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The Height indicates the size of the bar code.

The Corresponding size is reflected on the screen:

Choosing

will print the human readable code below the bar code. This

option leads you to another menu where you can position and alter the character-
istics of the text.

The Spacing refers to the distance between one character an another. Press
when you are ready.

The Mode indicates the thickness of the bar code lines:

Summary of Contents for TSP400 Series

Page 1: ...Thermal Printer TSP400 Series TUP400 Programmer s Manual...

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Page 3: ...4 3 1 RS 232C Interface 8 4 3 2 RS 422A Interface 9 4 4 Interface Connections 10 4 5 Data Protocol 11 4 5 1 DTR DSR mode 11 4 5 2 X ON X OFF mode 13 4 5 3 STX ETX mode 14 4 6 Error Status 16 5 PARALL...

Page 4: ...8 an installed heavy duty and reliable cutter TSP442 only 9 enclosedutilitysoftware TSPLABEL thatmakesiteasiertodesignandprint bar code labels 10 a memory switch that enables a wide selection of print...

Page 5: ...L Hex 1B 23 30 2C 30 30 30 31 0A 00 This mode is compatible with Star Receipt printers such as the SP300 and SP200 series For improvement purposes the descriptions and specifications in this manual ar...

Page 6: ...is made in accordance with its product type For the detailed functions and the settings of the Memory switches please refer to Chapter 7 and 8 The factory settings are shown in the table below h c t...

Page 7: ...o the next starting position Disable starting position Feeds the paper while pressed 3 3 Power switch and ON LINE FEED switch combinations The following can be set when the power switch is turned on 1...

Page 8: ...se at e clearing of all memory switches and test print 3 4 Sensor adjustment mode a Reflecting sensor black mark sensor Insert the paper in front of the sensor mechanism so that the sensor is not posi...

Page 9: ...d Even or None Selected by DIP switch Stop bit 1 Signal polarities RS 232C Mark Logic 1 3V to 15V Space Logic 0 3V to 15V RS 422A Mark Logic 1 A negative with respect to B by at least 0 2V A B 0 2V Sp...

Page 10: ...rinter Host computer Printer Host computer Printer Host computer Printer Host computer 4 2 Interface Circuit 4 2 1 RS 232C Interface Input RXD CTS Output DTR FAULT TXD RCH RTS 4 2 2 RS 422A Interface...

Page 11: ...D Signal ground 8 N C Not used 9 10 N C Not used 11 RCH OUT The printer sets this signal to SPACE when it is ready to receive This pin outputs the same signal as pin 20 to which it is con nected 12 N...

Page 12: ...pins carry data to the printer The host sets this signal to SPACE when it is ready to send NOTE The printer does not monitor this signal The host sets this signal to SPACE when it is ready to receive...

Page 13: ...wing illustrations show typical connection configura tions RS 422A 1 2 3 4 5 7 14 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 F GND TXD RXD RTS CTS DSR S GND DCD DTR F GND TXD RXD RTS CTS S GND FAULT DTR Printer side IBM P...

Page 14: ...s remaining buffer space falls to 256 bytes or less the printer sets DTR to MARK The host responds by halting the data transfer However note that the printer remains capable of receiving data until th...

Page 15: ...K and goes offline If the error was caused by a paper out condition you can clear it by loading new paper and then pressing the ON LINE switch RXD DTR OFF LINE ON LINE When paper is out Printing PAPER...

Page 16: ...ins to output X OFF signals DC3 13H over the TXD line The host responds by halting the data transfer Note that the printer remains capable of receiving data until the buffer becomes full Available buf...

Page 17: ...ter and then receives the printer status and check byte horizontal parity for the printer At this point the host computer performs a status and horizontal parity check When the host computer determine...

Page 18: ...ast data in a block Starts the STX ETX mode The test byte is set at 0 H Sends an ENQ signal Receives status signal Receives a check byte Sends ETX Sends CAN Ends the STX ETX mode RET Is there a data b...

Page 19: ...atus only upon receipt of a status requestcommand Theprinterissuesthe Printingfinished statuswhenprinting finishes but never in response to a status request command All other statuses are issued both...

