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Toshiba B-850 Printer User Manual

1. APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES EO1 33029 APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES B Font lt A gt Times Roman medium 8point lt B gt Times Roman medium 10point lt C gt Times Roman bold 10point lt D gt Times Roman bold 12point lt E gt Times Roman bold 14point lt gt Roman italic 12point lt G gt Helvetica medium 6point lt H gt Helvetica medium 10point Helvetica medium 12point lt J gt Helvetica bold 12point lt K gt Helvetica bold 14point lt L gt Helvetica italic 12point lt M gt PRESENTATION BOLD 18POINT lt N gt Letter Gothic medium 9 5point lt P gt Prestige Elite bold 10point lt Q gt Courier medium 10point lt R gt Courier bold 12point lt 5 gt 0 12 lt TOOCR B 12point lt Outline Font B gt Helvetica bold lt Outline Font B gt Helvetica bold 5 1 APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES EO1 33029 APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES Cont B Bar codes 0 JAN8 EAN8 4 0 045 8 2 Interleaved 2 of 5 TW 012545678905 4 NW7 6 UPC E 1234 8 EAN13 5 digits 780123 456786 CODE39 Full ASCII ABCDabcd1234 2 digits 123456
2. DB 25S DB 9P Connector to PC Connector to Printer Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 Shield m 1 N C 2 TXD 2 TXD 3 RXD 3 RXD 4 RTS 4 DSR 5 CTS 5 SG 6 DSR 6 DTR 7 GND 7 CTS 20 DTR 8 RTS 9 N C NOTE Use an RS 232C cable with inch type securing screws on the connector A3 1 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 1 Operation Panel APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE IMPORTANT If System Mode is needed for any other purposes please contact a TOSHIBA TEC authorized service representative before performing any operation in System Mode A4 1 Operation Panel NOTE Use the RESTART key to resume printing after a pause condition or after clearing an error Appendix 4 describes usage and purpose of the keys on the Operation Panel in System Mode For end users System Mode should be used for the following four purposes To check and print the system status the Maintenance Counter and the Print Head Element To make fine adjustment related to the media issue To perform a test print for checking print quality To set the parameters for the PCL Emulation The figure below illustrates the Operation Panel and key functions LCD Message Display POWER LED Green POWER ONLINE ERROR ERROR LED Red RESTART key ON LINE LED Green FEED key PAUSE key FEED RESTART PAUSE The LCD Message Display shows messages in alphanum
3. A1 3 A1 3 3 Detection Area of the Reflective A1 4 A1 3 4 Effective Print A1 4 POLAT 052 M RET 1 5 APPENDIX 2 MESSAGE AND LED iere eren nnne nian tnn nnn nnn n innen A2 1 APPENDIX SINTEHFAGE oie s Ae kee A3 1 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE itta ee rete ten ee cen a sd ead aS Ee dues 4 1 Operation Panel tenet tete b A4 1 PULS A4 2 PAS Self Diagnoste TeSt Tode tee eo Ren ie Poe Do aqu ice A4 3 A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine A4 5 PER 4 13 A4 6 PCL Emulation 4 19 A4 ro Additional a E EE 4 23 A4 7 1 Self Diagnostic Test Result Sample A4 23 A4 7 2 Maintenance Counter Parameter Check Print Sample and Descriptions A4 27 A4 7 3 Magnified Views of Slant Line 2 A4 30 APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES iine cree rho eter ti ona rho ste cte a i moa idee ias 5 1 GLOSSARIES INDEX
4. NOTE Brass Bushing Make sure that the brass bushings of the Supply Shaft are seated into the notches so that the entire Supply Holder Unit rotates smoothly CAUTION The reassembled Supply Holder Unit and media roll may be quite heavy so be careful not to pinch your fingers when installing the Supply Holder Unit onto the Supply Holder Frame Supply Holder Frame 2 Now feed the media from the bottom of the media roll into the media slot at the rear of the printer as shown 2 7 3 Loading Media into The following paragraphs outlines how to properly install the media into the Printer the printer from the Supply Holder Unit that has been installed in the previous steps WARNING 1 Raise the Top Cover as shown in the diagram below The Top Cover can be opened during the operation for control purposes only It should be closed during normal operation 2 9 2 PRINTER SETUP EO1 33029 2 7 Loading the Media 2 7 3 Loading Media into the 2 Release the Print Head Block by pressing down on the Head Block Printer Cont WARNING e The Print Head may become hot Do not touch the Print Head Risk of injuries Do not touch moving parts Disconnect the mains before maintenance of ribbon and media CAUTION Be careful not touch the Print Head Element when raising the Print Head Block Failure to do this may cause missing dots by static electricity or other print qualit
5. jn Example of the character test print label A OE POH UMPSCONR STILE delphi Ol eee Se ee RR e pcne ERIT BALSA CEPR YEN YZ OOH OP FELENI Taboe Cee COREL 1 EP LR TL POLES ABCDEFGHIUKLSISOPORSTUFWX 2 048234 BR TRRCCABCDEFDAILLIE LM MDEPORETUVMS t 123456789 ABCDEFGHLIKLN NOPQRST EATA Fee ARCH 1 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLNNOPQRSTUVWAYZ M ELCHE a Eg i ee Lee Qni Ex nri AP RC em iri FRE eee P POLES aA DOL ee CY abe 812241487 145 ETC PCM TELAT EY Lahr dtg 0123454 KBCUEFGHT ZELMNOTUESTUUWITIE Orzsesor amp DE23C6Bh TA ABC REP GAT EL AMP OES Tee TT T 182SASATEFRSABLOER AA ELAR TUT 2 17 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 1 Overview 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 1 Overview 3 2 Operating Modes This section provides a functional overview of how the printer receives print data from your host computer and how it will operate in the various operating conditions This section also shows you how to install the TEC Printer Drivers into your computer Labels will be created on the host computer connected to your printer using either a commercially available label creation program or using the TEC Command Program Language Or if the optional PCL5 Interface Board has been installed the printer will be able to print from any software using t
6. Label Tag Printer B 852 TS12 QQ TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operations of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense for USA only Changes or modifications not expressly approved by manufacturer for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada for CANADA only HP PCL5 is a registered trademark of Hewlett Packard Corporation Centronics is a registered trademark of Centronics Data Computer Corp Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation As an ENERGY Partner TOSHIBA TEC has determin
