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1. Region and Language pee Formats Location Keyboards and a gt Welcome screen and new user accounts View and copy your international settings to the welcome screen system accounts and new user accounts Py Copy settings Tell me more about these accounts Language for non Unicode programs This setting system locale controls the language used when displaying text in programs that do not support Unicode Current language for non Unicode programs English United States Region and Language Settings rete Select which language system locale to use when displaying text in programs that do not support Unicode This setting affects all user accounts on the computer Current system locale English United States X Azeri Cyrillic Azerbaijan Azeri Latin Azerbaijan Bashkir Russia Basque Basque What is system locale Belarusian Belarus Bosnian Cyrillic Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Latin Bosnia and Herzegovina Breton France Bulgarian Bulgaria Catalan Catalan m Chinese Simplified Singapore Chinese Traditional Hong Kong S A R Chinese Traditional Macao S A R Chinese Traditional Taiwan Corsican France Croatian Croatia Croatian Latin Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Czech Republic Danish Denmark Dari Afghanistan Dutch Belgium Dutch Netherlands English Australia Figure 8 Changing
2. ONLINE Indicator Printer is offline and or in error state The printer can receive data while offline On The printer is online and ready to process data Blinking Printer is processing data FEED Key Printer advances media one label length if online PAUSE Key Toggles printer between online and offline mode 20 LED Indicators LEDO State Indication O O O O OOOO O O POWER oo Printer power is turned off Printer power is turned on Off On Printer is offline or error occurred ONLINE iaa Off On Blinking Printer is receiving data Oft Primerisofine Printer is online STATUS aa Printer is in error state Blinking Head Open Paper Jam Out of Paper Ribbon Errors Cutter Error Printhead Overheat Calibration Error Special Power Up Key Combinations To simplify operation a few functions can be performed by holding down certain keys at power up Key Combination Function 0 FEED Key Printer will power up and print a test page Printer will power up and by default force Auto Calibration PAUSE Key regardless of the configuration option See Chapter 5 Media Sensor tab on page 71 FEED PAUSE Keys Printer will reset to its factory default parameters Clearing Data from the Buffers This product does not have a CLEAR key or method of clearing the data within the internal buffers Turn the printer off on to clear the buffer Setting Up the Printer 1 Place the printer on a flat
3. e tis possible that two different emulations would have overlapping commands Setting a specific emulation forces the data to be analyzed solely by that emulation e lttakes more time for data to be analyzed serially by three emulations For example if the host applications are exclusively in EGL data analysis is faster when the Active Emulation is set to EGL e PGL is the only emulation capable of printing straight text If a job included text outside of a form setting the Active Emulation allows PGL to print the data as text Control of how that text is processed can be specified via the PGL tab along with Advanced Settings PGL Text Printing If the user does not want to change the existing setting close the Emulation Setup window and no change will take effect 99 100 RTC Setup Real Time Clock T2N printers include a Real Time Clock RTC that can be set by the user and used from within the applications depending on the emulation s capability to use RTC The procedure to set the current time is as follows 1 Click the RTC Setup button under Printer Function The values shown in the fields will be the current clock setting in the printer See step 1 in Figure 26 Click Get System Time This will populate the fields based on the current time of the PC running the Configuration Utility See step 2 in Figure 26 Printer Function E Calibrate Sensor RTC Setup 2012 e RTC Setup aS Day
4. Factory Default button in the Printer Function section restores the printer configuration to the Factory Configuration The exception is the network parameters which can only be set to their default values within the Interface tab by clicking the Network Default button Parameter Values Two different forms of input for Printer Configuration options are as follows e Drop down parameters Drop down menus El provide the user with a valid range of selections and can be stored in the printer configuration by performing a Set operation e Free form parameters Free form parameters allow the user to enter any value in any format even if a range is specified However if the input does not conform to the correct format or range it may be ignored or modified by the printer when performing the Set operation IMPORTANT Ensure that all changed values are accepted by performing a Set operation followed by a Read operation Unit Preference mm or inch Figure 12 illustrates how unit selection operates Based on inch or mm selection applicable parameter values within the Printer Configuration section or other sections will change accordingly measured in inches or millimeters The unit of measure shown to the right of the parameter values will also change accordingly The Media Sensor Tab is mostly affected by this selection Unit fe inch HELF Jer Command Toal Advanced f mm
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6. Product option feature User Dealer Factory options options options decia E E E a A E a RS 232C Pin Configuration lo iia i a Kd MINE Ki AI N C Printer Specifications 286 mm W x 259 mm H x 484 mm D 11 26 in W x 10 20 in H x 17 09 in D Physical dimensions Internal switching power supply Electrical Input AC 100 240V 50 60 Hz Output DC 24V 3 3A Environmental condition Operation 5 40 C 41 ae 104 F 20 85 non condensing Storage 40 60 C 40 140 F 10 90 non condensing 12 Print Specifications Print Specifications 203 dpi models 300 dpi models Printhead resolution 203 dots inch 8 dots mm 300 dots inch 12 dots mm Printing method Thermal transfer and direct thermal Dot size 0 125 x 0 125 mm 0 084 x 0 084 mm width x length 1 mm 8 dots 1 mm 11 8 dots Print speed 2 3 4 5 6 ips 2 3 4 5 6 ips inches per second Max print width 104 mm 4 10 in Max print length 2 512 mm 99 in 1 223 mm 48 in Ribbon Specifications Ribbon length 450 meter 1476 feet Ribbon core inside diameter 25 4 MM 1 in Ribbon width Max 110 mm 4 33 in Min 40 mm 1 575 in Ribbon wound type 13 Media Specifications Media alignment Edge alignment Label roll capacity 203 2 mm 8 in OD Media wound type Printing face outside wound Media type Continuous die cut black mark fanfold notch Media width label liner Max 118 mm 4 6 i
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8. PRINTRONIX T2N User s Manual This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright No part of this document may be reproduced copied translated or incorporated in any other material in any form or by any means whether manual graphic electronic mechanical or otherwise without the prior written consent of Printronix Printronix makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding this material including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Printronix shall not be held responsible for errors contained herein or any omissions from this material or for any damages whether direct or indirect incidental or consequential in connection with the furnishing distribution performance or use of this material The information in this manual is subject to change without notice COPYRIGHT 2013 PRINTRONIX INC Trademark Acknowledgements CG Triumvirate is a trademark of Agfa Corporation CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed font is under license from the Monotype Corporation Printronix and T2N are trademarks of Printronix Inc Windows Is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Table of Contents o te ep tcerssence aa acer ade ioctendia acl e cen 9 POGUE FOVET VION xia Geer eee eee er ter ide 9 APPICAMONS irradia A AS AAA AAA AAA AA AAA AA
9. 42 fault handling 37 fault identification 37 Fault Recovery 39 identify fault 37 ribbon wrinkles 46 Trunc Dyn Data 86 Unpacking Printer 15 UPC Descenders 87 Upgrade Firmware 104 USB Connection 62 USB Setup 78 Utility 118 Var Form Adjust 85 Var form Type 85 Version Number Configuration Utility 58 Vert Image Shift 73 Vertical Adjust 87 Vertical Density 92 Warranty Information 125 Limited Software Product 126 Web Setup 82 ZGL Character Sets 121 ZGL Tab 88 Character Group 89 Character Sets 89 Cl22 Command 91 Command Prefix 89 Delimiter 89 DG Command 91 FB Width Adjust 91 Host Form Length 90 Ignore JU Cmd 91 Ignore LH Cmd 91 Ignore MD SD Cmd 92 Ignore MN Cmd 92 Ignore PR Cmd 91 Label Buf Size 91 Label Format 90 Label Prefix 89 Left Position 90 Orientation 89 Print Direction 89 Resolution Mode 90 Storage Select 92 Top Position 90 Vertical Density 92 ZPL Compatible 89 ZPL Compatible 89 147 148 149 257226 001B
10. 6 54 inch 0 00 inch 0 00 inch 10 00 inch 0 00 inch 0 1 sec Disable Disable Enable Gap 6 Automatic 0 13 inch 0 00 inch 6 54 Auto Calibrate rh Calibrate Sensor File Edit Format View Help r2n configuration 3 gt 001 Active Emulation 002 VERSION 003 SERIAL NO 004 DPI ATC Setup 005 CUT COUNT 006 PRINT USAGE 007 PRINTHEAD USAGE i j 008 FLASH Show Configuration 000 tole 010 P 011 Media Sensor Print Test Page 012 Print speed 013 Print Density 3 014 Media Handling Reset Printer 015 Print Mode 016 Label width 017 Label Length Factory Default 018 Horz Image Shift 019 Vert Image Shift 020 Max cal rer ka 021 Tear Off Adjust Cut Fwd Cut Rev 022 Label wait Time 023 ar 024 Fault Reprint Job Capture 025 Clip page 026 Media Sensor 027 Sensor Intensit Ignore AUTOFR 028 Threshold Detection 029 Gap Size 030 Gap Offset Password Setup 031 Sensed Distance 032 Power Up Action 4 Firmware Upgrade nm Figure 27 Show Configuration Saving this file allows administrators to review and store the configuration as a receipt once the setup procedures are completed Another benefit is that this file can be sent to the Printronix Customer Support center upon request if there is a problem Print Test Page The Print Test Page button in the Printer Function section forces the printer to print a test page that consists of a grey print test pattern followed by the current configuration The c
11. Greek 869 EURO UNIS 1 Turkish Code Page 853 INFO Turkish Win CP 1254 Code Page 857 Azeri Figure 43 PGL Character Groups and Sets 120 ZGL Character Sets This section illustrates the character groups and character sets available in ZGL Within the ZGL tab the option Character Group selects the active group of character sets The Character Set option can be used to choose from amongst the sets as shown below Character sets with the asterisk represents the factory default for the given Character Group Character Group ZGL Standard Sets Arabic Sets Cyrillic Sets European Sets Greek Sets USA 1 ASMO 449 Code Page 866 Latin 2 8859 2 DEC 256 Greek USA 2 ASMO 449 Cyrillic CP 437 Code Page 852 ELOT 928 Greek UK ASMO 708 Cyrillic CP 113 Mazova Greek 3 Holland ASMO 708 Cyrillic 8859 5 Kamenicky ABY Greek Denmark Norway MS DOS CP710 ISO 915 Roman 8 ABG Greek Sweden Finland MS DOS CP720 Code Page 855 PC 437 Slavic ELOT 927 Greek German Sak CP714 Cyrillic 7 Bit Slavic 1250 Greek 851 France 1 Aptec CP715 Ukrainian Code Page 865 Greek 437 France 2 CP 786 Bulgarian Code Page 860 Greek 8859 7 Italy IBM CP864 Latin 1 8859 1 Spain IBM CP1046 Latin 5 8859 9 Miscellaneous Arabic Lam One Latin 9 8859 15 Japan Arabic Lam Two Polish POL1 IBM CP 850 CP 858 EURO UTF 8 Win CP 1252 Win CP 1250 Hebrew Old Data Gen Turk Hebrew New DEC Turksh Hebrew DEC IBM Turkish Latin 1 Hebrew Siemens Turki
12. However when Media Handling is set to Cut the distance set for Tear Off Adjust will be added to each form when being presented to the cutter The range is 0 1 to 60 0 seconds and the factory default is 0 1 second Mirror This option will mirror any image when enabled The mirror effect is such that the last column is printed first and the first column is printed last The options are as follows e Disable factory default No mirroring takes place The image prints normally e Enable The image effect is used Fault Reprint This option determines how the printer handles data that was printing when an error occurred e Disable factory default The printer will not reprint the label that was printing when the error condition occurred e Enable The printer reprints the label that was printing when the error condition occurred 73 74 Clip Page This option determines how the printer handles Label Length values that are larger than actual label length or Sensed Distance when using gap or black mark media This option has no effect when the Label Length parameter is less than the actual label length This option is illustrated in Figure 14 e Enable factory default When the Label Length value provided by the user or application is greater than the actual label length the printer clips the excess image to fit the label The excess image is now lost and the following label can be used to print subsequent images e Disabl
13. Print GOA UA o dd aos 41 Common PON a a Oat Ae hs gees Ac 42 Mechanism Fine Adjustment to Avoid Ribbon Wrinkles cooocccoccccoccconccnncncnncnnnncnnns 46 Mantenance ini 49 Replacing the Platen Roller Assembly coocccocccoccconccoccconcconcconcconocononononanonanonanonanonon 51 Replacing the Printhead ASSEMDI ccccsecccseeccseeceuceceeeceuceceueeceeecsuseseeeseeeessueeseeesseess 54 CS OMMIO UA IOM Uesi e el ae tout acl 57 ACCO O a e isla die asco 97 System Requirements vespa di ciao 57 INS TAMING Ine APpliCa ON nc 58 LAUNCHING ne ADPIC AMO Nuria a 58 version ANID ON sc arcsec ctetactcs tect a T eo oet atin de sateen 58 AA O a oases Aes 59 Language Selecto Msusi as 60 EOONIMteSiacen ara io 61 Testihe COACCI N is 63 Printer GOMTGUFAOM alioli 63 FUE ICS O Malasia tdt 64 GOMMOUTATIOM OVERVIEW aan 65 Basic Gontiguration CONTO siccscacccietec2uitseieecde E 65 Parameter Valle Snina 66 UnitPrelerence IN OMI CM estilo tci 67 GOMNGUrAtIONS as MESA e ais cod od 68 Compatibility Challenges oooccccccncoccnncconnnccnnnccnnnnnnnnnonnnnnonnnnnnnnnnonnnnonrnnnnncnnnos 68 Media Sensor Tabu csi IA AA iia e 71 Mtera Tasa 77 DS di Yeanisadatcapatats Ueansaus sanntsdeteanwaiatnanstceeteanvuesxaenataase 78 senal RS 232 5 Diners 78 A Aneta ere aera ee E E E O ne Mennne ere een nee nne eee men ete eee eee 79 Ethernet COnne ction cccccccccececececcccccccececcccacecececcaeacecetaccaeauec
14. SEZ FT zz NY LY ee Elements Printhead Cleaning Pen Turn the power off Clean the platen roller when changing a new Rotate the platen roller and wipe it label roll Platen Roller thoroughly with 100 ethanol alcohol and a cotton swab or a lint free cloth 49 Tear Bar Peel Bar Use a lint free cloth with 100 ethanol Clean as needed alcohol to wipe the tear bar peel bar Wipe the exterior with a damp cloth Clean as needed Brush or vacuum the interior Clean as needed CAUTION Do not touch the printhead to avoid getting fingerprints on it If unavoidable use ethanol alcohol or a thermal printhead cleaning pen to clean the printhead Use 100 ethanol or 99 7 Isopropyl alcohol DO NOT use rubbing alcohol which can damage the printhead 50 Replacing the Platen Roller Assembly 1 Open printer media cover 2 Push the deck lock lever to raise the pivoting deck 3 Remove screw and the lower front cover Lower Front Cover 51 52 5 Disengage the platen left side bushing tab from the printer Left Side Bushing Tab 6 Remove the platen bushing and old platen roller assembly 7 Replace the platen roller assembly sd Platen Roller Assembly Right Side s Bushing 8 Reassemble the parts in reverse order For regular labels For thick labels 0 06 mm 0 00236 in to on mae o a 0 19 mm 0 0075 in thick 0 28 mm 0 011 in thic IMPORTANT Ensure that both the left and right si
15. Version PrintHead Usage Serial No Printer Usage 82 Calibrate Sensor Active Emulation RIC Setup Print Test Page Reset Printer Factory Default Cut Fwd Cut Rev Ignore AUTOFR Password Setup Printer Status Ready Get Status Print Speed Print Intensity Media Handling Print Mode Label Width Label Length Horz Image Shift Vert Image Shift Faper Jam Distance Tear Off Adjust Label Wait Time Mirror Tear Of Strip Transfer 4 10 6 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 10 Disable Fault Reprint Clip Page Cut Label Count Media Sensor Sensor Intensity Threshold Detection Disable Size Disable Offset sensed Distance Power Up Action Head Auto Cal Max Cal Length Figure 18 T2N Webpage Disable Enable 0 Disable 2 Automatic 0 00 0 00 inch 6 00 inch Auto Calibrate Enable 10 00 PGL Tab PGL Setup options and the factory default settings are shown in Figure 19 Media S ensor Interface PGL HL EGL Orientation Potrat Print Direction Head Fist Character Group Standard Sets Character Set asch Select SFCC 126 1 255 Host Form Length Enable Var Form Type Add Nothing War Form Adjust o mas Forms Handling Disable w Do FF at TOF Enable Ext Execute Copy Disable Boundary Check Disable Ignore Mode Ignore Char Skip Cmd Prete Trunc Dyn Data Slash DO UPC Descenders C39 Compatible 275 Selection Select 50 Char Vertical Adjust FGL Diagnostics St
16. interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Any change or modification to this product voids the user s authority to operate it per FCC Part 15 Subpart A Section 15 21 regulations Printronix T2N Energy Star Tested To Comply With FCC Standards Canada This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 and RSS 210 Cet appareil num rique de la classe A est conforme a la norme NMB 003 et RSS 210 du Canada Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause interference and 2 this device must accept any interference including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device Korea SA e IAA 2 50 LE NAMA ASS 139 CE Notice European Union Marking by the CE symbol indicates compliance of this Printronix system to the EMC Directive and the Low Voltage Directive of the European Union Such marking is indicative that this Printronix system meets the following technical standards e EN 55022 Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics of Infor
17. l DG Command Graphic Format ZPL Compatible ZPL vr C122 Command Unicode Data Command Pretiz 126 1 255 Ignore JU Crd Disable Label Pretix CA 255 Ignore LH Crd Disable Delimiter CO 515 Ignore PA Crd Disable gt Host Form Length Enable Ignore MOSD Crd Disable Lett Position o Ignore MA Ernd Enable Top Position o Vertical Density ETS DPI Resolution Mode Ful Storage Select SE bal Figure 21 ZGL Setup Orientation Orientation describes the rotation of the image relative to the Print Direction option e Portrait factory default Represents 0 degree rotation e Landscape Represents 90 degree rotation e Inv Portrait 180 degrees rotation e Inv Landscape 270 degrees rotation As shown in Figure 20 page 84 text is placed at the origin according to its Orientation setting PGL has its own independent setting for Orientation Print Direction Print Direction defines Portrait relative to the direction of feed e Head First Feeds Portrait elements first e Foot First factory default Feeds Portrait elements last as shown in Figure 20 page 84 Character Group and Character Sets This menu item selects the character set used by the printer Changing the Character Group automatically changes the available selections in the Character Sets menu Character Groups and Sets are shown in the ZGL Character Sets section page 121 ZPL Compatible This menu allows you to select the compatibility mode for ZG
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19. secure surface 2 Ensure the power switch is off 3 Plug the power cord into the AC power cord socket at the rear of the printer then plug the power cord into a properly grounded power outlet 4 Connect the printer to the computer interface with the appropriate cable 21 Ribbon Installation Loading Ribbon Open the printer media cover Load the ribbon onto ribbon supply spindle and ribbon core onto ribbon take up spindle Push the paper core and ribbon roll to the inboard end of each spindle Ribbon Core Ribbon Take Up Spindle Ribbon Ribbon Supply Spindle 4 Push the deck lock lever back to open the pivoting deck 22 Thread the ribbon under ribbon guide bar and through ribbon sensor slot See page 25 for ribbon loading diagram or refer to diagram on printer media cover Ribbon Leader Ribbon Sensor Ribbon Guide Bar 6 Tape ribbon leader onto ribbon core Keep ribbon wrinkle free Ribbon Leader Ribbon Core 23 24 7 Rotate ribbon take up spindle clockwise 3 to 5 full turns until ribbon is wrinkle free 8 Push both sides of the pivoting deck down to close it ensuring the latches engage properly Note Pressing down only one side of the pivoting deck may result in the pivoting deck opening during printing This can put the printer in an unknown state Be sure to push both sides of the pivoting deck down and verify that the latch is in locked position Ribbon Loading Pat
20. tool interface 61 version number 58 Web Setup 82 ZGL tab 88 Connection COM RS 232 62 Ethernet 62 USB 62 Contents Help 118 Continuous Media Type 98 Corporate Offices Printronix 124 CR Edit 117 CSC 123 Customer Support 118 Customer Support Center 123 Cut Fwd 102 Cut Label Count 74 Cut Mode Load Media 34 Cut Rev 102 Data Bits 78 Define CR Code 117 Define LF Code 117 Delimiter 89 143 Density 93 DG Command 91 Do FF at TOF 85 DRAM File System 112 Drivers 118 EGL Tab 93 Code Page 93 Density 93 Print Direction 93 Reference 93 Error Messages 39 Ethernet Connection 62 80 Ethernet Setup 79 Gateway 79 IP Address 79 IP Assignment 79 MAC Address 79 Printer Name 79 Resetting Network Defaults 80 Subnet Mask 79 Ext Execute Copy 85 Extra Bold Char 116 Factory Configuration Setting 113 Fanfold Media installation 30 Fault Handling 37 Fault Identification 37 Fault Recovery 39 Fault Reprint 73 Fault Status Message 39 FB Width Adjust 91 Features Product 10 File Delete 108 File Download 108 File Format 109 File Information 107 File Manager 106 File Delete 108 File Download 108 File Format 109 File Information 107 File System 112 Firmware Upgrade 104 FLASH File System 112 Forms Handling 85 Front Panel 20 Front View 16 Gap Media Type 98 Gap Offset Black Mark Offset Disable Offset 75 Gap Size Black Mark Size Disable Size 75 Gateway 79 Head
