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6.2

 

Menu Overview

 

 

 

There are 6 categories for the menu. You can easy to set the settings of the printer without 

connecting the computer. Please refer to following sections for more details. 

 
 

This “Setting” category can set up the printer 

settings for WPL & ZPL2. 

 
 

 

This "Sensor" option is used to calibrate 

the selected media sensor. We 

recommend calibrate the sensor before 

printing when changing the media. 

 
 

 

This "Interface" option is used to set the 

printer  interface settings. 

 
 

 

This "Advanced" option is used to set the 

printer LCD settings, initialization, cutter 

type, media  low warning setting  %...etc. 

 
 

 

This "File Manager" option is used to  check/ 

manager  the printer  available memory. 

 
 

 

This "Diagnostic" option is used to review 

printer to troubleshoot problems and other 

issues. 

Summary of Contents for WPL614

Page 1: ...1 WPL614 THERMAL TRANSFER DIRECT THERMAL BAR CODE PRINTER USER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...rom the Monotype Corporation Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Information in this document is subject to chan...

Page 3: ...if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely...

Page 4: ...The mains socket shall be installed near the equipment and easily accessible 5 The unit must be protected against moisture 6 Ensure the stability when installing the device Tipping or dropping could...

Page 5: ...his equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20 cm between the radiator your body All operational modes 2 4GHz 802 11b 802 11g 802 11n HT20 802 11n HT40 5GHz 802 11a The freque...

Page 6: ...e Information The radiated output power of the Wireless Device is below the Industry Canada IC radio frequency exposure limits The Wireless Device should be used in such a manner such that the potenti...

Page 7: ...est connect des dispositifs h tes sp cifiques op rant dans des conditions d utilisation mobile Pour le Wi Fi Ce p riph rique a galement t valu et d montr conforme aux limites d exposition radio fr qu...

Page 8: ...ter Overview 7 2 2 1 Front View 8 2 2 2 Interior view 11 2 2 3 Rear View 13 2 3 Operator Control 15 2 3 1 LED Indication and Keys 16 2 3 2 Main page Icons 16 2 3 3 Touch Screen 17 3 Setup 18 3 1 Setti...

Page 9: ...g RS 232 interface to setup Ethernet interface 39 5 3 3 Using Ethernet interface to setup Ethernet interface 40 6 LCD Menu Function 42 6 1 Enter the Menu 42 6 2 Menu Overview 43 6 3 Setting 44 6 3 1 W...

Page 10: ...igh resolution images The WPL614 Series printers are loaded with standard features including a color touch display with brand new GUI design and six menu buttons to provide a great user experience sup...

Page 11: ...t pause right feed 1 LED with 2 LEDs Green Red Processor 32 bit RISC high performance processor Memory 128MB Flash memory 128MB SDRAM USB device memory FAT32 microSD card up to 32 GB 512MB Flash memor...

Page 12: ...1257 Baltic Codepage 1258 Vietnam ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 Western European ISO 8859 2 Latin 2 Central European ISO 8859 3 Latin 3 South European ISO 8859 4 Latin 4 North European ISO 8859 5 Cyrillic ISO 8...

Page 13: ...f module assembly WPL614 WPL614T Series only Minimum label peeling height 0 5 Regular cutter Guillotine cutter Paper thickness 0 06 0 15 mm KP 200 Plus keyboard display unit KU 007 Plus programmable s...

Page 14: ...Printout bias Vertical 0 7 1mm 1 5 Ribbon Specifications Ribbon Specifications Ribbon outside diameter Max 90 mm OD Ribbon length 600 m Ribbon core inside diameter 1 25 4 mm Ribbon width 25 4 mm 114 3...

Page 15: ...ipping Please carefully inspect the packaging and printer upon receiving the bar code printer Please retain the packaging materials in case you need to reship the printer Unpacking the printer the fol...

Page 16: ...7 Note Check the production date Serial NO XXX 17 22 XXXX YEAR WEEK If any parts are missing please contact the Customer Service Department of your purchased reseller or distributor...

Page 17: ...8 2 2 Printer Overview 2 2 1 Front View For WPL614 1 2 5 3 6 4 7 1 LED indicator 2 LCD display 3 Front panel buttons 4 USB host x 2 5 Media view window 6 Paper exit chute 7 Printer cover handle...

Page 18: ...Platen roller 13 17 2 2 2 Interior view For WPL614 5 6 7 8 1 9 2 3 4 11 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ribbon rewind spindle Print head pressure position adjustment knob Print head pressure adjustment knob Print he...

