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Appendix 2 Media Speci

ﬁ

cations

Thermal Transfer Media

Intermecoffers

stock

labelsforthermaltransferprintin

gina
widerangeofqualitygrades.
·

Uncoatedpapers

foreconomicalhigh-volumeprintingtobe

usedwithGP/TMX1500ribbons.Examples:
-TTRUncoated

Coatedpapers

withvariouscoat-weight,smoothness,and

glosstobeusedwithHP/TMX2500andGP/TMX1500
ribbons.Examples:
-TTRCoated-DuratranII
-TTRPremium-DuratranIITag
-TTRPremiumBoard

Polyethyleneplastics

withbetterresistancetowaterand

many

commonchemicalsthanuncoatedandcoatedpapers.They
canbeuseoutdoorsandoffergoodtearresistance.Mosto
ften
usedwithHP/TMX2500ribbons.Examples:
-TTRPolyethylene-Kimdura
-TTRGlossPolyethylene-KimduraTag

-Syntran

Polyesters

givehighresistancetochemicals,heat,and

mechanicalabrasionwithHR/TMX3200ribbons.Examples
:
-TTRHighGlossPolyester-Polyester

Summary of Contents for EasyCoder 501XP

Page 1: ...Intermec 条码打印机免费服务热线 400 1199 021 User s Guide EasyCoder 501 XP Bar Code Label Printer ...

Page 2: ...sCorp ThewordIntermec theIntermeclogo InterDriver PrintSet andDurather mare trademarksofIntermecTechnologiesCorp CentronicsisaregisteredtrademarkofGenicomCorporation KimduraisaregisteredtrademarkofKimberlyClark MicrosoftisaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation TorxisaregisteredtrademarkofCamcarDivisionofTextronInc TrueDocisaregisteredtrademarkofBitstream Inc TrueTypeisatrademarkofAppleComputer...

Page 3: ...Preface Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Installation 3 Starting Up 4 Media Load 5 Thermal Transfer Printing 6 Setting Up the Printer ...

Page 4: ...13 Computer 13 ControlsandIndicators 14 ControlLamps 14 Display 14 Keyboard 14 Beeper 15 StartupFiles 16 MemoryCards 17 SwitchingOnthePrinter 18 DisplayMessagesatStartup 1 8 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 5: ...Preface Contents cont 6 Setting Up the Printer cont ...

Page 6: ...Type 53 Contrast 57 Testfeed 57 PrintDe ﬁ 7 Setup Mode NavigatinginSetupMode 61 SetupModeOverviews 62 8 Intermec Shell Startup ProgramIntroduction 67 StartingwithIntermecShell 68 IntermecShellv4 8Diagram 71 LineAnalyzer 72 9 Options 2 ...

Page 7: ...76 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 8: ...Preface Contents cont 9 Options cont 10 Troubleshooting 11 Maintenance 12 Adjustments Appendix 1 Appendix 2 ...

Page 9: ... Appendix 3 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 10: ...islikelytocauseinterferenceinwhichcasetheuserathisownexpen sewillbe requiredtotakewhatevermeasuresmayberequiredtocorrecttheinterference DOC Notice Canada Canadian Dept of Communication REGULATIONS COMPLIANCE DOC A ThisdigitalapparatusdoesnotexceedtheclassAlimitsforradionoiseemissionsfrom adigital apparatusassetoutintheradiointerferenceregulationsoftheCanadianDepartmento fCommu nication Ministère d...

Page 11: ...Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 12: ...rmitywiththefollowingstandar ds Electrical Safety EN 60950 EMC Emissions EN 50081 1 92 EN 55022 94 EN 61000 3 2 95 EMC Immunity EN 50082 2 95 EN 61000 4 2 95 EN 61000 4 3 96 ENV 50204 95 EN 61000 4 4 95 EN 61000 4 6 96 followingtheprovisionsofDirectives 89 336 EECand 73 23 EEC Mölndal1998 09 01 MatsGunnarsson President 1 printerishandled modi ﬁ ed orinstalledinothermannersthanthosedescribedin Inte...

Page 13: ...Guide ...

Page 14: ...Chapter 1 Introduction EasyCoder 501 XP 6 ...

Page 15: ...syou todesignlabelsusingstandardPCapplications forexample MicrosoftOfﬁce TheEasyCoder501XPsupports15scaleableUnicodeTrueType andTrueDocfontsasstandard Additionalfontscanbedown loadedintotheprinter sFlashmemory orbepluggedinusing amemorycard TheUnicodestandardallowstheuseofspecial charactersforvariouslanguagesincludingnon Latinfonts such asCyrillic Chinese Japanese Korean Hebrew andsimilar Intermec...

Page 16: ...adthismanualc arefullybeforec onnectingthepri nter Movingpartsaree xposedwhenthesi dedoorisopen so ensurethatthe coversareclos edbeforeyouop eratetheprint er Donotopenthefro nt left handcov er Dangerousvol tage Donotremovethel eft handcover D angerousvoltage Donotputyourﬁ ngersinsidethep rintmechanismwh en thepowerison Placetheprinter onanevensurface whichcansupport its weightofappro ximately13kg ...

Page 17: ...emovethe printerorprotectitcarefullyfromsprayandmoisture Carefullyreadthewarningtextontheenvelopebeforeusing acleaningcard Themachinelabelisattachedtotheprinter srearplateand containsinforma tionontype mode l andserialnumb eraswellas ACvoltage Itals ocontainsvariou ssignsofapprova l Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 7 ...

Page 18: ...Chapter 2 Installation Unpacking ...

Page 19: ...ndquantitymay Hz European type 230VACplug Iftheprinterhasbeendamagedinanywayduringtransporta tion complaintothecarrierimmediately 1 vary orlabels ribbonmaybe omittedcompletely depend ingonareaofdistribution 8 ...

Page 20: ...thevarious partsontheprin ter sfront Control Lamps Display Window Keyboard Connector for optional paper cutter Not used in this printer model Print Unit Front Door RefertoChapter9 Options forinformationonpossibleoptional devicesﬁttedontheprinter sfront Intermec EasyCod er 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 21: ...9 ...

Page 22: ...ectorsandslots Provision for optional Interface Boards Bar Code Wand Connector On Off Switch Not used AC Power Cord Receptacle RS 232 Serial Interface Connector uart1 Upper External Media Intake Centronics Parallel Interface Memory Card Slot Machine Label Lower External Media Intake Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 23: ...anbe opened180 orberemovedcompletelybypushingitrearwards Ribbon Rewind Hub Ribbon Supply Hub Media Supply Hub N T E A R va t o e s gl y p r e li fe h ig n s th s r to p p id e d T h e e p r i n ty of t y of en d e d p r q u a li q u a l i co m m e n fo r I re o n l y Slack Absorber RefertoChapter 9 Options forinformation onpossibleopti onal ...

Page 24: ...devicesﬁttedinsidetheprinter smediacompartment Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 11 ...

