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X 50mm diameter paper rolls* Table 2 With the help of 2 pcs. Partition for 58/60mm wide paper roll DPP-350 printer can be used with different width paper rolls. 1. Turn off the printer power. 2. Open the paper cover.
) portable ESC/POS thermal printer is designed specifically for use with most PDA & Smartphone devices. The DPP-350 can be used in a variety of applications where Printing / Card Reading is required. User Notes: Compatibility depends on the type of communication method ®...
Getting Started The DPP-350 allows you to printer information from your PDA & Smartphone. Before using the DPP-350 thermal printer the battery should be properly charged. The following Quick Start guide will help to get your DPP-350 ready for use.
About Your DPP-350 DPP-350 left view Paper Cover Lever Power On/Off Switch Paper Feed (LF) Magnetic Card Reader Serial RS232 Mi Fare Reader (Optional) Port Figure 1 DPP-350 right view Charging LED Status (ON/OFF & Error) LED Magnetic Card...
Charging the DPP-350 The DPP-350 uses a Lithium Ion rechargeable battery pack. Before first use, the DPP-350 battery pack should be charged for at least 4 hours. To prevent electrical damage to the DPP-350 and/or battery pack, please use approved AC Charger only.
Status & Operating Modes The DPP-350 uses LEDs to indicate various conditions of operation. This may be charging, active or online, battery low conditions. The following explains these conditions and LED indication. Charging LED Line Feed (LF) Button Power Button...
Loading Paper The DPP-350 uses a drop-and-load design making paper loading easy and trouble free. To load paper, simply lift up the paper cover latch and drop in the new roll as shown in the steps below. 1. Lift the paper cover latch to unlock the paper cover as shown in the figure on the right.
Note: Care must be taken when entering operating modes to prevent the clearing of factory preset configuration information. Page 13 ..... . DPP-350 User Manual...
Self-test The DPP-350 has a built-in test pattern that shows the printer’s current configuration as well as the various resident printer fonts. The self-test can also be used as a troubleshooting tool to determine printing problems or battery level. The steps below show how the self-test is printed activated.
Printer Configuration The DPP-350 uses nonvolatile memory for storing some of the printer default configuration. The following table shows available options. Memory Switch Options Memory Switch 1000000010 (see command reference GS command) BAUD RATE 115200 bps POWER OFF TIME 10 minutes...
Notes: When not using Driver/SDK developer tools, set DIP Switch 4 to OFF. Page 21 ..... . DPP-350 User Manual...
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The figures below show how to attach the different device to the DPP-350. Serial / USB ( Cabled ) Version: Connect the DPP-350 using Mini USB or Serial cable is shown in the figure below. USB Port...
® Blackberry Bluetooth manager. When adding / pairing the DPP-350, use the [0000] pairing key when prompted. Windows Mobile Devices: Creating a New Partnership or Pairing ® Bluetooth peripherals to your Windows Mobile devices require the use of the ®...
Loading Drivers Loading DPP-350 drivers for you’re PDA or Smartphones. BlackBerry Devices: Blackberry Desktop Manager shown in the figure on the right is used to load third party software on to your device. Please review your device’s documentation on how to use the Application Loader Option to load software on to your device.
Magnetic Card Reader (MS Version) The DPP-350 has a built-in magnetic card reader. The card reader incorporates a (3)-track magnetic read head requiring a single swipe to read field data from all three tracks. Magnetic Strip ( Face this direction )
Smart Card Reader (SC Version) The DPP-350 has a built-in smart card reader (optional). The smart card reader is designed to read information stored embedded on smart chips and process the information using device side software. Smart Chip ( Face this direction )
MIFARE Reader (MF Version) The DPP-350 has a built-in MIFARE reader (optional). The MIFARE reader is designed to read information stored embedded on MIFARE contactless cards or tags and process the information using device side software. MIFARE card ) Figure 15 Place the MIFARE card close to the printer facing the front of the printer as shown in the figure above.
Replacing Battery To replace the battery in the DPP-350 thermal printer follow the steps below. Steps: 1. Turn over the DPP-350 and place on a flat surface. Rotate the (2) locking levers as shown in the figure on the right.
Specifying printing mode of text data ESC * Printing graphical data ESC + Switch’s OFF the printer Page 31 ..... . DPP-350 User Manual...
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Reading the Battery Voltage and Thermal head temperature ESC a Aligning the characters Page 32 ..... . DPP-350 User Manual...
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GS Z Printing the non blank page area only in page mode Page 33 ..... . DPP-350 User Manual...
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Specifying character spacing for two-byte text mode FS W Selecting double size characters for two-byte text mode Page 34 ..... . DPP-350 User Manual...