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BIXOLON SPP-R400 Windows Driver Manual

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SPP-R400
Mobile Printer
Rev. 1.03
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  • Page 1 Windows Driver Manual SPP-R400 Mobile Printer Rev. 1.03 http://www.bixolon.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    SPP-R400 ■ 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 Bluetooth .................. 4 4-1-2 Via USB Port ......................

  • Page 3: Manual Information

    Windows Driver according to PC operating system (OS). We at BIXOLON maintain ongoing efforts to enhance and upgrade the functions and quality of all our products. In following, product specifications and/or user manual content may be changed without prior notice.

  • Page 4: Windows Driver Installation

    SPP-R400 4. Windows Driver Installation 4-1 Installing on Windows XP / Server 2003 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Bluetooth 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select a COM port to be used and then click “Next”.
  • Page 5 SPP-R400 4) When the following message box appears, click “Continue Anyway”. 5) Click “Yes” to reboot the PC. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 7) In the “Ports” tab, click “Configure Port…”.
  • Page 6 SPP-R400 10) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally Rev. 1.03 - 6 -...

  • Page 7: Via Usb Port

    SPP-R400 4-1-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select “USB” and then click “Next”. Rev. 1.03 - 7 -...
  • Page 8 SPP-R400 4) When the following message box appears, click “Continue Anyway”. 5) Click “OK”. 6) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. Rev. 1.03 - 8 -...
  • Page 9 SPP-R400 7) When the New Hardware Wizard appears for the installation of the Windows Driver, select the option as shown below and click “Next”. 8) Click “Next”. Rev. 1.03 - 9 -...
  • Page 10 SPP-R400 9) When the following message box appears, click “Continue Anyway”. 10) Click “Finish”. Rev. 1.03 - 10 -...
  • Page 11 SPP-R400 11) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 12) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally.

  • Page 12: Via Wlan Port

    SPP-R400 4-1-3 Via WLAN Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select “Wireless LAN”. 4) Enter the IP address and port number, and then click “Next”. Rev. 1.03 - 12 -...
  • Page 13 SPP-R400 5) When the following message box appears, click “Continue Anyway”. 6) Click “Yes” to reboot the PC. 7) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. Rev. 1.03 - 13 -...
  • Page 14 SPP-R400 8) In the Ports tab, click “Configure Port…”. 9) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. Rev. 1.03 - 14 -...
  • Page 15 SPP-R400 10) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.03 - 15 -...

  • Page 16: Installing On Windows Vista / Sever 2008 / 7 / 8

    SPP-R400 4-2 Installing on Windows VISTA / Sever 2008 / 7 / 8 4-2-1 Via Serial Port or Bluetooth 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select a COM port to be used and then click “Next”.
  • Page 17 SPP-R400 4) When the following message box appears, click “Install”. 5) Click “Yes” to reboot the PC. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers. 7) In the “Ports” tab click “Configure Port…”.
  • Page 18 SPP-R400 10) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally Rev. 1.03 - 18 -...

  • Page 19: Via Usb Port

    SPP-R400 4-2-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select USB and click “Next”. Rev. 1.03 - 19 -...
  • Page 20 SPP-R400 4) When the following message box appears, click “Install”. 5) Click “OK”. 6) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. The printer driver will be installed automatically. Rev. 1.03 - 20 -...
  • Page 21 SPP-R400 7) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers. 8) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally.

  • Page 22: Via Wlan Port

    SPP-R400 4-2-3 Via WLAN Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select “Wireless LAN”. 4) Enter IP address and port number, and then click “Next”. Rev. 1.03 - 22 -...
  • Page 23 SPP-R400 5) When the following message box appears, click “Install”. 6) Click “Yes” to reboot the PC. 7) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers. Rev. 1.03...
  • Page 24 SPP-R400 8) In the Ports tab, click “Configure Port…” 9) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. Rev. 1.03 - 24 -...
  • Page 25 SPP-R400 10) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.03 - 25 -...

  • Page 26: Windows Driver Settings

    SPP-R400 5. Windows Driver Settings The following functions can be configured after installing the Windows driver. 5-1 Paper 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) In the “General” tab, click “Preferences”. 3) Click the “Paper” tab.

