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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Getting to Know Your Printer Printer Setup Loading the Ribbon Installing the Fixture Loading Material Connecting the Printer to the Host Computer Installing Dinkle Label Installing Seagull Driver Printer Setting and Control Operation Panel LCD Interface Introduction LCD Interface Function...
  • Page 3 TMP-002 Thermal Transfer Printer CONTENTS Operating Add/Save Marking Plate Add Marking Plate Save Marking Plate Open Marking Plate File Setting Output Interface Other Settings Material Setting Material Selection Add graphics Advanced Function Date and Time Settings Set Date and Time for Printer Insert Date and Time Change Date and Time format Database Connecting...
  • Page 4 TMP-002 Thermal Transfer Printer This equipment must be earthed. The power plug must be connected to a properly wired earth ground socket outlet.An improperly wired socket outlet could place hazardous voltages on accessible metal parts. * Suggest to use Arial 12pt or above for better user experience. * it's recommended to warm up the device 5~10 mins which comes a better effect of printing job.
  • Page 5 TMP-002 Thermal Transfer Printer SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Please read the following instructions carefully. Keep the equipment away from humidity. Before you connect the equipment to the power outlet, please check the voltage of the power source. Make sure the printer is off before plugging the power connector into the power jack.
  • Page 6 Getting to Know Your Printer Printer Setup Loading the Ribbon Installing the Fixture Loading Material Connecting the Printer to the Host Computer Installing Dinkle Label Installing Seagull Driver Printer Setting and Control Operation Panel LCD Interface Introduction LCD Interface Function...
  • Page 7 TMP-002 Thermal Transfer Printer CONTENTS Operating Add/Save Marking Plate Add Marking Plate Save Marking Plate Open Marking Plate File Setting Output Interface Other Settings Material Setting Material Selection Add graphics Advanced Function Date and Time Settings Set Date and Time for Printer Insert Date and Time Change Date and Time format Database Connecting...
  • Page 8 TMP-002 Thermal Transfer Printer This equipment must be earthed. The power plug must be connected to a properly wired earth ground socket outlet.An improperly wired socket outlet could place hazardous voltages on accessible metal parts. * Suggest to use Arial 12pt or above for better user experience. * it's recommended to warm up the device 5~10 mins which comes a better effect of printing job.
  • Page 9 TMP-002 Thermal Transfer Printer SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Please read the following instructions carefully. Keep the equipment away from humidity. Before you connect the equipment to the power outlet, please check the voltage of the power source. Make sure the printer is off before plugging the power connector into the power jack.

  • Page 10: Printer 001

    Please keep all packaging materials in case you need to return the goods for future delivery. Thermal Transfer Printer Ribbon&Empty Ribbon Core Power Cord USB Cable Marking Plate Fixture Product CD Cleaning Pen Contains Dinkle Label, Driver, User Manual...

  • Page 11: Getting To Know Your Printer

    Printer Getting to Know Your Printer Device Overview Front View Top Cover Observation Window Touch Panel Power Button Eject/Retract Button Rear View Ethernet Connection Port RS-232 Port USB Port USB Host Power Jack...
  • Page 12 Printer Inside View Top Cover Ribbon Supply Hub Ribbon Rewind Hub Print Mechanism Marking Plate Fixture Slide rail...

  • Page 13: Printer Setup

    Printer Setup Loading the Ribbon Printing Method： Thermal transfer：When printing, the ribbon must be used to transfer the content to the Marking plate. Place the thermal transfer printer on a flat surface and open the top cover.
  • Page 14 Printer Setup Assemble the ribbon on the ribbon supply hub Assemble the ribbon axis to the ribbon rewind hub Pull the ribbon down through the underside of print mechanism, to fix it to the ribbon axis.
  • Page 15 Printer Setup Fix the ribbon. ※Schematic diagram...

  • Page 16: Installing The Fixture

    Printer Setup Installing the Fixture Ready The LCD displays the "Ready" state and presses the “ to eject the slide rail. Eject/Retract” Button Align the fixture with the three bumps on the rail to place it smoothly.
  • Page 17 Printer Setup Load the Marking Label Align the bump of the Marking Label into the circular groove on the fixture and place it. (only one at a time) On the marking label, the square hole needs to be on the same side as the small round hole on the fixture to be placed effectively.
  • Page 18 Printer Setup Close the top cover.

