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User's Guide EasyCoder 501 XP Bar Code Label Printer

1. 10 11 Thisdiagramshowsthepathsofthelab 12 13 Adjustthepositionofthegreenedgeg Turntheprintheadliftleverto Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 31 Chapter4 Media Load Peel Off cont 32 Chapter4 Media Load Internal Batch Takeup TheEasyCoder501XPcanprintonlabels tickets tags and continuousstockinvariousforms Thischapterdescribes the casewhenprintedlabels fi ttedonliner backingpaper orpre perforatedticketsandtagsarewoundupinsidetheprinter The rollofprintedlabels tickets andbe ortagscanthenberemoved handledmanual ly Thisrequiresanoptionalinternalline r batch takeupunit Thetakeuphubcanaccommodate stoi 30fafull sizemedia roll Usethe lt Feed gt key seefigure 16 ofmediaasbefore Whenswitchin f theprinterdoesnotfeedoutthe ously whenloadingthesametype gtoanewtypeofmedia ori ediaproperly simultane pressthe lt Shift gt and lt Feed gt keystoperforma testfeed Internalbatchtakeupcanbeusedfor e Self adhesivelabelsfittedon liner e Preperforatedticketswithgaps Preperforatedticketswithmarks Intermec DAS as 501 XP User S Guide Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position 33 Chapter4 Media Load Internal Batch Takeup cont Loosenthesinglescrewthatholdstheguideplateat Removea therearofthemediacompar tment nycoref romthem ediasup 6a plyhub 5 mm 1 5 Removethetearbarfromtheprintun
2. Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Memory Card Chapter 3 Starting Up Ifyouwanttouse amemorycard yo umustinsertiti nto theslotinthepr inter srearplatebefo reyouswitchont he power Thememor ycardcanbeanSR AMcardcomplyin gwith theJEIDA 4stan dardoraFlashMe orycardfromIn termec Maximumsizeinb othcasesis64Mb it 8MB Therea rethree typesofFlashMe orycards FontCardsprovi deadditionalfo ntsthatcanbeus edaslongas thecardremai nsinsertedin theprinter FontInstallCar dspermanentlyi nstalladdition alfontsin theprinter w hichcanbeuse devenafterth ecardhasbeen removed FirmwareCardsa utomaticallyre placetheprinte r sfirmware usuallywitha nupdatedvers lon e Alwaysswitchoffthe memory me arr mon 2 Chapter 3 Starting Up Switching On the Printer Beforeswitchingontheprinter makethenecessaryconnec tions insertanymemorycardyouwanttouse andcheckthatthe Warning Duringstartup anoptional papercutterwillrotateto homeposition Alwayskeep thecutterclosedwhenthe powerison Display Messages at Startup Whenthepowerisswitchedon theprinterisinitialized T he progressoftheinitializationisindicatedbyanincreasi ngnumber ofcolonsonthelowerlineinthedisplay Initializing Thetypeofstartup fi lerunningintheprinterisindicatedby themessageshowninthedisplaywindowimmediatelyafter initialization A Intermec Shell Startup Program s
3. s Guide Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Serial Communication cont Character Length Thecharacterlengthspeci fi esthenumberofbitsthatwilldefine acharacter Eightbitsarerecommended becausethatopti on allowsmorespecialcharactersandcharactersspeci fi cforforeign languagestobeused Refertothe ntermecFingerprintv 61 Programmer sReferenceManualforinformationonwhichcharac 2 tersareavailableinvariouscombinationsofcharacterle ngthand characterset 7 CharactersASCII000t012 8 7decimal CharactersASCII000t025 5decimal default Parity Theparitydecideshowthe fi rmwarewillcheckfortransmission errors Therearefiveoptions None default Even Odd Mark Space Stop Bits Thenumberofstopbitsspecifieshowmanybitswilldefinethe endofacharacter Therearetwooptions default 2 Flow Control e RTS CTS RTS CTSisaprotocolwherethecommunicationiscon trolledbycurrentsthroughseparatelinesinthecableb eingset eithertohighorlow Bydefault thisoptionisdisabled RTShighindicatesthatthetransmittingunitisabletor eceive characters RTSlowindicatesthatthereceivebufferis filledto 75 seeXON XOFF CTShichindi a ittingtheCTSsig nal isreadytoreceivedata CTSlowindicatesthattherecei ve bufferisfull seeXON XOFF Insomecomputerprograms forexampleMSWindowsTerminal RTS CTSisdesignated Hardware Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 47
4. Beforeyoucanusetheserialinterface ngerprintv you i 7 61 Progr mayneedtosetupthecommunicationparameters suchas ammer baudrate parityetc asdescribedinChapter6 SettingUp Reference thePrinter Manual e Optional InterfaceBoard Switchoffb ii s S oa O A Options ethPCandor toAppendix3andtheseparatedocumentationdeliveredwith interbefor theboardsforconnectionandsetupinstructions connectin Theprintercanbesettoscanallcommunicationportsfor gthemtoget incomingdataandautomaticallyswitchtothatport Thisfacili her ty Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 13 Chapter 2 Installation Controls and Indicators TheEasyCoder501XPhasseveralwaysofcommunicating directlywithitsoperator threecontrol lamps adisplay window amembrane switchkeyboardwith23programmablekeys and abeeper Control Lamps 14 Display Keyboard layedaccordi application Thecontrol lamps ngtotherequirementsofthe areco LoredLEDs Thekeyboardisofmembrane switchtypeandhasaself adhesive LightEmittingDi overlaythateasilycanbereplacedforspecialapplications It odes has23keyswi andareusedforth modes efollowingpurpo ses programming Power green ind icatesthatthepo werison Ready green ind icatesthatthepr interisreadyfor use Error red indic atesthatsomekin doferrorhasoccu rred Ifserialcommu nicationisuse d anerrormess agemaybe returnedtothe hostcomputer keycombinat Thedisplaywindo wcontainsanLCD
5. Ad ttedanopti justing onalinterf theLSSentailsfeedingoutanumberofblankcopiesunt ace il board Tes the fitlabelH6is rmwarehasdecidedthepropersettingfortheLSS At onlyprinte thesametime thefrontedgesofthelabels tickets e diftheprin tc are terhasanop detectedsothefeedcontrolcanpositionthemediaacc tional ording EasyLAN100 totheFeedad justparameter sameastheIntermecFing iinterface erprint board Test statementTESTFEED Thecomparatorandampli filabels 1to ervaluesof 5areillus theLSSaredisplayed read onlyinformation trated onthenextp age Ifthep Head Resistance rinterrefu Theprintheadresistanceismeasuredautomaticallya sestoprint tstartup atestlabel read onlyinformation press the lt F3 gt key Testprint to fi Test label 1to 4checktheprintoutqualityandfacil ndoutwhati itate swrong for adjustmentoftheprintheadpressure seeChapterl2 examplepri Adjust nthead ments 7 Testlabel 5liststheprinter gt liftedorou scurrentsetup extralabels t ofpaper Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide57 Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Print Defines cont 1109 ohms 12 dots Test Label 1 CODE39 1 23 45 67 890 12 8 Test Label 3 Test Label 5 58 LL LIL LUL LI LL Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Print Defines cont Print Speed Theprintsp eedisvaria blebetween 100and300m m sec Generally thelowerth espeed the betterthep rintoutaua li
6. Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Serial Communication cont EV9 4CK nd se CKi PX ACKi snotreceived thetrans nACKcharacterfromtherece sdisabled e XON XOFF isprotocol thecommunicationiscontrolledbythe Inth controlcharac Inthisprotocol thecommunicationiscontrolledbythe ontrolcharactersENQ ASCII ec beingtransmittedonthesamelineasthedata Thes 05dec andACK ASCTT06 c d e ingunittransmitsENQatregularintervals Iftherespo n A a issionisheldupawaiting ivingunit Bydefault ENQ tersXON ASCII17dec andXOFF ASCII 19dec beingtransmittedonthesamelineasthedata X0 N XOFFcanbeenabled disabledseparatelyfordatareceiv ed fromthehostbytheprinter printersendsXON XOFF and fordatatransmittedtothehostfromtheprinter hostse nds XON XOFF XOFFissentfromtheprinterwhenitsreceivebufferis filledto75 andthetransmissionfromthehostisheld waitingforanXONcharacter Whenenoughdatahavebeen processedsothereceivebufferis fi lledonlyto50 theprinter sendsanXONcharacterandthehostresumestransmitting data ThesameprinciplesapplytoX0N X0FFsentbythe host evenifthepercentagefiguremaydiffer Bydefa New Line Selectst pecifythe switchingtoanewline Therearethreeoptions LF e CR ult XON XOFFisdisabled fordatabothways hecharacter s transmittedfromtheprintertos ASCIT13dec ASC t II10dec defaul ASCII 10dec ASCIIl3dec
