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MODEL 412
THERMAL PRINTER
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
Part Number 880016-0221
- Revised: March 24, 2004 MSG -

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  • Page 1 Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. This manual is subject to change without notice. Copyright © 1997-2004 Microcom Corporation, Lewis Center, Ohio - All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    UNPACKING THE 412 PRINTER ........7...
  • Page 4 MICROCOM GRAPHICS CONVERSION UTILITIES ....81 10.2 MICROCOM DOWNLOADABLE FONT UTILITY ..... . . 81 10.3 WYSIWYG SOFTWARE PACKAGES .
  • Page 5 Index ..............97 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 6 Table of Contents 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 7 Microcom Label ........
  • Page 8 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    0,90,180,270 degree rotations. Once the labels are designed, they can be stored in the printer for high speed access. The 412 is capable of printing on most types of label or fax stock. It offers operation in a tag/tear, peel-and-dispense, or cut-off mode. It can handle blow-hole, black-line, label gap, and continuous stock.
  • Page 10 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 11: Chapter 1: Features And Specifications

    CHAPTER 1: FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS The Model 412 Direct Thermal / Thermal Transfer printer is designed with many features that are unique when compared to other printers. SPECIAL FEATURES Direct thermal or thermal transfer tag/ticket feed operation Resolution of 8 dots/mm (.0049" per dot) and a print width of 448 dots (2.2") or 832 dots (4.09")

  • Page 12: Printing

    Width: 8.75" (222.25mm) Depth: 11.00" (279.4mm) Weight: 7.5 lbs (3.4 kg) ENVIRONMENT " " Temperature: 5 C to 40 C operating Humidity: 10-85% Non-condensing ELECTRICAL Voltage: 100 ~ 240 VAC, 50 ~ 60Hz Current: 3 AMPS maximum 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 13: Options

    On-screen label design PC software packages PCX / BMP graphics and SFP / TTF font conversion software Windows™ 95/98/NT4/2000/XP driver Cleaning kit Twinax / Coax Interface adapter 1.10 APPROVALS CUL (UL and CSA), CE, Complies with FCC class A 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 14: Front View

    Features and Specifications Chapter 1 412 Printer Front View Figure 1 412 Printer Rear View Figure 2 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 15: Chapter 2: Basic Operation

    CHAPTER 2: BASIC OPERATION UNPACKING THE 412 PRINTER While unpacking the printer, please check all packing materials closely to avoid misplacing any necessary parts. After the printer is removed from the box, verify that all parts are present and in good condition (see Figure 3). All packaging material should be kept and used if the printer is to be shipped.

  • Page 16: Paper-Out Mode

    SWITCH BANK 4: 00000000 SERIAL PARAMETERS: 9600-N-8-1 EXTRA RAM: YES ADDRESS: 0 NETWORK: OFF 412 REV 02.14 070199-0214 06/24/99 Status Label Figure 4 2.3.3 PAPER-OUT MODE When a paper out condition occurs, the red error indicator will light. Once the new labels are loaded, quickly press and release the front panel button to print a duplicate of the last label printed.

  • Page 17: The Status Light

    Table 1 LOADING PAPER The 412 can dispense labels in a many different ways. The following two sections explain the dispensing modes. If narrow stock is used (3.5 inches wide or less), it may be necessary to adjust the print head support screw (see section 2.6).

  • Page 18: Normal And Tag/Tear Modes

    Release pressure from the peel mechanism by pulling the pinch release lever forward. Thread the backing paper through the opening between the pinch roller and the driver roller and remove slack. Close the pinch roller by pushing the pinch roller release lever backwards. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 19: Print Head Pressure Adjustment

    When using narrow media, it is possible to increase drive roller life by reducing the print head pressure. To make the adjustment, simply turn the green adjustment knob (see Figure 5) counter-clockwise. If thick tags are used, additional pressure may be added by turning the knob clockwise. Print Head Pressure Adjustment Figure 5a 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 20: Cleaning Instructions

    A Microcom Corporation cleaning kit should be used for cleaning and maintaining a Microcom Corporation printer product. It is important to note that the optimum print head life is achieved by maintaining a clean printer and print head.

  • Page 21: Chapter 3: Communications

    2 and 4 wire RS-485 . If serial communication is selected and XON/XOFF hand shaking is used, the only signals the 412 requires are the RXD, TXD, and GND signals. If hardware (RTS/CTS) hand shaking is used, a RTS signal is provided. XON/XOFF may be disabled through software dip switch #1 (see Chapter 5).