Page 20: ...ad up Cutter error 1 error Paper empty 1 empty Buffer empty 1 empty Buffer overflow 1 overflow Compulsion switch High level Switch is set to ON b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 0 Constantly set at 0 Paper empt...

Page 21: ...with Centronics parallel interface standard 2 Data transfer speed 1000 6000 CPS 3 Synchronization External strobe pulse 4 Handshaking Using ACK and BUSY 5 Logic level TTL level compatible 5 2 Interfac...

Page 22: ...tors and Signal Names Figure 5 1 Parallel Interface Connector Output DATA 1 DATA 8 STROBE BUSY ACK 4 7kW 74LS equivalent 1kW 100W 1000pF 74LS equivalent 1 8kW 74LS equivalent 18 1 36 19 Conforms to Am...

Page 23: ...nditions 1 While data entry is in progress 2 While printer is offline 3 While error condition exists 12 PAPER OUT OUT DC level signal indicating whether printer haspaper ThesignalstaysLOWwhilepaper is...

Page 24: ...mands Drive commands are available only in Line Mode Use cables which meet the following specifications 1 Use the modular plug as shown in Figure 1 2 Separate ground wire is required for Europe only 3...

Page 25: ...L1 and L2 is not less than 24 ohms 4 Absolute maximum ratings for diodes D1 and D2 at Ta 25 C Average rectified current Io 1A Maximum forward surge current 60Hz 1 cycle sine wave IFSM 40A 5 Absolute m...

Page 26: ...e ON LINE LED goes off when these errors occur Operationoftheprintercannotbereturnedafterthecauseoftheerrorisremoved Error Cause Buzzer LED ERROR HEAD UPNO PAPER Command There is an error in the 5 err...

Page 27: ...PAGE MODE 7 CONTROL CODES PAGE MODE 7 1 General Flow for Programming the Page Mode 25 7 2 Command Summary 26 7 3 Command Specification 28 7 4 Appendix How to set various bar codes 50 7 5 Sample Progra...

Page 28: ...ine Ruled Line Format Define Character String Format Define Bar Code Format Enable Cutter if installed Set Character String Data Set Bar Code Data Copy BMP graphic file Print Label Re print same label...

Page 29: ...n1n2 x1x2x3x4 y1y2y3y4 w b m h1h2h3h4 LF NUL ESC Y d1d2 LF NUL Function Clear format Define print area Define ruled line format Cancel ruled line format Define character string format Define bar code...

Page 30: ...after Printing Enable cutter Set Memory Switch Reset printer Request status Select international character set Register download character Select zero style Control codes ESC I LF NUL ESC Tdn1n2 LF NU...

Page 31: ...print area CODE ESC D n1n2n3n4 LF NUL HEX 1B 44 n1n2n3n4 0A 00 REMARKS Thiscommanddefinestheprintarea pagelength accordingtothe value of n1n2n3n4 in 1 10 mm unit When start position detect is OFF mem...

Page 32: ...or more labels are assumed to be one label For example when 50 mm is set for a label whose pitch is 40 mm one print pattern is printed using two labels ABCD EFG ABCD EFG ABCD EFG ABCD EFG 40 mm 50 mm...

Page 33: ...e Y direction 0000 to 0300 0 1 mm These four parameters work in 1 10 mm unit and should be given with four digit numbers d Line direction d 0 Horizontal line d 1 Vertical line When d 0 then y1y2y3y4 y...

Page 34: ...e format CODE ESC E n1n2 LF NUL HEX 1B 45 n1n2 0A 00 REMARKS This command cancels the line previously defined by ESC L n1n2 n1n2 Line number 00 to 63 EXAMPLE Cancel the line 00 which is previously def...

Page 35: ...ification 1 to 6 h Character height magnification 1 to 6 c Character type 1to 5 1 Small size character 8 16 dots 2 Standard size character 16 24 dots 3 Reserved 4 Boldface character 24 32 dots 5 OCR B...

Page 36: ...r2 0 0 r1 0 0 r2 0 0 r1 1 90 r2 1 90 r1 2 180 r2 2 180 r1 3 270 r2 3 270 1 Charcter rotation only no character string rotaion 3 Charcter string rotation and character rotation 2 Charcter string rotati...