7. cont Direct Thermal Printing North America DT Type Speed Top Coated Standard Top Coated High Media Designation Duratherm Il Tags Duratherm II Duratherm Ltg Duratherm IR Thermal Transfer Printing North America Ribbon Type TMX 1500 TMX 2500 Receiving Material Duratran I Duratran VG Duratran II Duratran II Tag 65 65 Duratran II Duratran II Tag mdura 300 300 60 TMX 3200 Polyester br xceeding MELNA FAGOR Ep lA a SB r GAMA owearou tprematurely Iftheambie Alsoappliestoprintingoftext images lines andbo Requireshighprintheadpressure seeChapter12 Setup Parameters cont Media cont Print Defines Head Resistance Testprint Print Speed Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Contrast Usethecont rastparame tertomake inorad just mentsofthe blacknessi ntheprinto ut forexa pletoadapt theprinter to variations inqualityb tweendiff rentbatch softhesam edia loptionsa edisplaye inanendle ssloopfrom 10 t0 10 OB OO Defaultval ueis0 The contrastis resettothe default 0 wheneveran ewpapertyp eisspeci fi ed regardl esswhichme thod hasbeenuse d Testfeed Thesensiti vityofthel abelstopse nsor LSS m ayneedtobe adjustedwh enswitchingfromonetypeofmediatoanother maybeprint Thisisespeciallythecasewhenusingadhesivelabels edifthepri sincethe nteris fi transparencyoftheliner backingpaper mayvary
8. 485 uart2 uart2 Serial Port Communicationport uart2 usesaDB 25pinfemaleconnec tor Pin 1 automaticallysetsthecorrect standardINandOUT portwhenanapplicationis selectedorpromptsyouto Not connected selectone seeChapters 104 rerl Appendix 3 Interfaces Double Serial Interface Board cont uart3 Serial Port Communicationport uart3 usesaDB 25pinmaleconnecto r Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 uart3 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide rerl Appendix 3 Interfaces Industrial Serial Interface Board 106 ctionsfortheIndustrial Interface Boardforfurtherinformation Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Appendix 3 Interfaces EasyLAN 100i Interface Board RJ 45 socket TheIntermecEasyLAN100iEthernetinterfaceboardprovid VC E Sar Cite tetu iaia dedica EasyLAN100isupportsmostmajorcomputersystemsandenvi ronments Youcanassignpasswordstorestrictbothlogina nd Appendix 3 Interfaces Industrial Interface Board Industrial Interface EasyLAN 100i interface whilestillhavinganindustrialinterface Thisisessen tiallyan Industrial Serialinterfaceboard wheretheserialinte rfacehas beenomittedinfavoroftheabilitytoconnectanEasyLAN10 Oi interfaceboard Thisispresentlytheonlycasewhentwointerfaceboardsca nbe installedinthesameEasyCoder501XP Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Intermec Intermec Printer AB Idrottsv gen 10
9. Chapter 9 Options Ribbon Low Sensor Interface Boards Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Symptom Possible Cause Remedy Refer to Overall weak printout Wrong Paper Type parameter Change parameter Chapter 6 Contrast value too low Change parameter Chapter 6 Printhead pressure too low Adjust Chapter 12 Worn printhead Replace printhead Chapter 11 Wrong printhead voltage Replace CPU board a Call Printout weaker on one side Uneven printhead pressure Adjust arm alignment Chapter 12 Weak spots Foreign particles on media Media ribbon don t match Clean or replace Change to matching media Chapters 4 amp 5 Poor media or ribbon guality Use Intermec media ribbon Chapter 6 Worn printhead Replace printhead Appendix 2 Worn platen roller Check replace Chapter 11 Overall dark printout Wrong Paper Type parameter Change parameter Chapter 6 Contrast value too high Change parameter Chapter 6 Printhead pressure too high Adjust Chapter 12 Wrong printhead voltage Replace CPU board a Call Excessive bleeding Wrong Paper Type Change parameter Chapter 6 Contrast value too high Change parameter Chapter 6 Printhead pressure too high Adjust Chapter 12 Faulty energy control Replace CPU board a Call Dark lines along media path Foreign objects on printhead Clean printhead Chapter 11 White lines along media path Printhead dirty Clean printhead Chapter 11 Miss
10. EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 27 Chapter4 Media Load Peel Off Self strip 28 TheEasyCoder501XPcanprintonlabels tickets tags and continuousstockinvariousforms Thischapterdescribes the casewhenprecutlabels fi ttedonliner backingpaper aretobe separatedfromthelinerimmediatelyafterprinting This reguires anoptionalinternalliner batchtakeupunit onwhichthe liner iswoundupafterthelabelshavebeenprintedanddispensed Thisisalsoknownas Self strip operation Usethe lt Feed gt key seefigure 15 whenloadingthesametype ofmediaasbefore Whenswitchingtoanewtypeofmedia ori f theprinterdoesnotfeedoutthemediaproperly simultane ously pressthe lt Shift gt and lt Feed gt keystoperforma testfeed Peel offcanbeusedfor e Self adhesivelabelsfittedonliner Anoptionallabeltakensensorcanholdtheprintingofnext label inabatchuntilthepresentlabelhasbeenremoved seeChap ter 9 Options 4 Openthefrontand right handdoors 9 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter4 Media Load Peel Off cont Removeanycorefromthemediasupp ob mm mm 56 40 wo 3 Fitanewmediarollonthemediasupply Incaseofmediarollwitha76mm 3 inc Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 29 Chapter4 Media Load Peel Off cont anaremovetnelabelsiromtneliner 30 Chapter 4 Media Load Peel Off cont
11. IEEE 1284 Double Serial Interface Board Option Industrial Serial Interface Board Option EasyLAN 1001 Interface Board Option Ethernet Industrial Interface Board Option External Alphanumeric Keyboard Option MobileLAN access 2102 Mounting Kit Option Flash Memory Cards Option lt 64Mbit 8MB 1 Z ITICITIGA VT TTTUVETTU UMSAISUICOUILLCUVY UTEGITIUUTILUTIT ECUNAIITIEINIUI y Eau VI CER GIUL YIHIICIUIIOGLCUIUITIYIUUIIEUUEDtAaIIUGIUGIENILIUUCU Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Appendix 2 Media Specifications Direct Thermal Media Intermecofferstwoqualitygradesofdirectthermalmedia for theEasyCoderprinters e PremiumQuality Top coatedmediawithhighdemandson printou ticisers andvege tqualityandresistanceagainstmoisture plas tableoils Examples ThermalTopBoard DurathermII ThermalTop DurathermIITag ThermalTopHighSpeed DurathermLtg DurathermIR EconomyQuality Nontop coatedmediawithlessresistanc e tomoisture plasticisers andvegetableoils Inallot her respects itisequaltoPremiumQuality Examples ThermalEco ThermalEcoBoard Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Appendix 2 Media Specifications Thermal Transfer Media Intermecoffersstocklabelsforthermaltransferprintin gina widerangeofqualitygrades Uncoatedpapersforeconomicalhigh volumeprintingtobe usedwithGP TMX1500ribbons Examples TTRUncoated Coatedpaperswithvariouscoat weight
12. LiquidCrystalDi splay withbackgroundi lluminationandt wolinesoftext e achwith16 characters Itgu idestheoperator throughthesetup andindicates possibleerrorsd uringprinting Th erprintprogramm elntermecFing inglanguageandt he In rotocolallowcus tom mademessage stobe composedanddi sp thh ardcodedfunction guage thekeyscan nceonekeyworksassh sarepossible Anaudiblesignal whichcanbe owledgesthatakeyhasbeenpressed sinthestartupandsetup InapplicationprogramscreatedusingthelntermecFingerprint lan functions Si ion turnedoff ackn beassignedtovarious iftkey upto44different termecDirectP gt Chapter 2 Installation Controls and Indicators cont Beeper Thebeepern oti fi estheopera torwhenane rrorhasoce urred andacknowl edgesthata keyhasbeen pressed Th elntermec Fingerprin tprogrammi nglanguage llowsthek yacknowle ge signaltobe switchedof f Thefrequ encyanddur ationofthe signalcanb especi fi ed Thus it ispossible creatediff erentsigna ls fordiffere ntconditio nsorevento akethepri nterplaysi ple elodies a e d Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 15 Chapter 3 Starting Up Startup Files 16 le IntermecShel 1 intheread onlypartofthe printer spermanentmemory device rom Ifyouinsertamemorycardthatcontainsastartupfilebefore youswitchontheprinter thisstartupfilewillbeusedinstead ofIntermecShell
13. Select Other Facilities Setupal lowsyoutoentertheSetupModewhereyoucanset uptheprinterbymeansofitsbuilt inkeyboard seeChap ter 7 SetupMode PrintSetupal lowsyoutoproduceaprintoutoftheprinter s currentsetupvalues testlabel 5 e Testfeedallowsyoutofeedoutanumberoflabel ticket tag orportionsofcontinuousstockwhiletheprinterau aasa lalla oo Z E AE E E N E E E eee TestLabelallowsyoutoprintaseriesoffourtestlabels t est labels 1to 4 inordertotesttheprintoutqualityand printheadalignment Thelabelsarepresentedinanin fi nite loop soyoucanprinttheseriesoverandoveragain Pres Ss lt Enter gt foreachnewlabel e DefaultSetupallowsyoutoresetallsetupparametersto theirdefaultvalues aslistedinChapter6 SettingUpthe Printer e SoftwareUpdateisusedfortwopurposes UpdatePCcardallowstheprintertobeusedasaFlash PCcardprogrammingdevice UsingtheZmodemcom municationtool filescanbedownloadedfromaPCto aF lashPCcardiinsertedinthememorycardslotinthe printer srearplate Caution IftheFlashPCcardcontainsanearlier fi rmware versionthantheoneintheprinter theprinter sf rmwarewill bedowngradedwi thoutwarning Updatefirmwareisusedtoupgradetheprinter sfirmware fromanewfirmwareversionstoredasafileinaPC Reboothasthesameeffectascyclingthepowertotheprinte Li ToexitIntermecShellwithouthavingselectedanyappli ca tion selectReboot Thenwaitforthe5secondscountdow nto finish andthelastselectedapplication