21. 86 UPC Descenders 87 Var Form Adjust 85 Var Form Type 85 Vertical Adjust 87 PGL Text Printing 117 CR Edit 117 Define CR Code 117 Define LF Code 117 Select LPI 117 Pin Configuration RS 232C 12 Platen Roller Assembly Replace 51 Power Up Action 75 Power Up Key Combinations 21 Print Direction 84 89 93 Print Label 102 Print Mode 72 Print Specifications 13 Print Speed 71 Print Test Page 101 145 Printer applications 9 features 10 front view 16 interior view 17 maintenance 49 optional features 12 overview 16 rear view 18 setup 21 specifications 12 standard features 10 unpacking 15 Printer Configuration Configuration Utility 63 Printer Default 102 Printer Functions 95 Active Emulation 99 Calibrate Sensor 96 Cut Fwd 102 Cut Rev 102 Factory Default 102 Ignore AUTOFR 103 Job Capture 102 Print Test Page 101 Real Time Clock Setup 100 Reset Printer 102 RTC Setup 100 Show Configuration 100 Printer Information Configuration Utility 64 Printer Name 79 Printer Status 105 Printhead Assembly Replace 54 Printhead Pressure Adjustment Knobs 35 Printronix Corporate Offices 124 Customer Support Center 123 Supplies Department 123 Problems Common 42 Product Features 10 optional 12 standard 10 Product Overview 9 Real Time Clock Setup 100 Rear View 18 Recovery Fault 39 Reference 93 Replace platen roller assembly 51 printhead assembly 54 Reset Printer 102 Res
22. Shift Set the correct label size If the label size is correct use the Configuration Utility to adjust Horz Image Shift Wrong Label Width size setup Set the correct label size Contact the Printronix Customer Support Center page 123 to request help on unlocking the printer Power off the printer and wait for all LEDs to turn off Power on the printer again See page 46 for more information on ribbon wrinkles Set the density to achieve good print quality Ensure the media width guide just touches the outside edge of the media Clean the printhead Clean the platen roller refer to Chapter 4 on page 49 Turn the printer off and on to exit Job Capture mode Reset the RS 232 setting 45 Mechanism Fine Adjustment to Avoid Ribbon Wrinkles This printer has been fully tested before delivery There should be no evidence of ribbon wrinkles on printed labels Ribbon wrinkle is related to the media thickness printhead pressure balance ribbon film characteristics print darkness setting and more If the ribbon wrinkles follow the instructions below to adjust printer components Adjustable Printer Parts Symptom Wrinkle Example 46 Wrinkle occurs in lower right to upper left direction x WO a ONLY marta T2N K Sp KOES DOO This device complies with k 15o0f1 G Rules Operation is subject to the following two tions 1 This device may not cause harmful interfe and 2
23. System Locale After proper configuration the language selected becomes the default language when the Configuration Utility is launched Tool Interface Tool Interface selection is available as a drop down menu in the upper right corner This option allows you to choose communication l O options with the printer USB the default COM or ETHERNET If the printer is connected to a PC with USB interface launching the application will automatically read the configuration settings from the printer and populate the fields This interface selection may be different from the interface sending print jobs For example a user may want to select USB or COM with a laptop to configure the Ethernet parameters for a live application environment Alternatively the user may prefer USB for both the Tool Interface and the live application Figure 9 shows the Tool Interface section with the Setup window open to configure the selected I O When USB is selected no setup is required For the COM RS 232 serial see Figure 9 for setup options If ETHERNET is selected no setup is required However Ethernet setup within the Interface Tab must be configured Once the Tool Interface type is selected and setup is complete the Configuration Utility is ready to use Tool Interface C mm COM 7 Setup O RS232 Setup USB COM Port i ETHERNET Baud Rate 9600 v Data Bits Bs y Parity None Stop Bits i 0 Flow Control Har
24. V101497 Language Unit Tool Interface English v HELP inch C mm USB v Printer Co nfig uration a gt Printer Configuration File Manager Command Tool Advanced Printer Function Calibrate Sensor Version Active Emulation Serial Nd DPI 203 Printer Usage 2841564 IN File Manager Seno Media SEnsor Interface PaL ZGL EGL Show Configuration Print Spked Fault Reprint Disable y Clip Page Enable v Command Tool Print Test Page Print Intensity Cut Label Count a Handi O ea andea Print Mode Advanced Media Sensor Gap Factory Default Label Width 410 inch Sensor Intensity 14 Cut Fwd Cut Rev Label Length 6 09 inch Threshold Detection Automatic T ETES Horz Image Shift 0 00 inch Gap Size 0 1 3 inch Vert Image Shift 0 00 inch Gap Offset 0 00 inch Ignore AUTOFR Paper Jam Distance 10 00 inch Sensed Distance 6 09 inch Password Setup Tear Off Adjust 0 00 inch Power Up Action Auto Calibrate w E ES Label Wait Time 0 1 sec Head uto Calibrate Enable v Mirror Disable v Max Cal Length 1 0 00 inch Printer Status Ready Get Status Load File Save File PRI NTRON NX Set COM1 9600 N 8 1 RTS 5 30 2013 1 16 43 PM Figure 6 Configuration Utility Components e Language Selection The utility interface is available in different languages English Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean German Spanish French Italian and Portuguese All headings and
25. a ribbon installed Is the Printhead open Make sure the pivoting deck is securely closed on both sides Did the error occur immediately after the calibration procedure If possible resolve the problem immediately using the guidelines shown in the Fault Recovery section on page 39 If the problem is not obvious or if attempts to resolve the problem did not work use the Configuration Utility to confirm the Fault type After establishing connection with the printer see Tool Interface on page 61 click the Get Status button see Figure 5 on page 38 This will confirm the fault type based on Table 2 above 37 T2N Configuration Utility V101D01 Language Unit Tool Interface English HELP fe inch ETHERNET Printer Configuration File Manager Command Tool Advanced Printer Function Printer Configuration Cabale Sendi Printer Information Version T2N2 WTOC 10 Jun 13 373237 Active Emulation Serial No M242230010 DPI 203 Printer Usage 19240 eo Media Sensor Interface PGL ZGL EGL Show Configuration shat Saree 5 IPS Fault Reprint Disable Print Test Page Print Intensity 0 Clip Page Enable Media Handling Tear Off Strip r Cut Label Count Reset Printer Print Mode Transter ss Media Sensor Gap Factory Default Label width 4 00 inch Sensor Intensity 3 Cut Frud Cut Rey Label Length 16 00 inch Threshold Detection Automatic E Horz Image Shift
26. advance media from the present TOF position to the next TOF position upon receipt of an FF command causing a blank form e Disable The printer will not advance media from the present TOF position to the next TOF position upon receipt of an FF command Ext Execute Copy e Disable factory default Dynamic data overlay data etc are not allowed if the optional Form Count parameter number of forms to print is specified as part of the Execute command This setting is GP 100 compatible e Enable Dynamic data overlay data etc are allowed within a form where the Form Count parameter is specified in the Execute command In this case the same form Is printed for whatever the Form Count is Incremental data is not incremented since the printing page is the same The overlay data is only printed with the first form and not on subsequent forms and each form is printed on a separate page 85 86 Boundary Check This option turns on or off the page boundary check for all print elements e Enable factory default When enabled an out of bound error is reported if the print element is out of the page boundary e Disabled When disabled no out of bound error is reported The out of bound print element prints over the page boundary Ignore Mode This parameter instructs the IGP to ignore the character selected under the Select Character menu e Disable factory default The IGP does not ignore any characters e Enable The IGP ign
27. and configure your printer Access You can obtain the Configuration Utility or upgrades in the following ways e From the CD included with the T2N printer Place the CD in your computer and follow the guide e From the Printronix website http www printronix com products drivers aspx e For Configuration Utility upgrades if available click the HELP button and select Utility and Drivers to open a browser to http www printronix com products drivers aspx Download the utility The Configuration Utility is contained in a zip file as part number zip system Requirements System requirements for the Configuration Utility are e 32 bit Windows Operating System Win2K Windows XP Vista Windows 7 e 64 bit Windows Operating System Windows XP Vista Windows 7 e Hard Drive 2 MB Free Note The Configuration Utility is not supported on Linux or Unix systems 57 Installing the Application The Configuration Utility is contained in a zip file as part number zip The zip file will contain four elements 1 Configuration Utility file exe 2 Compiled Help files T2NHelp chm 3 PDF file 72NHelp pdf 4 Readme file txf Installation is not necessary Simply extract the contents of the zip file into the desired directory or location then launch the application exe file IMPORTANT Extract contents of the zip file into the local C directory of your laptop or PC to have access to the automated HELP contents within the Conf
28. code from 0 through 255 to be used in place of SO Shift Out as the control code which allows access for the alternate set of control function characters See the description of the Code 128 barcodes in the PGL Programmer s Reference Manual for details The range is 0 to 255 and the default is 14 Vertical Adjust This option is to adjust printer dpi to expand or shrink the vertical position of graphic elements and the height of the vertical line The factory default is 0 dots The adjustment range is from 20 dots to 20 dots with respect to the current printer dpi 87 PGL Diagnostics This option is to available to select how to handle error conditions with PGL commands and forms when encountered e On factory default Full error checking reported Any element that falls off the current page is reported as an error e Off There is no error checking Graphic elements such as alpha line barcodes etc will be clipped if they are beyond the page boundaries Storage Select This menu allows the user to map the parameter DISK to either the Flash PCB Flash or SD card e DISK PCB Flash e DISK SD factory default ZGL Tab ZGL Setup options are shown in Figure 21 with factory default settings Media Sensor Interface PGL ZOL EGL Orientation Portrait Label Format List Format Y Print Direction Foot First Label Buf Size 720 KE Character Group Standard Sets FB Width Adjust OO date Character Set USAT
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30. configuration parameters are translated numerical values remain the same See Language Selection on page 60 e HELP The HELP button offers easy access to support including help contents with indexing and searching and links for Configuration Utility upgrades HELP content is in English only See HELP on page 118 e Tool Interface The Tool Interface provides options for Configuration Utility communication with the printer This is different from how the printer communicates with the host system in real application environment See page 61 for more information e Printer Configuration first tab The Printer Configuration section supports configuration upload and download performs a number of actions and retrieves printer status Unit options include inch or mm See Printer Configuration on page 63 e File Manager second tab The File Manager section allows you to view upload and download files to and from printer memory devices DRAM FLASH and SD card See File Manager on page 106 59 Command Tool third tab This Command Tool section is for diagnostics and simple tests Users can create simple jobs or load jobs from files and send them to the printer for testing See Command Tool on page 109 Advanced fourth tab The Advanced section provides advanced configuration options including memory allocation scalable font control statistics control and text printing through PGL It is unnecessary to use this section for basic s
31. from the Configuration Utility as well as the LEDs on the actual printer Click the Get Status button to query the printer as desired The table below shows different Printer Status types and compares them with the LED settings Note The Power LED is always ON When a fault has occurred Status LED flashing follow the instructions on page 37 to resolve the fault Press the Feed key to clear the fault o n Ready CS E Printer is online and ready to process jobs Pause OFF OFF The printer is offline and paused Press the green pause button to return back online FLASH The printer is currently processing a job Head Open FLASH Printhead is open FLASH Media is jammed and gap was not detected Media is not present If the printer detects the gap Out of Paper OFF FLASH between two labels are bigger than the gap size the printer reports an Out of Paper error Ribbon End Err FLASH Ribbon is not present Ribbon Encoder Err FLASH oan is not working properly due to a ribbon wrinkle Cutter Error OFF FLASH The cutter is not working properly PrintHead PrintHead Overheat Poe Core FLASH Printhead is hot Calibration Error FLASH Auto calibration has failed due to missing media failure to detect a gap etc 105 IMPORTANT The Get Status query is a command sent to the printer which returns the status information If printer buffer is full or the host lO is otherwise occupied the status may not upd
32. label The actual width of the image is not affected by this parameter The allowable range is 1 00 to 1 00 inch The factory default value is 0 00 inches Vert Image Shift This option specifies the amount to shift an image vertically up toward the leading edge or down toward the trailing edge for precise positioning on the label The actual height of the image is not affected by this parameter The allowable range is 1 00 inch to 12 80 inches The factory default value is 0 00 inches Paper Jam Distance After completing a label this option specifies the maximum distance to search for a gap or mark before declaring a paper jam fault The range is 2 00 to 999 00 inches The recommended distance is 1 5 times the label length of the installed media The default is 10 inches Tear Off Adjust This option represents the distance to advance shift or pull back shift the stop position of a label when Tear Off Strip Peel Off or Cut Media Handling option is selected New set values will take effect on the next print job The allowable range is 1 00 inches to 0 2 inches in 01 inch increments The factory default is 0 00 inches Label Wait Time When Media Handling is set to Tear Off Strip Label Wait Time specifies the number of seconds after printing stops that the printer will wait before it advances media to the tear bar position When Media Handling is set to Continuous Peel Off or Cut Label Wait Time has no effect
33. label element positions in dots per inch For example if the value is 3 and the current form length is 6 inches then 18 dots will be added to element s vertical position The range is 100 to 100 dots inch DPI and the factory default is 0 Resolution Mode The JM command determines the apparent print resolution of the printed label If half resolution mode is selected by the JM command the printed output of a 300 dpi printer matches that printed by a 150 dpi printer half resolution This doubles the size of the label image including label dimensions If full resolution mode is selected the output is printed normally The Resolution Mode option displays and selects the current setting associated with the JM command The factory default is Full Label Format This option is the combination of MC Label Fmt command MC PQ Label Fmt command PQ and IS Label Format command IS on other Printronix thermal products This option selects how those labels should be retained in memory e List Format factory default A display list of print elements graphics text and barcodes is used to store form data Optimized for memory and speed for typical applications The display list is executed rastered for each label printed e Bitmap Format Instead of using display lists forms are kept in memory as bitmaps This can be faster than using the List Format when lots of different print elements are used or the form is compl
34. longest printed element among the 10 dynamic field and the static element defined in CREATE mode For Var Dynamic Len the label length will be based on the longest printed element among the three fields defined in EXECUTE mode and the Static element defined in CREATE mode Var Form Type e Add Nothing factory default When selected no action is taken e Add 0 When selected the form length ends at the longest printed element Same as CREATE filename 0 e Add X When selected the form length is the same as the physical page length the Label Length menu under MEDIA SETUP Same as CREATE filename X Var Form Adjust This specifies an amount in tenths of inches to add to the length of variable length forms Variable length forms use a semicolon at the end of the CREATE command CREATE lt FORMNAME gt 0 Forms Handling This submenu allows the user to handle the form in the following ways e Disable factory default No effect e Auto Eject Automatically moves to the next TOF if the form is in the middle of the page and then ejects a page by performing a form feed FF e Auto TOF Automatically does a form feed FF to the next top of form if the form is in the middle of the page Do FF at TOF This submenu determines whether the printer with media already set at the TOF Top of Form position will advance media to the next TOF position upon receipt of an FF command e Enable factory default The printer will
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36. pO their current values in the printer The Current Reading field is a read only field monitored by the printer for comparison with the set Reading Intensity value Defaults and explanations for these fields are shown in the table bel ith processes for each Media type Set Calibrate P SOEP Prp O omon oemt panoe sein Gap 3 Gap 0 7 This value is to set the emitting intensity of the sensor imensity Mark 0 3 gap sensor or black mark sensor Reading Intensity a ae The emitting intensity for the current reading The reference value to determine whether the Threshold value 512 1023 sensor is seeing the gap label or black mark non black mark Current Reading N A 0 1023 The receiving sensor signal strength This is read only 97 Gap Media Type 1 Change the values for Sensor Intensity Reading Intensity and Threshold Value if necessary 2 Click the Manual Setup button to set up the printer for the manual calibration The message Load Liner and Press Next displays 3 Load the liner close the printhead and press Next The message Load Media and Press Next displays 4 Load the media close the printhead and click Next If successful the same parameters updated in the Auto Calibration process are updated in the Media Sensor tab If unsuccessful the message Can t Calibrate displays Error I 23 Can t Calibrate Black Mark Media Typ
37. pulling down the tabs located on peel off cover 771 2 Install the label roll see page 26 3 Use the Configuration Utility to set the media sensor type and calibrate the selected sensor 4 Pull label through front of printer and peel off a few labels leaving the liner 31 32 5 Feed the liner into the peel off cover slot Peel off Cover Slot 7 Use the Configuration Utility to set the printer to Peel Off mode Peeling will automatically start Press the FEED key to test JE E TIN t a oN ES ie r ES lt f d Li Y Y Y Note Calibrate the gap black mark sensor when changing media 33 Loading Media in Cut Mode Install the label roll see page 26 Thread the media through the paper cutter opening Adjust the media width guide to fit the label width Paper Cutter Opening 4 Close pivoting deck ensuring the latches engage properly 5 Use the Configuration Utility to set the printer to Cutter mode Press the FEED key to test Note Recalibrate the gap black mark sensor when changing media 34 Printhead Pressure Adjustment Knobs Adjust printhead pressure under these conditions 1 Printing with thick media If media thickness is larger than 0 19 mm higher pressure is required to achieve good quality printouts Printing with narrow media lf media width is less than 4 inches wide the printhead pressure must be adjusted to avoid ribbon wrinkles There
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39. the Cutter is unable to turn due to See the Cutter Error recovery Configuration Utility shows jamming procedure on page 39 Cutter Error Printer not printing Cable is not well connected 1 Reconnect cable to interface to serial or USB interface or 2 If using serial cable Ethernet port a Replace the cable The serial port cable pin with pin to pin configuration is not pin to pin connection connected Check the baud rate setting The default setting is 9600 n 8 and 1 3 If using the Ethernet cable a Ensure the Ethernet RJ 45 connector green LED is lit Ensure the Ethernet RJ 45 connector amber LED is blinking Ensure the printer has the IP address when using DHCP mode Wait a few seconds to allow for printer communication with the server then check the IP address setting again Check for the ribbon inked side out placement Reload the ribbon Clean the printhead Check the print density setting The printhead s harness connector is not properly connected to the printhead Turn off the printer and reconnect the plug connector again 43 Memory full FLASH DRAM Unable to use SD card Poor print quality FLASH DRAM is full SD card was inserted after powering printer on SD card is damaged SD card does not insert properly Unapproved SD card in use Ribbon and media are loaded incorrectly Dust or adhesive accumulation on the printhead Print density is not set pr
