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LABEL
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USER'S MANUAL
USER'S MANUAL
PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE STARTING WORK
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LP-1000
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  • Page 1 1 DATECS LP-1000 LABEL PRINTER USER’S MANUAL USER’S MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE STARTING WORK LP 1000...
  • Page 2 TECS Ltd., SOFIA 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 13 - BULGARIA 13 - BULGARIA 13 - BULGARIA 13 - BULGARIA 13 - BULGARIA Tel.359 70 30 94, Fax 359 70 04 78 e-mail: sales@datecs.bg http://www.datecs.bg LP1000...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS: 1. Basic rules for operating the LP1000............. 2. General description..................2.1. Unpacking and delivery content..........2.2. Cabinet and description of parts..........2.3. Cables and connections..............2.4. Placing and replacing paper rolls..........2.5. Placing the 58 mm paper splitter..........2.6. Configuration keys setup..............

  • Page 4: Basic Rules For Operating The Lp1000

    Printer repairs are performed only by service technicians. Do not attempt ! ! ! ! ! to repair the unit yourself. ATTENTION! The printer operates with paper rolls with sizes: - roll with labels: width 58 mm or 80 mm - maximum diameter of roll: 83 mm LP1000...
  • Page 5 The printer may be cleaned with a dry and when needed, with a slightly moist (use water) cloth. Do not use benzine-based or other such chemicals to clean the printer. Do not touch - high temperature area! Do not touch the printer mechanism when the device is switched ON! DAILY MAINTENANCE RULES Daily cleaning of the paper-feed roller mechanism is desirable.
  • Page 6 WE WISH YOU WE WISH YOU LOTS OF SUCCESS LOTS OF SUCCESS WITH THE DATECS LP1000 WITH THE DATECS LP1000 LABEL PRINTER! LABEL PRINTER! 1DATECS http://www.datecs.bg Sofia 1113 - BULGARIA phone: 02/70 30 94 fax: 02/70 04 78 LP1000...

  • Page 7: General Description

    (printing density - 203 dpi) 2.1. Unpacking and delivery content The delivery package should contain: 1. An LP1000 thermal printer unit with PC-connection cable (also DT-15 elec- tronic scales), 2. A 58 mm paper roll spliter, 3.

  • Page 8: Cabinet And Description Of Parts

    OFF. Don’t pull the cable itself but disconnect it by holding connector head - shown below) b/ Connecting the cable for connection to a PC or the DATECS DT-15 elec- tronic scale (only one at a time).

  • Page 9: Placing And Replacing Paper Rolls

    2.4. Placing and replacing paper rolls 1. Switch the printer ON 2. Press the “open cover” button 3. Raise the cover to vertical position (as shown) 4. Check for the correct direction of unrolling the paper and if OK place it in the paper housing 5.

  • Page 10: Placing The 58 Mm Paper Splitter

    8. Place the separator as shown on illustration 9. Set switch 5 to work with the narrow roll Take off screws and dismantle part Unscrew holder, turn to opposite position and fasten on again. Place the separator in the special slots LP1000...

  • Page 11: Configuration Keys Setup

    2.6. Configuration keys setup Cover of configuration keys Button - To reach the configuration keys: pull to open 1. Swich printer OFF 2. Open the cover of the printer 3. Take out the paper roll 4. Pull the button and raise the cover of the keys 5.
  • Page 12 If we wish to insert graphics in the label, we must select a name and position for this element and add a command for its layout in the text file (GG). The PCX file must be prepared in advance on a PC and loaded into the printer prior to the execution of the LP1000...
  • Page 13 form. Before sending it to the printer its length must be verified and noted because the loading program GM will demand this information. One possible way for doing this is by sending the file from a terminal program with the DOS command File Name COMn:/ B (sending the file as binary in this case is obligatory - “n”...

  • Page 14: Configuration Keys

    Sticker labels No separator used Separator included Normal operation mode DATECS LP50 compatible 2.8. Operation keys The FEED button extracts paper until it is released. In the “sticker type labels” mode positions the printing head over the next label. ATTENTION! If you keep the button pressed when printer is switched off and switch it on in the meantime it will print out diagnostic information.

  • Page 15: Using The Lp1000 Software Package

    3. USING THE LP1000 SOFTWARE PACKAGE The LP1000 is a graphic and text editor of labels. It gives you the abilily to create your own labels and the opportunity to evaluate its appearance before actually seeing it in print. The product is included in the set which comes with the purchase of the printer and using it demands a minimum of computer-related knowledge.
  • Page 16 To print a label with this information the graphics and the fonts must be loaded into the printer in advance. LP1000...