14. ia I so An ozna in dia aa 50 Media ra NE ian warm alos weird eon aces tists load 52 Paper Det Re id a vala V easel SE seda dala 08 PrintDe fi 7 Setup Mode Programlntroduction E O O O O L dep diets whe R ae neo Tes B 9 Options 76 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Preface Contents cont 9 Options cont 10 Troubleshooting 11 Maintenance 12 Adjustments Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Preface FCC Notice United States of America WARNING Thiseguipmentgenerates uses andcanradiateradiofreguencyenergyandifnotinsta lledand usedinaccordancewiththeinstructionsmanual maycauseinterferencetoradiocommu nications IthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassAcomputingdevicepursu ant toSubpartJofParti5ofFCCRules whicharedesignedtoprovidereasonableprotection against suchinterferencewhenoperatedinacommercialenvironment Operationofthisequipm entin aresidentialareaislikelytocauseinterferenceinwhichcasetheuserathisownexpen sewillbe reguiredtotakewhatevermeasuresmaybereguiredtocorrecttheinterference DOC Notice Canada Canadian Dept of Communication REGULATIONS COMPLIANCE DOC A ThisdigitalapparatusdoesnotexceedtheclassAlimitsforradionoiseemissionsfrom adigital apparatusassetoutintheradiointerferenceregulationsoftheCanadianDepartmento fCommu nication Ministere des Communications du Canada CONFORMITE DE REGL
15. orbepluggedinusing amemorycard TheUnicodestandardal lowstheuseof special charactersforvariouslanguagesincludingnon Latinfonts such asCyrillic Chinese Japanese Korean Hebrew andsimilar Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Safety Product Labeling Chapter 1 Introduction Intermecassumes noresponsibilit yregardingtheCE Directiveif theprinterishan dled modi fi ed orinstalledi nanywayother thanthatdescrib edinIntermec smanuals Caution Readthismanualc arefullybeforec onnectingthepri nter Movingpartsaree xposedwhenthesi dedoorisopen so ensurethatthe coversareclos edbeforeyouop eratetheprint er Donotopenthefro nt left handcov er Dangerousvol tage Donotremovethel eft handcover D angerousvoltage I e Donotputyour fi ngersinsidethep rintmechani smwh en thepowerison Placetheprinter onanevensurface whichcansupport its weightofappro ximately13kg 29pounds plus suppliesand possibleoptions e Donotspraytheprinterwithwater Ifyouareusingahose tocleanthepremisesinanindustrialenvironment removethe printerorprotectitcarefullyfromsprayandmoisture e Carefullyreadthewarningtextontheenvelopebeforeusing acleaningcard Themachinelabelisattachedtotheprinter srearplateand Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide containsinforma tionontype mode 1 andserialnumb eraswellas ACvoltage Itals ocontainsvariou ssignsofapprova li Chapter 2 Instal
16. ountofmedi afeedwhen using fi xlengths trip Thelength etupcreat sanemerge cystop wh chworks whenthep rinteris setupfor Label wgaps Ticket w mark o r Ticket wgaps Boa Ifthelab elstopse nsor LSS has notdetec tedagapo rmarkwit hin150 o fthesetl ength themedia feedisau tomatica llystopp edtoavoi dfeeding outa wholerollofmedia becauseofanLSSmalfunction BysettinguptheX start theWidth andtheLength yo u willcreateaprintwindowinsidewhichtheprintingca TT nbeper formed Anyob jector fi eldextendingoutsidetheprintwindow inanydirectionwilleitherbeclippedorcauseanerro rcondition Error1003 Fieldoutoflabel seelntermecFingerprintv7 6 1 Programmer sReferenceManual 13 4 mm 0 52 in max 106 6 mm 4 2 in Length ps gt F s N RT E E E Dot line on printhead Width 1 1280 Dot 127 l I Dot 0 DIRECTIO N 4 gt 25 120 mm 1 4 7 in ac Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 51 Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Media cont 52 Media Type TheMediaTypeparameterscontrolhowthelabelstopsensor LSS andthemediafeedwork Therearefivemediatype options Label wgaps isusedforadhesivelabelsmountedonliner e Ticket wmark isusedforlabels tickets orcontinuousstock providedwithblackmarksattheback Ticket wgaps isusedforticketsandtagswithdetection slits e
17. see Chapters Appendix 3 Interfaces Bar Code Wand Interface Bar Code Wand Interface Theprinterwasoriginallydesignedforconnectionofabar code wandorscannerviaaconnectorontheCPUboardaccessible throughaslotintheprinter srearplate IftheCodel28barcodecontainsFNC3 thedatawillbetreat ed asasetupstringandwillchangetheprinter ssetupaccordingly A setupbarcodemaycontainasingleparameteroracombinati on ofupto3or4setupparameters RefertotheFasySetBarCode WandSetupmanualformoreinformationonhowtoproduce setupbarcodes Theprinterwillacknowledgethatabarcodehasbeensucces ge fullyreadbyemittingashortbeepsignal IfnoFNC3characterisfoundinthebarcode thedatawillbe storedinabufferwhichcouldbereadbyspecifyingthe wan d device Thebufferissmall soitisrecommendedtouseshor t barcodedata max 16characters andreadthebufferregul arly toavoidoverflow Formoredemandingapplicationsorforreadingbarcodesot her Appendix 3 Interfaces Double Serial Interface Board TheEasyCoder501XPcanoptionallybefittedwithadouble serialinterfaceboard whichprovidestheprinterwithtw o moreserialports uart2 and uar e con guredforvarioustypesofserialcom to thecustomer srequest UsetheIntermecFingerpri t3 Theseportscanb fi unicationaccording 2 ntinstruction SETSTDIOtoselectstandardINandOUTports bydefault uartl isbothstandardINandOUTport uart2 RS 232 RS 422Non isolated RS 422Isolated RS
18. temp as linedump txt Anyexistingfilewiththesamenamewillbe overwritten Max filesizeis64K Toreachthe fi le breaktheprogramusing lt Shift gt and lt Pause gt ThensendtheinstructionFILES tmp tocheckthatthe fi lehasbeenstoredin temp withthe fi lename linedump txt Thefilecanbesenttothehostorbecopiedto c forlater analyzing 13 Line Analyzer CONt onceanycomunicationchannelorsaveitintheprinter sreturn Chapter 9 Options Introduction tothebasicprinter theEasyCoder501XPcanbeadaptedfor avarietyofapplications Mostoptionscaneasilybeinsta lled bytheoperator howeverafewshouldbeinstalledbyanauth o2 rizedservicetechnicianorareonlyavailableasfactory installed options Belowisadescriptionofsomeofthemanyoptionsavailable for EasyCoder501XP Fan Fold Guides 3 inch Adapter included Ribbon Low Sensor Media Roll Retainer Label Taken Sensor Paper Cutter Edge Guide Liner Batch Takeup Kit Paper Cutter Warnings The cutting edge will rotate when the power is switched on and when the printer is re booted Always keep the cutter in closed position during operation Switch off the power or disconnect the cutter before Send Keep your fingers away from cutting parts Chapter 9 Options Itmustnotcutthroughanyadhesive whichwouldsticktothe cuttingpartsandrapidlyrenderthecutterinoperable possibly alsocausingdamagetotheelectricmotor Maximumthickness fornormalp
19. 11 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 2 Installation Print Theprintunitfeaturesahigh performancel2dots per mm Unit 300dots per inch thermalprintheadwithquick mountfit tingstofacilitatereplacement Pressure Arm Locking Knob Printhead Pressure Adjustment Knob Lower Label Stop Sensor Guide removable Chapter 2 Installation Connections Power 1Placethep rinteronal evelsurfac enearanACo utlet You shouldbe abletoea silyacce Computer ssthepri ntertolo admedia to loadribb on andto removeth eprintou t 2Checkthat theprinter isswitched off 3Connectth epowercord totherecep tacleonthe rearplatea nd toanelec tricalou tlet 90 to lt 264VA C TheEasycod er501XPisfi ttedwithon e36 pinfem aleCentron icsconnect orforthepa rallelinte rfaceporta nda25 pinD style subminiatu re DB 25 m aleconnectorfortheRS 232serial auto c interfaceport seeAppendix3 Interfaces anbeselect e CentronicsParallelInterface edinInterm Voka ATE ET EN ecShell se Windows becauseitisfasterthantheserialinterface There Chapter e orusingthe nocommunicationsetupfortheparallelinterface IntermecFi 2 ngerprinti RS 232Serial Interface nstruction UsetheserialinterfacewithIntermecDirectProtocolor SETSTDIO s IntermecFingerprintprogramminglanguagebecauseyoucan oe receiveerrormessagesfromyourprinter asopposedtothe IntermecFi parallelinterface
