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Page 1 Intermec 条码打印机免费服务热线：400-1199-021 User’s Guide EasyCoder E4 Bar Code Label Printer...
Page 2 Informationinthismanualissubjecttochangewithoutpriornoticeanddoesnotrepr esenta commitmentonthepartofIntermecPrinterAB. ©CopyrightIntermecPrinterAB,2002.Allrightsreserved.PublishedinSweden. EasyCoder,EasyLAN,Fingerprint,andLabelShopareregisteredtrademarksofInter mecTechnolo- giesCorp.ThewordIntermec,theIntermeclogo,InterDriver,PrintSet,andDurathe rmare trademarksofIntermecTechnologiesCorp. CentronicsisaregisteredtrademarkofGenicomCorporation. KimduraisaregisteredtrademarkofKimberlyClark. MicrosoftisaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation. TorxisaregisteredtrademarkofCamcarDivisionofTextronInc. WindowsisatrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation.
Page 3 Preface Contents Preface 1.Introduction 2.Installation 3.Operation...
Page 4 ......10 · Power...................10 · Computer................10 ControlsandIndicators..............11 · PowerLED................11 · FeedButton.................11 MediaLoad–Tear-Off(Straight-through)........12 MediaLoad–Peel-Off(Self-strip)..........15 · · · 4.Printer Setup Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 5 Preface Contents, cont. 5.Troubleshooting 6.Maintenance Appendix 1 · · Appendix 2 Appendix 3...
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Page 8 Preface FCC Notice (United States of America) WARNING Thisequipmentgenerates,uses,andcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyandifnotinsta lledand usedinaccordancewiththeinstructionsmanual,maycauseinterferencetoradiocommu nications. IthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassAcomputingdevicepursu toSubpartJofPart15ofFCCRules,whicharedesignedtoprovidereasonableprotection against suchinterferencewhenoperatedinacommercialenvironment.Operationofthisequipm entin aresidentialareaislikelytocauseinterferenceinwhichcasetheuserathisownexpen sewillbe requiredtotakewhatevermeasuresmayberequiredtocorrecttheinterference. DOC Notice (Canada) Canadian Dept. of Communication REGULATIONS COMPLIANCE (DOC-A) ThisdigitalapparatusdoesnotexceedtheclassAlimitsforradionoiseemissionsfrom adigital apparatusassetoutintheradiointerferenceregulationsoftheCanadianDepartmento fCommu- nication. Ministère des Communications du Canada CONFORMITE DE REGLEMENTS (DOC-A) Leprésentappareilnumériquen ’...
Page 9 WARNING ThisisaClassAITEproduct.Inadomesticenvironmentthisproductmaycauseradiointe rference inwhichcasetheusermayberequiredtotakeadequatemeasures. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 10 Preface Declaration of Conformity (CE) Intermec Printer AB Idrottsvägen 10 Box 123 S-431 22 Mölndal Sweden declareunderoursoleresponsibility thattheproduct EasyCoder E4 towhichthisdeclarationrelatesisinconformitywiththefollowingstandar Electrical Safety: EN 60 950 EMC Emissions: EN 50 081-1:1992 (EN 55 022:1994, class A EN 61 000-3-2:1995, class A)
Page 12 Chapter 1 Introduction EasyCoder E4...
Page 13 TheEasyCoderE4isprovidedwithitsownversionoftheInter- mecDirectProtocol(see IntermecEasyCoderE4DirectProtocol, Programmer’sReferenceManual ).Itisalsosupportedbyaseriesa standardWindowsapplicationsoftwarepackagesfromIntermec: ·IntermecInterDriverwithActiveXcontrolsallowsprinting frommostprograms. ·IntermecLabelShopisalabel-formattingprogramavailablein anumberofversions. ·IntermecPrintSetisasoftwareforsettingupEasyCoderprint- Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 14 Chapter 1 Introduction IntermecassumesnoresponsibilityregardingtheCEDirec Safety tiveif theprinterishandled,modi ﬁ ed,orinstalledinanywayother thanthatdescribedinIntermec’smanuals. Caution Readthismanualcarefullybeforeconnectingtheprinter. ·Movingpartsareexposedwhenthesidedoorisopen,so ensurethatthedoorisclosedbeforeyouoperatetheprin ter. ·Donotputyourﬁngersinsidetheprintmechanismwhen thepowerison. ·Placetheprinteronanevensurfacewhichcansupportits weightofapproximately4.7kg(10.3pounds)plussuppli ·Donotspraytheprinterwithwater.Ifyouareusingahose tocleanthepremisesinanindustrialenvironment,remo vethe printerorprotectitcarefullyfromsprayandmoisture. · Carefullyreadthewarningtextontheenvelopebeforeusin acleaningcard. ·Donottransporttheprinterwihoutﬁrstremovinganysup- plies. Product Labeling...
Page 15 – Themachinelabel isattachedtothe bottomoftheprin terand containsinforma tionontype,mode ’ l,andserialnumb eraswell asACvoltage.Ita lsocontainsvari oussignsofappro val.
