905 Turk Old 0256 Intern 1 0924 Euro Lat 9 1140 Euro Eng 1141 Euro Aust 1142 Euro Dan 1143 Euro Finn 1144 Euro Ital 1145 Euro Span 1146 Euro UK 1147 Euro Fren 1148 Euro Swiss 1149 Euro Ice Primary Sets from page 179 Secondary Sets from page 179 E...

Page 182: ...ble Enable Format Control page 221 Disable Enable Max Print Width page 230 Right to Left Left to Right Printer Width 13 2 inches 60 40 to FE Notes Factory Default Italicized items are available only when you enable Admin User in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 This menu appears only if the TN5250 option and the correct security key is installed 2 This menu appears only if you select the User Defined op...

Page 183: ...lian 0281 Japan Eng 0282 Portuguese 0284 Span Speak 0285 English UK 0892 OCR A 0893 OCR B 0424 Hebrew 0803 Hebrew Old 0420 Arabic 0880 Cyril Old 0423 Greek Old 875 Gr New Euro 0871 Icelandic 0290 Japan Kata 0870 Latin 2 0838 Thai 1026 Turkish 0890 Yugos Old 1097 Farsi 1025 Cyrillic 0256 Intern 1 1112 Balt Mult 0924 Euro Lat 9 1122 Estonian 1140 Euro Eng 1141 Euro Aust 1142 Euro Dan 1143 Euro Finn ...

Page 184: ...page 204 Auto Uppercase page 204 Slash 0 page 240 Select SFCC page 238 Host Form Length page 224 Var Form Adjust page 246 Optimized Ratio page 231 Greek Sets Hebrew Sets Turkish Sets 3 Danish 4 Norwegian 2 Swedish 0 ASCII 1 German 5 Finnish 6 English 7 Dutch 8 French 9 Spanish 10 Italian 11 Turkish 6 1 to 1000 CR CR CR CR LF LF LF LF CR LF Disable Enable Disable Enable Disable Enable 00 0 to 03 0 ...

Page 185: ...7 Select Char page 237 Do FF at TOF page 215 IGP100 Compatbl page 228 Expanded Font page 218 Scalable Size page 237 Forms Handling page 221 Ignore Text page 227 Disable Enable Enable Disable Disable Enable Disable Enable 14 0 to 255 Disable Enable 0 0 to 255 Enable Disable Disable Enable Scalable Block Alt Block 1 Disable Auto Eject PI Slew Range page 232 Skip Cmd Prefix page 240 CR Edit page 213 ...

Page 186: ...t page 217 Repeat Form Opt page 236 Only With PDF Never Always Fault Debug Mode On Off Enable Disable X2 DPD Trailing Space Leading Zero Modulo 7 CD Enable Disable Lead PDF Dist page 229 0 01 to 0 10 inches 0 10 inches PGL Normal page 232 LP Menu PGL Menu Ret Status Port page 236 E Net Stat Port Serial Disable E Net Data Port Trunc Dyn Data page 243 Enable Disable Preparser Cmd page 234 STATUS CAN...

Page 187: ...17 to 255 LPI page 230 6 6 to 10 Text Length page 241 66 1 to 255 Autoeject page 204 Disable Enable Copy Count page 213 1 1 to 999 Host Form Length page 225 Enable Disable Slash 0 page 240 Disable Enable Ignore Dots page 227 Disable Enable Append Rotated page 203 Disable Enable Truncate Alpha page 243 Enable Disable Absorb After PY page 202 Absorb All Absorb Motion Disable True Vert 1 10 page 243 ...

Page 188: ...le Offpage Errors page 231 Disable Enable Ignore Chars page 226 Disable Char 1 Expanded Font page 218 Scalable Block Auto FF at PN page 203 Disable Enable Vertical Density page 246 203 195 to 210 Error Markers page 217 Enable Disable Barcode Errors page 205 Enable Disable Char 2 Char 1 2 Continued at the top of next page Select SO Char page 238 14 0 to 255 Ignore Lxx Cmd page 227 Disable Enable Er...

Page 189: ...n 2 Swedish 0 ASCII 1 German 5 Finnish 6 English 7 Dutch 8 French 9 Spanish 10 Italian 11 Turkish 12 CP 437 13 CP 850 Prop Line Length page 235 Enable Disable Printer PI page 234 Disable Enable Host PI page 225 Disable Enable Max PI 16 page 230 Enable Disable Factory Default Dnn Dot Slew page 201 High Resolution Low Resolution Cmd Resolution page 212 High Resolution Low Resolution Data Bit 8 page ...

Page 190: ...nish Swedish Italian Spanish Japanese Latin American Norwegian Danish II Spanish II Latin Am II 13 3 CPI 15 0 CPI 17 1 CPI 20 0 CPI Select LPI page 238 6 0 LPI 8 0 LPI 10 3 LPI Typeface page 244 Letter Gothic Courier OCR A OCR B IBM PC Character Set page 210 Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Mult CP 858 EURO Code Page 850 72 DPI 72 to 400 DPI Forward Slant Backward Slant Continued at the top of next ...

Page 191: ...38 1 0 to 7F P SERIES SETUP cont from prev page Auto LF page 203 Disable Enable Define CR code page 214 CR CR CR CR LF Top Margin page 242 0 linespaces 0 to 451 linespaces Print Char Set page 234 Bottom Margin page 205 0 linespaces 0 to 451 linespaces EVFU Select page 218 Enable Disable Alt Set 80 9F page 202 Control Code Printable 1 SFCC d command page 239 Even dot plot Double high PSeries Dbl Hi...

Page 192: ...t values in the other two submenus change automatically P SERIES SETUP cont from prev page Text Position page 242 Bottom of Line Top of Line Reset Cmd CFG Ld page 236 Disable Host Command page 224 Enable Ignore All Ignore CPI Form Length 1 2 page 220 Ignore LPI Power up config Current config Factory config Form Length1 2 page 220 101 6 or 152 4 mm 3 Form Length 1 page 220 Form Width 4 page 221 41 ...

Page 193: ...PI 72 to 400 DPI Forward Slant Backward Slant Top Margin page 242 0 linespaces 0 to 451 linespaces Print Char Set page 234 Define CR code page 214 CR CR CR CR LF Bottom Margin page 205 0 linespaces 0 to 451 linespaces Auto LF page 203 Disable Enable P SER XQ SETUP 1 Define LF code page 215 LF CR LF LF LF Left Margin 2 page 229 0 characters 0 to 369 characters Right Margin 2 page 236 0 characters 0...

Page 194: ...ge 220 Form Length 1 2 page 220 101 6 or 152 4 mm 3 Form Length 1 page 220 Form Width 4 page 221 41 66 or 85 characters 3 0 to 272 characters 00 0 to 609 6 mm 4 or 6 inches 3 00 0 to 24 0 inches 24 or 36 lines 3 0 to 144 lines Form Width 2 4 page 221 104 1 168 0 or 215 9 mm 3 00 0 to 345 4 mm Form Width 2 4 page 221 04 1 06 6 or 08 5 inches 3 00 0 to 13 6 inches Notes Factory Default 1 All three F...

Page 195: ...rican Norwegian Danish II Spanish II Latin Am II 13 3 CPI 15 0 CPI 17 1 CPI 20 0 CPI Select LPI page 238 6 0 LPI 8 0 LPI 10 3 LPI Typeface page 244 Letter Gothic Courier OCR A OCR B IBM PC Character Set page 210 Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Mult CP 858 EURO Code Page 850 72 DPI 72 to 400 DPI Forward Slant Backward Slant Top Margin page 242 0 linespaces 0 to 451 linespaces Print Char Set page 234...

Page 196: ... 4 mm 4 Form Length 2 page 220 Form Width 5 page 221 41 66 or 85 characters 4 0 to 272 characters 00 0 to 609 6 mm 4 or 6 inches 4 00 0 to 24 0 inches 24 or 36 lines 4 0 to 144 lines Form Width 3 5 page 221 104 1 168 0 or 215 9 mm 4 00 0 to 345 4 mm Form Width 3 5 page 221 04 1 06 6 or 08 5 inches 4 00 0 to 13 6 inches Notes Factory Default 1 When the CTHI option is installed the factory default i...

Page 197: ...8 6 0 LPI 8 0 LPI 10 3 LPI Typeface page 244 Letter Gothic Courier OCR A OCR B 72 DPI 72 to 400 DPI Forward Slant Backward Slant Top Margin page 242 0 linespaces 0 to 451 linespaces Print Char Set page 234 Bottom Margin page 205 0 linespaces 0 to 451 linespaces Code Page 437 Character Set page 211 Code Page 850 OCR A OCR B Multinational CP 858 EURO Left Margin 2 page 229 0 characters 0 to 369 char...

Page 198: ... 1 page 220 Form Width 4 page 221 41 66 or 85 characters 3 0 to 272 characters 00 0 to 609 6 mm 4 or 6 inches 3 00 0 to 24 0 inches 24 or 36 lines 3 0 to 144 lines Form Width 2 4 page 221 104 1 168 0 or 215 9 mm 3 00 0 to 345 4 mm Form Width 2 4 page 221 04 1 06 6 or 08 5 inches 3 00 0 to 13 6 inches Notes Factory Default 1 All three Form Length submenus work in conjunction When you change the def...

Page 199: ... 20 0 CPI Select LPI page 238 6 0 LPI 8 0 LPI 10 3 LPI Typeface page 244 Letter Gothic Courier OCR A OCR B Epson Set Character Set page 207 OCR A OCR B Multinational Code Page 850 72 DPI 72 to 400 DPI Forward Slant Backward Slant Top Margin page 242 0 linespaces 0 to 451 linespaces CP 858 EURO IBM PC Latin Am I Japanese Norwegian Danish II Latin Am II Continued at the top of next page Left Margin ...