20. EMENTS DOC A Lepr sentappareilnum riguen metpasdebruitsradio lectriguesd passantleslimitesapplicables auxappareilsnum riquesdeclasseAprescritesdansler glementsurbrouillageradio lectrique dict parleMinist redesCommunicationsduCanada Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Preface Declaration of Conformity CE We Intermec Printer AB Idrottsvagen 10 Box 123 S 431 22 M lndal Sweden declareunderoursoleresponsibilityithattheproduct EasyCoder 501 XP towhichthisdeclarationrelatesisinconformitywiththefol lowingstandar ds Electrical Safety EN 60950 EMC Emissions EN 50081 1 92 EN 55022 94 EN 61000 3 2 95 EMC Immunity EN 50082 2 95 EN 61000 4 2 95 EN 61000 4 3 96 ENV 50204 95 EN 61000 4 4 95 EN 61000 4 6 96 followingtheprovisionsofDirectives 89 336 EECand 73 23 EEC Molndal1998 09 01 MatsGunnarsson President printerishandled modi fi ed orinstalledinothermannersthanthosedescribedin Intermec smanuals Chapter 1 Introduction EasyCoder 501 XP glanguage whichallows theusertocreatecustom madeapplicationprogramsandlabel layoutsinaBASIC likeenvironment Itisalsodesignedto workwiththelntermecDirectProtocolprogramminglanguage andwiththeIntermecInterDriver TheInterDriverallowsyou todesignlabelsusingstandardPCapplications forexample MicrosoftOffice TheEasyCoder501XPsupports15scaleableUnicodeTrueType andTrueDocfontsasstandard Additionalfontscanbedown loadedintotheprinter sFlashmemory
21. Fixlengthstripisusedforcontinuousstockwherethelength o oftheprintwindowdecidesthelengthofmedia e Varlengthstripisusedforconti last blankspacecharacterora whitedot inani cell toallowthemediatobeproperlytornoff ageorc tobefedout nuousstockandadds115 dotsofmediafeedafterthelastprintabledot mayevenbea haracter Itisimportanttoselectthecorrectmediatype sotheprintercan indicatepossibleerrors Twoerrorconditions e Error1005 Outofpaper indicatesthatthel couldnotbeprintedbecauseofanemptymedias tock ayoccur astorderedcopy e Error1031 Nextlabelnotfound indicatesthatthelast orderedlabelorticketwassuccessfullyprin ted butnomore labels ticketscanbeprintedbecauseofanemptymediastock Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Media cont Paper Type ThePaperTy peparamete rscontrolt heheatemit tedfromthe printheadt othedirect thermalmed iaorthetra nsferribbo nin ordertopro ducethedot sthatmakeu ptheprinto utimage St art bychoosing betweentwo alternativ es ThermalTra nsferprint ing defaul t DirectTher malprintin g option Yourchoice willdecide whichparam eterstoent ernext ThermalTra nsferPrint ing option Thisoption containsfo urparamete TS e RibbonConstant range50to e RibbonFactor 115 e Labe 10ffset rangel0to 50 range 50t 050 DirectT
22. Intermec APSF EVAL HRK 400 1166 021 Intermec i 9 User s Guide EasyCoder 501 XP Bar Code Label Printer Informationinthismanualissub ject tochangewi thoutpriornoticeanddoesnotrepre senta commi tmentonthepartofIntermecPrinterAB CopyrightIntermecPrinterAB 2002 Allrightsreserved PublishedinSweden EasyCoder EasyLAN Fingerprint andLabelShopareregisteredtrademarksofInterm ecTechnolo giesCorp ThewordIntermec theIntermeclogo InterDriver PrintSet andDurather mare trademarksofIntermecTechnologiesCorp CentronicsisaregisteredtrademarkofGenicomCorporation KimduraisaregisteredtrademarkofKimberlyClark MicrosoftisaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation TorxisaregisteredtrademarkofCamcarDivisionofTextronInc TrueDocisaregisteredtrademarkofBitstream Inc TrueTypeisatrademarkofAppleComputerInc UnicodeisatrademarkofUnicodeInc WindowsisatrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Installation 3 Starting Up 4 Media Load 5 Thermal Transfer Printing 6 Setting Up the Printer Preface COMPUT CT oats nti TALE REA de one ue ee Selle Bie en See dea de et tt dl Controlsandlndicato Sk zit rasou a la atin ky aed balet aa ua stan weedeat a Boalt 14 Control Amp Sica ivi aut ate te Be ae Sa ee Eee Wa A A EOD ao nt 14 VEE 14 8 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Preface Contents cont 6 Setting Up the Printer cont 0 Meda T764 is
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24. Receive Buffer Thereceivebufferstorestheinputdatareceivedontheser ial channelbeforeprocessing Defaultsizeis300bytes Transmit Buffer Thetransmitbufferstorestheoutputdatatobetransmitte don theserialchannelbeforetransmission Defaultsizeis30 Obytes 48 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Setup Parameters cont Feedadjust Startadjust Stopadjust Recommended Feed Adjust ments Thefollowingsettingsal low printingfromthetopofthe label Minordeviationsfrom therecommendedvaluesmay berequiredduetovarious combinationsofmediatypes rollsize typeofmediasupply device andindividualdif ferencesbetweenprinters Tear Off Startadjust 175dots Stopadjust 0dots Cut between labels Startadjust 44ldots Stopad just 270dots Cut variable length strip Startadjust 44ldots Stopad just 375dots Peel Off Startadjust 115dots Stopadjust 60dots Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer TheFeedadj ustpartoft heSetupMod econtrolsh owmuchof themediais fedoutorpu lledbackbe foreand or aftertheac tual printing T hesesettin gsaregloba landwillbe effectedre gardless ofwhichpro gramisrun Notethatth e fi rmwareuses thefronted gesoflabel sw gaps th eends ofdetectio nslots and theforward edgesofbla ckmarksfor detection allseeninr elationtot hefeeddire ction Start Adjust TheStartAd justvaluei sgivenasap ositiveorn egativenum ber ofdots 1dot 0 125mm 4 9mils De
25. Shell P Chapter 8 Intermec Shell Startup Program Starting with Intermec Shell cont Select Application is started it may automatically change the communication setup For example Intermec LabelShop changes the setup to the following values Baud rate 57600 Char length 8 Parity None Stopbits 1 RTS CTS Enable ENQ ACK Disable XON XOFF Disable New line CR LF Receive buffer 600 Transmit buffer 600 Ifanotherapplicationisselected later thiscommunicationsetup willremainvalid unlessthenew application includes instruc ak ONE N ae the setup The setup could also be changed manually in the Setup Mode runtheIntermecIn youwanttouseforco thecomputer Normal ly youselect uar IntermecFingerprintmanuals e DirectProtocolisan loadinglabelformatsandvariableinpu ahostcomputer Thi standardIN OUTchannel thatistheseri touseforcommunicatio Normally youselect uart1 Referto Protocolv7 xxman e LINE ALY PRG Lin terDriver Thisoptionreguiresthatyou alsoselectastandardIN OUTchannel whichisthechannel u al municationbetweentheprinterand t1 Refertothe easy to useprinterprotocolfordown tdatatoaprinterfrom soptionrequiresthatyoualsoselecta alchannelyouwant nbetweentheprinterandthehost the IntermecDirect lyzer isaFingerprintprogram M7 XP User s Guide Chapter 8 Intermec Shell Startup Progra m Starting with Intermec Shell cont
26. a Loadanewsupplyofmediaandribbon a 86 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Adjustments Narrow Media Knob Pressure Arm Center of Media Chapter 12 ad justthepressurearmsoitbecomescenteredonthemedia Thereby anevenpressureacrossthemediaisobtained Apoorlyadjustedpressurearmmaybedetectedbyaweaker printoutoneithersideofthemediapath Toad justthepressurearm proceedasfollows Removether ibbon ifany e Loosentheknobthatholdsthepressurearm Movethearm inwardsoroutwardsuntilthearrowonthetipofthearm becomescen teredwiththemediastock Whilemovingthearm pushatthepartwheretheknobis situated notatthetip Ifthearmishardtomove liftth e printheadandpulltheprintheadbracketfreefromthema gnet inthearm Afterhavingcenteredthearm lockitbytighteningthekno b Reloadtheribbon ifany 87 Chapter 12 Adjustments Printhead Pressure Knob irect hinnermedia T d t keror t sure t T urntheadjus or hermalmediai hepressureofthethermalprintheadagainsttheribbonor sfactoryadjusted However theuseofthic thannormalcouldrequiretheprintheadpres obereadjusted tmentknobclockwiseforincreasedpressure counterclockwiseforlesspressure Printafewlabels pr eferably testlabels seeChapter6 SettingUpthePrinter andcheck printout theprintout Increasedpressuregeneral lygivesadarker andviceversa Repeatuntilthedesiredresultisobta
27. aper basedmaterialsis175Hm 175grammes m Thepapercutterincreasestheprinter stotalweightbyapprox 1 Okgs 2 2pounds anditslengthby28mm 1 Linches Thepapercuttercanbetiltedforwardinordertofacilitate cleaningandmediaload Formedialoadinstructions seesection Cut Off inChapter4 MediaLoad ThecutterisactivatedbyCUTorCUTONinstructions see the IntermecFingerprintv xxmanuals Therotatingedgewillcut throughthemediaapprox 37mm 1 5inches infrontof the Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 9 Options Fan Fold Guides Media Roll Retainer Edge Guide 3 inch Adapter Label Taken Sensor 76 Illustrationsofhowtoloadthemediausingtheadaptercanbe foundinChapter4 MediaLoad T t fi b T ecentersectionins ableasakitforinstal c T FingerprintandtheIn rmwaretodetectifthel eenremovedbeforepri elabeltakensensori la annotbefittedincombi de n a t su t n ter eLabelTakenSensor LTS isaphotoelectri testpr inganothercopy suallyf ationwithapapercu eLTScanbeenabledordisabledbymeansoft tionsLTS amp ONandLTS amp OFFrespecti ecDirectProtocol velyinln actory fit csensorfittedto thefrontdoor Itallowstheprinter s intedlabel ticket tagetc has ted butisalsoavail ionbyanauthorizedservicetechnician It tter heinstruc termec Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide
