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MODEL 428T DIRECT THERMAL PRINTER OPERATOR’S MANUAL PART NUMBER: 880037-0141 September 16, 2013 CPC Copyrigh

vi 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 10.5 Replacing the Drive Roller 10-5 10.6 Adjusting Printhead Pressure 10-7 CHAPTER

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-26 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 5.2.1.8 Software Switch #8 ^AB ^D COMMAND XX 28 Change SW8: Soft

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-28 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 7 Reflective Stock Out Detection: When this feature is enabled, the pri

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-30 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 address in not reachable on your network, you will need to change the IP

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-32 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Printer Model Dots/Inch D79 value 224 203 448 224 300 640 324M 203 64

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-33 pri

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-34 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Entering General Purpose Status Byte Mode Sending the “Enable General Pur

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428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 vii Introduction The Model 428T prin

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-36 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 2. The Host then sends the printer the ^D149 command followed by the raw

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-37 ^A

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-38 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 number of writes, Flash memory does have a maximum number of writes so th

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-39 det

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-40 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 receives. The auto-size command uses the appropriate sensors to detect t

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-41 Whe

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-42 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 5.5.1 AutoLoad + Form Feed This command is useful to load media without

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-43 for

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-44 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A1250^D120 ^A ^D COMMAND 121 Top of Form Command. This command initi

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-45 ^A

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-46 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A ^D COMMAND XX 51 Load Y Direction Offset (OFY): The ^Axx specifies

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-47 ^A

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-48 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A ^D COMMAND 60 Clears Command ^D61 XX 61 Mark Text Starting Pos

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-50 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A ^D Command X 115 Set Cutter Type 0 No Cutter 1 Guillotin

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-51 Not

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-52 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 118 Home Cutter: When this command is issued, the printer will cycle th

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-54 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 The printer may be configured through software switch #2 (^D22 command) t

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-55 ^Ax

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 1-1 Chapter 1: Printer Specifications 1.1 General Specifications Width* 8.5” (216 mm) Height* 11.7”

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-56 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Sample format saved to RAM slot #1: ^A1^D130 ^D57 5,1280,900,19,38,7,

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-57 EX

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-58 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Hint: After the FONT file has been deleted, the ^D119 command may be us

Chapter 5 Printer Commands 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0140 5-59 Lab

Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-60 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A ^D COMMAND X 113 Verbose Mode: 0 Disable Verbose Mode 1 Enab

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-62 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A ^D COMMAND X 159 Brownout Reporting: A brownout condition is a sag

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 6-1 Chapter 6: Downloadable Graphics The printer allows the user to download their own GRAPHICS and store

Downloadable Graphics Chapter 6 6-2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 6.3.1 BMP2MIC.exe GRAPHIC Conversion Utility Procedure 1.

Chapter 6 Downloadable Graphics 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 6-3

Printer Specifications Chapter 1 2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 1.3 Media Specifications Media Types Continuous, die-cut

Downloadable Graphics Chapter 6 6-4 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 6.5.1 Save Compressed Graphics to RAM (D107) The following

Chapter 6 Downloadable Graphics 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 6-5 6.5

Downloadable Graphics Chapter 6 6-6 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-bit data connections. This command is usable on data con

Chapter 6 Downloadable Graphics 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 6-7 req

Downloadable Graphics Chapter 6 6-8 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 6.7 Downloadable Graphics Commands The following commands

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 7-1 Chapter 7: Downloadable Fonts The printer allows the user to download their own fonts and st

Downloadable Fonts Chapter 7 7-2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 The following section details the process required to convert and downlo

Chapter 7 Downloadable Fonts 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 7-3 7.4.1.1 Save Compressed FONT to RAM (D127) The following is the format of

Downloadable Fonts Chapter 7 7-4 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 The following is the format of the ^D104 command when used for a GRAPHIC

Chapter 7 Downloadable Fonts 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 7-5 beginning of the file. So the ^D135 command is never sent by itself, it’s

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 2-1 Chapter 2: Features and Options 2.1 Fonts  7 (203 DPI) smooth bitmapped alpha-numeric fonts from 6p