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41. the data word can be set to 7 or 8 bits and must match the corresponding data bits setting in the host computer The factory default is 8 Parity The options are Odd Even or None The setting must match the corresponding parity setting in the host computer The factory default is None Stop Bit s Sets the number of stop bits in the serial data word Either 1 or 2 stop bits can be selected The setting must match the corresponding stop bit setting in the host computer The factory default is 1 Ethernet Setup Ethernet IP Acsagnenert DHCP Pinter Name LiFe parties MAC Address IP Assignment This item allows you to select the method of how the IP Address and its related parameters will be chosen Users should consult the administrator for the appropriate setting e Static IP The user can choose the appropriate IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address Changing Static IP will cause the printer to reboot e DHCP factory default The IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address will be automatically chosen at power up These selections will be grayed out to indicate they are automatically set Note Changing this option will force a reboot IP Address This item allows you to set the IP Address for the TCP IP protocol The entry should include the four segments each separated by a period e g 10 22 1 18 If the IP Setup is set to DHCP this field is automatically assigned and is read only Subnet Mask Th
42. the head up sensor Ribbon Sensor This menu configures the ribbon out sensor e Enable factory default Enables the ribbon out sensor e Disable Disables the ribbon out sensor Ribbon Encoder This menu configures the ribbon encoder e Enable factory default Enables the ribbon encoder e Disable Disables the ribbon encoder Scalable Font Control This section is for emulations which use scalable fonts PGL and ZGL only EGL does not use scalable fonts Scalable Fort Control Max Font Buffer 11 e 100 KB Max CachedMemay 1800 el KB Max Cached Char iz ow KB Standard Chars M0 0512 Bold Chars aB O 0512 Extra Bold Chars 504 0512 OCRA 40 0512 OCRE 304 0 Tal Characters Diables hal IMPORTANT For most applications the default settings for font memory are acceptable DO NOT change the defaults unless your application requires an uncommon memory configuration Max Font Buffer The maximum amount of DRAM allocated for downloading fonts TrueType Scalable or Bitmap DRAM allocation will not take effect unless you save it in a configuration and the printer is powered up with that configuration The range is 1 to 18 units of 100 Kbytes and the factory default is 11 1100 Kbytes Max Cache Memory The Maximum Cache Memory option specifies the size of the memory block that can be allocated to the font cache The font cache stores bitmaps that are created on demand from the font outlines stored on the printer flash The
43. 10 00 inch Gap Size 10 14 inch Wert Image Shift 10 00 inch Gap Offset 10 00 inch Ignore AUTOFR Paper Jam Distance 10 00 Inch sensed Distance CS inch Password Setup Tear Off Adjust 10 00 inch Power Up Action Auto Calibrate EEE Label wait Time 10 1 ser Head Auto Calibrate Enable Disable 1 0 00 inch Mirror Max Cal Length Printer Status Get Status Load File Save File PRINTRONIX COMI 9600 N 8 1 RTS 8 13 2013 3 01 36 PM Figure 5 Obtaining Printer Status Once the Configuration Utility identifies the fault you can press the FEED Key on the printer to clear the fault See Fault Recovery on page 39 to resolve the issue For Calibration Error Ribbon Err Ribbon End Err or Paper Jam errors verify that the Media Sensor configuration is correct see Media Sensor tab on page 71 Upload the configuration by doing a Read operation If the Read operation times out with a Port Open Error or Data Transmission Error the I O channel may be blocked with a host job In this case cancel the print job on the host reboot the printer and then perform the Read operation again to upload the configuration When the configuration has been uploaded verify it is correct or make changes as necessary and save those changes in the printer using the Set operation If the fault persists refer to Fault Recovery on page 39 to resolve the issue 38 Fault Recovery Once the Configuration
44. 128 KB The factory default is 512 KB 112 Max of Files in DRAM Allows the user to select the maximum number of files to be allocated in the DRAM File System The choices are 128 256 384 and 512 The factory default is 256 Page Memory Emulations use page memory to create images and send them to the engine The amount of memory allocated can have an effect on the maximum Label Length setting in the Media Sensor tab and print throughput This value may increase if users need long labels or reduced if users are printing small labels less than 2 inches in length and want to use the extra memory elsewhere Users can experiment with this value to see how it affects performance The range is 300 KB to 4600 KB in increments of 300 KB with the exception of 2200 KB and 4600 KB The factory default is 2200 KB The page memory size affects the maximum label length The maximum label length with page memory of 2200 KB for 300 dpi printers is 48 inches To print labels longer than 48 inches on a 300 dpi printer change the page memory size Setting the Factory Configuration Upon clicking the Factory Set button a window opens prompting the user to confirm the operation IMPORTANT Be aware that changing File System and Memory settings can affect system performance overwrite the Factory Configuration and reboot the printer Confirm Changing File System and Memory Settings can affect system performance All the files in the file sy
45. 17 File System and Memory This section is used to determine how PCB FLASH and DRAM memory is divided between the file system page memory memory allocated for the emulations to create images and free memory used by the emulations or system to process the job To change these settings select the value from the drop down list and click the Set button to set the value To reset all the settings in File System and Memory click the Factory Set button IMPORTANT The printer must be reset for the settings to take effect These values should only be changed by knowledgeable users If improperly configured printer performance can be adversely affected and possibly render the printer inoperable File System and Memory FLASH File System 2560 KB Max of Fierin FLASH 256 DRAM File System 512 KB Max Files in DRAM 255 Page Memory 2100 KB Faclo Set FLASH File System Allows the user to select the amount of memory in KB to be allocated to the PCB Flash file system The choices are 1280 2560 and 3840 KB The factory default is 2560 KB Max of Files in FLASH Allows the user to select the maximum number of files in FLASH to be allocated to the PCB Flash file system The choices are 128 256 384 and 512 The factory default is 256 DRAM File System Allows the user to select the amount of memory in KB to be allocated to the DRAM file system The range is from 256 to 1024 KB in increments of
46. 5 will be used as the Special Function Control Code SFCC The SFCC denotes that the following data is a PGL command The range is 1 255 and the factory default is 126 Host Form Length Determines how the Label Length see Media Sensor Tab page 71 is affected upon receiving an EXECUTE command e Enable factory default The physical label length will change to match the form length specified in CREATE command The physical label size remains at the new setting until another EXECUTE command is received or the Media Sensor settings are changed e Var Length The physical label length is the longest print element defined in CREATE mode including both static and dynamic elements plus the setting of Var Form Adjust with CREATE NAME 0 e Var Dynamic Len The physical label length will change to the longest print element defined in the form including the dynamic element in EXECUTE mode and the static element in CREATE mode plus the setting of Var Form Adjust with CREATE NAME 0 e Disable Forms printed in EXECUTE mode do not change the physical label size Therefore the size of the form defined in CREATE mode must fit within the current label dimensions or errors may occur Note The difference between Var Length and Var Dynamic Len is for example CREATE NAME 0 If there are 10 dynamic fields defined in CREATE mode but only three dynamic fields are used in EXECUTE mode for Var Length the label length will be based on the
47. A Show Configuration Hour 2 Hour 10 Minute 154 Set pate ES Set Print Test Page B Ski G Cancel e Second lod Cancel Reset Printer RTC Setup Year 2013 Get System Time Month 13 Day 1 Month 10 Figure 26 Real Time Clock Setup 3 Change each field to the time and date desired 4 Click Set to set the clock in the Printer The RTC Setup window closes 5 Click RTC Setup to verify the correct Printer RTC Setting Show Configuration The Show Configuration function in the Printer Function section is useful for storing a complete record of the current configuration parameters loaded in the Configuration Utility When the Show Configuration button is clicked the Windows Notepad application launches with a file named Config txt This file contains the entire configuration including The time at which the configuration was stored Printer configuration section with the printer version serial number and other statistics Each printer configuration tab including Media Sensor Interface PGL ZGL and EGL Advanced Tab settings Note To guarantee this information is consistent with the printer configuration perform a Read operation before the Show Configuration operation Printer Function Config Notepad T2N2 Version V1 00B 01 Oct 12 372611 572662306 2 573620923 F 958617 8 MB 32 MB 5 000000 0 continuous Transfer 4 10 inch
48. A AAA 9 Produc FOUG A puter canna dan ucencanounnndignuceneanounnndagnuceauanouennea go uceruansuemads po uenuanouenadapotd 10 Printer Standard Fe ature iu 10 Printer Optional Features assess 12 AS 2820 Pin GOMNG ULATION ta a cd 12 PENE ce oec0t3 5s asad Aasecec sds O Aiecances Seid Acerca ens Aes 12 Print SOCCHICATIONS src 13 RIDHO SPCCIICAIONS e o oee antes 13 Medid Specifications aseinaan nna aa dto a bach 14 Operations OVEM Med O 15 Unpacking and INSPECCION a ea e LE 15 Unpacking the Printet ostia A E ET A 15 Enter OVENVIOW irruit 16 FrONE VIEW anana a eS 16 MIETO VON gaan tic 17 Rear VOW rasa O O 18 OPE ORAR o o e ee 20 Front Panel ANG O Siurana A EA sao ote 20 lo A emt lal sal ea dd A O E o PO eee et ey Re eee reer ee ee ene eee nee 21 118 o19 110 19 Ext 1 1 21 0 4 PEPA tect chee iene ct eek ae arc Dee A A O 22 LO AGIA Gy RIDDON ss ide di 22 E A aN 26 roading a Label Rol noti dai E IA E REE TEE RENERE 26 Loading Fantold Media coocccoccccccnccccnconcccncnocncncnnnnnnnnonncnnnnnonnnnnonrnnnnnnonrnnnnnnnnnnnoncnnnass 30 Loading Media in Peel Off Mode ooocccoccccccnccncncccnccncnonncnononcnnnnonanononnnnnnnonanonnnncnncnonons 31 Loading Medid IOOC MOOG siesta cdas aaa 34 Printhead Pressure Adjustment KNoDS occccocccccnccocncccnncnonocnnnonononnnnonnrnonanonnnnonannnnnnnnnnnos 35 Troubleshooting picada IAE AAA A IA REE 37 EU e rs Lalo go AP O oo A II O 37 dentingo ANE E es NE o O 37 FAURA COVE atrial baaa 39
49. Auto Cal 76 Head Up Sensor 114 Help 118 About 119 Contents 118 144 Customer Support 118 Drivers 118 Utility 118 Horz Image Shift 73 Host Form Length 84 90 2 5 Selection 87 Identify Fault 37 Ignore AUTOFR 103 Ignore Char 86 Ignore JU Cmd 91 Ignore LH Cmd 91 Ignore MD SD Cmd 92 Ignore MN Cmd 92 Ignore Mode 86 Ignore PR Cmd 91 Indicators LED 21 Installation Configuration Utility 58 fanfold media 30 media 26 ribbon 22 Interface Tab 77 Ethernet setup 79 Serial RS 232 setup 78 USB setup 78 Interior View 17 IP Address 79 IP Assignment 79 Job Capture 102 Print Label 102 Save to File 103 Save to SD Card 103 Keys Front Panel 20 Label Buf Size 91 Label Format 90 Label Length 72 Label Prefix 89 Label Roll loading 26 Label Wait Time 73 Label Width 72 Language Selection Configuration Utility 60 Launch Configuration Utility 58 LED indicators 21 Left Position 90 Load File Configuration Utility 68 Load Label Roll 26 Load Media Cut mode 34 Peel Off mode 31 Load Ribbon 22 MAC Address 79 Maintenance 49 replace platen roller assembly 51 replace printhead assembly 54 Manual Setup 97 Max of Files in DRAM 113 Max of Files in FLASH 112 Max Cache Memory 115 Max Cached Char 116 Max Cal Length 76 Max Font Buffer 115 Media installation 26 Media Handling 72 Media Sensor 75 Media Specification 14 Media Type 96 Media Sensor Control 114 Head Up Se
50. Clip Fage Enable Media Handling Tear OffStip Cut Label Count E Print Mode Transfer Media Sensor Lap Label Width 410 inch Sensor Intensity a Label Length 6 09 inch Threshold Detection Automatic Horz Image Shift 0 00 inch Gap Size 013 inch Vert Image Shift oo inch Lap Offset ooo ooo inch Paper Jam Distance 10 00 inch Sensed Distance 609 inch Tear Off Adjust 0 00 inch Power Up Action Auto Calibrate gt Label Wait Time 0 1 Ser Head Auto Calibrate Enable Mirror Disable Max Cal Length 0 00 inch Load File Save File PRINTRONIX Set Read Figure 13 Media Sensor Setup Print Speed This option specifies the speed in inches per second IPS at which the media passes through the printer while printing The range is 2 to 6 IPS The factory default is 3 IPS for 300 DPI and 5 IPS for 203 DPI Print Intensity This option specifies the level of thermal energy from the printhead to be used for the type of media and ribbon installed Large numbers imply more heat thermal energy to be applied for each dot This has a significant effect on print quality The print intensity and speed must match the media and ribbon type to obtain the best possible print quality and barcode grades The range is 15 to 15 The factory default is 0 71 72 Media Handling This option specifies how the printer will handle the media labels or tag stock e Continuous Printer prints on the media until the print buffer is e
51. Finnish 6 English 7 Dutch 8 French 9 Spanish 10 Italian 11 Turkish 12 CP 437 13 CP 850 14 15 Reserved 16 23 Dwn Overlay 24 31 User Def Arabic Sets ASMO 449 ASMO 449 ASMO 708 ASMO 708 MS DOS CP710 MS DOS CP720 Sakr CP714 Aptec CP715 CP 786 IBM CP864 IBM CP1046 Arabic Lam One Arabic Lam Two Win CP 1256 Farsi 1 Farsi 2 1098 Farsi 1285 Cyrillic Sets Code Page 866 Cyrillic CP 437 Cyrillic 113 Cyrillic 8859 5 ISO 915 Code Page 855 Cyrillic 7 Bit Ukrainian Bulgarian Win CP 1251 Latvian 866 CP 1048 European Sets Latin 2 8859 2 Code Page 852 Mazovia Kamenicky Roman 8 PC 437 Slavic Slavic 1250 Code Page 865 Code Page 860 Latin 1 8859 1 Latin 5 8859 9 Latin 9 8859 15 Polish POL1 Win CP 1250 Win CP 1252 Win CP 1257 CP 858 EURO Lith CP 773 Serbo Croatic 1 Serbo Croatic 2 CP 774 CP 775 ISO 8859 4 Hebrew Sets Turkish Sets DEC 256 Greek Hebrew Old Data Gen Turk ELOT 928 Greek Hebrew New DEC Turkish Greek 3 Hebrew DEC IBM Turkish ABY Greek Latin 1 Hebrew Siemens Turkish ABG Greek Win CP 1255 PTT Turkish ss ELOT 927 Greek IBC Turkish Factory Default Greek 851 Bull Turkish i Greek 437 AS400 Turkish UTF 8 can be used with any font to access all Greek 8859 7 Unisys Turkish of the characters available in that font For a Win CP 1253 NCR Turkish font with the full Unicode set the Andal font is Greek813 EURO PST Turkish available for purchase
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53. L e ZPL I Zebra Programming Language I e ZPL Il Zebra Programming Language Il The factory default is ZPL II Command Prefix This menu allows you to select the prefix for the control instructions command The range is 1 255 and the default is 126 Label Prefix This menu allows you to select the prefix for the format instructions command The range is 1 255 and the factory default is 94 Delimiter This menu allows you to select the delimiter used to separate the parameter of a command The range is 1 255 and the factory default is 44 89 90 Host Form Length This menu chooses between the Label Length parameter under Media Sensor or the host application for the actual label size e Enable factory default Label length will be determined by the LL command if it is present If the LL command is not present it will be based on the Label Length value parameter under Media Sensor e Ignore The LL command is ignored e Disable Label length will be determined by the Label Length value parameter under Media Sensor Left Position The LS command specifies a horizontal offset to be added to all label element positions The Left Position option displays the value specified by the LS command and provides an alternative method for specifying the horizontal offset The range is 1000 to 1000 dots The factory default is 0 Top Position The value of this option specifies a vertical offset to be added to all
54. Length This Label Length is the logical label length consistent with the host application When performing calibration both Label Length and Sensed Distance values are changed to match the label see Calibrate Sensor on page 96 Sensed Distance is a read only value and represents the actual label length of the media installed but Label Length should be adjusted to match the application form length For example after performing calibration both Sensed Distance and Label Length for gapped media may be changed to 5 97 If PGL intends on printing forms declared for 6 then the Label Length should be adjusted to 6 This would leave Label Length to be 6 with a Sensed Distance of 5 97 If Label Length was not adjusted PGL may declare form boundary errors Note Label Length can be overridden by the languages PGL ZGL or EGL based on host commands that change the label length value For example PGL will change this value when the PGL option Host Form Length is enabled and a form is printed that has a different length The minimum Label Length is 0 1 inches The maximum Label Length is based on the Page Memory allocated but is limited to 99 inches The factory default is 6 inches If the label length is set longer than the maximum allowed from the print data undesirable outcomes will occur Horz Image Shift This option specifies the amount to shift an image horizontally outboard or inboard for precise positioning on the
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56. This device must accept any interference rec including interference that may cause undesired o THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH CANADA ICES 003 CLAS Wrinkle occurs in lower left to upper right corner wo KC Ei T2N CEO DCG This device cor With Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation i _ lt Ct to the following two conditions This may not cause harmful interference and a ce must accept any interference received f 9 interference that may cause undesired operation DEVICE COMPLIES WITH CANADA ICES 003 CLASS A Feed direction Adjust the printhead pressure adjustment knob Adjust the printhead pressure adjustment knob Left knob na ht lt ee Y gt A The printhead pressure adjustment knob has five setting levels Clockwise adjustment increases the printhead pressure Counter clockwise adjustment decreases the printhead pressure If the wrinkle on the label starts from the lower right side to upper left side do following 1 Decrease the left side printhead pressure adjustment knob setting one level per each adjustment then print the label again to check for wrinkles If the left side printhead adjustment knob level is set to index 1 the lowest pressure index increase the right side printhead pressure If the wrinkle still exists contact the Customer Service Department of your reseller or distributor for service SA da am knob The printhead pressure adjustment k
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58. UTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Zint License The Zint barcode generator is licensed under GPL and is also included in the T2N product From the website and download source http sourceforge net projects zint Zint is a barcode encoding library supporting over 50 symbologies including Code 128 Data Matrix USPS OneCode EAN 128 UPC EAN ITF QR Code Code 16k PDF417 MicroPDF417 LOGMARS Maxicode GS1 DataBar Aztec Composite Symbols and more This product is compiled as a separate program for the T2N ARM9 platform and stored in the T2N Flash Memory at a fixed address The Zint program has not been modified in any way and does not link into the T2N application code Instead the Zint program is loaded as a separate program in the factory and is not distributed with the T2N firmware application The Zint program is provided under the GPL License 3 0 http www gnu org licenses gpl 3 0 html 128 In addition to the GPL license included within this T2N User s Manual Printronix has made available the Zint source code binaries for the ARM9 and all build procedures on the Printronix website At the bottom of the www printronix com website there is a link