Page 200: ...orm Length 2 page 220 Form Width 5 page 221 41 66 or 85 characters 4 0 to 272 characters 00 0 to 609 6 mm 4 or 6 inches 4 00 0 to 24 0 inches 24 or 36 lines 4 0 to 144 lines Form Width 3 5 page 221 104 1 168 0 or 215 9 mm 4 00 0 to 345 4 mm Form Width 3 5 page 221 04 1 06 6 or 08 5 inches 4 00 0 to 13 6 inches Notes Factory Default 1 When the CTHI option is installed the factory default is Printab...

Page 201: ...t of information on a page Enable Prints about 60 of the width of normal characters when compressed print is chosen by the host computer Disable Does not compress print widths even if condensed print is chosen by the host The factory default is Enable 5225 World Trade From page 170 The 5225 emulation has a standard multinational character set that serves as a base and 14 extended world trade chara...

Page 202: ...or EAN UCC 128 barcodes whose application identifier AI is 00 Disable The printable data field is printed with the AI enclosed in parentheses This is the standard EAN UCC 128 format Enable The printable data field is printed with the UCC fields separated by spaces This option is IGP X00 compatible The factory default is Disable Alt Char Set From page 198 Set 1 Interprets data in the range of hex 8...

Page 203: ...mand is encountered and when the current vertical position is not at the top of form The options are Disable the factory default and Enable Auto LF P Series P Series XQ From page 191 page 193 This option defines the printer action when print data is received past the forms width setting Disable Discards any data past the forms width Enable Performs an automatic carriage return and line feed when d...

Page 204: ...ALPHA command Disable The printer will print text in upper and lowercase Enable The printer will print text in uppercase only The factory default is Disable Autoeject VGL From page 187 Determines paper handling upon exiting the VGL Repeated Form and Dynamic Form commands Disable Holds the print position at the bottom of the form Enable Issues a form feed after the last form is printed so all pages...

Page 205: ...or 203 x 203 The factory default is Low Resolution Bold From page 191 page 194 page 196 page 198 page 200 Disable Text is printed normally Enable Text is printed with a heavy line thickness The factory default is Disable Bottom Margin From page 191 page 193 page 195 page 197 page 200 Defined in linespaces starting from line zero at the bottom of the page and incrementing from the bottom up The ran...

Page 206: ...ncels the Buffer Reprint function and displays Buffer Reprint Disabled on the LCD Cancel IGP DCU From page 168 page 170 Enable Cancels all buffers when a job is put on hold from the host or when the CANCEL key is pressed Disable Does not cancel any internal buffer in the printer when a job is put on hold from the host or when the CANCEL key is pressed The factory default is Enable Change Case From...

Page 207: ...75 ISO 8859 4 Data Gen Turk DEC Turkish IBM Turkish Siemens Turkish PTT Turkish IBC Turkish Bull Turkish AS400 Turkish Unisys Turkish NCR Turkish PST Turkish UNIS 1 Turkish Code Page 853 INFO Turkish Win CP 1254 Code Page 857 Code Page 850 ASCII USA EBCDIC IBM PC ASCII USA French German English Danish I Swedish Italian Spanish I Japanese Norwegian Danish II Latin Am II French Canadian Latin Am I C...

Page 208: ... 2 8859 2 Code Page 852 Mazovia Kamenicky Roman 8 PC 437 Slavic Slavic 1250 Code Page 865 Code Page 860 Latin 1 8859 1 Latin 5 8859 9 Latin 9 8859 15 Polish POL1 Win CP 1250 Win CP 1252 Win CP 1257 CP 858 EURO Lith CP 773 Serbo Croatic 1 Serbo Croatic 2 CP 774 CP 775 ISO 8859 4 DEC 256 Greek ELOT 928 Greek Greek 3 ABY Greek ABG Greek ELOT 927 Greek Greek 851 Greek 437 Greek 8859 7 Win CP 1253 Gree...

Page 209: ...y Roman 8 PC 437 Slavic Slavic 1250 Code Page 865 Code Page 860 Latin 1 8859 1 Latin 5 8859 9 Latin 9 8859 15 Polish POL1 Win CP 1250 Win CP 1252 Win CP 1257 CP 858 EURO Lith CP 773 Serbo Croatic 1 Serbo Croatic 2 CP 774 CP 775 ISO 8859 4 DEC 256 Greek ELOT 928 Greek Greek 3 ABY Greek ABG Greek ELOT 927 Greek Greek 851 Greek 437 Greek 8859 7 Win CP 1253 Greek 813 Euro Greek 869 Euro Hebrew Old Heb...

Page 210: ... 1255 Primary Subset ASCII USA French German English Danish Swedish Italian Spanish Japanese French Canadian Latin American Norwegian Danish II Spanish II Latin Am II Extended Subset Code Page 437 Code Page 850 ASCII USA EBCDIC Primary Subset ASCII USA German Swedish Danish Norwegian Finnish English Dutch French Spanish Italian Turkish Japanese Extended Subset Multinational Barcode 10 cpi Mult DP ...

Page 211: ...2 Mazovia Kamenicky Roman 8 PC 437 Slavic Slavic 1250 Code Page 865 Code Page 860 Latin 1 8859 1 Latin 5 8859 9 Latin 9 8859 15 Polish POL1 Win CP 1250 Win CP 1252 Win CP 1257 CP 858 EURO Lith CP 773 Serbo Croatic 1 Serbo Croatic 2 CP 774 CP 775 ISO 8859 4 Hebrew Old Hebrew New Hebrew DEC Latin 1 Hebrew Win CP 1255 Data Gen Turk DEC Turkish IBM Turkish Siemens Turkish PTT Turkish IBC Turkish Bull ...

Page 212: ...et From page 175 This item allows you to select the desired version of the following code pages 037 273 274 275 277 278 280 281 282 284 285 297 500 and 871 The options are Version 0 the factory default and Version 1 Compressed Print From page 194 Controls which host command sets compressed printing Char 01 SOH Char 03 ETX Char 09 HT The factory default is Char 01 SOH Control Code 06 From page 191 ...

Page 213: ...f the current line The factory default is On CR Edit From page 184 This parameter determines if a carriage return will be followed by a line feed Disable The printer ignores all carriage returns that are not followed by line feeds Enable The printer processes all carriage returns even for those that are not followed by line feeds The factory default is Disable CR EM NL From page 168 page 180 CR Ca...

Page 214: ...0 FF range data bit 8 must be enabled The factory default is Enable Default Code Pag From page 175 This item allows you to select the desired default codepage to be used when IPDS is not activating a Code Page ID Refer to the IPDS Programmer s Reference Manual for a list of the code pages The factory default is English USA Can Default Font From page 175 This item allows you to select the desired d...

Page 215: ...F Performs an automatic carriage return The next print position will be print position 1 of the next line The factory default is LF LF Define LF code P Series P Series XQ From page 191 page 193 LF CR LF Forces an automatic carriage return with each Line Feed command received The next print position is position 1 of the next line LF LF Does not perform an automatic carriage return when a Line Feed ...

Page 216: ...5 This parameter allows you to choose when to send a Print Complete to the Controller Off Print Complete is sent if the page is printed completely On Print Complete is sent immediately The next page will be created This improves the print performance when starting the next page but degrades error recovery The factory default is Off Elong Alt Font From page 194 Controls which host command sets elon...

Page 217: ...rom page 185 This item sets the error reporting capability of the printer for PGL forms as follows On Full error checking reported Any element that falls off the current page is reported as an error Debug Mode Puts the printer in debug mode whenever a form is defined in CREATE mode Each line of the CREATE form will be printed along with an error if one has occurred Fault Allows you to halt the pri...

Page 218: ...ables all EVFU processing The factory default is Enable Expanded Font PGL From page 185 Expanded font allows you to print characters in different sizes with specified parameters and to select which font face to use Scalable Uses scalable fonts Block Uses block fonts Alt Block 1 Uses alternative block fonts with a different character set The factory default is Scalable Expanded Font VGL From page 1...

Page 219: ...Count parameter is specified in the Execute command In this case the same form is printed for whatever the Form Count is Incremental data is not incremented since the printing page is the same The overlay data is only printed with the first form and not on subsequent forms and each form is printed on a separate page The factory default is Disable Extended Subset From page 190 page 195 This item al...

Page 220: ...imum Print Position 1 An FF command at any other position is recognized as a blank On Allows the printer to perform an FF command anywhere in the data stream The factory default is Off Form Length in From page 192 page 194 page 196 page 198 page 200 Form length is the number of lines that can be printed on a label You can set forms length in inches The factory default is shown in Table 3 on page 1...

Page 221: ...h The factory default is the maximum printing width Forms Handling From page 184 This submenu allows the user to handle the form in the following ways Disable the default No effect Auto Eject Automatically ejects a page at the end of the job to spill out the last page Auto TOF Automatically does a form feed FF at the end of each form to the next top of form Format Control From page 168 page 170 pa...

Page 222: ...and For more information about the SGEA command refer to the Coax Twinax Programmer s Reference Manual Enable The host setting for the SGEA used by the printer If the SGEA command is requested to stop on graphic errors the printer will stop when a graphic error is detected Disable Ignores the SGEA command from the host The printer does not stop when an error is detected instead it substitutes the ...

Page 223: ...anner The hexadecimal code for the 16th character is printed in columns 78 79 and 80 NOTE Values will vary based on printhead width Subsequent printing observes the current setting for skip over perforation form length and top of form position parameters IMPORTANT You must have a minimum of 4 1 inches of media installed and have Label Width set to 4 1 inches If not the hexdump data will be truncat...

