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1. 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Color card Menu item Command RC gt gt O Plugin Cards Application Color cards are used in conjunction with the color option Logos are temporarily stored on the card which are then sent to the printer with the Y command In order to use the color option the printer must be prepared accordingly sensor sensor operation color firmware color card For more detailed information refer to the Color Option manual Formatting The card is prepared for use as a color card in the printer with the parameter CCLR OTHR CCLR see Info Printouts and Parameters The memory capacity varies according to the printer and card Programming The command RCn was introduced for the color option this command is used to define the color of the following element If a RC command is not specified the printer operates just like a normal monochrome printer For more detailed information refer to the Easy Plug manual and the Color Option manual Status reports ST34 Color Panel code error colored ribbon ST35 Color Panel block or logo does not fit ST36 Color Panel card not found writable For more detailed information refer to the section on status reports 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 Speedo card Scalable fonts Example Example Binary format File name gt gt gt USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Application Speedo cards are used to make av2. 41 42 43 ASCII G H dez 71 72 hex 47 48 ASCII D E F dez 68 6970 hex 44 4546 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Font no 202 207 Easy Plug Multilingual characters and some more electrical symbols C2 C7 MVT Il III Symbol size Font 201 C1 contains the above illustrated symbols in three sizes Der Gr ne Punkt only two Use one of the corresponding ASCII characters to select a symbol in a certain size Example Der Gr ne Punkt G Size 1 H Size 2 Symbol card Indications of Danger Part Number Usable for printers 93099 52 9 TTX 300 Offlline TTX 600 TLX 604 TTX 507 alt TTX 807 TTX 7xx 9 286 52 9 TTX 300 Online TTX 507 neu 98897 TTX x50 TDI TTK Tab 3 Part numbers of symbol cards with danger indication symbols Font no 200 Easy Plug ASCII ASCII D E F CO MVT II III dez dez 68 69 70 hex hex 44 45 46 ASCII G H ASCII J K L dez 71 7273 dez 74 7576 hex 47 48 49 hex 4A ADAC ASCII M N O ASCII P QR dez dez 505152 hex hex 80 81 82 ASCII ASCII VW X dez dez 86 87 88 hex hex 56 57 58 ASCII Y Z ASCII 1 2 3 dez 89 91 dez 49 5051 hex 59 5B hex 31 33 Symbol size Font 201 C1 contains the above illustrated symbols in three sizes Der gr ne Punkt only two Use one of the corresponding ASCII characters to select a symbol in a certain size Example Skull and crossbones J Size 1 lt K Size 2 lt L Size 3
3. 00 tt all fixfonts if numbers from 900 to 999 are used in the font names e g font900 aff While the printer is powering up the following message is displayed Loading Font900 If the font is named e g font900 ttf If more than into RAM one font is loaded every single fontname is displayed during the loading process True type fonts should always be loaded on RAM disk if high print performance is necessary Unicode fonts are ought to be used You must reserve at least as many kilobytes of memory on the RAM disk as are occupied by the fonts which are ought to be loaded from memory card To do so use the parameter In order to save memory capacity rename those fonts on the memory card which you are not currently using The following status report shows that insufficient memory has been reserved on the RAM disk Status 8201 Font Downl full More detailed information about status reports can be found in the chapter Status Reports More detailed information about the parameters can be found in the topic section Info Printouts and Parameters For detailed information on using Unicode fonts refer to topic section Easy Plug chapter General Notes Definitions and Command Overview Easy Plug and Unicode Logos directory When loading or proceeding logos the Easy Plug commands YK DK and DC use the directory logos II The directory logos must be created on memory card or RAM disc before calli
4. 8 Print length max with bar code cards 17 CompactFlash 872 118 E 18 Print length max With image cards 16 D R Database Cal DEE 13 RAM disk size 19 Database file layout 14 S a 18 opeedo Calderon 9 Em i E TELON USD TUUS 20 e Oli e TR TTE 4 i SC E E 20 Textile Care Symbols 4 graphics textile care symbols part numbers 4 Qe cst S 20 SEET EP 19 U F JMG OGG nem 19
5. R MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Selecting fonts The manner in which fonts are selected varies according to the control software being used When selecting fonts with Easy Plug the first font on the card is selected with the number YT200 and the subsequent fonts with incrementing numbers YT201 YT202 etc With the software MVT 3 the first font is selected as C1 subsequent fonts with incrementing numbers C2 C3 etc When using Jetmark fonts are selected as Card Font 0 Card Font 1 etc However the WYSIWYG view does not function for these fonts as Jetmark is not informed about the font type Symbol cards Symbol cards are a special type of font cards containing symbol fonts instead of character fonts Those may e g be textile care symbols indications of danger or electric symbols Symbols can be used additionally to the printer fonts Symbol card Textile Care Symbols The listed textile care symbols are in this assignment only contained on plug in cards with one of the following part numbers Part Number Usable for printers 93099 50 9 TTX 300 Offlline TTX 600 TLX 604 TTX 507 alt TTX 807 TTX 7xx 9 286 50 9 TTX 300 Online TTX 507 neu 98886 TTX x50 TDI TTK Tab 1 Part numbers for symbol cards with textile care symbols for use with 8 Dot printheads ASCII A dez 65 hex 41 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 Font no 202 Easy Plug C2 MVT Il Ill Font no 201 Easy Plug C1 MV
