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Microcom 428T Operator's Manual

Microcom 428T Operator's Manual (249 pages)

DIRECT THERMAL PRINTER

Brand: Microcom | Category: Printer | Size: 8 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

5
- Chapter 1: Printer Specifications
  
  13
- Chapter 2: Features and Options
  
  15
  - Fonts
    15
  - Graphics
    15
  - Bar Codes
    15
  - Special Features
    16
  - Options
    16
  - Figure 3-1 Typical Printer Accessories
    17
- Chapter 3: Getting Started
  
  17
  - Unpacking and Inspection
    17
  - Figure 3-2 Printer Rear Panel
    18
  - Printer Power
    18
  - RS232 Serial Communication Interface
    18
  - Table 3-1 RS-232 Cable Configurations
    19
    
    RS-232 Serial Cables
    19
  - USB Communication Interface
    19
    
    USB Driver Setup
    19
  - Parallel Communication Interface
    21
  - Ethernet Communication Interface
    21
    
    Device Installer
    21
  - Cash Drawer Option
    26
  - AUX Option
    26
  - Niceware Windows Driver
    26
    
    Niceware Windows Driver Setup and Configuration
    26
    
    Figure 3-5 Selecting the Windows Printer Driver
    27
    
    Advanced Windows Driver Features
    31
    
    Stock Types
    32
    
    Custom Commands
    33
    
    Import/Export Settings
    34
  - Micprinter USB Windows Driver
    34
  - Loading Media
    51
  - Figure 3-15 Loading Media
    52
  - Figure 3-16 Print Button and Status Indicator Light
    52
  - Table 3-2 Print Button Description
    53
  - Table 3-3 Status Indicator Light Description
    53
  - Printer Modes
    54
    
    Automatic Stock Eject on >LOW STOCK<
    54
    
    Clear >LOW STOCK< Error
    54
    
    Clear Error with "Single Button Error Clear"
    54
    
    Halted Mode: RED
    54
    
    Idle Mode: GREEN
    54
    
    Paused Mode: Solid or Flashing AMBER
    54
    
    Entering Diagnostic Mode
    55
    
    Statistics Label
    55
    
    Figure 3-17 Status Label (Examples)
    56
    
    TOF Sensor
    56
  - Media Roll Holder Option
    58
  - Wristband Media Adapter Option
    59
- Chapter 4: Designing Labels Using Lds
  
  61
  - Control Characters
    61
  - LDS Design Exercises
    61
    
    Format Creation
    62
  - Label Design: an Overview
    63
  - Label Header
    64
  - Figure 4-2 3X3 Sample Label
    64
    
    HFM (Number of Fields in Layout)
    65
    
    DPS (Print Speed)
    66
    
    GAP (GAP Size)
    66
    
    LSX (Print Head Size X)
    66
    
    LSY (Label Size Y)
    66
    
    WEB (Web Size)
    66
    
    Continuous Media (Setting = 2)
    67
    
    Die-Cut and Blow-Hole Media (Setting = 0)
    67
    
    LCB (Label Control Byte)
    67
    
    Table 4-1 DPS Values
    67
    
    AGD (Activate Gap Detector)
    68
    
    Black Line Media (Reflective) (Setting = 3)
    68
    
    SPG (Steps Past Gap)
    68
    
    Table 4-2 Dot to Gap Parameters
    68
    
    OFX (Offset X Direction)
    70
    
    OFY (Offset y Direction)
    70
  - Sample Header
    70
  - Label Format Fields
    71
    
    CC (Character Count)
    72
    
    TCI (Text Conversion Identifier)
    72
    
    TSN (Text String Number)
    72
    
    XB (X Beginning Coordinate)
    72
    
    YB (y Beginning Coordinate)
    72
    
    Table 4-3 TCI Values
    73
    
    CGN (Character Generator Number)
    74
    
    Downloadable Fonts and Graphics
    74
    
    Embedded Fonts
    74
    
    Table 4-4 CGN-Embedded Fonts
    74
    
    FJ (Field Justification)
    77
    
    FO (Field Orientation)
    77
    
    Table 4-7 FO & FJ Character Starting Positions
    77
    
    (Reserved Spaces)
    78
    
    AN (Attribute Number)
    78
    
    CMX (Character Multiplier X Direction)
    78
    
    CMY (Character Multiplier y Direction)
    78
    
    CS (Character Spacing)
    78
    
    TSP (Text Starting Position)
    78
  - Line Draw
    79
  - Figure 4-5 Line Draw Sample
    79
  - Reverse Video
    81
    