Page 224: ... all host commands accepted by the printer Host Form Length PGL From page 184 Determines how the physical label length see Label Length under the MEDIA CONTROL menu is affected upon receiving an EXECUTE command Enable The physical label length will change to match the form length specified in CREATE command The physical label size remains at the new setting until another EXECUTE command is receive...

Page 225: ...ge 168 page 170 page 180 page 182 Determines whether the printer accepts certain commands sent by the host or continues to use the current operator panel settings Disable Allows these host commands to override operator panel settings line length forms length lines per inch LPI characters per inch CPI print quality and text orientation Note the information appearing on the message display may not m...

Page 226: ...tibility issues Modulo 7 CD The I 2 5 bar code uses a modulo 7 check digit instead of the default modulo 10 check digit The factory default is Leading Zero Ignore Ch 1 From page 188 Specifies character 1 for the character filtering option Valid decimal values are from 0 through 255 The factory default is 0 Ignore Ch 2 From page 188 Specifies character 2 for the character filtering option Valid dec...

Page 227: ...is parameter instructs the IGP to ignore the character selected under the Select Character menu Disable The IGP does not ignore any characters Enable The IGP ignores the character specified in the Select Character menu The factory default is Disable Ignore Spaces From page 188 Disable Trailing spaces are not deleted from alphanumeric elements in a graphics pass Enable Trailing spaces are deleted f...

Page 228: ...int From page 190 page 193 page 195 page 197 page 199 Disable Text is printed normally Forward Slant Text is printed with a forward slant Backward Slant Text is printed with a backward slant The factory default is Disable LAC Approx From page 170 This item controls whether or not the LAC Approximation is used See the Coax Twinax Programmer s Reference Manual When set to On then Approximation is us...

Page 229: ...ter spacing distance of the PDF for UPC EAN barcodes The range is 0 01 0 10 inches in 0 01 inch increments and the factory default is 0 10 inches Lead in Chars From page 168 page 170 page 180 page 182 You can enable additional printer features which are not accessible through standard coax emulations To access these features send text commands in the data stream The commands must have a start and ...

Page 230: ... width the printer will print when using a C T or TN5250 host interface Set for 13 2 inches when printing files larger than the width of the printer All data exceeding the width of the maximum Printer Width will be truncated 13 2 inches Printer Width the maximum width of the printer The factory default is 13 2 inches Midline PY includes PN From page 188 Disable The Graphics mode Enabled command PY...

Page 231: ...0x00 in the IPDS data stream Offpage Errors From page 188 Disable the default Does not report errors for elements that start or end beyond the right edge of the page Enable Reports errors for elements that start or end beyond the right edge of the page Optimized Ratio From page 184 This option selects different bar code ratios for certain bar codes including Code 39 and Interleaved 2 of 5 It is in...

Page 232: ...sage when the key is pressed and sends a special operator request to the host when the printer is put back online NOTE Selecting PA2 again PA2 DISABLED appears on the operator panel or selecting PA1 will reset the pending PA2 function Page Rotation From page 175 This option rotates the physical IPDS page The options are 0 90 180 and 270 The factory default is 0 PGL Normal From page 185 This option...

Page 233: ...itialized in the Normal mode Disable The IGP PGL is disabled when the printer is powered on The IGP PGL feature is initialized to the Quiet mode Power up F From page 187 Disable the default Enable Selects free format mode as the power up default and selects the graphics mode PY as the power up default Free format causes the VGL to ignore carriage returns line feeds and all characters below 20 hex ...

Page 234: ...is option only shows when the embedded ethernet is installed Primary Subset From page 190 page 195 This item allows selection of the desired primary character subset used by the printer The factory default is ASCII USA Print Char Set From page 191 page 193 page 195 page 197 page 200 Selecting this item by pressing the key causes the printer to print the currently selected character set Printer PI ...

Page 235: ...acter cell is printed with the same width Each column in the printed text will line up PSeries Dbl High From page 191 This menu option allows printing compatibility between the current and older models of IBM printers Normal the default This is normal Double High printing for current model printers P3 4 6 9 Compat Where older printers printed two dot rows higher this option allows for compatibilit...

Page 236: ...d is executed Current config The currently selected configuration is loaded when the reset command is executed Factory config The factory installed configuration is loaded when the reset command is executed Resident Font From page 175 This option selects either a bit mapped font Compatible or a scalable font Scalable as the default font Compatible the default Selects a bit mapped font as default S...

Page 237: ...default and Block SCS Buffer Cntrl From page 167 This option functions like the Early Print Complete feature Early Print Cmpl Coax TN3270 on page 216 but is for SCS only Don t Wait The printer does not wait until the buffer is printed before sending the print complete back to the host Wait Until Done The printer waits until the buffer has printed before sending the print complete back to the host ...

Page 238: ...igned a value compatible with the application environment where the P Series jobs originate The most commonly used values include the following SOH 01 hex ESC 1B hex ETX 03 hex Circumflex 5e hex also called caret Tilde 7F hex NOTE Non Printable ASCII code values range from hex 00 through hex 1F and also include hex 7F Printable ASCII code values range from hex 20 through hex 7E If a printable code...

Page 239: ...o Right the default Right to Left When you select a right to left language the host will be notified of print direction changes when the printer is put online SFCC IGP VGL From page 187 This option selects the Special Function Control Code The default value is the caret decimal 94 Valid values are 17 through 255 Run a configuration printout to determine the currently selected SFCC The range is 17 ...

Page 240: ...95 page 197 page 199 This parameter allows you to print the numeral 0 with or without the slash This option applies to all character sets except OCR A and OCR B Disable the default Zero is printed without a slash Enable Zero is printed with a slash Slew Relative From page 194 Slewing is rapid vertical paper movement This parameter determines the number of lines slewed either 1 15 lines or 1 16 lin...

Page 241: ... characters per line SPC Type SPC Twinax Setup From page 174 Allows you to select a convertor which mimics a specific type of external protocol convertor MODE PTX NI the default for IBM non impact MODE 219 for Model 219 protocol convertor MODE P5000 for Printronix protocol convertor MODE IBM for the IBM protocol convertor Standard Sets From page 184 page 189 This item allows you to select various ...

Page 242: ...ault is 0 linespaces Translate Table From page 168 Default the default The option is disabled The table is not stored in the real translation table until the option is enabled Downloaded The option is enabled The LU3 Translation Table is loaded from the buffer into the permanent table Translation Tbl Coax TN3270 From page 167 page 179 Prints out SCS and DSC DSE tables of the coax interface s curre...

Page 243: ...ertical line s length is interpreted exactly which is 72 72 inch in one inch increments Trunc Dyn Data From page 184 This submenu allows the user to truncate the dynamic data up to the maximum data length specified in Create Mode Disable the default If the dynamic data exceeds the maximum data length an error will report Enable If the dynamic data exceeds the maximum data length the data truncates...

Page 244: ...graphics pass is complete Enable The typeface selected while in Extended Graphics Mode will also be used in Standard Graphics Mode and Normal Mode UPC Descenders PGL From page 185 This parameter allows you to print bar code descenders when human readable data is not presented in the UPC EAN bar codes Always the default UPC EAN bar codes are printed with descenders even if there is no human readabl...

Page 245: ... Code 1 From page 168 page 170 page 173 page 174 page 180 page 182 This option allows you to define your own value in ASCII characters for the User Defined option in the Lead in Chars menu St1 specifies Start Code 1 See Lead in Chars on page 229 for additional information The range is 40 FF and the factory default is 5F User Defined St2 Start Code 2 From page 168 page 170 page 173 page 174 page 18...

Page 246: ...GL From page 188 Applies only to 203 dpi printheads and only to normal resolution mode The range is 195 to 210 and the factory default is 203 Vertical DPI From page 190 page 193 page 195 page 195 page 197 page 199 This feature enables the thermal printer to print images as close as possible to the same size as those originally programmed for a line matrix or laser printer by selecting a vertical r...

Page 247: ... of 00 through 40 0 0 through 4 0 inches The factory default is Disable Table 7 Width Limit Table Height Param Max Width Allowed Height Param Max Width Allowed 00 99 21 51 01 99 22 53 02 3 23 56 03 6 24 58 04 8 25 61 05 11 26 63 06 13 27 66 07 16 28 68 08 18 29 71 09 21 30 73 10 23 31 76 11 26 32 78 12 28 33 81 13 31 34 83 14 33 35 86 15 36 36 88 16 38 37 91 17 41 38 93 18 43 39 96 19 46 40 98 20 ...

Page 248: ... Voltage XXXXX Inches 3 XXXXX Inches 3 XXX X Hours 3 XX X Hours 3 XXX DPI 3 XX XX X XX volts 3 1 Page 2 Pages 5 Pages 10 Pages Disable Enable Factory Default 1 Appears only if the Ethernet Interface adapter is installed 2 Appears only if the validator is installed 3 You cannot change this value it is a display only item 4 A part number appears only if a feature file has been downloaded to the prin...

Page 249: ...ontaining a series of ladder type bar code symbols starting with four and decrementing by one symbol on each print until a single symbol prints on the right side This pattern helps identify ribbon wrinkle problems Combo Test Prints a combined left test and right test Ethernet Test This item appears only if the Ethernet adapter is installed Prints the Ethernet statistics stored on the Ethernet adap...

Page 250: ... PRINT HEAD HOT are stored in the error log Clear Error Log Clears entries in the error log FLASH Installed Displays the amount of FLASH memory installed in megabytes DRAM Installed Displays the amount of DRAM installed in megabytes Ptr On Time Displays the cumulative time in hours the printer has been powered on This value is set to zero at the factory after burn in testing Ptr Media Dist Display...

Page 251: ...Reset Head Data operation This value is set to zero at the factory after burn in testing Reset Head Data Resets all printhead statistics values Head Prt Dist and Head On Time to zero Head Type Displays the printhead type installed in dots per inch 203 dpi or 300 dpi Head Voltage Displays the applied printhead voltage ...