  • Page 17: Label Setup

    Button <Store current label> stores the label from the screen under the selected name. Button <Store form to printer> opens a dialog for the selection of a file from the disc. The form selected by the user will be loaded in the printer and if this form contains graphics and loadable fonts you must load them yourself by using the buttons, shown below.

  • Page 18: Test Print

    “x” and “y” - the printer will use them as spaces. 3.3. Test print The option includes printing the created label on the screen without having to load it into the memory of the printer. If the label contains graphics or loadable fonts the available options are two: LP1000...

  • Page 19: Printing Forms From The Printer

    - To send the data on the graphics and the fonts during the actual printing. The method will work even when the graphics and the fonts have not been loaded into the printer although some more complicated images will take some time to get saved into the printer’s memory.

  • Page 20: Drawing Texts

    Button <Add font>: Load a new font in the printer - it will appear in the <Fonts> list and can be selected for use. Button <Remove font>: Presents a list of the loadable fonts used in the current label with the option to select and delete any one of them. LP1000...
  • Page 21 Field <Text data> : Contains the printing data. The data is formed by joining a free text, the current data or hour and some of the defined and initialized counters and variables ordered and in quantity set by the users. The different elements are joined in the order of their description from the left to the right.
  • Page 22 (as shown in the figure below) and without releasing the key move it to move the captured object in the vertical and horizontal direction. Editing a bar-code is possible only in the vertical direction (by capturing only the basis of the bar-code im- age). LP1000...

  • Page 23: Drawing Barcodes

    3.When an object has been placed in the white field and you wish to perform some editing on it will only be necessary to move the mouse somewhere within the object and to press its right key. The “edit” window will appear on the screen. 4.

  • Page 24: Drawing A Rectangle

    Their encoding is absolutely similar to the one described in the part, relating to the writing of a text. 3.7. Drawing a rectangle Inserts a rectangle with the set dimensions in dots and the set colour parameters LP1000...

  • Page 25: Drawing A Diaginal Line

    Field <Left>: The X coordinate of the left upper angle of the rectangle.Possible values are between - 607 to 607. Field <Top>: The Y coordinate of the left upper angle of the rectangle.Possible values are between - 1639 to 1639. Field <Width>: The width of the rectangle - between 1 and 608.

  • Page 26: Inserting Graphics

    Field <Load>: Opens a dialog window for selecting a PCX file. When inserting a new image this operation is obligatory. 3.11. Defining variables and counters Defines and sets the form of the counters and variables used in the label. You can define not more than 32 variables and up to 8 counters. LP1000...

  • Page 27: Settings And Diagnostics

    The creation of a new variable and counter is done by selecting from the list above (to the left of the dialog window) the option Counter or Variable and by clicking on the button <New>. The program will offer the first free variable or counter. Enter the desired characteristics of the new variable or counter and confirm with the button <Update>.

  • Page 28: Terminal

    32) F5: Clear the screen. F10: Exit terminal. Attention! The first line of the screen does not show the current mode of the terminal but the mode, which will be selected after the next pressing of the key. LP1000...

  • Page 29: Reference

    Exit the program.If the changes in the last label have not been saved they will be lost. 3.16. DESIGNING A LABEL - EXAMPLE 1. Start the LP1000.EXE file. 2. Select the button “Working with files and forms”. 3. Select “New label” from the opened window.
  • Page 30 14. Enter the parameters for drawing the par-code. In the case of this example these parameters are: -Height: 80 -height of the bar-code in dots -Narrow bar: 4 - width of the narrow bars (dots) -Wide bar: 4 - width of the wide bars (dots) LP1000...
  • Page 31 3. The program offers the last edited label as the name of the file and the place - the directory where it is located. You can change the name by entering a new one and additionally add the extension DLB (for example; C\LP1000\VATA.DLB). 4. This entry is confirmed with the OK button.

  • Page 32: List Of Commands (By Category)

    Deleting a form Recovering the name of the active form Listing of the leaded forms Working with graphic files (monochrome PCX format) Saving a new PCX file Deleting a PCX file Direct printing of graphic info Listing of loaded PCX files LP1000...

  • Page 33: List Of Commands (Alphabetical Order)

    Working with loadable fonts Saving a new font Deleting a font Listing of the loaded fornts 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...

