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Thermal Printer
Rev. 1.01
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  • Page 1 Windows Driver Manual Metapace T-3II Thermal Printer Rev. 1.01 http://www.metapace.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Windows Driver ■ Table of Contents 1. About this Manual ......................3 2. 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 or Parallel Port ................4 4-1-2 Via USB Port ......................

  • Page 3: About This Manual

    Windows Driver according to PC operating system (OS). Metapace makes continual efforts to improve the functions and quality of the products. The specifications and contents of the manual are subject to change without prior notice for this reason.

  • Page 4: Windows Driver Installation

    Windows Driver 4. Windows Driver Installation 4-1 Installing on Windows XP / Server 2003 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select a COM port or LPT port to be used and then click “Next”. Rev.
  • Page 5 Windows Driver 4) When the following message box appears, click “Continue Anyway”. 5) Click “Yes” to reboot the PC. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 7) In the “Ports” tab, click “Configure Port…” ※...
  • Page 6 Windows Driver 8) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test. ※ Pass this step if you are using a parallel port. 9) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally.

  • Page 7: Via Usb Port

    Windows Driver 4-1-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select “USB” and then click “Next”. Rev. 1.01 - 7 -...
  • Page 8 Windows Driver 4) When the following message box appears, click “Continue Anyway”. 5) Click “OK”. 6) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. 7) When the New Hardware Wizard appears for the installation of the Windows Driver, select the option as shown below and click “Next”. Rev.
  • Page 9 Windows Driver 8) Click “Next”. 9) When the following message box appears, click “Continue Anyway”. Rev. 1.01 - 9 -...
  • Page 10 Windows Driver 10) Click “Finish”. 11) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 12) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev.

  • Page 11: Via Ethernet / Wireless Lan

    Windows Driver 4-1-3 Via Ethernet / Wireless LAN 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select “Ethernet / Wireless LAN”. 4) Enter the IP address and port number, and then click “Next”. Rev. 1.01 - 11 -...
  • Page 12 Windows Driver 5) When the following message box appears, click “Continue Anyway”. 6) Click “Yes” to reboot the PC. 7) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 8) In the Ports tab, click “Configure Port…”. 9) Match the communication settings to those of the printer.
  • Page 13 Windows Driver 10) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.01 - 13 -...

  • Page 14: Installing On Windows Vista / Server 2008 / 7 / 8

    Windows Driver 4-2 Installing on Windows VISTA / Server 2008 / 7 / 8 4-2-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select a COM port or LPT port to be used and then click “Next”. Rev.
  • Page 15 Windows Driver 4) When the following message box appears, click “Install”. 5) Click “Yes” to reboot the PC. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers. 7) In the “Ports” tab, click “Configure Port…” ※...
  • Page 16 Windows Driver 8) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test. ※ Pass this step if you are using a parallel port. 9) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally Rev.

  • Page 17: Via Usb Port

    Windows Driver 4-2-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select “USB” and then click “Next”. Rev. 1.01 - 17 -...
  • Page 18 Windows Driver 4) When the following message box appears, click “Install”. 5) Click “OK”. 6) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. The printer driver will be installed automatically. Rev. 1.01 - 18 -...
  • Page 19 Windows Driver 7) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers. 8) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev.

  • Page 20: Via Ethernet / Wireless Lan Port

    Windows Driver 4-2-3 Via Ethernet / Wireless LAN Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click “Next”. 3) Select “Ethernet / Wireless LAN”. 4) Enter IP address and port number, and then click “Next”. Rev. 1.01 - 20 -...
  • Page 21 Windows Driver 5) When the following message box appears, click “Install”. 6) Click “Yes” to reboot the PC. 7) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers. 8) In the Ports tab, click “Configure Port…”. 9) Match the communication settings to those of the printer.
  • Page 22 Windows Driver 10) Click “Print Test Page” and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.01 - 22 -...