  • Page 22: Printer Cables

    DCE equipment For parallel connections, use a standard 25 pin to 36 pin Centronics® printer cable, connected from the desired parallel port of the host computer to the 36 pin connector on the model 412. For RS-232 serial connections, 25 pin serial port - Use a 25 pin female to 9 pin male serial cable.
  • Page 23 ^A17^D108  If there is a printer in the network with an address of 17 (as determined by the hardware switch settings), it will go to sleep. It will ignore all commands until it receives a wake-up command or is restarted with the multidrop function disabled. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 24 4.) The ^D29 command may be used to display address and network information. 5.) Multidrop mode does not affect the front panel button operation. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 25: Chapter 4: Designing Labels Using Lds

     . GETTING STARTED There are many different machines that can send information to the 412. For example, main frames, mini-computers, special purpose computers and PC's. However, the easiest way to start is with a PC and a terminal emulation software program. This will method of connection will allow two-way, serial communication with the printer.

  • Page 26: Pc Connection (Parallel)

    DOS copy command, first use the DOS mode instruction to configure the PC. For example, MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P). There are some special features offered by the 412 that will aid in label design. For example, the auto-size command (^A2^D39  ) will provide most of the header format information needed to define the different properties of label stock.
  • Page 27 The next three lines are data for each field. Text string #4 is accessed twice. The format will print '01234567890' and then the bar code equivalent. The sequence ^D3  starts the print cycle. (Default is one copy. See section 5.3.2) 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 28: Microcom Label

    Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 Microcom Label Figure 6 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 29: Label Header

    The value of measurement for many of the header elements is the dot. There are 203 dots per inch on a 412 print head (8 dots/mm). There is a maximum 832 dots in the X direction (width). The Y direction (length) is virtually unlimited.
  • Page 30 DPS parameters can be inserted into the label header. Note that a higher value slows the printer down and a smaller value speeds it up. See Table 3 for a list of print speeds, DPS values, and inches per second. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 31 Black Line Stock (transmissive sensor): If set to a value of 1, the printer will detect the leading edge of a black line. Black Line Stock (optional reflective sensor): If set to a value of 3, the printer will detect the leading edge of a black line. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 32 It may also be necessary to adjust this value if using material with a sense position not located at the end of the stock. The 412 uses the following formula to determine the SPG setting: If label height is greater than or equal to 478 then SPG=478 If label height is less than 478, subtract (LSY+GAP) from 478 until the answer is negative, then add (LSY+GAP) back to become positive again.

  • Page 33: A Sample Session (Header)

    0 in their cases. Likewise, since the AGD and SPG were defaulted, the carriage return could have followed the DPS. Note: Defaulted fields must be separated by commas and ending commas may be omitted. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 34: Label Fields

    For example, the text string - MICROCOM - would be 8 characters long. This parameter should be set to a value of 1 if the field is a graphic image.
  • Page 35 * Refer to Section 7.1.1 on how to use these TCI's. Example: For the string - 1234567 A TCI of 1 would normally be used when printing regular text . A TCI of 42 would print a Codabar bar code. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 36: Bitmapped Font Descriptions

    6pt ABCDEFG1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz!@#$%^&*( Swiss™ 721 Normal 8pt ABCDEFG1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv Swiss™ 721 Normal 10pt ABCDEFG1234567890abcdefg Swiss™ 721 Normal 12pt ABCDEF123456789abcdef Swiss™ 721 Normal 14pt ABCDE1234567abcde OCR-A ABCDEFG1234567890abcdefghijk OCR-B ABCDEFG123456789abcdefghijklm Note: The Swiss™ 721 typeface is similar to Arial™. Table 4 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 37: Bar Code Symbologies

    Code 128 & 0123 UCC/EAN-128* Codabar 0123 0123 0123 Code 93 0123 AS-10 0123 MaxiCode 0123 0123 (CGN=Mode) 0123 0123 0123 MSI (Plessy) 0123 Table 5 * These bar codes must be multiplied by 2 for a 80% ratio. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 38: Character Starting Positions

    2 - Left justified below base-line 3 - Right justified below base-line 4 - Centered on Y axis, right of X coordinate 5 - Centered on Y axis, left of X coordinate Character Starting Positions Table 6 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 39 1 and printing a black box on top of the text. (Special note: The AN of the line field should also be set to a 1 for a reversed image.) A value of 3 will print both fixed/non-proportional character spacing and reversed text. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 40: Lines

