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Feed labels through adjustable label guide

1. Printer Carriage Release Lever

2. Platen

3. Label Media

4. Adjustable Label Guide

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Summary of Contents for TTP-243 Plus Series

Page 1: ...TTP 243 Pro 243E Pro 342 Pro Series TTP 243 Plus 243E Plus 342 Plus Series USER S MANUAL THERMAL TRANSFER DIRECT THERMAL BAR CODE PRINTER ...

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Page 3: ... printer 13 2 5 Buttons and Indicators 14 3 SET UP 15 3 1 Setting up the Printer 15 3 2 Loading Label and Tag Stock 16 3 3 Peel off Function Not available for 243E series printer 19 3 4 Ribbon Loading Instructions 22 3 5 Install External Label Roll Mount Not available for 243E series printer 26 3 6 Install Memory Module Option 27 3 7 Self Test 29 3 8 Dump Mode 30 4 USING TTP 243 SERIES 243E SERIES...

Page 4: ...different sizes of alphanumeric fonts By using font multiplication an even greater range of sizes is possible Smooth fonts can be downloaded from the user friendly Windows labeling design software In addition This printer is capable of independently executing BASIC programming functions including arithmetic logical operation loop flow control and file management among others This programming capab...

Page 5: ...t Width 25 mm 104 mm Effective Print Width 23 mm 102 mm No Print Area 1 mm 1 3 Available Bar Codes 1D bar code Code 39 Code 93 Code 128 UCC Code 128 Subsets A B and C Codabar Interleaved 2 of 5 EAN 8 EAN 13 EAN 128 UPC A UPC E EAN and UPC with 2 or 5 digits add on MSI PLESSEY Postnet China post 2D bar code Maxicode PDF 417 DataMatrix QR code GS1 DataBar family RSS ...

Page 6: ... the position of label by emitting infrared rays onto the black mark at the back of the ticket The sensor is mounted 5 75 mm off the center line of the ticket roll width on the mechanism In case of Ticket The default sensor position is 1 as shown on the figure below To change to the 2 position the customer should notify the manufacturer in advance There can be only one position for the sensor Once...

Page 7: ...tion of the ribbon The ribbon end must be transparent Label End Sensor The sensor detects the end portion of the label Peel off Sensor The sensor detects the backing paper of a label Ribbon encoder The encoder is used to detect if the ribbon is broken ...

Page 8: ...er Max 4 3 110mm External roll diameter Max 8 4 214mm Roll Up Method Print surface wound outside as standard Paper Core ID 25 7 0 3mm Note 1 The width and thickness quoted above are said of the label plus its backing paper 2 Likewise the approval of label entails that of its backing paper 3 In the peel off mode the minimum pitch is 35mm 4 In the cutter mode it is required the paper be wound outsid...

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Page 10: ...tape Polyester film transparent 250 5mm long Max ribbon OD 67mm Winding method Ink surface to be wound outside Note The maximum length of ribbon depends on its thickness and core outside diameter The formula below defines the correlation between ribbon roll length and ribbon core diameter t 4 d D L 2 2 where L Ribbon length D Max roll diameter d Ribbon core outside diameter t Ribbon thickness ...

Page 11: ...ndle Two ribbon supply rewind spindles One flat label supply roll spindle Two fixing tabs One round label supply roll spindle Not available for 243E series printer One Quick installation guide One Windows labeling software Windows driver CD disk One power supply One power cord One USB interface cable Pro series printer only One Centronics interface cable TTP 243 Plus TTP 342 Plus series printer on...

Page 12: ... Top front view 1 Cover Release Button 2 PWR ON LINE and ERR Indicators 3 PAUSE Button 4 FEED Button 5 Label Dispense Opening 6 Liner Opening For use with peel off function Not available for 243E series printer 3 4 2 1 5 6 ...

