Microcom 466 Manuel de l'opérateur

MODEL 466THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTEROPERATOR'S MANUALPart Number 880015-0213- Revised: March 21, 2001 MSG -Centronics is a registered trademark of D

Features and Specifications Chapter 1466 Operators Manual41.3 FONTS! Bitmapped fonts (normal/bold and OCR-A and OCR-B)! Converted HP LaserJet™ or True

Chapter 1 Features and Specifications466 Operators Manual 51.8 ELECTRICAL! Voltage: 117 VAC nom.,60Hz! Current: 3 AMPS maximum1.9 OPTIONS! Cutter! I

Features and Specifications Chapter 1466 Operators Manual6466 PrinterFront ViewFigure 1466 PrinterRear ViewFigure 2

466 Operators Manual 7CHAPTER 2: BASIC OPERATION2.1 UNPACKING THE 466 PRINTERWhile unpacking the printer, please check all packing materials closely t

Basic Operation Chapter 2466 Operators Manual8created, the software dip switches are temporarily set to defaults. The printer will return to theold se

Chapter 2 Basic Operation466 Operators Manual 92.4 THE STATUS LIGHTS AND SOUNDSThe status lights have different functions depending upon the mode of t

Basic Operation Chapter 2466 Operators Manual10Printer Feed MechanismFigure 52.5.1 NORMAL AND TAG/TEAR MODESPlace the label roll on the internal su

Chapter 2 Basic Operation466 Operators Manual 11Narrow Label AdjustmentFigure 7Print Head Adjustment ScrewFigure 62.7 CLEANING INSTRUCTIONSThe printer

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466 Operators Manual 13CHAPTER 3: COMMUNICATIONSThe 466 can be interfaced to PC's, mini-computers, main frames, and special purposemachines. It i

Communications Chapter 3466 Operators Manual143.2 PRINTER CABLESWarning: Connection of a serial 466 to a parallel port may result in damage to the pri

466 Operators Manual 15CHAPTER 4: DESIGNING LABELS USING LDSLabel Design Software (LDS) refers to the software resident in the printer used to deciphe

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4466 Operators Manual16Note: COM1 may be any available communications port on your PC. C:>MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P

Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS466 Operators Manual 174.3 FORMATTING LABELS: AN OVERVIEWA label format consists of a header record and field reco

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4466 Operators Manual18Microcom LabelFigure 8

Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS466 Operators Manual 194.0 OR 800 DOTS LSX3.0 OR 600 DOTS LSYFEED DIRECTIONX BEGINNING.0625Y BEGINNINGTHIS IS 0,

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4466 Operators Manual20Refer to Figure 9 for a visual representation of most header parameters.The following is a d

Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS466 Operators Manual 21Print SpeedDPS VALUE MM PER SECOND INCHES PER SECOND INCHES PER MINUTE000102030405060708091

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4466 Operators Manual22LCB LABEL CONTROL BYTEThis parameter selects between the various gap detection methods.Norma

Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS466 Operators Manual 23OFY Y DIRECTION OFFSETThis parameter moves all the fields in the Y direction without changi

466 Operators ManualTable of ContentsList of Tables ... vList of Figures ...

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4466 Operators Manual244.5 LABEL FIELDSA field is broken down into many different parameters. These parameters cont

Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS466 Operators Manual 25TCI TEXT CONVERSION IDENTIFIERThis parameter determines what form the text string will be p

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4466 Operators Manual26CGN CHARACTER GENERATOR NUMBEREMBEDDED FONTSThe following is a list of the character sets an

Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS466 Operators Manual 27EMBEDDED BAR CODESMany bar codes can be printed with various ratios and character spacing o

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4466 Operators Manual28FJ FIELD JUSTIFICATIONThis parameter defines the justification of each field on the label.0

Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS466 Operators Manual 29string will not multiply the spacing between characters. This element should be used toprop

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4466 Operators Manual30CONSTANT FIELDThis field is always defaulted.CONSTANT FIELDThis field should be set to a val

Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS466 Operators Manual 314.5.3 A SAMPLE SESSION (FIELDS)Looking at the sample label...^D57?5,812,1218,,20,35?1,19

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466 Operators Manual 33CHAPTER 5: PRINTER COMMANDSThe 466 printer has a large and versatile collection of control codes to meet the special needsof la

466 Operators Manual4.5.3 A SAMPLE SESSION (FIELDS) ... 31CHAPTER 5: PRINTER COMMANDS ...

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual34^H (DEL) Deletes the last printable character entered: This is usually only used whencommunicating to