    CONSTANT FIELDS The next 3 fields are always defaulted. X SIZE The X size of the line. Valid range is 1 to 832. Y SIZE The Y size of the line. Valid range is 1 to 65536. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 41 Therefore, to produce a reversed image, the line field MUST be printed AFTER the image field.) MAKING LINES Program sample: Lines ^D57  4  1,50,500,,6,,,,150,10  1,100,50,,6,,,,10,500  1,250,50,,6,,,,10,500  1,250,250,,6,,,,150,10  ^D56  ^D2  .  ^D3  Lines Figure 8 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 42: A Sample Session (Fields)

    ... and referring to Field #1. 1,250,1068,8,1,5,,,2,2  Field refers to text string #1 - Microcom. This field could have referred to Corporation, if it had a TSN of 2. The fields do not have to be in any kind of order with respect to the data fields.

  • Page 43: Chapter 5: Printer Commands

    CHAPTER 5: PRINTER COMMANDS The 412 printer has a large and versatile collection of control codes to meet the special needs of labeling applications. Most of the commands use a ^D control sequence, however the printer also recognizes a selected number of other control sequences.

  • Page 44: Printer Enquiries

    The 412 printer is capable of returning responses to enquiries in three different ways depending on how the machine is programmed (see software dip switch #1, ^D21, section 5.3.

  • Page 45: Sending ^D Printer Commands

    The following commands are loaded on power-up. Although they can be set, they will not be used until the printer has been restarted. The printer will not use these settings until this is done. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 46 (below 20h). Not Used Not Used Echo: If this feature is enabled, the printer will echo all received characters to the serial port. Not Used XON/XOFF: Enable or disable XON/XOFF software handshaking. CTS/RTS hardware handshaking is always enabled. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 47 0. (Please note: The printer will not print unless a valid format has been loaded. A format may be loaded by using these switches to automatically load a previously stored format or by simply sending non-stored format to the printer.) 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 48 NULL character method. Detect Black Line on Power-up: If this bit is set, the printer will automatically run a few labels and correctly set the ^D91 value. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 49 The printer then uses these header values for all subsequent label formats. See the ^D39 command in section 5.3 for more information on auto-sizing. Code Page Selection Code Page Selection Code Page Selection Code Page Selection 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 50: Printing Commands

    ^D3 command. The only difference between this command and ^D73 is in the ability of this command to increment and decrement sequential numbers in the batch. See section 5.3 for more information. Example usage: ^A20^D74^D3  - Prints 20 serial number labels. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 51: Auto-Sizing And Valid Gap Commands

    To auto-size blow-hole stock, set software dip switch 4 for blow-hole stock (see section 5.3.1) and then auto-size. There is also a power-up auto-size feature as defined in section 5.3.3, ^D24. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 52 If this value is not correct, the printer may not detect the end of the label and may feed extra media or stop too soon. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 53: Real-Time Clock

    ...where xxx is the day of the week. These values should be inserted into the Field parameters for proper clock text access: Clock Field Parameters TEXT HH:MM:SS MM/DD/YY Day of Week DD/MM/YY Day of Week Table 8 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 54: European Date Format

    ^D56  ^D2  US DATE FORMAT  ^D3  US Date Format Figure 10 ^D57  2  0,410,25,34,1,5,,4  1,410,100,22,1,5,,4  ^D56  ^D2  UNMODIFIED DATE STRING  ^D3  Unmodified Date Format Figure 11 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 55: Serial Number Commands

    The following commands, ^D80 through ^D89, refer to the serial number function of the 412 printer. The 412 can increment or decrement any single serial number on the label by any amount. However, if there is more than one serial number on the label, then all serial number fields can only increment or decrement by one.
  • Page 56 A sample program using the multiple serial number feature: ^D57  3  1,400,25,4,1,5  2,100,75,4,1,5  3,100,125,4,1,5  ^D56  ^A2^D88  ^A1^D88  ^A3^D89  ^A3^D75  ^D2  100  200  300  ^D3  412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 57: Saving Format Commands

    All proceeding files sent to the printer to be saved also receive the ^AX^D59 command, where X denotes the number of the file. Be sure that the ^D100 command is not sent again. This will erase all stored files. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 58 4,120, 40,70,1,4  ^D56  ^D2  MICROCOM CORPORATION  8220 GREEN MEADOWS DR., N.  LEWIS CENTER, OH 43035  (740) 548-6262  <ESC> The above file would be selected by sending an ^A2^D58  . 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 59: Label Dispensing Commands

