Introduction - Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP Installation & Operation Manual

Introduction

Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP – Installation & Operation Ed. 4
The EasyCoder 501 XP is a high-volume 4-inch thermal printer,
which provides an astounding print speed of up to 300 mm/sec
(12"/sec) at 300 dpi. It also offers a large number of useful facilities,
such as....
• Flash memory SIMMs for fi rmware, fonts, bar codes and
application programs
• Built-in memory card adapter
• Built-in Centronics and RS 232C interfaces
• Provision for one extra interface board
• Bar code wand interface for easy setup
• Improved ribbon-handling system to prevent ribbon wrinkling.
• Built-in keyboard and display with backlight for improved
user interface.
The EasyCoder 501 XP works both as a direct thermal printer and
thermal transfer printer for tear-off operation. An automatic paper
cutter is available as an option and can be fi tted by the user without
any tools in a few seconds. There is also an optional factory-installed
rewind unit for peel-off and internal rewind operation.
The EasyCoder 501 XP supports the unique and fl exible Intermec
Fingerprint 7.xx programming language, which allows the user to
create custom-made application programs and label layouts in a
Basic-like environment. It is also designed to work with the printer
drivers for various versions of Microsoft Windows or with the
Intermec Direct Protocol programming language. The Windows
drivers allows you to design labels using standard PC applications,
e.g. Microsoft Offi ce.
The EasyCoder 501 XP supports 15 scalable 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 Cyrillic,
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew etc.
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