Page 252: ...e available only when Admin User is enabled in the PRINTER CONTROL menu 1 Does not display when Ethernet is installed 2 Available only when Ethernet is installed 3 Available only when the Centronics option is enabled in the Port Type submenu of PARALLEL PORT Data Polarity 3 Resp Polarity 3 Busy on Strobe 3 Standard Inverted Standard Inverted Enable Disable PI Ignored 3 Buffer Size in K 16 1 16 Ena...

Page 253: ... bit 8 is interpreted as either data bit 8 or PI signal but never both When enabled as data bit 8 data bit 8 has priority over the PI signal and all data above hex 7F is used to access character data and not to interpret PI line data Conversely when data bit 8 is disabled and the PI signal is used data bit 8 of the data is reserved for use as the PI function and you cannot access characters in the...

Page 254: ...he parallel port will trickle bit by bit into the printer buffer to prevent a timeout error from being sent back to the host connected to the parallel port The selected value is the time that the printer waits before getting the next byte of data from the host The Trickle Time value should be less than the host time out value but not too much shorter or else the printer fills up its buffer too fas...

Page 255: ...er must be set to match the response polarity of your host computer Standard the default Does not invert the response signal Inverted Inverts the response signal sent to the host computer Busy on Strobe Enable the default Asserts a busy signal after each character is received Disable Asserts a busy signal only when the print buffers are full Latch Data On Specifies whether the data is read on the ...

Page 256: ... 8 sec 16 sec Off 115200 BAUD Stop Bits Parity Mark Even Odd None Sense Buffer Size in K 16 1 16 Timeout 10 sec 1 60 sec Report Status Disable Enable Data Term Ready On Line and BNF True Off Line or BF On Line False Request to Send On Line and BNF Off Line or BF On Line False True Poll Character 00 Hex 00 FF Hex Poll Response 0 ms 0 30 ms Idle Response Disable Enable One Char Enquiry Disable Enabl...

Page 257: ...d you experience data loss you may need to lower the baud rate or use RS 422 You also may need to increase the Buffer Size in K parameter from the default 1 Kbyte to improve performance The factory default is 9600 Word Length Sets the length of the serial data word The length of the data word can be set to 7 or 8 bits and must match the corresponding data bits setting in the host computer The fact...

Page 258: ...er controls the flow of communication from the host by turning the transmission on and off using response characters sent to the host If the number of valid bytes in the buffer reaches 75 percent of the buffer size the online or offline and buffer full response character is sent If the buffer is completely full an online or offline buffer full response is sent every time a character is sent from t...

Page 259: ...ore data If the host sends data during an unsafe condition data will be lost DTR is not available when RS 422 is selected Buffer Size in K This option configures the amount of memory allocated for the serial port buffer The range is 1 16 Kbytes in 1 Kbyte increments NOTE If you select a baud rate that is 19200 or greater you may need to increase the Buffer Size in K parameter from the default to 1...

Page 260: ... sec Timeout This is the value used by the printer to time out from the current port and check the other selected Port Types for data to print When the printer has not received data from the host after a certain period of time it needs to time out in order to service the other ports The range is 1 60 seconds and the factory default is 10 seconds Report Status When a fault condition occurs in the p...

Page 261: ...ly asserts the RTS signal Poll Character This option is for the Series1 protocol Whenever the printer receives this character it sends a response to the host indicating the current state of the printer see Series1 protocol The range is 00 FF Hex and the factory default is 00 Hex Poll Response This option is for the Series1 protocol After receiving a poll character the printer will wait the poll re...

Page 262: ...ll respond to an ENQ character by sending a status byte to the host The type of status byte is determined by a Front Panel Menu selection The selections allowed are ENQ STX and ENQ The ENQ is removed from the data stream Table 8 One Char Enquiry Response Characters Printer State Response hex Online and Buffer Not Full 20 Online and Buffer Full 21 Offline and Buffer Not Full 22 Offline and Buffer F...

Page 263: ...error occurs a fault message will display on the control panel Disable If a framing error occurs a fault message will not display on the control panel Table 10 ENQ Status Byte Bit Printer Status 0 Set when the label has printed 1 Set when the label is presented 2 Set while the printer is online 3 Always set 4 Set printing in the batch mode 5 Set during a Ribbon fault 6 Set during a Paper Out fault...

Page 264: ...evice address After the address has been changed a Power On Reset POR status is sent to the host The factory default is 1 Timeout This item allows you to set the time that the printer when it has not received data from its host will begin to service all other host ports looking for data to print The range is 5 60 seconds and the factory default is 10 seconds C T PORT 1 Port Type Twinax Coax Disabl...

Page 265: ...er The range is 1 16 Kbytes in 1 Kbyte increments NOTE If you select a baud rate that is 19200 or greater you may need to increase the Buffer Size in K parameter from the default to 16 Kbytes to improve performance The factory default is 16 Timeout This item allows you to set the time that the printer when it has not received data from its host will begin to service all other host ports looking fo...

Page 266: ...e that the printer when it has not received data from its host will begin to service all other host ports looking for data to print The range is 1 60 seconds and the factory default is 10 seconds ETHERNET PORT 1 Notes Factory Default 1 Appears only if the Ethernet option is installed Timeout 10 sec 1 60 sec ...

Page 267: ...ERNET ADDRESS 1 0 255 IP Address SEG2 000 0 255 IP Address SEG3 000 0 255 IP Address SEG4 000 0 255 Subnet Mask SEG1 000 0 255 Subnet Mask SEG2 000 0 255 Subnet Mask SEG3 000 0 255 Subnet Mask SEG4 000 0 255 Gateway Address SEG1 000 0 255 Gateway Address SEG2 000 0 255 Gateway Address SEG3 000 0 255 Gateway Address SEG4 000 0 255 MAC Address xxxxxxxxxxxx 2 DHCP Disable Enable ETHERNET ADDRESS ...

Page 268: ...When changing the Subnet Mask the printer resets the Ethernet when the printer is placed online When the printer resets the Ethernet the LCD displays DO NOT POWER OFF After the Ethernet has completed its initialization the LCD displays E NET INIT to signal that the Ethernet and printer are in the initialization process When both the Ethernet and printer have completed initialization the LCD displa...

Page 269: ... Factory Default 1 Appears only if an Ethernet card is installed 2 Set the port number that works with your host system 3 Appears only if the IPDS emulation is installed ETHERNET PARAMS 1 ASCII Data Port 9100 0 65535 2 Keep Alive Timer 3 Minutes 2 10 Minutes Ethernet Speed IPDS Data Port 3 5001 0 65535 2 10 Full Duplex 100 Half Duplex Auto Select 10 Half Duplex 100 Full Duplex Job Control Standard...

Page 270: ... even after the print job has terminated The range is 2 10 minutes and the factory default is 3 minutes Ethernet Speed This menu appears only if a Ethernet Interface Card is installed The Ethernet Speed menu has five different speed modes to allow compatibility with different systems and networks Auto Select the default Tells the 10 100Base T Ethernet to perform an auto detection scheme and config...

Page 271: ...onization between the Ethernet and the printer NOTE For detailed information about using the Ethernet refer to the Ethernet Interface Card User s Manual Offline Processing Disable the default When set to disable the printer does not process parallel network data while offline Enable When set to enable the printer continues to process but not print the current network parallel job while the printer...

Page 272: ...EG1 000 WIRELESS ADDRESS 1 0 255 IP Address SEG2 000 0 255 IP Address SEG3 000 0 255 IP Address SEG4 000 0 255 Subnet Mask SEG1 000 0 255 Subnet Mask SEG2 000 0 255 Subnet Mask SEG3 000 0 255 Subnet Mask SEG4 000 0 255 Gateway Address SEG1 000 0 255 Gateway Address SEG2 000 0 255 Gateway Address SEG3 000 0 255 Gateway Address SEG4 000 0 255 MAC Address xxxxxxxxxxxx 2 DHCP Disable Enable ...

Page 273: ... for the SEG1 through SEG4 are 000 000 000 and 000 When changing the Subnet Mask the printer resets the Ethernet when the printer is placed online When the printer resets the Ethernet the LCD displays DO NOT POWER OFF After the Ethernet has completed its initialization the LCD displays E NET INIT to signal that the Ethernet and printer are in the initialization process When both the Ethernet and p...

Page 274: ...rer s Assigned Number and is unique for the Ethernet and the Wireless option It is read only DHCP You can enable disable the DHCP protocol using this option but consult your administrator for the appropriate setting The options are Disable the factory default and Enable ...

Page 275: ...Operation Mode Infrastructure WIRELESS PARAMS 1 Pseudo IBSS SSID Name 01 15 101 SSID Name 16 30 SSID Name 31 32 Reset SSID Name Ad Hoc Min Xfer Rate Auto negotiate 1Mb sec 2Mb sec 5 5Mb sec 11Mb sec Ant Diversity Diverse Primary Auxiliary Signal Strength XX 2 Internat Mode Disable Enable Preamble Default Short Long Power Mgmt 0 ms 100 ms 200 ms 300 ms 400 ms 500 ms 600 ms 700 ms 800 ms 900 ms 1000...

Page 276: ...BYTE5 WEP Key 1 1 BYTE6 WEP Key 1 1 BYTE7 WEP Key 1 1 BYTE8 Continued at the top of next page WEP Key 1 1 BYTE9 WIRELESS PARAMS cont from prev page WEP Key 1 BYTE1 WEP Key 1 1 BYTE10 WEP Key 1 1 BYTE11 WEP Key 1 1 BYTE12 WEP Key 1 1 BYTE13 WEP Key 2 Format Hexadecimal ASCII Default WEP Key 0 1 4 WEP Key 1 Format Hexadecimal ASCII WEP Key 1 Width 128 Bits 40 Bits ...

