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Windows Driver Manual
SRP-382
Thermal printer
Rev. 1.00
http://www.bixolon.com

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  • Page 1 Windows Driver Manual SRP-382 Thermal printer Rev. 1.00 http://www.bixolon.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    SRP-382 ■ 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

    SRP-382 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 to be used and then click Next.
  • Page 5 SRP-382 4) Click Yes to reboot the PC. 5) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 6) In the Ports tab, click Configure Port. ※ Skip this step in case of data communication using Bluetooth.
  • Page 6 SRP-382 8) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.00 - 6 -...

  • Page 7: Via Usb Port

    SRP-382 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. 1.00 - 7 -...
  • Page 8 SRP-382 4) Click OK. 5) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. The printer driver will be installed automatically. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 7) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally.

  • Page 9: Via Ethernet / Wireless Lan Port

    SRP-382 4-1-3 Via Ethernet / Wireless LAN Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click Next. 3) Select Ethernet / Wireless LAN. 4) Enter the IP address and port number, and then click Next. Rev. 1.00 - 9 -...
  • Page 10 SRP-382 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…. 8) Match the communication settings to those of the printer.
  • Page 11 SRP-382 9) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.00 - 11 -...

  • Page 12: Installing On Windows Vista / Server 2008 / 7 / 8 / Server 2012 / 10

    SRP-382 4-2 Installing on Windows VISTA / Server 2008 / 7 / 8 / Server 2012 / 10 4-2-1 Via Serial Port or Bluetooth 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click Next. 3) Select a COM to be used and then click Next.
  • Page 13 SRP-382 4) Click Yes to reboot the PC. 5) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers. 6) In the Ports tab, click Configure Port. ※ Skip this step in case of data communication using Bluetooth.
  • Page 14 SRP-382 8) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.00 - 14 -...

  • Page 15: Via Usb Port

    SRP-382 4-2-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click Next. 3) Select USB and then click Next. Rev. 1.00 - 15 -...
  • Page 16 SRP-382 4) Click OK. 5) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. The printer driver will be installed automatically. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers.

  • Page 17: Via Ethernet / Wireless Lan Port

    SRP-382 4-2-3 Via Ethernet / Wireless LAN Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click Next. 3) Select Ethernet / Wireless LAN. 4) Enter the IP address and port number, and then click Next. Rev. 1.00 - 17 -...
  • Page 18 SRP-382 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…. 8) Match the communication settings to those of the printer.
  • Page 19 SRP-382 9) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.00 - 19 -...

  • Page 20: Windows Driver Settings

    SRP-382 5. Windows Driver Settings The following functions can be configured after installing the Windows driver. 5-1 Layout 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) In the General tab, click Preferences (Printing Preferences). 3) Click the Layout tab.

  • Page 21: Paper Size

    SRP-382 5-1-1 Paper Size Paper size of 80 x 3276 mm is selected by default, and the following sizes can be selected. 80  40 mm 80  160 mm 80  3276 mm 80  80 mm 80  200 mm 80 ...

  • Page 22: Paper Type

    SRP-382 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. Default setting is Receipt. Receipt Receipt allows flexible paper length according to the data length.

  • Page 23: Paper Reduction

    SRP-382 5-1-5 Paper Reduction Reduction function reduces the size of the print image to save print paper. If this function is enabled and print-job data includes text data created by using a printer font, device fonts are converted to True Type fonts to make them smaller. The barcode size also can be reduced by selecting “Enable reducing barcode”.

  • Page 24: Document Settings

    SRP-382 5-2 Document Settings 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) In the General tab, click Preferences (Printing Preferences). 3) Click the Document Settings tab. Rev. 1.00 - 24 -...

  • Page 25: Send Command

    SRP-382 5-2-1 Send Command 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 26: Nv Image

    SRP-382 5-3 NV Image 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) In the General tab, click Preferences (Printing Preferences). 3) Click the NV Image tab. The position to print NV image stored in the printer can be set at the beginning and/or end of the document and beginning and end of each page.

  • Page 27: Barcode

    SRP-382 5-4 Barcode 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) In the General tab, click Preferences (Printing Preferences). 3) Click the Barcode tab. Rev. 1.00 - 27 -...

  • Page 28: Barcodes

    SRP-382 5-4-1 1d Barcodes Windows driver supports one-dimensional barcode fonts as shown in the following table. Barcodes can be printed by using following font names. Font Name Type (Symbology) Size (Point) Supported Characters Barcode1 UPC-A 18 / 35.5 / 53 / 71...