6. RT FOR after being switched on the printing process is started auto start using this file O For information about selecting a format on the card and about autostart refer to the Easy Plug manual Status reports ST85 Easy Card no card found O For more detailed information refer to the section on status reports 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Database card Infeed scanner Printing procedure Data format Example of a database Im Application The database card is used in conjunction with various options It contains a database provided by the customer Depending on the specific requirements the database is searched for the appropriate data set and the information found in this data set is shown on the label In addition to the infeed option and the scanner option variable data is also created on the label A label with a bar code is fed into the printer infeed option The scanner reads the bar code and transmits the data in the code to the printer using an internal serial interface A previously programmed PCMCIA card contains a database whose various data sets each consist of bar code information as well as the corresponding print data The printer reads in the appropriate data sets and searches for the corresponding bar code information If the bar code information is found the following print information is printed on the label The label is ejected from the printer a
7. T Il III Symbol size Font no 203 Easy Plug C3 MVT II III USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards ASCII a g dez 97 103 hex 61 67 ASCII h n dez 104 110 hex 68 6E ASCII o u dez 111 117 hex 6F 75 ASCI v z dez 118 122 hex 76 7A for use with 12 Dot printheads oymbols identical with font 200 for use with 8 Dot printheads ASCI A B C ASCII P Q R dez 65 66 67 dez 50 51 52 hex 41 42 43 hex 80 81 82 ASCII J K L dez 74 7576 hex 4A 4B4C ASCII M N O dez 77 78 79 hex 4D 4E AF Font 200 C1 contains the above illustrated symbols in three sizes Der Gr ne Punkt only two Use one of the corresponding ASCII characters to select a symbol in a certain size Example Cotton A Size 1 B Size 2 C Size 3 for use with 12 Dot printheads oymbols identical with font 201 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 Font no 200 Easy Plug CO MVT Il III USER MANUAL Plugin Cards Application Symbol card Electric and VDE symbols Part Number 93099 51 9 97286 51 9 98896 Usable for printers TTX 300 Offlline TTX 600 TLX 604 TTX 507 alt TTX 807 TTX 7xx TTX 300 Online TTX 507 neu TTX x50 TDI TTK Tab 2 Part numbers for symbol cards with electric and VDE symbols ASCII A dez 65 hex 41 The font contains the appropriate symbol Font no 201 Easy Plug C1 MVT Il III ASCI A B C dez 65 6667 hex
8. a of the label layout is stored on the format card and read out every time a label is printed Changing variable data is transmitted to the printer from the PC via the interface Variable information can be texts YT commands and bar codes YB commands In the case of very large labels with multiple field descriptions this considerably reduces the amount of data which must be transferred between the PC or mainframe and the printer The number of formats which are to be stored is dependent on the size of the card and the format sizes Maximum 100 fields with variable data are possible No O to 99 Loading data Only one method is possible in order to use PCMCIA cards as format cards Byloading fonts onto DOS formatted cards on the PC DOS formatting is only possible on the PC or laptop The printer is not capable of DOS formatting Loading fonts onto the PC or laptop 1 Format the card under DOS 2 Copy the file onto the card copy FORMAT FORD File 1 is copied copy FORMAT2 FOR D File 2 is copied copy FORMATS3 FOR D File 3 is copied The files are copied onto Drive D PCMCIA slot Selecting formats The name of the required format is selected using a command The printer now uses the format it has found or in the event of an error reacts with the corresponding status report 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards AUTOSTRT FOR lf the printer finds a format card with the file AUTOST