Downloadable Fonts Chapter 7 7-6 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 (Word is a 16-bit value, Byte is an 8-bit value, and Label is a location

Chapter 7 Downloadable Fonts 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 7-7 ^A ^D COMMAND 100 Clear User RAM: This command clears all downloadable

Downloadable Fonts Chapter 7 7-8 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-1 Chapter 8: Bar Codes The purpose of this chapter is to provide information pertaining to the unique req

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 SYMBOLOGY DECODED NUMBER X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 0 NS X1 X2 0 0 0 0 0 X3 X4 X5

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-3 spacing, Code39 will allow custom inter-character spacing as long as the maximum

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-4 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8.1.11.1 GS1 Databar Omni-Directional The GS1 Databar Omni-Directional is used t

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-5 Figure 8-4 GS1 Databar Stacked Omni-directional Sample 8.1.11.5 GS1 Databar

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-6 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Valid values for parameters Type of GS1 Databar barcode: 0 = Omni-directional 1 =

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-7 8.1.13 Postnet (ZIP+6), TCI 37 Postnet is a numeric-only symbology that is commo

Features and Options Chapter 2 2-2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 2.4 Special Features  USB 1.1  Easy print head cleaning  Tool

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-8 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 [)>#1e01#dYYPPPPPPPPP#1dCCC#1dSSS#1dA..A#1dB..B#1dC..C#1e#04 Where: #1e is th

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-9 DATA STRING CONTROL CODE ASCII NAME HEX VALUE #00 Control @ NUL 00 #01 Con

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-10 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 possible to force a subset change by inserting the appropriate code while in aut

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-11 Subset A This subset contains 106 unique characters, which includes numbers 0 th

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-12 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ECC_Level<CR> Aspect_Ratio<CR> This format is then followed by the

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-13 ECC# Number of Error Correction Codewords 0 2 1 4 2 8 3 16 4 32 5 64 6 12

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-14 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Sample Format #2: ^D77<CR> :PDF-417 bar code data<CR> entered

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-15 ^D2 A Data Matrix ^D3 NOTE: MULTIPLYING THE BARCODE GENERATED. The barcode gene

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-16 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Symbol Size Numeric Capacity Alphanumeric Capacity Binary Byte Capacity 120 x 12

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-17 E- Edifact 63 ASCII plus un-latch char 6 Table 8-6 Data Matrix Encoding Sche

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-1 Chapter 3: Getting Started 3.1 Unpacking and Inspection The printer has been packaged in protect

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-18 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 235 Upper Shift (shift to Extended ASCII) 236 05 Macro 237 06 Macro 239 Latc

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-19 Figure 8-11 Intelligent Mail Barcode bars TYPE FIELD DIGITS E

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-20 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Sequence Number The Sequence Number is a 9-digit field. For Destination Confirm,

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-21 Command Syntax: ^D176 Rotation Planet Code String EXAMPLE: ^D176 3 <-------

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-22 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 AI Content Format 00 SCC-18 n2+n18 01 SCC-14 n2+n14 10 Batch or Lot Numbe

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-23 AI Content Format 333(***) Depth Thickness, Height or 3rd Dimension, Meters, L

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-24 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 AI Content Format 410 Ship To (Deliver To) Location Code Using EAN-13 n3+n13

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-25 Several Application Identifiers (00, 01, 22, and 8003) specify fields that will

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-26 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ROTATIONS<CR> ^D3<CR> Figure 8-12 Bar Code Rotati

Chapter 8 Bar Codes 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8-27 The Text/Extended Bar TCI’s generate the human readable text and extended bars t

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Figure 3-2 Printer Rear Panel 3.2 Printer Power T

Bar Codes Chapter 8 8-28 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9-1 Chapter 9 Code Page Switching 9.1 What is Code Page Switching? There are 256 numeric codes used on the

Code Switching Chapter 9 9-2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9.3.1 Code Pages The Default Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5-8) = 00

Chapter 9 Code Page Switching 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9-3 9.3.2 Danish Code Page The Danish Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5-8)

Code Switching Chapter 9 9-4 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9.3.3 860 Code Page The 860 Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5-8) = 001