28. atchtakeupoperation Usetheupperslotintherearplatewhenthesupply isatthesamelevelastheprinterandwhenusingUsethelowerslotintherearplatewhent hesupply peel offoperation 38 Chapter 4 Media Load External Supply cont 3 4 Asanoption theprintercanbe fi Theouterguideisad justableformedi 5 6 Fitthefanfoldguideintheupperslot a Fitthefanfoldguideinthelowerslot Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 39 Chapter 5 Thermal Transfer Printing Ribbon Load Openthefrontandright handdoors Ribbon Load cont Chapter5 Thermal Transter Printing Incaseofribbonreload removeanyus UnpackarolloforiginalIntermecthe 5a 60 mm 2 37 Incaseofribbonupto60mm 2 3inches wide ob 88 90 mm 3 5 2 Incaseof88t090mm 3 5inches ribbo nwidth Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 41 Chapter 5 Thermal Transfer Printing Ribbon Load cont DC 110 mm 3 I ae 10mm 4 3inches ribbonwidth Presstheribbonrollontotheribbonsupplyb obbin compress theribbonsupplybobbinandmoveitsoit 1 androutetheribbonthroughthepr intunit Pull snapsintothe3 rdgroove Pressthecardboardcoreatthefrontendofthe ribbon Withoutreleasingtheribbon turntheprintheadliftontotherewindhub Duringprint leverto Closed positiontolocktheribbon ing bothhubs Chapter 5 Thermal Transfer Printing Ribbon Load cont 9 10 Windupther ibbo
29. e PrintSpeed laterinthischapter The Pick et Fen ce illustrationtotheleftshowshowthetwotypeofbarcode directionsrelatetothemediafeeddirection Ladder Feed Direction 54 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Setup Parameters cont Media cont Direct Thermal Printing Europe DT Type Speed Top Coated Standard Non Top Coated Standard Top Coated High Thermal Top High Speed 80 Thermal Transfer Printing Europe Ribbon Type GP02 HP07 HP66 HR03 Chapter 6 Media Designation Thermal Top Board T T hermal Top hermal Eco Thermal Eco Board 30 Receiving Material T TR Uncoated TTR Coated TTR Premium T TR Coated TTR Premium T HA TTR Premium Board 1 IT R Polyethylene TR Coated TTR Premium 90 TTR Premium Board 105 TR Polyethylene TR Gloss Polyethylene T R High Gloss Polyester Setting Up the Printer Label Constant 100 95 85 80 250 Ribbon Constant 80 80 70 100 90 85 90 100 200 200 200 1 59 F decreaseprintspeedby100mm sec e ee 3 ntermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide55 Exceedingtherecommendedprintspeedmaycausetheprintheadtowearoutprematurely Iftheambienttemperatureislowerthar Alsoappliestoprintingoftext images lines andbox Requireshighprintheadpressure seeChapter 12 Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Media
30. faultvalueis0 w feedafte hich rtheprin placestheoriginacertaindistancebackfromtheforw tingisco ardedge pletedw ofthecopy illbeinc e Apositivestartadjustmentmeansthatthespeci fi reasedby edlength the ofmediawillbefedoutbeforetheprintingstarts T speci fi hus the edvalue originismovedfurtherbackfromtheforwardedgeof the Anegatives copy topadjustm Anegativestartadjustmentmeansthatthespeci fientmeansth edlengthof atthenorma mediawillbepulledbackbeforetheprintingstarts media Thus the feedafte oripimism 1 rdsthetqrwardedgeofthecopy rtheprin tingisco Stop Adjus pletedw TheStppAdjustvalueisgivenagapositiveornegative illbedec numbe reasedby ofdot Defaultvalueis0 the whichktopsthemediafeedinapdsitionsuitableforte speci fi aroff edvalue operakion Apositivestopad justmentmeansthatthenormalmedia ntermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide49 Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Media Media Size Media Type Paper Type Testfeed Contrast 50 vesamaximumprintwidthof1280dots hemediaparamet 106 6mm 4 2inches rstellthe fi 3 p ZSE warethecharac PyincreasingthevaluefortheX startparameter theoriginwill T e r teris e bomovedoutwards awe omtheinnoredceotthomediapath themediathatwil Inotherwords thelargerX startvalue thewiderinnermargin lbeused sothepr andthelessavailableprintwidth intoutwillbepos Width i c t nn d Specifiesthewidthoftheprintableareainnumberofdotsf
31. hapter 7 Setup Mode Setup Mode Overview Part 4 Intermec Fingerprint v7 61 If an optional Double Serial Interface Board is installed in the printer additional menus will be displayed SETUP BER COM VARTS A ll JUL I 20 mA CURRENT LOOP Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 7 Setup Mode Setup Mode Overview Part 5 Intermec Fingerprint v7 61 If an optional an EasyLAN 100i interface board is installed in the printer additional menus will be displayed SETUP Wu SETUP AU EL SETUP FEDAJ SETUP MEDIA SETUP PRINTDERS SETUP NETWORK Press Setup to exit the Setup Mode 66 Chapter 8 Intermec Shell Startup Program Introduction e IntermecLabelShop e IntermecWindowsDriver e IntermecFingerprint e IntermecDirectProtocol e LINE AXP PRG e Otherapplicationprogramsintheprinter smemory Aprerequisiteisthattheprogramisprovidedwiththeex tension PRG However someoriginalIntermecutilityprogr amsare excludedaslongastheyremainstoredin rom ERRHAND PRG FILELIST PRG LBLSHTXT PRG MKAUTO PRG SHELLXP PRG WINXP PRG Other Facilities SetupMode e PrintSetup Testfeed e TestLabel e Defaultsetup eUpdatePCcard Reboot 7 IntermecShellisfactory installedintheprinter spermanent memory device rom Ifyouinsertamemorycardwi than other startup fi lebeforeyouswitchontheprinter orifthereisas tartup fi lestoredin thepri
32. hapter4 Media Load Tear Off cont Removeanycorefromthemediasupp 4a mm 38 40 4 9 Fitanewrollofmediaonthemediasupp 4b mm Incaseofmediarollwitha76mm 3 inc Routethemediaunderneaththeslacka 20 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Tear Off cont Routethemediathroughtheprintunitandpushit inwardsasfarasitwillgo Turntheprintheadliftleverto Closed position Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 4 Media Load 7 Thisd lagra mshow sthem ediap ath 9 Adjustthep ositionoft hegreenedg eguidesoth mediaisguidedwithaminimumofplay 21 Chapter4 Media Load Tear Off cont grabtheouteredgeandpul l downwards 10 22 12 Totearoff themedia 11 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Cut Off Chapter4 Media Load TheEasyCoder50 1XPcanprintonl abels tickets tags and continuousstoc kinvariousform s Thischapterd escribesthecas e whenthemediais automaticallyc utoffafterprin tingusingan optionalpaperc utter Usethe lt Feed gt ke y see fi gure 14 whenlo adingthesamety pe ofmediaasbefor e Whenswitchin gtoanewtypeofm edia orif theprinterdoes notfeedoutthem ediaproperly s imultaneously pressthe lt Shift gt and lt Feed gt keys toperforma testfeed Cut offcanbeus edfor Non adhesiveco ntinuousstock Self adhesivel abelswithliner Notethatthec uttermustnot cutthroughth e
33. hermalPrinting Thisoptioncontainstwoparameters LabelConstant range50to e LabelFactor 115 rangel0to 50 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Media cont Bar Code Directi ons ThermalTransferPrinting KeeptheRibbonFactorforeachribbontypeattherecom mendedvalue DecreaseorincreasetheRibbonConstantfor lighterordarkerimagesrespectively Foranewlabelmaterial startwithanaverageRibbonConstantvaluefortheribbon qualityinquestion DirectThermalPrinting termecrecommendsthat youusethepapertypeandpr int eedsettingslistedbelowtoproducethehighestpossibleprint alityundernormalconditionsandtoensuremaximumlife eoftheprinthead LabelmaterialsareavailablefromIntermec therinstandardtypesandsizes orinspecialmaterialsandsizes Ree COD rnewlabelmaterials keeptheLabelFactorattherecommended alueforthetypeofdirectthermalmedia Decreaseorincrease heLabelConstantforlighterordarkerimagesrespectively ependingontherequirementsoftheimagesorofthenewlabel material I s q t e Whenadjustingtheimagedarknessforindividualreguirements o v t d BarCodeDirections Inthetablesonthepagesthatfollow differentmaximumprint speedsmayberecommendeddependingonthedirectionof possiblebarcodesintheprintout Generally ladderstylebar codesaremoredemandingandmayrequirealowerprintspeed especial lyinconnectionwithalargemediarolland ornegative startadjustvalues se