Page 25: ...er mm 300dots per inch thermalprintheadwithquick mountﬁt tingstofacilitatereplacement Pressure Arm Locking Knob Printhead Pressure Adjustment Knob Edge Guide Pressure Arm Thermal Printhead Tear Bar Upper Label Stop Sensor Guide 12 removable Lower Label Stop Sensor Guide removable ...

Page 26: ...thepri ntertolo admedia to loadribb on andto removeth eprintou t 2Checkthat theprinter isswitched off 3Connectth epowercord totherecep tacleonthe rearplatea nd toanelec tricalou tlet 90 to 264VA C TheEasycod er501XPisﬁ ttedwithon e36 pinfem aleCentron icsconnect orforthepa rallelinte rfaceporta nda25 pinD style subminiatu re DB 25 m ...

Page 27: ...alinterface you mayneedtosetupthecommunicationparameters suchas baudrate parityetc asdescribedinChapter6 SettingUp thePrinter OptionalInterfaceBoard Severaltypesareavailable seeChapter9 Options Refer toAppendix3andtheseparatedocumentationdeliveredwith theboardsforconnectionandsetupinstructions Theprintercanbesettoscanallcommunicationportsfor incomingdataandautomaticallyswitchtothatport Thisfacili ...

Page 28: ... and Indicators TheEasyCoder501XPhasseveralwaysofcommunicating directlywithitsoperator threecontrollamps adisplay window amembrane switchkeyboardwith23programmablekeys and abeeper Ready 8 5 F2 Pri nt Control Lamps Display Keyboard 14 ...

Page 29: ...indicates possibleerrorsd uringprinting TheIntermecFing erprintprogramm inglanguageandt he IntermecDirectP rotocolallowcus tom mademessage stobe composedanddisp layedaccordingtotherequirementsofthe application Thekeyboardisofmembrane switchtypeandhasaself adhesive overlaythateasilycanbereplacedforspecialapplications It has23keyswithhardcodedfunctionsinthestartupandsetup modes Inapplicationprograms...

Page 30: ... urred andacknowl edgesthata keyhasbeen pressed Th eIntermec Fingerprin tprogrammi nglanguage allowsthek eyacknowle dge signaltobe switchedof f Thefrequ encyanddur ationofthe signalcanb especi ﬁ ed Thus it ispossible creatediff erentsigna ls fordiffere ntconditio nsorevento makethepri nterplaysi mple melodies ...

Page 31: ...Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 15 ...

Page 32: ...Chapter 3 Starting Up Startup Files 16 ...

Page 33: ...ntheread onlypartofthe printer spermanentmemory device rom Ifyouinsertamemorycardthatcontainsastartupﬁlebefore youswitchontheprinter thisstartupﬁlewillbeusedinstead ofIntermecShell Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 34: ...ardoraFlashMe morycardfromIn termec Maximumsizeinb othcasesis64Mb it 8MB Therea rethree typesofFlashMe morycards FontCardsprovi deadditionalfo ntsthatcanbeus edaslongas thecardremai nsinsertedin theprinter FontInstallCar dspermanentlyi nstalladdition alfontsin theprinter w hichcanbeuse devenafterth ecardhasbeen removed FirmwareCardsa utomaticallyre placetheprinte r sﬁrmware usuallywitha nupdatedve...

Page 35: ...ksid e Important Alwaysswitchoffthepowerbeforeinsertingorremovinga memory card Themanufacturer slogotypeshouldfacerightwhenviewing thecardasintheillustrationabove Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 17 ...

Page 36: ... Messages at Startup Whenthepowerisswitchedon theprinterisinitialized T he progressoftheinitializationisindicatedbyanincreasi ngnumber ofcolonsonthelowerlineinthedisplay Initializing Thetypeofstartup ﬁ lerunningintheprinterisindicatedby themessageshowninthedisplaywindowimmediatelyafter initialization A Intermec Shell Startup Program standard printers ENTER SHELL 5 sec v 4 8 4 sec v 4 8 3 sec v 4 8...

Page 37: ...catethe version ofIntermecShell B Custom Made Application Program non standard printers Anyotherdisplaymessagesthanthoseillustratedabovein dicates thattheprinterisrunningsomecustom made non standar d applicationprogram orthatsomeerrorhasoccurred 18 ...

Page 38: ...eofmedia Whenswitchingtoanewtypeofmedia orif theprinterdoesnotfeedoutthemediaproperly simultane ously pressthe Shift and Feed keystoperforma testfeed Tear offcanbeusedfor Non adhesivecontinuousstock Self adhesivecontinuousstockwithliner Self adhesivelabelswithliner Ticketswithgaps withorwithoutperforations Ticketswithblackmarks withorwithoutperforations Anoptionallabeltakensensorcanholdtheprinting...

Page 39: ...2 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position 19 ...

Page 40: ...omthemediasupp 4a mm 38 40 1 5 Fitanewrollofmediaonthemediasupp 4b mm 76 3 Incaseofmediarollwitha76mm 3 inc 5 Routethemediaunderneaththeslacka Chapter 4 Media Load Tear Off cont 20 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 41: ...d 6 Routethemediathroughtheprintunitandpushit inwardsasfarasitwillgo 8 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Closed position Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 7 Thisd iagra mshow sthem ediap ath 9 Adjustthep ositionoft hegreenedg eguidesoth ...

Page 42: ...e mediaisguidedwithaminimumofplay 21 ...

Page 43: ...Chapter 4 Media Load Tear Off cont 10 Clos ethe fron tand righ t ha nddo ors 12 Totearoff themedia grabtheouteredgeandpull downwards 22 ...

Page 44: ...11 Feed PresstheFeedkey toadvancethemed iaandadjust the med iaf eed Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 45: ...tingusingan optionalpaperc utter Usethe Feed ke y see ﬁ gure 14 whenlo adingthesamety pe ofmediaasbefor e Whenswitchin gtoanewtypeofm edia orif theprinterdoes notfeedoutthem ediaproperly s imultaneously pressthe Shift and Feed keys toperforma testfeed Cut offcanbeus edfor Non adhesiveco ntinuousstock Self adhesivel abelswithliner Notethatthec uttermustnot cutthroughth elabels onlythe liner ...

Page 46: ...tperforations WARNING Therotatingcuttingbladecanbeaccidentlyactivatedwhenthe cutterisopened Toavoidanyriskofinjurytoﬁngers always switchoffthepo werbeforeloadi ngmediaand orr ibbonina cutter equippe dprinter 2 SwitchoffthepowerusingtheOn Offswitchon theprinter srearplate Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Openthecutteru nitandtheright handdoor ...

Page 47: ...headliftleverto 4 Removeanycorefromthemediasupp 5a mm 38 40 1 5 Fitanewrollofmediaonthemediasupp 5b mm 76 3 Incaseofmediarollwitha76mm 3 inc Chapter 4 Media Load Cut Off cont 24 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 48: ...Routethemediaunderneaththeslacka 7 Routethemediathroughtheprintunit 8 Thisdiagramshowsthemediapat 9 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Cut Off cont Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 4 Media Load 25 ...

