Introduction Easycoder F2 - Intermec EasyCoder F2 User Manual

Chapter 1
Introduction
EasyCoder F2
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The EasyCoder F2 is a sturdy medium-duty direct thermal
printer with a printhead resolution of 8 dots per mm (203.2
dots per inch) and a maximum print width of 56 mm (2.2
inches). Optionally, it can be provided with a thermal transfer
mechanism. The EasyCoder F2 offers a large number of useful
features, such as:
• Flash memory SIMMs for fi rmware, fonts, bar codes, and
application programs
• Built-in memory card adapter
• Built-in RS-232 and USB interfaces
• Provision for one extra interface board
• Keyboard and display with backlight for improved user inter-
face.
A large number of factory-installed or fi eld-installable options are
available, so the printer can be confi gured for a wide range of
applications. See Chapter 9 and Appendix 1 for more informa-
tion.
The EasyCoder F2 supports the unique and fl exible Intermec
Fingerprint v7.61 programming language, which allows the user
or third-party developer to create custom-made application pro-
grams and label formats in a BASIC-like environment.
EasyCoder F2 is also designed to work with the Intermec Direct
Protocol programming language, the Intermec InterDriver and
Intermec Labelshop. The InterDriver allows you to print labels
from standard MS Windows applications, for example Microsoft
Offi ce.
Intermec LabelShop is a series of label-design programs that work
under various versions of MS Windows.
The EasyCoder F2 supports 15 scaleable Unicode TrueType and
TrueDoc fonts as standard. Additional fonts can be downloaded
into the printer's Flash memory, or be plugged in using a memory
card. The Unicode standard allows the use of special characters
for various languages including non-Latin fonts, such as Arabic,
Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, and similar.
A special version of EasyCoder F2, that supports the Intermec
Programming Language (IPL-3), is described in a special manual.
Intermec EasyCoder F2 – User's Guide