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Taipei Office

No. 35, Sec. 2, Ligong 1st Rd., Wujie Town 11F, No. 205, Sec. 3, Beishin Rd., Shindian City,
, I-Lan County, Taiwan 268, R.O.C.

Taipei 231, Taiwan, R.O.C.Taiwan 268, R.O.C.

TEL

+886-3-990-6677

TEL

+886-2-8913-1308

FAX

+886-3-990-5577

FAX

+886-2-8913-1808

Web site: www.tscprinters.com
E-mail: [email protected]

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TSC Auto ID Technology Co., Ltd.

Summary of Contents for TTP-243 Series

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

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Page 3: ...ing Up the Printer 9 3 2 Loading Label and Tag Stock 9 3 3 Self Peeling Function 12 3 4 Ribbon Loading Instructions 15 3 5 Install External Label Roll Mount 18 3 6 Install Memory Module Option 19 3 7 Self Test 20 3 8 Dump Mode 22 4 USING TTP 243 SERIES 243E SERIES 342 SERIES 23 4 1 Power on Utilities 23 4 1 1 Self Test Utility 23 4 1 2 Gap Sensor Calibration Utility 23 4 1 3 Printer Initialization...

Page 4: ...both thermal transfer and direct thermal printing All of the most frequently used bar code formats are available Fonts and bar codes can be printed in any one of four directions This printer provides a choice of five 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 de...

Page 5: ...n ribbon Not available for 243E series printer One paper core for ribbon rewind spindle Two ribbon supply rewind spindle One round label supply roll spindle One label spindle with two fixing tabs One external label roll mount spindle Not available for 243E series printer One power supply One power cord One Centronics interface cable Not available for 243E series printer One Quick installation guid...

Page 6: ... Printer Parts Figure 1 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 Backing Paper Opening for use with self peeling function ...

Page 7: ...ndle 3 Fixing Tabs 4 Ribbon Mechanism 5 Ribbon Supply Spindle 6 Ribbon Rewind Spindle 7 Printer Carriage Release Lever 8 Backing Paper Opening 9 Detachable Front Panel 10 PAUSE Button 11 PWR ON LINE ERR Indicators 12 FEED Button 13 Peel Off Sensor 14 Memory Module Slot with cover on ...

Page 8: ...6 Figure 3 Rear view 1 Power On Off Switch 2 Power Supply Connector 3 RS 232C DB 9 Interface Connector 4 Centronics Interface Connector 5 Label Insert Opening for use with external labels ...

Page 9: ...7 2 4 External Label Roll Mount Figure 4 External label roll mount ...

Page 10: ...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 11: ... 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 7 Wind the label roll until it becomes adequately taut 8 Close the printer cover and press the FEED button three or four ...

Page 12: ...10 Figure 5 Inserting label supply roll into label roll mount 1 Label Supply Roll Spindle 2 Label Roll Mount 3 Label Roll 4 Fixing Tabs ...

Page 13: ...11 Figure 6 Feed labels through adjustable label guide 1 Printer Carriage Release Lever 2 Platen 3 Label Media 4 Adjustable Label Guide ...

Page 14: ...the label stock as befits the case Feed the backing paper between the platen and the white self peeling roller as shown in Figure 7 3 Feed the backing paper through the backing paper opening in the front panel as shown in Figure 8 4 Put back the front panel Figure 7 Setting up printer for self peeling function 1 Printer Carriage Release Lever 2 Platen 3 Self Peeling Roller 4 Backing Paper ...

Page 15: ... It is recommended that the print speed be set at 2 inches 1 5 inches for TTP 342 Plus per second when using the self peeling function of the printer Peel off function is not available for 243E series printer ...

Page 16: ...rinter ready for self peeling function 1 Printer Carriage Release Lever 2 Printer Front Panel 3 Backing Paper Opening 4 Backing Paper 5 Label Note The 243E series printer is not equipped with the self peeling device ...

Page 17: ... the ribbon rewind paper core 5 Rotate the ribbon rewind roller until the ribbon leader is thoroughly firmly encompassed by the black section of the ribbon 6 Engage the printer carriage 7 Close the printer cover and 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 t...

Page 18: ...16 Figure 9 Placement of ribbon supply roll 1 Printer Carriage Release Lever 2 Ribbon Supply Spindle 3 Ribbon Rewind Spindle 4 Thermal Transfer Ribbon ...

Page 19: ...17 Figure 10 Installation of label stock and thermal transfer ribbon ...

Page 20: ...18 3 5 Install External Label Roll Mount Figure 11 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 21: ...nstall Memory Module Option 1 Power off the printer 2 Remove the cover 3 Insert the memory module 4 Put the cover back 5 Turn on the power Figure 12 Installation of memory module Option 1 Memory Module 2 Cover ...

Page 22: ...he thermal print head Following the check pattern the printer prints internal settings as listed below 1 Printer model and firmware version 2 Mileage 3 Check sum 4 Serial port setting 5 Code page setting 6 Country code setting 7 Print speed setting 8 Print density setting 9 Label size setting 10 Gap Bline width and offset setting 11 Backing paper transparence 12 File list 13 Available memory space...

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Page 24: ...ter will be 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 ...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...ANCY Will be reset Need to re calibrate the gap sensor 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 or thermal direct printing will be set automatically at the activation of printer power...

Page 27: ... turning on printer power 2 Install the black ribbon spindle at the correct direction 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 Power indicator 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 n...

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