Page 49: ...er I re c o n l AdjustthepositionofthegreenedgeguidesotheRoutethemediathroughthecutterbetw eenthe mediai sguide dwitha minimu mofpla y 12 13 O FF T P R rm a tr n s f r m a rm a ea d t h e lit y o f m e fo r er I re c o n l ClosethecutterunitwhilepullingattheendoftheSwitchonthepowerusingtheOn Offs ...

Page 50: ...witchon 26 media Closetheright handdoor ...

Page 51: ...Cut Off cont 14 Feed PresstheFeedkeytoadvancethemediaandadjust themediafeed Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 4 Media Load 27 ...

Page 52: ...unit onwhichthe liner iswoundupafterthelabelshavebeenprintedanddispensed Thisisalsoknownas Self strip operation Usethe Feed key seeﬁgure 15 whenloadingthesametype ofmediaasbefore Whenswitchingtoanewtypeofmedia ori f theprinterdoesnotfeedoutthemediaproperly simultane ously pressthe Shift and Feed keystoperforma testfeed Peel offcanbeusedfor Self adhesivelabelsﬁttedonliner Anoptionallabeltakensensor...

Page 53: ...Openthefrontand right handdoors 2 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 54: ...p 1 ontheliner takeuphub 4 Removeanycorefromthemediasupp 5a mm 38 40 1 5 Fitanewmediarollonthemediasupply 5b mm 76 3 Incaseofmediarollwitha76mm 3 inc Peel Off cont Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 4 Media Load 29 ...

Page 55: ...and forwardtowardstheprintunit TheslackabsorberRoutethemediathroughtheprintuni tandpushit 8 canberotatedforbetteraccess r FF TEA PR e d t u s e t h e a er m ti n Pulloutapproximately40cm 15inches oflabelsRoutethelineraroundthetearbarand backunder 30 andremovethelabelsfromtheliner ...

Page 56: ...10 1 11 Thisdiagramshowsthepathsofthelab 12 Turntheprintheadliftleverto 13 Adjustthepositionofthegreenedgeg Peel Off cont Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 4 Media Load 31 ...

Page 57: ...Chapter 4 Media Load Peel Off cont 14 32 Closethefrontandright handdoors ...

Page 58: ...nually Thisrequiresanoptionalinternalline r batch takeupunit Thetakeuphubcanaccommodate1 4to1 3ofafull sizemedia roll Usethe Feed key seeﬁgure 16 whenloadingthesametype ofmediaasbefore Whenswitchingtoanewtypeofmedia ori f theprinterdoesnotfeedoutthemediaproperly simultane ously pressthe Shift and Feed keystoperforma testfeed Internalbatchtakeupcanbeusedfor Self adhesivelabelsﬁttedonliner Preperfor...

Page 59: ...2 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position 33 ...

Page 60: ...nt 3 Removea nycoref romthem ediasup plyhub 5 4 Loosenthesinglescrewthatholdstheguideplateat therearofthemediacompartment 6a mm 1 5 RemovethetearbarfromtheprintunitandreplaceFitanewmediarollonthemediasupply huband pushtherollinwardsasfarasitwillgo ...

Page 61: ...itwiththeguideplat e 34 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 62: ...Incaseofmediarollwitha76mm 3 inch core forwardtowardstheprintunit Theslack absorber ﬁrstﬁtanadapteronthemediasupplyhub 8 9 canberotatedfo rbetteraccess 40 cm Routethemediathroughtheprintunitandpushit inwardsasfarasitwillgo Pulloutapproximately40cm 15inches oflabels Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 35 ...

Page 63: ...tch Takeup cont 10 11 1 2 OFF T r ri b l d th Th e p r i n o f th o f p r en d d p r o v RoutethelabelsaroundtheguideplateandbackWindupsomeofthemediaonthetakeuphub and 12 36 undertheprintunittothetakeuphub Thisdiagramshowsthemediapath ...

Page 64: ...m a l tr a an d a d s to e ea d th e li t y o f m e fo r er I re c o n l AdjustthepositionofthegreenedgeguidesotheClosetheright handdoorbutkeepthef rontdoor mediaisguidedwithaminimumofplay 16 Feed PresstheFeedkeytoadvancethemediaandadjust themediafeed Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 37 ...

Page 65: ...diausingadjustableguides Thekitcanb e ﬁttedtoeithertheupperorthelowerslotintherearplate Whenusinganexternalmediasupply takecaretoprotectth e mediafromdust dirt andotherforeignparticles thatca nimpair theprintoutqualityorcauseunneccessaryweartotheprin thead Dependingonbrandandquality alldirectthermalmediaar e moreorlesssensitivetoheat directsunlight moisture oil plasticizers fat andothersubstances ...

Page 66: ...Usetheupperslotintherearplatewhenthesupply isatthesamelevelastheprinterandwhenusingUsethelowerslotintherearplatewhent hesupply 38 peel offoperation ...

Page 67: ...ion theprintercanbe ﬁ 4 Theouterguideisadjustableformedi 5 Fitthefanfoldguideintheupperslot 6 Fitthefanfoldguideinthelowerslot External Supply cont Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 4 Media Load 39 ...

Page 68: ...Chapter 5 Thermal Transfer Printing Ribbon Load 1 ...

Page 69: ...Openthefrontandright handdoors ...

Page 70: ...ginalIntermecthe 5a 60 mm 2 3 1 Incaseofribbonupto60mm 2 3inches wide compresstheribbonsupplybobbinand 5b 88 90 mm 3 5 2 Incaseof88to90mm 3 5inches ribbo nwidth Ribbon Load cont Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 5 Thermal Transfer Printing 41 ...

Page 71: ...0mm 4 3inches ribbonwidth Presstheribbonrollontotheribbonsupplyb obbin compresstheribbonsupplybobbinandmoveitsoit 1 androutetheribbonthroughthepr intunit Pull 7 snapsintothe3 rdgroove Pressthecardboardcoreatthefrontendofthe ribbon Withoutreleasingtheribbon turntheprintheadliftontotherewindhub Duringprint ...

Page 72: ...ing bothhubs 42 leverto Closed positiontolocktheribbon ...

Page 73: ...ting 9 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position 11 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Closed position Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 10 Windupther ibbonuntil allofthetr ansparent leaderhasp assedthepr intheadand theribbon b e c o m e s t i g h t 12 ...

Page 74: ...Closethefrontandright handdoors 43 ...

Page 75: ...Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Description 44 ...

Page 76: ...romthehost SeetheIntermecFingerprintv7 61manuals Intermec Direct Protocol Usesetupstringstochangeindividualsetupparameters remotelyfromthehost SeetheIntermecDirectProtocolmanuals Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 77: ...up Theprinter sdefaultsetupislistedb elow Ser Com uart1 Baudrate Characterlength Parity Stopbits RTS CTS ENQ ACK XON XOFF datatohost XON XOFF datafromhost Newline Receivebuffer Transmitbuffer Feedadjust Startadjust Stopadjust Media X start Width ...

