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  • Page 1 Instruction Manual order No: TMP-002...

  • 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 5.2.1 Add/Save Marking Plate Add Marking Plate Save Marking Plate 5.2.2 Open Marking Plate File 5.2.3 Setting Output Interface Other Settings 5.2.4 Material Setting Material Selection 5.2.5 Add graphics Advanced Function 5.3.1 Date and Time Settings Set Date and Time for Printer Insert Date and Time Change Date and Time format...
  • Page 4 TMP-002 Thermal Transfer Printer TO WHICH THIS DECLARATION RELATES IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS European Standard EN55032:2012/AC:2013, EN55024:2010. CFR 47, Part 15B 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.
  • 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: 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 PowerPower Adaptor USB Cable corresponding universal socket*4 Cord Marking Plate Fixture Product CD Cleaning Pen Contains Dinkle Label, Driver, User Manual...

  • Page 7: 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 Panel can be outward pulled 15 degrees Rear View Ethernet Connection Port RS-232 Port USB Port USB Host Power Jack...
  • Page 8 Printer Inside View Top Cover Ribbon Supply Hub Ribbon Rewind Hub Print Mechanism Marking Plate Fixture Slide rail Slide Rail Safety Pin...

  • Page 9: 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 10 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. Caution Placing the carbon ribbon with improper force or external force, which will make the ribbon supply hub and ribbon rewind hub be out of shape or the print quality reduced.
  • Page 11 Printer Setup Fix the ribbon. ※Schematic diagram...

  • Page 12: Installing The Fixture

    Printer Setup Installing the Fixture Instruction Ready Press Power button Press “Feed” button to open Thermal to release the Slide Rail. transfer printer. LCD displays “Ready”. Align the fixture with the three bumps on the rail to place it smoothly.
  • Page 13 Printer Setup Load the Marking Label Align the bump of the marking label with the circular groove on the marking label fixture, and place the marking label on the fixture flatly. (Only one piece marking label is allowed to place.) 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 14 Printer Setup Close the top cover.

  • Page 15: Connecting The Printer To The Host Computer

    Printer Setup Connecting the Printer to the Host Computer Connect one side of the power cord to the AC adapter and the other side to the power outlet of the 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 16 Printer Setup 2.5 Installing Printer Driver and Dinkle Label with Super Insert the supplied product disc into the CD-ROM drive, the computer will process automatically and pop up the operation interface. At this time, you will see the screen shown as below.
  • Page 17 Printer Setup As the printer driver and DinkleLabel are installing, a screen will display a progress bar. Once the installation is complete, the installation completion will be displayed on the screen.
  • Page 18 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 19: Installing Seagull Driver

    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 Please read the related terms carefully, and click “I accept the terms in the license agreement” to install it as agreement as below.
  • Page 20 After clicking TMP-002, select "Next". User is available for modifying the name of thermal transfer printer or direct saved in default one. Click the button “Next”, show at the left left, then click the button “Finish” to complete the drive program installation. Dinkle...

  • Page 21: 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 22: 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 23 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 temperature level, printing speed, horizontal displacement, and vertical displacement of the thermal transfer printer.
  • Page 24 Print Job Unlock lock If the printer's function key is locked, you cannot receive an external command (Dinkle Label) Icon definition Appears on the NAVIGATION ICON of Setting To upper level Pages. It guides you back to upper level by touching display upper right icon.

  • Page 25: Lcd Interface Function

    Printer Setting and Control LCD Interface Function Main Page 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 26 Printer Setting and Control Instruction of Recall Print Job. 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 27 Printer Setting and Control Device Programing Language Setting off or on for buzzer. Setting it ems for options, e.x. Cutter, Label Dispenser, Applicator. Programing Language. Setting it ems for Serial Port, ex. Baud Rate, Parity, Data Bits, Stop Bits. Setting it ems for LAN, ex. Port NO., DHCP, Dynamic IP, Default Gateway, Subnet Mask. Setting items for LCD, eg.
  • Page 28 Printer Setting and Control LED mode option list Print darkness 0-19 (Suggested darkness: 15) Printing speed 1~2 ips (Suggested speed: 1) Thermal transfer Print mode Thermal transfer printer settings Stop point setting 0-40 Apply Print positioning Cancel English Deutsch 繁體中文 簡體中文...
  • Page 29 Printer Setting and Control Apply Buzzer Cancel Equipment Setting None Apply Pre-print Cancel 4800 bps 9600 bps 19200 bps Baud rate 38400 bps 57600 bps 115200 bps Communication settings Parity value Even Device 7 bits Data length 8 bits 1 bits Stop bit number 2 bits DHCP...
  • Page 30 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. Thermal transfer printer only works on the Ready status. Status of LCD Interface After the execution of the print order, “Reprint” will appear in the lower right corner of the LCD. After pressing, the last print will be directly repeated.
  • Page 31 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...

