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SATO Argox D2 Series User Manual

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Printer Tool
User Guide
D2、D4、O4、P4、I4、iX4 Series Printer
http://www.argox.com
V1.0-02-10-2017
service@argox.com

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  • Page 1 Printer Tool User Guide D2、D4、O4、P4、I4、iX4 Series Printer http://www.argox.com V1.0-02-10-2017 service@argox.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1 Printer Tool Install Printer Tool Content 1 Printer Tool ..........................1 1.1 Install Printer Tool ......................1 1.2 Work with Printer Tool ....................4 1.2.1 Menu bar ........................4 1.2.2 Toolbar ........................6 1.2.3 Navigation pane ..................... 11 2 Update firmware ........................51 2.1 Update firmware in Printer Tool..................

  • Page 3: Printer Tool

    1 Printer Tool Printer Tool provides a user-friendly interface to configure your printer. You can define properties, update firmware and send commands in Printer Tool. 1.1 Install Printer Tool 1. Insert the DVD into your DVD drive. 2. Locate the installation file on the DVD and click it. 3.
  • Page 4 1 Printer Tool Install Printer Tool 4. In this dialog box, follow the instructions to choose the installation path, and then click Next. 5. In this dialog box, click Next.
  • Page 5 1 Printer Tool Install Printer Tool 6. After the installation of Printer Tool is complete, click Close.

  • Page 6: Work With Printer Tool

    1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool 1.2 Work with Printer Tool Start Printer Tool. Its interface looks like this: ￭ Menu bar It includes Printer Tool menus. ￭ Toolbar It provides ports, port settings, emulation languages, printer dpi and printer status.
  • Page 7 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool File ￭ Export Export your printer settings to an XML file, including all parameters, port settings and firmware information. ￭ Import Import printer settings from an XML file. ￭ Exit Exit Printer Tool. Setting ￭...

  • Page 8: Toolbar

    1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool When Add Date/Time information is enabled, the current date and time are added into the message in the Download Firmware dialog box. ￭ Language It is the language of Printer Tool interface. You can select Windows’s System Default, English, Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese.
  • Page 9 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool ￭ Port Information It shows the port information. Printer Tool provides five ports for data transmission. ￭ It shows the USB information in the Port Name and Port Information as soon as the computer detects your printer. By default, the computer automatically detects the USB port.
  • Page 10 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool ￭ It is the parallel port and only supports simplex communication. That is, the computer can send data to your printer, but your printer can’t send data back. You can select the printer you want if your computer is connected to multiple printers via LPT.
  • Page 11 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool ￭ Multi-LAN It allows you to perform tasks on network printers. For example, you can add other printers’ IP addresses in Multi-LAN setting, and update firmware for all printers at once. If any error has occurred during the connection, Printer Tool skips that IP address and tries the next one.
  • Page 12 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool ￭ Printer DPI The print resolution of your printer. It provides 203 dpi and 300 dpi. ￭ Sync Get the current settings of Printer Model, Printer Emulation and Printer DPI from your printer. ￭...