7. lt Back Yes E 5 Carefully read the Software License Agreement To accept the conditions of the agreement click the Yes button If you do not accept the conditions click on the No button Setup will install MONO in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install MONO by clicking Cancel to exit Setup ps Folder 0 DRVEMONO Browse lt Back Cancel 6 Upon clicking on the Yes button in the above screen the display will change to the Choose Destination Location screen shown below 3 6 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 3 Installing the Printer Drivers 3 3 3 Driver Installation 7 Click on the Next button to accept the default Destination Folder Cont TEC_DRV MONO or click on the Browse button to select a different folder 8 Upon clicking on the Next button the driver files will be extracted and copied to the selected folder as shown by the display below c tec_drv mono prt32t dll 9 After all of the files have been transferred the display will change to the Setup Complete screen below Click on the Finish button to end the Setup and return to the Windows desktop Setup Complete Setup has finished installing MONO on your computer Setup can launch the Read Me file and MONO Choose the options y
8. PE uL Printer Port button it will allow the capturing of a port LPT1 LPT9 Click Capture Printer and mapping it to a network drive When clicking on End Capture it Port 2 will end the capture removing the mapping of a port from a network e n the Device list click the drive printer port desired to be captured Type the network Changing Spool Settings When clicking on the Spool Settings path and then click OK button the following screen will appear to allow changing of the spool In Print to the following settings for the printer driver port click the port just mapped alx Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Sharing Regional Settings Page Setup 852 NOTES Spool Settings i 2 x f spooling is turned off it will Pinitothe become impossible to pause Pr EC C Start printing after last page is spooled print job 8 6 Start printing after first page is spooled e f this printer is a network Print using C Print directly to the printer printer and spooling is turned TEC 86 Spool data format RAW off then the print offline f problems occur printing with the EMF option then try the RAW option Not sel Cancel Restore Defaults Cape Ernane support tor this printer Timeout s Disable bidirectional support for printer Trans Spool Settings Port Settings
9. p Exposed Liner Width Width 105 7 mm Left 13 mm Height b 42 mm Right 9 fi 3mm Cancel When the New button has been pressed a new label name width height and exposed liner widths may be specified and when the OK button is clicked it will be added to the stock list When the Edit button has been pressed the highlighted label in the stock list can have its name width height and exposed liner width changed to new values By clicking on the Portrait Landscape Portrait rotated 180 or Landscape rotated 180 radio buttons the print orientation can be changed The preview page to the left of the orientation buttons will change to reflect the selected orientation as shown below d HH tili Portrait Portrait rotated 180 Landscape Landscape rotated 180 3 18 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 5 Page Setup Tab Cont When the Negative check box has been checked the print will be white NOTE The Copies option is usually set to one because most programs know how to specify copy count to the driver Manually specify this driver setting when using programs that don t properly take advantage of a printer s copying capability In these cases be sure to leave copies set to 1 in the program otherwise it will print many more copies than desired
10. ON TS 550025 5500250000505 0060205050655 ESZERTtRREEOGGOGOOOOOGOBUSUNNSU NSSNSZZ2Z22222229 NOTE Print conditions KEY FEED CUT BACK 0 0mm 1 0mm 0 0mm TONE T 0 step TONE D 0 step RBN FW 8 RBN BK 0 1 0V 0 7V PC 850 0 AUTO 9600 8 EVEN XON READY AUTO ENGLISH ON 0 0mm FEED TYPE1 BO OFF OFF ON OFF 192 168 010 020 000 000 000 000 255 255 255 000 704KB 128KB 64KB 64KB ON 4 S TRANS TRANSFER NO CUT USER 2169X0742 OFF 08000 OFF OFF Preset count 1 Print speed 4 sec Sensor No sensor Printing mode Thermal transfer Media length 170 mm Issue mode Batch printing A4 27 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 7 Additional Information A4 7 2 Maintenance Counter Parameter Check Print Sample and Descriptions Cont Descriptions of the Maintenance Counter Total media distance covered media distance covered Total media distance covered Counted when motor iSo Nen to 0 0 to 2000 0 km feed print and issue the media Counted lso during ribbon saving operation and Media dist d 8 Op 0 to 181 9 k Counted while printing Feeding and back feed are not counted See NOTE 2 Counts every cut See NOTE 3 0 to 1000000 times Counts when the ribbon motor is driven to feed print and issue the media The driving t
11. 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 3 Installing the Printer Drivers 3 3 1 System Requirements NOTE Windows 3 1 is not supported Windows 3 18 Windows 95 Windows 986 and Windows NTO are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Pentium is a registered trade mark of Intel Corporation 3 3 2 Driver Download EO1 33029 3 3 Installing the Printer Drivers The TEC MONO Printer Driver is a file of driver information files to be used to install TEC monochrome thermal printers to operate under Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows Installation is accomplished by first downloading the set of printer driver files from the TOSHIBA TEC Web Site and transferring the printer drivers to the hard drive of your host computer Then using the standard Windows Add Printer function the driver for the B 852 will be installed Once the driver has been installed then it becomes quite easy to select the printer properties dialog and set the parameters for printing 1 System a IBM Compatible PC running Windows 95 or Windows 98 or Windows NT Version 4 0 Workstation or Windows NT Version 4 0 Server b Pentium processor 133MHz or greater recommended c Installed memory of 16MB minimum 32MB recommended d Available Hard Disk space of 10MB or more 2 Interface a The RS 232C interface b Centronics interface The following procedures will show you how to obtain the set of TEC MONO Printer Drivers from the TOSH
12. PAPER RIBBON ERROR EXCESS HEAD TEMP The media has run out The media is not loaded properly The media is slack The ribbon is not fed properly 2 The ribbon has run out The print head is overheated EO1 33029 6 2 Possible Problems 1 Load new media Then press the RESTART key Load the media properly Then press the RESTART key Take up any slack in the media Remove the ribbon and check the status of the ribbon Replace the ribbon if necessary If the problem is not solved turn off the printer and call an authorized service representative Load new ribbon Then press the RESTART key Turn off the printer and allow it to cool down about 3 minutes If this does not solve the problem call TOSHIBA TEC authorized service representative HEAD ERROR There is a problem with the Print Head Replace the Print Head Then press the RESTART key Other error messages Hardware or software problems may have occurred 6 2 Possible Problems This section describes problems that may occur when using the printer and their causes and solutions Possible Problems The printer will not turn on The media is not fed Nothing is printed on the media The printed image is blurred The Cutter does not cut 1 The Power Cord is disconnected 2 The AC outlet is not functioning correctly 3 The fuse has blown or the circuit breaker has tripped 1
