SRP-270 ■ 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 98/ME..................4 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel..................4 4-1-2 Via USB Port ......................7 4-2 Installing on Windows 2000 ..................13 4-2-1 Via Serial Port or Bluetooth ................13...
The Windows Driver is included in the enclosed CD, and can also be downloaded from the BIXOLON website. (www.samsungminiprinters.com) If downloading from the BIXOLON website, first download the SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.zip file, then unzip the file, and run the SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe file. If using the enclosed CD, click the “Windows Driver” button to find and run the Windows Driver installation file (SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe).
SRP-270 4. Windows Driver Installation 4-1 Installing on Windows 98/ME 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Click the “Install” button. - 4 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 4) Select the COM or Parallel port to be used and click the “Next” button. 5) Clicking the ”Yes” button will reboot the PC. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. 7) Click the “Port Settings…” button in the ”Details” tab.
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SRP-270 8) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. (The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test.) 9) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. - 6 - Rev. 2.03...
SRP-270 4-1-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Click the “Install” button. - 7 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 4) Select USB and click the ”Next” button. 5) Clicking the ”OK” button will reboot the PC. 6) Turn on the printer. 7) When the New Hardware Wizard appears for the installation of the “USB Printing Support” Driver, click the “Next” button.
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SRP-270 8) Continue to click the “Next” button. 9) Continue to click the “Next” button. - 9 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 10) Continue to click the “Next” button. 11) When the “USB Printing Support” Driver installation is complete, the system automatically reboots. - 10 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 12) After system rebooting, the Windows Driver is automatically installed. * If an error occurs during software installation, save the location. (Location: ”C:\WINDOWS\SRP-270\usb”) 13) Confirm the USB Port setting in the Windows Driver properties. - 11 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 14) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. - 12 - Rev. 2.03...
SRP-270 4-2 Installing on Windows 2000 4-2-1 Via Serial Port or Bluetooth 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Click the “Install” button. - 13 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 4) Select the COM or Parallel port to be used and click the “Next” button. 5) When the following message box appears, click the “Yes” button. - 14 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 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. - 15 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 9) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. (The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test.) 10) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. - 16 - Rev. 2.03...
SRP-270 4-2-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Click the “Install” button. - 17 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 4) Select USB and click the ”Next” button. 5) When the following message box appears, click the “Yes” button. - 18 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 6) Click the ”OK” button. 7) Turn on the printer. 8) The Windows Driver is automatically installed. 9) The USB Port setting can be confirmed in the Windows Driver properties. - 19 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 10) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. - 20 - Rev. 2.03...
SRP-270 4-3 Installing on Windows XP/2003 Server 4-3-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Click the “Install” button. - 21 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 4) Select the COM or Parallel port to be used and click the “Next” button. 5) When the following message box appears, click the “Continue Anyway” button. - 22 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 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. - 23 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 9) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. (The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test.) 10) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. - 24 - Rev. 2.03...
SRP-270 4-3-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Click the “Install” button. - 25 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 4) Select USB and click the ”Next” button. 5) Click the ”OK” button. 6) Turn on the printer. - 26 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 7) When the New Hardware Wizard appears for the installation of the Windows Driver, select the option as shown below and click the “Next” button. 8) Click the “Next” button. - 27 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 9) Click the “Next” button. 10) Click the “Next” button. - 28 - Rev. 2.03...
SRP-270 4-4 Installing on Windows VISTA 4-4-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Click the “Install” button. - 32 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 4) Select the COM or Parallel port to be used and click the “Next” button. 5) When the following message box appears, click the “Continue Anyway” button. - 33 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 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. - 34 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 9) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. (The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test.) 10) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. - 35 - Rev. 2.03...
SRP-270 4-4-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (SRP-270_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Click the “Install” button. - 36 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 4) Select USB and click the ”Next” button. 5) Click the ”OK” button. 6) Turn on the printer. - 37 - Rev. 2.03...
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SRP-270 8) The USB Port setting can be confirmed in the Windows Driver properties. 9) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. - 39 - Rev. 2.03...
SRP-270 5. Detailed Windows Driver Settings The following functions can be set in detail after the Windows Driver installation is complete. 5-1 Paper Supply Method The printer structure is such that the print head, which carries out printing, and the cutter, which cuts the printing paper, are separated.
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SRP-270 2) Click the “Printing Preferences” button in the ”General” tab. The button name varies by Windows OS. Refer to the following. - Windows 95/98/ME: “Properties” - Windows NT4.0: “Document Defaults” - Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server: “Printing Preferences” - Windows WEPOS/VISTA: “Printing Preferences”...
SRP-270 5-2 Paper Size The paper sizes available in the Windows Driver are as follows. - 58 × 297 mm [270] - 58 × 3276 mm [270] - 76 × 297 mm [270] - 76 × 3276 mm [270] Detailed setting can be done as follows.
SRP-270 5-3 Additional Commands The Windows Driver serves to receive the content for print from an application and send it to the printer. The Additional Commands function allows for the addition of desired commands at the beginning or end of the print content sent to the printer.
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SRP-270 3) If the user wishes to open Cash Drawer 1 prior to printing, enter “\x1B\x70\x00\x19\xff” in the ”BeginDoc” space and click the “OK” button. 4) If the user wishes to open Cash Drawer 1 at the end of printing, enter “\x1B\x70\x00\x19\xff”...
SRP-270 6. Windows Driver Specifications 6-1 Fonts The Windows Driver of the printer supports the fonts listed below. Printing is done at faster speed when using the fonts below as opposed to the Windows fonts of the OS. Printer Fonts...
SRP-270 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 printing function. Take special care.
(SRP-270). Sample programs are saved together if the Windows Driver is installed. Take note. 7-1-1 Windows Driver Selection The following code is an example of the selection of the “BIXOLON SRP-270” Windows Driver. For Each prnPrinter In Printers If prnPrinter.DeviceName = “BIXOLON SRP-270” Then...
SRP-270 7-1-2 Test 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...
After running Wordpad and setting the following conditions, conduct a test. - Select Printer After selecting “Print” from the “File” tab, select the printer (BIXOLON SRP-270). - Select Paper Size, Orientation, and Margins After selecting “Page Settings” from the “File” tab, select the paper size, orientation, and margins.
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