Page 277: ... WEP Key 2 1 BYTE9 WEP Key 2 1 BYTE10 WEP Key 2 1 BYTE11 WEP Key 2 1 BYTE12 WEP Key 2 1 BYTE13 WEP Key 3 Format Hexadecimal ASCII WEP Key 3 Width 128 Bits 40 Bits WEP Key 3 BYTE1 Notes Factory Default 1 Appears only if WEP Key 2 Width is set to 128 Bits Continued at the top of next page WEP Key 2 Width 128 Bits 40 Bits WEP Key 2 BYTE2 WEP Key 2 BYTE1 WIRELESS PARAMS ...

Page 278: ...y 3 1 BYTE9 WEP Key 3 1 BYTE10 WEP Key 3 1 BYTE11 WEP Key 3 1 BYTE12 WEP Key 3 1 BYTE13 Notes Factory Default 1 Appears only if WEP Key 3 Width is set to 128 Bits Continued at the top of next page WEP Key 4 Format Hexadecimal ASCII WEP Key 4 Width 128 Bits 40 Bits WEP Key 4 BYTE2 WEP Key 4 BYTE1 WEP Key 3 BYTE2 WEP Key 3 BYTE3 WEP Key 3 BYTE4 ...

Page 279: ...4 1 BYTE8 WEP Key 4 1 BYTE9 WEP Key 4 1 BYTE10 WEP Key 4 1 BYTE11 WEP Key 4 1 BYTE12 WEP Key 4 1 BYTE13 Notes 1 Appears only if WEP Key 4 Width is set to 128 Bits Reset WEP Keys WEP Key 41 BYTE6 WEP Key 4 1 BYTE7 WEP Key 4 BYTE3 WEP Key 4 BYTE4 WEP Key 4 BYTE5 WIRELESS PARAMS ...

Page 280: ...mmunication without an Access Point The two peers can be from different manufacturers SSID Name A 1 32 character case sensitive string that identifies the Extended Service Set Identification ESS_ID network the unit is part of ESS_ID is also called NET_ID These characters can be alphanumeric symbols or spaces Reset SSID Name Allows you to reset the SSID name Min Xfer Rate Allows you to set the mini...

Page 281: ...r Mgmt This allows you to set power save mode and sleep time A value specifying the sleep time in milliseconds will be provided If set to zero power save mode will be disabled The range is 0 1000 ms and the factory default is 0 ms Internat Mode When enabled the Wireless option adapts to international frequency requirements in Europe The options are Disable the factory default and Enable Auth Metho...

Page 282: ...splay on the configuration printout WEP Key Format Allows you to format the WEP keys in ASCII or hexadecimal code The factory default is Hexadecimal WEP Key Width This is the encryption strength The options are 40 Bits and 128 Bits 40 bits are weaker and 128 bits are stronger NOTE If you select 40 bits the WEP Key BYTE6 through WEP Key BYTE13 menus will not display The factory default is 128 bits ...

Page 283: ...s depend on the unit selected in the Clock Skew Units menu See Clock Skew SEC on page 284 for more information 5 The factory default and values depend on the unit selected in the Tckt Life Units menu See Tckt Life SEC on page 285 for more information 6 The factory default and values depend on the unit selected in the Renew Life Units menu See Renew Life SEC on page 285 for more information KERBERO...

Page 284: ...ty string KDC Port Number KDC Key Distribution Center port number is the 2 byte UDP TCP port used for Kerberos Communication The range is 0 65535 and the factory default is 88 Clock Skew Units The options are Seconds and Minutes and the factory default is Seconds Clock Skew SEC Sets the maximum allowable amount of time in seconds SEC or minutes MIN as specified by the Clock Skew Units that Kerbero...

Page 285: ...ts will display on the Tckt Life SEC menu For example if you select Hours the Tckt Life SEC menu name will change to Tckt Life HR Renew Life Units Renew lifetime unit in Seconds Minutes Hours or Days The factory default is Seconds Renew Life SEC Sets the maximum allowable amount of time in Seconds SEC Minutes MIN Hours HR or Days DAY as specified by the Renew Life Units before warning that a new K...

Page 286: ...a Cisco RF card installed LEAP User 01 15 The first 15 characters of the LEAP user name maximum number of characters is 32 LEAP User 16 30 Characters 16 to 30 of the LEAP user name maximum number of characters is 32 LEAP User 31 32 Characters 31 to 32 of the LEAP user name maximum number of characters is 32 WLAN LEAP 2 Auth Method Open Shared Kerberos 1 LEAP 2 Factory Default 1 Only if a Symbol ra...

Page 287: ...15 characters of the LEAP password maximum number of characters is 32 LEAP Pwd 16 30 Characters 16 to 30 of the LEAP password maximum number of characters is 32 LEAP Pwd 31 32 Characters 31 to 32 of the LEAP password maximum number of characters is 32 Reset LEAP Pswd Resets the LEAP password to an empty string ...

Page 288: ...ter is online the second line of the LCD message displays the time remaining as Batt xxx xx Hrs The factory default is Disable Time To Go 2 Percent Charge 2 Current Draw 2 Battery Monitor Disable Enable Notes Factory Default 1 Does not appear if the CTHI option is installed 2 Available only when you select Enable in the Battery Monitor submenu in the BATTERY CONTROL menu 3 You cannot change this v...

Page 289: ...available only when you select Enable in the Battery Monitor submenu Voltage This displays the Voltage in hundredths of a volt NOTE This menu is available only when you select Enable in the Battery Monitor submenu Amp Hour Used This displays the Amp Hour Used in tenths of an amp hour NOTE This menu is available only when you select Enable in the Battery Monitor submenu Time To Go Alert This allows...

Page 290: ...rning displays on the LCD When the printer receives a status from the battery that is less than the value of the Low Volt menu the BATT LOW VOLT warning displays on the LCD The range is 8 5 11 5 Volts and the factory default is 9 5 Volts Low Volt Fault A Low Voltage Fault occurs when the printer receives a status from the battery that is 1 0 VDC less than the value of the Low Volt menu In addition...

Page 291: ... the LPT2 port on the computer if the LPT1 port is already in use The load commands are different if you use this port as described in the notes after step 12 3 Verify that the data cable is connected to the appropriate I O port on the printer and to the host computer 4 Power on the computer and allow it to boot up 5 Wait until you see PROGRAM DOWNLOAD on the LCD before proceeding This can take up...

Page 292: ... s Reference Manuals and provide you with a description and print sample of the typeface 12 At the command prompt type copy b filename dwn LPT1 Enter where filename dwn is file name you noted in step 11 NOTE If you are loading the file using the LPT2 port on the computer type the following command copy b filename dwn LPT2 Enter where filename dwn is a file you noted in step 11 If you are loading t...

Page 293: ...peration Downloading TrueType Fonts There are several ways to download TrueType fonts to your Thermaline printer Once a TrueType font is downloaded it will be stored in the Flash file system as a resident font Regardless of printer power cycles the downloaded font will stay in the printer until the user deletes it The user can find the list of all printer resident fonts under Printer Control View ...

Page 294: ...ike any other print file for example copy b filename ext 1pt1 Create and Send Download File Download Mode A TrueType font can be converted to a downloadable format by appending a header to the font file using cnvt2fls exe utility 1 Start a MS DOS prompt window 2 Copy cnvt2fls exe and addtthdr bat from your startup CD to your working directory 3 In your working directory include the TrueType font f...

Page 295: ..._SETUP FILE_IO CAPTURE PTX_END Labeling Applications A TrueType font can be downloaded through several labeling applications such as Codesoft Loftware and Bartender Please contact the appropriate company for more details Using Downloaded True Type Fonts After downloading the TrueType font using any of the above methods the user can access the downloaded TrueType font by using the FONT NAME command...

Page 296: ...296 Chapter 3 DATE ...

Page 297: ...aces Auto Switching This feature gives the printer the ability to handle multiple data streams sequentially With Auto Switching the printer can service hosts attached to the serial parallel coax and twinax ports as if they were the only interface connected For example if the host computer sends one print job to the RS 232 serial port and a separate print job to the IEEE 1284 parallel port the prin...

Page 298: ... Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin DATA LINE 1 Return 2 20 ACKNOWLEDGE Return 10 28 CHASSIS GROUND 17 DATA LINE 2 Return 3 21 ONLINE Return 13 28 GROUND 30 DATA LINE 3 Return 4 22 FAULT Return 32 29 Spares 14 DATA LINE 4 Return 5 23 PAPER EMPTY Return 12 28 No Connection 34 35 36 DATA LINE 5 Return 6 24 BUSY Return 11 29 5 Volts 18 DATA LINE 6 Return 7 25 DATA LINE 7 Return 8 26 DATA LINE 8 Return ...

Page 299: ...rries a low true 100 ns minimum pulse from the host that clocks data into the printer Acknowledge A low true pulse from the printer indicating the character or function code has been received and the printer is ready for the next data transfer Online A high true level from the printer to indicate the printer is ready for data transfer and the PAUSE key on the control panel has been activated When ...

Page 300: ...the status lines and the host controls the transmission Byte Mode The printer and host send data to each other along eight data lines one bit per line If bidirectional communication is supported by the printer and the host the host will take control of the data transfer Signals Table 13 lists each of the signals associated with the corresponding pins on the IEEE 1284 interface Descriptions of the ...

Page 301: ...0 Signal Ground Data 1 21 Signal Ground Data 2 22 Signal Ground Data 3 23 Signal Ground Data 4 24 Signal Ground Data 5 25 Signal Ground Data 6 26 Signal Ground Data 7 27 Signal Ground Data 8 28 Signal Ground PError Select nAck 29 Signal Ground Busy nFault 30 Signal Ground nAutoFd nSelectIn nInit 31 Host nInit 32 Printer NFault nDataAvail aDataAvail 33 Not Defined 34 Not Defined 35 Not Defined 36 H...