13. the top of the properties display and then pointing to a function on the properties page will result in the appearance of a small help message concerning that function The Apply button at the bottom of the display should be clicked after making any changes to the properties to immediately apply the changes This section will outline how to use the B 852 Printer Properties menus to control the printing performance of the printer The following paragraphs will show you how to access the Printer Properties menus and how to change printer settings through these menus 1 Access the Printers screen and then right click on the TEC B 852 icon to access the printer functions menu as shown below J Printers Iof x omad Up Add Printer ITEC HE Pause Printing 2 4 Displays the prop _ Set as Defaut oa Open Purge Print Documents Create Shortcut Delete Rename 2 Highlight and click on Properties in the functions menu as shown in the screen display above The TEC B 852 Properties screen will appear as shown below TEC B 852 Properties HEI Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Color Management Regional Settings recess Comment Separator page Browse Print Test Page 3 9 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the 852 Printer Properties
14. AUTO PRINT TRAN Press the PAUSE key and the printer will issue one blank label and will then print five labels of slant lines and the LCD Message Display will continue to display the following message AUTO PRINT TRAN Press the PAUSE key again and the printer will now print five labels of sample bar codes lines and the LCD Message Display will continue to display the following message AUTO PRINT TRAN Press the PAUSE key again and the printer will now print five labels of characters of various sizes and the LCD Message Display will return to showing the test print start message as shown below lt 4 gt TEST PRINT If necessary the print test may now be repeated from step 4 When you have finished performing the test print operation turn the printer s power OFF then back to ON and check that the LCD Message Display shows ON LINE and that the ON LINE and POWER LED lights are illuminated 2 16 2 PRINTER SETUP 1 33029 2 11 Test Print 2 11 Test Print cont Example of the slant line test print label NOTE The five printed labels of bar codes and the five printed labels of characters will be 76mm in length regardless of the actual size of the labels Example of the bar code test print label installed However the slant line printed labels will be the same size as the installed labels randa rd 1 aS EPE E z M Y OLN
15. This section outlines the procedures to setup your B 852 printer prior to its operation The section includes precautions connecting cables assembling accessories loading media and ribbon inserting the optional memory card and performing a test print To insure the best operating environment and to assure the safety of the operator and the equipment please observe the following precautions Operate the printer on a stable level operating surface in a location free from excessive humidity high temperature dust vibration or direct sunlight Keep your work environment static free Static discharge can cause damage to delicate internal components Make sure that the printer is connected to a clean source of AC Power and that no other high voltage devices that may cause line noise interference are connected to the same mains Assure that the printer is connected to the AC mains with a three prong power cable that has the proper ground earth connection Do not operate the printer with the cover open Be careful not to allow fingers or articles of clothing to get caught into any of the moving parts of the printer especially the optional cutter mechanism Make sure to turn off the printer power and to remove the power cord from the printer whenever working on the inside of the printer such as changing the ribbon or loading the media or when cleaning the printer For best results and longer printer life use only TOSHIBA TEC
16. 3 14 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 3 Details Tab Cont NOTE If using the serial interface COM port for connection to the B 852 printer make sure that the settings here agree with the settings set in the printer parameter settings 3 4 4 Regional Settings Tab NOTE By default the driver will use the Regional Settings as specified in the Windows Control Panel for settings like language measurement system and decimal point or comma Changing Port Settings When clicking on the Port Settings button the screen that will appear will depend on whether a parallel port LPT or a serial port COM is currently highlighted in the Print to the following port scrolling text box For example if one of the COM ports is highlighted in the Print to the following port scrolling text box then the following screen will appear to allow changing the settings for that port B 852 Properties xl Graphics BarFonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Sharing Regional Settings Page Setup COM1 Properties 2 x Port Settings F Bis per second F Data bits Parity None Stop bits E Flow control xon X Advanced Restore Defaults This properties management screen will allow changing the language units of measurement to
17. ATA card Conforming to PC card ATA standard Flash memory card 4MB card See page 2 14 NOTE Available from your nearest TOSHIBA TEC representative or TOSHIBA TEC Head Quarters 1 3 Media Please make sure that the media that will be used is approved by TOSHIBA TEC The warranty does not apply when a problem is caused by using media that is not approved by TOSHIBA TEC For information regarding TOSHIBA TEC approved media please contact a TOSHIBA TEC authorized service representative A1 3 1 Media Type Two types of media can be loaded for this thermal transfer direct thermal printer label or tag The table below shows size and shape of the media available for this printer Black Mark on reverse side Refer to Black Mark Label NOTE 3 below Tag paper on reverse side Stop Stop poston position Cut position Cut position Feed Direction 1 2 APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS 1 33029 A1 3 Media A1 3 1 Media Type Cont Unit mm Minimum media pitch 15 0 Label 38 0 Tag 25 4 Label length Min 12 5 Min 32 0 Width including backing paper 100 0 242 0 100 0 235 0 Gap length 2 5 20 0 6 0 20 0 Black mark length Tag paper 2 0 10 0 Effective print width 216 8 0 2 20 200 6 0 20 0 NOTES 1 To ensure print quality and print head life use only TOSHIBA TEC specified media 2 When using the cutter ensure that label length plus inter label gap length ex
