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Summary of Contents for BIXOLON BCD Series
- Page 1 Windows Driver Manual BCD Series Customer Display Rev. 2.06 http://www.bixolon.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
BCD Series ■ 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 ....................... -
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
BCD Series 4. Windows Driver Installation 4-1 Installing on Windows XP / Server 2003 4-1-1 Via Serial Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click the “Next” button. Rev. 2.06 - 4 -... - Page 5 BCD Series 3) Select a model and click the “Next” button. 4) Select the COM port to be used and click the “Next” button. 5) When the following message box appears, click the “Continue Anyway” button. Rev. 2.06 - 5 -...
- Page 6 BCD Series 6) Clicking the “Yes” button will reboot the PC. 7) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. 8) Click the “Port Settings” button in the “Ports” tab. 9) Match the communication settings to those of the customer display.
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Page 7: Installing On Windows Vista / Server 2008 / 7 / 8
BCD Series 4-2 Installing on Windows VISTA / Server 2008 / 7 / 8 4-2-1 Via Serial Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Select a model and click the “Next” button. Rev. 2.06... - Page 8 BCD Series 4) Select the COM port to be used and click the “Next” button. 5) If the following message boxes appear, click the “Install” button or click the “Install this driver software anyway” button. Rev. 2.06 - 8 -...
- Page 9 BCD Series 6) Clicking the “Yes” button will reboot the PC. 7) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. 8) Click the “Port Settings” button in the “Ports” tab. 9) Match the communication settings to those of the customer display.
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Page 10: Detailed Windows Driver Settings
BCD Series 5. Detailed Windows Driver Settings The following functions can be set in detail after the Windows Driver installation is complete. 5-1 Brightness The brightness available in the Windows Driver are as follows. - Brightness 20% - Brightness 40%... - Page 11 BCD Series 2) Click the “Printing Preferences” button in the “General” tab. 3) Select the “Paper/Quality” tab, and click the “Advanced” button. Select the desired setting. Rev. 2.06 - 11 -...
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Page 12: Windows Driver Specifications
Supported paper source BCD 2line mode Brightness 20% Brightness 40% Supported print Quality Brightness 60% Brightness 100% The Windows Driver of BCD Series supports the fonts listed below. Driver Font Sizes BCD 1st Line BCD 2nd Line FontControl FontControlA Printer Fonts are defined as follows. -
Page 13: Special Functions
BCD Series 6-2 Special Functions The Windows Driver supports the special functions indicated below. These special functions are available when using the characters after the “FontControl” font is selected. This function is not an ordinary character displaying function. Take special care. -
Page 14: Extended Special Functions
BCD Series 6-3 Extended Special Functions “FontControlA” font is provided as an inherent special function. By using with a command defined file (BCD.ini), you can designate a desired command string as the “FontControlA” font arbitrary character (a character code with a range between 20 to 7F). -
Page 15: Use Of Windows Driver
This section explains the use of the Windows Driver with Visual Basic to control a customer display. 7-1-1 Windows Driver Selection The following code is an example of the selection of the “BIXOLON BCD-1000” Windows Driver. For Each prnPrinter In Printers If prnPrinter.DeviceName = “BIXOLON BCD-1000”... -
Page 16: Blinking The Screen
BCD Series 7-1-3 Blinking the screen The next example shows how to blink the screen at the desired interval. Printer.FontSize = 7 Printer.FontName = "FontControl" Printer.Print "e" ‘Use special-function character to blink the screen. ‘e: Screen is blinking at 10x50msec intervals. -
Page 17: Use Of Wordpad
After running Wordpad and setting the following conditions, conduct a test. - Select Printer After selecting “Print” from the “File” menu, select the customer display (BCD Series). - Select Paper Size, Orientation, and Margins After selecting “Page Setup” from the “File” menu, select the paper size, orientation, and margins. -
Page 18: Blinking The Screen
BCD Series 7-2-3 Blinking the screen 1) Select the “FontControl” font from the font list. 2) Set the font size to 7. 3) Enter “e” in Wordpad. 4) Click the Print button in the toolbar to print. Clicking on Print will cause screen to be blinked at 10x50msec intervals. By changing the character that you input at Step 3, you can select a different interval. -
Page 19: Cleaning The Screen
BCD Series 7-2-4 Cleaning the screen 1) Select “FontControl” from the Font menu. 2) Set the font size to 7. 3) Enter “a” in Wordpad. 4) Click the Print button in the toolbar to print. Rev. 2.06 - 19 -...
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