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Windows Driver Manual
STP-103II
Thermal Printer
Rev. 1.00
http://www.bixolon.com

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  • Page 1 Windows Driver Manual STP-103II Thermal Printer Rev. 1.00 http://www.bixolon.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    STP-103II ■ 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 2000 ..................4 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port................4 4-1-2 Via USB Port ......................8 4-2 Installing on Windows XP/2003 Server..............12...

  • Page 3: Manual Information

    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.

  • Page 4: Windows Driver Installation

    STP-103II 4. Windows Driver Installation 4-1 Installing on Windows 2000 4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port. 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (STP-103II_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. - 4 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 5 STP-103II 3) Select the COM or LPT (Which one you want to use) port to be used and click the “Next” button. 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Yes” button. 5) Clicking the ”Yes” button will reboot the PC.
  • Page 6 STP-103II 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. 7) Click the “Port Settings” button in the ”Ports” tab. 8) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. (The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test.) - 6 - Rev.
  • Page 7 STP-103II 9) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 10) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. - 7 - Rev. 1.00...

  • Page 8: Via Usb Port

    STP-103II 4-1-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (STP-103II_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. - 8 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 9 STP-103II 3) Select USB and click the ”Next” button. 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Yes” button. 5) Click the ”OK” button. 6) Turn on the printer. - 9 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 10 STP-103II 7) The Windows Driver is automatically installed. 8) The USB Port setting can be confirmed in the Windows Driver properties. - 10 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 11 STP-103II 9) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 10) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. - 11 - Rev. 1.00...

  • Page 12: Installing On Windows Xp/2003 Server

    STP-103II 4-2 Installing on Windows XP/2003 Server 4-2-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (STP-103II_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. - 12 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 13 STP-103II 3) Select the COM or LPT (Which one you want to use) port to be used and click the “Next” button. 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Continue Anyway” button. 5) Clicking the ”Yes” button will reboot the PC.
  • Page 14 STP-103II 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. 7) Click the “Port Settings” button in the ”Ports” tab. 8) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. (The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test.) - 14 - Rev.
  • Page 15 STP-103II 9) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 10) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. - 15 - Rev. 1.00...

  • Page 16: Via Usb Port

    STP-103II 4-2-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (STP-103II_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. - 16 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 17 STP-103II 3) Select USB and click the ”Next” button. 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Continue Anyway” button. 5) Click the ”OK” button. 6) Turn on the printer. - 17 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 18 STP-103II 7) When the New Hardware Wizard appears for the installation of the Windows Driver, select the option as shown below and click the “Next” button. 8) Click the “Next” button. - 18 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 19 STP-103II 9) Click the “Next” button. 10) Click the “Continue Anyway” button. - 19 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 20 STP-103II 11) Click the “Finish” button. 12) The USB Port setting can be confirmed in the Windows Driver properties. - 20 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 21 STP-103II 13) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 14) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. - 21 - Rev. 1.00...

  • Page 22: Installing On Windows Vista/2008 Server/7

    STP-103II 4-3 Installing on Windows VISTA/2008 Server/7 4-3-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (STP-103II_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Select the COM or LPT (Which one you want to use) port to be used and click the “Next”...
  • Page 23 STP-103II 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Install this driver software anyway” button. 5) Clicking the ”Yes” button will reboot the PC. 6) Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS. 7) Click the “Port Settings” button in the ”Ports” tab.
  • Page 24 STP-103II 8) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. (The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test.) 9) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 10) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally.

  • Page 25: Via Usb Port

    STP-103II 4-3-2 Via USB Port 1) Double-click the Windows Driver installation file (STP-103II_Vx.x.xx.exe). 2) Click the “Next” button. 3) Select USB and click the ”Next” button. - 25 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 26 STP-103II 4) When the following message box appears, click the “Install this driver software anyway” button. 5) Click the ”OK” button. 6) Turn on the printer. - 26 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 27 STP-103II 7) The USB Port setting can be confirmed in the Windows Driver properties. - 27 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 28 STP-103II 8) Click the “Print Test Page” button and check printing status. 9) Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally. - 28 - Rev. 1.00...

  • Page 29: Detailed Windows Driver Settings

    STP-103II 5. Detailed Windows Driver Settings The following functions can be set in detail after the Windows Driver installation is complete. 5-1 Paper Supply Method The printer structure is such that the print head, which carries out printing, and the cutter, which cuts the printing paper, are separated.
  • Page 30 STP-103II 2) Click the “Printing Preferences” button in the ”General” tab. 3) Select the desired setting in the ”Paper/Quality” tab. (Resolution is fixed at 203 × 203.) - 30 - Rev. 1.00...