59. Utility Save File Saving Configurations as Files to the PC The Save File button saves the current values in the Configuration Utility as a file dcf to any location on your PC running the utility A Save As window opens to allow the user to choose the location and file name Before saving the configuration to the PC the following steps are recommended 1 Configure the target printer as desired 2 Perform a Read operation to verify the target printer configuration 3 If complete save the configuration by clicking the Save File button Note The network configuration will not be included in the saved file since the IP address and other parameters are unique for each printer Load File Restoring Configurations from Files from the PC The Load File button loads the Configuration Utility with the selected file on your PC file extension dcf The Open window displays allowing you to navigate the PC to select the intended file Once the file is selected the configuration values are populated in the Configuration Utility fields Note The configuration values are not stored in the printer until the Set operation is performed Perform a Set operation in each of the Configuration Tabs Compatibility Challenges The Configuration Utility is designed to be compatible with a specific firmware version level Each Configuration Utility release has a certain set of static configuration options Similarly
60. Utility identifies the fault press the FEED key on the control panel to clear the fault condition This stops the STATUS indicator from blinking If the issues are not resolved after following the steps in Table 3 contact the Printronix Customer Support Center page 123 Table 3 Printer Status Messages and Recovery Procedures Printer Status Message Recovery Procedure The printer is unable to calibrate the Media Sensor properly Verify that the Media Sensor Label Length and Max Cal Length values set within the Configuration Utility match the installed media Open the pivoting deck Pull the media back onto the hanger beam Make sure the media sensor is clean see Chapter 4 page 49 Reload the paper making sure it is properly threaded through the Calibration Error media sensor and the media width guide Make sure the media sensor is properly positioned with the triangle in line with the gap notch hole or black mark see page 28 Close the pivoting deck Press the Feed Key to clear the error Calibrate again either via the Configuration Utility see Calibrate Sensor on page 96 or power up with the PAUSE key held down See Note at the end of Table 3 on page 41 The printer detected a cutter malfunction Pause the print job Cutter Error Open the pivoting deck Unlatch the cutter and rotate it down Inspect the cutter to determine if the blade is in the open down position See photographs on left If th
61. a firmware version can support a certain set of static configuration options A compatibility problem occurs if Configuration Utility capabilities do not match The version level format Vm xxYY as described in Version Numbering page 58 is common for both firmware and the Configuration Utility Version format xx represents configuration option capabilities Hence firmware version V1 02C V1 02B V1 02F in terms of configuration options If more configuration options are added the next version released would be V1 03A This same version scheme applies to the Configuration Utility Using a common version scheme makes it easy to determine where compatibility problems could exist For example if the firmware was V1 03C and the Configuration Utility was V1 03F they are compatible Alternatively if the firmware is V1 03C and the Configuration Utility was V1 02P the Configuration Utility has fewer configuration option capabilities therefore creating a compatibility problem Consider the following compatibility scenarios e Firmware versus Utility T2N firmware version does not match the Configuration Utility e Saved Files versus Utility T2N config files dcf does not match the Configuration Utility Firmware versus Utility The latest Configuration Utility release is compatible with older firmware versions However the printer firmware may not support all options available in the Configuration Utility If the Configuration Utility attemp
62. abel gap size and top of form e Manual This selection can be used when the label has preprinted image or the label has a very thin liner If the label height and gap are entered in the Auto Calibration the Threshold Detection is changed to Manual e Automatic factory default The printer will automatically figure out the right value for calibration Gap Size Black Mark Size Disable Size Gap size defines the distance between the bottom edge of one label to the top edge of the next label This value is filled in when the calibration is completed The value can be changed if it is known to the user If the value is changed after the calibration the new value is used for the gap sensing during printing Gap Offset Black Mark Offset Disable Offset The offset is used to move the starting image from the top of form The range is and of the label length Sensed Distance This value is read only and set upon completing the calibration procedure see Calibrate Sensor on page 96 It represents the distance sensed between the TOF of one label to the TOF of the next label The Sensed Distance varies based on different media types e Die cut labels Measurable length of the removable label leading edge to trailing edge This does not include the liner material or gap e Tag Stock with notches or holes Measurable length from the trailing edge of one notch or hole to the leading edge of the next notch or hole e Tag Stock with black mark
63. are five levels of pressure adjustments Level 1 is the minimum pressure and level 5 is the maximum pressure Example If the label width is 4 inches set both printhead pressure adjustment knobs to the same level If the label is less than 2 inches wide increase the left side printhead pressure by rotating the adjustment knob clockwise and decrease the right side pressure by rotating the adjustment knob counterclockwise to level 1 Note Refer to the diagram on page 53 to adjust the platen position to accommodate media thicker than 0 19 mm 0 0075 in 35 36 3 Troubleshooting Fault Handling When the STATUS indicator is blinking a fault has occurred In addition the ONLINE indicator is off and the printer is no longer processing jobs In some cases the reason for a fault can be determined by visually inspecting the printer e g out of paper In other cases the fault may be more subtle and require investigation with the Configuration Utility This section discusses how faults can be identified how the Configuration Utility can help and requirements to resolve the problem The types of faults possible in the T2N are shown in Table 2 Table 2 Types of Printer Faults Fault Description S y O identifying the Fault Upon seeing the STATUS indicator blinking quickly inspect the printer to identify the faults Is there media installed in the printer Is there a paper jam For thermal transfer configurations is there
64. ate resulting in the following error message o Error x Data Transmission Error Check the printer for faults and resolve the issue or reboot the printer to clear the buffers and then query the printer again using the Get Status query File Manager The second section of the Configuration Utility is the File Manager located in the top level tabs see Figure 33 T2N Configuration Utility VL OOF Language English HELP Printer Configuratio Unit f inch C mm File Download File Information Memon Device File Name C DRAM Browse Figure 33 File Manager Tab f FLASH The File Manager Section is shown in Figure 34 and is used to manage files stored in DRAM PCB FLASH and the SD card This powerful feature allows the user to easily view download and delete files from each of these storage areas In addition users can format these storage areas if desired Note The printer does not support hot swap SD card To use an SD card insert the card before powering up the printer otherwise you will have unexpected results Printer Configuration File Manager Command Tool Advanced File Download File Information Memory Device File Hame Browse C DRAM s FLASH File Size Bytes Memon Device FLASH hai MEE Figure 34 File Manager File Format Memory Device C CARD C DRAM Physical Space KB le FLASH Free Space Delete Get Format This section revi
65. cache allows the printer to print scalable fonts at optimum speed Memory block allocation will not take effect unless you save it in a configuration and the printer is powered up with that configuration To calculate the memory requirement use the following equation HS x VS x Average Height x Average Width x NumOf Char 8 where HS Horizontal resolution VS Vertical resolution Average Height Average character height inches Average Width Average character width inches NumOfChar Number of Characters to be cached The allowable range is 200 KB through 2000 KB in 200 KB increments The factory default is 1800 KB 115 116 Max Cached Char The Maximum Cached Characters option specifies the size of the largest character that can be stored in the font cache This will not take effect unless you save it in a configuration and the printer is powered up with that configuration To calculate the memory requirement use this equation HS x VS x Average Height x Average Width 8 Where HS Horizontal resolution VS Vertical resolution Average Height Average character height inches Average Width Average character width inches For example with a printhead that prints at 203 dpi use the following formula 203 x 203 x 1x1 8 5 151 Therefore select a value that is greater than or equal to 5 151 The closest available value is 6 KB The allowable range is 1 KB through 20 KB in 1 KB increments The fa
66. command Ignore LH Cmd This menu allows the LH command to be ignored e Disable factory default Process the LH command e Enable Ignore the LH command Ignore PR Cmd This menu allows the PR Print Rate command to be ignored e Disable factory default Use the print rate settings from the PR command in the datastream e Enable Ignore the PR commands in the datastream and use the front panel Print Speed setting 91 92 Ignore MD SD Cmd This menu allows the MD Media Darkness and SD Set Darkness commands to be ignored e Disable factory default Use the darkness settings from the MD and SD commands in the datastream e Enable Ignore the MD and SD commands in the datastream and use the front panel intensity settings Ignore MN Cmd This menu allows the MN Media Tracking command to be ignored e Disable Use the media tracking sensor setting as set by the MN command in the data stream e Enable factory default Ignore the MN commands in the data stream and use the sensor setting configured via the front panel menu Vertical Density This option allows you to fine tune the vertical print density in the paper motion direction on printers with either 203 or 300 dpi printheads The result is that the vertical position and height will be changed accordingly The default value matches the printhead dpi Enter a new DPI value to either compress higher DPI or expand lower DPI the
67. ctory default is 1 KB Standard Chars This menu permits you to adjust the thickness or font weight of standard text fonts The range is 0 to 512 and the factory default is 340 IMPORTANT This menu does not apply to bold font types used in PGL Bold Chars This menu permits you to adjust the thickness or font weight of bold text fonts The range is 0 to 512 and the factory default is 448 Extra Bold Char This menu permits you to adjust the thickness or font weight of extra bold text fonts The range is 0 to 512 and the factory default is 504 OCR A Character weight adjustment of resident OCR A characters The range is 0 to 512 and the factory default is 384 OCR B Character weight adjustment of resident OCR B characters The range is 0 to 512 and the factory default is 304 Tall Characters Increases the point height of resident Intellifont characters e Disable factory default Standard resident font character point height is maintained e Enable Increases the point height of resident Intellifont characters approximately 10 PGL Text Printing By default the Active Emulation is set to Auto Switching which means that PGL ZGL and EGL are actively looking at the host data for forms and relevant emulation commands Pure text jobs will not print The data will be ignored by each emulation and presented to the next emulation for processing PaL Text Porting Define OR Code CR CA xl Define LF Code LF LF gt CR Ede Disable S
68. de bushing tabs are in the same orientation The printer will not be able to print properly if the left and right side bushing tabs are not aligned 53 Replacing the Printhead Assembly 1 Open printer media cover 2 If necessary remove the used ribbon take up roll from its spindle 3 Remove the frame thumbscrew Frame Thumbscrew 4 Remove the printhead thumbscrew Printhead Thumbscrew 54 Push the deck lock lever to release the pivoting deck Carefully disconnect the printhead cable assembly from the printhead by pulling out the connector IMPORTANT Do not pull on the cables Printhead Connector N _3 a a DU Cables Printhead Assembly Printhead Assembly Connect the printhead cable and carefully lift the assembly into the pivoting deck Align the printhead assembly holes with the tenons then insert IMPORTANT Push the cables back underneath pivoting deck cover Do not block the ribbon path otherwise the ribbon could bulge and cause wrinkles Tenons Printhead Assembly Holes 55 56 10 Close the pivoting deck and ensure the levers engage properly Install the new thumbscrew provided in every printhead assembly kit to secure the printhead Thumbscrew 11 Open and close the pivoting deck ensuring the latches continue to engage properly 3 Configuration Utility This chapter discusses the Configuration Utility application and how it can be used to operate
69. dow to select the filename and location 109 e Send a file directly to the printer using the Send File button This method does not load the file contents into an editor This displays an Open window to allow the user to browse for the target file The Command Tool window is illustrated in Figure 37 Printer Configuration File Manager Command Tool Advanced Editor c 10 Ca Cisse 2200700 AN TITY C2 C159 5200 iy 215122600 PECIAL a Send File Send Data Load Save Figure 37 Command Tool 110 Advanced Setup The last section of the Configuration Utility is Advanced Setup located in the top level tabs see Figure 38 T2N Configuration Utility V1 00F Language English File System and Memory FLASH File System HELP Printer Configuration File Manager Command Too d KB LU rit le inch f mm Scalable Font Control Figure 38 Advanced Tab Max Font Butter Options in the Advanced Setup section should not be set by typical users These options affect how memory is utilized and only users who are aware of the effects should modify these parameters By default the printer is configured for optimum use these parameters are available only for rare circumstances in which the complexity of the job requires them to be modified The Advanced section with factory defaults are shown in Figure 39 When using this section be sure to upload the current p
70. dware v Set Cancel Figure 9 Tool Interface Setup 61 USB Connection USB is default interface for the Configuration Utility Since no setup is required with USB the Setup button is grayed out COM RS 232 Connection When COM is selected click the Setup button to open the dialog box as shown in Figure 9 page 61 The following parameters configure how the computer running the Configuration Utility communicates with the printer COM Port Select COM1 to COM3O0 The default is COM1 Baud Rate Sets the baud rate of the serial interface Baud rate is the speed at which serial data is transferred between the host computer and the printer Choices are 1200 2400 4800 9600 default 19200 38400 57600 or 115200 Data Bits Select the serial data word length 7 or 8 default Select None default Odd or Even Stop Bit s The number of stop bits in the serial data word Select 1 default or 2 Flow Control select None Hardware default or Xon Xoff When Xon Xoff is selected the printer controls the communication flow from the host by turning the transmission on and off In some situations such as when the buffer is full or the timing of signals is too slow or too fast the printer will tell the host to stop transmission by sending an XOFF character The data does not have any End of Text codes Xon Xoff is not a blocking protocol Note The default settings for COM within Setup should match the printer
71. e 1 Change the values for Sensor Intensity Reading Intensity and Threshold Value if necessary 2 Click the Manual Setup button to set up the printer for the manual calibration The message Place Black Mark on Top of Sensor and Press Next displays 3 Load the liner close the printhead and press Next The message Move Black Mark away from Sensor and Press Next displays 4 Load the media close the printhead and click Next If successful the same parameters updated in the Auto Calibration process are updated in the Media Sensor tab If unsuccessful the message Can t Calibrate displays Continuous Media Type 77 1 Change values for Sensor Intensity Reading Intensity and Threshold Value if necessary 2 Click Manual Setup to read the paper transparency The Configuration Utility displays the reading as shown in the figure below Sensor Calibration Auto Calibration Manual Setup Media Type Paper Height Sensor Inbensity Reading Intensity Gap inch 2 3 C Bleck Mark Gap Threshold Value Curent Reading Continuous inch 570 W3 Auto Selection Label Reading EFA Calibrate set Manual Setup Cancel 98 Auto Selection Media Type Manual calibrate does not work with Auto Selection This Media Type is only valid for Auto Calibration If the user clicks the Manual Setup button with Auto Selection as th
72. e When the Label Length value provided by the user or application is greater than the actual label length the printer prints the excess image on the next label s Once the image is completely printed the printer will go to the next top of form Clip Page Disable S Y C T Label 3 AN mM TFT WL Feed Label 2 TT OT 6 8 L 9 Sensed S Distance Label 1 Y C T Clip Page Enable S Y 14 T Label 3 AN mM TW Label 2 O m Label Length Label 1 6 8 L 9 S Y C T Figure 14 Clip Page Handling Cut Label Count Feed This option is used when the cutter is installed and enabled and the user specifies the number of labels between each cut The factory default is O no cutter action Media Sensor The user selects the type of media loaded in the printer The printer adjusts the sensor algorithm depending on the type of media The choices are Gap Black Mark and Disable The factory default is Gap Sensor Intensity This option is to set the emitting intensity of the gap sensor or black mark sensor The range for the gap sensor is 0 7 and the black mark sensor 0 3 This field is read only The value is filled in after the calibration The Sensor Intensity can be changed in the Calibrate Sensor operation Threshold Detection The threshold is used when detecting the difference between gap and label The printer uses the threshold to determine the l
73. e the user can choose the desired device to connect Set the Tool Interface to ETHERNET for configuration operations Click the Advanced Discovery button to select ranges of IP addresses for discovery This can be used to expand the range of discovery outside the local VLAN and allow the user to communicate with any printer within the firewall Upon using this feature another window TCP IP Setup opens The steps are illustrated as follows 1 Enter the First and Last IP address of a given range along with the Discovery Port 2 Click the Add button to add the range to the list Repeat as necessary e lf the wrong range is entered highlight the range from the list make the modification and click the Modify button to update the range e Use the Remove button to remove the highlighted range 3 Click the Discover button to find the T2N printers on the network for the ranges entered Allow the Configuration Utility a few moments to find the printers Upon completion the printers found will show in the TCP IP window 4 Select the target printer from the left and perform a Read operation to confirm the connection TCP IP Setup o JO Settings First IP Address 110 224 510 Last IP Address 10 224 5 70 First IP Address Last IP Address Step 1 Enter First Last IP Address amp Discovery Port Discovery Port Add Remove Modify Step 2 Hit Add bu
74. e Media Type an error message Can t Calibrate displays Active Emulation Active Emulation controls how data is processed in the T2N printer The printer contains three parsers PGL ZGL and EGL When the Printer Function button is pressed the Emulation Setup window opens With default setting Auto Switch all three emulations are active The data is analyzed in ZGL PGL and EGL respectively as shown in Figure 25 page 99 When an emulation examines the data it will execute recognized commands and print forms based on the host application Any data not recognized as part of a form or otherwise legitimate command is passed to the next emulation for examination If none of the emulations recognize the data it will be ignored Printer Functor I l Calibrate Sensor PGL Forms Active Emulation Text gt ZGL Forms Active Emulation LALALA ERRERA AAAA rT 5 T AEEA ER AREETAN i N RTC Setup gt PGL Forms Y Emulation Setup ZGL Forms Show Configuration Ignore N l Print Test Page Vv EGL Forms Reset Printer Ignore a EGL Forms uN Ignore Figure 25 Active Emulation Setup By choosing an emulation in the Emulation Setup window and clicking the Set button that emulation will be the only Active Emulation to examine the data The data will either be processed or ignored The following are situations in which the Active Emulation should be set to a specific emulation
75. e blade is in the open down position and a label is stuck in the cutter remove it Press the Feed Key to clear the error Go to step 6 If the blade is in the closed up position turn the printer power off Wait 5 seconds then turn the printer power on After the printer finishes initialization the blade moves to the open down position Remove any label or debris stuck in the cutter Feed the media through the cutter slot then close and latch the cutter Close the pivoting deck Press the Feed Key to clear the error Resume printing Note If a Cutter Error reoccurs repeat steps 1 to 6 then use the Configuration Tool Cut Rev function before resuming the print job If problems persist use the Cut Fwd function see Note at the end of Table 3 on page 41 Blade Open down 39 Out of Paper Paper Jam Head Open The Media Sensor detected a paper out condition 1 Open the pivoting deck and reload the same type of media into the printer 2 Close the pivoting deck 3 Press the Feed key to clear the error 4 The printer should advance to the TOF of the next label and resume printing See Note at the end of Table 3 on page 41 The Media Sensor cannot find any media but media is installed Verify that the Media Sensor Label Length and Max Cal Length values set within the Configuration Utility match the installed media Open the pivoting deck Reload the media making sure it is properly th