Page 78: ...150mm sec Reading the Current Setup Theprinter scurrentsetupvaluescanbereadfromtheprinter s displaywindowbybrowsingthroughtheSetupMode Youcanlisttheprinter scurrentsetupvaluesbyprintingtestlabel 5intheSetupModeorbyusingIntermecShell Thecurrentsetupvaluescanbesenttothehostviathe standardserialcommunicationchannelusingaSETUP WRITE uart1 statement seeIntermecFingerprintv7 61 Prog ram mer sReferenceMa...

Page 79: ...randpresentsadditional setsofcommunicationsetupmenusdependingontypeofcom munication refertodiagrams3 5inChapter7 SetupMode Theserialcommunicationparametershavenoeffectonparallelcom munications onEthernetcommunications orontheINandOUT portsontheoptionalIndustrialInterfaceBoard Fortheserialcommunicationchannel uart1 thefollowing parameterscanbeset Makesuretheymatchthesetupofthe connecteddeviceorvice...

Page 80: ...bleinvariouscombinationsofcharacterle ngthand characterset 7 8 CharactersASCII000to12 7decimal CharactersASCII000to25 5decimal default Parity Theparitydecideshowthe ﬁ rmwarewillcheckfortransmission errors Thereareﬁveoptions None default Even Odd Mark Space Stop Bits Thenumberofstopbitsspeciﬁeshowmanybitswilldeﬁnethe endofacharacter Therearetwooptions 1 default 2 Flow Control RTS CTS RTS CTSisaprot...

Page 81: ...eeXON XOFF CTShighindicatesthattheunittransmittingtheCTSsig nal isreadytoreceivedata CTSlowindicatesthattherecei ve bufferisfull seeXON XOFF Insomecomputerprograms forexampleMSWindowsTerminal RTS CTSisdesignated Hardware Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 47 ...

Page 82: ... 19dec beingtransmittedonthesamelineasthedata XO N XOFFcanbeenabled disabledseparatelyfordatareceiv ed fromthehostbytheprinter printersendsXON XOFF and fordatatransmittedtothehostfromtheprinter hostse nds XON XOFF XOFFissentfromtheprinterwhenitsreceivebufferis ﬁlledto75 andthetransmissionfromthehostisheld waitingforanXONcharacter Whenenoughdatahavebeen processedsothereceivebufferis ﬁ lledonlyto50 ...

Page 83: ...Thereceivebufferstorestheinputdatareceivedontheser ial channelbeforeprocessing Defaultsizeis300bytes Transmit Buffer Thetransmitbufferstorestheoutputdatatobetransmitte don theserialchannelbeforetransmission Defaultsizeis30 0bytes 48 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 84: ...en labels Startadjust 441dots Stopadjust 270dots Cut variable length strip Startadjust 441dots Stopadjust 375dots Peel Off Startadjust 115dots Stopadjust 60dots TheFeedadj ustpartoft heSetupMod econtrolsh owmuchof themediais fedoutorpu lledbackbe foreand or aftertheac tual printing T hesesettin gsaregloba landwillbe effectedre gardless ofwhichpro gramisrun Notethatth e ﬁ rmwareuses thefronted geso...

Page 85: ...ulledbackbeforetheprintingstarts Thus the originismovedtowardstheforwardedgeofthecopy Stop Adjust TheStopAdjustvalueisgivenasapositiveornegative number ofdots 1dot 0 125mm 4 9mils Defaultvalueis0 whichstopsthemediafeedinapositionsuitableforte aroff operation Apositivestopadjustmentmeansthatthenormalmedia feedafte rtheprin tingisco mpletedw illbeinc reasedby the speci ﬁ edvalue Anegatives topadjust...

Page 86: ...Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Media Media Size Media Type Paper Type Testfeed Contrast 50 ...

Page 87: ... startparameter theoriginwill bemovedoutwards awayfromtheinneredgeofthemediapath Inotherwords thelargerX startvalue thewiderinnermargin andthelessavailableprintwidth Width Speciﬁesthewidthoftheprintableareainnumberofdotsfrom theorigin Thus thesumoftheX startandwidthvaluesgives theoutermarginoftheprintablearea Thewidthshouldbe settopreventprintingoutsidethemedia whichmayharmthe printhead Length Spe...

Page 88: ...eam ountofmedi afeedwhen using ﬁ xlengths trip Thelengths etupcreate sanemergen cystop whi chworks whenthep rinteris setupfor Label wgaps Ticket w mark o r Ticket wgaps Ifthelab elstopse nsor LSS has notdetec tedagapo rmarkwit hin150 o fthesetl ength themedia feedisau tomatica llystopp edtoavoi dfeeding outa ...

Page 89: ...extendingoutsidetheprintwindow inanydirectionwilleitherbeclippedorcauseanerro rcondition Error1003 Fieldoutoflabel seeIntermecFingerprintv7 6 1 Programmer sReferenceManual 13 4 mm 0 52 in max 106 6 mm 4 2 in Length PRINT WINDO W Dot line on printhead Origin X start Width 1 1280 F E E D Dot 127 Dot 0 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide DIRECTIO N 25 120 mm 1 4 7 in 51 ...

Page 90: ...eprintwindowdecidesthelengthofmediatobefedout Varlengthstripisusedforcontinuousstockandadds115 dotsofmediafeedafterthelastprintabledot mayevenbea blankspacecharacterora whitedot inanimageorcharacter cell toallowthemediatobeproperlytornoff Itisimportanttoselectthecorrectmediatype sotheprintercan indicatepossibleerrors Twoerrorconditionsmayoccur Error1005 Outofpaper indicatesthatthelastorderedcopy c...

Page 91: ...rintheadt othedirect thermalmed iaorthetra nsferribbo nin ordertopro ducethedot sthatmakeu ptheprinto utimage St art bychoosing betweentwo alternativ es ThermalTra nsferprint ing defaul t DirectTher malprintin g option Yourchoice willdecide whichparam eterstoent ernext ThermalTra nsferPrint ing option Thisoption containsfo urparamete ...

Page 92: ...nt RibbonFactor LabelOffset range50to 115 range10to 50 range 50t o50 DirectThermalPrinting Thisoptioncontainstwoparameters LabelConstant LabelFactor Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide range50to 115 range10to 50 53 ...

Page 93: ...therinstandardtypesandsizes orinspecialmaterialsandsizes Whenadjustingtheimagedarknessforindividualrequirements ornewlabelmaterials keeptheLabelFactorattherecommended valueforthetypeofdirectthermalmedia Decreaseorincrease theLabelConstantforlighterordarkerimagesrespectively dependingontherequirementsoftheimagesorofthenewlabel material BarCodeDirections Inthetablesonthepagesthatfollow differentmaxi...

