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LABEL PRINTER
DLP-50
MODEL
VERSION 3.50 / september 2005

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual LABEL PRINTER DLP-50 MODEL VERSION 3.50 / september 2005...
  • Page 2 Label Printer DLP-50...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    OUTLINE ..................13 1.1. Features .................... 13 1.2. Unpacking ..................13 BASIC RULES FOR OPERATING THE DLP-50 ......... 14 OUTER VIEW – CONTROL .............. 15 3.1. General description of the DLP-50 ............. 15 3.2. Operating the printer ................. 15 3.3. DIP switches and buttons ..............18 3.4.
  • Page 4 Label Printer DLP-50...
  • Page 5 User’s Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all of these instructions and save them for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. Do not use this product near water.
  • Page 6 Label Printer DLP-50 D. If the product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are followed. Adjust only those controls that are covered be the operating instructions since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal operation.
  • Page 7 User’s Manual SAFETY PRECAUTIONS – BE SURE TO OBSERVE In order to prevent hazards to an operator or other persons and damage to property, be sure to observe the following precautions. The following describes the degrees of hazard and damages that can occur if the given instructions are neglected or the printer is incorrectly operated.
  • Page 8 Label Printer DLP-50 WARNING Never handle the equipment in the following manners, as it may break, become out of order, or overheat causing smoke and resulting in fire or electric shock. If the equip ment is used in an abnormal condition, such as when broken, then problems, smoke emission, abnormal odor/noise, and fire can result.
  • Page 9 User’s Manual PRECAUTIONS FOR INSTALLATION Do not use or store the equipment in a place exposed to fire, moisture, or direct sunshine, or in a place near a heater or thermal device where the prescribed operating temperature and humidity are not met, or in a place exposed to much oil, iron powder, or dust.
  • Page 10 Label Printer DLP-50 Connect a power cable or a connector cable securely. If a reverse-polarity connection is a made, internal elements may be broken or a mating device may be ad versely affected. Use a shielding wire or twisted pair wire for a signal line, in order to minimize noise effect.
  • Page 11 User’s Manual PRECAUTIONS FOR HANDLING Do not handle the equipment in the following manners, because problems may result. Do not use any other power source besides the accessory AC/DC adapter. Also, do notg use the AC/DC adapter for other purposes. Do not print without paper.
  • Page 12 Label Printer DLP-50 DAILY MAINTENANCE At the time of maintenance, be sure to turn off the power switch of the printer and unplug it from the socket. Use a dry soft cloth to wipe off stains and dust from the surfaces of the main body case.

  • Page 13: Outline

    User’s Manual 1. OUTLINE This small line thermal printer is designed for various types of data commu- nication terminals and measuring instrument terminals. Its abundant built-in features allow you to widely use this printer for different applications. Prior to using it, read and understand this manual thoroughly. 1.1.

  • Page 14: Basic Rules For Operating The Dlp-50

    Label Printer DLP-50 2. BASIC RULES FOR OPERATING THE DLP-50 FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS CLOSELY MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE UNIT The DLP–50 is operated ONLY with its own AC/DC adapter. Attempts to print on other types of paper, stickers, folio not specified as acceptable in this MANUAL may seriously damage your printer.

  • Page 15: Outer View - Control

    User’s Manual 3. OUTER VIEW – CONTROL 3.1. General description of the DLP-50 The DLP–50 is a thermal printer designed to print small sized labels and graphics on thermo-sensitive paper. It is particularly useful when printing information, arranged in a template form, which has to be partially modified under customer demand.
  • Page 16 Label Printer DLP-50 with the program successfully you will only need to have a general idea about the functions of the printer. No special knowledge of the command language will be needed. It is, of course, possible to prepare the information for printing in advance in a text file and send this over the serial interface.
  • Page 17 User’s Manual for the counters and the variables for receiving the necessary strings for printing. √ √ √ √ √ Selection of the type, position, size and orientation of the bar codes - if there will be such - where modifiers may also have to be used. √...

  • Page 18: Dip Switches And Buttons

    Label Printer DLP-50 3.3. DIP switches and buttons 3.3.1. Configuration switches Baud rate (bps) Local keyboard 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Hardware protocol XON / XOFF protocol Paper roll printing Sticker label Normal operation mode Terminal mode 3.3.2. Operation buttons The FEED button extracts paper until it is released.