  • Page 29: Barcodes

    SRP-382 5-4-2 2d Barcodes Windows driver supports two-dimensional barcode fonts as shown in the following table. Barcodes can be printed on the printer by using following font names. Font Name Type (Symbology) Size (Point) 2D-Code1 PDF417 2D-Code2 QR Code If you want to change the default value of 2d barcode properties, select a Font Name and Type of two-dimensional barcode, and then click Properties.

  • Page 30: Dithering

    SRP-382 5-5 Dithering 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) In the General tab, click Preferences. 3) Click the Dithering tab. This printer model is a black and white printing device including dithering function, grayscale print function, and brightness level adjustment function to produce a sharper or softer image.

  • Page 31: Utility

    SRP-382 5-6 Utility 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) In the General tab, click Preferences (Printing Preferences). 3) Click the Utility tab. Rev. 1.00 - 31 -...

  • Page 32: Unified Pos Utility

    SRP-382 5-6-1 Unified POS Utility Refer to the Unified POS Utility manual contained in the CD for details. 5-6-2 Special Font Edit Utility The purpose of FontControlA font is not for text printing. It is used to define the printer command, assign the defined printer command to a specific ASCII character, and send it to the printer.

  • Page 33: Journal Viewer

    SRP-382 5-6-3 Journal Viewer Journal is a function to save a copy of printed receipts. Copies can be saved without using journal printer with this function. Journal saves each printed document in a file and the saved file can be viewed by using this utility.

  • Page 34: Text-Key Function

    SRP-382 5-6-4 Text-Key Function Text-Key Function is a utility to replace specific text (Text-Key) with other texts or graphic images, and to add images to the bottom of receipts. This function can be used only when using device fonts. It has no effect when using TTF fonts (True Type Fonts) or the data for Text-Key does not exist on a Print-Job.
  • Page 35 SRP-382 3) If the Text-Key is selected, The Configuration button is enabled. 4) Click Configuration to enter a text, which is used to replace the selected Text-Key with the text entered. For example, if you enter “APPLE” in the text box as below, the Text- key, “POTATO”...
  • Page 36 SRP-382 4) Select a Text-Key in the Text-Key list, and then click Configuration. 5) To replace the selected Text-Key with a graphic image, select one of the available identifier via the combo box under “Replacement” label. There are two replacement functions but only one of the two is available.

  • Page 37: Preview

    SRP-382 5-6-5 Preview This application with a preview of a print-job runs, and windows driver does not directly send print-job data to the printer when enabled by clicking “Enable Print Preview”. Print- job data can be sent to the printer in the application.

  • Page 38: Bidirectional Communication

    SRP-382 5-7 Bidirectional Communication 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) Click Ports tab. Because “bidirectional support” is disabled by default, it is necessary to tick Enable bidirectional support to get status from the printer. Sample codes contained in the CD can help you get more status information than the status information that OS supplies as standard way.

  • Page 39: Windows Driver Specifications

    SRP-382 6. Windows Driver Specifications 6-1 Font 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 Font (Device Fonts) Name Font Size (dot)
  • Page 40 SRP-382 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 41: Special Functions

    SRP-382 6-2 Special functions This Windows driver supports the special functions as shown in the following table. Select 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 42 SRP-382 1) Example Select FontControl font and send 6 for “LF” (Line Feed) operation (instead of printing character “6”). 2) FontControl font functions. Font Name Special Functions Font Size (point/dot) Open Drawer 1/2 Cut receipt Cut receipt(without paper feeding) FontControl Justification (Left/Center/Right) (8.5 / 12x24)

  • Page 43: Use Of Windows Driver

    This section contains example codes to control the printer using Windows driver with Visual Basic. Sample programs are included in the CD. 7-1-1 Windows Driver Selection The following example code explains how to select “BIXOLON SRP-382” Windows driver. For Each prnPrinter In Printers If prnPrinter.DeviceName = “BIXOLON SRP-382” Then...

  • Page 44: Barcode Printing

    SRP-382 7-1-3 Barcode Printing The following example code explains how to print the barcode (JAN8 (EAN)). 'Print Bar Code. Printer.FontSize = 18 Printer.FontName = "Barcode4" Printer.Print "1234567" Printer.EndDoc The following example code explains how to print the 2D barcode (PDF417).

  • Page 45: Use Of Wordpad

    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-382). - Set paper size, orientation, margin, etc. Select the “Page Setting” from “File” menu, and set paper size, orientation, and margin.

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