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 35load data or control numbers and are preceded by a ^AXX, where XX represents the data orcontrol numbe

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual36^A ^D COMMAND21 Change SW1: Change software switch bank #1. The software switch banks usea ^AB sequenc

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 37^A ^D COMMAND 22 Change SW2: Change software switch bank #2. 12345678 ^ABxxxxx

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual38^A ^D COMMAND 23 Change SW3: Change software switch bank #3. 12345678 ^ABxx

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 39^A ^D COMMAND24 Change SW4: Change software switch bank #4. 12345678 ^ABxx

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual40^A ^D COMMAND25 Change SW5: Change software switch bank #5. 12345678 ^ABxxxxxxxx

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 41^A ^D COMMAND26 Change SW6: Change software switch bank #6. 12345678 ^ABxxxxxxx

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual425.3.2 PRINTING COMMANDSThe following commands initiate label printing or define the number of label

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 43^A ^D COMMANDXXX 76 Load Delay Time Between Printed Labels: Delays the printing between labelsin a ba

Table of Contents466 Operators ManualList of TablesStatus Light ... 9Serial Port Configur

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual44^A ^D Command39 Auto-Size Label: 0 Clears the use of auto-size values set by ^A1^D39. 1 Uses the val

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 455.3.4 REAL-TIME CLOCK ^A ^D Command30 Change Clock: Use the sequence below to set the time and dat

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual46^A ^D Command31 Show Clock: This command will send the date and time to the serial port.Sample formats

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 475.3.5 SERIAL NUMBER COMMANDSThe following commands, ^D80 through ^D89, refer to the serial number

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual48^A ^D CommandXX 75 Load Label Count: Tells the printer to print a batch of labels using the serialnum

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 495.3.6 SAVING FORMAT COMMANDSThe printer has the capability to store up to 128 label formats in pri

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual50File #1^D100? ;Erase all previously stored files.^A1^D59? ;Load the following data to slot #1^D57? ;St

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 515.3.7 LABEL PRESENT SENSOR CONTROLThe optional label present sensor gives the printer the ability

Printer Commands Chapter 5466 Operators Manual52^A ^D CommandXX 95 Load User Defined Steps for Label to Advance: Used in conjunction withtag/tear, pee

Chapter 5 Printer Commands466 Operators Manual 53XX 64 Auto Print String Count: ^A tells the printer how many text strings to acceptbefore printing.

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466 Operators Manual 55CHAPTER 6: DOWNLOADABLE GRAPHIC IMAGESThe 466 printer has 255 slots available for storing fonts or graphics. Existing graphic i

Downloadable Graphic Images Chapter 6466 Operators Manual56<rotation> <count> <image data>Where:<slot number> is a slot number

Chapter 6 Downloadable Graphic Images466 Operators Manual 57If a string of more than 255 0h or FFh bytes occurs, the byte-plus-count sequence may bere

Downloadable Graphic Images Chapter 6466 Operators Manual58The 466 font structure consists of commands, a header, a look-up table, a characterdescript

Chapter 6 Downloadable Graphic Images466 Operators Manual 59F0F0F0F0F0 5 bytes Middle row of imageF0F0F0F0F0 5 bytes Middle row of imageF0F0F0F0F0 5 b

Downloadable Graphic Images Chapter 6466 Operators Manual606.3 DOWNLOADABLE GRAPHICS COMMAND SUMMARYThe following commands refer to the use of downloa

466 Operators Manual 61CHAPTER 7: DOWNLOADABLE FONTSThe 466 is capable of storing up to 255 downloadable fonts. The printer treats downloadablefonts j

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466 Operators Manual 63CHAPTER 8: BAR CODESAlthough bar codes are accessed in the same manner as text fields, bar codes often limit orexpand the type

466 Operators ManualIntroductionThe Model 466 is a Direct Thermal or Thermal Transfer label printer with a high resolution (832dots or 8 dots/mm), 4.0

Bar Codes Chapter 8466 Operators Manual64Universal Product Code - Version E (UPC-E, send 7 digits), TCI=14TCI 14 is the same as TCI 13 except that onl

Chapter 8 Bar Codes466 Operators Manual 65Data String Control Equiv. ASCII Name Hex Value#00 control-@ NUL 00#01 control-A SOH 01#02 control-B STX 02#

Bar Codes Chapter 8466 Operators Manual66PPPPPPPPP is the nine-digit numeric US Postal Code. (If using a 5-digit postal code, the last4 digits must be

