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User’s Manual

Portable Printer

PP-55

Summary of Contents for PP-55

Page 1: ...115ATsarigradskoshosseBlvd Sofia1784 BULGARIA tel 359 2 974 00 55 fax 359 2 974 11 00 e mail sales datecs bg www datecs bg User s Manual Portable Printer PP 55...

Page 2: ...ing Mobile Device 10 Installing PrintSuite onto PC 12 Palm OS Devices 16 Loading Device Software PalmOS 17 Loading Device Manually PalmOS 18 Software Compatibility PalmOS 19 Print Manager PalmOS 20 Ve...

Page 3: ...n Capture PocketPC 45 Barcode Printing PocketPC 47 Magnetic Card Reader PocketPC 49 Barcode Reader PocketPC 50 Document Printing PocketPC 51 Developing Solution PocketPC 53 BlackBerry OS Devices 54 Lo...

Page 4: ...des EAN13 EAN8 UPCA UPCE Code39 Code93 Code128 Interleave 2 of 5 Codebar PDF417 Communications Serial RS232 Optional 2 x USB Master Slave Magnetic Card Reader 3 track head ISO7811 1D Barcode Reader Sy...

Page 5: ...uick Start Steps What to do Purpose Where to find more information 1 Charge the PP 55 rechargeable battery pack as recommended in this manual The Lithium Ion battery pack should be fully charged befor...

Page 6: ...ED indicator ON OFF and Paper Feed button Adapter inlet NOTE With a fully charged bat tery PP 55 can print out more than 5000 inches of alpha numeric data Prolonged periods of storage can cause a drop...

Page 7: ...at least 4 hours To prevent electrical damage to the printer and or battery pack please use approved AC DC adapter only Charging PP 55 PDA The PP 55 has a built in charging circuit to enable the char...

Page 8: ...ollowing explain how to access the various operating modes Note Care must be taken when entering operating modes to prevent the clearing of factory preset configuration information ON OFF Led Feed But...

Page 9: ...shown in the steps below Make sure that the paper is placed in the printer as shown in step 2 below Open paper cover holder with both fingers and remove the remaining part of the old paper roll Place...

Page 10: ...ol to determine printing problems or battery level The steps below show how the self test is activated Step 1 Make sure the On line LED is OFF before performing step 2 Step 2 Press and hold the paper...

Page 11: ...that the PP 55 currently supports Compatible products Devices are added constantly For updates on supported device visit our web site at http www datecs bg No PDA Device Operation System Device Type O...

Page 12: ...ompatible products to make sure your device will work with the PP 55 Care must be taken to ensure that the PP 55 cradle connector and PDA connector are not accidentally damaged The figures below show...

Page 13: ...Although the PP 55 cradle is designed to hold the device in place this does not prevent the device from acciden tally slipping out if the printer is held in the position below Place Device Type 5 Take...

Page 14: ...ironment The installation program PrintSuite EXE can be found on the CD that is supplied with the PP 55 or at our developer web site at http pda datecs bg The PP 55 software package must be installed...

Page 15: ...ling PrintSuite onto PC Step 3 Click Next to continue the installation process Step 4 Leaving the default destination folder is recommended as loading of software onto device will require locating pro...

Page 16: ...14 Installing PrintSuite onto PC Step 5 Check the components you want to install onto your PC and PDA device For PocketPC device the PrintManager for PocketPC WinCE component should have a check in th...

Page 17: ...ocketPC or BlackBerry device no items should be checked Click OK to complete the installation process The PP 55 software package should now be installed onto your PC For loading printing software onto...

Page 18: ...ting tools and SDKs for Palm OS will run on these devices However not all Palm devices are sup ported by PP 55 Hardware or Software Please refer to the section Compatible Mobile Device and verify that...

Page 19: ...scription of these files and the file names Installing the files onto your PDA device requires using Hot Sync and the Install Tool program supplied with your PDA Your PDA Hot Sync and Install Tool pro...

Page 20: ...s Manual Version 2 05 Page 18 Loading Device Manually PalmOS Loading Device Manually a Start the Install Tool program b Add prc files to load onto device c Place device into hot sync cradle d Press h...

Page 21: ...have printing capabilities built into the application itself No print option in menu Therefore the DATECS Print Manager is used to extract and print data from these applications Note Because of the P...

Page 22: ...ttings The following is a step by step process of configuring Print Manager Step 1 Open the category list in the upper right to display the list of categories as shown in the figure on the right Selec...

Page 23: ...ions Case 1 Open the Print Manager so that the screen on the right is displayed Note that the PDA battery option indicates a FULL charge which means the PDA is OK The same is true for the Printer opti...