Page 16 Chapter 2 Installation Unpacking European-type 230VACplug...
Page 17 Iftheprinterhasbeendamagedinanywayduringtransporta tion,complaintothecarrierimmediately. Ifthedeliveryisincorrectoranypartsaremissing,repor immediatelytothedistributor. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 18 Chapter 2 Installation Main Parts – Standard Model Transfer Ribbon Supply Hub with Edge Guide Transfer Ribbon Rewind Hub Label Taken Sensor Cutter Interface Bar Code Wand Interface (not used) Thermal Printhead Tear Bar Printhead Lift Lever...
Page 19 Liner Takeup Hub Guide Shafts Theleftsideofthecaseisnotdesignedtobeopenedbythe operator. Inthismanual,thestandarddirectthermal/thermaltrans fermodel isillustrated. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 20 Main Parts – LinerLess Model Side Cover Release Media Supply Front Cover Release Roll Post with Edge Guide Bar Code Wand Interface (not used) Thermal Printhead Tear Bar Printhead Lift Lever Guide Shaft Theleftsideofthecaseisnotdesignedtobeopenedbythe operator. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 21 Chapter 2 Installation Connections 1Placetheprinteronalevelsurface,nearanACoutlet.You Power shouldbeabletoeasilyaccesstheprintertoloadmedia,to loadribbon,andtoremovetheprintout. 2Checkthattheprinterisswitchedoff. 3Connectthepowercordtothereceptacleontherearplateand toanelectricaloutlet(110-120or220-240VAC.) Computer TheEasyCoderE4isﬁttedwitha36pinfemaleCentronics connectorfortheparallelinterfaceportandaDB-9pinfem connectorfortheRS-232serialinterfaceport. · CentronicsParallelInterface: Usetheparallelinterfac ewiththe IntermecInterDriver(forWindows)becauseitisfaster than theserialinterface. · RS-232SerialInterface: Usetheserialinterfacewiththe Direct Protocolbecauseyoucanreceiveerrormessagesfromyou printer.Thisisnotavailablewhenusingtheparallelin terface. SwitchoffboththePCandtheEasyCoderE4beforeconnectin themtogether. TheEasyCoderE4isalsoﬁttedwithaType3PCMCIAslot, whichcanholduptotwoType1orType2PCMCIAcards(5V.) ThesecanbeMemorycardsorFontcardsandareoptional. PCMCIA card ejection buttons PCMCIA card slot RS-232 serial interface ON/OFF switch AC power cord receptacle...
Page 22 Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 23 Chapter 2 Installation Controls and Indicators TheEasyCoderE4 Power LED hasonecontrol( theFeedbutton) andone indicator(theP owerLED.)ThePo werLEDistri-co loredand indicatesthest atusoftheprint Power LED Feed button Feed Button PressFeedtofee doutablanklabe l,ifnolabeldes ignhasbeen downloadedtoth...
Page 24 “Operation/Pr PressFeedtoprintalabelafteralabeldesignhasbeendown- eFeedtopr intingTestLabe loadedtotheprinterandtheFeedbuttonhasbeensetupto intatestla ls”). workasaPrintbutton(seeChapter3,“Operation/Printinga bel(seeCha Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide LED shows Meaning No light: Power off Green: Power on · Steady · Flashing Busy (executing or receiving data) Amber: During power on ·...
Page 25 Chapter 3 Operation Media Load – Tear-Off (Straight-through) Thesameloadingprinciplesapplytothermaltransferrece iving mediaaswellasdirectthermalorLinerLessmedia.Allkind ofmediacanbeused.However,LinerLessmediarequiresan EasyCoderE4LinerLessprinter. Caution! Beforeshippingtheprinter,alwaysremoveanyrollfrom mediasupplyrollpost. HINT! Tofacilitatemediaandribbonload,youcanremovetheside cover byopeningithalfway(45 °)andliftthehingesoutoftheirpockets inthebottommoulding.
Page 26 clockwiseto...
Page 27 Chapter 3 Operation Media Load – Tear-Off, cont. Checkthatthemediasupplyrollposti Removeanyemptycorefromthemed Routethemediabetweentheguideroll Pushthemediaasfarinasitwillgoand Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 28 Chapter 3 Operation Media Load – Tear-Off, cont. Turntheprintheadliftleverclockwi Closethefrontandsidecover 2 x Feed E4 LinerLess E4 Standard Printouttwoblankcopiesbypressing Totearoffthemedia,pullitdownward sagainst thetearbaronstandardprintersandu...