18. Specified Interval Cuts labels after the number of labels specified in the Interval setting The interval setting window will appear to the right after clicking on Specified Interval to allow entering in the number of labels for the interval TEC B 852 Properties General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics BarFonts Stock Options Testing About Media Settings Print Method Thermal Transfer Sensor Transmissive Label Gap 0 24 in r Issue Settings Issue Mode Batch Mode with Back Feed z Cut Specified Interval Interval Print Speed 2 00 in sec Fine Adjustment Set Feed 0 00 in Cut Strip 0 00 in Backfeed 0 00 Print Shrinkage 0 Apply Help Print Speed When clicking on the arrow of the Print Speed scrolling text box it will allow the print speed selections of either 2 inches per second or 4 inches per second Fine Adjustment Allows for adjusting the following parameters Click on the Set check box to enable setting fine adjustments through this property page If not checked the fine adjustments are grayed out and cannot be changed e Feed Specifies the length of label stock that will feed after printing Backfeed Specifies the length of label stock that is retracted before printing This entry window is only available in cut or strip mode 5 Adjustment
19. When cutting this specifies the length of label to feed before cutting the label This entry window is only available in cut mode Print Shrinkage Used to compensate for label print shrinkage or expansion 3 27 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 9 Options Tab This page will allow selecting a graphics transfer mode and to make adjustments to the print tone lighter or darker print When selecting the Options tab the following display screen will appear TEC B 852 Properties Direct flent Graphic Options Allows selecting the method used to download graphics to the printer The default is to use the fastest method supported by the printer When clicking on the arrow in the Transfer Mode scrolling text box the following selection screen will appear TEC B 852 Properties 3 28 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 9 Options Tab Cont CAUTION Be careful not to set the print density adjustment too high as it can shorten the life of the print head This also may cause ribbon tearing if set too high in thermal transfer mode 3 4 10 Testing Tab Print Density Adjustment Clicking on the Set check box is necessary to enable the print density adjustment from this property page If not checked then no
20. computer will be cleared and the printer returns to an idle condition ON LINE In Dump mode any characters sent from the host computer will be printed Received characters are expressed in hexadecimal values This allows the user to verify programming commands and debug program And for other details please refer to your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative 4 2 5 MAINTENANCE EO1 33029 5 1 Cleaning 5 MAINTENANCE This chapter describes how to perform normal maintenance To maintain the printer performance and quality print please clean the e Be sure to disconnect the printer regularly or whenever media or ribbon is replaced Power Cord before performing maintenance Failure to do this may cause an electric shock eTo avoid injury be careful not to pinch or jam your fingers while opening or closing the cover and Print Head Block e The Print Head may become hot Do not touch the Print Head Do not pour water directly onto the printer 5 1 Cleaning The following sections describe periodic cleaning of the unit 5 1 1 Print Head Platen 1 Turn off the printer Open the Top Cover Sensors 2 Press the Head Block Release Lever to release the Print Head Block 3 Raise the Print Head Block and remove the ribbon CAUTION 4 Clean the Print Head Element with the supplied Print Head Cleaner Do not allow any hard objects to touch the print head or platen as this may cause damage to them D
21. COMMS ERROR occurred during communication through the RS 232C PAPER JAM The media is jammed during paper feed CUTTER ERROR A problem has occurred with the cutter module The media has run out or the media is NO PAPER not loaded on supply holder properly The ribbon has run out or has been torn A problem has occurred with the sensor that determines the torque for the ribbon motor HEAD OPEN Feed or printing was attempted with the print head block open EXCESS HEAD TEMP The print head is overheated SAVING In writable character or PC command or save mode SAVING amp amp amp amp FLASH WRITE ERR RIBBON ERROR An error has occurred while writing to flash memory or ATA card An erase error has occured in FORMAT ERROR formatting the flash memory or ATA card Data cannot be stored because the flash Eee ORD eure memory or ATA card is full HEAD ERROR There is a problem with the print head Display of error A command error has occurred in message See Notes analyzing the command A2 1 APPENDIX 2 MESSAGES AND LEDS EO1 33029 APPENDIX 2 MESSAGES AND LEDS NOTES f a command error is found in the command received 16 bytes of the command error starting from the command code will be displayed However LF and NUL will not be displayed Example 1 ESC T20 E30 LF NUL Com
22. E 4 2 ates E ur 4 2 AA Dump ga oN ate Ne eee 4 2 5 0 w w K X X X 5 1 5 1 CIC ANING M 5 1 5 1 1 Print 5 1 5 1 2 Covers and 5 2 5 1 3 Optional Cutter Mod le sissit EPE RATER 5 2 5 2 Care Handling of the Media and 5 2 6 TROUBLES HOO TING iiti pisse ete 6 1 Gal Error NeSSades sc 6 1 6 2 Possible ProDIBms 6 2 6 3 Removing Jammed 6 3 6 4 TIhreslhiold cite aa 6 4 APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS tue te tace ntt A1 1 enn derum Meus A ere ek M Me Ad e eie A1 1 POV EA COMPOS mM PE A1 2 md E uada enm a I iMd M edd Eas A1 2 AV BA Media M 1 2 1 3 2 Detection Area of the Transmissive
23. Edit Bar Code Font x Font Font Name New Bar Font 0 Display as Bar Font Approximate Actual Width Bar Code Options Symbology Full ASCII Code 39 3 Dimension 0 38 mm Orientation 3 Human Readable Below Bars z Ratio auto Symbology Specific Options Cancel Help Options on the Edit Bar Code Font property page above will allow specifying exactly how the printed bar code should appear on the document or label 3 22 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 4 7 Bar Fonts Tab Cont NOTE The Edit Bar Code Font property page will display different options depending on which bar code symbology is selected For example if the Symbology option is set to Interleaved 2 of 5 the only symbology specific option that will be displayed is Check Digit However if the Symbology option is set to Code 128 the symbology specific area will also display the UCC EAN 128 and Code Set options EO1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus Bar Code Options Symbology Used to specify the symbology bar code language for bar codes X dimension Used to specify bar code density using the narrow bar X dimension Used with all symbologies except US Postnet Bar Code Orientation Used to change the vertical or horizontal orientation of an object on the label Human Readable Used to specify the position and visibility of the human readable character