  • Page 23: Detailed Settings Of Windows Driver

    Windows Driver 5. Detailed Settings of Windows Driver The following detailed functions can be configured after installing the Windows driver. 5-1 Paper feed option The printer supports two paper sources. : Select the “Receipt” automatically. Automatically Select Receipt : Each page can be printed with various lengths. Ticket : Each page can be printed with the same length.
  • Page 24 Windows Driver 2) Click “Printing Preferences” in the “General” tab. 3) Select the desired setting in the “Paper/Quality” tab. Rev. 1.01 - 24 -...

  • Page 25: Paper Size

    Windows Driver 5-2 Paper size The following paper sizes can be selected with this Windows driver. 80  40 mm[T3II] 80  297 mm[T3II] 80  80 mm[T3II] 80  3276 mm[T3II] 80  120 mm[T3II] 80  160 mm[T3II] 80 ...

  • Page 26: Nv Image / Commands

    Windows Driver 5-3 NV Image / Commands The Windows Driver serves to receive the content for print from an application and send it to the printer. The NV Image and Commands function allows for the addition of desired NV Images and commands at the beginning or end of the print content sent to the printer. The command functions available are as follows.
  • Page 27 Windows Driver 3) To open Cash Drawer 1 before printing, enter “<1B700019FF>” in the “Start Doc” space and click “OK”. 4) To open Cash Drawer 1 after printing, enter “<1B700019FF>” in the “End Doc” field and click “OK”. 5) To print the NV image with the document, select the NV image number in the memory and click “OK”.

  • Page 28: Crop / Macro

    Windows Driver 5-4 Crop / Macro This Windows driver supports “Crop / Macro” function. 1. Crop function is to crop white space of receipt and it can be set from 0 mm to 99 2. Text Macro function is to replace certain text string with another text string for printing, and it is useful for changing address or telephone number from the application software.
  • Page 29 Windows Driver Text Macro 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) Select the “Crop / Macro” tab. 3) Tick “Enable Text Macro” to make this function enabled. 4) When the Text Macro window comes up, click “Add Item”, and then specify texts in “Change Text”...
  • Page 30 Windows Driver Image Macro 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) Select the “Crop / Macro” tab. 3) Tick “Enable Image Macro” to make this function enabled. Rev. 1.01 - 30 -...
  • Page 31 Windows Driver 4) Click “Add Image” to add it to the image list. 5) Assign an appropriate name for the image file to be added to the list and select a dithering type. Rev. 1.01 - 31 -...
  • Page 32 Windows Driver 6) Click “Add Text Key” to set the text key and the image to replace the corresponding text key. Rev. 1.01 - 32 -...
  • Page 33 Windows Driver 7) Click “OK”. Rev. 1.01 - 33 -...

  • Page 34: Barcodes

    Windows Driver 5-5 Barcodes This Windows driver supports the various bar codes as shown in the following table. Select the “Printer Font Name” and enter the barcode data to print. Barcodes Printer Font Name Size Supported Characters Numeric: 0~9 Codabar 20/40/60/80 Symbols: $, +, -, ., /, : Letters: A~D...
  • Page 35 Windows Driver Follow the instructions shown below to use this function. 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) Select the “Barcodes” tab. 3) Select a font name of barcodes, a type of barcodes and then click “Properties”. Rev.
  • Page 36 Windows Driver 4) You can set the properties of barcodes such as width, height and HRI options in “Barcode Setting” window. 5) You can also set the properties of PDF417 and QR code in “2D-Code Setting” window. 6) Click “OK” after setting the properties of 1d and 2d barcodes. Rev.

  • Page 37: Cut / Cash Drawer

    Windows Driver 5-6 Cut / Cash Drawer Windows driver supports “Open cash drawer”, “Internal Beep”, and “Cutting Option” functions. Users can set “Open cash drawer” and “Internal beep” both before printing and after printing and can also set “Cutting options” the cutting option can be adjusted as follows.

  • Page 38: Image Rotation

    Windows Driver 5-7 Image Rotation This Windows driver supports “Rotation printing” function for image data. But rotating device font or barcode font is not supported, and cannot be available in color printing mode. Color printing mode will be changed to mono printing mode automatically if this function is used.

  • Page 39: Utilities

    Windows Driver 5-8 Utilities This Windows driver provides the following utilities. New Paper Size Defines a custom paper size. Unified POS Utility Includes NV tool, VMSM and command test editor. Special Font Edit Defines a custom command for the special font named as “FontControlA”.