Chapter 9 Code Page Switching 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9-5 9.3.4 Spanish Code Page The Spanish Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5-8

Code Switching Chapter 9 9-6 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Figure 9-5 Code Page - 850

Chapter 9 Code Page Switching 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9-7 9.3.6 German Code Page The German Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5-8)

Code Switching Chapter 9 9-8 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9.3.7 865 Code Page The 865 Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5-8) = 011

Chapter 9 Code Page Switching 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9-9 9.3.8 Swiss Code Page The Swiss Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5-8) =

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-3 3.3.1 RS-232 Serial Cables The printer uses a standard through serial cable,

Code Switching Chapter 9 9-10 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Figure 9-9 Code Page - 852

Chapter 9 Code Page Switching 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9-11 9.3.10 French Code Page The French Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5-8

Code Switching Chapter 9 9-12 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9.3.11 863 Code Page The 863 Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5-8) = 1

Chapter 9 Code Page Switching 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9-13 9.3.12 Swedish Code Page The Swedish Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5

Code Switching Chapter 9 9-14 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Figure 9-13 Code Page - 437

Chapter 9 Code Page Switching 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9-15 9.3.14 Italian Code Page The Italian Code Page is selected when SW4 :(5

Code Switching Chapter 9 9-16 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9.3.15 British Code Page The British Code Page is selected when SW4:(5

Chapter 9 Code Page Switching 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 9-17 9.3.16 USA Code Page The USA Code Page is selected when SW4:(5-8) = 111

Code Switching Chapter 9 9-18 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 10-1 Chapter 10 Printer Maintenance 10.1 Maintenance Schedule It is important to note that the optimum pr

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-4 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 If there is an available Internet connection, Windows will silently connect

Printer Maintenance Chapter 10 10-2 428T Operator’s Manual- 880037-0141 A thermal printer card is the quickest and easiest way to clean the pr

Chapter 10 Printer Maintenance 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 10-3 4. Re-latch the printhead assembly, hold the printer, and slowly pul

Printer Maintenance Chapter 10 10-4 428T Operator’s Manual- 880037-0141 Figure 10-4 Internal Cleaning 10.4 Print Head M

Chapter 10 Printer Maintenance 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 10-5 Figure 10-5 Cleaning the Print Head 10.5 Repla

Printer Maintenance Chapter 10 10-6 428T Operator’s Manual- 880037-0141 2. Release the Print Head Assembly and rotate to the open position.

Chapter 10 Printer Maintenance 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 10-7 5. Replace the assembly with a new platen assembly making sure that

Printer Maintenance Chapter 10 10-8 428T Operator’s Manual- 880037-0141 Figure 10-10 Narrow Media Light Spring Setting

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 11-1 Chapter 11: Troubleshooting 11.1 Troubleshooting Tips The printer fails to turn “ON” and the statu

Troubleshooting Chapter 11 11-2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 The status indicator light is solid red in color:  The printer has an

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 12-1 Index General Index ^D100

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-5 3.5 Parallel Communication Interface The printer may be configured with a st

12-2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^D35 Adjust Contrast Window ...

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 12-3 Bar Code Symbologies...

12-4 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 DOSCanadaF ...

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 12-5 WEB ...

12-6 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Reverse Video ...

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 12-7

12-8 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Figure 8-3 GS1 Databar Stacked Sample ... 8

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 12-9 Figure 10-8 Removing the Plate

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428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 12-11

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-6 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 To change or configure the IP address, first click to highlight the XPOT-03

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428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-1 Appendix Appendix A: Limited Warranty Microcom Corporation printers, excluding thermal print head

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428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-3 Appendix B: RMA Procedure Return Material Authorization (RMA) Procedure A Return Material Authoriz

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428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-5 Appendix C: ^D Command Summary 5 NULLS + 01: The 5 NULL method commands are a way to pass commands

13-6 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 provides a temporary switch into binary compression mode without having to have the printer configured

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-7 ^AB ^D COMMAND 21 Software Bank Switch #1: A non-volatile command used to set the various funct

