Section 1. Printer Overview; Introduction - Panduit TDP42HY Operator's Manual

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Introduction

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The Panduit TDP42HY, TDP43HY and TDP46HY Thermal Transfer Printers, hereafter referred to as TDP4*HY,
are complete, high-performance on-site labeling systems. All printer parameters are user programmable using
the front panel controls and the DIP switches. All popular bar codes and 14 human-readable fonts, including a
vector font and two raster fonts, are resident in memory providing literally thousands of type styles and sizes.
The Operator's Manual will help you understand the basic operations of the printer such as setup, installation,
configuration, cleaning and maintenance.
The TDP4*HY series can print labels up to four inches wide and is available in three resolutions; 203 dpi, 305
dpi and 609 dpi. The resolution is determined by the print head that is installed in the printer and can be
changed in the field simply by installing the desired print head. The printer automatically detects the resolution of
the print head and loads the appropriate controlling firmware.
The TDP4*HY series uses the standard SATO RISC printer command codes. The only differences between it
and other RISC printers are the allowable values representing the print positions on the label. These values are
specified in "dots" and will vary depending upon the resolution of the printer and the amount of memory available
for imaging the label.
This commonality makes it very easy to convert labels from RISC printer to another without having to create an
entirely different command stream. There are some caveats that must be observed though to compensate for the
different resolution print heads. The effect of the different printer resolutions are best illustrated by taking a label
designed for a 203 dpi printer and sending the command stream to its 305 dpi counterpart. The label printed will
be an exact two-thirds scale, including the fonts, bar code dimensions and line lengths/widths. The only
exception is the PostNet bar code which has only one legal size and the printer resolution is automatically
compensated for by the printer. conversely, a label designed for a 305 dpi printer and sent to its 203 dpi cousin
will be one-third larger. It probably will be "truncated" if the resulting label size is larger than the maximum
allowable for the printer.
*2 - 203 dpi, 3 - 305 dpi, 6 - 609 dpi
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