    ^D95 command. This command uses the optional Label Taken Sensor. It is very similar to the ^A1^D97 command but assumes a default ^D95 value of 83. Normally this value should 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 60: Text Strings Commands

    Pre-padded Text: This command is used to pre-pad data. Any data already loaded into a field will be retained if the ^D62 command is sent. The following is an example: ^D57  <header>  <field definition1>  <field definition2>  412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 61 ^D57  ;load new format mode 11,832,640,,20,36  ;header 1,47,463,10,1,2  ;field info 2,416,439,20,1,3,,4  ;field info 3,416,412,25,1,3,,4  ;field info 4,416,385,25,1,3,,4  ;field info 5,47,350,10,1,2  ;field info 6,307,503,30,1,3  ;field info 7,60,207,29,1,5  ;field info 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 62 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  ;data line 10 ^A3^D63  ;enable auto print and clear text ^A5^D64  ;tell printer to print after 6 (CR) ^A6^D61  ;tell printer to start new data entry at data line 6 instead of 1 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 63: Chapter 6: Downloadable Graphic Images

    CHAPTER 6: DOWNLOADABLE GRAPHIC IMAGES The 412 printer has 255 slots available for storing fonts or graphics. Existing graphic images can be converted to the proper format using either the "PCX2MIC.EXE" or “BMP2MIC.EXE” software utilities. The graphic image format sections are provided to support developers that wish to create 412 graphic files from within their own applications.
  • Page 64 <rotation> <count> <image data> Where: <slot number> is a slot number, 1 through 255 (in ASCII). Note: The 412 uses the same TCI for fonts and graphics. They are both accessed by using a TCI of 8. Therefore a font and a graphic cannot have the same CGN number.

  • Page 65: Uncompressed Image Command (^D104)

    <rotation> <count> <image data> Where: <slot number> is a slot number, 1 through 255 (in ASCII). Note: The 412 uses the same TCI for fonts and graphics. They are both accessed by using a TCI of 8. Therefore a font and a graphic cannot have the same CGN number.
  • Page 66 Graphics that are stored in multiple slots in this way may still be printed as if they are one large graphic. In the label format, refer to the first slot (the one specified in the download command). The printer will automatically append the additional graphic files seamlessly without additional user intervention. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 67: Downloadable Graphics Command Summary

    Load Graphic Image or Font into User Memory using Binary Compression: ^A select which slot to place the graphic/font in (1-255). This command will greatly reduce image download time and should be used whenever possible. It can only be used on 8 bit data connections. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 68 Downloadable Graphic Images Chapter 6 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 69: Chapter 7: Downloadable Fonts

    CHAPTER 7: DOWNLOADABLE FONTS The 412 is capable of storing up to 255 downloadable fonts or graphic images. The printer treats downloadable fonts just like the standard bit mapped fonts mentioned in chapter 4. Both LaserJet™ and TrueType® fonts can be converted using the "JET2412.EXE" or “TTF2MIC.EXE”...
  • Page 70 <rotation> <count> <image data> Where: <slot number> is a slot number, 1 through 255 (in ASCII). Note: The 412 uses the same TCI for fonts and graphics. They are both accessed by using a TCI of 8. Therefore a font and a graphic cannot have the same CGN number.

  • Page 71: Uncompressed Image Command (^D104)

    <rotation> <count> <image data> Where: <slot number> is a slot number, 1 through 255 (in ASCII). Note: The 412 uses the same TCI for fonts and graphics. They are both accessed by using a TCI of 8. Therefore a font and a graphic cannot have the same CGN number.
  • Page 72 All data are stored in binary form. Multi-byte values are stored least-significant-byte first. A. Word is a 16-bit value, Byte is an 8-bit value, Label is a location within the file. The Model 412 can store a font of approximately 64KB or less in any one slot.