76. e fonts from PC to printer memory Downloadable firmware upgrades Text barcode graphics image printing Refer to the appropriate programming manuals for supporting code Supported Barcodes Code39 Jo x x ox Interleaved2 5 x x J x Code 128 J x x x EAN13 TO E d a o UPC A x ox ox pUPC E x ox ox UPC E0 x x x pUPC E1 x x MSE o xo po xo ox Codabar o x x x Code 93 x x o ax EAN UCC 128 x x x UPCSHIP ox ox o UPC Interleaved 2 5 dndustrial2 5 x PM MES SO E Codi o a Matix20f5 o x UPS o a e e Telepen o KT ATF 44 000 o a e e Logmass o ox Planet x x x Plessey x x x BO42_ ox Code 3of5 Jo x USPS Intelligent Mail x x J o Postnet x_ x x German2of5 x x x Japanese Postnet o J x Australian Post J o x PostBar 4 State x Royal Mail o x RSS 14 gt x x ox PDF417 Micro x x x DataMatrix O J x x x Maxicode Jo x _x x Aztec ax o o a QOR S ox x x x lt X lt lt x lt X lt lt x lt gt X lt X lt m gt Z X X K X X X X X X K X lt X lt lt lt K X lt X X K X X X X Xx X lt X lt lt X X X lt X lt X lt X lt X lt lt X lt gt lt X lt x lt x lt 11 Printer Optional Features The printer offers the following optional features
77. e loaded was saved with a higher version V1 03C V1 01F Configuration Utility Some options might not be loaded correctly Utility upgrade ts recommended Do not show this message adain This message appears for each Load operation unless you select Do not show this message again The Configuration Utility version 1 03 is the same as the saved V1 03C V1 03F file version 1 03 The Configuration Utility will have a matching set of features with the saved file The letter at the end of the version number does not affect compatibility The Configuration Utility version 1 05 is greater than the saved V1 03C V1 05B file version 1 03 The Configuration Utility will have a larger feature set than supported in the saved file No warning is required If the saved configuration version is greater than the Configuration Utility a warning displays see above when the saved file is loaded into the Configuration Utility Users are recommended to find an equivalent version of the Configuration Utility or to check the values loaded Media Sensor Tab The first tab within the Printer Configuration tab displays Media Sensor parameters see Figure 13 The values populated in the fields are based on loading the configuration clicking Read from a new 203 DPI printer the Factory default This is common in all emulations PGL ZGL and EGL unless otherwise stated Print Speed 5 l IPS Fault Reprint Disable w Print Intensity o l
78. efault Cut Fwd Cut Rev Job Capture 4 Ignore AUTOFR Password Setup Files of type lt D _ Cancel Firmware Upgrade Moen as read only Program File Extension al Open Figure 31 Firmware Upgrade Procedure If the printer firmware has a different extension click the Files of Type down arrow and select Upon a firmware upgrade the following will occur e The User Configuration is erased and reset to the factory default according to the new firmware e All files stored in PCB flash remains in the system IMPORTANT The upgrade process takes several minutes During upgrade the printer cannot inform the Configuration Utility of its progress It is recommended to allow the Configuration Utility and printer to complete the process without interruption for at least five minutes once the process has started After the printer is back online the user may again connect with the printer and proceed Printer Status The following are two ways to obtain printer status information 1 From the LEDs on the printer 2 By using the Get Status button in the Configuration Utility webpage also has this function This section reviews the different types of status that are reported Configuration Utility Status T2N Front Panel LEDs Printer Status Status LED Amber Online LED Green Power LED Green Get Status Figure 32 Printer Status Figure 32 shows the Printer Status
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80. elect LPI g 1 1000 Printing pure text applications is possible through PGL if the Active Emulation is set to PGL In this case PGL will process all the host data and not share it with the other emulations PGL will also use the options in Advanced settings to determine how text if any is formatted Define CR Code This option controls printer action when it receives a Carriage Return code 0D hex from the host computer If this feature is enabled an additional Line Feed code 0A hex is inserted into the data stream each time the printer receives a carriage return Do not use this feature if the host computer sends line feeds to the printer e CR CR factory default Does not insert an extra line feed after each carriage return e CR CR LF Inserts an extra line feed after each carriage return The next print position will be print position 1 of the next line Define LF Code This parameter forces the printer to insert an automatic Carriage Return code into the data stream whenever a Line Feed code occurs This can be used in most installations but it is required if the host computer does not send carriage returns to the printer e LF LF factory default Does not perform an automatic carriage return The next print position will be at the current print character position on the next line e LF CR LF Performs an automatic carriage return The next print position will be print position 1 of the next line CR Edit This pa
81. er status from the Configuration Utility shows Out of Paper The printer status from the Configuration Utility shows Paper Jam The printer status from the Configuration Utility shows PrintHead Overheat 42 The printer pivoting deck is open The printer has run out of ribbon or the ribbon is installed incorrectly This is not a problem The printer will only report this fault when attempting to print or calibrate Media incorrectly loaded Media sensor assembly out of position Media lenses are obstructed with paper dust The printer has run out of labels The labels are installed incorrectly The Gap Mark sensor is not calibrated Gap black mark sensor is not set properly Ensure the paper label size is set properly Labels may be stuck inside the printer mechanism Printhead temperature reached a high level and needs to cool down See the Head Open recovery procedure on page 40 See the Ribbon End Err or Ribbon Encode Err recovery procedure on page 41 Use both hands to close the pivoting deck by firmly pressing down on the recess on both sides of the deck until it snaps into place See the Calibration Error recovery procedure on page 41 See the Out of Paper recovery procedure on page 41 See the Paper Jam recovery procedure on page 40 See the Printhead Overheat recovery procedure on page 41 The printer status from
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84. etting Network Defaults 80 Resolution Mode 90 Ribbon installation 22 loading 22 Ribbon Encoder 114 146 Ribbon Sensor 114 Ribbon Specifications 13 Ribbon Wrinkles 46 RS232C Pin Configuration 12 RTC Setup 100 Save File Configuration Utility 68 Save to File 103 Save to SD Card 103 Scalable Font Control 115 Bold Chars 116 Extra Bold Char 116 Max Cache Memory 115 Max Cached Char 116 Max Font Buffer 115 OCR A Chars 116 OCR B Chars 116 Standard Chars 116 Tall Characters 116 Select LPI 117 Select SFCC 84 Select SO Char 87 Sensed Distance 75 sensor Intensity 75 Serial RS 232 Setup 78 Baud Rate 78 Data Bits 78 Parity 78 Stop Bits s 78 Setting Factory Configuration 113 Setup Printer 21 Show Configuration 100 Skip Cmd Prefix 86 Slash Zero 86 software License Agreement 127 GNU General Public License 129 Zint License 128 Specifications media 14 print 13 printer 12 ribbon 13 Standard Chars 116 Standard Features Product 10 Statistics Control 113 Cutter Reset 114 PrintHead Reset 113 Stop Bit s 78 Storage Select 92 Subnet Mask 79 Supplies Department Printronix 123 System Requirements Configuration Utility 57 Tall Characters 116 Tear Off Adjust 73 Test Connection 63 Threshold Detection 75 Tool Interface COM RS 232 connection 62 Configuration Utility 61 Ethernet connection 62 USB connection 62 Top Position 90 Troubleshooting 37 common problems
85. etup procedures See Advanced Setup on page 111 Language Selection 60 Language selection is available as a drop down menu in the upper left corner Available languages include English default Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean German Spanish French Italian and Portuguese see Figure 7 All labels and configuration options are translated Numerical values remain 0 9 decimal and 0 F hexadecimal T2N Configuration Utility V1 00E Language Unit HELP fei cate ager Command Tool Advanced Korean Printer Configuration spanish Printer Information French German Italian Serial Mo Wersion Figure 7 Selecting a Display Language IMPORTANT Some languages such as Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese and Korean require special fonts and characters sets to display properly To use these languages your PC or laptop must be configured properly for the right region language On Windows 7 systems the region and language is chosen as follows 1 Gotothe Start Menu and open the Control Panel Launch the application Region and Language Go to the Administrative tab and click Change system locale See Figure 8 page 61 Select the desired language a For Simplified Chinese choose Chinese Simplified PRC b For Traditional Chinese choose Chinese Traditional Taiwan c For Korean choose Korean Korea 5 Follow the instructions reboot if necessary PA TO
86. ews how to use each of the different functions within the File Manager File Information provides the ability to view the files on the memory devices see page 107 e File Download provides the ability to download files into the memory devices see page 107 106 e File Delete provides the ability to delete files from the memory devices see page 108 e File Format provides the ability to format the memory devices see page 108 IMPORTANT The Configuration Utility will not detect if the SD Card is installed in the printer Any attempts to read download or format a nonexistent SD Card may result in a loss of communication with the printer Verify the SD Card is installed before performing these actions File Information Before downloading or performing any action on the file systems first check the contents of the file system by selecting the Memory Device desired within the File Information subsection shown below File Information Memory Device f DRAM f FLASH f CARD PGL frm Physical Space PGL qo 32768 KB Free Space 1568 KE Delete Next click the Get button to populate the fields with the files resident in that Memory Device The Physical Space of that device is also shown along with the Free Space available for new files to be downloaded Note The maximum amount of Free Space is only a fraction of the Physical Space The allocation can be modified and is described in more detail in File Sys
87. ex Label Buf Size This option allows you to set the label buffer size The buffer is used to store the data from XA up to XZ for command processing The maximum size of the buffer cannot exceed the amount of available memory in the system If a value greater than the amount of memory available is selected the setting will revert to the original setting The new buffer size only takes effect upon power up after saving the configuration using Set The range is 360 KB to 3600 KB and the factory default is 720 KB FB Width Adjust The FB Width Adjust command allows the user to adjust increase or decrease the width of field block from the field block command FB so that the text line in the block can be broken ata different word The range is from 100 to 100 dots The factory default is O dots DG Command This menu sets the format type to correctly process a command e Graphic Format factory default The command is used in graphic format outside of AXA XZ e Label Format The command is used in label format within XA X2 Cl22 Command This menu allows the user to select either Unicode printing or DBCS printing for Cl22 e Unicode Data factory default The data are treated as straight Unicode data e DBCS Data The data are treated as DBCS data Ignore JU Cmd This menu allows the JU Configuration Update command to be ignored e Disable factory default Process the JU command e Enable Ignore the JU
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89. factory default for RS 232 Before modifying these settings test the connection with the printer using the default settings Ethernet Connection When Ethernet is selected no setup is required from the Tool Interface section However Ethernet setup within the Interface Tab must be configured before communication can begin See Ethernet Connection for instructions on how connect to the network page 80 Test the Connection Once Tool Interface selection is complete click the Read button in the lower right corner see Figure 6 page 59 to upload the printer s current configuration into the Configuration Utility fields For USB connection this process is automatic If the Configuration Utility is working properly the Communicating progress bar appears and the Printer Configuration values will be populated If communication is not working properly an error will display indicating Port Open Error or Data Transmission Error mr mr a Error Error gt Communicatin E x Data Transmission Error x Port Open Error rm lf communication problems persist change the Tool Interface to USB This is the easiest method of establishing communication with the printer Once communication is established click Read to upload the configuration Check the Interface Tab settings if necessary Printer Configuration Four main sections are available in the Configuration Utility each is represe
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91. h Ribbon Ribbon Supply Ribbon Take Up Spindle Spindle Ribbon Guide Bar Ribbon Sensor 25 Media Installation Loading a Label Roll 1 Open the media cover 2 Push the deck lock lever back to open the pivoting deck Move the label roll guide to the end of the media hanger then place it in horizontal position If paper core is 3 inches install 3 inch core adapters on the beam See Note on next page 26 Note For 3 inch core adapters ensure arrows point vertical see below If using 1 inch core media remove the 3 inch core adapter from the media hanger beam 3 inch media core 1 inch media core 4 Place media roll on hanger beam Place label roll guide in up position 5 Thread leading edge of label through media guide bar onto the platen roller Media Hanger Beam Media Sensor Media Guide Bar 27 Adjust media width guide to fit label width Adjust media sensor ensuring the gap black mark passes underneath the media sensor indicator marked by a triangle for sensing Media Sensor Indicator Media Width Guide 7 Push both sides of the pivoting deck down to close it ensuring the latches engage properly Note Pressing down only one side of the pivoting deck may result in the pivoting deck opening during printing This can put the printer in an unknown state Be sure to push both sides of the pivoting deck down and verify that the latch is in locked position 8 Use the Co
92. have the latest full set of features supported in the firmware First attempt to communicate with the printer results in the following warning window Firmware options exceed Configuration Utility capability Some options in Firmware may not be read corectly Utility upgrade t recommended V1 01F V1 03C Do not show this message again This message appears for each Read operation unless you select Do not show this message again In this case not all capabilities in the firmware are represented by an older Configuration Utility version 69 70 Saved Files versus Utility When saving a file using the Save File button the Configuration Utility stores the configuration in dcf format at a specific version level If the dcf file is loaded using the Load File button into a Configuration Utility at a different level the latest Configuration Utility release will load older versions of saved files lt is recommended to use a saved file Configuration Utility and firmware with the same version level The following scenarios illustrate how saved files are loaded into the Configuration Utility Saved File Utility The Configuration Utility version 1 01 is lower than the saved file version 1 03 The Configuration Utility will not have the latest full set of features required by the saved file Upon the Load File operation the Configuration Utility displays the following warning ti Warning Configuration Fil
93. he printer will continue to monitor the printhead temperature When the printhead has sufficiently cooled the printer will clear the error and automatically resume printing No operator intervention is required The printer has detected the ribbon supply spindle is not turning Open the pivoting deck Verify that the ribbon on the supply spindle is not loose or slack Verify that the ribbon is loaded correctly on the ribbon supply and take up spindles Verify that the ribbon is not broken between the ribbon supply and take up spindles Close the pivoting deck Press the Feed Key to clear the error The printer should advance to the TOF of the next label and resume printing Printhead Overheat Ribbon Encoder Err See Note at the end of Table 3 on page 41 The ribbon sensor cannot detect a ribbon The printer has run out of ribbon or the ribbon has broken at the sensor Open the pivoting deck Install new ribbon and verify that the ribbon is loaded correctly on the ribbon supply and take up spindles Ribbon End Err Verify that the ribbon is threaded properly through the ribbon sensor Close the pivoting deck Press the Feed Key to clear the error The printer should advance to the TOF of the next label and resume printing See Note at the end of Table 3 on page 41 Note If Fault Reprint Enable the printer will reprint the label that was printing when the fault was detected Printer Configuration Knowi
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95. iguration Utility The application name follows the format ConfigUtil_ vm_xxY exe where vm_xxY represents the version number of Vm xxY as described in the Version Number section see below The included version number allows the user to have several different versions of the Configuration Utility The T2N Configuration Utility can be launched with the icon which is copyrighted for use with this application The icon is Copyright O 2013 Printronix INC All Rights Reserved Launching the Application Double click the icon or execute ConfigUtil_vm_xxY exe from a Windows command prompt The application will open as shown in Utility Overview page 59 Version Number The Configuration Utility s functionality and configuration change in conjunction with the firmware Each Configuration Utility release has a version number with format Vm xxYY where e V version e m main version level used to identify major updates e xX compatibility level version for compatibility level e YY A Z AA ZZ letter for minor updates The T2N firmware will also have a similar version number format The rules and limitations regarding interaction between different firmware and Configuration Utility versions are discussed in the Compatibility Challenges section see page 68 58 Utility Overview Figure 6 is an overview of the Configuration Utility Language Selection HELP Units Configuration Tool Interface T2I Configuration Utility
96. ile that came with the application Figure 41 Help File Error Message Utility and Drivers This Utility and Drivers option links to http www printronix com products drivers aspx for the latest tools and drivers available for download The user may upgrade if necessary Customer Support The Customer Support option links to the www printronix com support aspx website 118 About The About screen shows the copyright utility version number and Printronix website link See Figure 42 About PRINTRONIX T2N Configuration Utility 44 00F Copyright C 2073 Frintronis IMC All Rights Reserved Figure 42 The About Window Character Sets This section illustrates the character groups and character sets available for PGL and ZGL e PGL Character Sets Character Groups and Sets for PGL e ZGL Character Sets Character Groups and Sets for ZGL PGL Character Sets Within the PGL tab the Character Group option selects the active group of character sets The character group Misc is included in the Configuration Utility between Turkish Sets and UTF 8 but is ignored After selecting the group the Character Set option can be used to choose from amongst the sets as shown in Figure 43 page 120 Character sets with an asterisk represents the factory default for the given Character Group 119 Character Group Standard Sets 0 ASCII 1 German 2 Swedish 3 Danish 4 Norwegian 5
97. image The range varies depending on the printhead For 203 dpi the range is 201 to 220 For 300 dpi the range is 300 to 330 The factory default is the actual printhead dpi Storage Select This menu allows the user to map the parameter B to either the Flash PCB Flash or SD card e PCB Flash Map B to PCB Flash e SD factory default Map B to SD card EGL Tab EGL Setup options are shown in Figure 22 along with their factory default settings Descriptions of each menu and their factory defaults follow Media S ensor Interface FGL ZBL EGL Print Direction fr hal Density E Reference 0 0 dots Code Page Ane Figure 22 EGL Setup Print Direction Print Direction defines the direction of feed e 0 factory default Feeds label head first e 1 Feeds label foot first Density Print Density in the Media Sensor tab is exclusively for PGL and ZGL EGL uses the Density in this tab The range is 0 to 15 and the factory default is 8 Reference This option defines the origin of the image relative to the label The first entry defines the horizontal x offset and the second entry defines the vertical y offset The default is 0 0 Code Page This option defines the current character set selection The options correspond to the EGL I command The command syntax is 1P Po P with three parameters The first parameter P is used to select whether 7 or 8 bit data will be used The second parameter P gt
