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PDC PORTICO M2 Series User Manual

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  • Page 1 PORT TICO M M2: P PDT-M M2 Ser ries Direct t Ther rmal P Portab ble Pr rinter SER’S ANUAL   i   ...
  • Page 2 Copyright Information The copyright in this manual, the software and firmware in the printer described therein are owned by the company. All rights reserved. CG Triumvirate is a trademark of Agfa Corporation. CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed font is under license from the Monotype Corporation. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
  • Page 3 Agency C Complianc ce and App provals 2014/3 30/EU(EMC C), 2014/3 35/EU(LVD) ), 2011/65 5/EU(RoHS 2.0) EN 55 5032 Class EN 55 5024 EN610 000-3-2:201 EN610 000-3-3:201 EN 60 0950-1 FCC p part 15B, C Class B This eq quipment h as been tes sted and fou und to comp...
  • Page 4 TP TC C 004/2011 TP TC C 020/2011 LP000 Important safety inst tructions: 1. Read a ll of these in nstructions and keep th hem for late er use. 2. Follow a all warnings s and instru uctions on th he product.
  • Page 5 CE Statement: This equipment complies with EU radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20 cm between the radiator & your body. All operational modes: 2.4GHz: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (HT20), 802.11n (HT40), 5GHz: 802.11a The frequency, mode and the maximum transmitted power in EU are listed below: 2400 MHz –...
  • Page 6 Canada, avis de l'Industry Canada (IC) Cet appareil numérique de classe B est conforme aux normes canadiennes ICES-003 et RSS-210. 設備名稱：可攜式熱感條碼印表機，主型號： PORTICO M2 Series     Equipment name Type designation (Type) Son fonctionnement est soumis aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) cet appareil ne doit pas causer d'interférence et (2) cet appareil doit accepter toute interférence, notamment les interférences qui...
  • Page 7 限用物質及其化學符號   六價鉻 多溴聯苯 多溴二苯醚 單元 Ｕnit 鉛 汞 鎘 Lead Mercury Cadmium Hexavalent  Polybrominated  Polybrominated  chromium  biphenyls diphenyl ethers (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) (PBB) (PBDE)   內外塑膠件 ○  ○  ○  ○  ○  ○  內外鐵件 ○  ○  ○  ○  ○  滾輪 ○  ○ ...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ......................1     1.1 Product Introduction ..................1   1.2 Product Features .................... 2   1.2.1 Printer Standard Features ..............2   1.2.2 Printer Optional Features ..............3   1.3 General Specifications ................... 5   1.4 Print Specifications ..................6  ...
  • Page 9 Calibrating Media Sensor by Diagnostic Tool ........... 28     6.3.1 Auto Calibration .................. 28   Setting Wi-Fi by Diagnostic Tool (Optional) ..........29     Setting Bluetooth by Diagnostic Tool (Optional) ........30     Troubleshooting ....................31    ...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you very much for purchasing PORTICO M2 bar code printer. Enjoy our cost-efficient, high durability printers with the PORTICO M2 economical printer. The PORTICO M2 is a comfortable, light-weight printer capable of working with any mobile printing application where you need quick, simple receipts/labels on demand.

  • Page 11: Product Features

    1.2 Product Features 1.2.1 Printer Standard Features Product standard feature Direct thermal printing (receipts & partial label) Black mark reflective sensor Head open sensor 3 operation buttons (On/off, feed/pause, and cover-open buttons) 5 LEDs: 1 for printer states (green or red); 3 for Battery capacity (green or orange); 1 for RF status (blue or green) Audible alert Programmable buzzer Mini type USB 2.0 (High speed mode)

  • Page 12: Printer Optional Features

    Text, bar code, graphics/image printing (Please refer to the TSPL/TSPL2 programming manual for supporting code page) Supported bar code Supported image 1D bar code 2D bar code BITMAP, CODABLOCK F Code128 subsets mode, BMP, A.B.C,Code128UCC, DataMatrix, Maxicode, (Max. 256 colors EAN128, Interleave 2 of graphics) PDF-417, Aztec,...
  • Page 13 1 bay battery charger station ○  4 bay batteries charger station ○ Vehicle power adapter ○ 12-24V DC automobile cigarette lighter plug ○ IP54-rated environmental case with shoulder ○ strap Mini type USB cable ○ Mini type USB to RS232 cable ○...

  • Page 14: General Specifications

    1.3 General Specifications   General Specifications Physical dimensions 89.3 mm (W) 134.5 mm (H) x 56.5 mm (D) Enclosure Plastic Weight (w/ battery) 350g Electrical Internal charging capability (battery-in)  12VDC automobile cigarette lighter plug  Auto-switching AC adapter External charging capability (battery-out) ...

  • Page 15: Print Specifications

    1.4 Print Specifications   Print Specifications PORTICO M2 Print head resolution 203 dots/inch (8 dots/mm) Printing method Direct thermal (receipts & partial label) Dot size 0.125 x 0.125 mm (width x length) (1 mm = 8 dots) Print speed Max. 4 ips (102 mm/sec) (inches per second) Max.
  • Page 16 2. Op peratio ons Ov vervie 2.1 Un npacking g and In nspectio This printer has s been spe ecially pack kaged to w withstand d amage du ring shippi ing. Please caref fully inspec ct the pack kaging and printer up pon receivin ng the bar...

  • Page 17: Printer Overview

    2.2 Pri inter Ov verview   2.2.1 Fr ront View       3  1  4  5  2      dia cover r release bu utton dia cover D indicator ed/stop bu tton wer on/off button 8   ...

