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Compatability 3
Technical Data 4
Box Contents 5
Getting Started 6
About You DPP-250 7
Charging The DPP-250 8
Status and Operating Modes 9
Loading Paper 10
Diagnostic self-test 11
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TECHNICAL DATA General Specifications Printing Specs Printing Method Line thermal dot printing Printing Speed 60mms/s (480 dots/sec) at 8.5 V Print Width 48mm / 384 dots per line Resolution 203dpi (8x9 dots/mm) Horizontal – 0.125 mm (8 dots/mm) Dot pitch Vertical- 0.125 mm (8 dots/mm) Font А: 12 х...
Because of the continually evolving Driver & SDK to support new mobile devices, Drivers & SDK are distributed online and is available for download at our website indicated below. For the latest on using the DPP-250 Drivers & SDK, please refer to the SDK’s documentation.
GETTING STARTED The DPP-250 allows you to print information from your smartphone over Bluetooth®. Before using the DPP-250 thermal printer the battery should be properly charged. The following Quick Start guide will help to get your DPP- 250 ready for use.
CHARGING THE DPP-250 The DPP-250 uses a Lithium Ion rechargeable battery pack. Before first use, the DPP-250 battery pack should be charged for at least 4 hours. To prevent electrical damage to the DPP-250 and/or battery pack, please use approved AC Charger only.
STATUS AND OPERATING MODES The DPP-250 uses LEDs to indicate various conditions of operations. This may be charging, active or online low conditions. The following explains this conditions and LED indication. Printer Status Solid GREEN=Battery at full charge Charging ...
LOADING PAPER The DPP-250 uses a drop-and-load design making paper loading easy and trouble free. To load paper, simply lift up the paper cover latch and drop in the new roll as shown in the steps below. 1. Slide the paper cover latch to unlock the paper cover as shown in the figure on the right.
DIAGNOSTIC SELF-TEST The DPP-250 LF switch/button is used for entering various printer modes. These modes can be used to assist developers in debugging problems related to programing and communication. The following explain how to access the various operating modes.
DIAGNOSTICSELF-TEST The DPP-250 has a built-in test pattern that shows the printer’s current configuration as well as the various resident printer fonts. The self-test can also be used as a troubleshooting tool to determine printing problems or battery level. The steps below show how the self- test is printed activated.
DIP SWITCH SETTINGS The DPP-250 is designed to use different methods of communications. Care must be taken to ensure that the DIP Switches are not changed from its default factory configuration unless required. Dip Switch Settings The printer has two absolutely different operation modes. They are...
MEMORY SWITCH SETTING The DPP-250 uses nonvolatile memory for storing some of the printer default configuration. The following table shows the available options. Memory
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HARDWARE SETUP M em ory Switch Settings Step 1. Make sure the printer is OFF (ERR LED is OFF) before performing step #2. Step 2. Press and hold power (LF) button. The ERR LED flashes red / green every second. Step 3.
MEMORY SWITCH CONFIGURATION SW1: Enable/Disable buzzer. • SW2: Disable CR / CR is executed as LF • SW3: Enable/Disable LF • SW4: LF immediately after CR/ Disable LF immediately after CR • SW5: Font A (12x24)/ Font B (9x16) •...
COMMUNICATIONS CONFIGURATION The following default configurations are used for the different communication methods. • Communication with Smartphone • Via Bluetooth® All LED is OFF Linea Pro 5 is in sleep or ready Memory
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BLUETOOTH® SETUP IOS Enable Bluetooth® on iOS device. Select Bluetooth® device, after this Pair to DPP-250. When is connected DPP-250 to iOS device, blue LED on DPP-250 will start blinking. Start app “Library Demo” and select “Print”. ...
Enable Bluetooth® and press search device. On the list with available device will show “DDP-250”, pair device. Default PIN is “0000”. When is paired open application “Printer Sample”. Select a device to connect “DPP-250”. For testing the Bluetooth® connection press “Print self test”.
MAGNETIC SWIPE READER The DPP-250 has a built-in magnetic card reader. The card reader incorporates a (3)-track magnetic read head requiring a single swipe to read field data from all three tracks. The reader’s magnetic head faces towards the front of the printer.
REPLACING BATTERY To replace the battery in the DPP-250 thermal printer follow the steps below. Steps Turn over the DPP-250 and place on a flat surface. Rotate the (2) locking levers as shown in the figure on the right.
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For details on using the DPP-250 SDK, please refer to the SDK’s documentation. For the latest DPP-250 SDK’s, visit our developer web site at: http://ipcprint.com /developer/dow nloads USER MANUAL 24
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TROUBLESHOOTING If you are having problems capturing signatures refer to the table below for possible causes. Item Problem Possible Cause Thermal media is specially coated on outside of roll. Remove paper roll and reload property. See section” Loading Paper” for details on loading Paper feeds after issuing a print paper.
RESIDENT COMMAND SET Command Description Sounds the buzzer Horizontal Tab command Printing a line and paper Feeding command Printing and paper feeding to the black mark position The operation of the command depends on the state of the configuration flags 2,3 and 4 DC2= Image LSB/MSB select...
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ESC & Selecting user character set ESC ! Specifying printing mode of text data ESC * Printing graphical data ESC + Switch’s OFF the printer ESC - Selecting/Canceling underlining ESC . Printing self test/diagnostic information ESC 2 Specifying 1/6-inch line feed rate ESC 3 Specifying line feed rate n/203 inches...
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ESC \ Specifying relative horizontal position ESC ] Loading the default settings stored in Flash memory ESC ^ Saving current settings in Flash memory ESC _ Loading factory settings Reading the Battery Voltage and Thermal head ESC ` temperature ESC a Aligning the characters...
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GS R Filling or inverting a rectangle in page mode GS S Selecting 2-D barcode cell size GS T Selecting the print direction in page mode GS U Selecting standard mode GS W Setting the print area width Drawing a rectangular box with selected thickness in page GS X mode...
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 15.21 You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. 15.105(b) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
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