98. ing damage damage resulting from accident or damages resulting from unauthorized service For additional warranty information visit our website http www printronix com Thermal Printhead Printronix warrants the printhead for a period of one hundred eighty 180 days from shipment date from Printronix or 1 000 000 linear inches for direct and thermal transfer use whichever comes first The warranty does not cover printheads that have been misused and or damaged due to improper handling use Supplies For the nearest Printronix full service distributor that carries Printronix genuine supplies please call 1 800 733 1900 or fax 714 368 2354 Supplies design specification and selection are integral to the development of any computer imaging system Printronix s extensive manufacturing and research capabilities along with years of experience in the design of printers and their applications assures that you will receive the exact materials that you require to maximize the performance of your Printronix printer For more information call the Printronix Customer Support Center at 714 368 2686 or access the Printronix website at http www printronix com Onsite Maintenance Service Printronix offers on site support services in the United States and Canada Please contact the Printronix Maintenance Contracts Group at 800 854 6463 option 1 for detailed service agreement information 125 Limited Software Product Warranty Printro
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100. inter Configuration Printer Information Version T2N2 41 00 07 Jan 13 372875 Serial Ho CPI 203 Media Sensor Interface PGL ZGL EGL Print Speed 5 IPS Print Intensity fi r Media Handling Tear Lf Strip Print Mode Transfer Label Width Label Length Horz Image Shift Vert Image Shift Paper Jam Distance Tear Off Adjust Label Wait Time Mirror Disable Tool Interface EJ s USB Printer Usage Fault Reprint Clip Fage Cut Label Count Media Sensor Sensor Intensity Threshold Detection Gap Size Gap Offset sensed Distance Power Up Action Head Auto Calibrate Max Cal Length 2041564 IN Disable Enable aS Auto Calibrate inal Enable 1 0 00 inch Figure 12 Unit of Measurement in mm or Inches IMPORTANT Upon changing the unit type an automatic Read operation will start Temporary values modified by the user but not saved in the printer will be overwritten 67 68 Configurations as Files The ability to save and restore configurations to and from a file allows users to create a configuration once and then easily update multiple printers with that same configuration A saved configuration file can be loaded into the Configuration Utility and then downloaded into the printer using the Set command CAUTION The saved configuration file is in binary format and should not be opened or modified outside of the Configuration
101. ion Connect to the Printer using USB or RS 232 If the Tool Interface is set up to use USB or COM RS 232 serial doing a Read operation will populate the Interface tab fields including displaying the current network setup The user can configure the network as desired and use the Set operation to save the configuration in the printer Once setup is complete the user can choose to use ETHERNET for the Tool Interface if desired Connect to the Printer using a Known IP Address Follow the instructions within this section to connect the T2N printer to the network and discover it without using Tool Interface setup page 61 for USB or COM RS 232 serial If the user knows the IP address of the unit the IP address can be entered directly into the field labeled IP Address as shown in Figure 16 With Tool Interface set to ETHERNET the Read operation will establish communication and confirm the connection TCP IP Printer Name MAC IP Address Model Name Version Status Oltiice pinter 00 78 85 00 B1 3 1022153 T2N2 T Ready PS 006199 00 18 32 00 61 99 10 22 15 8 T2N3 T Ready Discower Device Advanced Discovery IP Address Port Network Default Web Setup 10 22 15 95 9100 Figure 16 Ethernet TCP IP Discovery Discover Printers in the Network Click the Discover Device button to list devices found on the Local Area Network This form of discovery looks within the local VLAN only From ther
102. ion Auto Switch PGL ZGL EGL See page 99 e RTC Setup configures the real time clock See page 100 e Show Configuration assembles the Configuration into a readable file See page 100 e Print Test Page prints configuration test page on the printer See page 101 e Reset Printer reboots the printer See page 102 e Factory Default resets the printer configuration to factory defaults See page 102 e Cut Fwd and Cut Rev moves the cutter one rotation forward or backward See page 102 Note There is no observable difference between Cut Fwd and Cut Rev These options clear the paper path through the cutter in the event of a paper jam e Job Capture diagnostics to dump or capture the host data See page 102 e Ignore AUTOFR ignores the Auto form capability with in EGL See page 103 e Password Setup protects configuration with passwords See page 103 e Firmware Upgrade upgrades the printer firmware See page 104 95 96 Calibrate Sensor Printer calibration ensures the gaps holes notches or black marks are detected properly Calibration should be performed on every printer power up and each time the media type is changed This section will review both Auto Calibration and Manual Calibration techniques Alternatively Auto Calibration can be performed without the Configuration Utility by powering the printer off and back on again while holding the PAUSE key on the front panel Start the calibration process by clicki
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104. is item allows you to set the Subnet Mask for the TCP IP protocol in four three digit segments each separated by a period e g 255 255 255 0 If the IP Setup is set to DHCP this field is automatically assigned and is read only Gateway This item allows you to set the gateway address for the TCP IP protocol The entry includes four segments each separated by a period e g 10 22 1 18 If the IP Setup is set to DHCP this field is automatically assigned and is read only Printer Name This item allows you assign a name to the printer on the network This printer name will be stored in the sysName field of the printer MIB The default name is PS xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last three segment of the MAC address The name can be alphanumeric case sensitive from 1 to 32 characters Changing this field will cause the printer to reboot for the change to take place MAC Address This item is the Manufacturer s Assigned Number and is unique for the NIC option This field is read only Note The IP Address and the Printer Name cannot be changed in the same Set operation If both the IP Address and the Printer Name are both changed and Set is clicked then only one selection will be accepted and the other selection will remain unchanged 79 80 Resetting Network Defaults To reset the network configuration to its factory default click the Network Default button This will only change the network parameters Ethernet Connect
105. job to SD with the file name entered in the File Name field Print jobs are determined by the data input timeout Once a print job is saved to the SD card subsequent print jobs print normally Save to File This method of capturing data is a two step process in which data sent to the printer is captured instead of printed First click the Set button to place the printer in Capture mode When the Confirm window opens do not click the OK button until the print job is sent The printer will store the print job within an internal buffer to be uploaded into a file later Confirm O Press OK to load file E Cancel Note While the Configuration Utility is waiting for confirmation an alternate means of sending data to the printer can be used This means launching another Configuration Utility and using the Command Tool send a job using the Windows Driver or send data directly to a port After the print job is received by the printer click OK in the Confirm window to upload the data into the file shown in File Name on the host computer Another option is to click Cancel in the Confirm Window which takes the printer out of Capture mode Ignore AUTOFR The EGL AUTOFR command can be used for automatic form printing This feature requires having an AUTOFR file present in the flash memory which will execute by default at power up There is a possibility that it could create an infinite loop Discon
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107. mation Technology Equipment e EN 55024 Electromagnetic Immunity Requirements for Information Technology Equipment e EN 60950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment Printronix cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a non recommended modification of the product including the fitting of non Printronix option cards This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits of Class A Information Technology Equipment according to European standard EN 55022 The limits for Class A equipment were derived for commercial and industrial environments to provide reasonable protection against interference with licensed communication devices WARNING This is a Gass A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures CE Symbol CE 140 China Declaration This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may need to perform practical actions HAASE RSE eR EP TA Poin N Rese itt ae eS SEPP TT cs o set BT TTT RITA NE HEH R EHER EUR H NEATA UR RS EA 141 142 About Help 119 Active Emulation 99 Adjustment Knobs Printhead Pressure 35 Adjustment Ribbon Wrinkles 46 Advanced Setup 111 File System 112 Media Sensor Control 114 Memory 112 Scalable Font Contr
108. mes with five different sizes of alohanumeric bitmap OCR A and OCR B fonts By integrating these three emulations with rich features it is the most cost effective and high performance printer in its class To print label formats refer to the instructions provided with your labeling software To write the custom programs visit the Printronix website http www printronix com Applications e Compliance labeling for shipping and receiving e Pallet labeling e Inventory control labeling e Drum labeling e Warning labels e Custom signage e Brand marketing featuring graphics logos and texts e Multiple up labels two or three labels across Product Features 10 Printer Standard Features The printer offers the following standard features for 203 dpi and 300 dpi models Thermal transfer printing Direct thermal printing Die cast based print mechanism Metal cover with large clear media view window Position adjustable gap sensor Position adjustable black mark sensor Ribbon end sensor Ribbon encoder sensor LED indicators Real time clock USB 2 0 full speed interface Ethernet interface Serial RS 232C 2400 115200 bps interface 32 MB SDRAM memory 8 MB FLASH memory SD memory card reader for expansion up to 4 GB PGL ZGL and EGL language support Resident alpha numeric bitmap fonts EGL Internal Monotype Imaging true type font engine PGL ZGL Graphic Font Barcode Rotation 0 90 180 270 degree Downloadabl
109. mpty and then stops at the next top of form under the print line of the printhead e Tear Off Strip factory default Printer prints on the media and sends it out the front until the print buffer is empty After Label Wait Time times out the printer positions the last label over the tear bar for removal e Peel Off After printing the printer peels and presents die cut labels from the liner without assistance The printer waits for you to remove the label before printing the next one on demand printing e Cut When the optional media cutter is installed it automatically cuts media after a specified number of labels are printed based on the Cut Label Count value The cutter cuts continuous roll paper labels or tag stock If the cutter is not installed this selection will be ignored upon doing a Set operation Print Mode This option specifies the type of printing to be done e Direct Indicates Direct Thermal printing no ribbon and requires special heat sensitive media e Transfer factory default Indicates Thermal Transfer printing ribbon installation required Note In Direct mode the T2N printer will not present a fault even if the ribbon is still installed Make sure the ribbon is removed when using in Direct mode Label Width This option specifies the physical width of the image to be printed The allowable range in inches is 0 1 to 4 1 inches The allowable range in millimeters is 2 5 to 104 mm Label
110. n Min 25 4 mm 1 0 in Media thickness label liner Max 0 28 mm 0 0110 in Min 0 06 mm 0 023 in Media core diameter 25 4 mm 76 2 mm 1 in 3in Label length 5 2 286 mm 0 2 in 5 1 016 mm 0 2 in 40 in Tear Off Strip Continuous Mode 90 in Label length Peel Off mode Max 152 4 mm 6 in Min 25 4 mm 1 in Label length Cut mode Max 2 512 mm 99 in Max 1 223 mm 48 in Min 25 4 mm 1 in Min 25 4 mm 1 in Gap notch and hole height Min 2 mm 0 08 in Black mark height Min 2 mm 0 08 in Black mark width Min 8 mm 0 31 in 14 2 Operations Overview Unpacking and Inspection This printer is packaged to withstand damage during shipping Upon receiving inspect the packaging and printer Keep all packaging materials in case you need to reship the printer Unpacking the Printer The following items are included in the carton Printer unit Software Windows driver CD disk Quick Setup Guide Power cord Ribbon take up paper core 3 Media Core Adapters 2 eyZ8v8l Figure 1 Printer Package Contents If any parts are missing contact the Customer Service Department of your purchased reseller or distributor 15 Printer Overview Front View a a es TE SLE A PRINTRONIX T2N Ls Pe pp po RARA A A ii e SO O a 1 STATUS Indicator 2 Pause Key 3 Feed Key 4 Media Exit 5 Lower Front Cover 6 Media Wi
111. n If the Read operation is successful the process is complete IMPORTANT We recommend formatting the SD Card on the PC or laptop instead of the printer Command Tool The third section of the Configuration Utility is the Command Tool located in the top level tabs see Figure 36 T2N Configuration Utility V1 00F Language Unit English T HELF le inch Printer Configuration File Manager Advanced Editor e Figure 36 Command Tool Tab The Command Tool is a powerful feature making it easy to perform the following tasks e Create host data and jobs using one of twelve editors Simply click within an editor window and start typing Users can switch between editors without losing any data within the editor e Send data within the selected editor to the printer using the Send Data button Sending data from editors can be used to quickly test whether the printer is properly connected and receiving data e Load file contents into the selected editor using the Load button This displays an Open window to allow the user to browse for the target file This method can be used to test a label with the current configuration Adjustments to the label or configuration can be made quickly and retested as necessary e Save data from the selected editor to a file using the Save button After adjustments have been made to a given label they can be stored for later use This opens a Save As win
112. nd Advanced Setup The Read operation is important to perform in the following situations e After completing the Tool Interface setup to confirm proper communication e After performing a Set operation to confirm that the input values were accepted 65 66 Set Changing the T2N Configuration The Set button transfers the configuration values of the current page from the Configuration Utility and stores them in the printer Note e After clicking the Set button to transfer the configuration values to the printer click the Read button to confirm that the operation was completed successfully e lfafield has an invalid value out of range the printer will reject that value Depending on the menu and invalid value the menu may leave the current valid value intact or choose the minimum or maximum valid value You will be able to verify the menu after performing a Set operation followed by a Read operation e Click Set on each tab or page with configuration options before moving to the next tab or page e When modifying values in either inch or mm and then doing a Set operation these values might be converted into an even number of printer dots Therefore upon a Read operation the values may change due to rounding to the nearest printer dot Rounding values may differ between 203 and 300 DPI printers Factory Default Resetting the T2N Configuration The
113. ndow 7 Media Cover Handle 3 Figure 2 Printer Front View 16 Interior View k Ribbon Take Up Spindle Ribbon Supply Spindle Printhead Pressure Adjustment Knobs Pivoting Deck Deck Lock Lever 11 Label Roll Guide 3 Core Adapters 2 Media Hanger Beam 12 Ribbon Guide Bar Media Guide Bar Printhead MO NOT RF oO LD O kh k MND Platen Roller 13 14 k O Media Sensor Label Width Guide i E Figure 3 Printer Interior View 17 18 Rear View Figure 4 Printer Rear View Internal Ethernet Interface Fanfold Label Entrance RS 232C Interface Max 115 200 bps USB Interface USB 2 0 Full soeed mode SD Card Slot Power Switch ae o ee I Power Socket NOTE The interface picture is for reference only Refer to the product specification for interface availability Recommended SD specification See Table 1 on page 19 Table 1 SD Card Specifications Specification Capacity Manufacturer SanDisk Transcend E e The DOS FAT file system is supported for the SD card Folders files stored in the SD card should be in the 8 3 filename format Operator Controls Front Panel and Keys STATUS Indicator Printer is offline no error Blinking Printer is in error state Head Open Paper Jam Out of Paper Ribbon Errors Cutter Error Printhead Overheat Calibration Error POWER Indicator ve O turned off On Printer power is turned on
114. nfiguration Utility to set the media sensor type and calibrate the selected sensor Note e Recalibrate the gap black mark sensor when changing media e The sensor location is marked by a triangle V on the sensor housing e The media sensor position can be moved horizontally Ensure the gap or black mark is at the location where media gap black mark will pass through for sensing 28 Label Roll Loading Path Fanfold Media Entrance Slot Platen Roller A De O Media Hanger Media sensor Media guide bar 29 Loading Fanfold Media Fanfold media feeds through rear label entrance slot or opening Open the printer media cover Push the deck lock lever back to open the pivoting deck Move the label roll guide to the end of media hanger beam then place roll guide to horizontal position Remove the 3 inch core adapters from the media hanger beam Label Roll Guide 3 Inch Core Adapters 2 Insert fanfold media through the rear label entrance slot Thread leading edge of fanfold label under the media guide bar onto the platen roller Adjust the media width guide to fit label width Push both sides of pivoting deck down to close it ensuring the latches engage properly Fanfold Media 9 Use the Configuration Utility to set the media sensor type and calibrate the selected sensor Note Calibrate the gap black mark sensor when changing media Loading Media in Peel Off Mode 1 Open the peel off cover by
115. ng with the printer Power and Error LEDs are blinking fast Wrinkle problem Gray line on the blank label Irregular printing The media guide does not touch the edge of the media Label size is not specified correctly Sensor sensitivity is not set properly The media sensor is covered with dust Media sensor sensitivity is not set properly Label size is incorrect The parameter Shift Y in the LCD menu is incorrect The vertical offset setting in the driver is incorrect Wrong Label Width size setup A password previously set from the Configuration Utility is lost Power was switched OFF and ON too quickly Printhead pressure is incorrect Ribbon is incorrectly installed Media is incorrectly installed Print density is incorrect Media feeding is incorrect The printhead is dirty The platen roller is dirty The printer is in Job Capture mode The RS 232 is incorrect If the label is moving to the right side move the media width guide to the left inboard If the label is moving to the left side move the media width guide to the right outboard Ensure the label size is set correctly Calibrate the sensor by Auto Gap or Manual Gap options Clean the Gap Black mark sensor refer to Chapter 4 on page 49 Recalibrate the sensor sensitivity set the correct Label Length size and gap size If the Label Length is correct use the Configuration Utility to adjust Vert Image
116. ng the Calibrate Sensor button as shown in Figure 24 The Sensor Calibration window opens containing three sections Media Type Manual Setup and Auto Calibration Printer Configuration File Mar Sensor Calibration Pleas baca dias Auto Calibrator Manual Sebup Meda Type Paper Height Sensor Intensity Reading Intensity Gap Calibrate Sensor pan E inch l z C Black Maik Active Emulation Gap Theeshokd Vake Curent Reading C Continuous mch 467 Auto Selection ATC Setup Show Configuration Calibrate Sel Manual Setup Cancel Figure 24 Printer Calibration Media Type Media Type First select the Media type Gap Black Mark Continuous or Auto Selection If Gap the label is a continuous form the calibration function checks for the f Black Mark transparency of the paper Auto Selection can be used when the user has Continuous unique media that is not easily categorized as one of the previous selections C Auto Selection Auto Selection may result in a longer calibration process Auto Calibration Auto Calibration is the easiest method of calibration for standard media types Entries for Paper Height and Gap are not required but can be used with challenging media If values are entered the T2N printer will use them during the calibration process These values will be reflected in the appropriate Media Sensor tab parameters Auto Calibration Upon clicking the Calibrate bu