Page 302: ...dge NDStrobe Driven by the host Activates auto line feed mode Peripheral Logic High Driven by the printer When the line is high the printer indicates all of its signals are in a valid state When the line is low the printer indicates its power is off or its signals are in an invalid state nReverse Request Driven by the host Resets the interface and forces a return to Compatibility Mode idle phase n...

Page 303: ...r telephone cable with a shunt capacitance of 16 pF foot 52 5 pF meter terminated in a 100 ohm resistive load must be used for the RS 422 RS 232 Received Data RXD Serial data stream to the printer Transmitted Data TXD Serial data stream from the printer for transmitting status and control information to the host Subject to protocol selection Request To Send RTS Control signal from the printer Subj...

Page 304: ... the Host Interface menu is set to Auto Switching It can also be selected as the only Host Interface under the Host Interface menu by selecting USB The Host Interface menu is only available when the Admin User menu is enabled A top level USB Port menu with two submenus is also available Buffer Size in K the input buffer size used by the USB port The range is from 1 to 16 The default is 16 Timeout ...

Page 305: ...e 2 Open a Dos Window on the PC At the command prompt type NET USE LPT1 COMP_NAME Printers_Shared_Name Persistent YES This command should be all on the same line It redirects output on LPT1 to the shared printer COMP_NAME is the computer name found on the system settings Printers_Shared_Name is the shared name found in the printer Properties Sharing tab 3 To check status of connection type Net Vie...

Page 306: ...306 Chapter 4 RS 232 And Optional RS 422 Serial Interfaces ...

Page 307: ...om the TEST PRINT key or the DIAGNOSTICS menu For more information see page 249 NOTE Before attempting to print test labels you must set up the printer for the type of media installed See the MEDIA CONTROL menu on page 125 for more information Troubleshooting Common Situations Occasionally situations occur that require some troubleshooting skill Possible problem situations and potential solutions ...

Page 308: ...nd transmits both forms simultaneously when the input buffer is full The printer can be used with either serial or parallel host interfaces Parallel interfaces are usually straightforward with no special settings required Serial interfaces however have a variety of possible communication parameter settings The two methods of handshaking that can be used hardware and software are explained below Ha...

Page 309: ...stalled between the host and the printer Interfacing The printer will not function properly with an incorrectly wired cable or the wrong interface cable installed If the cable is suspect contact IBM or your authorized service representative When the printer is first powered up it will reset itself to the communication default parameters The parameters are listed in the following table The printer ...

Page 310: ...t Intensity function accessed via the host or through the MEDIA CONTROL menu This causes more heat to be transferred into the media thereby generating a darker image Proper printhead pressure adjustment will affect print quality To adjust pressure rotate the printhead pressure adjustment dial see Figure 7 For more information refer to Printhead Pressure Adjustment on page 70 Also the printhead sho...

Page 311: ...printhead cleaning pen Test again for vertical streaks 2 Remove the printhead see page 312 and examine it for contamination or damage such as scratches dents or other marks on the light brown area containing the heating elements Clean and install it then test again for vertical streaks 3 Load an alternate roll of media Test again for vertical streaks 4 Load an alternate roll of ribbon Test again f...

Page 312: ...er 2 Unplug the printer power cord from the printer or the AC power source 3 Remove the ribbon and media e g paper label or tag stock material Figure 8 Opening the Pivoting Deck ATTENTION Oils from your hands can damage the light brown area heating elements of the printhead Do not touch the light brown area when you handle the printhead assembly 4 Open the pivoting deck by rotating the deck lock l...

Page 313: ...e tabs a small amount to release the printhead assembly 7 Hold the printhead assembly by the printhead cover as it is released 8 Push the release tab down on the power supply cable assembly and remove the cable from the printhead assembly 9 Use the pull tab to remove the printhead controller cable assembly from the printhead assembly 10 Push the release tab down on the upper media sensor cable ass...

Page 314: ...d for smudges or fingerprints If necessary gently clean the light brown area with a soft lint free cloth or a cotton swab moistened with isopropyl alcohol or use a Cleaning Pen P N 203502 001 2 Install the ribbon and media e g paper label or tag stock material 3 Close the pivoting deck and rotate the deck lock lever fully counterclockwise Figure 8 4 Close the media cover 5 Plug the AC power cord i...

Page 315: ...latches on each side of the pivoting deck are locked 5 Verify that the ribbon and media are compatible incompatibility can cause extremely light printing Match the ribbon to the type of media being used 6 Check that the Print Intensity is correct Set the Print Intensity in the QUICK SETUP menu MEDIA CONTROL menu or via the host software 7 Check that the Label Width parameter value does not exceed ...

Page 316: ...the MEDIA CONTROL menu the printer may have falsely detected a gap hole or black mark and then clipped discarded the remaining printable data for the label To fix this a Perform Auto Calibrate See Running Auto Calibrate on page 78 b Decrease Gap Threshold value by 2 or 3 increments See Gap Mark Thresh on page 146 c Set Clip Page to Disable Set Label Length to correct physical length value See Clip...

Page 317: ...rify that the head pressure adjustment dial is properly set Try increasing the pressure 4 Verify that the Print Speed and Print Intensity values are correct Adjust Print Speed and Print Intensity in the QUICK SETUP menu MEDIA CONTROL menu or via host software Print is light on the left or right side of the label Check if the pressure blocks are set for the width of the media being used Set each bl...

Page 318: ... amplitude approaching the Gap Mark Threshold level position the lower media sensor to avoid the image or increase the Threshold Range percent value in the Calibrate CTRL menu Run Auto Calibrate again and Media Profile to verify there is an improvement Loss of one or more serialized labels within a print job Start of image is printed in the middle of the gap The top part of the image is lost when ...

Page 319: ...th or remove a few feet of labels to expose a clean area Handle labels by the edges 6 Check that the media has not been mishandled before or during installation in the printer Soiled media or media with fingerprints will prevent proper ribbon transfer 7 Check that media has not been installed inside out Surfaces on both sides may look identical but can produce big differences in print quality 8 Ma...

Page 320: ...ing sensed 6 Run Manual Calibrate See Running Manual Calibrate on page 81 Pivoting deck is difficult to close and lock when heavy tag stock media is installed 1 Set the printhead pressure adjustment dial to the MIN position 2 Close the pivoting deck and lock the deck lock lever 3 Position the printhead pressure adjustment dial to the desired head pressure setting Print is too small or too large En...

Page 321: ...ween the bottom of a label and the top of the next label is at least 0 100 inch Use only labels and tag stock approved for this printer 3 Inspect for a jammed label Remove the jammed label 4 Check that the transfer ribbon and label stock are routed correctly Narrow width ribbon breaks frequently The Ribbon Width value in the MEDIA CONTROL menu is set too large which causes too great a ribbon take ...

Page 322: ...d fault press the PAUSE key to clear the error message and status indicator and resume printing If the fault message reappears power off the printer and wait 15 seconds before powering on the printer again If the error condition persists contact your authorized service representative Fault Messages Requiring Field Service Attention If a fault is not correctable by the operator the fault message is...

Page 323: ...printer address is correct 27 CU TIMED OUT Yes Controller Unit Timed Out the printer was not enabled for one minute or more on a coax interface Check the cable connection and host system Refer to the line problem determination procedures as recommended by the host system 28 CU NOT ENAB Yes Controller Unit Not Enabled Poll time out error The printer was not polled for one minute across a coax inter...

Page 324: ...ault detection is only supported when the ICP Intelligent Control Panel option is connected to the printer serial port and Battery Monitor Enable in the BATTERY CONTROL menu 1 Raise the value in the High Volt Alert option in the BATTERY CONTROL menu 2 If High Volt Alert 16 0 Volts and the fault message remains call your authorized service center BATT LOW VOLT Yes This is the Low Volt Alert that ca...

Page 325: ...ONTROL menu 2 Enable Cal in Peel Mode in the CALIBRATE CTRL menu NOTE Admin User must Enable Checksum Failure Yes The validator detected that the barcode fails checksum or is missing the checksum digit Verify that the checksum digit exists in the barcode and that it is the correct value CLEARING PROGRAM FROM FLASH Yes Emulation software successfully loaded into printer RAM and the checksum matched...

Page 326: ...tor option installed NOTE Many software builds contain updates to the Validator option No action required NOTE The validator software update can be verified in the F W Revision menu option of the VALIDATOR menu Shown as Example X326 E NET INIT Yes Ethernet is initializing No action required E NET READY Yes Ethernet has finished initializing No action required E NET RESET Yes Ethernet interface is ...

Page 327: ...he printer requires more flash memory in order to run the downloaded program Power off the printer for 15 seconds then power back on If the problem persists contact your authorized customer service representative ERROR PROGRAM NOT COMPATIBLE Yes The printer is not compatible with the downloaded program Power off the printer for 15 seconds then power back on If the problem persists contact your aut...

Page 328: ...EXISTS Enable Overwrite Yes The printer operator tried to save a file using the name of an existing stored file Enter the PRINTER CONTROL menu and enable the Overwrite Files feature to overwrite the existing file FILE SYS FULL Add Flash Yes No Insufficient flash memory available to store file Install a larger flash memory SIMM For additional flash contact your authorized service representative FIL...

Page 329: ...reshold and or Paper Out Threshold values GRF CHK ERROR PRESS PAUSE Yes In the CT emulation over a twinax interface the printer received a non printable character Press the PAUSE key twice Half Speed Mode Yes The printhead or power supply is approaching a hot state Half Speed Mode helps the cooling process and should permit completion of print jobs Half Speed Mode helps prevent a PRINT HEAD HOT or...