    Black Box Reverse Video
    81
    
    Auto Reverse Video
    82
- Chapter 5 Printer Commands
  
  83
  - Special Printer Control Codes
    83
    
    Enquiry Responses
    85
    
    Table 5-1 STL Status Responses
    86
  - Printer Configuration Commands
    87
    
    Software Switch #1
    87
    
    Software Switches
    87
    
    Software Switch #2
    88
    
    Software Switch #3
    89
    
    Software Switch #4
    90
    
    Software Switch #5
    91
    
    Software Switch #6
    93
    
    Software Switch #7
    99
    
    Software Switch #8
    100
    
    Baud Rate
    102
    
    Communication Port Configuration
    102
    
    Ethernet Telnet Pass-Through Mode
    103
    
    Set Serial Port Source Command (Non-Volatile- ^D108)
    103
    
    Set Serial Port Source Command (Volatile - ^D109)
    103
    
    Print Head Size Commands
    105
  - General Purpose I/O
    106
  - Specialized Print Modes
    108
    
    Synchronous Print Mode
    108
    
    USB Image Print Mode
    109
    
    Adjust Contrast Window (Volatile - ^D35)
    110
    
    Contrast Adjustment Commands
    110
    
    Adjust Contrast Base (Non-Volatile - ^D36)
    111
    
    Printer Restart / Reboot Commands
    111
    
    Slice Buffer Size and Set Starting Slice Number Commands
    111
    
    Registration Commands
    112
    
    Auto-Size Commands
    113
    
    Table 5-5 Transmissive Dot2Gap Values
    113
    
    Table 5-6 Reflective Dot2Gap Values
    113
    
    Autoheader Commands
    114
  - Autoload Media Commands
    115
    
    Autoload + Form Feed
    116
    
    Autoload + Top-Of-Form
    117
  - Printing Commands
    118
    
    Basic Printing Commands
    118
  - Label Header Parameter Override Commands
    119
    
    Serial Number Commands
    120
  - Text String Commands
    121
  - Cutter Configuration Commands
    123
    
    Cutter Type
    123
    
    Kiosk Cutter Advance Distance Command
    124
    
    Kiosk Cutter Commands
    124
    
    Kiosk Cutter Mode
    124
    
    Volatile Cutter Operation
    124
    
    Cutter Hold-Off
    126
  - Dispensing Commands
    126
    
    Tag/Tear Operation
    126
    
    Load Advance/Retract Distance and Load Advance Delay
    127
    
    Peel-And-Dispense Operation
    127
  - View Printer Configuration and Statistics
    127
  - Memory Commands
    127
  - Printer Code Update
    133
  - Miscellaneous Commands
    133
  - Table 5-7 Sensor Status Byte Definitions
    136
- Chapter 6: Downloadable Graphics
  
  137
  - FLASH Data Types
    137
  - RAM Data Types
    137
  - Using the Bmp2Mic.exe GRAPHIC Conversion Utility
    137
    
    Bmp2Mic.exe GRAPHIC Conversion Utility Procedure
    138
    
    Compressed Binary GRAPHIC Downloads
    139
    
    Graphic Download Methods
    139
    
    Uncompressed Graphic Downloads
    139
  - Advanced GRAPHIC Format Conversion for Programmers
    139
    
    Save Compressed Graphics to FLASH (D133)
    140
    
    Save Compressed Graphics to RAM (D107)
    140
    
    Binary Compression Algorithm
    141
    
    Uncompressed FONT to RAM (^D104)
    141
  - Graphic Image Data Format
    142
  - Figure 6-1 ASCII-HEX Conversions
    142
  - Downloadable Graphics Commands
    144
- Chapter 7: Downloadable Fonts
  
  145
  - FLASH Data Types
    145
  - RAM Data Types
    145
  - Using the Font Conversion Utilities
    145
    
    Compressed Binary Commands
    146
    
    Sfp2Mic.exe Program
    146
    
    Ttf2Mic.exe Program
    146
    
    Save Compressed FONT to FLASH (D135)
    147
    
    Save Compressed FONT to RAM (D127)
    147
    
    Uncompressed FONT to RAM (^D104)
    147
    
    Save FONTS to FLASH (^D135)
    148
    
    Font Structure
    149
  - Downloadable Font Command Summary
    150
- Chapter 8: Bar Codes
  