34. i g BlackMarkY Position Itisrecommendedtoplacetheblackmarkasclosetothefron E edgeoftheticketaspossibleanduseanegativeStopAd just valuetocontrolthemediafeed sotheticketscanbeproper ly tornorcutoff FEED Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Appendix 2 Media Specifications Transfer Ribbons Important Intermecthermal transfer ribbonsareengineeredspe cificallyfortheEasyCoder printheads 100 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Interfaces RS 232 Interface uartl Appendix 3 Baudrate Char length Parity Stopbits RTS CTS ENQ ACK XON XOFF NewLine TochangetheRS 232interfacesettings seeChapter6 Setting UpthePrinter Interface Cable Computerend Printerend Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Host Printer Host Sign DB DB Sign DB DB Signal 1 1 1 1 Shield RX 2 TXD 2 3 RXD TX 3 3 RXD 3 2 TXD CT 8 4 RTS 4 5 CTS RT 7 5 CTS 5 4 RTS 6 DSR 6 20 DTR GN 5 7 Signal 7 7 GND 1 5V 1 DS 6 2 DTR 2 6 DSR 2 RI 2 Theexternal 5Vislimitedto200mAandisautomatically Appendix 3 Interfaces Parallel Interface centronics InterfaceCableConnectors Computerend Dependsontypeofhostcomputer Printerend 36 pinfemalelEEE1284BCentronics 1 arepresentlynotsupported 2 callysetsthecorrectSTDI 0 whenanapplicationisselected forexampleaWindowsdriver orpromptsyoutoselectone
35. ined To fi ndthebasicsetting turntheknobcounterclockwiseuntil e thereisnopressureleft Testwithapieceofmediaunderth printhead Youshouldbeabletopullitoutwithoutmoretha n justalittleresistance Thenturntheknobthreetofourfu llturns clockwise Fine adjustusingthetrial and errormethod Caution Donotuseahigherprintheadpressurethannecessary bec auseit mayincreasethewearoftheprintheadandshortenitslife T Label Stop Sensor Chapter 12 Adjustments orblackmarksincontinuousstock dependingontheprinte 35 setupinregardofmediatype seeChapter6 SettingUpthe Printer TheLSSshouldbealignedwiththegaps slots o rblack marks Ifusingirregularlyshapedlabels aligntheLSSwi ththe fronttipsofthelabels Thelabelstop blackmarksensor LSS canbemovedlateral ly withinarangeof0to50mm Otol 96inches fromtheinner edgeofthemediapath Thereisascrewrunningthroughthe outer lowergable Turningthescrewclockwisewillmoveth e LSSinwardsandviceversa ThepositionoftheLSSinrelati on tothemediaisbestcheckedbylookingheadonintotheprint unitwhentheprintheadisraised Alignthecenterpointof the V shapeduppersensorwiththecenteroftheslotsormarkst o bedetected Thelinearmarkingsonthelowerguideplatecanal sobeused forpositioningoftheLSSbecausetheyarespacedwi than intervalofexactlylcm 0 39inches Thismethodisespec ially usefulforblackmarks measurethelateralpositionofthe black markswitharulerbefore
36. ing dots on printhead Replace printhead Chapter 11 Large part of dot line missing Wrong X start or Width parameter Change parameter Chapter 6 Failing printhead Replace printhead Chapter 11 Failing strobe signal Check CPU board a Gal Printout missing along inner edge Bad media alignment Adjust Chapter 4 X start parameter value too low Increase Chapter 6 Transfer ribbon breaks Ribbon not fitted correctly Reload ribbon Chapter 5 Wrong paper type parameter too much Change parameter Chapter 6 energy then clean printhead Chapter 12 Ribbon supply hub stuck Adjust a Call Bad energy control Check CPU board Service Transfer ribbon wrinkles Faulty ribbon break shaft adjustment Adjust Chapter 12 Incorrect edge guide adjustment Adjust Chapter 4 Too strong printhead pressure Adjust Chapter 12 No thermal transfer printout Ink coated side does not face media Reload ribbon Chapter 5 White parts at transfer printing Transfer ribbon wrinkled Adjust See below Transfer ribbon wrinkles Incorrect edge guide adjustment Adjust Chapter 4 Ribbon obstructed by printhead cable Clear na Too strong printhead pressure Adjust Chapter 12 Ribbon supply hub not centered Adjust Chapter 5 Faulty ribbon assist roller adjustment Adjust a Gal 78 Chapter 11 Maintenance Printhead Cleaning leaningtheprintheadonaregularbasisisimportantfort feoftheprintheadandfortheprintoutauality Youshou leantheprintheadeachtimeyoureplacethemedia Thisse tion escribeshowtoclean
37. itandreplaceFitanewmediarollonthemediasupply huband pushtherollinwardsasfarasitwillgo 34 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 4 Media Load Internal Batch Takeup cont DSOLBE Pe first tanadapteronthemediasupplyhub Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 35 Chapter4 Media Load Internal Batch Takeup cont 36 Chapter 4 Media Load Internal Batch Takeup cont themediafeed Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 37 Chapter4 Media Load External Supply Fan fold Thischapterdescribesthecasewhenanexternalmediasupp ly isused forexampleastackoffan foldticketsoranextern ediaroll tispossibletosimplyletthemediaentertheprinterthro a m I ugh eitherofthetwoslotsintherearplate However werecomm end to fi ttheoptionalIntermecFan FoldKit whichprovidesbette r c guidanceofthemediausingadjustableguides Thekitcanb e fittedtoeithertheupperorthelowerslotintherearplate Whenusinganexternalmediasupply takecaretoprotectth e mediafromdust dirt andotherforeignparticles thatca nimpair theprintoutqual ityorcauseunneccessaryweartotheprin thead Dependingonbrandandquality alldirectthermalmediaar e moreorlesssensitivetoheat directsunlight moisture oil plasticizers fat andothersubstances Protectitaccor dingly Externalsupplycanbeusedfor e Tear offoperation e Cut offoperation e Peel offoperation upperslotonly e Internalb
38. labels onlythe liner ortheadhesivewillsticktothebladesandrenderthecutter inoperableorevendamagethecutter smotor e Ticketswithgapswithoutperforations e Ticketswithmarkswithoutperforations WARNING Therotatingcuttingbladecanbeaccidentlyactivatedwhenthe cutterisopened Toavoidanyriskofinjurytofingers always Switchoffthepowerusingt theprinter sr ntermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Gilde gt A a ai E LS switchoffthepo werbeforeloadi ngmediaand orr ibbonina cutter equippe dprinter Chapter4 Media Load Cut Off cont dI Turntheprintheadliftleverto Removeanycorefromthemediasupp Da mm 38 40 1 3 Fitanewrol lofmediaonthemediasupp ob mm 3 Incaseofmediarol lwitha76mm 3 inc 24 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 4 Media Load Cut Off cont Routethemediaunderneaththeslacka Routethemediathroughtheprintunit Thisdiagramshowsthemediapat Turntheprintheadliftleverto Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 25 Chapter4 Media Load Cut Off cont 10 11 e RO o Retour once TECH TORO DI eenthe mediai sguide dwitha 3 minimu mofpla y 12 ClosethecutterunitwhilepullingattheendoftheSwitchonthepowerusingthe0n 0ffs w tchon media Closetheright handdoor 26 Chapter 4 Media Load Cut Off cont PresstheFeedkeytoadvancethemediaandad just themediafeed Intermec
39. lation Unpacking Hz European type 230VACplug Iftheprinterhasbeendamagedinanywayduringtransporta tion complaintothecarrierimmediately vary orlabels ribbonmaybe omittedcompletely depend ingonareaofdistribution Chapter 2 Installation Front View Thefrontdooris heldbyasnap lo ck Openthefron tdoorto viewthevarious partsontheprin ter sfront Control Lamps Display Window Keyboard Connector for optional paper cutter Not used in this printer model Print Unit Front Door RefertoChapter9 Options 7 forinformationonpossibleoptional devicesfittedontheprinter sfront Intermec EasyCod er 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 2 Installation Rea r TherearplatecontainstheOn Offswitch theACpowercord Vi receptacle andvariousinterfaceconnectorsandslots lew Bar C d e Wand Connector er Cord Receptacle erial Interface Connector uart1 Hope External Media Intake eh Khics Parallel Interface WD y YA 77 Tower External Media Intake Fw Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 10 Chapter 2 Installation Media Compartment TI io asd no a N an doorisopened Thedoorisheldbyamagneticlockandcanbe opened180 orberemovedcompletelybypushingitrearwards Ribbon Rewind Hub Ribbon Supply Hub Media Supply Hub Slack Absorber RefertoChapter 9 Options forinformation onpossibleopti onal devicesfittedinsidetheprinter smediacompartment
40. loadingthemedia Upper part of LSS Detection Slots Adjustment Screw Upperpartofprintunitremovedtoimprovevisibilit Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Appendix 1 Technical Data Printing PrintTechnigue ThermalTransfer and DirectThermal Printhead Resolution 12 dots mm 304 8 dpi Print Speed variable 100 to 300 mm sec 4 to 12 inches sec PrintWidth max 106 6 mm 4 20 inches MediaWidth min max 25 to 120 mm 1 to 4 2 inches Print Length max JET UT UVD 2 7 JU TIN LYS MINC Media Roll Diameter max 205 mm 8 inches Media Roll Core Diameter 38 to 40 mm LS inches or 76 mm 3 inches RibbonWidth 25 to 110 mm 1 to 4 33 inches Ribbon Length max 450 metres 1 475 ft 4 Print Directions Modes of Operation Tear Off Straight through Yes Peel Off Self strip Optional With liner takeup unit Internal BatchTakeup Optional With liner takeup unit Cut Off Optional With paper cutter Firmware Operating System Intermec Fingerprint v 61 Incl Direct Protocol Smooth Fonts TrueDoc andTrueType fonts Built in scalable fonts std 15 2 UMNICUUE IVIILS Built in bar code symbologies std 38 Startup Program std Intermec Shell v4 8 Physical Measures Dimensions W x L x H 275 x 480 x 238 mm 10 8 x 18 9 x 94 inches Weight excludi
