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LABEL PRINTER
LP-50
MODEL
1 DATECS, Bulgaria

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual LABEL PRINTER LP-50 MODEL 1 DATECS, Bulgaria...
  • Page 2 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. Sofia 1784 - BULGARIA, tel: +359 2 974 00 55, fax: +359 2 974 11 00, e-mail: sales@datecs.bg...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1. OUTLINE ...................... 1 3 1.1. Features ................... 1 3 1.2. Unpacking ................1 4 2. BASIC RULES FOR OPERATING THE LP-50 ........1 5 3. OUTER VIEW - CONTROL ............... 1 6 3.1. General description of the LP-50 ........1 6 3.2.
  • Page 4 1 DATECS LP-50...

  • Page 5: Important Safety Instructions

    User’s Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all of these instructions and save them for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use iquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. Do not use this product near water.
  • Page 6 1 DATECS LP-50 B. If liquid has been spilled into the product. C. If the product has been exposed to rain or water. D. If the product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are followed. Adjust only those controls that are covered...
  • Page 7 User’s Manual SAFETY PRECAUTIONS – BE SURE TO OBSERVE In order to prevent hazards to an operator or other persons and damage to property, be sure to observe the following precautions. The following describes the degrees of hazard and damages that can occur if the given instructions are neglected or the printer is incorrectly operated.
  • Page 8 1 DATECS LP-50 WARNING Never handle the equipment in the following manners, as it may break, become out of order, or overheat causing smoke and resulting in fire or electric shock. If the equip ment is used in an abnormal condition, such as when broken, then problems, smoke emission, abnormal odor/noise, and fire can result.
  • Page 9 User’s Manual PRECAUTIONS FOR INSTALLATION Do not use or store the equipment in a place exposed to fire, moisture, or direct sunshine, or in a place near a heater or thermal device where the prescribed operating temperature and humidity are not met, or in a place exposed to much oil, iron powder, or dust.
  • Page 10 1 DATECS LP-50 Use a shielding wire or twisted pair wire for a signal line, in order to minimize noise effect. Do not route the cable too long or connect it to a noisy device. Connection to a noisy device could cause erroneous printing due to corrupt data, and so on.
  • Page 11 User’s Manual PRECAUTIONS FOR HANDLING Do not handle the equipment in the following manners, because problems may result. Do not use any other power source besides the accessory DC/AC adapter. Also, do notg use the AC adapter for other purposes. Do not print without paper.

  • Page 12: Daily Maintenance

    1 DATECS LP-50 DAILY MAINTENANCE At the time of maintenance, be sure to turn off the power switch of the printer and unplug it from the socket. Use a dry soft cloth to wipe off stains and dust from the surfaces of the main body case.

  • Page 13: Outline

    User’s Manual 1. OUTLINE This small line thermal printer is designed for various types of data communication terminals and measuring instrument terminals. Its abundant built-in features allow you to widely use this printer for different applications. Prior to using it, read and understand this manual thoroughly. 1.1.

  • Page 14: Unpacking

    1 DATECS LP-50 1.2. Unpacking When unpacking the package, confirm that the following parts are provided: Printer body ...... 1 unit Sample paper roll .... 1 roll AC adapter ....... 1 piece User’s manual ....1 copy Disc ........1 piece...

  • Page 15: Basic Rules For Operating The

    User’s Manual 2. BASIC RULES FOR OPERATING THE LP-50 FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS CLOSELY. MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE UNIT. • The LP–50 is operated ONLY with its own DC/AC adapter. • Attempts to print on other types of paper, stickers, folio not specified as acceptable in this MANUAL may seriously damage your printer.

  • Page 16: Outer View - Control

    3. OUTER VIEW – CONTROL 3.1. General description of the LP-50 The LP-50 is a thermal printer designed to print small sized labels and graphics on thermo-sensitive paper. It is particularly useful when printing information, arranged in a template form, which has to be partially modified under customer demand.
  • Page 17 The fastest and easiest way to work with this printer is to use the accompanying program DATECS Label Editor (LPeditWH.EXE) with the help of which you can arrange the elements of the label and see its final appearance on the computer screen even before loading it into the printer.
  • Page 18 1 DATECS LP-50 Designing the appearance of the label. Setting the elements, which will not be subject to changes - they will need no counters or variables. Setting and defining the elements subject to changes for each label. When some of them are whole numbers and will change at regular rates a counter may be defined for them.
  • Page 19 User’s Manual At the end of the file the command FE is added - “Form End”. The ready file is then sent to the printer: the form should be loaded into the memory and be printed out in the list with the FI command. With the FR command the form may become active.