24. Used to specify the number of columns in the checkerboard data area of a PDF417 bar code Used with PDF417 only Start Character Used to specify which one of the four letters a d will be used as the start character with a Codabar bar code Used with Codabar only Stop Character Used to specify which one of the four letters a d will be used as the stop character with a Codabar bar code Used with Codabar only Guard Bar Height Used to specify the length of the UPC guard bars Used with UPC A UPC E EAN 13 and EAN 8 only Supplemental Used to append UPC supplemental bar Used with UPC A UPC E EAN 13 and EAN 8 only 3 23 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 7 Bar Fonts Tab NOTE Pressing the Help button the Bar Code Font property page will access additional informa tion concerning each of the above bar font properties e e e e 3 4 8 Stock Tab Symbol Type Used to specify the type and level of error correction to use Used with Data Matrix only Character Set Used to specify the allowable characters for data Used with Data Matrix only Use Prefix Used to add a prefix to a bar code Used with Data Matrix only Shape Used to specify whether the bar code will print in the shape of a square or a rectangle Used with Data Matrix only White on Black Used to reverse the bar code so that it prints white on a b
25. head Tag A type of media having no adhesive backing but black marks to indicate the print area Usually tags are made of cardboard or other durable material EO1 33029 GLOSSARIES Tear off mode Printer mode of operation where no cutter module is installed and the operation must manually tear off the printed media by forcing the media downward against a tear bar Thermal direct printing A printing method using no ribbon but thermal media which reacts to heat The thermal print head heats the thermal media directly causing print image to be printed on the media Thermal print head A print head using thermal transfer or thermal direct printing method Thermal transfer printing A printing method that the thermal print head heats an ink or resin coating on the ribbon against the media causing the ink resin to transfer onto the media Threshold setting A sensor setting operation to have the printer maintain a constant print position of pre printed media Transmissive sensor See Feed gap sensor X Axis In the printer it is the horizontal position left and right of the print on the label This position may be adjusted by command from the host computer or by a parameter change on the printer INDEX INDEX B Backing paper A1 3 Barcode 1 1 Batch mode 3 2 Black mark 1 2 Black mark length A1 3 Black mark sensor 1 4 2 12 5 1 Centronics 1 3 2 2 Cut mode 3 2 Cutter module 5 2 1 2
26. recommended media and ribbons Store the media and ribbons in accordance with their specifications This printer mechanism contains high voltage components therefore you should never remove any of the covers of the machine as you may receive an electrical shock Additionally the printer contains many delicate components that may be damaged if accessed by unauthorized personnel Clean the outside of the printer with a clean dry cloth or a clean cloth slightly dampened with a mild detergent solution Use caution when cleaning the thermal print head as it may become very hot while printing Wait until it has had time to cool before cleaning Use only the TOSHIBA TEC recommended print head cleaner to clean the print head Do not turn off the printer power or remove the power plug while the printer is printing or while the ON LINE lamp is blinking 2 1 2 PRINTER SETUP EO1 33029 2 2 Procedure before Operation 2 2 Procedure before Operation NOTE To communicate with the host computer either an RS 232C cable or Centronics cable is required 1 RS 232C cable 9 pins do not use null modem cable 2 Centronics cable 36 pins 3 Expansion I O cable 24 pins Option NOTE Use of a Windows Driver will allow issuing media on the B 652 printer in place of a general laser printer from a Windows application Installing the optional PCL5 interface board in the B 852 printer allows use of the drivers which
27. 17401590 P PDF417 pt os V4 an R Customer bar code UCC EAN128 67 it V RM4SCC X Micro PDF417 A5 3 GLOSSARIES GLOSSARIES Bar code A code which represents alphanumeric characters by using a series of black and white stripes in different widths Bar codes are used in various industrial fields Manufacturing Hospitals Libraries Retail Transportation Warehousing etc Reading bar codes is a fast and accurate means of capturing data while keyboard entry tends to be slow and inaccurate Batch mode Issue mode that continuously prints media until the specified number of media has been printed Black mark A mark printed on the media so that the printer can maintain a constant print position by detecting this mark Black mark sensor A reflective sensor which detects the difference of potential between the black mark and print area to find the print start position Cut mode Printer mode of operation where an optional cutter module is installed to automatically cut media from the supply roll after they are printed The print command can specify to cut every media or to cut after a set number of media have been printed Cutter module A device used to cut the media DPI Dot Per Inch The unit used to express print density Expansi
28. 4 2 5 Connecting the Power ceca denti dett e a Pb Rotes 2 5 2 6 Turning the Printer eror oa EEKE EEE TERE 2 6 21621 Turning ON the Prite itt rete Ie eet en 2 6 2 62 Turning OFF the Printer eh e EE ette EE Xe 2 6 2 7 tie Mediae dert redeo Eo tea 2 7 2 7 1 Installing the Media onto the Supply Holder 2 7 2 7 2 Installing the Supply Holder onto the Supply Holder 2 9 2 7 3 Loading Media into the 2 9 25 SWING Sensor PoSIHOFLIS tous tato 2 12 2 8 1 Setting the Feed Gap 2 12 2 8 2 Setting the Black Mark 2 12 2 9 Loading the Hibbori rre oerte m eeu e E aiseki 2 13 2 10 Inserting the Optional PCMCIA 2 14 MEME duit E 2 15 PHINTER OPEHATION o no Deer eate t tects Dur 3 1 Bob 5 cm ome sd Soutien e eec ci td 3 1 3 2 Operating MOUGS iim a es a e a aera eS 3 1 3 3 Installing the Printer DEIVEES 3 3 3 3