13-8 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^AB ^D COMMAND 24 Software Bank Switch #4: A non-volatile command used to set the various functions

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-9 ^AB ^D COMMAND 26 Software Bank Switch #6: A non-volatile command used to set the various functions

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-7 The next screen prompts you to confirm your selection by pressing the Assign

13-10 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^AB ^D COMMAND 28 Software Bank Switch #8: A non-volatile command used to set the various functio

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-11 ^A ^D COMMAND XX 42 Load Label Width in dots (LSX): The ^Axx specifies the value. XX 43 Load La

13-12 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A ^D COMMAND X 63 Text Mode Control: Allows the entry of new text without the ^D2 command and/or

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-13 ^A ^D COMMAND 80 Clears Command 86, 88, and 89 81 Disable Serial Number Function: This command

13-14 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A ^D COMMAND X 94 Set Slice Buffer Size: Sets the size of the slice buffer memory that is

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-15 ^A ^D COMMAND XX 102 Full Cut Interval: Instructs the printer when to issue a Full Cut. The defaul

13-16 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A ^D COMMAND X 109 Serial Port Source (volatile) 0 RS-232 1 USB 2 Ethernet X 110 Gener

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-17 ^A ^D COMMAND XX 120 AutoLoad Delay Selection: The AutoLoad Delay is the amount of time, in Milli

13-18 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 ^A ^D COMMAND xxyy 135 Save FONTS to FLASH: This command is used to save font’s into the printe

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-19 configuration stored in this location. The command may be sent along with the ^A1^D143 command

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-8 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Turn the printer ON with the print button pressed and held in. Release the

13-20 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 direction by the X amount, specified in dots. ^A ^D COMMAND X 155 Set Feed Speed: Sets the feed

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-21 21 525 22 550 23 575 24 600 25 625 ^A ^D COMMAND X 158 Set

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428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-23 Glossary Alphanumeric - A term used to identify characters consisting of letters, numbers, and ot

13-24 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 DTR (Data Terminal Ready) - A status signal used to provide information about the status of the comm

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-25 RTS (Request To Send) - A status signal from the host PC (DTE) to the printer (DCE) indicating when the

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428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 13-27 Appendix D: User Notes _________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-9 Set the COM parameters up for 115200,n,8,1 and Hardware flow control and sel

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-10 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Pin 1 - DR1 Pin 3 - DR2 Pin 2 - DO 3.7 Cash Drawer Option The printer pro

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-11 Figure 3-4 Selecting the Windows Printer Driver After s

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-12 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4. Right click on the driver and select “Properties”.

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-13 Figure 3-7 Driver Ports Menu Figur

Proprietary Statement This manual contains information proprietary to Microcom Corporation. This information is intended solely for the use of par

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-14 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 The “Options” tab sets the media width, height, print speed, darkness of c

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-15 The “Advanced Tab” is used to configure the post printing operations, regist

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-16 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3.9.2.1 Stock Types The “Stocks” tab is used to define stock types that a

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-17 3.9.2.2 Custom Commands The Custom Commands tab provides a way to insert da

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-18 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3.9.2.3 Import/Export Settings The driver provides a way to Export or Imp

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-19 Click the Next button to continue. You will see a screen similar to thi

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-20 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Click “Continue Anyway” if this dialog box pops up. The next step is

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-21 Select the FINISH button to complete the installation process. The Micopt

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-22 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 This is a Micoptions configuration window sample.

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-23 The Form Setup may be used

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-24 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Select and send commands

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-25 The Internal Parameters se

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-26 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Product Printhead Width 203 or 300 dpi Dot2Gap Value 203 dpi 324M 640

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-27 You will also need to create form sizes that match the media you are using w

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-28 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 If we were printing any files they would be listed here. From the Print

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-29 Now select Advanced… Select the Paper Size (form si

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-30 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Press the Print Test Page and see a sample printout. M

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-31 -i - vertically invert the image before printing -f<confi

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-32 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 -6 - error opening output file -8 - error opening output file - binary for

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-33 IF ERRORLEVEL -20 GOTO LabelN20 IF ERRORLEVEL -21 GOTO LabelN21 IF ERRORLEVE

