SRP-350II ■ Table of Contents 1. Manual Information ......................3 2. Operating System (OS) Environment ................3 3. Windows Driver Preparation ..................3 4. Windows Driver Installation ..................4 4-1 Installing on Windows XP / Server 2003 ..............4 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port ................4 4-1-2 Via USB Port ......................
Windows Driver according to PC operating system (OS). We at BIXOLON maintain ongoing efforts to enhance and upgrade the functions and quality of all our products. In following, product specifications and/or user manual content may be changed without prior notice.
4-1 Installing on Windows XP / Server 2003 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click Next. 3) Select BIXOLON SRP-350II and a COM or LPT port to be used, and then click Next. Rev. 1.02 - 4 -...
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SRP-350II 4) Click Yes to reboot the PC. 5) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 6) In the Ports tab, click Configure Port. ※ Pass this step if you selected a LPT port.
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SRP-350II 8) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.02 - 6 -...
SRP-350II 4-1-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click Next. 3) Select BIXOLON SRP-350II and USB, and then click Next. Rev. 1.02 - 7 -...
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SRP-350II 4) Click OK. 5) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. The printer driver will be installed automatically. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Printers and Faxes. 7) Click Print Test Page and check printing status.
4-2 Installing on Windows VISTA / Server 2008 / 7 / 8 4-2-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click Next. 3) Select BIXOLON SRP-350II and a COM or LPT port to be used, and then click Next. Rev. 1.02 - 9 -...
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SRP-350II 4) Click Yes to reboot the PC. 5) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers. 6) In the Ports tab, click Configure Port. ※ Pass this step if you selected a LPT port.
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SRP-350II 8) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. Rev. 1.02 - 11 -...
SRP-350II 4-2-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file. 2) Click Next. 3) Select BIXOLON SRP-350II and USB, and then click Next. Rev. 1.02 - 12 -...
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SRP-350II 4) Click OK. 5) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. The printer driver will be installed automatically. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. ※ Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Device and Printers.
SRP-350II 5. Windows Driver Settings The following functions can be configured after installing the Windows driver. 5-1 Layout 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) Click the “Preferences” button in the “General” tab. 3) Click “Paper” Tab.
SRP-350II 5-1-1 Paper Size Paper size of 80 x 297 mm is selected by default, and the following sizes can be selected. 80 40 mm 80 160 mm 80 3276 mm 80 80 mm 80 200 mm 80 ...
SRP-350II 5-1-2 Paper Type You can choose Receipt or Ticket as paper types. Receipt allows flexible paper length according to the data length. Ticket print in fixed length even the print data is short. Default setting is “Receipt”. Receipt Receipt allows flexible paper length according to the data length.
SRP-350II 5-1-5 Image Rotation Image rotation is available for image data only and available in “Monochrome” mode. Rotation for device fonts or barcodes font is not supported. The color type will be changed to “Monochrome” mode automatically if this function is used in the color mode.
SRP-350II 5-2 Document Settings 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) Click the “Preferences” or “Printing Preferences” button in the “General” tab. 3) Click “Document Settings” Tab. 5-2-1 Send Command The Windows driver serves to receive the content for print from an application and send it to the printer.
SRP-350II 5-2-2 Cash Drawer / Internal Beep To open a cash-drawer before printing, tick “Open before printing #1” or “Open before printing #2” and then click OK. To open a cash-drawer after printing, tick “Open after printing #1” or “Open after printing #2”...
SRP-350II 5-3 NV Image 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) Click the “Preferences” or “Printing Preferences” button in the “General” tab. 3) Click “NV Image” Tab. The position to print NV image stored in the printer can be set at the beginning and/or end of the document and beginning and end of each page.
SRP-350II 5-4 Barcode 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) Click the “Preferences” or “Printing Preferences” button in the “General” tab. 3) Click “Barcode” Tab. Rev. 1.02 - 21 -...
SRP-350II 5-4-1 1d Barcode Windows driver supports one-dimensional barcode fonts as shown in the following table. Barcodes can be printed on the printer by using following font names. Font Name Type (Symbology) Size (Point) Supported Characters Barcode1 UPC-A 20 / 40 / 60 / 80...