  • Page 19: Connecting The Printer To The Host Computer

    Printer Setup Connecting the Printer to the Host Computer Confirm that the thermal transfer printer power switch is off. Connect one end of the power cord to the general household power supply and the other end to the power socket of the thermal transfer printer. One end of the transmission line is connected to the transmission port of the thermal transfer printer, and the other end is connected to the computer.
  • Page 20 CD player;or click on the CD icon to start the CD program. Before starting the installation, the screen will prompt you to start installing the Dinkle Label software automatically. After confirming, press the “Next” button to start the installation.
  • Page 21 Printer Setup During the automatic installation of the driver and Dinkle Label software, the screen will display the installation progress column. When the progress bar download is completed and “Next” is automatically displayed , This means the installation is complete.
  • Page 22 Printer Setup 4. After the automatic installation is completed, the screen will display the installation. After pressing “End”, you can use the Dinkle Label software for file creation, editing and printing.
  • Page 23 Printer Setup 2.6 Install Seagull Driver System Requirement: Windows 7 and above After opening the contents of the disc, find the Driver installation file in the following path.       Download\Softwares\Driver\Driver.exe Click "I accept the terms in the license agreement", select "Next", then press "Finish", go to step 4.
  • Page 24 After entering the thermal transfer printer name (you can use the preset name), press "Next" to display the image on the right. Press the "Finish" button to start copying the driver file. After the driver file is copied, you can Complete the driver installation. Dinkle...

  • Page 25: Printer Setting And Control

    Printer Setting and Control Operation Panel Operation Panel Touch Panel Eject/Retract Button Power Button After confirming that the power cord is properly connected, press the power button, the LCD screen will start to light up, and "Ready" will be displayed, indicating that the printer is currently "ready to print". With the power on, keep pressing the power button for more than three seconds to turn off the printer.

  • Page 26: Lcd Interface Introduction

    Printer Setting and Control LCD Interface Introduction Steps Press the power button to start the printer and start the screen. Turn on the printer When the thermal transfer printer is turned on, a "Ready" message will appear on the LCD screen indicating that the printer is ready to print.
  • Page 27 Printer Setting and Control You can start with this "Ready" screen and do various settings for the thermal transfer printer. Click on "Main" -- Check out more thermal transfer printer settings. Click on "Wizard"-- Set the brightness, speed, ..., etc. of the thermal transfer printer.
  • Page 28 Printer Setting and Control Set completed click Do not want to save ,click to return to the main screen, the system will not make any changes. Unlock lock If the printer's function key is locked, you cannot receive an external command (Dinkle Label)

  • Page 29: Lcd Interface Function

    Printer Setting and Control LCD Interface Function main screen Setting items for printer, ex. Printing speed, darkness. Also includes a Printing Wizard for your ease of printing. More than 10 languages of printer setting. It consists of a table of values that describes the charactrer set for a particular language. Setting items for printing label, ex.
  • Page 30 Printer Setting and Control In the Recall Print Job screen, you can view all the print files inside the printer. Click "Up" to select the file. Click "Down" to select the file. Click "Preview Card" to preview the status of the file you are about to print.
  • Page 31 Printer Setting and Control Device Setting off or on for buzzer Setting it ems for options, e.x. Cutter, Label Dispenser, Applicator. Choose ON. Printing labels would be back to start position. Setting it ems for Serial Port, ex. Baud Rate, Parity, Data Bits, Stop Bits. Setting it ems for LAN, ex.
  • Page 32 Printer Setting and Control LED mode option list Print darkness (Suggested darkness: 15) Printing speed 1~2 ips (Suggested speed: 1) Thermal transfer Print mode Thermal transfer printer settings Stop point setting Apply Print positioning Cancel Panel language Rotate Horizontal displacement Marking plate setting Vertical displacement Print adjustment...
  • Page 33 Printer Setting and Control Apply Buzzer Cancel Equipment Setting None Apply Pre-print Cancel Baud rate Communication settings Parity value Device Data length Stop bit number Network settings Submask Year Month Time setting Date Hour Second Thermal transfer printer control Print darkness 0-19 (Suggested darkness: 15) Printing speed 1~2 ips (Suggested speed: 1)
  • Page 34 Printer Setting and Control Status of LCD Interface When printer is on standby status (ready to print), the LCD interface will display “Ready” on screen. You can only print when you see the “Ready“ status. Status of LCD Interface...
  • Page 35 Printer Setting and Control If there is any printers error, the LCD screen will display the error screen to show the type of error. You can fix the error according the notice. Warning icon Error icon Error description Icon definition...

  • Page 36: Error Alerts

    Printer Setting and Control Error Alerts In the event of a problem that prevents normal functioning of the printer, you will see an error message on LCD screen and hear some beep signals. Please refer to below table for the error alerts. OPERATION TOUCH PANEL FEED BUTTON POWER BUTTON...
  • Page 37 Printer Setting and Control Satus Beeps Description Solution Operation Panel Status Make sure that the label sensor is positioned correctly. If the sensor still does not detect the paper, run the auto- detection function again. Media Error 2 x 2 beeps Possible reasons: the print medium has become...