29. 4 0V THRESHOLD lt R gt 3 9V THRESHOLD lt RD gt 3 8V THRESHOLD lt RD gt O 1V lt 2 0V THRESHOLD lt T gt 4 0V THRESHOLD lt T gt 3 9V THRESHOLD lt T gt 3 8V THRESHOLD lt T gt 0 1V THRESHOLD lt T gt 0 0V RESTART FEED FEED key Pressing the FEED key one time causes 0 1V change up to 0 0V RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a 0 1 change up to 4 0V After completing the fine adjustment press the PAUSE key A4 12 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 5 Test Print The Test Print menu contains the following A4 5 Test Print Outline of Test Print In the Test Print mode you print the test pattern after setting up its conditions This is useful for checking the printer by itself or for testing the quality of new ribbon or media lt 4 gt TEST PRINT PAUSE PRINT CONDITION Test Pattern Selection FEED RESTART SLANT LINE 1DOT FEED RESTART SLANT LINE 3DOT FEED RESTART CHARACTERS FEED RESTART BARCODE FEED RESTART NON PRINTING FEED RESTART FCTORY TEST FEED RESTART AUTO PRINT TRAN FEED RESTART AUTO PRINT REFL FEED RESTART A4 13 Print Condition Setting PAUSE ISSUE COUNT 1 i PAUSE PRINT SPEED 4 s PA
30. CAUTION This manual may not be copied in whole or in part without prior written permission of TOSHIBA TEC The contents of this manual may be changed without notification Please refer to your local Authorized Service representative with regard to any queries you may have in this manual 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW EO1 33029 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 Introduction PRODUCT OVERVIEW Introduction Thank you for choosing the TEC B 852 series label tag printer This Owner s Manual contains valuable information from general set up to how to confirm the printer s operation using a test print and should be read carefully to help gain maximum performance and life from your printer This manual should be kept close at hand for everyday reference Please contact your TOSHIBA TEC representative for further information concerning this manual Features The B 852 printer has the following features e A 8 3 inch wide print head installed in such a compact body that the size of the printer body except the Supply Holder Unit is about 1 3 of the B 872 printer e The print head block can be fully opened to provide accessability Various kinds of media can be used since the black mark sensors are located above and under the media passage respectively and the media sensors can be moved from the center to the left edge of the media When the optional interface board is installed Web functions such as remote maintenance and other adva
31. D Dimensions 1 3 Dithering 3 21 E Effective print width A1 3 ERROR LED 1 4 4 1 Error message 6 1 Expansion I O interface 1 3 2 4 Expansion I O interface board A1 2 F Feed gap sensor 1 4 2 12 5 1 FEED key 1 4 4 1 Flash memory card 2 14 G Gap between labels A1 3 Gap length A1 3 Guaranteed print area 1 4 H Head block release lever 1 4 2 10 Head pressure adjust lever 1 3 2 11 I Intensity 3 21 Interface 1 1 Issue mode 1 1 EO1 33029 INDEX J Jammed media 6 3 K KB 80 QM Keyboard 2 4 Keyboard interface 1 3 Keyboard module A1 2 L Label A1 2 Labellength A1 3 LCD message display 1 3 1 4 4 1 A1 1 M Maintenance counter A4 2 A4 28 Media 2 7 5 2 A1 2 Media pitch A1 3 ONLINE 1 4 4 1 Operation Panel 1 3 4 1 P Paper guide 1 4 2 10 Parallel interface 1 3 Parallel port 2 4 PAUSE key 1 4 4 1 PCL emulation A4 2 A4 20 A4 22 A4 31 5 interface 1 3 2 4 5 interface board 1 2 PCMCIA card 2 14 PCMCIA interface board 2 14 A1 2 Platen 1 4 5 1 Power consumption A1 1 Power cord 1 2 2 5 POWER LED 1 4 4 1 Power switch 1 3 2 5 2 6 Pre printed media 5 2 Printer parameter A4 2 A4 5 A4 28 Print head 1 4 5 1 Print head block 1 4 5 1 Print head cleaner 1 2 5 1 Print length A1 3 Printing method A1 1 Printing speed 1 1 INDEX R Reflective sensor 1 4 Resolution 1 1 RESTART key 1 4 4 1 Ribbon 2 13 5 2 1 5 Ribbon hol
32. ON OFF Selection PRINT SPEED 4 s PAUSE Print Speed Selection SENSOR TRANS Sensor Type Selection PAUSE PRT TYPE TRANSFR PAUSE Printing Mode Selection TYPELS NO CUT Issue Mode Selection PAUSE MEDIA A4 Media Size Selection PAUSE While pressing the FEED and PAUSE keys at the same time turn on the printer Hold both keys until the lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x Message appears lt 1 gt DIAG Press the FEED key 3 times The printer is at the start of the PCL Emulation menu lt 8 gt PCL EMULATION When lt 8 gt PCL EMULATION appears press the PAUSE key A4 19 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 6 PCL Emulation Setting A4 6 PCL Emulation Emulation ON OFF Selection Setting Cont EMULATION OFF EMULATION OFF PCL Emulation is not RESTART available 15 EMULATION ON available When EMULATION OFF is selected press the PAUSE key to return to lt 8 gt PCL EMULATION When EMULATION ON is selected press the PAUSE key to proceed to the detailed setting menus Print Speed With this parameter select the print speed for the PCL Emulation PRINT SPEED 4 s RESTART PRINT SPEED 47 5 FEED PRINT SPEED 2 s au After selecting the print speed press the PAUSE key to show the Sensor Type Selection menu NOTE Sensor Type Selection Select the appropriate sensor With this parameter select t
33. Options 1999 Toshiba TEC Corporation 1997 1999 Seagull Scientific Inc Authors of the BarT ender label software Cancel Apply 3 17 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 5 Page Setup Tab Cont By clicking on either the New button or the Edit button the following NOTES The options available in the Edit Label Stock dialog are Label Stock Name Used to display the name of the existing label stock name that is being edited or to enter the name of a new label stock size Label Size Used to specify the height and width of a label Stock size Keep in mind that height and width are relative to the orientation of the label For example when printing using portrait orientation there may be a label with a height of 6 and a width of 4 However when changing the orientation to landscape the height would change to 4 and the width to 6 Exposed Liner Width Used to specify the distance between the edges of the paper backing the label and the edges of the label NOTE Most applications allow defining page orientation from within the application but many do not allow 180 rotation of the image Choose the default page orientation from those shown at the right screen display will appear TEC B 852 Properties Edit Label Stock x a i b 8 Label Stock p LabelSize
34. Series US and EU model 882 NEW 850 Series US and EU model 852 NEW for Win95 98 NT amp 2000 click here lE Intemet zone 5 Click on the for WIN95 98 amp NT button to begin the download of the driver set file Be sure to note into which directory of your hard drive that the browser transfers the file 6 Exit from your browser and using your Windows Explorer locate the downloaded file Bdrv_Vx_x_Buildxx exe This will contain the setup program that will be needed to build the driver files on your host computer s Hard disk 3 4 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 3 Installing the Printer Drivers 3 3 2 Driver Download 7 When you locate the file such as Bdrv_Vx_x_Buildxx exe double Cont click on the file to begin extracting the setup program files The screen should appear as shown below TEC PCL PRINTER DRIVER Vx x xx Install Directory Reference Cancel 8 To extract the driver to the default directory C TEC MONO CD click on the OK button to begin the extraction Otherwise click on the Reference button to select a different directory as shown by the screen display below 9 Select the desired directory to extract the files to and then press the OK button to begin the extraction as shown by the following screen display The default directory is shown as the install directory TEC PCL PRINTER DRIV