41. ner Maximum 118 4mm Minimum 23 8mm MediaTypeSetup Intermec EasyCoder 501 XF User S Guide Appendix 2 Media Specifications Media cont Self Adhesive Labels a Thelinermustnotextendmorethanatotalof1 6mm 0 06 inches outsidethemediaandshouldprotrudeequallyonbo th Maximum 118 4mm Minimum 23 8mm d gt LabelLength d SELF ADHESIVE LABELS Maximum Recommended s Itcanbemovedwithinarangeof0to50mm Otol 97inches fromtheinneredgeofthemedia Intarmec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide ef Appendix 2 Media Specifications Media cont Tickets with Gap Min lengthbetweenslots 8 Omm 0 32inches Max lengthbetweenslots dependsonDRAMsize Underidealcircumstances aminimumlabellengthof4mm 0 16 inches couldbeused Itrequiresthesumofthelabellengt h d and thelabelgap e tobelargerthan7mm 0 28inches thatba tch d gt DetectionSlitLength Thelengthofthedetectionslit excludingcornerradii m ustbe TICKETS amp TAGS FEED DIRECTION Maximum Recommended Minimum MediaTypeSetup e Ticket wgaps Donotallowanyperforationtobreaktheedgeofthemediaas this maycausethemediatosplitandjamtheprinter Media cont Tickets with Black Mark cd Appendix 2 Media Specifications b gt CopyLength c gt BlackMarkOffset Thedistancebetweentheinneredgeofthemediaandtheinne r edgeoftheblackmarkmustbe O fPBlackMarkHeight Maximum Common Min
42. ng media and options 13 kg 28 7 pounds Ambient OperatingTemperature 5 C to 40 C 41 F to 104 F Humidity 20 to 80 non condensing Electronics Microprocessor 32 bit RISC On board Flash SIMMs 3 sockets for 2 or 4MB each Std 1 x 2MB On board DRAM SIMM 2 sockets for 4 32 MB Std 1 x 4MB Real Time Clock Yes 10 years life Power Supply ACVoltage gt 90 to lt 264VAC 45 to 65 Hz PFC Regulation IEC 61000 3 2 Maximum Power Consumption Continuous 175W Peek 400W 90 Appendix 1 Technical Data Technical Data cont Sensors Label Gap Black Mark Out of Media Yes Out of ribbon Yes Printhead Lifted Yes Ribbon Low Option LabelTaken Option Controls Control Lamps 3 Display 2x 16 character LCD with background light Keyboard 23 keys membrane switch type Beeper Yes Data Interfaces Serial 1 x RS 232 Parallel 1 x Centronics Bar CodeWand Yes Electronic Keys 2 Not used Connection for Optional Interface Boards 1 2 Memory Card Adapter 1 Flash or SRAM cards Accessories and Options Automatic Paper Cutter Option Liner BatchTakeup Unit Option Factory installed only Label Roll Retainer Option Fan Fold Guides Option For external supplies RS 232 Cable Option Parallel Interface Cable Option Parallel Interface Board Option
43. nter spermanentmemory device c this startup fi lewillbeusedinsteadofIntermecShell seeChapter3 StartupFiles Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 8 Intermec Shell Startup Progra m Starting with Intermec Shell Afewsecondsafteryouhaveswitchedonthepowertotheprin terand theinitializationiscompleted thecountdownmenuofthe Intermec Shellprogramwillbedisplayed ENTER SHELL 5 sec v 4 8 NOMI OMO a a pire ote nter gt Thelowerlinetellsyouhowmuchtimeyouhaveleft Shouldt he timerunoutbeforeyouhavetakenanyactiontoenterInterm ec Shell thelastselectedapplicationinIntermecShellwil lbeopened If youusethesameapplicationallthetime youwillonlyneed toswitch onthepower oncetheapplicationhasbeenselected Ifnootherapplicationhasyetbeenselected thecurrentv ersion ofIntermecFingerprintwillbeopenedwiththestandardRS 232 port uartl selectedasstdl Ochannel seeIntermecFin gerprint manuals Whenthecountdowniscompleted youwillseethe selines inthedisplay FINGERPRINT 7 61 Ifyouwanttoselectanotherapplication justcyclethepo werand enter IntermecShel lbeforethecountdowniscompleted WhenyouenterthelntermecShellfromthecountdownmenus the SelectApplicationmenuwillbedisplayed SHELL SEL APPLICATION Inthismenu youcanchoosebetweentwooptions 68 Press lt Enter gt togotomenuswhereyoucanselectanapplicat ion program e Press lt Fb gt togototheFacilitiespartofIntermec
44. nuntil Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open allofthetr position ansparent leaderhasp assedthepr 11 intheadand theribbon b e o m e s t j E h t A 12 Turntheprintheadliftleverto Closed position Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Description 44 etersremotely fromthehost SeethelntermecFingerprintv7 6lmanuals Intermec Direct Protocol Usesetupstringstochangeindividualsetupparameters remotelyfromthehost SeethelntermecDirectProtocolmanuals Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Default Setup Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Theprinter sdefaultsetupislistedb elow Ser Com uartl Feedadjust StartadJlSs tiamina Seca a rs Po dde 9600bps Mediatype 8bits LARE TE NT ee a None 4 lbit Pap rtyp c va ran Disabl a en iaia ia Disabl a Disabl Ribbonconstant Disabl deri la CR LF Ribbonfactor 300bytes ARE ZI EROE RI Mayer 300bytes Ooo oOo 36 1244 CONLTAS Eee a Hann 1800 Label wGaps Thermaltransfer et 90 Print Defines 95 Printspeed 0 ne 36 150mm sec Reading the Current Setup Theprinter scurrentsetupvaluescanbereadfromtheprinter s displaywindowbybrowsingthroughtheSetupMode Youcanlisttheprinter scurrentsetupvaluesbyprintingtestlabel 5intheSetupModeorbyusingIntermecShell Thecurrentsetupvaluescanbesent
45. oflight Ifnecessary cleant he usingacleaningcardorasoftclothsoakedwithisopropyl alcohol Donotuseanyothertypeofchemicals Becarefuln ot toscratchthewindows Warning Isopropylalcohol CH CHOH CAS67 63 Olisahighly fi am mable moderatelytoxic andmildlyirritatingsubstanc e Pul Ith 1 eup per gui des tra igh tou t Intermec Ceri 501 XP User s Guide Pressthesnap lock lifttheoute guideandpullitout Aftercleaning reassemble inreverseorder Chapter 11 Maintenance Printhead Replacement Theprintheadissub jecttowearbothfromthethermal trans fer ribbonorthedirectthermalmediaandfromtherapidheatin 8 andcoolingprocessduringprinting Thus theprintheadw ill equireperiodicreplacement imebetweenprintheadreplacement sdependsontheprint ages thetypeofdirectthermalmediaorthermal transfe ibboninuse theamountofenergytotheprinthead thepri BARRE AR speed theambienttemperature andseveralotherfactors Caution Whilereplacingtheprinthead thepowershouldbeof f 84 Openthefrontandr ight handdoors Chapter 11 Maintenance Printhead Replacement cont hemagnet Removetheme diaandtrans se C Lia vie LI connectthety nag ADIE OngReshaftandpul lou khep inthea SS As asithecablesal low Chapter 11 Maintenance Printhead Replacement cont Connectthetwocablestothereplacem Fitthehooksoftheprintheadbracket Closetheprintheadsothemagneteng
46. rom orrectlyan get theorigin Thus thesumoftheX startandwidthvaluesgives ebostqualityP theoutermarginof thepr intablearea Thewidthshoul dbe OSSIDLE settopreventprintingoutsidethemedia whichmayharmthe printhead Media Size Thesizeofthepri Length ntablearcaisde fispecifiesthelengthoftheprintableareainnumberofdotsfrom nedbythreeparam theoriginalongtheY coordinateandallocatesmemoryspacefor eters twoidenticalimagebuffersintheprinter stemporarymemory X Start Width a Thesizeofeachbuffercanbecalculatedusingthisformula ndLength Buffer size bits Print length in dots x Printhead width in dots Y Start Notethatthetemporarymemoryhasotherfunctionsthatalsorequire Shari somememoryspace Toobtainalongerprintarea thememorycan a ositionof LeinereasedbyfittingalargerDRAMSIMMontheprinter sCPU theoriginalongt 20 dasdescribedintheServicellanual hedotsontheprin t Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide head Bydefault X sta rtis36dots whic hplacestheinner arginofthe printarea3mm 0 118inches fromt heinneredgeofth emedia andgivesamaximu printwidthof12 44dots 103 7mm 4 1 inches Thispre ventsprintingou tsidelabelswhen thelineris slightlywiderth anthelabels Ifyouwanttouset heentiremediawi dth resettheX s tart valueto0whichgi Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters cont Media cont Length con Thelengths etupalsode cidestheam
47. smoothness and glosstobeusedwi thHP TMX2500andGP TMX1500 ribbons Examples TTRCoated DuratranII TTRPremium DuratranIITag TTRPremiumBoard Polyethyleneplasticswithbetterresistancetowaterand many commonchemicalsthanuncoatedandcoatedpapers They canbeuseoutdoorsandoffergoodtearresistance Mosto ften usedwithHP TMX2500ribbons Examples TTRPolyethylene Kimdura TTRGlossPolyethylene KimduraTag Syntran e Polyestersgivehighresistancetochemicals heat and mechanicalabrasionwithHR TMX3200ribbons Examples TTRHighGlossPolyester Polyester 93 Appendix 2 Media Specifications Media Roll Size Roll Diameter 205 mm 8 in Labels Core Diameters Width Themediamus tbewounduponthecoreinsuchaway thattheprintercanpulltheendfree Roll Max diameter Max width Min width ches 4 72inches Themaximumrecommendedmediathicknessis1754m 0 007 i i i i itywillb educed The i sstsatsoaimportantandmustbebalanc 38 4 m 1 5 in or 76 mm 3 in 94 Appendix 2 Media Specifications Media Non Adhesive Strip _ MediaTypeSetup e Fixlengthstrip Varlengthstrip NON ADHESIVE STRIP Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Appendix 2 Media Specifications Media cont Self Adhesive Strip 96 b gt Liner Thelinermustnotextendmorethanatotalof1 6mm 0 06 inches outsidethemediaandshouldprotrudeequallyonbo th sides c gt MediaWidth excludingli
