SRP-500 ■ Table of Contents 1. Manual Information ......................3 2. Operating System (OS) Environment ................3 3. Windows Driver Preparation ..................3 4. Windows Driver Installation ..................4 4-1 Installing on Windows XP / Server 2003 ..............4 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port ................4 4-1-2 Via USB Port ......................
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SRP-500 4. Windows Driver Installation 4-1 Installing on Windows XP / Server 2003 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Select the COM or LPT (Which one you want to use) port to be used and click the “Next”...
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SRP-500 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Continue Anyway” button. 5) Clicking the “Yes” button will reboot the PC. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 7) If you select a serial port, click the “Configure Port…” button in the “Ports” tab.
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SRP-500 9) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 10) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 2.08 - 6 -...
SRP-500 4-1-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Select USB and click the “Next” button. Rev. 2.08 - 7 -...
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SRP-500 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Continue Anyway” button. 5) Click the “OK” button. 6) Turn off the printer and then turn on again. Rev. 2.08 - 8 -...
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SRP-500 7) When the New Hardware Wizard appears for the installation of the Windows Driver, select the option as shown below and click the “Next” button. 8) Click the “Next” button. Rev. 2.08 - 9 -...
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SRP-500 9) When the following message box appears, click the “Continue Anyway” button. 10) Click the “Finish” button. Rev. 2.08 - 10 -...
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SRP-500 11) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 12) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 13) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally.
SRP-500 4-2 Installing on Windows VISTA / Server 2008 / 7 / 8 4-2-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Select the COM or LPT (Which one you want to use) port to be used and click the “Next”...
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SRP-500 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Install” button. 5) Clicking the “Yes” button will reboot the PC. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers.
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SRP-500 9) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 10) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 2.08 - 14 -...
SRP-500 4-2-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Select USB and click the “Next” button. Rev. 2.08 - 15 -...
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SRP-500 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Install” button. 5) Click the “OK” button. 6) Turn off the printer and then turn on again. The printer driver will be installed automatically. Rev. 2.08 - 16 -...
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SRP-500 7) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers. 8) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 9) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally.
SRP-500 5. Detailed Windows Driver Settings The following functions can be set in detail after the Windows Driver installation is complete. 5-1 Paper Supply Method The printer structure is such that the print head, which carries out printing, and the cutter, which cuts the printing paper, are separated.
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SRP-500 Detailed setting can be done as follows. 1) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. 2) Click the “Printing Preferences” button in the “General” tab. Rev. 2.08 - 19 -...
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SRP-500 3) Select the desired setting in the “Paper/Quality” tab. Rev. 2.08 - 20 -...
SRP-500 5-2 Paper Size The paper sizes available in the Windows Driver are as follows. 76 297 mm[500] 76 3276 mm[500] Detailed setting can be done as follows. 1) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS.
SRP-500 5-3 Additional Commands The Windows Driver serves to receive the content for print from an application and send it to the printer. The Additional Commands function allows for the addition of desired commands at the beginning or end of the print content sent to the printer.
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SRP-500 3) If the user wants to open a cash-drawer prior to printing, tick the button named as “Open Cash Drawer1” or “Open Cash Drawer2” in the “Start Doc” and then click the “OK” button. 4) If the user wants to open a cash-drawer at the end of printing, tick the button named as “Open Cash Drawer1”...
SRP-500 6. Windows Driver Specifications 6-1 Fonts This Windows driver supports various fonts in the following table. Printing using these fonts is faster than using Windows fonts provided by the operating system. Printer Fonts Character Size (dot) Sizes (point) Korean1x1...
SRP-500 6-2 Special Functions This Windows driver supports the special functions as shown in the following table. Select the “FontControl” character first and use the characters in the table to use the special functions. Take care as this function is not for printing general texts.
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SRP-500 1) Sample Use If the “FontControl” font is selected and 6 is entered, the “LF” (Line Feeding) operation is activated. (does not entail the printing of the character “6) 2) “FontControl” Font Function Printer Font for Function Size (point)
SRP-500 6-3 Barcodes The Windows Driver supports the barcodes indicated below. This function is available when entering barcode data after selecting “Printer Font Name”. In addition, the “FontControl” font can be used to add HRI characters. Printer Font Size Supported Characters...
SRP-500 7. Use of Windows Driver 7-1 Use of Visual Basic This section contains example codes to control the printer (BIXOLON SRP-500) using Windows driver with Visual Basic. 7-1-1 Windows Driver Selection The following example code explains how to select the “BIXOLON SRP-500” Windows driver.
SRP-500 7-1-2 Test Printing The following code is an example of the printing of Arial Test via the Windows font, and FontA1x1Test via the printer font. ‘Print in Windows font Printer.FontSize = 12 Printer.FontName = “Arial” Printer.Print “Arial Test” ‘Print in printer font Printer.FontSize = 12...
Launch WordPad, set the printing related options as follows, and test the printer with WordPad. - Select Printer Select “Print” from the “File” menu, and select the printer (BIXOLON SRP-500). - Set paper size, orientation, margin, etc. Select the “Page Setting” from “File” menu, and set paper size, orientation, and margin.
SRP-500 7-2-3 Barcode Printing Use the Windows Driver of the printer to print the barcode. 1) Select the desired barcode from the Font menu (Code128). 2) Select the desired font size (19). 3) Enter “{A123435” in Wordpad. 4) Click the Print button in the toolbar to print.