117. ng the current printer configuration is necessary to diagnose and correct unexpected printer behavior The Configuration Utility may be used to read the current printer configuration or to print the configuration by clicking the Print Test Page button In cases where the Configuration Utility is not available or unable to communicate with the printer you may print the configuration by turning off the printer then holding down the Feed Key on the Control Panel while turning the printer back on 41 Common Problems The following table lists common problems that may occur when operating the printer If the problem still exists after troubleshooting contact the Customer Service Department of your purchased reseller or distributor Possible Cause Recovery Procedure Power indicator does not illuminate The power cord is not properly connected 1 Plug the power cord in printer and outlet 2 Verify that the outlet has power Switch power on Status indicator is blinking and The printer is in a fault condition See Fault Handling on page 37 Online indicator is off The Configuration Utility Get Status shows Head Open The printer status from the Configuration Utility shows Ribbon End Err or Ribbon Encoder Err The printer does not report Print head Open fault when the printer is first powered on Media Calibration is followed immediately by a fault Status LED blinking The print
118. nix Inc warrants that for ninety 90 days after delivery the Software will perform in accordance with specifications published by Printronix Inc Printronix Inc does not warrant that the Software is free from all bugs errors and omissions Remedy Your exclusive remedy and the sole liability of Printronix Inc in connection with the Software is replacement of defective software with a copy of the same version and revision level Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Remedies 1 THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY ARE EXCLUDED Printronix Inc does not warrant that the functions contained in the Software will meet your requirements or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error free Printronix Inc reserves the right to make changes and or improvements in the Software without notice at any time 2 INNOEVENT WILL PRINTRONIX INC BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS LOST DATA BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS OR ANY OTHER DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT EVEN IF PRINTRONIX INC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE ABUSE OR MANIPULATION OF THE SOFTWARE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YO
119. nnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnonononnnnnnnnnnonnnoncnonons 123 Printronix Supplies DepartMent 2 2 5 c cccseccceccsecsceccsecseeecdecseeccsecsseecdectseesdecsseendecneeenss 123 Corpolate OMIC Sisi dci 124 B Waranty IRON aON criado a aii ico ari tb 125 Introduction Product Overview The T2N series of industrial thermal label printers are designed to offer the right features at the best value The T2N series features a small footprint and low profile design that fits where larger industrial printers do not Its quiet operation and fast label throughput is equally functional in the office or on the shop floor The printer s metal construction and die cast aluminum print mechanism is durable enough to withstand the toughest production environment The moveable media sensor design can accept a wide range of label media The most frequently used bar code formats are included Fonts and bar codes can be printed in any one of the four directions This printer comes with emulations PGL ZGL and EGL Both PGL and ZGL include the MONOTYPE IMAGING system with access to five resident scalable fonts including the ability to download True Type fonts into the printer s memory for label printing PGL and ZGL also have access to over 30 barcode symbologies Both PGL and ZGL are compatible with other Printronix thermal products making migration across Printronix platforms easy The EGL emulation is designed to be compatible with EPL protocol and co
120. nob has five setting levels Clockwise adjustment increases the printhead pressure Counter clockwise adjustment decreases the printhead pressure If the wrinkle on the label starts from the lower left side to upper right side do following 1 2 Decrease the right side printhead pressure adjustment knob setting one level for each adjustment then print the label again to check for wrinkles If the right side printhead adjustment knob setting is set to index 1 the lowest pressure index increase the left side printhead pressure If the wrinkle still exists contact the Customer Service Department of your reseller or distributor for service 47 48 4 Maintenance This chapter discusses how to maintain your printer 1 Use one of the following materials to clean the printer Cotton swab or authorized Printronix Thermal Printhead Cleaning Pen 203502 002 Lint free cloth Vacuum Blower brush 100 Ethanol or 99 7 Isopropyl alcohol 2 Thecleaning process is as follows Always power off the printer before Clean the printhead when changing a new cleaning the printhead label roll Direct Thermal Print Mode or when Allow the printhead to cool for a replacing the ribbon roll Thermal Transfer minimum of one minute Print Mode Use a cotton swab or a thermal printhead cleaning pen and 100 ethanol or 99 7 isopropyl alcohol to clean the printhead surface Printhead Printhead Printhead Elements T
121. nsor 114 Ribbon Encoder 114 Ribbon Sensor 114 Media Sensor Tab 71 Clip Page 74 Cut Label Count 74 Fault Reprint 73 Gap Offset Black Mark Offset Disable Offset 75 Gap Size Black Mark Size Disable Size 75 Head Auto Cal 76 Horz Image Shift 73 Label Length 72 Label Wait Time 73 Label Width 72 Max Cal Length 76 Media Handling 72 Media Sensor 75 Mirror 73 Paper Jam Distance 73 Power Up Action 75 Print Mode 72 Print Speed 71 Sensed Distance 75 Sensor Intensity 75 Tear Off Adjust 73 Threshold Detection 75 Vert Image Shift 73 Memory 112 Mirror 73 Notices Communication 139 OCR A Chars 116 OCR B Chars 116 Operations Overview 15 Operator Controls 20 front panel 20 keys 20 LED indicators 21 power up key combinations 21 Optional Features Product 12 Orientation 83 89 Overview Configuration Utility 59 operations 15 printer 16 product 9 Page Memory 113 Parameter Values Configuration Utility 66 inch 67 mm 67 Parity 78 Password Setup 103 Peel Off Mode Load Media 31 PGL Character Sets 119 PGL Diagnostics 88 PGL Tab 83 Boundary Check 86 C39 Compatible 87 Character Group 84 Character Sets 84 Do FF at TOF 85 Ext Execute Copy 85 Forms Handling 85 Host Form Length 84 2 5 Selection 87 Ignore Char 86 Ignore Mode 86 Orientation 83 PGL Diagnostics 88 Print Direction 84 Select SFCC 84 select SO Char 87 Skip Cmd Prefix 86 Slash Zero 86 Trunc Dyn Data
122. nted as a tab at the top level Figure 10 below shows the Printer Configuration tab T2N Configuration Utility V1 00E Language Unit English HELP f inch C mm Printer Functior Printer Configuration Calibrate Sensor Printer Information Merlo Active Emulation Serial No DPI RTC Setup Media Sensor Interface PGL ZGL EGL Figure 10 The Printer Configuration Tab Printer Configuration displays when the Configuration Utility is launched Components of this section include e Printer Information This subsection displays information about the T2N printer currently connected to the Configuration Utility See Printer Information for more details page 64 63 64 Printer Configuration Tabs This subsection allows users to set up and store a configuration in the T2N printer The available tabs for configuration include Media Sensor Configures all label and sensor settings Configures the host I O including serial and Ethernet Configures PGL settings Configures ZGL settings Configures EGL settings Printer Functions This subsection consists of a set of buttons used to perform setup actions e g Calibrate Sensor and Active Emulation diagnostics and other important features such as firmware upgrade See Printer Functions on page 95 for more details Printer Status This subsection queries the printer regarding status e g Ready Head Open Paper Jam Out of Paper etc See Printer Status on
123. ol 115 Statistics Control 113 Advaned Setup PGL Text Printing 117 Applications 9 Auto Calibration 96 Auto Selection Media Type 99 Baud Rate 78 Black Mark Media Type 98 Bold Chars 116 Boundary Check 86 Buffers Clear Data 21 C39 Compatible 87 Calibrate Sensor 96 Auto Calibration 96 Auto Selection Media Type 99 Black Mark Media Type 98 Continuous Media Type 98 Gap Media Type 98 Manual Setup 97 Media Type 96 Character Group PGL 84 ZGL Tab 89 Character Sets 119 PGL 84 119 ZGL 121 ZGL tab 89 Cl22 Command C 91 Clear Data from Buffers 21 Clip Page 74 Code Page 93 COM RS 232 Connection 62 Command Prefix 89 Command Tool 109 Common Problems 42 Communication Notices 139 Compatibility Configuration Utility 68 Configuration as Files Configuration Utility 68 Configuration Control 65 Configuration Overview Configuration Utility 65 Configuration Utility 57 access 57 Index Advanced Setup 111 Character Sets 119 Command Tool 109 compatibility 68 configuration as files 68 configuration control 65 configuration overview 65 EGL tab 93 Ethernet connection 80 File Manager 106 Help 118 installation 58 Interface tab 77 language 60 launch 58 load file 68 Media Sensor tab 71 overview 59 parameter values 66 PGL tab 83 printer configuration 63 printer functions 95 printer information 64 Printer Status 105 save file 68 system requirements 57 test connection 63
124. onfiguration format is the same as shown with the Show Configuration option 001 T2N Configuration 002 VERSION 003 SERIAL NUMBER 004 DPI 005 PRINTER USAGE 006 PRINTHEAD USAGE 007 CUT COUNT 008 FLASH 009 DRAM 010 MEDIA SENSOR 011 012 013 014 015 Print Speed Print Intensity Media Handling Print Mode Label Width 7 2 12 5 03pm V1 11D 23 Jun 12 372123 3T2N21235093 203 1923442 inches 574391 inches 455 8 MB 32 MB 4 IPS 3 Continuous Direct 3 9 inch Figure 28 Test Page Alternatively the test page can be printed by rebooting the printer while holding the FEED key on the control panel 101 102 Reset Printer The Reset Printer button in the Printer Function section is a quick way to cycle printer power Note This action does not reset the printer to factory default configurations Use the Factory Default button to reset the printer s configuration if needed Factory Default The Factory Default button in the Printer Function section restores the factory default settings in the printer followed by a reboot This includes the Media Sensor Interface PGL ZGL and EGL configuration parameters This procedure also affects the Advanced settings parameters with exception of network parameters which can only be reset to their default within the Interface tab via the Network Default button Note You must click the Read button to load the defaults back into
125. operly Printhead element is damaged Ribbon and media are incompatible Printhead pressure Is not set properly Delete unused files in the FLASH DRAM Use the Configuration Utility to change the maximum value see Advanced Setup on page 111 Use an authorized SD card For supported SD cards see page 19 Reinsert the SD card and power up the printer Reload supplies Clean the printhead Clean the platen roller Adjust the print density and print speed Run a printer self test and check the printhead test pattern for missing dots Change to proper ribbon or label media Adjust the printhead pressure adjustment knobs If the left or right side of the printout is too light adjust the left or right pressure adjustment knob to the higher index for higher pressure If the pressure adjustment knob is adjusted to 5 and the print quality is still poor contact the Customer Service Department of your reseller or distributor for service or instructions Ensure the deck lock lever is latched to the pivoting deck properly Cutter is not working The connector is loose Plug the connector cable correctly 44 Label feeding is not stable skew when printing Skip labels when printing The printing position on small labels is incorrect The left side printout position is incorrect Missing printing on the left or right side of label Configuration Utility requests password when communicati
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127. orage Select Figure 19 PGL Setup Orientation Orientation describes the rotation of the image relative to the Print Direction option Portrait factory default represents 0 degree rotation Landscape represents 90 degree rotation Inv Portrait is 180 degree rotation Inv Landscape is 270 degree rotation Disable D 0 255 Enable Disable v Disable l Always Disable w Leading Zero 14 925 0 2ntazo On y SE This ts illustrated in Figure 20 page 84 where text is placed at the origin according to its Orientation setting ZGL has its own independent setting for Orientation 83 84 Print Direction Print Direction defines Portrait relative to the direction of feed e Head First factory default makes Portrait elements feed first e Foot First makes Portrait elements feed last see Figure 20 Print Direction Head First Print Direction Foot First Inv Portrait Portrait z lt 2 fe 5 Q UN O eB Oo D Feed co Q O UN c gt Landscape 11811104 Ye1110d AU Figure 20 Orientation versus Print Direction Character Group and Character Sets This menu item selects the character set used by the printer Changing the Character Group will automatically change the available selections in the Character Sets menu Character Groups and Sets are shown in the in PGL Character Sets section on page 119 Select SFCC You can specify which decimal code 1 25
128. ores the character specified in the Select Character menu Ignore Char This parameter selects which character to discard when Ignore Mode is enabled e 0 factory default e Q 255 Any character from 0 to 255 in decimal Skip Cmd Prefix Stands for Skip Command Prefix This parameter determines if the printer will print any non terminated data on the same line before a PGL command is received This command only has affect when the Active Emulation is set to PGL Otherwise data before a valid PGL command will always be ignored e Disable Data preceding the command will be processed as text e Enable factory default Data preceding the command will be skipped ignored Trunc Dyn Data This submenu allows the user to truncate the dynamic data up to the maximum data length specified in Create Mode e Disable factory default If the dynamic data exceeds the maximum data length an error will report e Enable If the dynamic data exceeds the maximum data length the data truncates Slash Zero This parameter allows you to print the numeral 0 with or without the slash This option applies to all character sets except OCR A and OCR B e Disable factory default Zero is printed without a slash e Enable Zero is printed with a slash UPC Descenders This parameter allows you to print bar code descenders when human readable data is not presented in the UPC EAN bar codes e Always factory default UPC EAN bar codes are printed
129. page 104 for more details Printer Information Figure 11 shows printer information Upon clicking the Read button the printer s information populates the Configuration Utility All items shown are read only and cannot be modified This section describes the fields in greater detail Printer Information Version T2N3 191 014 25 Mar 13 373012 Serial No 37 931244010 CPI 300 Printer Usage 18079 IN Figure 11 Printer Information Values IMPORTANT If you contact the Printronix Customer Support Center for technical support report these field values for prompt handling Version The Version consists of the model name program file version program file date and program file part number The model name is T2N2 203 DPI T2N3 300 DPI The program file version is in Printronix format Vm xxYY See Version Number on page 58 for information on Vm xxYY format Note When contacting the Customer Support Center use the program file part number to identify the software Serial No serial No is the serial number of the printer set in the Factory DPI The printer DPI value 203 or 300 DPI displays in this field Printer Usage The Printer Usage value is in inches only and cannot be reset If a new controller is installed this figure will reset to the value on the new controller Configuration Overview You can configure printer setup through the Configuration Utility or the webpage when network is used The T2N prin
130. prietary application code or updates to the Ethernut code The copyright included with the Ethernut source code is as follows Fe Copyright C 2004 by egnite Software GmbH All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 Neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY EGNITE SOFTWARE GMBH AND CONTRIBUTORS CAS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL EGNITE SOFTWARE GMBH OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIAB
131. rameter determines if a carriage return will be followed by a line feed e Disable factory default The printer ignores all carriage returns that are not followed by line feeds e Enable The printer processes all carriage returns even for those that are not followed by line feeds Select LPI This is the number of lines to be printed per inch For example at 6 LPI there is 1 6 inch from the top of one print line to the top of the next print line The options are 1 to 1000 LPI The factory default is 6 0 LPI 117 Help The HELP feature Figure 40 provides several different selections T2N Configuration Utility V1 00D Loa Language Unit Tool Interface English Contents a USE Utility and Drivers Printer Configuration File Manager Command Customer Support File System and Memory t Control About FLASH File System S ther Z 100 KB Figure 40 HELP Button Contents The Contents option opens the HELP window with help contents index and search capability The help file is named T2NHelp chm The Configuration Utility exe and T2NHelp chm need to be in the same directory and on the C drive If the Configuration Utility does not find the help file a message window opens Figure 41 Help on Configuration Utility o PRINTRONIX Help File could not be found When installing this application exel the Help File crm must be loaded into the same directory Refer to the readme tet f
132. readed through the media sensor and the media width guide Make sure the media sensor is properly positioned with the triangle in line with the gap notch hole or black mark see page 28 Close the pivoting deck Press the Feed Key to clear the error The printer should advance to TOF of the next label and resume printing see Note at the end of Table 3 on page 41 The Media Sensor cannot find a gap hole or black mark 1 2 oF 4 Open the pivoting deck Pull the media back onto the hanger beam Make sure the media sensor is clean see page 49 Reload the paper making sure it is properly threaded through the media sensor and the media width guide Make sure the media sensor is properly positioned with the triangle in line with the gap notch hole or black mark see page 28 Make sure the label size is set correctly Close the pivoting deck Press the Feed Key to clear the error The printer should advance to the TOF of the next label and resume printing see Note at the end of Table 3 on page 41 The printer has detected that the pivoting deck is up 1 2 3 Close the pivoting deck by pressing down firmly on both sides of the pivoting deck until the latch fully engages Press the Feed Key to clear the error The printer should advance to the TOF of the next label and resume printing see Note at the end of Table 3 on page 41 The printer has detected that the printhead has overheated T
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134. ress Port Printer Status Ready Get Status COMI 9600 N 8 1 RTS 1 0 224 6 58 EI Oo Network Default Web Setup Load File Save File PRINTRONIX Set Read 5 30 2013 2 10 06 PM Figure 15 Interface Tab This section covers the following areas within the Interface Tab e USB Setup Sets up the printer to use the USB port for host lO page 78 e Serial RS 232 Setup Sets up the printer to use the serial RS 232 port for host lO page 78 e Ethernet Setup Sets up the printer to use the Ethernet for host lO or for communication with the Configuration Utility page 79 e Ethernet Connection How to identify and select the right printer through methods such as using the USB serial RS 232 or network discovery page 80 e Web Setup How to launch the T2N webpage and perform setup tasks via the webpage page 82 77 78 USB Setup There is no setup for USB Simply connect the USB cable between the printer and host and the printer is ready to receive data Serial RS 232 Setup ASZ Baud Rate 3600 Data Bits E a Faiy None Shop Bilz 1 Baud Rate Sets the baud rate of the serial interface in the printer Baud rate is the speed at which serial data is transferred between the host computer and the printer Options for the RS 232 interface are 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 and 115200 Baud The factory default is 9600 Data Bits Sets the length of the serial data word The length of