Page 94: ...Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 95: ...Board3 Label Constant 100 95 85 80 Top Coated High Thermal Top High Speed 80 30 250 Thermal Transfer Printing Europe Ribbon Type GP02 HP07 HP66 HR03 Receiving Material TTR Uncoated TTR Coated TTR Premium TTR Coated TTR Premium TTR Premium Board3 TTR Polyethylene TTR Coated TTR Premium TTR Premium Board3 TTR Polyethylene TTR Gloss Polyethylene TTR High Gloss Polyester Ribbon Constant 80 80 70 100 9...

Page 96: ...prematurely Iftheambienttemperatureislowerthan Alsoappliestoprintingoftext images lines andbox es Requireshighprintheadpressure seeChapter12 Adjustments PrintheadPressure 200 200 200 1 59 F decreaseprintspeedby100mm sec 2 3 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide55 ...

Page 97: ...DT Type Speed Top Coated Standard Top Coated High Media Designation Duratherm II Tag3 Duratherm II Duratherm Ltg Duratherm IR Thermal Transfer Printing North America Ribbon Type Receiving Material TMX 1500 Duratran I Duratran VG Duratran II Duratran II Tag 65 65 TMX 2500 Duratran II Duratran II Tag mdura ...

Page 98: ...ely Iftheambien Alsoappliestoprintingoftext images lines andbo xes Requireshighprintheadpressure seeChapter12 Adjustments PrintheadPressure 300 300 60 TMX 3200 Polyester 1 tureislowerthan 15 C 59 F decreaseprintspeedby100mm sec 2 3 56 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 99: ...fthe blacknessi ntheprinto ut forexam pletoadapt theprinter to variations inqualityb etweendiff erentbatch esofthesam emedia 11optionsa redisplaye dinanendle ssloopfrom 10 to 10 Defaultval ueis0 The contrastis resettothe default 0 wheneveran ewpapertyp eisspeci ﬁ ed regardl esswhichme thod hasbeenuse d Testfeed Thesensiti vityofthel abelstopse nsor LSS m ayneedtobe adjustedwh ...

Page 100: ...f theLSSaredisplayed read onlyinformation Head Resistance Theprintheadresistanceismeasuredautomaticallya tstartup read onlyinformation Testprint Testlabel 1to 4checktheprintoutqualityandfacil itate adjustmentoftheprintheadpressure seeChapter12 Adjust ments Testlabel 5liststheprinter scurrentsetup extralabels maybeprint edifthepri nteris ﬁ ttedanopti onalinterf ace board Tes tlabel 6is onlyprinte d...

Page 101: ...Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Print Deﬁnes cont 1109 ohms 12 dots CODE39 58 Test Label 1 1 23 45 67 890 12 8 Test Label 3 Test Label 5 ...

Page 102: ...dometer km 0 PRINT SPEED 150 HEAD RESIST 1164 TESTFEED 12 3 STARTADJ 0 CONTRAST 0 LABEL OFFSET 0 RIBBON FACTOR 25 RIBBON CONSTANT 100 LABEL FACTOR 40 LABEL CONSTANT 100 PAPER TYPE TRANSFER MEDIA TYPE LABEL w GAPS LENGTH 1800 WIDTH 1244 XSTART 36 CODE39 CODE39 UART1 9600 8 N 1 RTS CTS DISABLE ENQ ACK DISABLE XON XOFF DATA TO HOST DISABLE DATA FROM HOST DISABLE NEW LINE CR LF REC BUF 300 Intermec Ea...

Page 103: ...werth espeed the betterthep rintoutqua lity Thisisespe ciallytrue whenprinti ngbarcodes withthebar s runningacr ossthemedi apath lad derstyle whenprinti ng ondemandin gfacemater ials andwh enprinting atlowambie nt temperatur es Referto thetablesu nder Media earlierint his chapterfor maximumpri ntspeedval ues Thedef aultsettin gis 150mm sec 6inches se ...

Page 104: ...c Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide59 ...

Page 105: ... Switchonthepower Whenthedisplayshowsthemessage Enter Shell xsec press Enter Press Setup thisfacilitycanbeusedanywherewithin IntermecShell Setuptheprinterasdescribedinthischapter ReturntoIntermecShellbypressing Setup EasyCoder 501 XP with a custom made application program Normally thereisnoneedtoentertheSetupModefor custom madeapplicationprograms Necessaryprovisio nsfor changingthesetup manuallyor...

Page 106: ...Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 107: ...hroughthesetupprocedure youareguidedbyt exts intheprinter sdisplay Youcannavigatebetweensetupmenus acknowledgedisplayedvalues selectortypenewvalues e tc by usingthekeysontheprinter skeyboard Note AnexternalkeyboardcannotbeusedinsidetheSetupMode 1 thischapter ...

Page 108: ...yerrormessageattestla belprint ingfailure Moveuponelevelorscrollbacki nastack Movedownonelevelorscrollfor wardin 1 Enternumericvalues Specifynegativevalues leadi ngposition Clearerroneouslyenteredvalu es Acknowledgeandmovetonextmen u PerformtestfeedsintheTestfe edmenu ExittheSetupMode CanbeusedanywhereinSetupMod 61 ...

Page 109: ...SER COM UART1 SETUP SER COM UART2 SETUP SER COM UART3 SETUP NET COM NET1 4800 SER COM UART1 CHAR LENGTH SER COM UART1 PARITY SER COM UART1 STOP BITS SER COM UART1 FLOWCONTROL FLOWCONTROL XON XOFF SER COM UART1 NEW LINE CR SER COM UART1 REC BUF SER COM UART1 TRANS BUF DETECTION FEEDADJ 62 ...

Page 110: ...m previous page SETUP MEDIA TICKET w MARK TICKET w GAPS FIX LENGTH STRIP VAR LENGTH STRIP MEDIA PAPER TYPE MEDIA CONTRAST 2 4 6 MEDIA TYPE 10 10 8 6 4 2 MEDIA TESTFEED SETUP PRINT DEFS SETUP NETWORK See Overview Part 5 Press Setup to exit the Setup Mode Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 111: ...the printer additional menus will be displayed in case of Double Serial Interface Board also see Overview Part 4 SETUP SER COM UART2 SETUP SER COM UART3 SER COM UART2 PROT ADDR SER COM UART2 CHAR LENGTH SER COM UART2 PARITY SER COM UART2 STOP BITS SER COM UART2 FLOWCONTROL ENABLE FLOWCONTROL XON XOFF SER COM UART2 NEW LINE CR SER COM UART2 REC BUF 64 ...

Page 112: ...e Board is installed in the printer additional menus will be displayed SETUP SER COM UART3 SER COM UART3 FLOWCONTROL 20 mA CURRENT LOOP FLOWCONTROL ENQ ACK FLOWCONTROL XON XOFF SER COM UART3 NEW LINE CR SER COM UART3 REC BUF SER COM UART3 TRANS BUF SER COM UART3 CONNECTED HW Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 113: ...ingerprint v7 61 If an optional an EasyLAN 100i interface board is installed in the printer additional menus will be displayed SETUP SER COM UART1 SETUP NET COM NET1 SETUP FEEDADJ SETUP MEDIA SETUP PRINTDEFS SETUP NETWORK Press Setup to exit the Setup Mode 66 ...