  153
  - Types of Bar Codes
    153
    
    Universal Product Code - Version a (UPC-A), TCI 12
    153
    
    Universal Product Code - Version E (UPC-E), TCI 13
    153
    
    Code 3 of 9 (Code39), TCI 16
    154
    
    Interleaved 2 of 5 (I2 of 5), TCI 15
    154
    
    Table 8-1 UPC-E Zero Reduction Format
    154
    
    Universal Product Code (UPC-E, Send 6 Digits), TCI 14
    154
    
    European Article Numbering System 13 (EAN-13), TCI 20
    155
    
    European Article Numbering System 8 (EAN-8), TCI 21
    155
    
    GS1 Databar, TCI 35
    155
    
    Modified Plessey (MSI 1), TCI 24
    155
    
    Modified Plessey (MSI 2), TCI 25
    155
    
    Modified Plessey (MSI 3), TCI 26
    155
    
    Figure 8-1 GS1 Databar Omni-Directional
    156
    
    Figure 8-2 GS1 Databar Truncated Sample
    156
    
    Figure 8-3 GS1 Databar Stacked Sample
    156
    
    GS1 Databar Omni-Directional
    156
    
    GS1 Databar Stacked
    156
    
    GS1 Databar Stacked Omni-Directional
    156
    
    GS1 Databar Truncated
    156
    
    Figure 8-5 GS1 Databar Limited Sample
    157
    
    Figure 8-6 GS1 Databar Expanded Sample
    157
    
    GS1 Databar Expanded
    157
    
    GS1 Databar Limited
    157
    
    How to Print an GS1 Databar Barcode
    157
    
    Figure 8-7 GS1 Databar Sample Label FORMAT
    158
    
    Postnet (ZIP+4), TCI 36
    158
    
    Maxicode, TCI 38
    159
    
    Postnet (ZIP+6), TCI 37
    159
    
    Code 128 (Automatic Compression), TCI 40
    161
    
    Table 8-2 Maxicode Control Code Equivalents
    161
    
    Code 128 (Manual Compression), TCI 41
    162
    
    Figure 8-8 Code 128 Subset Switching
    162
    
    Codabar (Rationalized), TCI 42
    163
    
    Code 93, TCI 43
    163
    
    Pdf-417, Tci 46
    163
    
    Figure 8-9 PDF-417 Sample Format #1
    165
    
    Table 8-4 PDF-417 Error Correction Level
    165
    
    Datamatrix, TCI 47
    166
    
    Figure 8-10 PDF-417 Sample Format #2
    166
    
    Intelligent Mail Barcode, TCI 48
    170
    
    Figure 8-11 Intelligent Mail Barcode Bars
    171
    
    Planet Code, TCI 49
    172
    
    Ucc/Ean 128, Tci 50
    173
    
    UCC/EAN Text Information, TCI 51
    177
  - Bar Code Rotation
    177
  - Bar Code Human Readable Text
    178
  - Figure 8-12 Bar Code Rotations
    178
- Chapter 9 Code
  
  179
  - Figure 8-13 UPC-A Text/Extended Bars
    179
    
    Character Sets
    181
    
    Code
    181
    
    Figure 9-1 Code Page - Default
    182
    
    Danish Code Page
    183
    
    Figure 9-2 Code Page - Danish
    183
    
    Code Page
    184
    
    Code Page
    185
    
    Figure 9-4 Code Page - Spanish
    185
    
    Spanish Code Page
    185
    
    Figure 9-6 Code Page - German
    187
    
    German Code Page
    187
    
    Code Page
    188
    
    Code Page
    189
    
    Figure 9-8 Code Page - Swiss
    189
    
    Swiss Code Page
    189
    
    Figure 9-10 Code Page - French
    191
    
    French Code Page
    191
    
    Code Page
    192
    
    Code Page
    193
    
    Figure 9-12 Code Page - Swedish
    193
    
    Swedish Code Page
    193
    
    Figure 9-14 Code Page - Italian
    195
    
    Italian Code Page
    195
    
    British Code Page
    196
    
    Figure 9-15 Code Page - British
    196
    
    Figure 9-16 Code Page - USA
    197
    
    USA Code Page
    197
- Chapter 10 Printer Maintenance
  
  199
  - Maintenance Schedule
    199
  - Thermal Printer Cleaning Card
    199
  - Table 10-1 Recommended Maintenance Schedule
    199
  - Figure 10-1 Releasing the Printhead Assembly
    200
  - Figure 10-2 Rotate the Printhead Assembly to the Open Position
    200
  - Internal Cleaning
    201
  - Figure 10-3 Remove the Cleaning Card
    201
  - Print Head Maintenance
    202
  - Figure 10-4 Internal Cleaning
    202
  - Figure 10-5 Cleaning the Print Head
    203
  - Figure 10-6 Releasing the Print Mechanism
    203
  - Replacing the Drive Roller
    203
  - Figure 10-7 Cutter or Tear Assembly Mounting Screw
    204
  - Figure 10-8 Removing the Platen
    204
  - Figure 10-9 Cutter or Tear Assembly Mounting Hook
    205
  - Adjusting Printhead Pressure
    205
  - Figure 10-10 Narrow Media Light Spring Setting
    206
  - Figure 10-11 Wide Media Heavy Spring Setting
    206
    
    Troubleshooting Tips
    207
    
    General Index
    209
    
    Limited Warranty
    213
List of Figures

215

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