  • Page 19: Indicators

    User’s Manual 3.4. Indicators POWER Lights in green when printer is ON. ERROR Normally when printer is ON it is not active. Blinks in red when printer is overheated. PAPER Off during normal printer status. Lights in red when paper is over and blinks in red if no label is found. 3.5.
  • Page 20 Label Printer DLP-50 Generating a graphic image Generating a line of text Drawing a bar-code Drawing rectangles in XOR mode Drawing rectangles in black Drawing rectangles in white Drawing diagonal lines Drawing a frame Drawing out a loaded PCX file...
  • Page 21 User’s Manual Clearing the memory Clearing the operational memory Clearing current forms and graphic buffer Entering default settings RESET Print Printing a label Resuming an interrupted printing session Information and diagnostics Printing diagnostic information Retrieving diagnostic information Info on occupied memory Returning a list of loaded forms Returning a list of loaded graphics Returning a list of loaded fonts...
  • Page 22 Label Printer DLP-50 End of a new form Listing of the leaded forms Deleting a form Loading a form Start of a new form Drawing out a loaded PCX file Listing of loaded PCX files Deleting a PCX file Saving a new PCX file...

  • Page 23: Detailed Description Of The Commands

    User’s Manual 4. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMANDS 4.1. Setting the printer’s functional mode Select / Cancel direct text printing mode The command sets the printer to a mode, in which all lines received are printed and not executed as a command. In the “sticker labels” mode the margin between the labels is skipped.
  • Page 24 Label Printer DLP-50 n=6: Win Cyrillic (1251) n=7: Win Western (1252) n=8: Win Baltic (1257) n=9: Win Greek (1253) n=10: Win Turkish (1254) n=11: Win Hebrew (1255) n=12: Arabic Example: Selects the CP437 set of symbols. Setting the length of the page...
  • Page 25 User’s Manual Set date and hour The command is used to set the real-time clock of the printer. Format: TSm,d,y,h,m,s month (1 - 12) day (1 - 31, validity of the date being checked) year - the last two digits (0 - 99). hour (0 - 23) minutes (0 - 59) seconds (0 - 59)
  • Page 26 Label Printer DLP-50 Disable returning of print error information Format: The command disables returning of information while printing labels (executing commands ‘P’, and ‘PC’). This is the default mode. Printing is enabled using command ‘US’ or ‘TS’. The command is not executed in terminal mode (DIP switch 8 on).

  • Page 27: Working With Variables And Counters

    User’s Manual 4.2. Working with variables and counters Defining a counter Offers the option to define up to 8 counters, which are whole digit variables, the values of which change automatically after printing at a previously set rate. Initialization starts with the command ‘?’...
  • Page 28 Label Printer DLP-50 The string of the variable is center aligned while on both sides the maximum length is filled in with the additional symbols. This is the additional symbol for the preceding argument. If it is not selected space is used.

  • Page 29: Generating A Graphic Image

    User’s Manual 4.3. Generating a graphic image Generating a text The command is used for inserting textual information in the image. Format: Aa,b,c,d,e,f,g,[*]h Starting coordinate on X for the upper left angle of the text: 0 - 2047. Starting coordinate on Y for the upper left angle of the text: 0 - 4095. Text orientation: 0=0 o , 1=90 o , 2=180 o , 3=270 o where rotation is clockwise.
  • Page 30 Label Printer DLP-50 Setting the thickness of the narrow bar in dots. Possible values: 1 - 6. Setting the thickness of the wide bar in dots. Possible values 2 - 10, where the value must be bigger than the previous parameter. Some of the bar code demand additional restrictions.
  • Page 31 User’s Manual Interleaved 2 of 5 with mod. 10 check digit Interleaved 2 of 5 with human readable check digit Postnet UCC / EAN 128 UPC A UPC A 2 digit add-on UPC A 5 digit add-on UPC E UPC E 2 digit add-on UPC E 5 digit add-on UPC interleaved 2 of 5 Plessey (MSI-1)
  • Page 32 Label Printer DLP-50 Drawing frame The command generates a rectangular frame with a set line thickness. Format: Xa,b,c,d,e The X coordinate of the right angle: 0 - 2047 The Y coordinate of the right angle: 0 - 4095 Frame thickness: 1 - 80. Thickness is at the expense of the inner area.
  • Page 33 . If this procedure fails, the bar code is not printed. Example: b0,0,P,320,100,f0,”http://www.cas.co.kr\10" will print the a PDF417 bar code containing the data: http://www.cas.co.kr<LF> Upper left corner of the image will be (0,0). Starting from module width 6, the printer reduces the size until the bar code can be printed.
  • Page 34 Label Printer DLP-50 Direct printing of graphics The command permits the screening of a graphic image in the memory of the printer, which has not been saved there in advance. Format: GWa,b,c,d,e X coordinate of the upper left angle: 0 - 2047.
  • Page 35 User’s Manual Leaves the last n symbols in the string. Mm.n Separates n symbols from the string starting from the position m. If the string can be interpreted as a whole number cuts off the leading zeros. Xmn Substitutes all symbols with value m with the n symbol After this symbol other modifiers must follow.