Page 114: ...Se t Read Read Guide ...

Page 115: ...therapplicationprogramsintheprinter smemory Aprerequisiteisthattheprogramisprovidedwiththeex tension PRG However someoriginalIntermecutilityprogr amsare excludedaslongastheyremainstoredin rom ERRHAND PRG FILELIST PRG LBLSHTXT PRG MKAUTO PRG SHELLXP PRG WINXP PRG Other Facilities SetupMode PrintSetup Testfeed TestLabel Defaultsetup UpdatePCcard Reboot ...

Page 116: ...vice rom Ifyouinsertamemorycardwithan other startup ﬁ lebeforeyouswitchontheprinter orifthereisastartup ﬁ lestoredintheprinter spermanentmemory device c this startup ﬁ lewillbeusedinsteadofIntermecShell seeChapter3 StartupFiles Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 117: ...cShellwil lbeopened If youusethesameapplicationallthetime youwillonlyneed toswitch onthepower oncetheapplicationhasbeenselected Ifnootherapplicationhasyetbeenselected thecurrentv ersion ofIntermecFingerprintwillbeopenedwiththestandardRS 232 port uart1 selectedasstdI Ochannel seeIntermecFin gerprint manuals Whenthecountdowniscompleted youwillseethe selines inthedisplay FINGERPRINT 7 61 Ifyouwanttos...

Page 118: ... Press Enter togotomenuswhereyoucanselectanapplicat ion program Press F5 togototheFacilitiespartofIntermecShell 68 ...

Page 119: ...e setup to the following values Baud rate 57600 Char length 8 Parity None Stopbits 1 RTS CTS Enable ENQ ACK Disable XON XOFF Disable New line CR LF Receive buffer 600 Transmit buffer 600 Ifanotherapplicationisselected later thiscommunicationsetup willremainvalid unlessthenew application includes instruc tionsthatautomaticallychange the setup The setup could also be changed manually in the Setup Mo...

Page 120: ...cFingerprintmanuals DirectProtocolisaneasy to useprinterprotocolfordown loadinglabelformatsandvariableinputdatatoaprinterfrom ahostcomputer Thisoptionrequiresthatyoualsoselecta standardIN OUTchannel thatistheserialchannelyouwant touseforcommunicationbetweentheprinterandthehost Normally youselect uart1 RefertotheIntermecDirect Protocolv7 xxmanual LINE ALY PRG LineAnalyzer isaFingerprintprogram Inte...

Page 121: ...flabelsfromanewbatchoradifferentbrand TestLabelallowsyoutoprintaseriesoffourtestlabels t est labels 1to 4 inordertotesttheprintoutqualityand printheadalignment Thelabelsarepresentedinanin ﬁ nite loop soyoucanprinttheseriesoverandoveragain Pres s Enter foreachnewlabel DefaultSetupallowsyoutoresetallsetupparametersto theirdefaultvalues aslistedinChapter6 SettingUpthe Printer SoftwareUpdateisusedfort...

Page 122: ...detheprinter sﬁrmware fromanewﬁrmwareversionstoredasaﬁleinaPC Reboothasthesameeffectascyclingthepowertotheprinte r ToexitIntermecShellwithouthavingselectedanyappli ca tion selectReboot Thenwaitforthe5secondscountdow nto ﬁnish andthelastselectedapplicationwillbeopened 1 byIntermeccanbeused 70 ...

Page 123: ...fault Fingerprint 7 61 w std I O uart1 CENTRONICS Legend STD I O CHANNEL Return to previous menu Proceed to next menu Accept displayed option and proceed or execute displayed option Perform a Testfeed anywhere in Intermec Shell Enter the Setup Mode from anywhere in Intermec Shell SHELL DEFAULT SETUP SHELL SOFTWAREUPDATE SHELL REBOOT Restarts the printer same as power off on Intermec EasyCoder 501 ...

Page 124: ...Chapter 8 Intermec Shell Startup Progra m Line Analyzer 72 ...

Page 125: ...edcommunicationportusingthenumerickeyson theprinter skeyboard 1 uart1 2 uart2 3 uart3 4 centronics 5 net1 Iftheprinterisnotﬁttedwiththespeciﬁedport anerrormessage appearsinthedisplayandyoucanselectanotherport Line Analyzer Error 56 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 126: ...d F5 ontheprinter sfrontpanel Saving the string Simultaneouslypress Shift and F4 ontheprinter s frontpanel Thedatawillbesavedondevice temp as linedump txt Anyexistingﬁlewiththesamenamewillbe overwritten Max ﬁlesizeis64K Toreachthe ﬁ le breaktheprogramusing Shift and Pause ThensendtheinstructionFILES tmp tocheckthatthe ﬁ lehasbeenstoredin temp withthe ﬁ lename linedump txt Theﬁlecanbesenttothehosto...

Page 127: ...Line Analyzer cont Onceanycommunicationchannelorsaveitintheprinter sreturn 73 ...

Page 128: ...areonlyavailableasfactory installed options Belowisadescriptionofsomeofthemanyoptionsavailable for EasyCoder501XP Fan Fold Guides 3 inch Adapter included Ribbon Low Sensor Media Roll Retainer Label Taken Sensor n c in v m a u s als re g i n h a er b o li e s in t h e t h er e p r i n t rm a t r a tr a d a s en u s e h e a d rm a l in g v id t h e ty o ft y o f en d e d p fo r p er I re o n Paper C...

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Page 130: ...ings The cutting edge will rotate when the power is switched on and when the printer is re booted Always keep the cutter in closed position during operation Switch off the power or disconnect the cutter before cleaning Keep your ﬁngers away from cutting parts ...

Page 131: ...tterincreasestheprinter stotalweightbyapprox 1 0kgs 2 2pounds anditslengthby28mm 1 1inches Thepapercuttercanbetiltedforwardinordertofacilitate cleaningandmediaload Formedialoadinstructions seesection Cut Off inChapter4 MediaLoad ThecutterisactivatedbyCUTorCUTONinstructions see theIntermecFingerprintv7 xxmanuals Therotatingedgewillcut throughthemediaapprox 37mm 1 5inches infrontofthe Intermec EasyC...

Page 132: ...Chapter 9 Options Fan Fold Guides Media Roll Retainer Edge Guide 3 inch Adapter Label Taken Sensor 76 ...

Page 133: ...thelatestprintedlabel ticket tagetc has beenremovedbeforeprintinganothercopy Thelabeltakensensorisusuallyfactory ﬁtted butisalsoavail ableasakitforinstallationbyanauthorizedservicetechnician It cannotbeﬁttedincombinationwithapapercutter TheLTScanbeenabledordisabledbymeansoftheinstruc tionsLTS ONandLTS OFFrespectivelyinIntermec FingerprintandtheIntermecDirectProtocol Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User ...