Page 37: ...irection 0000 to 3000 0 1 mm w Mode See Appendix for details b Bar code type 1 to 7 1 CODE 39 2 INTERLEAVED 2 OF 5 ITF 3 CODE 93 4 UPC A 5 JAN EAN 8 6 JAN EAN 13 7 CODE 128 8 NW 7 m Bar code rotation...

Page 38: ...art position 1 mm 10 mm 15 mm 10 mm Bar code rotation Bar code string number 00 Print start position X Y 10 mm 15 mm Mode 2 Bar code type CODE 39 Bar code rotation 0 degree Bar code height 10 mm EXAMP...

Page 39: ...ault value is 00 d Pitch for each kind of character is as shown below e Up to 64 dot space can be defined d1d2 Small size character Standard size character Boldface character 00 dot 01 dot 02 dots 03...

Page 40: ...e numbers used by the format definition command ESC PC is used b To print data the Print Label command ESC I must be sent c This command along with the Print Label command ESC I allows reprinting of l...

Page 41: ...modified d CODE 128 conforms to EAN 128 the start code check word and stop code of CODE 128 are auto matically inserted e Start stop and check characters of CODE 93 are automatically inserted f Start...

Page 42: ...nits 8 bits bytes in the X direction and 0 125 mm units dot units in the Y direction c ESC X cancels data that was set using the command d If or is missing printer goes into an error condition EXAMPLE...

Page 43: ...PAINT BRUSH in the WINDOWS The printer can accept non compressed monochrome BMP file only BMP file contains white pixel dots There are two mode in this command depending on how to handle these white p...

Page 44: ...Always BM Error for other letter 4 byte bf Size File Size Ignored 2 byte bf Received 1 Reserved Ignored 2 byte bf Received 2 Reserved Ignored 4 byte bf off bits Off set byte for Bit Map data Read Bit...

Page 45: ...izecharacters 16 W 24 H dots can be defined as download characters EXAMPLE Character number 00 is ABC and DEF and between those character print download character number 00 01 LPRINT CHR H1B RC00 ABC...

Page 46: ...nd is designed to adjust distance between print head and paper tear off bar applicable only for TSP412 Feed paper will be feed back again for same length right before next printing starts d or indicat...

Page 47: ...al position is at the bottom edge of the print area c This command is only applicable when cutter is installed model TSP442 only EXAMPLE 2 5 mm from the edge of print area LPRINT CHR H1B B 25 CHR H0A...

Page 48: ...Denmark 2 B Spain 2 n4 Country C Latin America 2 Use N 2 to set option related settings Parameters are as follows n1 Always 0 TSP400 n2 Cutter installed status n3 Always 0 n4 Printing speed EXAMPLE 1...

Page 49: ...the printer OFF and ON again or send the printer reset command ESC to the printer FUNCTION Reset printer CODE ESC LF NUL HEX 1B 3F 0A 00 REMARKS Resets the printer and prints self test This command w...

Page 50: ...1n2 Country 03 UK 04 Denmark 1 05 Sweden n1n2 Country 06 Itary 07 Spain 1 08 Japan n1n2 Country 09 Norway 10 Denmark 2 11 Spain 2 n1n2 Country 12 Latin America Note Whenmorethanoneprinterconditionexis...

Page 51: ...consists of 48 bytes 2 bytes 24 and defined in the same way as bit image data c If is missing printer goes into an error condition d1 d3 d5 d7 d9 d45 d47 d2 d4 d6 d7 d10 d46 d48 MSB LSB MSB LSB EXAMP...

Page 52: ...a Inside near end Outside near end SOH STX NA NB ETX EOT CR LF EXAMPLE LPRINT CHR H04 If the printer is in a condition of Inside near end Outside near end then the printer returns the following codes...

Page 53: ...s 2 dots 3 dots 4 dots 2 dots 3 dots 4 dots 6 dots 9 dots 12 dots 5 dots 8 dots 10 dots 4 dots 6 dots 8 dots 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 5 1 2 7 1 2 5 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 dots 3 dots 4 dots 2 dots 3 dots 4 dots 2 dots...

Page 54: ...me as the narrow element width Maximumisthreetimesthenarrow elementwidthor1 524mm whichever is greater d Bar height For hand scanners the minimum is 0 25 inch 6 35 mm or 15 of the bar code length whic...