9. ailable additional fonts which are not included in the standard font generator of the printer allowing customer or application specific fonts to be used conveniently without changing the EPROM The fonts stored on the Speedo card can be portrayed using variable dot sizes Speedo scalable font Fonts with defined character size see Font card Data preparation First of all it is necessary to select the characters of the required scalable fonts using the program SUBSET manufacturer program Note that each individual font must be selected SUBSET in BX000001 SPD out SPD1 csd IBMPC CSD Font 1 SUBSET in BX000008 SPD out SPD2 csd IBMPC CSD Font 2 SUBSET in BX000005 SPD out SPD3 csd IBMPC CSD Font 3 The converted fonts must then be compiled using the program SPDLINK manufacturer program and the option card You can compile a maximum of five fonts The memory capacity of the card must be taken into account SPDLINK card The binary file PROMFILE BIN is created This file name may not be altered Loading data FLASH RAM cards which are to be used as Speedo cards can only be programmed ex works There are two methods for using SRAM cards as font cards Byloading fonts onto DOS formatted cards in the PC By downloading fonts onto the printer In both cases the characters must be compiled into a binary file using the program SPDLINK manufacturer program A component of this binary file is
10. all the fonts you want to use Font type Filename Easy Plug ending command True Type ttf YN Fix Size aff YT opeedo spd YN Tab 5 Font types applicable with memory cards their filename endings and the Easy Plug commands required for printing text using those font types Regarding the speed of true type or speedo fonts counts the following Text fields using true type fonts are prepared slower for printing than text fields with comparable speedo fonts The difference in speed is increasingly noticeable with the amount or size of text to be printed A font file must be renamed as follows for it to be accessed using Easy Plug EE example font260 ttf Xxx number from 001 to 999 this number is entered in the relevant Easy Plug command in order to access the font extension ttf aff or spd can be used If possible use numbers greater than 200 because smaller numbers 100s are sometimes assigned to internal fonts If font names are repeated the printer selects the internal font 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards The following fonts are loaded from the memory card onto the internal RAM disk while the printer is powering up assumed they are named according to the pattern described above e all speedo fonts E G fontxxx spd RAM disk o o o o e Im O O O logos all true type fonts if numbers from 900 to 999 are used in the font names e g font9
11. card Maximum print length The maximum possible print lengths label lengths depend on the size of the image memory and the printer type Card s TTX 450 TTX 650 TTX 950 TTX 1050 Puma Lion TDI Tiger Tiger XXL 1x1MB 339mm 339 mm 339 mm 169 mm 1x2MB 679 mm 6 9 mm 6 9 mm 339 mm 2x2MB 1359mm 1359 mm 1359 mm 6 9 mm Tab 1 The maximum print length of TTX x50 type printers depends on the applied image card s 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Bar code card Application External bar codes The bar code card can store complex 2D bar codes for which there would be no room in the internal printer memory All subsequently arising bar codes should be stored on this card type Available bar codes are Data Matrix Code PDF 417 Code MaxiCode Programming II The bar code card can only be programmed ex works O For information about the syntax for the available bar codes refer to the Easy Plug manual Maximum print length If the card is recognised during the startup procedure the codes present on the card can be selected iB With the bar code card the maximum label length is reduced by x mm according to the printer type as shown in the following table Printer type Data Matrix Data Matrix Data Matrix Code PDF 417 PDF 417 MaxiCode TTX 450 S45 Puma Standard approx 50 mm approx 60 mm approx 70 mm TTX 450 S45 Puma Image Extension approx 31 mm approx 41 mm appro
12. d m 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Plugin Cards Application Using the TE 2 LOGO er 2 Aale ie EE 2 FOA E 2 Weite eic eee rene S ae cree ene rent A 2 ONC ANC E 3 PU Ol EEN 3 Loading data i tiie TNCS 3 Selecting tee 4 lee Ee EE 4 Symbol card Textile Care Symbols 4 Symbol card Electric and VDE symbols 6 Symbol card Indications of Danger 7 670 0 CA O NR 8 PICA OM EEN 8 Formatting EE 8 a EE 8 nef JO gs E 8 ESL D EE z Le ee 9 PG O ieo 9 Data preparation TEE 9 Loading dala cssasnrassosssscisseanens cusaasacanaenncayns 9 Selecund TOMS EE 10 Format card Easy Plug card 11 ie e e EE 11 Loading data EE 11 SEIBEHTICI rel 1 Status le aciedunbpim PD IE 12 Meet dit E 13 leie e eres eee een auus tiir rete ence res 13 Layout of the database file 14 L ading H l WT I E 15 Status e eire peter eda patatas 15 Juge Le e eir 16 PM AUO EE 16 me ure DEE 16 Maximum Beigl d L lia PE 16 Bar code card dereen eege 17 PONE OU dsenratird netanel naneisenbeumiadiurdndadaatebesvess 17 Programming EE 17 Maximum print length 17 OFOD CIS NR RR eee eee ee eee 18 PAESE GUB EE 18 melee y E 18 LOGOS Te EE 19 SONICS directory gedeien Geet 20 Beie Wee a AN 20 Logfiles directory e 20 Index 21 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Using the cards Memory cards can be de