Page 134: ...Chapter 9 Options Ribbon Low Sensor Interface Boards ...

Page 135: ...Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 136: ...ean printhead Chapter 11 White lines along media path Printhead dirty Missing dots on printhead Clean printhead Replace printhead Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Large part of dot line missing Wrong X start or Width parameter Failing printhead Failing strobe signal Change parameter Replace printhead Check CPU board Chapter 6 Chapter 11 Call Service Printout missing along inneredge Bad media alignment X star...

Page 137: ...theprintheadeachtimeyoureplacethemedia Thisse ction describeshowtocleantheprintheadusingcleaningcards If additionalcleaningisrequired forexampleremovingadh esive residuefromtheplatenrollerortearbar useacottonswab moistenedwithisopropylalcohol Warning Isopropylalcohol CH3 2CHOH CAS67 63 0 isahighly ﬂ am mable moderatelytoxic andmildlyirritatingsubstanc e 1 ...

Page 138: ...1 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position 79 ...

Page 139: ...apter 11 Maintenance Printhead Cleaning cont 3 4 MA 5 Removeanymediaandtransferribbon 1 1 InsertmostofthecleaningcardundertheprintheadPulloutthecleaningcard 1 andra isetheprinthead 80 1 Closetheprinthead 2 ...

Page 140: ...ondstoallowthecleaningInsertmostofthecleaningcardundert heprinthead 9 ﬂ uidtodissol vetheresidu e 10 1 Pulloutthecleaningcard Ifnecessary repeattheAllowthecleanedpartstodrybefor eloadingany processwithafreshcleaningcard Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide media andri bbon 81 ...

Page 141: ...nal Cleaning 1 Alwaysre movethep owercord beforecl eaning 3 2 Wipeexternalsurfaceswithasoftclothslightly moistenedwithwateroramilddetergent 4 Neverspraytheprinter ProtectitfromwaterwhenNeveruseanysharptoolsforremovin gstucklabels ...

Page 142: ...cleaningthepremi ses Theprintheadandrollersaredelicate Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 143: ...cklabels andadhesiveres idue Iftheprinterstartstofeedoutlabelsinanunexpectedway removethesetwoguidesasdescribedbelowandcheckforany thingthatmayblockthebeamoflight Ifnecessary cleant hem usingacleaningcardorasoftclothsoakedwithisopropyl alcohol Donotuseanyothertypeofchemicals Becarefuln ot toscratchthewindows Warning Isopropylalcohol CH3 2CHOH CAS67 63 0 isahighly ﬂ am mable moderatelytoxic andmild...

Page 144: ...2 Pressthesnap lock lifttheouterendofthelower guideandpullitout Aftercleaning reassemble inreverseorder 83 ...

Page 145: ...g andcoolingprocessduringprinting Thus theprintheadw ill requireperiodicreplacement Timebetweenprintheadreplacementsdependsontheprint images thetypeofdirectthermalmediaorthermaltransfe r ribboninuse theamountofenergytotheprinthead thepri nt speed theambienttemperature andseveralotherfactors Caution Whilereplacingtheprinthead thepowershouldbeof f 1 84 ...

Page 146: ...Openthefrontandr ight handdoors 2 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 147: ...Printhead Replacement cont Chapter 11 Maintenance 3 4 O F F RTA r m ...

Page 148: ...connectthehookedprintheadbracket ﬁ ngersDisconnectthetwocablesfromtheprinthead Note fromtheshaftandpullouttheprintheadasfarthesnap lockontheouterconnector Pul latthe asthecablesallow Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide connectors notatthecab les 85 ...

Page 149: ...cablestothereplacem 8 Fitthehooksoftheprintheadbracket 9 Closetheprintheadsothemagnetenga 10 Loadanewsupplyofmediaandribbon a Chapter 11 Maintenance Printhead Replacement cont 86 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 150: ...rm proceedasfollows Removetheribbon ifany Loosentheknobthatholdsthepressurearm Movethearm inwardsoroutwardsuntilthearrowonthetipofthearm becomescenteredwiththemediastock Whilemovingthearm pushatthepartwheretheknobis situated notatthetip Ifthearmishardtomove liftth e printheadandpulltheprintheadbracketfreefromthema gnet inthearm Afterhavingcenteredthearm lockitbytighteningthekno b Reloadtheribbon i...

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Page 152: ...abels seeChapter6 SettingUpthePrinter andcheck theprintout Increasedpressuregenerallygivesadarker printout andviceversa Repeatuntilthedesiredresultisobtained To ﬁ ndthebasicsetting turntheknobcounterclockwiseuntil thereisnopressureleft Testwithapieceofmediaunderth e printhead Youshouldbeabletopullitoutwithoutmoretha n justalittleresistance Thenturntheknobthreetofourfu llturns clockwise Fine adjust...

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Page 154: ...apath Thereisascrewrunningthroughthe outerlowergable Turningthescrewclockwisewillmoveth e LSSinwardsandviceversa ThepositionoftheLSSinrelati on tothemediaisbestcheckedbylookingheadonintotheprint unitwhentheprintheadisraised Alignthecenterpointof the V shapeduppersensorwiththecenteroftheslotsormarkst o bedetected Thelinearmarkingsonthelowerguideplatecanalsobeused forpositioningoftheLSSbecausetheyar...

Page 155: ...Adjustment Screw Upperpartofprintunitremovedtoimprovevisibilit y Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 156: ...up unit Cut Off Optional With paper cutter Firmware Operating System Intermec Fingerprint v7 61 Incl Direct Protocol Smooth Fonts TrueDoc andTrueType fonts Built in scalable fonts std 15 2 Unicode fonts Built in bar code symbologies std 38 Startup Program std Intermec Shell v4 8 Physical Measures Dimensions W x L x H 275 x 480 x 238 mm 10 8 x 18 9 x 9 4 inches Weight excluding media and options 13...

Page 157: ...hTakeup Unit Option Factory installed only Label Roll Retainer Option Fan Fold Guides Option For external supplies RS 232 Cable Option Parallel Interface Cable Option Parallel Interface Board Option IEEE 1284 Double Serial Interface Board Option Industrial Serial Interface Board Option EasyLAN 100i Interface Board Option Ethernet Industrial Interface Board Option External Alphanumeric Keyboard Opt...

Page 158: ...emandson printoutqualityandresistanceagainstmoisture plas ticisers andvegetableoils Examples ThermalTopBoard DurathermII ThermalTop DurathermIITag ThermalTopHighSpeed DurathermLtg DurathermIR EconomyQuality Nontop coatedmediawithlessresistanc e tomoisture plasticisers andvegetableoils Inallot her respects itisequaltoPremiumQuality Examples ThermalEco ThermalEcoBoard ...