  • Page 36: Working With Forms

    Label Printer DLP-50 4.4. Working with forms Starting to save a new form This command starts the entry of a new form in the operational memory of the printer. All valid commands, which are sent to the printer between this command and FE will be saved in this form.
  • Page 37 User’s Manual Deleting a form The command deletes existing form or all forms. The engaged memory after this is freed. Format: FK”Name” Name: The name of the form - a form of that name must be saved in the memory. If ‘*’ is entered as a name all forms will be deleted. Information on the loaded forms The command initiates the printing of all loaded forms or returns via the serial port the content of one of them.

  • Page 38: Working With Graphic Files

    Label Printer DLP-50 4.5. Working with graphic files Loading a new graphic Saves a new graphic file in the memory of the printer. The rules concerning names are the same as with the forms. The command will be rejected if there is a graphic file of that name or the entered size of the file is greater than the size of the free operational memory.

  • Page 39: Working With Loadable Fonts

    User’s Manual 4.6. Working with loadable fonts Loading a font The command is used for loading additional fonts in the printer. The loadable fonts may contain from 1 to 256 symbols not necessarily arranged in a fixed order. You can create your own fonts using the syntax of the command described further on or you may use ready programs for the purpose - for example Soft Font Downloader Utility.

  • Page 40: Clearing The Memory

    Label Printer DLP-50 4.7. Clearing the memory Clearing the operational memory The command leads to the deletion of the whole information loaded into the printer, including forms, graphics, and fonts. All adjustments to the printer, accessible via com- mands acquire their default values.

  • Page 41: Print

    User’s Manual 4.8. Print Printing a label The command initiates the printing out of the contents of the printer’s graphic buffer. After the completion of this action it is automatically cleared and ready for generating a new label. After the end of the printing session the last label is pushed out of the printer in away so that it is completely visible and ready for use.

  • Page 42: Diagnostics And Returning Of Data

    Label Printer DLP-50 4.9. Diagnostics and returning of data Printing out of diagnostic data This command activates the printing of data on the status of the printing head as well as the model of the printer, available free memory the baud rate of the serial port and the values of the cur rent printer settings.
  • Page 43 User’s Manual Returning data on loaded graphics Format: UG or GI”NAME” The first form of the command returns a list of the graphics, loaded in the printer. It has the following structure: The overall number of loaded graphics. 3 digits. The name and the size of the first graphic image.

  • Page 44: Direct Printing Of A Text

    Label Printer DLP-50 4.10. Direct printing of a text Prints out a text directly, without savings in the graphic buffer. The printing results are always of a size 12 x 20 (No.3). When printing sticker labels the margin between the...

  • Page 45: Working With The Local Keyboard Ekp-30

    User’s Manual 5. WORKING WITH THE LOCAL KEYBOARD EKP-30 The 1200 bps baud rate is reserved for operating with the local keyboard. The local keyboard may be used to select forms, saved in advance, for printing; to print out a set number of labels;...
  • Page 46 Label Printer DLP-50 Form: A “D” is added at the beginning of the information entered previously and a new form is loaded with the respective name. Depending on the signal from the printer one can identify whether such a form exists or not.
  • Page 47 User’s Manual Notes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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