48. splayedvalues selectortypenewvalues e tc by usingthekeysontheprinter skeyboard Note AnexternalkeyboardcannotbeusedinsidetheSetupMode 1 thischapter 61 Po Moveonemenut otheleftonth Moveonemenutotherightonthes ame Displayerrormessageattestla belprint Moveuponelevelorscrollbacki nastack Movedownonelevelorscrollfor wardin Enternumericvalues Specifynegativevalues leadi Clearerroneouslyenteredvalu Acknowledgeandmovetonextmen u PerformtestfeedsintheTestfe e ExittheSetupMode Oak dere amai C Mad right up and Chapter 7 Setup Mode Setup Mode Overview Part 1 Intermec Fingerprint v7 61 62 IL LI Chapter 7 Setup Mode Setup Mode Overview Part 2 Intermec Fingerprint v7 61 V continued from previous page cone a CKI APY IX LENGTH STRIP VAR LENGTH RIP PAPER TYPE oli ni pe SE DER un E Ooo SETUP Press Setup to exit the Setup Mode Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 7 Setup Mode Setup Mode Overview Part 3 Intermec Fingerprint v7 61 If an optional Double Serial or Industrial Interface Board is installed in the printer additional menus will be displayed in case of Double Serial Interface Board also see Overview Part 4 o o ole o ee ee ee o ee ee 55 555 S E E E S E S ee ee ee ee 0 A ELELE See 64 C
49. tandard printers ENTER SHELL 5 sec v 4 8 4 sec v 4 8 3 sec v 4 8 2 sec v 4 8 1 sec v 4 8 RefertoChapter8formoreinformationonIntermecShel 1 T ne digitsinthelowerrightcornerofthedisplayindicatethe version ofIntermecShell B Custom Made Application Program non standard printers Anyotherdisplaymessagesthanthoseillustratedabovein dicates thattheprinterisrunningsomecustom made non standar d applicationprogram orthatsomeerrorhasoccurred Chapter 4 Media Load Tear Off Straight through TheEasyCoder501XPcanprintonlabels tickets tags and continuousstockinvariousforms Thissectiondescribes thecase whenthemediaistornoffmanuallyagainsttheprinter stearbar Thismethodisalsoknownas straight throughprinting Usethe lt Feed gt key seefigure 11 whenloadingthesame typeofmedia Whenswitchingtoanewtypeofmedia orif theprinterdoesnotfeedoutthemediaproperly simultane ously pressthe lt Shift gt and lt Feed gt keystoperforma testfeed Tear offcanbeusedfor e Non adhesivecontinuousstock e Self adhesivecontinuousstockwithliner e Self adhesivelabelswithliner e Ticketswithgaps withorwithoutperforations e Ticketswithblackmarks withorwithoutperforations Anoptionallabeltakensensorcanholdtheprintingofthen ext copyinthebatchuntilthepresentcopyhasbeenremoved se Chapter9 Options Openthefrontandright handdoors Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position 19 C
50. theprintheadusingcleaningcards O0 eos mo additionalcleaningisrequired forexampleremovingadh esive residuefromtheplatenrollerortearbar useacottonswab moistenedwithisopropylalcohol Warning Isopropylalcohol CH sCHOH CAS67 63 O isahighly fi am mable moderatelytoxic andmildlyirritatingsubstanc e Turntheprintheadliftleverto Open position Chapter 11 Maintenance Printhead Cleaning cont InsertmostofthecleaningcardundertheprintheadPulloutthecleaningcard 1 andra isetheprinthead 1 Closetheprinthead 2 80 Chapter 11 Maintenance Printhead Cleaning cont Waitforapprox 30secondstoallowthecleaningInsertmostofthecleaningcardyndert heprinthead uidtodissol vetheresidu y pel AA ar 10 PS WE Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 81 Chapter 11 Maintenance External Cleaning Wipeexternalsurfaceswi thasoftclothslightly Alwaysre moistenedwithwateroramilddetergent movethep owercord beforecl 4 eaning 3 Neverspraytheprinter ProtectitfromwaterwhenNeveruseanysharptoolsforremovin gstucklabels cleaningthepremi Theprintheadandrollersaredelicate ses Chapter 11 Maintenance Cleaning the Media Guides Pe OLSEN ENGEL o UA par ua Lira aa cali mustbekepteleanfrondust stucklabol s andadhesivores idue Iftheprinterstartstofeedoutlabelsinanunexpectedway removethesetwoguidesasdescribedbelowandcheckforany thingthatmayblockthebeam
51. tothehostviathe standardserialcommunicationchannelusingaSETUP WRITE uartl statement see ntermecFingerprintv7 61 Prog ram mer sReferenceManual Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide 45 Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Setup Parameters Serial Theserialcommunicationparameterscontrolthecommunica Communica tionbetweentheprinterandtheconnectedcomputerorother tion devicesonthestandardserialport uartl andtheoptional Baud R serialports uart2 and uart3 Theoptionalportsrequire aud Rate GE Ch t anoptionalinterfaceboard Theprinter sfirmwaredetectsifan arac el nterfaceboardisinstalledintheprinterandpresentsadditional Length setsofcommunicationsetupmenusdependingontypeofcom Parity munication refertodiagrams3 5binChapter7 SetupMode Stop Bits Theserialcommunicationparametershavenoeffectonparallelcom FIOW munications onEthernetcommunications orontheINandOUT Control portsontheoptional Industrial InterfaceBoard New Line Fortheserialcommunicationchannel uart1 thefol lowing Receiveparameterscanbeset Makesuretheymatchthesetupofthe Buffer connecteddeviceorviceversa Ifthesetupoftheprinterandthe Transmitsetupofthehostdonotmatch theresponsefromthepr inter Buffer tohostwillbegarbled Baud Rate Thebaudrateisthetransmissionspeedinbitspersecond There are9options 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 e 19200 e 38400 e 57600 46 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User
52. ty Thisisespe ciallytrue whenprinti ngbarcodes withthebar s runningacr ossthemedi apath lad derstyle whenprinti ng ondemandin gfacemater ials andwh enprinting atlowambie nt temperatur es Referto thetablesu nder Media earlierint his chapterfor max imumpr i ntspeedval ues Thedef aultsettin gis 150mm sec 6inches se Ci Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide59 Chapter 7 Setup Mode Entering Setup Mode at Installation ThemethodofenteringtheSetupModedependsonwhichstart up fi lesarestoredintheprinter smemory asub jectthatwasmore thoroughlydiscussedinChapter3 StartingUp 2 EasyCoder 501 XP with Intermec Shell e Switchonthepower Whenthedisplayshowsthemessage Enter Shell xsec press lt Enter gt e Press lt Setup gt thisfacilitycanbeusedanywherewithin IntermecShell e Setuptheprinterasdescribedinthischapter e ReturntoIntermecShel lbypressing lt Setup gt EasyCoder 501 XP with a custom made application program e Normally thereisnoneedtoentertheSetupModefor custom madeapplicationprograms Necessaryprovisio nsfor changingthesetup manuallyorautomatically shouldb e providedbytheprogram Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 7 Setup Mode Navigating in Setup Mode Whilegoingthroughthesetupprocedure youareguidedbyt exts intheprinter sdisplay Youcannavigatebetweensetupmenus acknowledgedi
53. willbeopened 1 byIntermeccanbeused 70 OnlyFlashPCcardsapproved Chapter 8 Intermec Shell Startup Program Intermec Shell v4 8 Diagram Last selected application is started Default Fingerprint 7 61 w std 1 0 uartl Legend Return to previous menu EJ Proceed to next menu Accept displayed option and proceed or execute displayed option Perform a Testfeed anywhere in Intermec Shell Enter the Setup Mode from anywhere Restarts the printer same as power off on Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide Chapter 8 Intermec Shell Startup Progra m Line Analyzer 72 efollowingmenuisdisplayed Line Analyzer Sel port 1 5 1 Enterthedesiredcommunicationportusingthenumerickeyson theprinter skeyboard 1 uart1 2 uart2 3 uart3 4 centronics 5 net1 Iftheprinterisnotfittedwiththespecifiedport anerrormessage appearsinthedisplayandyoucanselectanotherport Line Analyzer Error 56 Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP User s Guide SE Chapter 8 Intermec Shell Startup Program youhavesentasstringtotheprinter youcaneither iton memory temp Returning the string Selecttheportonwhichyouwanttoreturnthestringas describedonthepreviouspage Thensimultaneouslypress lt Shift gt and lt F5 gt ontheprinter sfrontpanel Saving the string Simul taneouslypress lt Shift gt and lt F4 gt ontheprinter s frontpanel Thedatawillbesavedondevice

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