135. rinter values first before modifying them If not previously performed click the Read button Printer Configuration File Manager Command Tool Advanced File System and Memory FLASH File Systern 2560 KB Maxi of Files in FLASH 256 DRAM File System 512 KB Max of Files in DRAM 256 Page Memory 200 EB Factory Set Statistics Control Printhead Reset Usage 1491 IN ceme usage fi tof Cuts Media Sensor Control Enable Enable Enable Head up Sensor Ribbon Sensor Ribbon Encoder Scalable Font Control Max Font Butter Max Cached Memory Max Cached Char Standard Chars Bold Chars Extra Bold Chars OCA OCR E Tall Characters FGL Test Printing Define CA Code Define LF Code CR Edit Select LFI PRINTRONIX Figure 39 Advanced Setup MW 100 KB 1800 KE o dK 340 052 48 0512 504 0512 34001 a4 0512 Disable y Disable E 1 1000 Sel 111 This section reviews the different features of Advanced Setup e File System and Memory Defines how memory is allocated within the system see page 112 e Statistics Control Allows the ability to reset certain statistics see page 113 e Media Sensor Control Allows the ability to disable and enable sensors see page 114 e Scalable Font Control Allows the ability to modify the appearance of scalable fonts see page 114 e PGL Text Printing Allows the ability to print text through PGL see page 1
136. rior to 2012 Printronix certified products under the self certification program In accordance with the latest requirements Printronix now employs approved third party test labs to certify that their product comply with the latest Energy Star standards NOTE The ENERGY STAR emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service More information about the Energy Star program can be found at http www energystar gov Lithium Battery WARNING WARNINGThe controller printed circuit board contains a lithium battery Do not dispose of the battery by incineration Failure to comply may cause the battery to explode Contact your local waste agency for the correct disposal procedure BE En bj 138 Communication Notices This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the
137. s on underside Measurable length from the middle of the leading edge of one black mark to the middle of the next black mark Unlike other gap types of media the printer is able to print over the top of a black mark so label length is the size of one black mark plus the length of the media between black marks Power Up Action This menu is used to determine how the engine will synchronize with the media upon power up There are three options e Auto Calibrate factory default When the printer is first powered on it will complete its initialization and then perform an Auto Calibrate e Seek TOF Moves the media to TOF at power up provided that the user has already calibrated media using gap mark sensor A seek to TOF will not be done when the Gap Mark Sensor is set to Disable e Disable No movement at power up 75 76 Head Auto Calibrate This option selects whether the printer does a media calibration after a Printhead Open fault e Enable factory default Performs media calibration each time the Printhead Open fault condition is cleared The Feed key must be pressed to initiate the calibration e Disable No media calibration after Printhead Open fault Max Cal Length This option specifies the maximum distance to search for a gap or mark before declaring calibration unsuccessful Recommended length is 1 5 times the label length of the installed media The factory default value is 10 inches Interface Tab After set
138. selects the code page The third parameter Pz selects a KDU country code which is not supported in this product 93 94 Oo o o w NI NI NI NI NI NI NIN Y U 0 U p A English US S Latin 2 Cyrillic II Slavic 00 O Cyrillic ee fe a IESIIS I Se ICO EA The table above shows the available options and how they correspond to the P and P gt parameters of the command The default code page is 437 al 00 Printer Functions Printer Functions to the left of the Printer Configuration section as highlighted in Figure 23 TIN Configuration Utility V1 00F Language Unit English HELP f inch C mm Frinter Configuration File Mianager Command Tool Advanced Printer Function Printer Configuration ESB cara Printer Information Version Active Emulation Serial No DPI SE Media5ensor Interface FGL GL EGL Show Configuration Orientation A Print Test Page Print Direction ka ees Character Group Character Set r Factory Default Pale O B Cut Fwd Cut Rev Command Prefix 1 255 Label Prefi Job Capture ca 1 255 Delimiter 1 255 Enega E Host Form Length k Password Setup Left Position dots Top Positi pO Firmware Upgrade RRIS dats Resolution Mode Figure 23 Printer Functions The functions include e Calibrate Sensor calibrates the labels and sensors See page 96 e Active Emulation selects the Emulat
139. sent in the desired Memory Device as described in File Information page 64 Select the desired file to delete in the window Click the Delete button to delete the file s After a moment update the file information using the Get button and verify the target file has successfully deleted The Free Space will increment by the size of the file IMPORTANT The File Manager will delete files from the SD card even if these files are file protected This includes the Premium Fonts that can be purchased from Printronix DO NOT delete files from the SD card unless you are certain that these files are no longer required 108 File Format To format the Memory Device use the File Format subsection Simply select the target Memory Device and click Format File Format Memory Device DRAM e FLASH pe M s 4 s C CARD f 4 Confirm mtm y i O Formatting will remove all data on the Memory Device Are you sure you want to format l e o gt Fi gt Fead E E Cancel This action deletes all files in that device Confirm whether to perform this action see above As shown once the formatting process starts the user is required to wait for the formatting to complete before continuing to use the printer For DRAM and FLASH this is a quick process For SD Card this may take several minutes The user can click the Read button from the Printer Configuration tab to verify process completio
140. sh Notes PTT Turkish IBC Turkish Factory Default Bull Turkish AS400 Turkish Unisys Turkish NCR Turksh PST Turkish UNIS 1 Turkish Code Page 853 INFO Turkish Figure 44 ZGL Character Groups and Sets 121 122 A Customer Support Printronix Customer Support Center IMPORTANT Please have the following information available prior to calling the Printronix Customer Support Center e Model number e Serial number located on the back of the printer e Installed options i e interface and host type if applicable to the problem e Configuration printout Click Print Test Page in the Configuration Utility s Printer Configuration tab or reboot the printer while holding the FEED key on the control panel see page 20 e Is the problem with a new install or an existing printer e Description of the problem be specific e Good and bad samples that clearly show the problem faxing or emailing these samples may be required Americas 714 368 2686 Europe Middle East and Africa 31 24 6489 311 Asia Pacific 65 6548 4114 China 86 800 999 6836 http www printronix com support aspx ek Printronix Supplies Department Contact the Printronix Supplies Department for genuine Printronix supplies Americas 800 733 1900 Europe Middle East and Africa 33 1 46 25 19 07 Asia Pacific 65 6548 4116 or 65 6548 4132 China 86 400 886 5598 India 800 102 7869 http www printronix com supplies par
141. stem will be erased Are you sure you want to continue Cancel Statistics Control This section is used to reset counters in the engine Statistics Contral Printhead Reset Usage 682 IN E a Hof Cu Printhead Reset Click the Printhead Reset button each time a printhead is replaced This keeps an accurate account of how much of the printhead has been used Usage The printhead usage value displays in inches only and can be reset by using the Printhead Reset option within Statistics Control in Advanced Setup When a new printhead is installed reset the printhead for accuracy 113 114 Cutter Reset Click the Cutter Reset button each time a cutter is replaced This keeps an accurate account of how many cuts the cutter has performed Usage The Cutter Usage value is the number of cuts that the cutter has performed When a new counter is installed reset the value to maintain an accurate count Media Sensor Control This section provides advanced control of Media Sensor options which are not typically needed by users By default all the sensors listed are enabled in the printer Users can disable these sensors if desired based on specific application or media Media Sensor Control Head up Sensor Enable vw Ribbon Sensor Enable Ribbon Encoder Enable Head up Sensor This menu configures the head up sensor e Enable factory default Enables the head up sensor e Disable Disables
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143. tem and Memory page 112 107 File Download Use the File Download area within the File Manager to download a file The steps are as follows 1 2 3 4 8 View the current contents of the target Memory Device as described in File Information see previous section Select the target Memory Device in the File Download area Click the Browse button to open the Open File window Select the file for download The filename must be in the 8 3 format or the following error message displays Once the file is selected the File Name and File Size is shown in their respective boxes see Figure 35 Note the Free Space value in the File Information subsection and verify there is adequate space available before downloading the file into the Memory Device Click Download File Download File Name printtes txt i File Size 2414 Byte Memory Device FLASH z a Download Figure 35 File Download Subsection Update the file information using the Get button and verify the target file has been successfully downloaded The Free Space will decrement by the size of the file IMPORTANT Filenames of files saved to the SD card will convert to uppercase Access to these files by filename is not case sensitive File Delete Follow these steps to delete a file from a Memory Device via the File Information subsection 1 2 3 4 View the contents already pre
144. ter contains two configurations e Factory Configuration e User Configuration Factory Configuration parameters cannot be changed User Configuration values can be uploaded and downloaded as necessary by clicking the Read and Set buttons respectively The Save File and Load File buttons allow you to save and load configurations as files stored on your computer This provides easy configuration transfers between printers Note Windows driver jobs or host commands from PGL ZGL or EGL emulations may affect User Configuration These emulations have commands to help the user set up the printer Configurations are stored in FLASH memory every time the printer is reset or powered off This section covers the following e Basic Configuration Control How to upload download and reset configuration values e Parameter Values Different types of parameter values that can be set e Unit Preference mm or inch Selecting the preferred units for distance e Configurations as Files How to save and load configurations as files e Compatibility Challenges Mixing firmware utility and saved configurations Basic Configuration Control Read Uploading the T2N Configuration The Read button loads the entire set of configuration values from the printer to the Configuration Utility This process overwrites all values within the various fields of the Printer Configuration tabs e g Media Sensor Interface PGL ZGL and EGL a
145. the Configuration Utility Alternatively setting the printer to Factory Default can be performed by rebooting the printer while holding the PAUSE and FEED keys simultaneously on the control panel Cut Fwd and Cut Rev The Cut Fwd and Cut Rev buttons are used to move the cutter in both forward and reverse directions This tool helps clear paper jams that occur in the cutter Note These two functions do not adjust the cut position Job Capture The Job Capture feature captures the data sent to the printer in various forms The data can then be analyzed and or sent to Printronix Customer Support Print Label In default mode with Print Label selected the data will print on the label as it is received see Figure 29 If the print data does not fill a label press the Feed key to get the data to print The only way to disable this mode is to reboot the printer or use the Reset Printer button in the Printer Function section Job Capture Setup This is hex dump 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 68 65 78 20 64 75 fh SU E The data is he 2E 20 54 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 20 69 73 20 gt x format on the Te DO we Gs 72 Gy Gil Wu Oo Ge Gi Do Fel Ge ID GIG Ge 7 OO 62 Gil Gm Gl oir We GS ee C Save to SD Card Right hand side f Save to File File Name Dura tt Set Cancel Figure 29 Job Capture Features 6D 70 60 65 65 20 69 28 Save to SD Card Selecting Save to SD Card saves the next print
146. tinue use of the feature if desired By using the Ignore AUTOFR button AUTO FORM will not be executed during the next power up cycle This gives the user an opportunity to delete the AUTOFORM file stored in the printer Password Setup Once the printer is configured the company or IT group may not want the configuration to get accidentally modified by the operator This can be accomplished by setting a password The password is stored in the printer like other configuration items Click the Password Setup button to open the Password Setup window see Figure 30 Once the old password is verified a new password can be accepted Password Setup Old Password Mew Password OK Cancel Figure 30 Password Setup Window IMPORTANT A password is required to access the printer If you forget your password contact the Printronix Customer Support Center page 123 103 104 Firmware Upgrade Conveniently upgrade the printer firmware by clicking the Firmware Upgrade button and locating the desired program file NEW extension as shown in Figure 31 Printer Function Calibrate Sensor Look in ptx vi es Edy Active Emulation p Name Date modified Type gt RTC Setup 7 C T2N NEW 11 7 2012 12 28 PM NEW File 7 z T6 NEW 10 5 2012 10 51 AM NEW File Show Configuration _ T62 NEW 9 7 2012 1 00 PM NEW File Print Test Page _ T63 NEW 9 7 2012 1 00 PM NEW File Reset Printer Factory D
147. ts aspx 123 Corporate Offices Printronix Inc 15345 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92618 U S A Phone 714 368 2300 Fax 714 368 2600 Printronix Inc c o Printronix Nederland BV Bijsterhuizen 11 38 6546 AS Nijmegen The Netherlands Phone 31 24 6489489 Fax 31 24 6489499 Printronix Schweiz GmbH 42 Changi South Street 1 Changi South Industrial Estate Singapore 486763 Phone 65 6542 0110 Fax 65 6546 1588 Printronix Commercial Shanghai Co Ltd 22F Eton Building East No 555 Pudong Av Shanghai City 200120 P R China Phone 86 400 886 5598 Fax 86 21 5138 0564 Visit the Printronix web site at www printronix com 124 B Warranty Information Printer Warranty Printronix warrants to the purchaser that under normal use and service this printer excluding the thermal printhead purchased hereunder shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment from Printronix In the United States and Canada the printer warranty provides a 1 year return to factory warranty which commences on the date of shipment from Printronix Costs of shipping to be borne by the purchaser Consumable items such as media and ribbons are not covered under this warranty This warranty does not cover equipment or parts that have been misused altered or used for purposes other than those for which they were manufactured This warranty also does not cover loss shipp
148. ts to configure an option nonexistent in the printer the firmware will ignore it It is recommended to use a Configuration Utility that is at the same xx version level as the firmware The table below shows three possible scenarios and the how they are handled Utility Firmware Compatibility Results The Configuration Utility version 1 05 is greater than firmware version 1 03 The Configuration Utility will have a larger feature set than is supported in the firmware Setting options in the Configuration Utility may be ignored by the firmware After a Set operation perform a Read operation First attempt to communicate with the printer will result in the following information window 2 Information Configuration Utility exceeds firmware capability Some options shown V1 05B V1 03C on the Utility may not be present in the firmware Do not show this message again This message appears for each Read operation unless you select Do not show this message again In this case the Configuration Utility may show options or selections not supported in the firmware The Configuration Utility version 1 03 is the same as firmware version V1 03F V1 03C 1 03 Configuration Utility will have a matching set of features with the l l firmware The letter at the end of the version number does not affect compatibility The Configuration Utility version 1 01 is lower than the firmware version 1 03 Configuration Utility will not
149. tton Repeat as necessary Discover TCP IP Setup o kE Settings First IP Address Last IP Address 10 224 5 10 10 224 5 70 First IP Address 10 225 5 20 10 225 5 60 10 225 5 20 Last IP Address 10 225 5 60 Discovery Port 9100 Add Remove Modify Discover Step 3 Hit Discover button TCP IP Printer Name MAC IP Address Model Name Version Status Office printer TERZO0ET 2215 7 Step 4 Choose Printer PS 008199 00 16 82 00 61 99 10 22 15 78 T2N3 0 Ready Do Read Operation Figure 17 Discovery Process 81 Web Setup Click the Web Setup button to open the selected printer s webpage Instructions on how to use the webpage are not included The webpage is organized similarly to the Configuration Utility Figure 18 Note The Password Setup on the webpage and the Password Setup on the Configuration Tool setup require different passwords The webpage password does not affect the Configuration Tool and vice versa The webpage Password Setup requires a user name The user name can be set to any value it does not have to be the log in user name of the computer on which the browser is running _ File Edit Miew Favorites Tools Help x Share Browser WebEx Printer Configuration File Manager Advanced Help Unit inch mm o PRINTRON DE Printer Information GLOBAL PRINTING ENABLED T2N3 V1 00L 14 Jan 13 372884 372N31244006 DPI 300
150. tton the printer will calibrate feed up to the Paper Height value specified in Max Cal Length in Media Sensor tab or 10 by default inch If calibration is successful the parameters Media Sensor Sensed Distance Gap Label Length and Gap Size or Black Mark Size will be updated in the inch Media Sensor tab If unsuccessful the printer status LED will flash Use Get Status to obtain the printer status Calibration Error will display in the printer box status The Sensed Distance value is the actual distance between gaps or black marks When the media contains black marks the printer sets middle of ae the mark as TOF and will stop at the tear bar in the middle of the black mark Lanta IMPORTANT Two options within the Media Sensor tab can force Auto Calibration 1 Power Up Action Auto Calibrate 2 Head Auto Cal Enable When option 1 is set the Auto Calibration procedure happens immediately upon power up When option 2 is set Auto Calibration happens after the printhead is properly latched and the Feed key is pressed Manual Setup Manual Setup Manual Calibration is for advanced users only with special Sensor Intensity Reading Intensity media The operation calibrates the sensors only When the 6 3 Sensor Calibration window opens the values for Sensor Threshold Value Current Reading Intensity Reading Intensity and Threshold Value are set to fT
151. up the host interface ports are active and available For example one job may be sent through USB while the next job sent through serial followed by a third job through Ethernet Note Be careful not to send the jobs at the same time or the application could misprint The Interface Tab Figure 15 is shown with DHCP selected A network connection is established for this example T2N Configuration Utility VLOLAO7 lo E meza Language Unit Tool Interface English f inch Comm USB Printer Configuration File Manager Command Tool Advanced Printer Configuration Printer Informatiori Printer Function Calibrate Senzor Version T2N2 41 00 OFslan 13 4372075 Active Emulation Serial No DPI 203 Printer Usage 2841564 IN Ue Media Sensor Interface PGL ZGL EGL Show Configuration Ethernet A5232 IP Assignment DHEP ki Baud Rate 3600 Print Test Page 1 0 224 558 Data Bits E Reset Printer 255 255 0 0 Parity Mone Factory Default i 0 2241 254 Stop Bit s Printer Mame Mark s Cut Fred Cut Rev MAC Address 00 1 B 82 FF B3 0C Job Capture TCP IP Ignore ALUTOFA Printer Name MAC IP Address Model Name Version Status Mark s 00 16 82 FF 63 00 10 24 5 58 Te 41 00 Ready Password Setup PS O0B5CF 00 18 82 00 B5 CF 10 245 10 Tee 41 01 Ready GS 90FDD39 00 10 09 90 FD 09 10 224 5 60 Alpha 4L Ready Firmware Upgrade Discover Device Advanced Discovery IF Add
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156. with descenders even if there is no human readable data e Never UPC EAN bar codes are printed without descenders if the PDF command is present e Only With PDF UPC EAN bar codes are printed with descenders only when the PDF command is presented C39 Compatible This menu makes the old method of decoding C39 alternative character set compatible with the new method For example in the old method for barcode data K123 M the barcode scans as 123 The new method scans the barcode as K123 M e Disable factory default Uses the current way of decoding e Enable Matches the old method of decoding 1 2 5 Selection This option is added to be compatible with a special IGP X00 customization Usually if Interleaved 2 5 bar codes have an odd number of digits a leading zero is inserted in front of the data However this special IGP X00 customization gives you the option of adding a space character at the end of the bar code instead e Leading Zero factory default A leading zero is inserted in front of the data e Trailing Space A space is inserted at the end of the data instead of a leading zero e X2 DPD When selected 2 5 bar code with a magnification X2 will use the specially configured ratios 3 3 6 5 rather than 3 6 9 12 for compatibility with other Printronix models e Modulo 7 CD The I 2 5 bar code uses a modulo 7 check digit instead of the default modulo 10 check digit Select SO Char Allows you to specify a decimal
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