Page 24: ...een will be displayed as shown in the figure on the right Step 1 Tap on the Options menu drop down list as shown in the figure on the right Step 2 Tap on the General Settings menu option as shown in t...

Page 25: ...ting from Print Manager Applications written to use the PP 55 printer must implement their own receipt formatting options Setting Up Headers Footers Step 1 Tap on the View option to display the Header...

Page 26: ...p Print Manager so that it can communicate with the printer Select the Printer Setup option to display the the setup screen in the figure below Step 1 The following should be set for PP 55 Printer Mod...

Page 27: ...ions Print Manager can print information from the standard Palm applications shown in the figure on the right Print Manager also let you load custom Fonts created by Font Manager and Logos created by...

Page 28: ...1 Tap the Date Book option icon shown in the figure on the right Step 2 Enter the From and To dates for list display range Tap the View option to display date book entries Step 3 The screen on the ri...

Page 29: ...ol lowing is a step by step process of viewing and printing Step 1 Tap the Address option icon shown in the figure on the right Step 2 Select the address to view or print as shown in the figure on the...

Page 30: ...lowing is a step by step process of viewing and printing Step 1 Tap the Memo Pad option icon shown in the figure on the right Step 2 Select the memo entry to view or print as shown in the figure on t...

Page 31: ...is a step by step process of viewing and printing Step 1 Tap the To Do List option icon shown in the figure on the right Step 2 Select the All or Uncompleted entry to view or print as shown in the fi...

Page 32: ...ct the font to be loaded into the PP 55 then tap on the Load option Notes The PP 55 comes preloaded from the factory with two fonts Western Font the most widely used in Latin characters National Font...

Page 33: ...Note If no logo name is listed you must transfer the logo you created onto the device using the Hot Sync tool Select the logo to be loaded into the PP 55 then tap on the Load option Printing Logo Ste...

Page 34: ...rd raw data PP 55MS only MSR Read Payment Reads card information PP 55MS only Print Clip Prints clipboard data Print Mail Prints email items Short Test Prints short test with battery level head Temper...

Page 35: ...ions Image Size 384 x 240 pixels dots File Format PC BMP Black White or monochrome After creating and saving your logo files open the DATECS Logo Manager as shown below Using the Browse command option...

Page 36: ...rred onto the PDA for use with the PP 55 printer Using the Open command option locate an existing file or using the New command option create a new font file After creating or editing an existing font...

Page 37: ...le for Palm OS devices The figure below shows the relationship of these SDKs Note that library extensions require the root library be installed on the device along with extensions For details on using...

Page 38: ...tools and SDKs for Pocket PC OS will run on these devices However not all Pocket PC devices are supported by PP 55 Hardware or Software Please refer to the section Compatible Mobile Device and verify...

Page 39: ...two separate steps as explained below Step 1 Before PrintManager can be installed onto you Pocket PC device the files must first be extracted This will require the use of Windows File Explorer for lo...

Page 40: ...gram Files Datecs PrintSuite folder as shown in the figure below Note that this is the default folder used in the Installing Software onto PC section If you changed the default folder during the insta...

Page 41: ...ersion 2 05 Page 39 Loading Device Software Pocket PC Be sure that your Pocket PC device is placed in its cradle and ready for syncing before clicking on the OK command button Step3 Click on the OK co...

Page 42: ...ord and Web Browser do not have printing capabilities built into the application it self No print option in menu Therefore the PP 55 PrintManager is used to open and print data from the different file...

Page 43: ...oftware connected The following steps will help you to determine these conditions Step 1 Open the Print Manager as shown in figure on the right Open the Start menu then scroll down the list for PrintM...

Page 44: ...are connected to the PP 55 Set the Printer to PP 55 and COM port to COM1 115200 as this is the default port settings Tap on the Connect button to connect Print Manager to printer Step 4 Notice that th...

Page 45: ...Text Editor Graphics files as well as Html documents The following is an overview of the PP 55 PrintManager and its printing capabilities Starting Print Manager Open the Start menu as shown on the rig...

Page 46: ...PrintManager enhanced features Text Formatting Text formatting enables you to set the printing characteristics of a document To access the text formatting options select Text Formatting menu option a...

Page 47: ...step process of printing screen captures stored on the clipboard Step 1 Enabling Screen Capture Run PP 55 Print Manager Tap on the Other menu option at the bottom left of the screen Tap on the Screen...

Page 48: ...for capturing the screen A beep sound will indicate that screen capture has completed Step 4 Printing Screen Capture Navigate back to the PP 55 PrintManager as shown on the right Select Clipboard pic...