Page 55: ...1 2 5 1 2 5 1 2 5 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 4 8 12 3 5 7 10 5 4 5 6 75 9 b Vertical printing Mode 1Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Mode 5 Mode 6 Mode 7 Mode 8 Mode 9 4 625 8 625 12 625 4 125 7 625 11 125 5 125 7 3...

Page 56: ...Mode 2 Mode 3 2 dots 3 dots 4 dots 2 625 3 75 4 875 2 REQUIREMENTS a The start and stop patterns are automatically inserted b The check characters are automatically inserted c 2 charactersetcodesaresa...

Page 57: ...hitespacesarenotincluded 2 REQUIREMENTS a JAN EAN 8 Must consist of a 7 or 8 numeric digits otherwise the command is ignored The check digit is automatically added using modules 10 3 weight When the c...

Page 58: ...m Module width Width of one character Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 2 dots 3 dots 4 dots 2 75 mm 4 125 mm 5 5 mm Item Module width Width of one character Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 2 dots 3 dots 4 dots 3 125 mm 4 5...

Page 59: ...s Code HEX Format HEX START A 6 25H 36H START B 7 25H 37H START C 8 25H 38 H SO 0EH N 25H 4EH SI 0FH O 25H 4FH DLE 10H P 25H 50H DC1 11H Q 25H 51H DC2 12H R 25H 52H DC3 13H S 25H 53H DC4 14H T 25H 54H...

Page 60: ...a Horizontal direction print Item Width of narrow elements Width of wide element Ratio Space between characters Mode 1Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Mode 5 Mode 6 Mode 7 Mode 8 Mode 9 2 dots 3 dots 4 dots 2 do...

Page 61: ...PRINT 1 E L011 0590 0050 0590 0950 1 2 LN PRINT 1 E L012 0670 0050 0670 0950 1 2 LN PRINT 1 E L013 0745 0050 0745 0950 1 4 LN PRINT 1 E PC00 0070 0930 1 1 1 33 02 LN Define character string position a...

Page 62: ...RC10 CUSTOMER LN PRINT 1 E RC11 STAR MICRONICS CO LTD LN PRINT 1 E RC12 ADDRESS LN PRINT 1 E RC13 20 10 NAKAYOSHIDA JAPAN LN PRINT 1 E RB00 ABC0123456789 LN Define bar code data PRINT 1 E RB01 10000 L...

Page 63: ...00 0222 1 1 1 00 01 LN Define character string position and type PRINT 1 E PC01 0300 0249 1 1 1 00 01 LN PRINT 1 E PC02 0300 0276 1 1 1 00 01 LN PRINT 1 E PB00 0300 0330 4 1 0 0040 LN Define bar code...

Page 64: ...C 1B 3A Select 16 dot pitch printing 70 ESC SP n 1B 20 n Set character spacing 70 SO 0E Sets the printing magnified double in 71 character width DC4 14 Resets the printing magnified in 71 character wi...

Page 65: ...n Set bottom margin 75 ESC O 1B 4F Cancel bottom margin 75 ESC l n 1B 6C n Set left margin 76 ESC Q n 1B 51 n Set right margin 76 Commands to Move the Print Position Control codes Hexadecimal Function...

Page 66: ...n 1B 26 01 00 n Delete a download character7 89 ESC 1 1B 25 31 Enable download character set 89 ESC 1 1B 25 01 ESC 0 1B 25 30 Disable download character set 89 ESC 0 1B 25 00 Commands to Control Perip...

Page 67: ...DC1 n 11 n RS 1E Beep the buzzer 93 ESC N n1 n2 n3 n4 1B 23 N 2C n1 n2 n3 n4 Set memory switch 94 LF NUL 0A 00 ESC 1B 40 Initialize printer 96 ENQ 05 Enquiry 96 STX 02 Enter STX ETX mode 97 ETX 03 Ter...

Page 68: ...8 Japan 2 Germany 9 Norway 3 England 10 Denmark II 4 Denmark I 11 Spain II 5 Sweden 12 Latin America 6 Italy When the value of n is 0 to 9 0 00H to 9 09H or 0 30H to 9 39H can be set When the value o...