Page 29 Chapter 3 Operation Media Load – Peel-Off (Self-strip) Thissectiondescribesthecasewhenself-adhesivelabels aresepa- ratedfromthelinerimmediatelyafterprinting.Theliner isthen wounduponanintegrallinertakeuphub.Thisisalsoknown “ Self-strip ” operation.ItcannotbewithontheEasyCoderE4 LinerLessprinter Caution! Beforeshippingtheprinter,alwaysremoveanyrollfrom mediasupplyrollpost. HINT! Tofacilitatemediaandribbonload,youcanremovetheside cover byopeningithalfway(45 °)andliftthehingesoutoftheirpockets inthebottommoulding.
Page 30 Openthesideandfrontcovers. raisetheprint head. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 31 Chapter 3 Operation Media Load – Peel-Off, cont. Removeanyemptycorefromthemed Pulloutthecliponthelinertakeuphu 40 cm (15 inches) Checkthatthemediasupplyrollposti Removelabelsfromthe ﬁ...
Page 32 Chapter 3 Operation Media Load – Peel-Off, cont. RoutethelineraroundthetearbarandthelinerWindupthelineronthetakeuphubandse cure driverollerandbackundertheprintmechanismitwiththeclip.Windupthelinersothe media andthelower(rear)guideshaft. 2 x Feed Closethecovers. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 33 PrintouttwoblankcopiesbypressingFeedtwice.If loadingmediaforthe ﬁ rsttimeorwhenswitching toanewtypeorbrandofmedia,insteadprintatest labelasdescribedattheendofthischapter.
Page 34 Chapter 3 Operation Media Load – External Supply (Fan-fold) TheEasyCoderE4canprintonvarioustypesofmediaplaced externallybehindtheprinter,forexamplesboxesoffan-f olded tickets.LinerLessmediacannotbeplacedexternally. Forsmoothoperation,ensurethattheexternalmediasuppl placedlowerthantheprinter’sintakeslot. Whenusinganexternalmediasupply,takecaretoprotectth mediafromdust,dirtorotherforeignparticles,thatcani mpair theprintoutqualityorcauseunnecessaryweartotheprint head. Dependingonbrandandquality,alldirectthermalmediaar moreorlesssensitivetoheat,directsunlight,moisture, oil, plasticizers,fat,andothersubstances.Youshouldprote ctthem accordingly.
Page 35 Thisdiagramshowsthemediapathfromanexternalsupply.
Page 36 Chapter 3 Operation Media Load – Cut-Off (option) ThestandardmodelofEasyCoderE4canasanoptionbeﬁtted withapapercutterthatcancutofpaperstriporlinerbetwe labels.Thethicknessofthemediatobecutshouldbewithin 78-175µm(equaltoapaperweightbetween78and175g/m Minimumpracticalcopylengthis38.1mm(1.5inches). Thecuttercannotbeusedtocutthroughanyadhesivesuchas labelsonliner.ItcannotbeusedwithLinerLessmedia. ThecutteriscontrolledbyCUTorCUTONinstructionsinthe EasyCoderE4DirectProtocol. Thecuttercanbetiltedforwardtofacilitatecleaningand media load.Amicroswitchprfeventsthecutterfromrunningwhen openposition. Thebuilt-inlabeltakensensorofthestandardEasyCoderE doesnotworkwhenacutterisinstalled. MedialoadfollowsthesameprinciplesasTear-Off(Straig through)operation,seeearlierinthischapter,butroute mediathroughthecutterasillustratedbelow.
Page 37 Loadmediaaccordingtotheinstructionsfortear-offoperation,butroutethemediat hroughthe cutterlikethis. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 38 Chapter 3 Operation Ribbon Load...
Page 39 Raisethepintheadandremoveanyusedribbona theemptyribboncore.Keeptheemptycoreforu...
Page 40 Chapter 3 Operation Ribbon Load, cont. 20 cm (8 inches) Presstheribbonrollontotheribbons UnpackarolloforiginalIntermecthe Bothribboncoresmustrotatecount Pressanemptycoreontotheribbonrew indhub (1.)Tapethetransparentribbonlead ertothe Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 41 Chapter 3 Operation Ribbon Load, cont.
Page 42 User’s Guide...
Page 43 Chapter 3 Operation Printing Test Labels TheEasyCoderE4printsatestlabelcontainingtheprinter ’s currentsetupandotherusefulinformation.Italsocontai nsatest barandacrosshatchpatternthatallowyoutocheckthatthe printheadisperformingcorrectly. Anotherimportantfunctionisthatthelabelstopsensoris auto- maticallyadjustedforcharacteristicsofthetypeofmedi aloaded whenthetestlabelisprinted(testfeed.)Alwaysprintate stlabel whenyouhavechangedtoanothertypeorbrandofmedia.This isespeciallyimportantwithself-adhesivelabelssothes ensorcan beadjustedforthetransparencyoftheliner Toprintthetestlabel: 1Switchofftheprinter. 2PressandholdtheFeedbuttonwhileswitchingtheprinter 3WhenthegreenLEDﬂashes,releasetheFeedbutton. 4TheprintercarriesoutaTESTFEEDandsetstheprinthead resistance. 5Afteradelay,thetestlabelisprintedasillustratedonn page. 6TheprinternowenterstheDumpMode,inwhichallASCII charactersreceivedfromthehostonanyportwillprinte onlabels. 7ToexittheDumpMode,brieﬂytaptheFeedbutton.(Ifyou presstheFeedbuttonforthreesecondsormore,theprint willberesettofacorydefault.) Testlabelsaredesignedtobeprintedoncontinuousstock. Ifthe printerisloadedwithlabels,somelinesofthetestlabelm aybe positionedinthegapsbetweenthelabels.