  • Page 20: Dip Switches And Buttons

    1 DATECS LP-50 3.3. DIP switches and buttons 3.3.1. Configuration switches Baud rate (bps) Local keyboard 2 400 4 800 9 600 19 200 38 400 57 600 115 200 Hardware protocol XON / XOFF protocol Paper roll printing Sticker label...

  • Page 21: Indicators

    User’s Manual 3.4. Indicators POWER Lights in green when printer is ON. ERROR Normally when printer is ON it is not active. Blinks in red when printer is overheated. PAPER Off during normal printer status. Lights in red when paper is over and blinks in red if no label is found.
  • Page 22 1 DATECS LP-50 • Generating a graphic image Generating a line of text Drawing a bar-code Drawing rectangles in XOR mode Drawing rectangles in black Drawing rectangles in white Drawing diagonal lines Drawing a frame Drawing out a loaded PCX file Drawing a 2D bar-code (PDF417) •...
  • Page 23 User’s Manual • Clearing the memory Clearing the operational memory Clearing current forms and graphic buffer Entering default settings RESET • Print Printing a label Resuming an interrupted printing session • Information and diagnostics Printing diagnostic information Retrieving diagnostic information Info on occupied memory Returning a list of loaded forms Returning a list of loaded graphics...
  • Page 24 1 DATECS LP-50 Deleting a form Loading a form Start of a new form Drawing out a loaded PCX file Listing of loaded PCX files Deleting a PCX file Saving a new PCX file Direct printing of graphic info Selecting the character table...

  • Page 25: Detailed Description Of The Commands

    User’s Manual 4. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMANDS 4.1. Setting the printer’s functional mode Select / Cancel direct text printing mode The command sets the printer to a mode, in which all lines received are printed and not executed as a command. In the “sticker labels”...
  • Page 26 1 DATECS LP-50 Setting the printing speed Format: Where n may be between 0 and 2 , the value being approximately 25.0, 37.5 and 50 mm/sec. At higher density rates the printer may not be able to print at this speed.
  • Page 27 User’s Manual When paper rolls are used sets the vertical size of the printing area and the automatic space added after it. Both sizes are in dots: 8 dots/mm or 203 dots/inch. If there are elements outside of this size when the image is generated they will be cut off.
  • Page 28 1 DATECS LP-50 Setting date format The command sets the mode in which the string will generate the current date. Format: TDAxByC With capital letter the fields for the date have been marked. A, B and C may have the following values,...

  • Page 29: Working With Variables And Counters

    User’s Manual 4.2. Working with variables and counters Defining a counter Offers the option to define up to 8 counters, which are whole digit variables, the values of which change automatically after printing at a previously set rate. Initialization starts with the command ‘?’...
  • Page 30 1 DATECS LP-50 Format: Va,b,c,d,e The number of the variable (0 - 31) Maximum length (1 - 63) Alignment - possible values: No alignment - actual length is used. The string of the variable is right aligned - on the left the set length is filled with the additional symbol.

  • Page 31: Generating A Graphic Images

    User’s Manual 4.3. Generating a graphic image Generating a text The command is used for inserting textual information in the image. Format: Aa,b,c,d[*],e,f,g,[*]h Starting coordinate on X for the upper left angle of the text: 0 - 2047. Starting coordinate on Y for the upper left angle of the text: 0 - 4095.
  • Page 32 1 DATECS LP-50 data. If the symbol ‘*’ is placed after the font name, then code table 0 (CP437) is used for this text line independent of the last command ‘I’ executed. Example: A10, 10, 1, 3, 2, 2, N, “Something”...
  • Page 33 User’s Manual Data for imaging. The format is similar to the generation of text and bar code and is described further in the text. When the bar code functions with a set number of symbols the command will be rejected at an unacceptable symbol.
  • Page 34 1 DATECS LP-50 Drawing a rectangle There are three commands designed for this operation. LO prints in black, LE inverts the dots located below the line (in the XOR mode), while LW prints, unconditionally, in white. Format: LOa,b,c,d or LEa,b,c,d or...
  • Page 35 User’s Manual X coordinate of the opposite angle: 0 - 2047 Y coordinate of the opposite angle: 0 - 4095 Example: X10, 10, 3, 360, 250 Draws a rectangle with a size of 250 x 240 and frame thickness of 3 dots. Generating 2D bar-codes The command is used for inserting 2D bar-code in the image.
  • Page 36 1 DATECS LP-50 Data compression method. Auto-encoding (default). Binary mode. Print human readable data. Non-standard PDF417 and should be used for troubleshooting purposes only.Internal format: px,y,n X start coordinate. 0 – 2047. Y start coordinate. 0 – 4095. Maximum characters per line. 1 – 40.
  • Page 37 User’s Manual Example: b0,0,P,320,100,f0,”DATECS Ltd.\ 10www.datecs.bg\10" will print the a PDF417 bar-code containing the data: DATECS Ltd.<LF>www.datecs.bg<LF> Upper left corner of the image will be (0,0). Starting from module width 6, the printer reduces the size until the bar- code can be printed. The resulting bar-code has 9 columns and 5 rows.
  • Page 38 1 DATECS LP-50 Current hour: Coded with TT Variable: Format: Vn[-m|+m] [Modifiers] Number of the variable. Not obligatory parameter – an integer between 0 and 10000. If present and the variable can be interpreted as an integer number, then this value is addred to the value of the variable.
  • Page 39 User’s Manual The order in which the printer processes the variables and the counters is as follows: - The present values of the counter/variable is taken as a starting point - Its formatting is performed depending on the way it is defined with the command V or C;...