35. The media is not loaded properly 2 The printer is in an error condition 1 The media is not loaded properly 2 The ribbon is not loaded properly 3 A print head is not installed properly 4 The ribbon and media are not matched 1 The ribbon and media are not matched 2 The Print Head is not clean Turn the printer off and then on If this does not solve the problem turn off the printer again and call TOSHIBA TEC authorized service representative 1 Plug in the Power Cord 2 Make sure that the power is supplied using another electric appliance 3 Check the fuse or breaker 1 Load the media properly 2 Solve the error in the Message Display See Section 6 1 for more detail 1 Load the media properly 2 Load the ribbon properly 3 Install the Print Head properly Close the Print Head Block 4 Select an appropriate ribbon for the media type being used 1 Select an appropriate ribbon for the media type being used 2 Clean the print head using the supplied Print Head Cleaner 1 The media is jammed in the Cutter 1 Remove the jammed paper 2 The Cutter Blade is dirty 2 Clean the Cutter Blade 6 2 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6 3 Removing Jammed Media CAUTION Do not scratch the Print Head or Platen using a sharp instrument as this may cause media feed failure or damage to the printer NOTE If you get frequent jams in the Cutter contact a TOSHIBA TEC authorized
36. adjustment is possible When this box is checked the screen appears as below TEC B 852 Properties 2 x General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About Graphic Options Transfer Mode TOPIX Compression 3 Print Density Adjustment v Set Direct Thermal o Thermal Transfer fo Print density can be set separately for direct thermal and for thermal transfer modes Click on the increase decrease arrows to adjust the print density between 10 and 10 in increments of 1 0 This page will allow the execution of certain diagnostic tests and some additional maintenance settings When clicking on the Testing tab the following screen display will appear TEC B 852 Properties 2 General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options About Testing Print Test Label Check Print Head Send File to Printer Logging Options Maintenance OK Cancel Apply Help 29 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 10 Testing Tab Print Test Label button Clicking on this button will print a test label Cont to assist in troubleshooting printing problems This should help verify that the computer being used is communicating with the pri
37. and that is batch mode with back feed since this model printer does not use the strip module Cut Mode When the arrow on the Cut scrolling text box is clicked the following display appears TEC B 852 Properties General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics BarFonts Stock Options Testing About Media Settings Print Method Thermal Transfer 4 Sensor Transmissive Label Gap 0 24in r Issue Settings Issue Mode Batch Mode with Back Feed gt Cut Specified interval 2 Interval 3 Disabled Print Speed After Every Label After Entire Job m Fine Adjustments ed Interval _ Set 0D in S0 BED 00 in Backteed 00 in Print 3 26 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 4 8 Stock Tab Cont NOTE Before executing any large print runs confirm that any increased speed settings specified do not result in unacceptable output quality 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus When a cutter is installed on the printer the Cut option is used to enable the cutter operation and specify how often labels should be cut The following settings are available for the Cut option e Disabled This is the default setting e After Every Label Cuts labels after each label is finished printing e After Entire Job Cuts labels only after the entire print job is finished printing
38. clean path The media is not fed smoothly the platen Then reload the media properly Finally press the RESTART key Turn the printer off and then on Then select the media sensor supporting the media being loaded Finally resend the print job Adjust the sensor position Then press the RESTART key Turn the printer off and then on Replace the loaded media with one which matches the programmed size or select a programmed size that matches the loaded media Finally resend the print job Refer to Section 6 5 to set the A wrong media sensor is selected for the media being loaded The Black Mark Sensor is not aligned to the Black Mark on the media Size of the loaded media is not consistent with the programmed size PAPER JAM CUTTER ERROR Only when the Cutter Module is installed on the printer The Feed Gap Sensor cannot distinguish the print area from a label gap The media is jammed in the Cutter The Cutter Cover is improperly installed threshold If this does not solve the problem turn off the printer and call an authorized service representative Remove the jammed media Then press the RESTART key If this does not solve the problem turn off the printer and call an authorized service representative Turn the printer off and check the status of the Cutter Cover 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6 1 Error Messages Cont Problems Cause
39. job of printing lots of different shades of gray but will but will soften the edges of graphic images the most e Fine Retains greater clarity in higher resolution graphic images than than the Coarse setting but can t print as many different shades of gray e Line Art The Line Art dithering method uses patterns optimized for printing line art rather than general purpose images e Error Diffusion Uses a more complex algorithm to avoid the patterned look of the Coarse or the Fine setting Intensity The intensity of the printed label can be adjusted with the slider bar from 0 darkest to 200 lightest Default value is 100 Color the only selection here on the B 852 series is Monochrome This Property Page will allow adding deleting modifying importing exporting and viewing currently defined bar code fonts These fonts will be listed in many Windows applications that normally do not support printing bar codes Although they will not appear as bar codes on the screen they will print as bar codes An unlimited number of bar fonts can be created each of which may have different bar code parameters Upon pressing the Bar Fonts tab the screen display below will appear TEC B 852 Properties General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics Fonts Stock Options Testing About Bar Fonts Font Name DPI New Edit Delete Import