13. eld CRLF The first field in a data set must be the bar code information maximum of 24 characters The separator can be freely defined It is located in the header of the database and must correspond to it The data field can contain up to 256 characters Maximum of 99 data fields are possible a maximum of 100 variable data fields per format start no 0 The data set must be concluded with CRLF III A maximum of 16 384 data sets is possible The sorting procedure can take several minutes depending on how sorted unsorted the data sets have been entered The printer may not contain any labels when it is started The label may not be fed in until ON appears on the display 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 Menu item Example Transfer Sorting Check No of data sets gt O USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Loading data Downloading ASCII files to the printer The card is used without formatting and the ASCII file is loaded onto the card using the DOWN function OTHR DOWN see Info Printouts and Parameters copy b Text txt lot File is transferred to the printer via the LPT1 interface The printer gives a signal after each kilobyte has been transferred Press the ENTER key after the data transfer has been completed The printer now sorts the database into alphabetical order after the bar code field by creating an index file Alphabetical sorting takes place according to the layou
14. lready printed Before the printing process is initiated it is necessary either to senda format with the corresponding Easy Plug information to the printer or an Easy Plug card must be processed The database can be created and saved using any text editor It is also possible to use a spreadsheet program The program must be able to save data in a text file The text file must always have a valid header at the beginning of the first line _Avery_Data_Card 0000000000000 Space 408875698521 1 Shirt XL 19 95 4069807496085 Jacket 5 249 85 4089607569758 Sweatshirt L 25 50 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Layout of the database file File structure HEADER CRLF Data set CRLF Data set CRLF Data set CRLF Blank lines in the database or CRLF at the end of the database are ignored HEADER Avery Data Card 0000000000000CRLF The header at the top of the database consists of 32 bytes This header may not be interrupted by a CRLF The first 16 bytes of the header contain the information _Avery_Data_Card Space The second 16 bytes of the header contain the separator 13 zeros and CLRF Any separator can be selected e g or or etc Data sets Bar code Information Separator Data field Separator Data field CRLF Bar code information Separator Data field Separator Data field CRLF Bar code information Separator Data field Separator Data fi
15. ng one of those commands 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 graphics formats logfiles EPxxxxxx LOG TL USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Graphics directory Graphics files may be stored in an arbitrary directory on the memory card if the file designation in the Easy Plug YG command includes the complete path If the filename in the YG command doesn t include the path the graphics file must be stored in the graphics directory Formats directory Files which are containing print jobs for and firmware files s3b must be stored in a directory named formats Then those files can be activated in standalone mode For details see the printers user manual topic section Advanced applications paragraph Standalone mode Logfiles directory For the purpose of error tracing the Easy Plug printjobs transmitted to the printer can be saved on memory card ooftwarereset and Powerfail are written into the log file A firmware update stops the file logging Each printjob is written in a separate log file the end of the printjob is recognized by Q The log files are written in the folder C logfiles Filename EPxxxxxx LOG example EP000001 LOG IB The file log function is not supported with MLI printjobs 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Index B Being e re EE 11 Bal eeler 17 I C image card E 16 Cards USINO DE 2 L elle Card WEE 8 Beie DOE O EE 2 Compact Flash card P REEL 1
16. ont generator of the printer allowing customer or application specific fonts to be used conveniently without changing the EPROM Fonts are saved in a defined size each character has a fixed size A separate font is required for each character size Fonts with variable character sizes see Speedo card Loading data FLASH RAM cards which are to be used as font cards can only be programmed ex works There are two methods for using SRAM cards as font cards Byloading fonts onto DOS formatted cards on the PC By downloading fonts onto the printer However in both cases the characters must be in AFF format manufacturer format and compiled into a binary file using a suitable programme manufacturer program A component of this binary file is the correct 16 byte header If the binary file is copied onto a DOS formatted card it must be named V55 CARD BIN Loading fonts onto the PC or laptop 1 Format the card under DOS 2 Copy the binary file V55 CAD BIN onto the card copy V55 CARD BIN D File is copied onto Drive D PCMCIA slot Downloading fonts onto the printer The card is used without formatting and the binary file is loaded onto the card using the DOWN function OTHR DOWN see Info Printouts and Parameters copy V55 CARD BIN Ion File is transferred to the printer via the LPT1 interface 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 Easy Plug MVT 3 Jetmark Font no 200 Easy Plug CO MVT Il III gt USE