Page 44 Feedtocanceltheerrorstatusandthetestlabelisprinted. transferribbonisnotloadedwhenitisrequired,thelabel will beblank. Whenyouchangetheprinter ’ ssetup,thenewsettingsaresaved andwillremaininoperationuntilyouresetorchangethem, even aftertheprinterhasbeenswitchedoff. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 45 Chapter 3 Operation Printing Test Labels, cont. Exampleofatestlabel: Mode of Press Feed to exit Operation Now in DUMP mode: Crosshatch pattern Setup parameters LSS ADJUST,20 STOPADJ,0 STARTADJ,0 XSTART,0 WIDTH,832 LENGTH,1200 MEDIA TYPE,LABEL (w GAPS) HEAD RESISTANCE:651 THERMAL TRANSFER PERFORMANCE,NORMAL CONTRAST,5 UART1,BAUDRATE,9600 UART1,PARITY,NONE UART1,CHAR LENGTH,8...
Page 46 Chapter 3 Operation Youcanprintla Printing a Label belsusingtheI ntermecInterD river,Interme Intermec InterDriver LabelShop,ort heEasyCoderE4 DirectProtoco lprogramming language. Ifyouareusing theIntermecIn Intermec LabelShop terDriverfort heEasyCoderE4 · Designalabeli E4 Direct Protocol n,forexample, MSOf ﬁ ceorIntermec LabelShop. · Enterthenumbe rofcopiesrequ iredintheInte rDriverappli- cation. ·...
Page 47 ONcommand,ane ·TypeinstructionsintheDirectProtocolprogramminglan- wcopyofthelab guageintoaterminalprogram,whichsendsthemtothe printeroneinstructionatatime.Toprintalabel,senda presentlystor PRINTFEEDcommand. edintheimageb ·TypeinstructionsintheDirectProtocolprogramminglan- ufferwillbepr guageintoatexteditorandsendtheresultingtextﬁleto intedeachtime theprinterusingDOSCopyoraterminalprogram.Ifyou includeaPRINTFEEDcommandinyourﬁle,theprinterwill presstheFeedb printthelabelimmediately. utton. Youcantelltheprinterhowmanycopiesyouwantbyadding Seethe EasyCod anumbertothePRINTFEEDcommand,forexamplePRINT- erE4DirectPro FEED22. tocol,Program Whenyouhavesentalabeltotheprinter,itwillbeprinted ’ outwheneveryousendaPRINTFEEDcommand.Ifyouswitch offtheprinterorsendanycommandstartinganewlabel,the sReference previouslabelformatwillbelost. Manual forfurt herinformatio IfyouhaveenabledtheFeedbuttontoworkasaprintbutton Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 48 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Setup Methods...
Page 49 EasyCoderE4DirectProtocol,Programmer’sReference Manual . Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 50 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Communication Setup TheEasyCoderE4canreceivedataonboththeparallelandse rial port,sothereisnoneedtospecifywhichportistobeused: · Eithercomposeatext ﬁ lecontainingtherequiredsetupcom- mandsandsendittotheprinterviatheparallelport, · orestablishtwo-wayserialcommunicationbetweenprinte andhostcomputerasdescribedbelow. Howtosetuptwo-wayserialcommunicationwiththeEasy- CoderE4: 1Printoutatestlabeltochecktheprinter ’ sRS-232serialport setting(seeChapter3, “Operation;PrintingTestLabels”). 2Conﬁguretheserialportonyourhostcomputertomatchthe printer’ssettings. 3UsetheSYSVAR(18)=ncommandtosetwhatkindof informationwillbepassedbackfromtheprinter(called VerbosityLevel),seebelow 4UsetheSETUPcommandtoconﬁguretheserialportset- tings. SYSVARVerbosityLevelsettings: -1Alllevelsenabled(Default) 0Noverbosity 1Echoreceivedcharacters “ ” aftercorrectcom mandlines 4Echoinputcharactersfromcommunicationport 8Errorafterfailedline BitscanbecombinedsoforexampleSYSVAR(18)=3means “...