  • Page 34: Detailed Description Of Commands

    Format: Sn where n may be between 2 and 6 , the value being speed approximately 24.5 mm per second. At higher density rates the printer may nor be able to print at this speed. Example: S4 where speed is set at 100 mm/sec LP1000...
  • Page 35 Selecting the code The Printer supports 3 tables, presented in Appendix A. table The symbols with ASCII codes 0...31 there are no images. Format: In n=0 IBM n=1 Bulgaria n=2 Russia or Latvia Example: I1 Selects the Bulgarian set of symbols. Setting the length Format: Qm,n[+p] of the page...
  • Page 36 The current minute. The current second. The small letters are used to designate the spaces between the fields. They are entered imediately after the symbol which we wish to use. Example: TTh:m:s This will generate a string of the type 15:30:20. LP1000...
  • Page 37 B. 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 changes automatically after printing at a previously set rate. Initializa tion starts with the command ‘?’ It is used alone or in combina tion with other variables and counters when generating a text or a bar-code.
  • Page 38 Starting coordinate on Y for the upper left angle of the text: 0...2047 c. Text orientation: 0=0, 1=90 , 2=180 , 3=270 where rotation is clockwise. d. Selection of the type of bar-code for printing - text from 1 to 3 symbols. The following values are possible: LP1000...
  • Page 39 String Bar-code type Code 39 Code 39 with control digit Code 93 Code 128UCC Code 128-automatic A,B,C mode Codebar EAN8 EAN8 with 2 additional digits EAN8 with 5 additional digits EAN13 EAN13 with onternal control digit EAN 13 with 2 additional digits EAN13 with 5 additional digits German postal code Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF)
  • Page 40 Frame thickness: 1...80. Thickness is at the expense of the inner area. d: X coordinate of the opposite angle:0...2047 e: Y coordinate of the opposite angle: 0...2047 Example: X10,10,3,360,250 Draws a rectangle with a size of 250 x 240 and frame thickness of 3 dots. LP1000...
  • Page 41 Direct printing of graphics The command permits the screening of a graphic image in the memory of the printer, which has not been saved there in advance. Format: GWa,b,c,d,e a X coordinate of the upper left angle: 0...2047 b Y coordinate of the upper left angle: 0...2047 c Horizontal size in units of 8 dots (bytes)1...127.
  • Page 42 Format: FS”Name” Name is the name of the file which have at the most 8 symbols. All symbols with ASCII codes are acceptable - between 32 ans 127 including without the symbol ‘*’. Small and capital letters are not distinguished so that “Test” and “TEST” are one and the same form. Example: FS”Test” LP1000...
  • Page 43 End of form The command puts an end to the saving of the form it is registered in the list of forms and is ready for loading and execution. If before the command FE the printer is switched OFF the information from the form entered so far is lost and the memory space it has covered is set free.
  • Page 44 You can create your own fonts using the syntax of the command described further on or you may use ready programs for the purpose - for example Soft Font Downloader Utility. Format: ES”Name”p ...a LP1000...
  • Page 45 Name: The name of the font - one Latin letter. One byte - the number of symbols in the font. Possible value is 0...225, which corresponds to 1...256 symbols. One byte - rotation of the font. Only a values of 00h is possible (not rotated) One byte - the height of the font in dots.
  • Page 46 This command will print 6 labels of which the second 3 will have new counter values. Resuming interrupted printing If the last printing command has been completed success fully the command will activate no action on the part of the printer. LP1000...
  • Page 47 If, however , the last printing session has been interrupted you may activate its con- tinuation from the point of interruption in order to get the required number of labels. Format: PC 1. Diagnostics and returning of data Printing out of This command activates the printing of data on the status of the diagnostic data printing head as well as the model of the printer, available free...
  • Page 48 One byte - distance to the next symbol in dots. One byte - width of the j loaded symbol in units of 8 dots each. Data on the j symbol. ( p ) bytes arranged in the order line-by- line from the left. LP1000...
  • Page 49 Notes ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................LP 1000...
  • Page 50 1 DATECS Sofia 1113 - Bulgaria E-mail:sales@datecs,bg E-mail:sales@datecs,bg E-mail:sales@datecs,bg E-mail:sales@datecs,bg E-mail:sales@datecs,bg phone: 359/02/70 30 94, fax: 359/02/70 04 78 LP1000...

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