  • Page 13: Navigation Pane

    1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Status Description FORMAT ERROR An erase error has occurred in formatting the flash ROM or USB memory. MEMORY FULL Saving failed because of the insufficient capacity of the flash ROM or USB memory. SAVING In font or PC command save mode.
  • Page 14 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Search and Font. Each item has its own tabs, and each tab has a Send, Get, Add or Delete button (Some of them only have Send). Send is to send your settings to your printer;...
  • Page 15 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool General The General tab provides general printer settings. It is related to the emulation language you choose. Each language provides its own properties. ￭ PPLA, PPLB, PPLZ and AUTO PPLA, PPLB, PPLZ and AUTO provide settings grouped in the Supply, Control, Action, Buzzer, Label, Position Adjustment, Gap and RTC area.
  • Page 16 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description Head Check(Power Enable Your printer checks broken pins on the printhead automatically once your printer is turned on. Disable Disable the auto head check. Auto Calibration ON (Power on) Your printer automatically calibrates media using a media sensor once it restarts or is turned on.
  • Page 17 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description The range is 0 ~ +999.0, and the value is adjustable in increments of 1 mm. ± 0. X-coordinate Move the print position horizontally. The positive number is left, and the negative number is right. The range is -800 ~ +800, and the value is adjustable in increments of 1 dot.
  • Page 18 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description Baud Rate The rate of signals transmitted per second. The larger the number, the faster the data transmission. Data Length The length of the data transmitted. It can be set to 7 or 8 bits.
  • Page 19 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description data, it sends a Clear to Send (CTS) signal to the computer. That is, the computer starts sending data when it sees CTS on; it stops sending when it sees CTS off. The LAN tab provides network settings, including TCP/IP, Current TCP/IP, Protocol, Server and SNMP Trap.
  • Page 20 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description DHCP Enable The DHCP server assigns an IP address, the subnet mask and the gateway to your printer automatically. By default, it is enabled. Disable You need to specify an IP address, the subnet mask and the gateway to your printer manually.
  • Page 21 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool 3. In the Navigation pane, click Parameter Setting, and click the LAN tab. 4. Do one of the following to configure your TCP/IP settings: ∙ If you have a static IP address, fill the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway box under TCP/IP according to your network settings and click Send.
  • Page 22 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool automatically populate the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway boxes under Current TCP/IP. 6. In the Input/Output Port list, click LAN, and click Setting. 7. In the Setting LAN dialog box, do one of the following to configure your IP address: ∙...
  • Page 23 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool the current IP address is not working.
  • Page 24 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool IPv6 The IPv6 tab provides IPv6 settings, including IPv6 and Current IPv6. Property Name Description Mode It determines how you get the IPv6 address of your printer. MANUAL Specify an IPv6 address manually. DHCPv6 An IPv6 address is assigned by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) server.
  • Page 25 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description that generates the second half of a unicast IPv6 address (last 64 bits) from a MAC address. You can also specify the second half of the address by entering the interface ID.
  • Page 26 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool 2. After your printer restarts, click Get to get its IPv6 information. If you are using a static IPv6 address, you’ll get the same settings as it is in the previous step; if you are using DHCPv6, the DHCPv6 server will automatically populate the IP Address and Link-Local Address boxes under Current IPv6.
  • Page 27 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool ∙ If you are using a dynamic IP address provided by DHCPv6, in the IP Address box, enter the IP address under Current IPv6 in the IPv6 tab and click OK. Note If your IPv6 address has consecutive zeros, you can use a double-colon to compress them.
  • Page 28 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description IP Address (IPv4) The static IPv4 address of your printer. The manually specified IPv4 subnet mask of Subnet Mask (IPv4) your printer. The manually specified IPv4 gateway of your Gateway (IPv4) printer.
  • Page 29 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description network, but only the device with the correct WEP key can receive encrypted data while the AP uses WEP encryption. WPA-Personal WPA-Personal uses Pre-Shared Key (PSK) authentication, in which all users use the same password to access a network.
  • Page 30 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description to 9 and the letters A to F. WEP Key 1-4 You can store four 128-bit WEP keys. WPA Encryption It shows encryption methods depending on your network authentication. AUTO It allows the access point to use either TKIP or AES encryption.
  • Page 31 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description Channel The Wi-Fi channel. You need to use the same channel as other devices for communication. The available channel varies according to your region. SSID The service set identifier. It is the name of a wireless network.
  • Page 32 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description Transport Layer Security. It has two stages. First, a server sends its certificate to a client after it received an authentication request. This certificate is used to create an encrypted tunnel (TLS tunnel) between the server and the client.
  • Page 33 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool 2. In the Navigation pane, click Parameter Setting, and click the WLAN tab. 3. In the SSID box, enter the network name you’ve connected, and do one of the following to enter your password: ∙...
  • Page 34 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool ∙ If you’re using WPA-Personal or WPA2 Personal, enter your password in the WPA Pre-shared Key box. ∙ If you’re using 802.1X, WPA-Enterprise or WPA2 Enterprise, choose your EAP authentication method in the EAP Method list, and enter your username and password in EAP User Name and EAP Password boxes respectively.
  • Page 35 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool ∙ If you don’t have a static IP address, make sure DHCP is enabled and click Send. 5. After your printer restarts, click Get to get the IPv4 information of your printer. If you are using a static IP address, you’ll get the same settings as it is in the previous step;...
  • Page 36 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool address: ∙ If you are using a static IP address, in the IP Address box, enter the IP address under IPv4 in the WLAN tab and click OK. ∙ If you are using a dynamic IP address provided by DHCP, in the IP Address box, enter the IP address under Current IPv4 in the WLAN tab and click OK.
  • Page 37 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Property Name Description is always detectable. No response Your printer is not detectable. Response only within 60sec after a power on Your printer is detectable in 60 seconds after it is turned on.
  • Page 38 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Reset Parameter Setting If you want to reset Parameter Setting, do this: 1. In Parameter Setting, right-click in the blank area in any tab. 2. In the shortcut menu, do one of the following to reset Parameter Setting: ∙...
  • Page 39 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool...
  • Page 40 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Download Download is used to download files to your printer. Tabs in Download are related to the emulation language you choose. Remember that you need to set up a network connection before you use the LAN or Multi-LAN port for the data transfer.
  • Page 41 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Font The Font tab displays in all emulation modes. It accepts TrueType fonts and .ARX file extension fonts. You can send fonts to your printer and store them in your printer’s flash memory. To send fonts to your printer: 1.
  • Page 42 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool 3. In the Font list, select the font you want to use. You can select multiple fonts at a time. 4. Click Send to send the fonts to your printer. General The General tab displays in all emulation modes. It is used to send command files to your printer and perform tasks.
  • Page 43 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool To run commands on your printer: 1. Type your commands in any text editor, such as Notepad or Wordpad. 2. Save your commands as text files (.txt). 3. In the Input/Output Port list, click the port you want to use. 4.
  • Page 44 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool 5. Under the General tab, right-click in the blank area and click Add. 6. In the Open dialog box, browse to the folder that contains command files, select them and click Open. The command files you select must correspond to the emulation language you use.
  • Page 45 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool 7. In the list, select the file you want to use. You can only select one file at a time. 8. Click Send to run the command on your printer. Note If you send a command file and your printer doesn’t respond, it is possible that the emulation language is not set correctly.
  • Page 46 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Tool Tool is used to send specific commands to your printer. Single Command The Single Command tab which provides commands below.
  • Page 47 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool ￭ Reboot Printer Restart your printer. ￭ Reset To Factory Reload factory settings. ￭ Self Test Run a self test to print a configuration label. ￭ Change Emulation Change the emulation language for your printer. ￭...
  • Page 48 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool ￭ Get System Version(RS-232 only) Display the system information. ￭ Get Printer Configuration Get the printer configuration information. ￭ Get Media Information(RS-232 only) Display the media information. ￭ Get TPH Information Showing all TPH Information. ￭...
  • Page 49 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Search Search is used to find barcode printer. You can so easy and fast to find printer. Printer The Printer tab provides to search and control printer. Select a printer can rapidly change to control it. ...
  • Page 50 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool  Active Device: Select a device and click Active Device. Toolbar will be changed. If you click Sync and Status in the toolbar, then toolbar will be update. You can rapidly switch the printer by this function or select multiple printers to setup under Multi-LAN port.
  • Page 51 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool Font Font is used to create a .ARX file extension font file which can be downloaded in printer. Multi-Byte The Multi-Byte tab provides to create a font file. The file extension name is .ARX. After you convert a file, click Download in the Navigation pane.
  • Page 52 1 Printer Tool Work with Printer Tool 2. Choose the Font, Font style and Size. Click OK. 3. Font information will show in the left. Select the codepage, change the Saved Folder and define a Font ID as you want. 4.

