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Introduction
EasyCoder E4
Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User's Guide
The EasyCoder E4 printer is a combined thermal transfer and
direct thermal printer. It also comes in a LinerLess version, with-
out any thermal transfer ribbon mechanism but with special
coating on parts in contact with the LinerLess media. It is simple
to operate, and is designed to work with any computing device
capable of ASCII output.
The EasyCoder E4 can print labels, tickets, or tags in three ways:
• Tear-off (Straight-through), where the media must be torn off
manually against the tear bar. Self-adhesive labels will remain
attached to the liner (backing paper) and must be removed
by hand.
• Peel-Off (Self-strip), where each self-adhesive label is printed,
automatically removed from its liner (backing paper), and
presented to the operator. Each subsequent label is held until
the Label Taken Sensor shows the previous label has been
removed. The liner is wound up on a hub inside the media
compartment.
• Cut-off, where continuous stock is automatically cut into tick-
ets or tags using an optional paper cutter (not for LinerLess
media). The cutter can also cut through the liner between
labels.
The EasyCoder E4 printer is fi tted with an 8 dots/mm (203.2
dots-per-inch) printhead.
The EasyCoder E4 is provided with its own version of the Inter-
mec Direct Protocol (see Intermec EasyCoder E4 Direct Protocol,
Programmer's Reference Manual). It is also supported by a series a
standard Windows application software packages from Intermec:
• Intermec InterDriver with ActiveX controls allows printing
from most programs.
• Intermec LabelShop is a label-formatting program available in
a number of versions.
• Intermec PrintSet is a software for setting up EasyCoder print-
ers and printing test labels..
You can connect the host computer to the EasyCoder E4 via the
serial RS-232 port or the parallel Centronics port. A PCMCIA
port is also provided so that you can fi t extra memory cards or
a font cards.
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