Page 330: ...oting deck and remove wrapped labels from the platen Clean all adhesive from the platen Reinstall labels close the deck press the PAUSE key and continue printing 4 Select the correct Media Handling mode in the QUICK SETUP menu LOADING PROGRAM FROM PORT XX Yes The new emulation program is loading into printer RAM XX indicates how much of the program has loaded No action required LOADING PROGRAM INT...

Page 331: ... out of memory and will not save that or subsequent configurations Previously saved configurations are still okay 3 Limit the number of saved configurations to seven OPTION NOT INSTALLED Yes If the printer is powered on with the cutter enabled in the Media Handling menu but the cutter itself is open in the down position or the cutter upper enclosure is removed the printer cannot detect the cutter ...

Page 332: ...too low Lower the Gap Mark Threshold or raise the Paper Out Threshold value 4 If using media with no gaps or black marks perform Auto Calibrate to establish a valid Paper Out Threshold 5 If the printer detected a false PAPER OUT when changing from Advanced Gap or Advanced Notch to Gap or Mark sensing or vice versa press the PAUSE key and run Auto Calibrate PAPER OUT TIMEOUT Yes In the CT emulation...

Page 333: ...educe print intensity 3 If problem persists contact your authorized service representative PRINT HEAD UP Close Print Head Yes Printhead is not closed and completely latched Close and latch the printhead pivoting deck PRINTER HOT See Manual Yes No The printer has detected higher than usual temperatures on the controller PCBA 1 Determine that the fan is operating and that all air vents are unobstruc...

Page 334: ...inter by the Label Taken Sensor This is the normal reminder message when Peel Off or Tear Off Media Handling has been selected A label was removed but the Remove Label message remained The incorrect Media Handling mode was selected 1 Remove the label from the front of the printer to allow the next label to print 2 Verify that a front door assembly is installed on the printer and that it is properl...

Page 335: ... is getting low 2 If there is a large amount of ribbon still on the supply spool then the Ribbon Low message is being displayed falsely 1 Replace ribbon 2 Disable Ribbon Low in the MEDIA CONTROL menu RIBBON OUT Load Ribbon Yes 1 The ribbon supply spool is empty 2 The ribbon has broken 1 Replace ribbon 2 Reinstall ribbon SECURITY CODE VIOLATION Yes The software being used is not correct for the pri...

Page 336: ...code Check the paper and ribbon for cleanliness wrinkles etc or an obstructed validator beam If there is no validator beam at all or if the LED is not flashing as barcodes pass through the validator beam recycle validator power If the problem persists contact your service representative Validator not communicating Yes The Validator Funct Enable in the VALIDATOR menu but when the printer was first ...

Page 337: ...eed ips 8 8 6 Max Slew Speed ips 8 8 6 Max Print Width in 4 1 104 1 mm 6 6 167 6 mm 8 5 215 9 mm Flash Memory MB Standard 8 8 8 Flash Memory MB Maximum 16 16 16 DRAM MB Standard Max 32 32 32 Max Print Length in at max width std DRAM 1 2 97 2464 mm 62 1575 mm 48 1219 mm Max Print Length in at max width std MB DRAM 2 99 2515 mm 99 2515 mm 99 2515 mm NOTES 1 These figures are approximate and depend u...

Page 338: ...sembly detects die cut labels on liner media and notches and holes in tag stock When set to Mark it senses a black mark on the underside of tag or label stock When set to Advanced Gap it detects liner gaps between die cut labels with a dark background When set to Advanced Notch it detects notches or holes that interrupt a dark or black area on the underside of the media When set to Disable it sens...

Page 339: ... Height 0 10 in 2 54 mm 0 10 in 2 54 mm 0 10 in 2 54 mm K Min Refl Mark Height 0 10 in 2 54 mm 0 10 in 2 54 mm 0 10 in 2 54 mm I Min Refl Mark Width 0 5 in 12 7 mm 0 5 in 12 7 mm 0 5 in 12 7 mm E Media Thickness Range 0025 010 in 0635 254 mm 0025 010 in 0635 254 mm 0025 010 in 0635 254 mm G Width of Inter label gap hole 0 25 0 50 in 6 35 12 7 mm 0 25 0 50 in 6 35 12 7 mm 0 25 0 50 in 6 35 12 7 mm ...

Page 340: ... 3 60 in Table 22 Indicators and Switches Indicator Lights ONLINE Job In Process Switches POWER Keys PAUSE JOB SELECT Decrement FEED Up TEST PRINT Menu Cancel Down Enter Message Display 2 row 16 characters per row for error messages print status and recalling stored formats Table 23 Memory Specifications Flash Memory standard 8MB SIMM plugged into Controller PCBA Flash Memory optional 16MB SIMM pl...

Page 341: ...er Media Length Range 1 00 to 99 in 25 4 to 2515 mm Table 25 Host Interface Characteristics 1 Serial RS 232 or RS 422 at 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 or 115200 baud 2 Parallel Centronics compatible or IEEE 1284 bi directional The RS 232 and optional RS 422 host interfaces shall have the following characteristics Character Set ANSI ASCII character set Word Length Selectable 7 bit or 8 ...

Page 342: ...tar Power Saver Mode 24 Watts 24 Watts 24 Watts 24 Watts 24 Watts 24 Watts Standby 50 Watts 50 Watts 50 Watts 50 Watts 50 Watts 50 Watts 25 Print Density 142 Watts 143 Watts 205 Watts 175 Watts 213 Watts 212 Watts 50 Print Density 234 Watts 235 Watts 360 Watts 300 Watts 375 Watts 373 Watts Table 28 Environmental Information Operating Temperature 41 F to 104 F 5 C to 40 C Storage Temperature 40 F t...

Page 343: ...ust be rebooted for it to take effect Also be aware that a maximum page length is based on the ability of the printer to reserve at least one page at the specified length However the printer needs two pages to achieve full throughput Therefore maximum page lengths less than 99 inches should be divided in half when considering throughput Maximum page lengths at 99 inches can achieve full throughput...

Page 344: ...344 Appendix A ...

Page 345: ...an authorized service representative at a later date Once installed the printer can be configured to automatically cut media after each or a specified number of labels is printed A Heavy Duty 4 6 and 8 inch cutter models are available See Appendix A for details Media Cutter Tray This option is used exclusively with the media cutter option to collect cut labels or tag stock This option can be field...

Page 346: ...ut expensive cabling and reconfigurations required from a wired network The remote management software a powerful printer management tool is standard with the Wireless Ethernet IPDS for Use with Twinax Host Interface This option supports the Intelligent Printer Data Stream IPDS language to allow direct connection of the printer to an IBM host computer that uses the twinax data interface The printe...

Page 347: ... installed option RS 422 An optional serial interface that enables the printer to operate with bit serial devices that are compatible with an RS232 controller Ordering Supplies And Accessories To order consumables including thermal ribbons printheads and cleaning pens refer to the following North America 888 IBM PRINT 888 426 7746 Asia Pacific Australia 132 426 Bangladesh 65 320 1631 Brunei 65 320...

Page 348: ...0 2756 within the Netherlands call 043 350 2765 Call toll free Belgium 0800 71950 Denmark 800 15534 Finland 08001 13110 France 0800 905 5871 Germany 0800 18 18 005 Italy 800 820094 Norway 800 11389 Spain 900 983131 Sweden 0207 94270 UK 0800 968679 Priority Fulfillment Service PFS 500 North Central Expressway Plano TX 75074 Fax 972 881 9201 ...

Page 349: ...ier for more details Media Cutter Heavy Duty 4 6 and 8 inch Media Cutter Tray used with a Media Cutter option Coax Twinax Host Interface Ethernet Interface Card Online Barcode Validator Memory Expansion 16 MB Flash SIMM Wireless Ethernet Internal Rewind Kit Ethernet 10 100 Base T Internal Maintenance Manual Infoprint 6700 Series Thermal Printer ASCII LP Programmer s Reference Manual Infoprint 6700...

Page 350: ...350 Appendix B Ordering Supplies And Accessories ...

Page 351: ... 11 0B 43 2B K 75 4B k 107 6B FF 12 0C 44 2C L 76 4C l 108 6C CR 13 0D 45 2D M 77 4D m 109 6D SO 14 0E 46 2E N 78 4E n 110 6E SI 15 0F 47 2F O 79 4F o 111 6F DLE 16 10 0 48 30 P 80 50 p 112 70 DC1 17 11 1 49 31 Q 81 51 q 113 71 DC2 18 12 2 50 32 R 82 52 r 114 72 DC3 19 13 3 51 33 S 83 53 s 115 73 DC4 20 14 4 52 34 T 84 54 t 116 74 NAK 21 15 5 53 35 U 85 55 u 117 75 SYN 22 16 6 54 36 V 86 56 v 118 ...

Page 352: ...2 Appendix C NOTE For the hardware handshake XON XOFF commands XON Ctrl Q DC1 XOFF Ctrl S DC3 RS 30 1E 62 3E 94 5E 126 7E US 31 1F 63 3F _ 95 5F 127 7F Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex ...

Page 353: ...ar door by pulling it upward then forward 3 Using the appropriate metric hex key remove the two screws attaching the peel tear assembly to the lower support assembly NOTE Keep the two screws you have removed you will use them to attach the cutter assembly to the lower support assembly Screw 2 Peel Tear Assembly Lower Support Assembly Peel Tear Door ...

Page 354: ... sharp Keep your fingers away from the cutter blades 3 Place the cutter assembly in position 4 Install the two screws using the appropriate metric hex key 5 Place the cutter assembly into the up closed position NOTE The printer cannot detect the presence of the cutter unless the cutter is in the up closed position and the cutter top cover is installed when the printer is powered on Screw 2 Cutter ...