Page 19: ...e interfaces availability 2 2 3 Rear View For WPL614 6 9 2 3 8 4 5 1 7 10 1 External label entrance chute 2 RS 232C interface 3 Ethernet interface 4 USB interface 5 microSD card slot 6 Centronics inte...

Page 20: ...14 2 3 Operator Control LED indicator Printer status Printer model Printer firmware version Time Date Touch screen Icons ETH Ethernet IP address Wi Fi Wi Fi IP address Keys...

Page 21: ...ect keys The labels on the footer of the UI will explain the function for left and right soft key Check the labels on the footer of the UI screen The meaning of the select keys will vary Navigational...

Page 22: ...Enter cursor be marked in green located option Feed button advance one label 2 3 3 Touch Screen Tap an item to open use it Be selected Green Scroll up Scroll down Return Note Enter Up page Set For LCD...

Page 23: ...s off 3 Connect the printer to the computer with the provided USBcable 4 Plug the power cord into the AC power cord socket at the rear of the printer and then plug the power cord into a properly groun...

Page 24: ...18 3 2 Loading the Ribbon 1 Open the printer right side cover 2 Install the ribbon onto ribbon supply spindle...

Page 25: ...mechanism 4 Thread ribbon below the ribbon guide bar through ribbon sensor slot and as the loading path printed on the printer 5 Wind the ribbon rewind spindle counterclockwise roughly 3 5 circles unt...

Page 26: ...21 Ribbon loading path Ink coated inside Ink coated outside 6 Close the print head mechanism by pushing down the both sides of the print head release lever...

Page 27: ...ibbon 1 Break the ribbon between ribbon guide plate and the ribbon rewind spindle 2 SLIDE OFF 1 2 Push the ribbon release button and slide the ribbon off to release the ribbon on the ribbon rewind spi...

Page 28: ...label roll guard horizontally to the end of label spindle then flip down the label roll guard 3 Place the media roll on the label supply spindle and use label roll guard to fix it Note The media end s...

Page 29: ...mark sensor is at the location where media gap black mark will pass throughfor sensing Black mark sensor shown as Gap sensor shown as 6 Adjust the label guide to fix the media position Note Please in...

Page 30: ...the print head mechanism on both sides and make sure the latches are engaged securely 8 Set media sensor type and calibrate the selected sensor Note Please calibrate the gap black mark sensor when cha...

Page 31: ...r right side cover 2 Insert the fanfold media through the bottom or rear external label entrance chute 3 Please refer to section 3 4 1 step 4 8 for loading media Note Please calibrate the gap black ma...

Page 32: ...e the different pressure to print the label correctly Therefore it may require to adjust the print head pressure adjustment knob and get the best print quality Movable Note Print head pressure positio...

Page 33: ...for adjustment Because the printer s ribbon alignment is to the left side of mechanism different ribbon or media widths require different tension to print correctly Therefore it may require to adjust...

Page 34: ...e instructions below to adjust the printer parts Adjustable Printer Parts Ribbon Tension Adjustment Knob has 5 positions for adjustment Use flat blade driver to change the ribbon tension position Ribb...

Page 35: ...s positioned on the level of innermost side but didn t improve the ribbon wrinkle please switch the print head pressure position adjustment knob per 1 level and print the label again to check if the w...

Page 36: ...mands to a printer With the aid of this powerful tool you can review printer status and setting in an instant which makes it much easier to troubleshoot problems and other issues 5 1 Start the Diagnos...

Page 37: ...sensor field Ethernet Setup Setup the IP address subnet mask gateway for the on board Ethernet RTC Setup Synchronize printer Real Time Clock with PC Factory Default Initialize the printer and restore...

Page 38: ...terface to setup Ethernet interface 1 Connect the printer and computer with USB cable 2 Turn on the printer power switch 3 Start the Diagnostic Utility by double clicking on the icon 4 The Diagnostic...

Page 39: ...agnostic Utility by double clicks on the icon 4 Select COM as interface then click on the Setup button to setup the serial port baud rate parity check data bits stop bit and flow controlparameters 5 C...

Page 40: ...nterface then click on the Setup button to setup the IP address subnet mask and gateway for the on board Ethernet 5 Click the Discover Device button to explore the printers that exist on the network 6...

Page 41: ...printer will reset to take effect the settings 8 Click Exit button to exit the Ethernet interface setup and go back to Diagnostic Tool main screen Factory Default button This function will reset the...