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 i Table of Contents INTRODUCTIO

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-34 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 GOTO END :LabelN11 echo IMAGE COMPRESSIOM NOT SUPPORTED GOTO END :LabelN12

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-35 :LabelN42 echo POST-PRINT COMMAND STRING ERROR GOTO END :LabelN43 echo POST-

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-36 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Figure 3-15 Loading Media 3.12 Print Button and S

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-37 3.12.1 Print Button Operation Description Printing a label Press the Pri

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-38 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3.13 Printer Modes The printer has four primary modes of operation. The

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-39 Solid AMBER A printed tag/label is waiting to be taken by the operator when

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-40 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Figure 3-17 Status Label (Examples) 3.14 TOF Sensor The TOF Sensor is

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-41 Figure 3-18 TOF (Top-Of-Form) S

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-42 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3.15 Media Roll Holder Option The printer may be configured with an optio

Chapter 3 Getting Started 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3-43 3.16 Wristband Media Adapter Option When 1” wide wristband media is being u

ii 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3.13.4.1 Entering Diagnostic Mode ...

Getting Started Chapter 3 3-44 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-1 Chapter 4: Designing Labels Using LDS Label Design Software (LDS) refers to the control language re

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 4-2 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Figure 4-1 HyperTerminal™ Window Example

Chapter 4 Designing Labels with LDS 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-3 information needed to define the different properties of the media

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 4-4 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Microcom Corporation Thermal Printing Solutions 012345 Th

Chapter 4 Designing Labels with LDS 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-5 While the maximum number of dots in the horizontal or “X” direction

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 4-6 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 means that a total of five format fields are to be generated. I

Chapter 4 Designing Labels with LDS 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-7 PRINT SPEED DPS VALUE MM PER SECOND INCHES PER SECOND INCHES PER MI

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 4-8 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 For example: Imagine a receipt format that contains 100 lines.

Chapter 4 Designing Labels with LDS 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-9 For media that has a LSY value less than the D2G parameter value in

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 iii CHAPTER 5 PRINTER COMMANDS 5-9

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 4-10 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4.4.10 OFX (Offset X Direction) HFM, LSX, LSY, WEB, GAP, DPS,

Chapter 4 Designing Labels with LDS 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-11 4.6 Label Format Fields The Label Format Fields are used to defin

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 4-12 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4.6.1 TSN (Text String Number) TSN, XB, YB, CC, TCI, CGN, FO

Chapter 4 Designing Labels with LDS 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-13 TCI VALUE TCI DESCRIPTION 1 Regular Text (standard embedded fon

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 4-14 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4.6.6 CGN (Character Generator Number) TSN, XB, YB, CC, TCI,

Chapter 4 Designing Labels with LDS 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-15 Standard Downloadable Font Set CGN VALUE POINT SIZE FONT TYPE 10

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 4-16 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Standard Downloadable Font Set CGN VALUE POINT SIZE FONT TYPE 5

Chapter 4 Designing Labels with LDS 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-17 * These Symbols must use the CMX or CMY multipliers by 2 to produ

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4 4-18 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4.6.9 CMX (Character Multiplier X Direction) TSN, XB, YB, CC,

Chapter 4 Designing Labels with LDS 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 4-19 2 Fixed / Non-proportional Character Spacing 3 Fixed / N

iv 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 5.11 View Printer Configuration and Statistics 5-53 5.12 Memory Commands 5-53 5.13

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428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 5-9 Chapter 5 Printer Commands The printer has a large and versatile collection of control commands to meet

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-12 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 Table 5-1 STL Status Responses Text Mode Response Byte Mode Response

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-14 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 0 = Accept Incoming Control Codes 4 Port #1 Parity Selection: Sets

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-16 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 3 Response After Print: If enabled, an enquiry response will be sent thr

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-18 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 If this function is disabled, pressing the print button clears the error

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-20 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 1 = Enable >STOCK NOT LOADED< response 0 = Disable >STOCK NOT

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Printer Commands Chapter 5 5-24 428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141 8 = g/p output 4 - Format loaded All outputs are active high. 24.0 VDC =

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