Page 51 Onceyouhaveestablishedaworkingserialcommunicationb waysbetweenprinterandhost,youcanusethecommandto conﬁguretheprinterasdescribedonthefollowingpages. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 52 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Communication Setup, cont. Bydefault,theserialportissetfor9600baud,noparity,8 data bits,1stopbit,XON/XOFFdisabledbothways.Notethatas soonasaparameterischanged,youmustchangethesetupoft hostthesameway,orthecommunicationwillbelost. · Baud Rate Thissettingcontrolsthespeedoftheserialcommunicat betweenprinterandhost(1baud=1databitpersecond.) Thereare8options: 30060012002400480096001920038400 Setupstring,example: SETUP "SER-COM,UART1,BAUDRATE,9600" ↵ · Parity Thissettingcontrolshowthesoftwarewillcheckforerr orsin theserialcommunication.Thereare5options: NoneEvenOddMarkSpace Setupstring,example: SETUP "SER-COM,UART1,PARITY,NONE" ↵ · Character Length Thissettingcontrolshowmanybitsareusedtospecifya characterintheserialcommunication.Therearetwoopt ions: Setupstring,example: SETUP "SER-COM,UART1,CHAR LENGTH,7"...
Page 54 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Communication Setup, cont. · Data Flow Control Data ﬂ owcontroldeterminesserialcommunicationbetween printerandhost.Itpreventscharactersbeinglostwhen data istransferredbetweenprinterandhostathighspeedsov erthe RS-232serialport.Itisimportantthattheprinterandh havethesameconﬁguration. Therearethreerecommendedsettingsforcontrollingda ﬂowbetweenprinterandhost. -Noﬂowcontrol RTS/CTSisdisabled XON/XOFF,DatafromHostisdisabled. XON/XOFF,DatatoHostisdisabled 34dec. Note: Itisnotrecommendedthatyou enableXON/XOFF,Datato Host. Inthesetupstringexamples, adouble-headedarrow(asin “CHAR LENGTH”)indicatesa ↔ mandatoryspacecharactersinthe commandline. Quotationmarks("")areASCII...
Page 55 XON/XOFF,DatafromHostisdisabled. esthecharacte XON/XOFF,DatatoHostisdisabled r(s)transmitt edfromprinter -XON/XOFF,DatafromHost tohosttoiniti Thisprotocolcontrolscommunicationusingthespecial ateswitchingt charactersXON(ASCII17dec.)andXOFF(ASCII19 oanewline: dec.)whicharetransmittedonthesamewiresasthedata. -CR(ASCII13de RTS/CTSisdisabled XON/XOFF,DatafromHostisenabled -LF(ASCII10de XON/XOFF,DatatoHostisdisabled Setupstrings,examples: -CR/LF(ASCII1 SETUP "SER-COM,UART1,FLOWCONTROL,RTS/CTS,DISABLE"↵ 3+ASCII10dec.) SETUP "SER-COM,UART1,FLOWCONTROL,XON/XOFF,DATA HOST,DISABLE"↵ ↔ ↔ SETUP "SER-COM,UART1,FLOWCONTROL,XON/OFF,DATA FROM HOST,ENABLE" ↵ ↔ ↔ Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 56 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Print Location Setup Recommended Adjustments: Peel-Off(Labelwgaps): StartAdjust:-119 StopAdjust:-33 Tear-Off(Ticketwmark): StartAdjust:-152 StopAdjust:0 Tear-Off(Labelwgap): StartAdjust:-152 StopAdjust:0 Tear-Off(Var.LengthStrip): StartAdjust:-136 StopAdjust:+75 Tear-Off(FixLengthStrip): StartAdjust:-136 StopAdjust:+150 Cut-Off(Strip): StartAdjust: StopAdjust: Cut-Off(betweenlabels): StartAdjust:-250 StopAdjust:+100...
Page 57 Inthesetupstringexamples, adouble-headedarrow(asin “CHAR LENGTH”)indicatesa ↔ mandatoryspacecharactersinthe commandline. Quotationmarks("")areASCII 34dec.
Page 58 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Print Location Setup, cont. · Print Window Theareaonthemediawhichcanbeusedforprinting(print window),isspeci ﬁ edbymeansofthreeparameters,whichare allgivenasapositivenumberofdots.Itisimportanttos theprintwindowsonoprintingcanoccuroutsidethemedi orribbon,whichmayshortenthelifeoftheprintheaddue tooverheating. -X-Start Speci ﬁ esanoffsetfromtheinnermostdotontheprint- head.WhentheX-Startvalueissetto0,theprintarea starts1mm(0.04inches)fromtheedgeofthemedia,th isclosesttotheprinter ’ scentersection.Byincreasingthe X-Startvalue,youcanmovetheorigin(X=0)outwards makingtheinnermarginwider. -Width Speci ﬁ esthewidthoftheprintarea,startingfromthe positionoftheoriginasde ﬁ nedbytheX-Startvalue.The sumoftheX-StartandWidthvaluesmustnotexceedthe widthoftheprinthead(832dots.) -Length Speci ﬁ...