Page 42: ...n 6 1 Enter the Menu By touch display Tap the Menu icon on LCD main page to enter the menu By Keys Use navigational keys to select the Menu icon be marked in green and press the left soft key button m...

Page 43: ...is used to calibrate the selected media sensor We recommend calibrate the sensor before printing when changing the media This Interface option is used to set the printer interface settings This Advanc...

Page 44: ...mode Offset Shift X Shift Y None Batch Mode Peeler Mode Cutter Mode Cutter Batch Rewinder Mode Reference X Reference Y Code Page Country Item Description Default Speed Use this item to setup print sp...

Page 45: ...s 0 dot Reference Y 0 dot Code page Use this item to set the code page of international character set 850 Country Use this option to set the country code Available setting value range is from 1 to 358...

Page 46: ...onvert Tear Off Peeler Off Cutter Rewind Feed Calibration Length No Motion Feed Calibration Length No Motion Enabled Disabled None 150 300 150 600 200 600 300 600 Item Description Default Density Use...

Page 47: ...delimiter character N A Media Power Up This option is used to set the action of the media when you turn on the printer No Motion Head Close This option is used to set the action of the media when you...

Page 48: ...first number is the original dots per inch dpi value the second the dpi to which you would like to scale None Note If printing from enclosed software driver the software driver will send out the comma...

Page 49: ...will feed 2 to 3 gap labels to calibrate the sensor sensitivity automatically N A Manual setup In case Automatic cannot apply to the media please use Manual function to set the paper length and gap bl...

Page 50: ...face Serial Baud Rate Parity Data Bits Stop Bit s 1200 bps 2400 bps 4800 bps 9600 bps 19200 bps 38400 bps 57600 bps 115200 bps None Odd Even 7 8 1 2 Item Description Default Baud Rate This item is use...

Page 51: ...t module Menu Interface Ethernet Status Config Item Description Default Status Use this menu to check the Ethernet IP address and MAC setting status N A Config DHCP This item is used to ON or OFF the...

Page 52: ...t the printer s IP address subnet mask and gateway DHCP SSID Use this menu to set the Wi Fi SSID N A Security Use this menu to set the Wi Fi security Open Password Use this menu to set the Wi Fi passw...

Page 53: ...inter settings to defaults N A Display Brightness This item is used to setup the brightness for display Range 0 100 50 Touchscreen Calibration This feature is used to calibrate the touchscreen for bes...

Page 54: ...r UI for reminding user to clean the print head The default setting is disable Reset Counter This item is used to reset the print head clean warning mileage after cleaned print head Interval This item...

Page 55: ...File Manager This feature is used to check the printer available memory show the files list delete the files or run the files that saved in the printer DRAM Flash Card memory DRAM Menu File Manager FL...

Page 56: ...rint head heater element Self test printout Model name F W version Firmware checksum Printer S N Configuration file System date System time Printed mileage meter Cutting counter Print speed inch sec P...

Page 57: ...s temperature and bad dots Display This feature is used to check LCD s color state Sensor This feature is used to check sensors intensity and reading state DOWNLOA 0D 0A 44 4F 57 4E 4C 4F 4I D TEST2...

Page 58: ...ganized Favorites list Touch and hold a favorite option item until Join Favorites setting screen pops up Tap Yes to add this setting option item to Favorites Touch and hold Delete favorites item Touch...

Page 59: ...command PRINT at the end of the file and there must have CRLF at the end of each command line No print on the label Label or ribbon is loaded not correctly Use wrong type paper or ribbon Follow the i...

Page 60: ...er to chapter 9 Irregular printing The printer is in Hex Dump mode The RS 232 setting is incorrect Turn off and on the printer to skip the dump mode Re set the Rs 232 setting Label feeding is not stab...

Page 61: ...he parameter Shift Y in the LCD menu is incorrect The vertical offset setting in the driver is incorrect Calibrate the sensor sensitivityagain Set the correct label size and gapsize Press Menu Setting...

Page 62: ...e Clean the print head when changing a new label roll Platen Roller 1 Turn the power off 2 Rotate the platen roller and wipe it thoroughly with water Clean the platen roller when changing a new label...

Page 63: ...14P Series Kate 2017 8 15 Revise Ch 1 2 2 Option Card GPIO Parallel from factory option to dealer option Kate 2017 8 25 Add Ch 1 2 2 Paper thickness of Regular cutter Add Ch 1 2 2 User option Peel off...

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