Page 69: ...line feed 1 Character below bar code is not printed Line feed is performed after execution of command 2 Character below bar code is printed Line feed is performed after execution of command 3 Charact...

Page 70: ...o 9 39H can be set n4 Height of bar code Can be up to 255 dots 31 9mm If the bar code height is larger than the line feed amount the line feed amount is automatically multiplied by an integer di dk Ba...

Page 71: ...s optional and the maximum value also differs according to the modes and the types of character number 29 digits maximum in mode 7 Thestart stopcodeisalsocontainedinthedata it is not automatically add...

Page 72: ...P 25H 50H DC1 11H Q 25H 51H DC2 12H R 25H 52H DC3 13H S 25H 53H DC4 14H T 25H 54H NAK 15H U 25H 55H SYN 16H V 25H 56H ETB 17H W 25H 57H CAN 18H X 25H 58H EM 19H Y 25H 59H SUB 1AH Z 25H 5AH ESC 1BH 25H...

Page 73: ...HEX 1B 50 REMARKS Prints 12 dot pitch characters with 3 dot spacing between charac ters FUNCTION Select 16 dot pitch printing CODE ESC HEX 1B 3A REMARKS Prints 12 dot pitch characters with 4 dot spaci...

Page 74: ...1B 57 n REMARKS Prints the subsequent data including a character spacing set by ESC SP n magnifiedincharacterwidthbyaratespecifiedby the value of n n Character width n Character width 0 Unmagnify 3 Qu...

Page 75: ...ified by n1 n2 n1 indicates the height magnification and n2 indicates the width magnification n1 n2 0 Normal height or width size 1 Double height or width size 2 Triple height or width size 3 Quadrupl...

Page 76: ...of n can be set to 0 00H or 0 30H or 1 01H or 1 31H FUNCTION Select highlight printing CODE ESC 4 HEX 1B 34 REMARKS Prints the subsequent data including a character spacing set by ESC SP n reversed Th...

Page 77: ...emphasized printing CODE ESC E HEX 1B 45 CODE ESC G HEX 1B 47 REMARKS Causes subsequent characters to be emphasized FUNCTION Cancel emphasized printing CODE ESC F HEX 1B 46 CODE ESC H HEX 1B 48 REMARK...

Page 78: ...1B 43 00 n REMARKS Sets the page length to n 24 mm where n is between 1 and 22 The current line becomes the top of the page Resets the bottom margin Invalid when start position detect is ON FUNCTION S...

Page 79: ...aracter pitch is changed later Setting is invalid if the printing area for one line would be 36mm or less FUNCTION Set right margin CODE ESC Q n HEX 1B 51 n REMARKS Sets the right margin at column n w...

Page 80: ...X 1B 61 n REMARKS Prints the current line and feeds the paper n lines where n is between 1 and 127 FUNCTION Form feed CODE FF HEX 0C REMARKS Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to th...

Page 81: ...me as LF when start position detect is valid FUNCTION Set line spacing to 4 mm CODE ESC z 1 or ESC z 1 HEX 1B 7A 31 or 1B 7A 01 REMARKS Sets the distance the paper advances in subsequent line feeds to...

Page 82: ...ed n 8mm once only The value of n is 1 to 255 Space setting for lines is not changed FUNCTION Set vertical tab stops CODE ESC B n1 n2 0 HEX 1B 42 n1 n2 00 REMARKS Cancelsallcurrentverticaltabstopsands...

Page 83: ...ps and sets new tab stops at columns n1 n2 etc at the current character pitch where n1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 A maximum of 16 horizontal tab stops can be set The tab stops must be specif...

Page 84: ...m2 are the dot data each a 1 byte value from 0 to 255 representing 24 vertical dots with the most significant bit repre senting the top three and the least significant bit representing the bottom thr...

Page 85: ...00000001 01 m2 00011110 1E m3 00111110 3E m4 01011111 5F m5 00011111 1F m6 01011110 5E m7 00011110 1E m8 00111111 3F m9 00101111 2F m10 00111110 3E Data Binary Hexa decimal Data Binary Hexa decimal m...

Page 86: ...data each a 1 byte value from 0 to 255 representing 24 vertical dots with the most significant bit repre senting the top three and the least significant bit representing the bottom three The number o...