  • Page 31: Paper Size

    STP-103II 5-2 Paper Size The paper sizes available in the Windows Driver are as follows. - 58 × 297 mm[103II] - 58 × 3276 mm[103II] - 58 × 40 mm[103II] - 58 × 80 mm[103II] - 58 × 120 mm[103II] - 58 ×...

  • Page 32: Additional Commands

    STP-103II 5-3 Additional Commands The Windows Driver serves to receive the content for print from an application and send it to the printer. The NV Image function allows for the addition of NV image and desired commands at the beginning or end of the print content sent to the printer.
  • Page 33 STP-103II 3) If the user wishes to open Cash Drawer 1 prior to printing, enter “\x1B\x70\x00\x19\xff” in the ”BeginDoc” space and click the “OK” button. 4) If the user wishes to open Cash Drawer 1 at the end of printing, enter “\x1B\x70\x00\x19\xff”...

  • Page 34: Customer Paper Size

    STP-103II 5-4 Customer Paper size 1) Click “New Paper Size” Button in Utilities Tab. - 34 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 35 STP-103II 2) Upon initiation of the program, the following main window will be appeared. - 35 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 36 STP-103II 3) In order to add a Customized Form, enter the desired values into the fields of “Form Name”, “Width”, and “Length”, and click the “Add Customized Form” button. - 36 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 37 STP-103II 4) You can check the added form in the driver properties as shown below. 5) In order to delete the added form, select the form from the list in “Paper Size”, and click the “Delete Customized Form” button. - 37 -...

  • Page 38: Power Save Option

    STP-103II 5-5 Power Save Option The annual power consumption expense is calculated, and the cost, saved cost, and saving ratio will be shown depending on the configuration option. 1) Click the “PowerSaver” button in Utilities Tab. - 38 - Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 39 STP-103II 2) Upon initiation of the program, the following pop-up window will appear. 3) In order to save the configuration options to the printer, select Option and click the “Save” button. In this case, only the options in “Power control options” will be saved to the printer.
  • Page 40 STP-103II 4) Click the “Default” button if you want to set the options to factory settings. 5) When communication to the printer cannot be established automatically, click the “Connect printer” button to configure the communication settings manually. - 40 -...

  • Page 41: Windows Driver Specifications

    STP-103II 6. Windows Driver Specifications 6-1 Fonts The Windows Driver of the printer supports the fonts listed below. Printing is done at faster speed when using the fonts below as opposed to the Windows fonts of the OS. Sizes Printer Fonts...

  • Page 42: Special Functions

    STP-103II 6-2 Special Functions The Windows Driver supports the special functions indicated below. These special functions are available when using the characters after the “FontControl” font is selected. This function is not an ordinary character printing function. Take special care.
  • Page 43 STP-103II 1) Sample Use If the “FontControl” font is selected and 6 is entered, the “LF” (Line Feeding) operation is activated. (does not entail the printing of the character “6) 2) “FontControl” Font Function Printer Font for Size Function Special Function...

  • Page 44: Barcodes

    STP-103II 6-3 Barcodes The Windows Driver supports the barcodes indicated below. This function is available when entering barcode data after selecting “Printer Font Name”. In addition, the “FontControl” font can be used to add HRI characters. Printer Font Name Size...

  • Page 45: Use Of Windows Driver

    (STP-103II). Sample programs are saved together if the Windows Driver is installed. Take note. 7-1-1 Windows Driver Selection The following code is an example of the selection of the “BIXOLON STP-103II” Windows Driver. For Each prnPrinter In Printers If prnPrinter.DeviceName = “BIXOLON STP-103II” Then...

  • Page 46: Test Printing

    STP-103II 7-1-2 Test Printing The following code is an example of the printing of Arial Test via the Windows font, and FontA1x1Test via the printer font. ‘Print in Windows font Printer.FontSize = 9 Printer.FontName = “Arial” Printer.Print “Arial Test” ‘Print in printer font Printer.FontSize = 8.5...

  • Page 47: Use Of Wordpad

    After running Wordpad and setting the following conditions, conduct a test. - Select Printer After selecting “Print” from the “File” menu, select the printer (BIXOLON STP-103II). - Select Paper Size, Orientation, and Margins After selecting “Page Setup” from the “File” menu, select the paper size, orientation, and margins.

  • Page 48: Barcode Printing

    STP-103II 7-2-3 Barcode Printing Use the Windows Driver of the printer to print the barcode. 1) Select the desired barcode from the Font menu (Code128). 2) Select the desired font size (20). 3) Enter “{A123453” in Wordpad. 4) Click the Print button in the toolbar to print.

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