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Page 160: ...edwithHP TMX2500andGP TMX1500 ribbons Examples TTRCoated DuratranII TTRPremium DuratranIITag TTRPremiumBoard Polyethyleneplasticswithbetterresistancetowaterand many commonchemicalsthanuncoatedandcoatedpapers They canbeuseoutdoorsandoffergoodtearresistance Mosto ften usedwithHP TMX2500ribbons Examples TTRPolyethylene Kimdura TTRGlossPolyethylene KimduraTag Syntran Polyestersgivehighresistancetochem...

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Page 162: ...dix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Media Roll Size Roll Diameter 205 mm 8 in Labels Core Diameters Width Themediamustbewounduponthecoreinsuchaway thattheprintercanpulltheendfree Roll Max diameter Max width Min width ...

Page 163: ...diamaybeused butprintqualitywillb e reduced Thestiffnessisalsoimportantandmustbebalanc ed againstthicknesstomaintainprintquality Mediarollstobeloadedinsidetheprintershouldbewoundw ith theprintablesidefacingoutwards Themediasupplymustnotbeexposedtodust sand grit etc Anyhardparticles howeversmall candamagetheprinthea d 94 ...

Page 164: ...Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Media Non Adhesive Strip MediaTypeSetup Fixlengthstrip Varlengthstrip NON ADHESIVE STRIP Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 165: ...ions Media cont Self Adhesive Strip b Liner Thelinermustnotextendmorethanatotalof1 6mm 0 06 inches outsidethemediaandshouldprotrudeequallyonbo th sides c MediaWidth excludingliner Maximum 118 4mm Minimum 23 8mm MediaTypeSetup 96 ...

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Page 167: ...ns Media cont Self Adhesive Labels a Thelinermustnotextendmorethanatotalof1 6mm 0 06 inches outsidethemediaandshouldprotrudeequallyonbo th c Maximum 118 4mm Minimum 23 8mm d LabelLength d SELF ADHESIVE LABELS Maximum Recommended b ...

Page 168: ...s Itcanbemovedwithinarangeof0to50mm 0to1 97inches fromtheinneredgeofthemedia Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 169: ...Max lengthbetweenslots dependsonDRAMsize Underidealcircumstances aminimumlabellengthof4mm 0 16 inches couldbeused Itrequiresthesumofthelabellengt h d and thelabelgap e tobelargerthan7mm 0 28inches thatba tch c e d DetectionSlitLength Thelengthofthedetectionslit excludingcornerradii m ustbe TICKETS TAGS ...

Page 170: ...FEED DIRECTION Maximum Recommended Minimum MediaTypeSetup Ticket wgaps Donotallowanyperforationtobreaktheedgeofthemediaas this maycausethemediatosplitandjamtheprinter 98 ...

Page 171: ...Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Media cont Tickets with Black Mark b CopyLength a c BlackMarkOffset Thedistancebetweentheinneredgeofthemediaandtheinne r edgeoftheblackmarkmustbe e c d ...

Page 172: ...BlackMarkY Position Itisrecommendedtoplacetheblackmarkasclosetothefron t edgeoftheticketaspossibleanduseanegativeStopAdjust valuetocontrolthemediafeed sotheticketscanbeproper ly tornorcutoff FEED DIRECTION Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 173: ...Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Transfer Ribbons Important Intermecthermaltransfer ribbonsareengineeredspe ciﬁcallyfortheEasyCoder printheads 100 ...

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Page 175: ... Interfaces RS 232 Interface Baudrate Char length Parity Stopbits RTS CTS ENQ ACK XON XOFF NewLine TochangetheRS 232interfacesettings seeChapter6 Setting UpthePrinter Interface Cable Computerend Printerend uart1 ...

Page 176: ...ign al DB 9 DB 25 Sign al DB 25 DB 25 Signal 1 1 1 1 Shield RX D 2 2 TXD 2 3 RXD TX D 3 3 RXD 3 2 TXD CT S 8 4 RTS 4 5 CTS RT 7 5 CTS 5 4 RTS 6 DSR 6 20 DTR GN D 5 7 Signal GND 7 7 GND 1 6 5V 1 6 DS R 6 2 0 DTR 2 0 6 DSR 2 2 RI 2 2 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 177: ...Appendix 3 Interfaces Parallel Interface centronics InterfaceCableConnectors Computerend Dependsontypeofhostcomputer Printerend 36 pinfemaleIEEE1284BCentronics ...

Page 178: ...Strobe 2 9 Data0 7 10 Ack 11 Busy 12 PE 13 Select 14 AF 15 16 GND 18 19 GND 31 Init 32 Error 33 35 GND 36 Selectin 1 arepresentlynotsupported 2 callysetsthecorrectSTDI O whenanapplicationisselected forexampleaWindowsdriver orpromptsyoutoselectone see Chapter8 102 ...

Page 179: ...arameteroracombinati on ofupto3or4setupparameters RefertotheEasySetBarCode WandSetupmanualformoreinformationonhowtoproduce setupbarcodes Theprinterwillacknowledgethatabarcodehasbeensucces s fullyreadbyemittingashortbeepsignal IfnoFNC3characterisfoundinthebarcode thedatawillbe storedinabufferwhichcouldbereadbyspecifyingthe wan d device Thebufferissmall soitisrecommendedtouseshor t barcodedata max 1...

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Page 181: ...ialcommunicationaccording to thecustomer srequest UsetheIntermecFingerprintinstruction SETSTDIOtoselectstandardINandOUTports bydefault uart1 isbothstandardINandOUTport 1 uart2 RS 232 RS 422Non isolated RS 422Isolated RS 485 uart2 uart2 Serial Port Communicationport uart2 usesaDB 25pinfemaleconnec tor Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 automaticallysetsthecorrect standardINandOUT portwhenan...

Page 182: ... Theexternal5Visautomaticallyswitchedoffatoverl oad IntermecShelleith er Not connected selectone seeChapter8 104 ...

Page 183: ...Appendix 3 Interfaces Double Serial Interface Board cont uart3 Serial Port Communicationport uart3 usesaDB 25pinmaleconnecto r Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 uart3 1 ...

Page 184: ... Theexternal5Visautomaticallyswitchedoffatoverl oad Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 185: ...Appendix 3 Interfaces Industrial Serial Interface Board 106 ...

Page 186: ...ctionsfortheIndustrialInterface Boardforfurtherinformation Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ...

Page 187: ...itha10BaseTEthernetor100BaseTXFastEther net networkconnection Youcancommunicatewiththeprinterv ia aLAN LocalAreaNetwork orprovidetheprinterwithitsow n homepage soyoucanreachtheprinterusingaWebbrowser EasyLAN100isupportsmostmajorcomputersystemsandenvi ronments Youcanassignpasswordstorestrictbothlogina nd RJ 45 socket ...

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Page 189: ...inganindustrialinterface Thisisessen tiallyan Industrial Serialinterfaceboard wheretheserialinte rfacehas beenomittedinfavoroftheabilitytoconnectanEasyLAN10 0i interfaceboard Thisispresentlytheonlycasewhentwointerfaceboardsca nbe installedinthesameEasyCoder501XP EasyLAN 100i interface ...

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