  • Page 73: Downloadable Font Command Summary

    Load Font or Graphic Image into User Memory using Binary Compression: ^A select which slot to place the font or graphic in (1-255). This command will greatly reduce image download time and should be used whenever possible. It can only be used on 8 bit data connections. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 74 Downloadable Fonts Chapter 7 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 75: Chapter 8: Bar Codes

    The UPC-A bar code is primarily used in the supermarket industry. It contains 11 numeric data characters and a single numeric check digit. The 412 must be provided 11 digits in order to print a scanable bar code. The first 6 digits are supplied by the UCC council and are the Manufacture's ID number.
  • Page 76 "#01" specifies Control-A (ASCII SOH) and "#1D" specifies Control-] (ASCII GS). In order to specify an actual pound symbol in the string, use "##". The following table shows all the "#" equivalents that may be used. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 77: Control Code Equivalents For Use In Data Strings

    Mode 2: Mode 2 may have either of the following formats: [)>#1e01#1dYYPPPPPPPPP#1dCCC#1dSSS#1dA..A#1dB..B#1dC..C#1e#04 Where: #1e is the ASCII RS character #1d is the ASCII GS character #04 is the ASCII EOT character YY is the two-digit numeric year 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 78 The pairing of numeric characters allows the numeric portions of the bar code to consume half as much space as they would using subsets A or B. The printer will default to subset B if no start code is defined. 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 79: Code 128 Special Function Access

    ----- ----- START ----- ----- ----- START ----- Table 11 The following format will insert a Subset C start character followed by a function 1. ^D57  1,832  1,100,200,30,40,,,,2,100  ^D56^D2  #9#61234567890  ^D3  412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 80 Data strings can contain one or more substrings appended onto one line. Each substring can consists of a 2-, 3-, or 4-digit Application Identifier immediately followed by a data string meeting the formatting requirements for that Application Identifier. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 81 Gross Weight, Kilograms n4+n6 331(***) Length or 1st Dimension, Meters, Logistics n4+n6 332(***) Width, Diameter or 2nd Dimension, Meters, Logistics n4+n6 333(***) Depth, Thickness, Height or 3rd Dimension, Meters, Logistics n4+n6 334(***) Area, Square Meters, Logistics n4+n6 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 82 Coupon Extended Code - Number System Character, Offer, and n4+n1+n5+n4 End of Offer 8102 Coupon Extended Code - Number System Character preceded n4+n1+n1 by zero Mutually Agreed, Between Trading Partners or FACT DIs n2+an..30 Intra-Company (Internal) n2+an..30 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 83: Ucc/Ean Application Identifiers

    The printer will calculate the correct check digit and replace the character already there. ^A3^D97^D57  6,832,600,,,30  1,50,100,80,40,,0,,2,100  1,50,300,80,50,,0,,2,100  1,50,500,80,51,5,0  2,50,60,30,1,3  3,50,260,30,1,3  4,50,460,30,1,3  ^D56^D2  011234567890123-420abcde#63101123456  code128  EAN128  EAN128 Human Readable  ^D3  412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 84: Designing With Bar Codes

    A bar codes, They only create the text equivalent of the UPC-A bar code and optionally add the extended portions of the bar code lines. This lower portion must them be lined up with the upper to create a correct UPC-A bar code. (See Figure 13) 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 85: Lines

    7,470,287,12,13,,,,2,60,,8  Bar Code Human Readables 8,460,270,8,3,1  Figure 14 ^D56^D2  UPC-A HR W/CHKSUM  UPC-A HR W/O CHKSUM  01234567890  EAN13 012345678901  EAN8 0123456  UPC-E 00123400005  UPC-E 10123400005  ^D3  412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 86 Bar Codes Chapter 8 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 87: Chapter 9: Special Effects

    REVERSED PRINT (WHITE TEXT OVER BLACK) The 412 has the ability to print white text on a user definable black background. Reversed text can be produced by manually placing a black box on top of an existing image by using the line command and setting the line and text field ANs (attribute numbers) to a value of 1.
  • Page 88 Special Effects Chapter 9 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 89: Chapter 10: Options

    PCX2MIC.EXE and BMP2MIC.EXE This PC software program converts PCX or BMP to the 412 format. These converted images can be stored in the 412 printer. See chapter 4 and 6 for more information about printing graphic images. 10.2 MICROCOM DOWNLOADABLE FONT UTILITY JET2412.EXE and TTF2MIC.EXE...

  • Page 90: Appendix A: Warranty And Repair Procedures

    The stated warranties and remedies are in lieu of all other warranties, obligations or liabilities on the part of Microcom Corporation for any damages, including, but not limited to, special, indirect, or consequential damages arising out of or in conjunction with the sale, use, or performance of the products.
  • Page 91 3. Return the defective item(s) for repair to the above listed address, freight and insurance prepaid. 4. Upon receipt of an RMA number, the customer contact will be notified by a Microcom Corporation representative regarding repair charges, at which time the ship method will be determined.