Page 49: ...on the Other menu option at the bottom left of the screen Tap on the Print Barcode menu Option 1 DATECS Ltd www datecs bg PP 55 User s Manual Version 2 05 Page 47 Barcode Printing PocketPC Bar code t...

Page 50: ...ter the data for the barcode Set the Width and Height of the barcode Set the size and position of the readable text Tap on the Print it command to print barcode 1 DATECS Ltd www datecs bg PP 55 User s...

Page 51: ...e screen Tap on the Magstripe Card Reader menu Option Step 2 Reading Card Data Select the tracks to read Tap on the Read card data command option to start reading Note The card reader LED will turn On...

Page 52: ...he bottom left of the screen Tap on the Barcode Reader menu Option Step 2 Reading Barcodes Check to see if the symbol type is enabled Tap on the Read Barcode command option to start reading barcode Th...

Page 53: ...ew document using Pocket Word and save it The new file is saved with the psw file extension Open the PP 55 Print Manager Under Choose to print Pocket Word file choose the file you created as shown on...

Page 54: ...ng PocketPC Step 3 Printing the document Printer must be set to PP55 Port must be set to COM1 115200 Orientation can be set to your preference Tap on the OK command option to start printing Note Tappi...

Page 55: ...e table below shows the SDKs currently available for Pocket PC devices The figure below shows the relationship of these SDKs Note that library extensions require the root library driver be installed o...

Page 56: ...e the PP 55 printing tools and SDKs for BlackBerry OS will run on these devices However not all BlackBerry devices are supported by PP 55 Hardware or Software Please refer to the section Compatible Mo...

Page 57: ...lackBerry device requires the use of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager program The Desktop Manager program comes with your BlackBerry device Before proceeding verify that the steps below have been comple...

Page 58: ...lackBerry device files Step1 Run the BlackBerry Desktop Manager application as shown below Step2 Click on the Application Loader icon to launch the application loader wizard as shown below Step3 Click...

Page 59: ...alx installation file as shown in the figure below and click on the Open command option to complete the installation of the mail application onto the BlackBerry device Note that this is the default fo...

Page 60: ...ritten to send data directly to the printer Note Because of the PP 55 printing software package limitations not all BlackBerry application file format are supported BlackBerry Mail Printing Applicatio...

Page 61: ...nt application scroll through the Icons using the trackwheel as shown in figure on the right Click the trackwheel or press on the Enter key to open the application Step 2 Scroll down using the trackwh...

Page 62: ...cation scroll through the Icons using the trackwheel as shown in figure on the right Click the trackwheel or press on the Enter key to open the application Step 2 Scroll down using the trackwheel and...

Page 63: ...the track wheel as shown in figure on the right Click the trackwheel or press on the Enter key to open the application Step 2 Scroll down using the trackwheel and select SENT option as shown in figur...

Page 64: ...figure on the right Click the trackwheel or press on the Enter key to open the application Step 2 Scroll down using the trackwheel and select Settings option as shown in figure on the right Click on t...

Page 65: ...rating Graphics Barcode and Text printing capability of the PP 55 The table below shows the SDKs currently available for BlackBerry devices For details on using the different SDK see section Installin...

Page 66: ...nto the reader the magnetic strip must be facing away from the PDA s cradle as show in the figure below Keep the edge of the card flat on the inner base of the reader to ensure that the magnetic strip...

Page 67: ...cm To scan a barcode position the read head as close to the barcode label as possible Activate the scanner then slowly pull back the unit increasing the distance between the barcode and read head unt...

Page 68: ...card reader The PP 55 SC supports smart cards that conform to ISO 7816 1 2 3 It reads and writes all microcontroller cards Developer Notes Integrating the Smart Card reader feature into an appli catio...

Page 69: ...your mobile application The installation program PPDevelop EXE can be found on the CD that is supplied with the PP 55 The steps below will help you to install the developer tools Step 1 Using the Wind...

Page 70: ...ual Version 2 05 Page 68 Installing Developer Tools Step 3 Click on the Next command button to finish the installation Note For the latest developer tools and PrintSutes visit our developer web site a...

Page 71: ...properly loaded See section Loading Paper for details on loading paper 3 Text and or graphics are printed very light Battery level low Recharge battery pack Thermal media not imaging correctly Verify...

Page 72: ...tecs bg PP 55 User s Manual Version 2 05 Page 70 Contact Information Headquarters DATECS Ltd 1784 Sofia Bulgaria 115A Tsarigradsko shosse tel 359 2 974 00 55 fax 359 2 974 11 00 http www datecs bg e m...

Page 73: ...THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT CANNOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC WAY AND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT FROM DATECS LTD VERSION 2 05 2005...

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