17. ployed and used in different ways depending on the printer in question The table below gives details of the individual card types under which menu item on the printer they can be selected how and where they are formatted and how many files can be stored on each card The Compact Flash card is a special case It can be used to store formats as well as fonts logos and other data types Cardtype Menu ien Formatting Formatting No offiles Formateard o 1 DOS max memory Leen on mem 1 posea DOS weg DataBasecard DOWN mem vide Barcodecard mem Imagecard n mem Coorcad om mem Logo card Application The logo card is used for saving different images logos and to make them available to the printer when required Formatting The card is prepared for use as a logo card in the printer with the parameter LCLR Menu item OTHR LCLR see Info Printouts and Parameters The memory capacity varies according to the printer and card Loading data Logos are downloaded by sending the DK command to the printer Download DK see Easy Plug manual 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 Font card Defined fonts gt Binary format File name Menu item gt Example Example USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Application Font cards are used to make available additional fonts which are not included in the standard f
18. t of the characters in the ASCII table The database is then checked for identical data sets SORT appears on the display while the database is being sorted Finally the number of processed data sets is displayed If there are more than 10 000 e g 16 560 data sets only the number greater than 10 000 is displayed e g 6 560 This display flashes Confirm the number of data sets by pressing the ENTER key The printer is re initialised and is now ready for operation with the database card The index file is also stored on the card There must be sufficient memory capacity available Status reports For more detailed information refer to the subject section on status reports 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 Image card Menu item USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Application The maximum possible label length can be extended using the Image card The image picture of a label is stored in the printer memory This image can now be externally stored from the limited memory of the printer onto one or two cards PCMCIA SRAM cards are used to do this If Slot 1 is also to be used Slot 0 must already be completely occupied by a 2 MB card It is still possible to print from the internal RAM if an Image card is not used Formatting The PCMCIA card is prepared for use as an image card in the printer with the parameter ICLR OTHR ICLR see Info Printouts and Parameters The memory capacity varies according to the printer and
19. the correct 16 byte header If the binary file is copied onto a DOS formatted card it must be named PROMFILE BIN 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 Menu item Example Example USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Loading fonts onto the PC or laptop 1 Format the card under DOS 2 Copy the binary file PROMFILE BIN onto the card copy PROMFILE BIN D File is copied onto Drive D PCMCIA slot Downloading fonts onto the printer The card is used without formatting and the binary file is loaded onto the card using the DOWN function OTHR DOWN see Info Printouts and Parameters copy PROMFILE BIN Ipt1 File is transferred to the printer via the LPT1 interface Selecting fonts For information about selecting scalable fonts refer to the Easy Plug manual 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Format card Easy Plug card Easy Plug Formats Fixed data Variable data gt gt gt Formatting Example Application This card type was developed for PCMCIA cards The format card Easy Plug card is used to store format information on the card in the form of Easy Plug commands An Easy Plug command consists entirely of ASCII text The Easy Plug command sequence is saved in an ASCII text file Formats are label layouts which contain the descriptions of size font types character positions etc Formats can also contain texts bar codes lines rectangles and logos Non changing fixed dat
20. x 48 mm TTX 650 S65 Lion Standard approx 39 mm approx 50 mm approx 59 mm TTX 650 S65 Lion Image Extension approx 31 mm approx 41 mm approx 48 mm TTX 1050 S105 XXL Standard approx 24 mm approx 31 mm approx 37 mm TTX 950 S95 Tiger Standard approx 31 mm approx 41 mm approx 48 mm TTX 1050 8105 XXL Image Extension approx 15 mm approx 20 mm approx 24 mm approx 39 mm approx 50 mm approx 59 mm TTX 950 S95 Tiger Image Extension approx 31 mm approx 41 mm approx 48 mm TDI Image Extension approx 31 mm approx 41 mm approx 48 mm The print length is only reduced in the firmware with Image Extension 1X if an image card is not being used 05 10 Rev 5 04 01 CF SD cards fonts Font types Speed File name gt USER MANUAL Application Plugin Cards Application a Pr a ETFTTTTFTTTTCITEER 64 xx DPM PEM ALX 92x AP 5 4 AP 7 t tere AP 5 4 Gen II AP 5 6 Tab 4 Which card type can be used with which printer Various types of data fonts logos formats or other data can be stored on CF SD cards subsequently referred to as memory cards or Garde With a card reader at the USB interface of the PC the files can be stored easily on the card Font directory Memory cards can be used as a font memory storage for fonts which are not included in the standard font generator of the printer To do this create a directory fonts on the card into which you copy
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