Page 59 Inthesetupstringexamples, adouble-headedarrow(asin “CHAR LENGTH”)indicatesa ↔ mandatoryspacecharactersinthe commandline. Quotationmarks("")areASCII 34dec. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 60 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Print Location Setup, cont. Print Window 1 mm (0.04 inches) 104 mm (4.1 inches) PRINT WINDOW Origin (x=0; y=0) Dot-line on printhead Dot 0 12 mm Label Stop Sensor & Label Taken Sensor (0.47 inches) max. 114 mm (4.49 inches)
Page 61 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Media Setup · Media Type TheEasyCoderE 4canbesettoha ndle ﬁ vedifferentty pesof directthermal mediaorreceiv ingfacemateri -Labelwithgap -Ticketwithma -Ticketwithga -Fixedlengths trip -Variableleng thstrip RefertoAppend ix2forillustr ationsandspec ﬁ cationsofthe varioustypes. Itisimportant tospecifythec orrecttype,so themediafeedw illworkcorrec tlyandthelabe lstopsensor candetectthef rontedgesofla bels,tickets, andtagsaswell out-of-paperc...
Page 62 ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ · New Supplies Whenusingdirectthermalmediaandtransferribbons,yo cansendatextstr Inthesetupstringexamples, ingtotheprinter adouble-headedarrow(asin toindicatethesu “CHAR LENGTH”)indicatesa pplytype. ↔ mandatoryspacecharactersinthe SeeAppendix2for commandline. recommended “ NewSupplies ” Quotationmarks("")areASCII settings. 34dec. Thismethodofset tinguptheprinte rispreferredtoo btain thebestprintqua lityandprinthea dlifetime. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 63 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Media Setup, cont. Print Setup -Normal -High Normalprintspeedgivesthebestprintoutqualityfor demandinglayouts,containingforexampleladderstyle codesor ﬁ ne-detailedimages.However,highspeedgivesan acceptablequalityformostapplications. S etupstrings,examples: SETUP "SERVICE,PERFORMANCE,NORMAL" ↵ SETUP "SERVICE,PERFORMANCE,HIGH" ↵...
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Page 65 Chapter 4 Printer Setup Thelabellengthi Testfeed ﬁ nedasthedistanc ebetweengaps,de tec- tionslots,orbla ckmarks.Measure theactualdistan cefromthe rearendofagaporslottothestartofnextgaporslot.In caseofblackmarks,measurethedistancebetweentheforwa edgesoftwoadjacentmarksandsubtractthevalueexpresse dotsby16. ByusingaTESTFEEDcommand,ablanklabelisfedout whilethelabellengthisautomaticallymeasuredandstore theprinter ’ ﬂ ashmemory,andthesensitivityofthelabelstop sensorisadjustedaccordingtothecharacteristicsofthe presently loadedmedia. Itisrecommendedtosenda TESTFEEDcommandeverytime youchangetoanewlabel/ticketlengthormediatype! Whenusinglabels/ticketswithalengthexceeding24cm(9. inches),theTESTFEEDcommanddoesnotwork,sothelabel lengthmustbesetmanuallyusingbothofthetwofollowing setupcommands. SETUP "SERVICE,TESTFEED,LENGTH,<length in dots>" ↵ SETUP "SERVICE,MEDIA SIZE,LENGTH,<length in dots>"...
Page 66 Inthesetupstringexamples, adouble-headedarrow(asin “CHAR LENGTH”)indicatesa ↔ mandatoryspacecharactersinthe commandline. Quotationmarks("")areASCII 34dec. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 67 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Checklist...
Page 68 Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide Symptom Possible Cause Remedy Refer to Overall weak printout Wrong Paper Type parameter Change parameter Chapter 4 Low Contrast parameter value Change parameter Chapter 4 Printhead pressure too low Adjust printhead pressure Chapter 6...
Page 69 Chapter 6 Maintenance Cleaning the Case Alwaysdisconnectthepowercordbeforecleaning.
Page 70 ifnecessary,amilddetergent.
Page 71 Chapter 6 Maintenance Cleaning the Case, cont. Protecttheprinterfromliquidsatalltimes.
Page 72 Chapter 6 Maintenance Cleaning the Printhead Itisimportanttocleantheprintheadregularly,preferab lyeach timeyouloadanewrollofmedia. Usethespecialcleaningcardtocleantheprinthead.Alway disposeoftheusedcleaningcardproperly. Warning! Isopropylalcohol[(CH CHOH;CAS67-63-0]isahighly ﬂ ammable,moderatelytoxic,andmildlyirritatingsubsta nce. Intermec EasyCoder – User ’ s Guide Openthesideandfrontcovers.
Page 74 Chapter 6 Maintenance Cleaning the Printhead, cont. Openthecleaningcard.Thecleaningcardcontains isopropylalcohol,see"Warning!"noticeonthe previouspage. Remove themed iaanda nytran sferri bbon. InsertmostofthecleaningcardundertheprintheadPullthecleaningcardout(1)andr aisetheprinthead...