Page 87: ...t is longer than 80 digits or goes beyond the right margin Relationship between the input data and actual printing is shown below D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 m8 m9 m10 m11 m12 m13 m14...

Page 88: ...b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 d7n 2 b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 d8n 2 b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 d9n 2 b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 d10n 2 b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 d11n 2 b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 d12n 2 b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0...

Page 89: ...00000000 00 d47 00000000 00 d2 00000000 00 d4 11111000 F8 d6 11111100 FC d8 01110111 EE d10 00011111 1F d12 00011111 1F d14 00011111 1F d16 11110000 F0 d18 11111000 F8 d20 11111000 F8 d22 01111100 7C...

Page 90: ...17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 FUNCTION Print fine density graphics CODE ESC X n1 n2 d1 d n1 n2 256 3 HEX 1B 5 n1 n2 d1 d n1 n2 256 3 REMARKS Prints a bit image of the input data using horizontal and vertic...

Page 91: ...cter code of the character defined and must be between 32 and 127 The character matrix is 12 dots wide and 24 dots high Relationship between the character pattern and the character data is shown below...

Page 92: ...4 11000000 C0 m16 10000000 80 m18 00000000 00 m20 00000000 00 m22 00000000 00 m24 11000000 C0 m26 11100000 E0 m28 01100000 60 m30 01100000 60 m32 11000000 C0 m34 10000000 80 m36 00000000 00 m38 111000...

Page 93: ...s FUNCTION Control peripheral device 1 CODE BEL HEX 07 REMARKS Executes drive pulse for peripheral device 1 FUNCTION Control peripheral device 1 immediately CODE FS HEX 1C REMARKS Executes drive pulse...

Page 94: ...r ESC d 0 HEX 1B 64 30 or 1B 64 00 CODE ESC d 1 or ESC d 1 HEX 1B 64 31 or 1B 64 01 REMARKS Cuts the paper fully when start position detect is invalid Feeds the paper to the top of the next page then...

Page 95: ...ent drive conditions set by the code ESC BEL n1 n2 This is the same during a mechanical error The data cleared by the CAN code in STX ETX mode are the data between STX and ETX and the line buffer data...

Page 96: ...inter receives a DC1 code the deselect mode is canceled and data following this code is input to the buffer c If the printer receives a DC1 n code n is the DIP switch controlled address during the add...

Page 97: ...n1 Sensor select n2 Start position detect n3 Zero style n4 International character set Parammeter n1 n2 n3 n4 Setting Sensor select Start position delect Zero style International character set Defaul...

Page 98: ...EXAMPLE 1 LPRINT CHR H1B 1 010A CHR H0A CHR H00 LPRINT CHR H1B 2 0100 CHR H0A CHR H00 LPRINT CHR H1B CHR H0A CHR H00 Sensor Reflective sensor Start position detect ON Zero style Normal Zero Internatio...

Page 99: ...he printer FUNCTION Initialize printer CODE ESC HEX 1B 40 REMARKS Reinitializestheprinter Clearstheprintbufferandreturnssettings to their power up values Does not clear the input buffer downloaded cha...

Page 100: ...STX ETX mode and prints out the text data FUNCTION Reset the printer hardware CODE ESC LF NUL HEX 1B 3F 0A 00 REMARKS Resets the printer hardware 0 Constantly set at 0 Vertical Parity error 1 error F...

Page 101: ...smit a status byte Status byte 0 Constantly set at 0 Paper empty 1 empty Inside near end sensor 1 Near end Outside near end sensor 1 Near end Presenter paper jam error 1 Paper jam error Presenter no p...

Page 102: ...99 Character code table Differs according to the memory switch settings Page Mode 9 CHARACTER CODE TABLES...

Page 103: ...100 Page Mode Character type Small size or standard...

Page 104: ...101 Page Mode Character type Boldface...

Page 105: ...102 Page Mode International Character Set...

Page 106: ...103 Line Mode...

Page 107: ...104 Line Mode Character table Normal...

Page 108: ...105 Line Mode Character table katakana...

Page 109: ...106 Line Mode Character table IBM...

Page 110: ...107 Line Mode International Character Set...

