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1. L oad the ticket stock
Unlock the printhead and lift it so it is
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vertical.
Push the stock to the left side.
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When you close the cover, here is how
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it should look.
Setting up a Datamax E-4205e
Close the printhead and push it
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down until the turquoise latch
holds it down.
Push the turquoise guide so it is
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guiding the stock and holding it
against the left side of the paper path.
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Summary of Contents for Datamax E-4205e
- Page 1 Setting up a Datamax E-4205e 1. L oad the ticket stock Unlock the printhead and lift it so it is • vertical. Push the stock to the left side. • Close the printhead and push it • down until the turquoise latch holds it down.
- Page 2 2. Install the printer driver Start by clicking on the “Add printer” icon You will not find Datamax listed in • the list of printers. Click on the “Have disk” button. Browse to the Datamax CD. • Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Click on the file DATAMAX.INF in...
- Page 3 3. Setup (After you have installed the printer driver) Right click on this icon and • select “Printing preferences”. Set the stock size to be • “Multipurpose, 2¼ x 5½”.
- Page 4 Two more important settings to check are SOP Emulation and Present Sensor: SOP Emulation While in the Datamax driver, do a right click under Properties • Select Tools | Configure | Configure Printer | System tab. Under • Under SOP Emulation, choose Allegro. Note: this is usually defaulted as “disabled.”...
- Page 5 Present Sensor Again, while in the Datamax driver, do a right click under Properties. • Select Features tab. • Check to make sure “Present Sensor” is enabled. Note: this is usually defaulted as “disabled.” •...
- Page 6 • ‘Label mark.’ Set the top offset to be –1.40. This setting can be changed. See Note. With Datamax v 5 firmware: Top offset 4.27; Tear offset 4.98. NOTE: These settings are guidelines. On Center Stage Software’s setup, we changed Top Offset to 0.00.
- Page 7 This behavior manifests itself by the printer printing the first ticket properly, ejecting 1½ blank tickets, and stopping with a red error light. If this happens to a printer, look in section 4.4 of the Datamax E-class manual. Use the buttons on the printer to change the sensor type setting to (REFL) reflective.
- Page 8 Additional notes for Tixsales users and Wintix (using the DPL language): With the Datamax printer codes, you need to know where the start point is. It should be on the perforation. If not, you probably are feeding the stock from the wrong end of the stack.
- Page 9 Why would you bother with all this complication? Speed and reliability. Using the Datamax as a text based printer will save you about 1½ seconds per ticket. If you are printing more than 250 tickets per day, you will probably want to do things this way. In general, the Windows printing system is fairly reliable, but it can cause trouble.
- Page 10 • Now, you need to know something. You need to know where the print driver is. This may be on the original Wintix CD. You may want to download and install the latest driver from http://www.SeagullScientific.com. In this case, we have •...
- Page 11 Select the model of printer. • The drivers get copied. • You need to know • what printer port the printer gets connected...
- Page 12 Give the printer a name • that makes sense to you. No, you do not want the • ticket printer to be the default printer. The default printer needs • to be your report printer. Click on Finish and you •...
- Page 13 Here’s what’s in the file DmTest.txt ( “~” stands for a character 2): * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Datamax test file * Usage: At a command prompt type: TYPE DMTEST.TXT >...