Page 75 (1),thenlowerth (2.) eprinthead(2.) Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 76 Chapter 6 Maintenance Cleaning the Printhead, cont. Insertmostofthe cleaningcardund Wait30seco ertheprinthead nds. (1),thenl owerthepr inthead(2. Allowthecleanedprintheadtodryforacouple Pullthecleaningcardout(1)andraisetheprintheadofminutesbeforereloadingmedi aandpossible (2.)
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Page 78 Chapter 6 Maintenance Cleaning the Platen Roller Whenyoucleantheprintheadwithacleaningcard,theplate rolleriscleanedatthesametime.However,iftheplatenro ller becomesheavilycontaminated,itmaybenecessarytoclean separately. Cleantheplatenrollerwithasoftclothmoistenedwithiso propyl alcohol. Cleanthetearbarandtheribbonguidesatthesametimeas theplatenroller. Warning! Isopropylalcohol[(CH CHOH;CAS67-63-0]isahighly ﬂ ammable,moderatelytoxic,andmildlyirritatingsubsta nce.
Page 79 Raisethepri nthead. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 80 Chapter 6 Maintenance Cleaning the Platen Roller, cont. Removethemediaandanytransferr Cleantheexposedfaceoftheplatenro llerwhile Cleanthetearbarandtheribbonguid Reloadthemediaandpossibletrans Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 81 Chapter 6 Maintenance Replacing the Printhead Whentheprintheadbecomeswornordamaged,itcaneasily bechanged.Theseriesofpicturesbelowdescribeshowto ﬁ replacementprinthead. IMPORTANT! Aftercompletingthephysicalinstallation,itisimporta ntthatthe printerisinstructedtomeasuretheresistanceofthenewp rinthead andadjustitselfaccordingly.Thiscanbedonebysendingt hefollow- inginstruction: PRINT HEAD(-1) AnothermethodistostartuptheprinterintheTestMode,se “ PrintingTestLabels ” attheendofChapter3, “Operation.” Failuretoadjusttheprintertotheprintheadresistancem ayresultin inferiorprintoutqualityorprematurewear-outofthepri nthead.
Page 82 Openthesideandf rontcovers. Removethemediaandanytransferribbon. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 83 Chapter 6 Maintenance Replacing the Printhead, cont. Unhookthes pring(1),p Raisetheprinthead. ulltheprin theadforwa (2), andd isco nnec tthe cabl e(3. Slideinthenewprinthead(1),connecttheprinthead cable(2),andhookthespringintoposition(3.) Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 84 Reloadthemediaandpossibletransferribbon.
Page 85 Chapter 6 Maintenance Adjusting Printhead Pressure Whenyouprint,thethermalprintheadmustbepressedagain theplatenrollersothatheatcanbetransferredfromthepr int- headtothetransferribbonormedia.Thepressureshouldal providesuf ﬁ cientfrictiontodrivethemediapasttheprinthead. Toolittlepressuregivesaweakprintoutquality,whileto omuch pressurecancauseribbonwrinklingandunnecessaryprint head wear. Theprinter ’ sfactory-setforfullwidth,thermaltransferprinting orLinerLessprint,dependingonmodel.Ifyouchangetheme tothicker,thinner,ornarrower,itmaybenecessarytoadj ustthe printheadpressure,usingtrialanderror. Donotuseanymorepressurethanisnecessarytoobtainthe desiredprintquality. Full width media: Equal pressure on both sides Push the media towards the center section Narrow media: Reduce pressure on the out-...
Page 86 Push the media towards the center section Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 87 20 to 80% non-condensing Sound Emission Level < 60 dB (A) Microprocessor 32 bit Firmware Intermec EasyCoder E4 Direct Protocol v2.10 Label and Ribbon End Sensors AC Input Voltage 110 to 120/220 to 240 VAC, 4/2A, 60/50Hz Build option PFC Regulation...
Page 88 Humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing Sound Emission Level < 60 dB (A) Microprocessor 32 bit Firmware Intermec EasyCoder E4 Direct Protocol v2.10 Label End Sensor AC Input Voltage 110 to 120/220 to 240 VAC, 4/2A, 60/50Hz Build option PFC Regulation...
Page 89 Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Media Roll Size Diameters: Width: Themediamustnotbeattachedtothecoreinsuchaway thattheprintercannotpulltheendfree.Otherwisethethe rmal transferribbonmaybedamaged. Roll Max.diameter: Max.width: Min.width: Max.webthickness: Themaximumrecommendedmediathicknessis175µm. Thickermediamaybeused,butprintqualitywillbereduced Mediastiffnessisalsoimportantandmustbebalancedagai thicknesstomaintainprintquality. Mediarolls ﬁ ttedinsidetheprintershouldbewoundwiththe printablesidefacingoutwards.
Page 90 Anexternalmediasupplymustbeprotectedfromdust,sand grit,etc.Anyhardparticles,evensmallones,candamage printhead. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 91 Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Media Non-Adhesive Strip Mediatypesetup: ·Fixlengthstrip ·Varlengthstrip Non-Adhesive Strip...
Page 92 Guide...