  • Page 38: Usb Host

    Printer Setting and Control USB Host Definition : USB Host port supports either device：USB memory stick, keyboard or scanner. Purpose USB memory stick : It extends the user memory space up to 32GB for Graphic, Font, Label Format, DBF and Command files downloading.

  • Page 39: Maintenance And Adjustment

    Maintenance and Adjustment Cleaning the thermal print head Dirt on the print head or ribbon may result in inadequate print quality (there are only partial images on the label). The printer cover should therefore be kept closed when possible. Keeping dirt and dust away from the marking plates ensures a good print quality and a longer lifespan of the print head.
  • Page 40 Maintenance and Adjustment Adjusting the print line and print head tension Use a screwdriver to make adjustments Turning the screw clockwise increases the pressure, while turning it counterclockwise reduces the pressure.

  • Page 41: Ribbon Shield Settings

    Maintenance and Adjustment Ribbon shield settings The use of different ribbon materials may cause wrinkling of the ribbon, which in turn affects the print result as illustrated by the examples in (a) and (b). To change the print quality, you can adjust the ribbon shield screws. If your print result looks like the example in (a), you need to turn ribbon shield screw on the left side clockwise.

  • Page 42: Troubleshooting

    Maintenance and Adjustment Troubleshooting Check the power supply. The printer is switched on but the LED does not light up. The LED lights up red and printing is Check the software settings (driver settings) or command codes. interrupted. Check whether the print mechanism is closed correctly. Please make sure that the marking plate is loaded the right side up and that it is the suitable material.
  • Page 43 Brief Introduction System Requirement System Requirement 1GHz and above Memory 1GB and above Hard Disk 50MB at least Operation System Support to Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10 Software Requirement Installation required. NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 and above Start using DINLE Label The main page contains of three toolbars and two working areas.
  • Page 44 ● Vertical toolbar: Providing Shape, Bar code, Text and Graphics as options. ● Quick toolbar: Help to make global setup, label rotate and object alignment in efficient way.
  • Page 45 (1) Working area: ● Label Setup: Including marking label selection, page setup and previews. Marking Label ● Command Area: Providing Label Numbering and Symbol insert functions. Decimal...
  • Page 46 General Introduction User can edit and save files of marking labels in Label setup area. Edit Tag ● User can enter text or digital number directly in Label working area or double-click the tag for more setup. ● Press “DELETE” key to clear up the info. ●...
  • Page 47 Symbol insert: Select a tag and insert the sign by double clicking graphic symbol.
  • Page 48 General operation New / Save marking label New marking label Choose “Generic” toolbar and click sign for new marking label. Hot key: Ctrl + N . Save marking label Choose “Generic” toolbar and click sign to save *.ezpd file format. Save file hot key: Ctrl + S;...
  • Page 49 Thermal Printer Setup ● User can select to change, if the selection items cannot be made, it means the service doesn’t provide. Menu Function Description Printer Model The printer setup shows the parameters as the current model is. The software can detect its model number and shows the correspondent Resolution resolution.
  • Page 50 ● Set Total Number of Print Choose quick toolbar and click sign, a global setup menu will be shown and to mark the checkbox of “Multi Label Print Quantity”. Back to Printer Setup menu, total number of print can be selected, it corresponds to copies per label and number of labels.
  • Page 51 ● Click the search printer sign, it will scan connected printer automatically. The printer interface parameter will be setup as well.
  • Page 52 Miscellaneous User can select to change, if the selection items cannot be made, it means the service doesn’t provide. Menu Function Description It’s a correspondence table list for Byte data and Character data, it calls the code page. The transmission data is Byte data from software to printer. The Page code can help to transform data from Byte to character.
  • Page 53 Page Setup To create a new page setup, please select correspondent marking label. Select Material ● Thermal Transfer Printer list: List supported printer. ● Material List: List supported marking labels. Graphic setup Choose vertical toolbar “Graphic” and click sign, left click in label area for graphic setup menu.
  • Page 54 Graphic Source ● From File: Supported file format with *.pcx, *.png, *.bmp, *.wmf, *.emf, *.ico, *.jpg, *.jpeg, total 8 types of image files. ● From Clipboard: Copy files from Microsoft paint, this selection can be previewed prior to using it. ●...
  • Page 55 (1) Graphic Setup Graphic related settings, e.g. width, height, flip and half toning.
