Operator`s manual

48-466 Operators Manual
Table of Contents
List of Tables .................................................................v
List of Figures .................................................................v
Introduction ...................................................................1
CHAPTER 1: FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ...................................3
1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES
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3
1.2 BAR CODES .....................................................3
1.3 FONTS
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4
1.4 PRINTING ........................................................4
1.5 INTERFACE COMMUNICATIONS
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4
1.6 PHYSICAL .......................................................4
1.7 ENVIRONMENT
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4
1.8 ELECTRICAL .....................................................5
1.9 APPROVALS
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5
CHAPTER 2: BASIC OPERATION
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7
2.1 FRONT PANEL SWITCHES AND STATUS LIGHTS ......................7
2.1.1 NORMAL MODE
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7
2.1.2 STATUS LABEL MODE .......................................7
2.1.3 PAPER-OUT MODE .........................................8
2.2 THE STATUS LIGHTS AND SOUNDS
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9
2.3 LOADING PAPER .................................................9
2.4 CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS
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9
CHAPTER 3: COMMUNICATIONS
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11
3.1 CABLE PINOUT ..................................................11
3.2 PRINTER CABLES
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12
CHAPTER 4: DESIGNING LABELS USING LDS
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13
4.1 CONTROL CHARACTERS .........................................13
4.2 GETTING STARTED
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13
4.2.1 PC CONNECTION (SERIAL) ..................................13
4.2.2 PC CONNECTION (PARALLEL)
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14
4.2.3 LEARNING LDS ............................................14
4.3 FORMATTING LABELS: AN OVERVIEW
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15
4.4 LABEL HEADER .................................................17
4.4.1 A SAMPLE SESSION (HEADER)
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21
4.5 LABEL FIELDS ...................................................21
4.5.1 BIT MAPPED TEXT, BAR CODE, AND DOWNLOADED FONT/GRAPHIC
FIELDS ...................................................21
4.5.2 LINES
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28
4.5.3 A SAMPLE SESSION (FIELDS) ...............................30
CHAPTER 5: PRINTER COMMANDS .............................................31
5.1 SPECIAL PRINTER CONTROL CODES ..............................31
5.2 PRINTER ENQUIRIES
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32
5.3 SENDING ^D PRINTER COMMANDS .................................33
5.3.1 SOFTWARE DIP SWITCHES AND NON-VOLATILE COMMANDS
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34