Page 93 Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Media, cont. Self-Adhesive Strip ⇐ b ⇒Liner Thelinermustnotextendmorethanatotalof1.6mm(0.06 inches)outsidethefacematerialandshouldprotrudeequa llyon bothsides. ⇐ c ⇒MediaWidth(excludingliner): Maximum:112.4mm Minimum:23.8mm Self-Adhesive Strip Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 94 Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Media, cont. Self-Adhesive Labels ⇐ b ⇒Liner Thelinermustnotextendmorethanatotalof1.6mm(0.06 inches)outsidethelabelsandshouldprotrudeequallyonb side.Recommendedmin.transparency:40%(DIN53147). ⇐ c ⇒LabelWidth(excludingliner): Maximum:112.4mm Minimum:23.8mm ⇐ d ⇒LabelLength: Minimum: ⇐ e ⇒LabelGap: Maximum: Recommended: Minimum: Self-Adhesive Labels Label Stop Sensor position ·Label(wgaps) Feed Direction 12 mm (0.47 inches)
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Page 96 Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Media, cont. Tickets with Gap ⇐ b ⇒CopyLength: Min.lengthbetweenslots: ⇐ c ⇒DetectionSlitStart: Thedistancebetweentheinneredgeofthemediaandthestar thedetectiongap(excl.cornerradii)mustbe: Minimum:6mm(0.24inches) Maximum:9mm(0.35inches) ⇐ c ⇒DetectionSlitEnd: Thedistancebetweentheinneredgeofthemediaandtheendo thedetectiongap(excl.cornerradii)mustbe: Minimum:15mm(0.59inches) ⇐ e ⇒DetectionSlitHeight: Maximum: Recommended: Tickets & Tags MediaTypeSetup: ·Ticket(wgaps) Label Stop Sensor position 12 mm Direction (0.47 inches)
Page 97 Feed...
Page 98 Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Media, cont. Tickets with Black Mark ⇐ b ⇒CopyLength: Minimum: ⇐ c ⇒BlackMarkOffset: Thedistancebetweentheinneredgeofthemediaandtheinne edgeoftheblackmarkmustbe: Maximum:9.5mm(0.37inches) Minimum:Norestriction ⇐ d ⇒BlackMarkEnd: Thedistancebetweentheinneredgeofthemediaandtheoute edgeoftheblackmarkmustbe: Tickets with Black Marks Common: Minimum: Label Stop Sensor position Feed 12 mm Direction (0.47 inches)
Page 99 ⇒BlackMarkY-Position: Theblackmarkshouldbeasclosetothefrontedgeoftheticket aspossible.Useanegative stopadjust valuetocontrolthemedia feed,sothattheticketscanbeproperlytornorcutoff. Theblackmarkshouldbenon-reﬂectivecarbonblackona whitishbackground. Mediatypesetup: ·Ticket(wmark) Donotallowanyperforationstobreaktheedgeofthemedia,as thismaycausethemediatosplitandjamtheprinter. Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 100 Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations Transfer Ribbons Ribbon Roll Size...
Page 101 Core Diameter:25.4mm(1inch) Theprintermustbeabletopulltheendoftheusedribbon easilyfreeofthecore. Ribbon Roll Maximumdiameter:60mm(2.36inches) Theinkisonthesideortheribbonthatfacesthemedia. x. 11 60 mm (2.36 inches) 25.4 mm (1 inch) Intermec EasyCoder E4 – User’s Guide...
Page 102 Appendix 2 Media Speciﬁcations New Supplies and Paper Type Settings THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING (Europe) Ribbon Name GP02 HP05 HP07 HR03 THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING (U.S.A.) Ribbon name TMX 1100/1500 Duratran I Duratran VG Duratran II Duratran II Tag Kimdura Kimdura Tag TMX 2500 Duratran II Duratran II Tag...
Page 103 GG65 GG65 GJ105...
Page 104 Duratherm II Duratherm Ltg Duratherm IR Duratherm II Tag LINERLESS PRINTING (Europe and U.S.A.) Media Name setting Intermec LinerLess GS103 see note Normal Normal Note: The new supplies setting GS103 approximately corresponds to the paper type setting UBI DT 110.
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Page 106 Appendix 3 Interfaces Parallel Interface Function Transmit /Strobe Host Data 0-7 Host Printer Busy Printer Error Printer Select Printer Autofd Host Signal ground Chassis ground Logic high Printer 19-3 Signal ground /Init Host /Fault Printer 33-3 /Selectin Host...
Page 107 Appendix 3 Interfaces Serial Interface Computerend: Printerend: */.Max.150mA.Short-circuitprotected.
Page 108 Host Printer Host Sign Sign Signa – –...
Page 109 Notes...
Page 111 Intermec Printer AB Idrottsvägen 10, P.O. Box 123 S-431 22 Mölndal, Sweden tel +46 31 869500 fax +46 31 869595 www.intermec.com EasyCoder E4 User’s Guide *1-960565-00* *1-960565-00*...

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