SRP-350II 5-4-2 2d Barcode Windows driver supports two-dimensional barcode fonts as shown in the following table. Barcodes can be printed on the printer by using following font names. Font Name Type (Symbology) Size (Point) 2D-Code1 PDF417 2D-Code2 QR Code Detailed settings for two-dimensional barcode Select a Font Name and Type of two-dimensional barcode, and then click Properties.
SRP-350II 5-5 Utilities 1) Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS. 2) Click the “Preferences” or “Printing Preferences” button in the “General” tab. 3) Click “Utilities” Tab. Rev. 1.02 - 24 -...
SRP-350II 5-5-1 VMSM Refer to the VMSM manual contained in the CD for details. 5-5-2 Special Font Edit Utility The purpose of FontControlA font is not for text printing. It is used to define the printer command, assign the defined printer command to a specific ASCII character, and send it to the printer.
SRP-350II 5-5-3 Journal Viewer Journal is a function to save a copy of printed receipts. Copies can be saved without using journal printer with this function. Journal saves each printed document in a file and the saved file can be viewed by using this utility.
SRP-350II 5-5-4 Text Macro Text Macro is a utility to replace specific text with other text for printing. This function can be used only when using Device Fonts and it has no effect when using True Type Fonts. Detailed instructions are shown below.
SRP-350II 5-5-5 Image Macro Image Macro is a utility to replace certain text with a specified image for printing. This function is applicable only when using Device Fonts and it has no effect when using TrueType Fonts. Detailed instructions are shown below.
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SRP-350II 2) Click Add Image, select a bitmap file (*.bmp), and click Open. 3) Enter the name to be added to the list, select a dithering type, and click OK. Rev. 1.02 - 29 -...
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SRP-350II 4) Click Add Text Key and set the image to replace the text key. Enter the text in Change- Text and select the image to replace the corresponding text in Replace-Image. Rev. 1.02 - 30 -...
SRP-350II 6. Windows Driver Specifications 6-1 Font This Windows driver supports various fonts in the following table. Printing using these fonts is faster than using Windows fonts provided by the operating system. Printer Font (Device Fonts) Name Font Size (dot)
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SRP-350II Printer Fonts are defined as follows. 1) FontA1x2 - ANSI Character code support (Code Page 1252) - Character size (dot): 12 x 24 (double height) - Sizes (point): 19 2) FontA1x2[Ext.] - IBM expansion Character code support (Code Page 437)
SRP-350II 6-2 Special functions This Windows driver supports the special functions as shown in the following table. Select FontControl font first and use the characters in the table to use the special functions. Take care as this function is not for printing general texts.
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SRP-350II 1) Example Select FontControl font and send 6 for “LF” (Line Feed) operation (instead of printing character “6”). 2) FontControl font functions. Font Name Special Functions Font Size (point/dot) Open Drawer 1/2 Cut receipt Cut receipt(without paper feeding) FontControl Justification (Left/Center/Right) (9.5 / 12x24)
SRP-350II 7. Use of Windows Driver 7-1 Use of Visual Basic This section contains example codes to control the printer (BIXOLON SRP-350II) using Windows driver with Visual Basic. Sample codes contained in the CD. 7-1-1 Windows Driver Selection The following example code explains how to select “BIXOLON SRP-350II” Windows driver.
SRP-350II 7-1-2 Text Printing The following example code explains how to print texts using Windows Fonts and Device Fonts. ‘Print in Windows font Printer.FontSize = 9 Printer.FontName = “Arial” Printer.Print “Arial Test” ‘Print in printer font Printer.FontSize = 9.5 Printer.FontName = “FontA1x1”...
Launch WordPad, set the printing related options as follows, and test the printer with WordPad. - Select printer Select “Print” from the “File” menu, and select the printer (BIXOLON SRP-350II). - Set paper size, orientation, margin, etc. Select the “Page Setting” from “File” menu, and set paper size, orientation, and margin.
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