Specifications

P4T/RP4T User Guide
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Printer Preparation
Connecting the
Printer
Radio Regulatory
Information
RP4T Printers
Maintenance Troubleshooting Specifications Appendices Index
P4T Overview
Manual
Introduction
Wireless Communications
Wireless Communications with Bluetooth
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“Bluetooth” is a worldwide standard for the exchange of data
between two devices via radio frequencies. Bluetooth radios are
relatively low powered to help prevent interference with other de-
vices running at similar radio frequencies. This limits the range of
aBluetoothdevicetoabout10meters(about32feet).
Both the printer and the device it communicates with must follow
the Bluetooth standard.
BluetoothNetworkingOverview
EachBluetoothenabledP4TseriesprinterhasauniqueBluetooth
DeviceAddress(BDA)loadedintoitsradiomodulewhenmanu-
factured.
Bluetoothsoftwareisalwaysrunninginthebackground,readyto
respondtoconnectionrequests.Onedevice(knownasthemaster
ortheclient)mustrequestaconnectionwithanother.Thesecond
device(theslaveortheserver)thenacceptsorrejectstheconnec-
tion.ABluetoothenabledP4Tseriesprinterwillnormallyactas
aslavecreatingaminiaturenetworkwiththeterminalsometimes
referred to as a “piconet.”
For the most part, communications using Bluetooth are initiated
and processed without any operator intervention.
P4TSeriesprinterscanbeequippedwithbothaBluetoothand
an802.11b/gradio,allowingcommunicationswithbothBluetooth
enableddevicesandaWirelessLocalAreaNetwork(WLAN)(see
discussionbelow).
Wireless Local Area Network Overview
P4TSeriesprinterscanbeequippedwithseveralradiooptions
whichusetheindustrystandard802.11borgWLANprotocols.
• P4TSeriesWirelessNetworkPrinterswiththeZebra802.11b/g
WLAN radiomodule can be identied by the Product Con-
gurationCode(PCC)ontheserialnumberlabelontheback
of the printer. Printers with this option will have a “K” as the
seventh character of the PCC Code. Printers with this option
mayalsobeidentiedbytheFCCID:TBDon printers built for
the North American region.
• P4T printers  with both an 802.11b/g WLAN radio and a
Bluetooth radio running in the same unit are considered to be
dual radio devices. Printers with this option will have an “A”
as the seventh character of the PCC Code.
 RP4Tmodelprinterscannotbeconguredwiththe802.11g/
Bluetoothdualradiooption.
 DualradioequippedP4TunitswillhaveaBluetoothradioFCC
ID“T.B.D.”and802.11bCompactashradioFCCID“T.B.D.”.
TheFCCIDnumbersandotherregulatoryinformationforboth
radios are also located on the serial number label of printers
built for the North American region.
 RefertoAppendixDofthismanualformoreinformationon
locatingtheProductCongurationCode.
Printersequippedwitheitherofthe802.11b/gradiooptionsallow
wirelesscommunicationasanodewithinaWLANanditswireless
capabilitiesallowcommunicationsfromanypointwithintheWLAN’s
perimeter.P4TprintersequippedwiththedualBluetooth/802.11b/g
WLAN radiocongurationcanbelinkedtobothaWLANanda
Bluetoothnetworksimultaneously.
Methods of establishing communications to P4T Series print-
erswillvarywitheachLANapplication.Generalinformationon
establishing WLAN communications can be found in either the
”CPCLProgrammersManual”orthe“QuickStartGuideforMobile
Wireless Printers” both available on-line at the Zebra Web site
www.zebra.com/manuals.MoreinformationandLANcongura-
tionutilitiesmayalsobefoundinZebra’sLabelVista™program
(version2.8andlater).ThelatestversionofLabelVistamaybe
downloaded from Zebra’s Web site.
Setting Up the Software
P4T Series printers use Zebra’s CPCL Programming language
whichwasdesignedformobileprintingapplications.CPCLisfully
described in the ”CPCLProgrammersManual”,availableon-line
at the Zebra Web site.
You can also use LabelVista™,Zebra’sWindowsbasedlabelcre-
ation program which uses a graphical interface to create and edit
labelsintheCPCLlanguage.
AllP4TSeriesprinterssupportaninterpreterfortheZPLIIpro-
gramminglanguage.RP4Tprinters(withRFIDencoding/reading
capabilities)usetheZPLprogramminglanguage’sextensivesetof
RFIDcommands.
IfyouplantouseZPLII,refertotheappropriateProgramming
Guides available on-line from Zebra’s Web site.
If you have a printer with wireless capabilities, you can refer to
the “Wireless Configuration Guide.” also available on the Zebra
web site.
If you choose to use a third party label preparation system, follow
theinstallationinstructionsincludedinthepackage.