  • Page 53: Update Firmware

    2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode 2 Update firmware Firmware is the code stored permanently in hardware. It instructs your printer to do its tasks. Benefits of updating firmware include new features, enhanced functionality and improved performance. Caution Do not open the print module, disconnect your printer from the computer or cut your printer power during the firmware update.
  • Page 54 2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode 5. In the Navigation pane, click Download, and click the Firmware tab.
  • Page 55 2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode 6. Right-click in the blank area and click Add. 7. In the Open dialog box, browse to the folder that contains the firmware files. Select all of them and click Open.
  • Page 56 2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode 8. If you want to update specific files, select the check boxes of those files; if you want to update all of the firmware files, right-click in the blank area in the list, and click Select All.
  • Page 57 2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode 10. When the data transmission is complete, your printer starts to update its firmware. In the Download Firmware dialog box, the message shows that your printer is updating the firmware. 11. When the update is complete, the message “Done” appears. At the same time, your printer restarts itself.

  • Page 58: Update Via The Lan Or Multi-Lan Port

    2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode corrupted. By default, the master is the primary copy. Your printer uses the backup if the master doesn’t work. 2.1.2 Update via the LAN or Multi-LAN port Before you update the firmware via the LAN or Multi-LAN port, you need to set up a network connection.
  • Page 59 2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode 5. In the Navigation pane, click Download, and click the Firmware tab.
  • Page 60 2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode 6. Right-click in the blank area and click Add. 7. In the Open dialog box, browse to the folder that contains the firmware files. Select all of them and click Open.
  • Page 61 2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode 8. If you want to update specific files, select the check boxes of those files; if you want to update all of the firmware files, right-click in the blank area in the list, and click Select All.
  • Page 62 2 Update firmware Update firmware in Atmel mode 10. When the data transmission is complete, your printer starts to update its firmware. In the Download Firmware dialog box, the message shows that your printer is updating the firmware. 11. When the update is complete, the message “Done” appears. At the same time, your printer restarts itself.

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