Page 13: ...g Tabs 4 Ribbon Mechanism 5 Ribbon Supply Spindle 6 Ribbon Rewind Spindle 7 Printer Carriage Release Lever 8 Liner Opening 9 Detachable Front Panel 10 PAUSE Button 11 PWR ON LINE ERR Indicators 12 FEED Button 13 Peel off Sensor Not available for 243E series printer 14 Memory Card Cover ...

Page 14: ... with external labels TTP 243 Pro 243E Pro 342 Pro series 1 Power On Off Switch 2 Power Supply DC Jacket 3 RS 232C Interface Connector 4 USB Interface Connector 5 Label Insert Opening For use with external media 6 Centronics Interface Connector Factory option Note The interface picture here is for reference only Please refer to the product specification for the interfaces availability 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 15: ...13 2 4 External Label Roll Mount Option for 243E series printer External label roll mount ...

Page 16: ...leshooting Guides PAUSE Button The PAUSE button allows the user to stop a print job and then continue the printing with a second depression of the button By pressing the PAUSE button 1 the printer stops printing after the printing label 2 the PAUSE LED flashes and 3 the printer will hold all data in memory This allows for trouble free replacement of label stock and thermal transfer ribbon A second...

Page 17: ...t the printer to the computer mainframe with the provided RS 232C or Centronics cable 4 Plug the power cord into the power supply connector at the rear of the printer and then plug the power cord into a properly grounded receptable Note Please switch OFF printer power switch prior to plug in the power cord to printer power jack ...

Page 18: ...ver on the left side of the platen 3 Slide the label supply roll spindle through the core of a label roll and attach the fixing tabs onto the spindle 4 Place the label roll into the label roll mount Feed the label under the carriage and over the platen 5 Adjust the label guide to fit the width of the media 6 Engage the printer carriage ...

Page 19: ...ut of ribbon or media the ON LINE LED will not illuminate and the ERR LED will flash Reload the ribbon or media without turning off the printer power Press the FEED button three or four times until the ON LINE LED illuminates The printing job will be resumed without data loss Inserting label supply roll into label roll mount 1 Label Supply Roll Spindle 2 Label Roll Mount 3 Label Roll 4 Fixing Tabs...

Page 20: ...18 Feed labels through adjustable label guide 1 Printer Carriage Release Lever 2 Platen 3 Label Media 4 Adjustable Label Guide ...

Page 21: ...ccording to the following steps 1 Remove the front panel 2 Remove the foremost one or two labels from the liner 3 Pull the printer carriage release lever to feed the liner between the platen and the white peel off roller 4 Feed the liner through the liner opening in the front panel Put back the front panel Label Liner ...

Page 22: ...It is recommended that the print speed be set at 2 inches 1 5 inches for TTP 342 series per second when using the peel off function of the printer Peel off function is not available for TTP 243E series printer ...

Page 23: ...inter for peel off function 1 Printer Carriage Release Lever 2 Platen 3 Peel off Roller 4 Liner Printer ready for peel off function 1 Printer Carriage Release Lever 2 Printer Front Panel 3 Liner Opening 4 Liner 5 Label ...

Page 24: ...front hubs 3 Please be noted that the bigger hub side with 4 ribs must be installed toward the right side of ribbon mechanism 4 Install a ribbon on the ribbon supply spindle Mount the ribbon supply spindle on the rear hubs 5 Insert the left side first Please be noted that the bigger hub side with 4 ribs must be installed toward the right side of ribbon mechanism ...

Page 25: ...direction of the RIBBON label pull the transparent ribbon leader to the front from under the ribbon mechanism 8 Attach the ribbon leader to the empty paper core on the ribbon rewind spindle with a tape 9 Rotate the ribbon rewind spindle until the ribbon overlaps the ribbon leader and stretches tight ...

Page 26: ...nd press the FEED button until the green ON LINE LED illuminates Note Please install ribbon and media and close print head mechanism prior to turn on power Printer will determine direct thermal or thermal transfer mode automatically while turning on printer power ...