  • Page 27: Paper Size

    SPP-R400 5-1-1 Paper Size Paper size of 112 x 297 mm is selected by default, and the following sizes can be selected. 112  297 mm 112  3276 mm If a custom paper size is required, click “…” to add or update a custom paper size. Click “Save”...

  • Page 28: Paper Type

    SPP-R400 5-1-2 Paper Type You can choose Receipt or Ticket as paper types. Receipt allows flexible paper length according to the data length. Ticket print in fixed length even the print data is short. The default setting is “Receipt”. Receipt Receipt allows flexible paper length according to the data length.

  • Page 29: Document Settings

    SPP-R400 5-2 Document Settings 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) In the “General” tab, click “Preferences” or “Printing Preferences”. 3) Click the “Document Settings” tab. Rev. 1.03 - 29 -...

  • Page 30: Send Commands

    SPP-R400 5-2-1 Send Commands The Windows driver serves to receive the content for print from an application and send it to the printer. The “Send Commands” function allows for the addition of desired commands at the start or end of the print content.

  • Page 31: Other Settings

    SPP-R400 5-3 Other Settings 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) In the “General” tab, click “Preferences” or “Printing Preferences”. 3) Click the “Other Settings” tab. 5-3-1 Graphic Printing Depending on graphic printing option, printer driver sends raw image data or compressed image data using RLE (Run-length encoding) to the printer.

  • Page 32: Windows Driver Specifications

    SPP-R400 6. Windows Driver Specifications 6-1 Fonts The Windows Driver of the printer supports the fonts listed below. Printing is done at faster speed when using the fonts below as opposed to the Windows fonts of the OS. Printer Fonts...
  • Page 33 SPP-R400 Printer Fonts are defined as follows. 1) FontA1x2 - ANSI Character code support (Code Page 1252) - Character size (dot): 12 x 24 (double height) - Sizes (point): 17 2) FontA1x2[Ext] - IBM expansion Character code support (Code Page 437)

  • Page 34: Special Functions

    SPP-R400 6-2 Special Functions This Windows driver supports the special functions as shown in the following table. Select the “FontControl” font first and use the characters in the table to use the special functions. Take care as this function is not for printing general texts.

  • Page 35: Barcodes

    SPP-R400 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 Name Size (Point)

  • Page 36: Use Of Windows Driver

    This section contains example codes to control the printer using Windows driver with Visual Basic. Sample codes contained in the CD. 7-1-1 Windows Driver Selection The following code is an example of the selection of the “BIXOLON SPP-R400” Windows Driver. For Each prnPrinter In Printers If prnPrinter.DeviceName = “BIXOLON SPP-R400”...

  • Page 37: Barcode Printing

    SPP-R400 7-1-3 Barcode Printing The following code is an example of the printing of the JAN8 (EAN) barcode. 'Print Bar Code. Printer.FontSize = 18 Printer.FontName = "JAN8 (EAN)" Printer.Print "1234567" Printer.EndDoc 7-1-4 Two-Dimensional Barcode Printing The following code is an example of the printing of the PDF417 two-dimensional barcode.

  • Page 38: Use Of Wordpad

    After running WordPad and setting the following conditions, conduct a test. - Select Printer After selecting “Print” from the “File” tab, select the printer (BIXOLON SPP-R400). - Select Paper Size, Orientation, and Margins After selecting “Page Settings” from the “File” tab, select the paper size, orientation, and margins.

  • Page 39: Barcode Printing

    SPP-R400 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 (18). 3) Enter “{A123456789012” in WordPad. 4) Click the Print button in the toolbar to print.

  • Page 40: Two-Dimensional Barcode Printing

    SPP-R400 7-2-4 Two-Dimensional Barcode Printing Use the Windows Driver of the printer to print the two-dimensional barcode. 1) Select the desired two-dimensional barcode from the Font menu (PDF417). 2) Select the desired font size (8.5). 3) Enter “Two-dimensional Codes Test: PDF417” in WordPad.

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