Page 355: ...ess to select Cut An asterisk displays next to Cut 12 Press until Cutter Type displays 13 Press or until Heavy Duty displays 14 Press to select Heavy Duty An asterisk displays next to Heavy Duty 15 Relock the key by pressing and at the same time then press PAUSE to put the printer back online 16 If the bar code validator is installed adjust the validator beam See the Online Data Validator User s M...

Page 356: ...sembly to the down open position 3 Using the appropriate metric hex key remove the two screws securing the cutter bracket to the lower support assembly 4 Unplug the RJ 11 connector from the RJ 11 receptacle 5 Remove the media cutter from the printer 6 Install the front door assembly on the printer lower support assembly ...

Page 357: ...e slots in the cutter tray base 2 Push the flanges into the slots then push the cutter tray bin downward to secure it 3 Attach the cutter tray bin in a position so that the labels will not interfere with cutter operation For longer labels attach the cutter tray bin to a lower position for shorter labels attach it to a higher position Cutter Tray Bin Flanges 4 Slots Cutter Tray Base ...

Page 358: ...edia Cutter Tray Figure 2 Placing the Media Tray Cutter in Position 1 Position the output area of the printer adjacent to the edge of the supporting table or stand 2 Open the media cover and slide the lip of the media cutter tray over the lip of the printer base pan ...

Page 359: ...359 Figure 3 Installing the Media Cutter Tray 3 Rotate the media cutter tray into position with the tray resting against the table 4 Close the media cover ...

Page 360: ...360 Appendix E Installing The Media Cutter Tray ...

Page 361: ...guration Refers to the operating properties that define how the printer responds to signals and commands received from the host computer at the printer interface These properties are called configuration parameters and are set to match the operating characteristics of the host computer system Continuous Media Media comprised of one continuous length without a gap notch hole or black mark to establ...

Page 362: ...head to the media to create an image The thermal printhead selectively heats small rectangular elements which make direct contact with the coated media DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory Can be read from or written to at any time DRAM is volatile whatever is in DRAM is lost when power is turned off EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Programs instructions and routines permanently stored in...

Page 363: ...the front of the printer The sensor is used only during Peel Off and Tear Off Media Handling to sense a label and then detect its removal prior to printing the next label Media Material onto which data is printed by the printer The types of media supported by the printer are die cut labels or tag stock supplied in roll or fanfold format Media is further described by the type of sensing used to det...

Page 364: ... receiving data from or transmitting data to one or more external devices Protocol The rules and conventions that govern communication between a printer and a host computer A protocol includes codes for printing text and graphics and codes instructing the printer to perform special operations RAM Random Access Memory Also called main memory or working memory It is the active memory of the printer ...

Page 365: ... In Thermal Transfer mode compatibility between the ribbon and the media is critical in producing a high quality long lasting image Thermal Transfer Printing A printing method in which the printhead presses a specially coated ribbon against the media The printhead elements react with the ribbon and bond the image to the media Transmissive Sensing Use of the upper media sensor to transmit infrared ...

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Page 367: ...ion 156 Alarm printer 322 Alt Char Set option 202 Alt Set 80 9F option Coax Twinax TN3270 TN5250 203 Alt Set 80 9F option P Series Serial Matrix Epson FX 202 Ambient light Validator failure fault message 324 Amp Hour Used option 289 Ant Diversity option 281 Append Rotated option 203 ASCII Data Port option 270 Auth Method option 281 286 Auto Calibrate option 120 145 Auto calibrate running 78 Auto F...

Page 368: ... fault message 325 Cancel IGP DCU option 206 Cancel Key option 157 CANNOT CALIBRATE Disable Peel Off fault message 325 Centronics acknowledge signal 299 busy signal 299 data lines 1 through 8 signals 299 data strobe signal 299 interface signals 299 online signal 299 Paper Empty signal 299 Paper Instruction PI signal 299 parallel interface 298 pin assignments 298 Change Case option 206 Changing pri...

Page 369: ...4 Current Draw option 289 Cut media handling 44 CUTTER FAULT Check Cutter fault message 325 D Dark background labels with gaps 75 Dark background media with notches or holes 76 Data Bit 8 option 214 253 Data Carrier Detect DCD signal RS 232 serial interface 303 Data exchange 308 Data lines 1 through 8 signal Centronics parallel interface 299 Data Polarity option 255 Data Protocol option 258 Data S...

Page 370: ... message 327 ERROR FLASH DID NOT PROGRAM fault message 327 ERROR IPDS needs 300 DPI Head fault message 327 Error Markers option 217 Error Msgs option 217 ERROR NO DRAM DETECTED fault message 327 ERROR OCCURRED FLUSHING QUEUES fault message 328 ERROR PROGRAM NEEDS MORE DRAM fault message 327 ERROR PROGRAM NEEDS MORE FLASH fault message 327 ERROR PROGRAM NOT COMPATIBLE fault message 327 ERROR PROGRA...

Page 371: ...RROR NO DRAM DETECTED 327 ERROR OCCURRED FLUSHING QUEUES 328 ERROR PROGRAM NEEDS MORE DRAM 327 ERROR PROGRAM NEEDS MORE FLASH 327 ERROR PROGRAM NOT COMPATIBLE 327 ERROR PROGRAM NOT VALID 327 ERROR SECURITY PAL NOT DETECTED 327 ERROR SHORT AT ADDRESS XXXX 327 ERROR WRITING TO FLASH 327 ERROR WRONG CHECKSUM 328 FAN WARNING 328 FILE EXISTS Enable Overwrite 328 FILE SYS INVALID Optimize Reboot 328 FIL...

Page 372: ...ption 219 FF valid at TOF option 220 FF Validity option 220 FILE EXISTS Enable Overwrite fault message 328 FILE SYS INVALID Optimize Reboot fault message 328 FILE SYS WRITE Check Flash fault message 328 FILE SYSTEM FULL Add Flash fault message 328 FILE SYSTEM FULL Delete Files fault message 328 FILE SYSTEM FULL Optimize Reboot fault message 328 Flash Avail option 157 FLASH Installed option 250 Fon...

Page 373: ... Text option 227 IGP PGL ERROR fault message 329 IGP PGL SETUP menu 184 IGP VGL SETUP menu 187 IGP100 Compatibl option 228 Improving processing time 308 INCOMPATIBLE WITH CUTTER fault message 330 Indicators 39 Indicators and switches 340 Installing the media guide 61 Installing the printer 34 INSUFFICIENT RAM Reboot Add RAM fault message 330 Interface options 346 Interfaces 297 Centronics parallel...

Page 374: ... LOADING PROGRAM FROM PORT XX fault message 330 LOADING PROGRAMINTO FLASH fault message 330 Loading ribbon 44 57 Logical Buf Size option 230 Low Volt Alert option 290 Low Volt Fault option 290 LP Emulation option 153 LPI option 230 M MAC Address option 268 274 Main configuration menu 102 Manual Calibrate option 147 Manual calibrate running 81 Manual conventions 26 Mark 77 Max Cache Memory option 1...

Page 375: ... option 162 OCR B Chars option 162 Offline mode 43 Offline Processing option 255 271 Offpage Errors option 231 One Char Enquiry option 262 Online Auto Cal option 148 Online barcode validator 29 Online data validator 345 Online mode 43 Online signal Centronics parallel interface 299 Online Status indicator 39 Operating modes 43 Operation Mode option 280 Optimize Reboot option 157 Optimized Ratio op...

Page 376: ...wer on IGP PGL option 233 Power On Reset option 264 POWER SAVER MODE fault message 333 Power Saver Time option 155 Power source and grounding 342 Power switch 39 Powering on the printer 43 Power on 43 Power up F option 233 Power up PY option 233 Power up X option 233 Power Up Config option 121 123 Power up configuration specifying 91 Power up State option 157 PPI TGL 28 PPI ZGL 28 Preamble option ...

Page 377: ...enu 193 PSeries Dbl High option 235 P SERIES SETUP menu 190 Ptr Media Dist option 250 Ptr On Time option 250 Ptx Setup Parse option 159 Ptx Setup SFCC option 157 Pwr Save Control option 155 PWR SUPPLY HOT fault message 333 Pwr Up Auto Cal option 148 Q QUICK SETUP menu 113 submenus 114 R Rbn Takeup Full option 141 RBN TAKEUP FULL Remove Used Rbn fault message 334 REACTIVATING HOST SERIAL fault mess...

Page 378: ... 303 Transmitted Data TD 303 RS 422 option 347 RS 422 serial interface received data RD 304 transmitted data TD 304 Running auto calibrate 78 Running manual calibrate 81 Running media profile 80 S Save Char to Fls option 156 Save Config option 121 123 Save Set to Flsh option 156 Saving new configurations 90 Scalable Size option 237 SCS Buffer Cntrl option 237 SECURITY CODE VIOLATION fault message ...

Page 379: ...6 SSID Name option 280 Standard C T Interface 163 Standard Chars option 161 Standard features 27 Standard host interfaces 297 Standard Sets option 241 Status and Display Indicators matrix 40 Status indicators 40 Stop Bits option 257 Subnet Mask option 268 273 Supplies 347 T Tall Characters option 162 Tckt Life SEC option 285 Tckt Life Units option 285 Tear Off strip media handling 43 Tear Off medi...

Page 380: ...able Code Check media fault message 336 UPC Descenders option PGL 244 UPC Descenders option VGL 244 Upr Case Select option 245 USB 304 USB PORT 265 Use Label Length option 150 User Def Ratio option 245 User Defined St1 Start Code 1 option 245 User Defined St2 Start Code 2 option 245 User Defined Stp Stop Code option 245 Using downloaded true type fonts 295 Using the internal rewinder 60 V Validato...

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