User guide
Table Of Contents
- Printer Operation
- Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Appendix A – Printer Configuration
- Appendix B – Using the Serial/USB Interface
- Appendix C – Using the IrDA® Interface
- Appendix D – Using the Bluetooth® Interface
- Appendix E – Using the Wi-Fi® Interface
- Appendix F – Additional Setup Features
- Appendix G – Printer Setup Menu Summary
- Appendix H – Mobile Setup Utility
- Appendix I – Control Panel Setup
- Appendix J - Power Considerations
- Appendix K – Print & Font Samples
- Appendix L – Specifications
- Glossary of Terms
Printer Operation
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Unique DP-550 Features
Dascom DP-550 Series printers support many unique features not found in other manufacturer’s printers. This
includes multiple printer language emulations, generous logo storage capacity, downloadable fonts, and the
ability to automatically print headers, footers, and promotional information. A brief description of some of
these features follows. For more detailed information, please refer to the DP-5XX Programmer’s Manual.
Printer Control Language Emulation
In addition to Dascom’s own printer control language, DP-550 printers emulate languages supported by many
other popular mobile printers. In many cases, this allows the DP-550 to be a drop-in replacement for those
other printer models in a variety of applications.
The table below provides examples of various brands of printers and applications, and suggests the printer
control language emulation setting that would most likely produce the desired output. To set the emulation
chosen, please refer to the appendix that applies to the printer interface that you will be using in your
application.
Printer Replaced Type of Application Suggested Emulation
Receipt Or Ticket Printing CPCL Zebra QL Series
Label Printing ZPL-II
Zebra RW Series Receipt Or Ticket Printing CPCL
Zebra Cameo Series Receipt Or Ticket Printing CPCL
Zebra Encore Series All CPCL
Zebra PA/PT Series Label Printing ZPL-II
Comtec Printers All CPCL
Zebra Desktop (Selected Models) Label Printing ZPL-II
O’Neil Microflash Series ALL ONeil
Extech (All) All Mt3
Advanced Label Printing IPL Intermec (Selected Desktop Models)
Other Label Printing ESim
Intermec Mobile (Oem O’Neil Models) All ONeil
Toshiba Tec Desktop (Selected Models) Label Printing TEC
Monarch Desktop (Selected Models) Label Printing MPL
Figure 9 - Printer Emulation Application Chart
Abundant Logo Storage
1MB of flash memory is available to store multiple logos and other graphic images permanently in the printer.
This speeds up the printing procees by allowing these images to be printed as often as needed without having to
retransmit the graphic image each time.