Page 111: ...area 3 Be sure to completely remove any taped area from paper rolls before loading then Residual adhesive can stick to the cutter area and cause problems 4 If a jam occurs in the cutter area switch o...

Page 112: ...TCH SETTINGS Memory switch 2 N 2 n1 Always 0 n2 Always 1 n3 Always 0 n4 Printing speed 0 50 mm sec Default 1 25 mm sec Memory switch B N B n1 Always 0 n2 Presenter 0 Not Installed TUP452 1 Installed T...

Page 113: ...OLS FOR CREATING A LABEL 113 A LOOK AT THE MENU 122 File 122 Edit Menu 125 Status 128 Printer Settings 129 Settings 130 Preferences 131 NOTE It is recommended that Generic Text Only driver should be u...

Page 114: ...111 INSTALLATION Go into Windows Program Manager and Press RUN At the prompt type A SETUP This will automatically place the program on your hard disk and pressing the icon will start the program...

Page 115: ...ou are given the default line thickness If you would like to change the thickness use the EDIT menu described later Accurate size settings The Windows Screen may show you the setting of 99 9 This prog...

Page 116: ...and horizontal directions until the box is the size required Entering Text Operate the same procedure used for drawing of the lines above Choose the ABC icon and click the mouse where you want the te...

Page 117: ...ly numbers by clicking on the option This will show two additional options is used to increase the number printed with each label printed an increment of 2 will print the number in steps of 2 that is...

Page 118: ...e and location of the file to be used for such input This program is using an intelligent way to select the data in the file you choose The program reads the number of fields in the file and then prom...

Page 119: ...es From the top sub menu you can specify options which will enhance the readabil ity of the labels Type will change the boldness of the characters Width expands the character horizontally Height incre...

Page 120: ...Direction allows you to change the orientation of the text Entering Bar Codes First you must specify the bar code type required The available options will change in accordance to the bar code type ch...

Page 121: ...en Choosing willprintthehumanreadablecodebelowthebarcode This option leads you to another menu where you can position and alter the character istics of the text TheSpacingreferstothedistancebetweenone...

Page 122: ...set the bar code number auto incrementation This is used to increase the bar code number with each label printed Example an increment of 2 will add 2 to the number of the bar code with each label pri...

Page 123: ...arts to print Check your computer time and date before printing such labels From the left side select Date or Time If you want to print both you can do one selection now and then do the other selectio...

Page 124: ...tions similar to the ones described above in the Date function A new feature of Version 2 is the Forward date By pressing the mouse on the up arrow the date is advanced by the number of days inserted...

Page 125: ...ill enable you to call a label which was previously designed and saved After Opening you will be able to edit print and save the new label New Label will discard the modifications done on screen and t...

Page 126: ...to modify it That means that if you have an old version of that label and you use Save Label the old label will be overwritten by the new version Save Label Asallows you to give a new name to the mod...

Page 127: ...124 Print Label will print the label already designed Refresh will re draw the screen to remove unwanted drafting signs which may be left during designing Exit from the label program...

Page 128: ...settings and sizes of items drawn on screen Label Size change the label size The arrow signs designate the move to the new size High Speed will move the position faster X Lines change the Line Width...

Page 129: ...he line being edited turns red on most monitors Pressing the Mbutton will move the controls to the next line When ready press If you want to remove the line being edited press button Y Lines change th...

Page 130: ...bring up the text menu with the text already written in the edit window Edit Bar Codes Likewise to edit bar codes you can click the mouse on the bar code you need to change Edit Dot Graphics calls the...

Page 131: ...l is the following X Lines 20 Y Lines 20 Boxes 5 Texts 90 Bar Codes 30 BMP Graphic files 5 Pressing the Status and scrolling down each item will display how many more you can use of that item Example...

Page 132: ...must match the paper labels you are using Cut Position Detects the start position of the label Print Speed you can choose high or slow printing speed Zero you can choose to print the Zero with a slash...

Page 133: ...Parellel Port If you want to use the parallel port setup the windows GENERIC TEXT PRINTER Driver and set this as the default printer Serial Port The software checks automatically for the first availa...

Page 134: ...rawn the thickness and size can be modified through the EDIT menu This menu also give yout the option to choose between various shapes of the cursor You can choose between the shapes of the Arrow Cros...

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