  • Page 92: Appendix B: Label Samples

    APPENDIX B: LABEL SAMPLES 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 93: Appendix C: Sample Basic Program

    APPENDIX C: SAMPLE BASIC PROGRAM This Basic program produces labels for computer diskettes. It is intended to show the simplicity that higher languages communicate with the 412 printer. Communication parameters may need to be changed for some computers. 10 OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1,RS" AS #1...

  • Page 94: Appendix D: Quick Reference Command Summary

    0,,, 0 The following is a list of FONT, BAR CODE, AND GRAPHIC IMAGE field mnemonics: TSN,XB,YB,CC,TCI,CGN,FO,FJ,CMX,CMY,CS,TSP,,,AN The following is a list of SQUARE LINE field mnemonics and the default values: 1,XB,YB,,6,,,,XS,YS,,,,,AN 1, 1, 1,,6,,,, 1, 1,,,,, 0 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 95: Operators Manual

    Text with UPC-A With Extended Bars Added Postnet (Zip+4) Postnet (Zip+6) MaxiCode Bar Code Code 128 Bar Code (Automatic Compression) Codabar Bar Code Code 93 Bar Code AS-10 Bar Code PDF417 Bar Code EAN-128 Bar Code Text with EAN-128 Information 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 96 1=8 Data Bits, 0=7 Data Bits *****.))Q 1=Echo Enable, 0=Disable ****.)))Q 1=No Parity, 0=Enable Parity ***.))))Q 1=Odd Parity, 0=Even Parity **.)))))Q 1=Ignore Control Codes, 0=Accept *.)))))))))), .)))))))))),* Enquiry Response 00 = Control Codes 10 = Text Equivalent 11 = ^ Equivalent 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 97 ******.Q 1=Enable Binary Compression, 0=Disable *****.)Q Always 0 1=Enable “Head-up” switch, 0=Disable ****.))Q ***.)))Q Always 0 **.))))Q 1=Send Response After Print (COM1) 0=No Response After Print *.)))))Q 1=Invert >INPUT 1< Polarity, 0=Normal .))))))Q 1=Disable Extended ASCII, 0=Enable 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 98 Show Clock: This command will send the date and time to the serial port. Reset Machine: Restores printer to power-up settings. Also used to set the non- volatile fields in memory. Section 5.3. Display Model and Revision Number. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 99 Load number of steps to activate gap detector (AGD): Preceded by ^A. Load number of steps past gap (SPG): Preceded by ^A. Load X direction offset (OFX): Preceded by ^A. Load Y direction offset (OFY): Preceded by ^A. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 100 Load Label Count: Tells the printer to print a batch of labels using the serial number function if enabled. Load Delay Time Between Labels: Preceded by ^A which contains the wait in 1/10ths of a second. Maximum value is 650. Load PDF-417 Bar Code Data: 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 101 Load User Defined Steps for Label to Advance: Load Advance Delay: ^A specifies how many milliseconds to delay repositioning of the label in tag/tear and peel-and-dispense modes. Tag/Tear Operation: Turns off tag/tear operation. Advance after every label. Advance after copies count. 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 102 #2: If The Full Cut Interval is set to a value of 5 and the Partial Cut Interval is set to a value of 1, the printer will partial cut after labels 1 through 4 and full cut after label 5.) 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 103 Load Font: This method does not support compression. Fonts must be less than 64KB. This method is included for legacy support only. Microcom Corporation recommends either the ^D104 or ^D107 methods. Load Graphic Image into User Memory using Binary Compression: ^A select which slot to place the image/font in (1-255).

  • Page 104: Appendix E: Hardware Dip Switches

    0 0 0 0 1 = Address 1 0 0 0 1 0 = Address 2 0 0 0 1 1 = Address 3 0 0 1 0 0 = Address 4 1 1 1 1 1 = Address 31 412 Operators Manual...

  • Page 105: Index

    Fonts 1, 3, 17, 27, 28, 49, 55-57, 59, 61-63, 65, 81, 87, 94, 95 Form Feed 36, 42 Graphic Images 1, 17, 55, 57-59, 61, 63, 81 Human Readables 76, 77 Justification 30 Label Control Byte 23, 91 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 106 Text String Number 26, 32, 47, 52, 93 Text Strings Commands 52 Variable Text 39, 49 VDD 36 Warranty 82, 83 XOFF 4, 13, 36, 38, 88 XON 4, 13, 36, 38, 88 Y Beginning Coordinate 26, 32 Y Direction Offset 24, 91 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 107 Notes ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 412 Operators Manual...
  • Page 108 Index 412 Operators Manual...

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