  • Page 56 Advanced Function Real-Time Clock Setup ● Choose “Advanced” on the Horizontal Toolbar and click icon, and it will pop up the “Real-Time Clock Setup” window to display the date and time for printer. ● Press “OK” when setting is completed.
  • Page 57 Insert Date and Time ● Choose “Text” or “Barcode” on the Vertical Toolbar and double click in the Working area to display a Setup window. Select the Data Source Page > General Field and then click the “Setup Serial, Variables, Date and Time”. ●...
  • Page 58 Expiration Hour/Minute Setup ● The result will show the printing time of printer plus the Expiration Hour and Minute. If the Expiration Hour set as 10 and the Expiration Minute set as 30 and then click “Insert”, the Data field will add the printer command Time variables ^T and the Expiration Hour/ Minute variables.
  • Page 59 Date / Time Format Setup ● Click “Edit” in the “Setup Serial, Variables, Date and Time” window and it will display “Date/Time Format Setup” window. The display format can be changed in the “Date/Time Format Setup” window. ● Click “More…” and the “DateTime Setup” window will pop up. Users can define the display format of date and time by themselves.
  • Page 60 Database Connection Database Setup allows the Data of tag link to Excel, Access, Oracle…, etc. How to Connect the Database ● To select “Generic” on the Horizontal Toolbar and click on icon. The other way is choose “Barcode”, “Text” on the Vertical Toolbar > Setup window > Data Source page >...
  • Page 61 ● Choose “DataTable” page in the Database Query window, and it will show the file contents which have established the connection. The top column of the files is the field name. Database application ● choose “Barcode”, “Text” on the Vertical Toolbar > Setup window > Data Source page > Database field or choose “Graphics”...
  • Page 62 ● It adds field variables name ^F00, ^F01... and so on into the Text Data when operation is finished. ● When printing, the window will display Printer Setup and print records, user could decide print items and number of copies in the QTY setting.
  • Page 63 Oracle connection Please download Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) with Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio from Oracle official website and install it before using Oracle. ● After install completed, open the Connection setup and choose Oracle. ● Enter the Server IP into the File Name field. E.g. 192.168.xxx.xxx. ●...
  • Page 64 SQL Connection ● Open the Connection setup and choose SQL. ● Enter the Server IP into the File Name field. E.g. 192.168.xxx.xxx. ● Enter the database name into the SQL Server Initial Catalog. ● Use a specific user name and password and click Test to confirm whether the connection is successful or not.
  • Page 65 Text Connection ● Select the name of the text file: User selects the filename extension is.txt or.csv to connect to database. ● Option CodePage: The software automatically searches for CodePage for system. User can select the CodePage to match the file in pull-down menu. Delimiter: The default option is comma.
  • Page 66 Search Dinkle Printer Connect to the Printer by Network ● Click on icon to search for printer in the network and check if there are any model that the user could connect to. • Choose “Generic” on the Vertical Toolbar and click on icon or right click on the Label Setup to choose the “Printer Setup”...
  • Page 67 ● Select LAN Port option in the Printer Interface page and click Save to complete connection. Set the printer IP address acquisition method Choose “Advanced” on the Horizontal Toolbar and click on icon, and set the IP setting to “Get IP From DHCP Server” or “Static IP” location.
  • Page 68 Download Objects to Printer Choose “Advanced” on the Horizontal Toolbar, and click on icon to display the “Object Download” window. Download font ● Click on icon to display Font window. ● Choose the supported font and type and click OK, and choose the Font ID in the “Please Select a FontID”...
  • Page 69 Download Dinkle Label ● Click on icon to display Select Label Source window. It allows choose download Format the currently open label or download other labels to printer. The file name can only be letter and digit.
  • Page 70 For instance, download the Asian font, the software will record in pull-down menu with the Apply for user selection. When clicking the ”Delete All Dinkle Lable Objects”, system will only clear the records which have been downloaded.
  • Page 71 Thermal Transfer Printer APPENDIX Product Specifications Model TMP-002 Resolution 300 dpi x 300 dpi Print method Thermal transfer Processor 32-bit RISC CPU Sensor Material sensor; ribbon sensor Print speed Up to 4 inch / second Print width/length Maximum 104 / 140 mm Print media width/length Maximum 115 / 164 mm Ribbon Length...
  • Page 72 Thermal Transfer Printer APPENDIX Communication specifications Communication port specification ● Parallel port interface : DSTB is connected to the printer, BUSY is connected to the data source host : Parallel transmission cable compatible with IBM PC : As shown in the table below ●...
  • Page 73 Thermal Transfer Printer APPENDIX Communication specifications ● USB interface ● Ethernet(RJ-45)

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