  • Page 32: 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 LCD TOUCH PANEL FEED BUTTON...
  • Page 33 Printer Setting and Control Satus Beeps Description Solution Operation Panel Status Please make sure if the label is placed. Insert in the label and press the button “FEED” to eliminate abnormality. If the sign still not detected, please check if the detection hole is abnormally blocked or the detector position is abnormally shifted.

  • Page 34: Usb Host

    Printer Setting and Control USB Host Definition : USB Host port supports either device : USB memory stick, keyboard or scanner. Purpose Connect with USB flash drive as extending memory which can save the label files or firmware. It can print label files or update firmware version of printer via USB flash drive. Connecting an USB keyboard to printer for ‘’Keyboard Mode’’...

  • Page 35: 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 36 Maintenance and Adjustment Adjusting the print line and print head tension Open the printer cover. Use a screwdriver to make adjustments Turning the screw clockwise increases the pressure, while turning it counterclockwise reduces the pressure. Print head tension Print line Note ****Adjust beyond the original setting value may easily cause the print quality degraded.

  • Page 37: 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 the left ribbon shield screw counterclockwise.

  • Page 38: Troubleshooting 035

    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 39 Installation required. NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 and above Start using DINLE Label Please visit the official website to download Dinkle Label software. The main page of software consist of three toolbars and two working areas. (1) Toolbar: ●...
  • Page 40 Dinkle Label ● 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 41 Dinkle Label (1) Working area: ● Label Setup : Including marking label selection, page setup and previews. Marking Label ● Command Area : Providing Label Numbering and Symbol insert functions.
  • Page 42 Dinkle Label General Introduction 5.1.2 User can edit and save files of marking labels in Label setup area. Edit Tag ● User can enter text or digital number directly ● Click the button “Ctrl” and “I” to make the text italic.
  • Page 43 Dinkle Label Symbol insert: Select a tag and insert the sign by double clicking graphic symbol.
  • Page 44 Dinkle Label General operation New / Save marking label 5.2.1 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.
  • Page 45 Dinkle Label 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.
  • Page 46 Dinkle Label Printer Interface Connection method: USB, LAN, LPT, Serial , Driver Port and Print to File as option. ● Mark checkbox of “Auto Detect Connected Printer While Set Up” if necessary.
  • Page 47 Dinkle Label ● Click the search printer sign, it will scan connected printer automatically. The printer interface parameter will be setup as well.
  • Page 48 Dinkle Label 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 Code Page help to transform data from Byte to character.
  • Page 49 Dinkle Label Page Setup 5.2.4 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 5.2.5 Choose vertical toolbar “Graphic” and click sign, left click in label area for graphic setup menu.
  • Page 50 Dinkle Label 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 51 Dinkle Label (1) Graphic Setup Graphic related settings, e.g. width, height, flip and half toning.

  • Page 52: Dinkle Label

    Dinkle Label Search Dinkle Printer 5.3.3 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 53 Dinkle Label ● 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...
  • Page 54 Dinkle Label Download Objects to Printer 5.3.4 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...
  • Page 55 Dinkle Label Download Dinkle Label Format ● Click on icon to display Select Label Source window. It allows choose download the currently open label or download other labels to printer. The file name can only be letter and digit.
  • Page 56 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 57 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 58 Thermal Transfer Printer APPENDIX Communication specifications Communication port specification ● Parallel port interface Handshaking Interface cable : Parallel transmission cable compatible with IBM PC Pinout : As shown in the table below Pin No. Function Transmitter /Stobe Computer/printer Data 0-7 Computer /Acknowleage Printer...
  • Page 59 Thermal Transfer Printer APPENDIX Communication specifications ● USB interface Computer Connector : Type A Pin No. Function VBUS Connector Type : Type B Pin No. Function VBUS ● Ethernet(RJ-45) Pin NO. FUNCTION...

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