  • Page 18: Interior View

    2.2.2 In terior Vi   1  2  3  5  4  ear edge rint head R code lab aten roller ack mark s sensor 9   ...
  • Page 19 2.2.3 Re ear View   1              2      4  5  3  Li-i on Battery ttery open clasp B interface wer jack Inte erface cove 10   ...

  • Page 20: Led Indication And Keys

    2.3 Op perator c control   2.3.1 LE ED Indica ation and d Keys     3  4  2  5  1  ower on/off f button rinter status s LED indi cator attery charg ge level LE ED indicato ireless sta tus LED in ndicator eed/Pause...
  • Page 21 3. Setu up  3.1 Ins stall the e Battery 1. Insert t he left side e of battery y to the slot on the rear o f the printe   2. Push th he right sid de of the ba attery  ...
  • Page 22 3.2.1 Ch harge th e Battery   1. O Open the in nterface co over and p lug the power cord d in to the p power jack Note: Please switc ch OFF prin ter power p prior to lug in the p ower cord t to printer po ower...
  • Page 23 3.2.2 Ch harge by y Charge er Station n (Option nal)   1. Plug the e power co ord to the p power jack on the charge er station.   2. Insert th he battery along the slot to the righ ht side of ch harger stat tion as...
  • Page 24 Note: The four b ay batterie es charger station is a also availa ble for you reference. D Color Descriptio Gree en / Solid Battery y is comple etely charg d / Solid Battery y is chargin Red / / Blinking Battery y charging error...
  • Page 25 USB t to RS-232 Cable (Op ptional)    1. Open th he interface e cover and   connect th he printer to o the comp puter with RS-23 32 cable. USB in nterface (pr rinter) RS-232 port (PC)   3.3.2 Co onnectin ng with B...
  • Page 26 3.4 L Loading g the Me e dia 1. Open th he printer m media cove er by pressing th he media c cover relea button. 2. Place th he media ro oll at the co orrect side, and p pull out eno ough pape er over...
  • Page 27 4. Ac ccesso ories  4.1 Ins stall the e Belt Cl l ip Remo ove the bat ttery on the e rear of the printer an d lock the belt clip on n the hole above the batter   Press the ball on n the belt c clip to...
  • Page 28 4.2 Ins stall the IP54-ra ated env vironme ental ca ase with h should der stra (Optio nal)   Open n the case top cover Top cov   Place e the printe er in the ca ase. Note: Th e printing s side must f face the outside c...
  • Page 29 4.3 Ins stall the e media adapte r (Optio onal)   Open n the printe er top cove er and insta all the med ia adapter in the ia fixing ho ole as indic cated. Media a fixing hole   media ada apters are i installed...
  • Page 30 5. Pow wer‐on n Utiliti ies    Ther re are three e power-on n utilities to o set up an nd test prin nter hardwa are. These e utilities ar activ ated by pr essing FE ED button ) th en turning on the prin nter power simu...
  • Page 31 5.2 Se elf-test a and Du mp Mod ease follow w the steps s below.   1. T Turn off th e power sw witch. 2. H Hold on th e FEED bu utton ( ) then tur rn on the p power switc 3.
  • Page 32 Print speed (inch/sec) Print darkne Label size (i inch) Gap distanc ce (inch) Gap/black ma ark sensor in ntension Code page Country cod ZPL setting information Print darkne Print speed (inch/sec) Label size Control pref Format prefi Delimiter pre efix Printer powe er up motion Printer head...
  • Page 33  Dump mode Printer will enter dump mode after printing printer configuration. In the dump mode, all characters will be printed in 2 columns as following. The left side characters are received from your system and right side data are the corresponding hexadecimal value of the characters.
  • Page 34 5.3 Pr rinter In nitializat tion   nter initiali zation is u sed to clea ar DRAM a and restore e printer se ettings to d defaults. nter initiali zation is a activated by y the follow wing proce dures. 1.
  • Page 35 6. Dia agnos stic To   gnostic Ut ility is an in ntegrated t tool incorpo orating fea atures that enable yo u to explor a pr rinter’s set tings/statu us; change a printer’s s settings; d download graphics, f fonts and firm mware;...

  • Page 36: Setup

    6.2 P rinter F Function Select the PC interfa ace connec cted with b bar code pr rinter.   The defau ult interface e setting is   USB inter rface. If USB B interface is connec cted with pri nter, no other sett tings need t to be...
  • Page 37 6.3 C Calibrati ng Med dia Sens sor by D Diagnos stic Too   6.3.1 Aut to Calibra ation   1. M Make sure the media is already y installed a and media cover is c losed. (Ple ease refer t section 3.4) 2.
  • Page 38 6.4 S etting W Wi-Fi by y Diagno ostic To ool (Opt tional)   Make sur re the med dia is alread dy installed d and med dia cover is s closed. (P Please refe to section n 3.4) Turn on t the printer power swi tch.
  • Page 39 6.5 S etting B Bluetoo th by D iagnost tic Tool l (Optio nal)   Make sure e the media a is already y installed and media a cover is c closed. (Pl lease refer to section 3.4) Turn on th he printer p power switc Open Diag...

  • Page 40: Install The Battery

    7. Troubleshooting Common Problems The following guide lists the most common problems that may be encountered when operating this bar code printer. If the printer still does not function after all suggested solutions have been invoked, please contact the Customer Service Department for assistance.  ...
  • Page 41 8. Ma aintena ance This session pre esents the c clean tools and method ds to mainta ain your pri nter. 1. P Please use one of follo wing mater rial to clean the printer.  Cotton swa  Lint-free cl ...
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