  • Page 40: Working With Forms

    1 DATECS LP-50 4.4. Working with forms Starting to save a new form This command starts the entry of a new form in the operational memory of the printer. All valid commands, which are sent to the printer between this command and FE will be saved in this form.
  • Page 41 User’s Manual Loading of a form The command announces the information entered earlier as active. From this point on the information in question will be executed automatically at each command for printing. The closing of the activity of the form comes when a new form is loaded or with the commands M or N.

  • Page 42: Working With Graphic Files

    1 DATECS LP-50 4.5. Working with graphic files Loading a new graphic Saves a new graphic file in the memory of the printer. The rules concerning names are the same as with the forms. The command will be rejected if there is a graphic file of that name or the entered size of the file is greater than the size of the free operational memory.

  • Page 43: Working With Loadable Fonts

    User’s Manual Deleting graphic files The command deletes an existing graphic file or all graphic files. After deletion the memory is freed. Format: GK”Name” Name: The name of the file (a file of that name must be found in the memory). Information on loaded graphic files Prints out a list of all loaded graphic files.
  • Page 44 1 DATECS LP-50 Data on the j-th symbol. (p ) bytes arranged in the order line by line from left to right where each byte corresponds to a dot, “1” are black dots. Deleting fonts The command deletes an existing loadable font or all fonts.

  • Page 45: Clearing The Memory

    User’s Manual 4.7. Clearing the memory Clearing the operational memory The command leads to the deletion of the whole information loaded into the printer, including forms, graphics, and fonts. All adjustments to the printer, accessible via commands acquire their default values. Format: De-activation of the current form and deletion of the graphic buffer The command clears the memory where the image for printing...

  • Page 46: Print

    1 DATECS LP-50 4.8. Print Printing a label The command initiates the printing out of the contents of the printer’s graphic buffer. After the completion of this action it is automatically cleared and ready for generating a new label. After the end of the printing session the last label is pushed out of the printer in away so that it is completely visible and ready for use.

  • Page 47: Diagnostics And Returning Of Data

    User’s Manual 4.9. Diagnostics and returning of data Printing out of diagnostic data This command activates the printing of data on the status of the printing head as well as the model of the printer, available free memory the baud rate of the serial port and the values of the cur rent printer settings.
  • Page 48 1 DATECS LP-50 Returning data on loaded graphics Format: UG or GI”NAME” The first form of the command returns a list of the graphics, loaded in the printer. It has the following structure: The overall number of loaded graphics. 3 digits.

  • Page 49: Direct Printing Of A Text

    User’s Manual Least significant byte of the total number of bytes - i.e, * 256 +n Font data. The total bytes count is n *256+n The format of the data is described in the command for loading fonts (FS). 4.10. Direct printing of a text Format: =Line Prints out a text directly, without savings in the graphic buffer.

  • Page 50: Working With The Local Keyboard Ekp-30

    1 DATECS LP-50 5. WORKING WITH THE LOCAL KEYBOARD EKP - 30 The 1200 bps baud rate is reserved for operating with the local keyboard. The local keyboard may be used to select forms, saved in advance, for printing; to print out a set number of labels; to change the value of the variables V0, V1 and V2 as well as the counters C0 and C1 plus the option to print a list of the loaded forms, graphic images and fonts.
  • Page 51 User’s Manual Description of the keys: V0, V1, V2, C0, C1: When pressing anyone of these keys the information entered is saved in the printer as a value of the respective variable or counter. Esc: The entered information is canceled. Form: A “D”...

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