Chapter 8 Bar Codes466 Operators Manual 67consume half as much space as they would using Subsets A or B. If TCI 40 is selected, theprinter will automa

Bar Codes Chapter 8466 Operators Manual68number_of_columns<CR>rotation<CR> ;in degrees (0, 90, 180, 270 only)ECC_percent<CR> ;error

Chapter 8 Bar CodesAI Content Format466 Operators Manual 6920 Product Variant n2+n221 Serial Number n2+an..2022 HIBCC - Quantity, Date, Batch and L

Bar Codes Chapter 8AI Content Format466 Operators Manual70362(***) Gross Volume, Quarts n4+n6363(***) Gross Volume, Gallons n4+n6364(***) Volume,

Chapter 8 Bar Codes466 Operators Manual 71character, which is specified by UCC/EAN-128 as the variable-length field terminator. The "#6"is n

Bar Codes Chapter 8466 Operators Manual72Program sample: Bar codes in four rotations (See Figure 11)^D57?9,814,609?1,410,30,11,1,4,,4?2,410,100,11,1,2

Chapter 8 Bar Codes466 Operators Manual 738.2.1 BAR CODE HUMAN READABLESText conversion identifiers (TCI position in field description) 32 and 33 r

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466 Operators Manual 75REVERSE VIDEOReverse Video SampleFigure 16CHAPTER 9: SPECIAL EFFECTS9.1 REVERSED PRINT (WHITE TEXT OVER BLACK)The 466 has the

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466 Operators Manual 77CHAPTER 10: OPTIONSThe 466 printer has many options available to enhance the performance of the printer. Contactyour sales repr

466 Operators Manual78APPENDIX A: WARRANTY AND REPAIR PROCEDURESLIMITED WARRANTYMicrocom Corporation printers, excluding thermal print heads which are

Appendix A Warranty and Repair Procedures466 Operators Manual 79RETURN MATERIAL AUTHORIZATION (RMA) PROCEDUREA Return Material Authorization (RMA) num

466 Operators Manual80APPENDIX B: QUICK REFERENCE COMMAND SUMMARYThe following is a list of HEADER element mnemonics and the default values:HFM,LSX,LS

Appendix B Quick Reference Command Summary466 Operators Manual 81The following is a combined list of all TCI (Text Conversion Identifier) numbers: 1

Quick Reference Command Summary Appendix B466 Operators Manual82^A ^D Command 2 Text string entry mode: Precedes the text strings that are supplied to

Appendix B Quick Reference Command Summary466 Operators Manual 83^A ^D COMMAND 22 Change SW2: Change software switch bank #2. 12345678

466 Operators Manual 3CHAPTER 1: FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONSThe Model 466 Direct Thermal / Thermal Transfer printer is designed with many standardfeat

Quick Reference Command Summary Appendix B466 Operators Manual84^A ^D COMMAND24 Change SW4: Change software switch bank #4. 12345678

Appendix B Quick Reference Command Summary466 Operators Manual 85A ^D COMMAND26 Change SW6: Change software switch bank #6. 12345678

Quick Reference Command Summary Appendix B466 Operators Manual8640 Clear Commands 41-51.XX 41 Load number of fields in layout (HFM): Preceded by ^A.XX

Appendix B Quick Reference Command Summary466 Operators Manual 8763 Text Mode Control: Section 5.3.8. 0 Disable 1 & 2. 1 Enable auto-print mode 2

Quick Reference Command Summary Appendix B466 Operators Manual88XX 88 Load Field Number to Increment by 1: For multiple serial numbers.XX 89 Load Fiel

Appendix B Quick Reference Command Summary466 Operators Manual 89102 Allocate XX amount of blocks for PDF Memory: The remaining blocks will beallocate

466 Operators Manual90APPENDIX C: HARDWARE DIP SWITCHES (on rear panel)Hard Switch 1123456 78xxxxxx xx ****** *.) Parallel Board Jumper Status (Must b

466 Operators Manual 91Index^A 33, 36-49, 51-53, 55, 57, 60, 61, 82-84, 86-89^B 33, 52, 82^C 16, 33, 82^D 33, 34, 36-49, 51, 52, 60, 61, 82-85^E 16, 3

466 Operators Manual92Label Header 16, 19, 20, 23, 43, 44Label Size X Direction 20Label Size Y Direction 20Line Feed 8, 10, 37, 38, 83Offset 22, 23, 5

466 Operators Manual 93Notes__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________