  • Page 40: New Paper Size

    Windows Driver 5-8-1 New Paper Size 1) Click “New Paper Size” in the “Utilities” tab. 2) Specify form name, and set a valid width and height. 3) Click “Add Form” to register a custom paper. If the specified paper name already exists on the system, you can update the paper’s width and length.

  • Page 41: Unified Pos Utility

    Windows Driver 4) Select the newly added paper size from the “Advanced Option” window. 5-8-2 Unified POS Utility Refer to the Unified POS Utility manual contained in the CD for details. 5-8-3 Extended Special Functions Refer to the section “6-2-1”. Rev.

  • Page 42: Journal Viewer

    Windows Driver 5-8-4 Journal Viewer Journal is a function to save a copy of the printed receipt, and you can store the copies without journal printer using this function. Journal function saves a file for each printed document, and the saved files can be searched by printed date or by period with the Journal Viewer utility.
  • Page 43 Windows Driver 3) The following window will be launched. 4) Select the file from the list on the bottom and click “Print” to print the file. 5) Click “Search” and set the conditions to search the journals by date or period. Rev.

  • Page 44: Windows Driver Specifications

    Windows Driver 6. Windows Driver Specifications 6-1 Font This Windows driver supports various fonts in the following table. Printing using these fonts is faster than using Windows fonts provided by the operating system. Printer font Font size (dot) Point size FontA1x1 FontA1x1[Ext.] FontA1x1[255]...
  • Page 45 Windows Driver The details of the printer fonts are as follows. 1) FontA1x2 - ANSI Character code support (Code page 16: 1252) - Font size (dot): 12 x 48 (Double height) - Point size: 19 2) FontA1x2 [Ext] - IBM expansion Character code support (Code page 0: 437) - Font size (dot): 12 x 48 (Double height) - Point size: 19 3) FontA1x2 [255]...

  • Page 46: Special Functions

    Windows Driver 6-2 Special functions This Windows driver supports the special functions as shown in the following table. Select “FontControl” font first and use the characters in the table to use the special functions. Take care as this function is not for printing general texts. Font (Character) Special Functions Print HT (0 x 09)
  • Page 47 Windows Driver 1) Example Select “FontControl” font and send 6 for “LF” (Line Feed) operation (instead of printing character “6”). 2) “FontControl” character function Printer font special Function Point size (point/dot) function Open Drawer 1 /2 Cut receipt Cut receipt (without paper feeding) FontControl Align (left/center/right) (9.5 / 12x24)

  • Page 48: Using Special Font Edit Utility

    Windows Driver 6-2-1 Using Special Font Edit Utility “FontControlA” character function can be extended by using this utility. You can define new commands in T3II.ini file, and the “FontControlA” character can be changed to arbitrary user setting character. (Range of 0x20 to 0x7F) 1) Use the “Special Font Utility”...
  • Page 49 Windows Driver 2) First, specify print commands in “Edit” field. he click “Apply” and then click “OK” to save the data to INI file. 3) Click “Apply” and then “OK” to save the custom commands to the .INI file. Rev. 1.01 - 49 -...

  • Page 50: Windows Driver Application

    Windows Driver 7. Windows Driver Application 7-1 Application with Visual Basic This section contains example codes to control the printer (Metapace T-3II) using Windows driver with Visual Basic. Sample codes shown here are copied to the installation directory when installing the Windows driver for your reference.

  • Page 51: Text Printing

    Windows Driver 7-1-2 Text printing The following code is an example of the printing of Arial Test via the Windows font, and FontA1x1Test via the printer font. ‘Print in Windows font Printer.FontSize = 9 Printer.FontName = “Arial” Printer.Print “Arial Test” ‘Print in printer font Printer.FontSize = 9.5 Printer.FontName = “FontA1x1”...

  • Page 52: Application With Wordpad

    Launch WordPad, set the printing related options as follows, and test the printer with WordPad. - Select printer Select “Print” from the “File” menu, and select the printer (Metapace T-3II). - Set paper size, orientation, margin, etc. Select the “Page Setting” from “File” menu, and set paper size, orientation, and margin.

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