Page 27: ...25 Placement of ribbon supply roll 1 Printer Carriage Release Lever 2 Ribbon Supply Spindle 3 Ribbon Rewind Spindle 4 Thermal Transfer Ribbon Installation of label stock and thermal transfer ribbon ...

Page 28: ...stall External Label Roll Mount Not available for 243E series printer Installation of external label roll mount 1 External Label Roll Mount 2 Label Supply Roll Spindle 3 External Label Feed Opening 4 Fixing Tabs ...

Page 29: ...Plus 243E Plus 342 Plus series TTP 243 Pro 243E Pro 342 Pro Series 4 Close the memory card cover 5 Turn on the power Recommended SD card specification SD card spec SD card capacity Approved SD card manufacturer V1 0 V1 1 128 MB SanDisk Transcend V1 0 V1 1 256 MB SanDisk Transcend Panasonic V1 0 V1 1 512 MB SanDisk Transcend Panasonic V1 0 V1 1 1 GB SanDisk Transcend Panasonic V2 0 SDHC CLASS 4 4 G...

Page 30: ...0 SDHC CLASS 6 microSD 4 GB Transcend V1 0 V1 1 miniSD 128 MB Transcend Panasonic V1 0 V1 1 miniSD 256 MB Transcend Panasonic V1 0 V1 1 miniSD 512 MB Transcend Panasonic V1 0 V1 1 miniSD 1 GB Transcend Panasonic V2 0 SDHC CLASS 4 miniSD 4 GB Transcend V2 0 SDHC CLASS 6 miniSD 4 GB The DOS FAT file system is supported for the SD card Folders files stored in the SD card should be in the 8 3 filename...

Page 31: ...ad Following the check pattern the printer prints internal settings as listed below When the self test is completed the printer enters the dump mode Please turn the printer s power off and then on to resume normal printing Self test printout NOW IN DUMP MODE Print head check pattern Model name and F W version Printed mileage meter Firmware checksum Serial port configuration Code page Country code ...

Page 32: ...e printed in two columns as shown The characters received will be shown in the first column and their corresponding hexadecimal values in the second This is often helpful to users for the verification of programming commands or debugging of printer programs Reset the printer by turning the POWER switch off and on for normal printing ...

Page 33: ...ter dump mode Regarding the self test and dump mode please refer to section 3 7 Self Test and section 3 8 Dump Mode for more information 4 1 2 Gap Sensor Calibration Utility This utility is used to calibrate the sensitivity of gap sensor Users may have to calibrate the gap sensor for two reasons 1 The media is being changed to a new type 2 Initialize the printer Note The ERR LED may flash if gap s...

Page 34: ...e Off Cutter Mode Off Serial Port Settings 9600 bps none parity 8 data bits 1 stop bit Code Page 850 Country Code 001 Clear Flash Memory Yes Please follow the steps below to initialize the printer 1 Turn off the printer power 2 Hold down the PAUSE and FEED buttons and turn on the printer power 3 Do not release the buttons until the three LEDs flash in turn Note 1 Printing method thermal transfer o...

Page 35: ...mode Poor print quality 1 Clean the thermal print head 2 Adjust the print density setting 3 Ribbon and media are not compatible 4 Media thickness is over spec 5 Check if correct power supply is connected with printer Power indicator on printer does not illuminate 1 Check the power cord see whether it is properly connected 2 Check if the LED on the power supply is illuminated If it is not lit on th...

Page 36: ...ribbon threaded correctly in the mechanism 3 Is paper core installed on the ribbon take up spindle 2 Calibrate the sensitivity of gap sensor Continuous feeding when printing labels 1 Check the driver or command script setting if sensor type is set properly 2 Calibrate the gap sensor again if die cut media is used for printing ...

Page 37: ...35 Update History Date Content Editor 2010 10 12 Add section 1 2 1 5 Camille 2010 10 13 Modify section 1 2 1 3 Camille 2010 11 22 Modify section 1 1 Camille 2011 1 25 Modify TSC address Camille ...

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