40. mark Lower side or Feed gap sensor When the feed gap sensor 15 selected a gap length is 3 Print method Thermal transfer Issue mode Batch printing without cut Label length 76 mm Print tone fine adjustment nnnm E EO1 33029 A4 5 Test Print Characters CHARACTERS While selecting the Characters press the PAUSE key to start printing the characters lt 4 gt TEST PRINT After printing is completed the display returns to Pressing the PAUSE key causes the display to show CHARACTERS again Then press the FEED key Barcode BARCODE While selecting the Barcode press the PAUSE key to start printing the bar codes After printing is completed the display returns to lt 4 gt TEST PRINT Pressing the PAUSE key causes the display to shown BARCODE again Then press the FEED key Non Printing NON PRINTING While selecting the Non printing press the PAUSE key to start issuing a blank page of media After printing is completed the display returns to lt 4 gt TEST PRINT Pressing the PAUSE key causes the display to shown PRINTING again Then press the FEED key Factory Test FACTORY TEST While selecting the Factory test press the PAUSE key to start printing the factory test pattern After printing is completed the display returns to lt 4 gt TEST PRINT Pressing the PAUSE key causes the display to indicate F
41. maximum back feed After completing the fine adjustment press the PAUSE key lengthfine adjustment value is 9 5mm When the value reaches the maximum the value remains unchanged even if the subsequent fine adjustment is performed A4 8 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE 1 33029 A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment A4 4 Printer Parameter X Axis Fine Adjustment Fine Adjustment A Cont With this parameter you can fine adjust the print position on X Axis When lt 3 gt ADJUST SET appears press the PAUSE key 4 times X Axis Fine Adjustment X ADJUST 0 0mm Example Fred Direciien Down Priming e X Y RESTART HLO mm ABC MAU i First Printing FEED S00 FEED key Pressing the FEED key one time causes 0 5mm change up to 99 5 mm 10 0 sun RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a 0 5mm change up to 99 5 mm After completing the fine adjustment press the PAUSE key NOTES e The X Axis fine adjustment is performed to fine adjust the print position in horizontal direction left or right Adjust the X axis within the effective print range After the value reaches the coordinate 0 the value remains unchanged even if the subsequent fine adjustment is performed in the negative direction This adjustment cannot be used in the Self Test mode or Test print The fine adjustment value equals the s
42. media roll is raised the PAUSE key 3 Press the PAUSE key does not work PAUSE Errors such as paper end and cutter error are not 4 The printer enters the pause mode detected during paper feed 5 Press and hold the PAUSE key for at least 3 seconds in the pause Selecting the Transmissive state bey labels within software TRANSMISSIVE commands allows the M printer to detect the proper 6 The sensor type is displayed print start position correctly even when using 7 select the Reflective Sensor Black Mark Sensor press pre printed labels FEED key If using the transmissive sensor and the printer REFLECTIVE CONNNUES LO DINI OUI of 8 select Transmissive Sensor Feed Gap Sensor press the position even after setting FEED key again the threshold adjust the Feed Gap Sensor in the TRANSMISSIVE system mode Reset the threshold BUE 9 Press and hold the PAUSE key until more than 1 5 labels tags that the Transmissive have been Sensor fe OFEN inted The media is advanced until the PAUSE key is released labels is selected in the Threshold setting is completed by this operation feed and issue commands PAUSE 10 Press the RESTART key ON LINE 11 The printer is in stand by 12 Send issue command from the PC to the printer ON LINE 6 4 APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS EO1 33029 A1 1 Printer APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS Appendix 1 describe
43. page that includes graphics or a simple page with text only You can use any Windows metafile wmf for a separator page You can set up separator pages only if the printer is attached directly to your computer page or print a test page TEC B 852 Properties 21 Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Color Management Regional Settings G eco Comment Separator page Browse Print Test Page Seely Comment Window Provides a place for you to add a comment about the printer for example when it is available or what it is used for Separator page Inserts a page between each document printed If you want to use a custom separator page click the Browse button to locate and specify which separator file you want to print between documents The display below shows the screen display when the arrow of the Separator page scrolling text box has been clicked showing the choices for a separator page TEC B 852 Properties x Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Color Management Regional Settings G reco Comment Separator page none Browse Full Simple Print Test Page Apply Print Test Page button Clicking on this button will send a test page to your printer to verify if it has been properly set up for pri
44. representative for assistance Using insecticides and other chemicals Do not expose the machines to insecticides or other volatile solvents This will cause the cabinet or other parts to deteriorate or cause the paint to peel ii 1 33029 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRODUCT OVERVIEW Notis 1 1 127 aye dk Sr 1 1 122 1 1 1 3 J Soo 1 1 134 ACCESSO Pm 1 2 123 1 3 US BI cC 1 3 15 2 EFODEMIOW 5 3 dede idet eterne cetero es 1 3 1 5 3 Rear VIOW i mi e cete be dae E dea ids Pese du er iN 1 3 USE MO eio I II ED 1 4 rcm E P 1 4 PRINTER SETUP EE 2 1 2 1 Precautions D en E 2 1 2 2 recla 2 2 2 3 Assembling the 5 nennen nennen nnn 2 3 2 3 1 Assembling the Supply Holder Frame eese 2 3 2 4 Connecting the Cables to Your 2
45. rewind motor sensor 1 status inside the slit 0 The detecting point is positioned outside the slit 1 The detecting point is positioned inside the slit Ribbon feed motor sensor 1status 0 The detecting point is positioned outside the slit 1 The detecting point is positioned inside the slit Sensor Switch Print status content description Cutter home position switch Indicates whether or not the cutter is at the home position Ribbon rewind motor sensor 1 Controls ribbon motor rotation by detecting the slit on Ribbon feed motor sensors 1 and 2 the ribbon rewind motor and the ribbon feed motor Indicates the position of the slit sensor 9 Sensor 2 Check The status of the Print Head Thermistor Environmental Temperature Thermistor Heat Sink Thermistor Black Mark Sensor Upper Lower and Feed Gap Sensor are printed SENSOR2 H 20 C A 22 C 5 25 R U 3 3V R L 4 0V T 2 4V Feed gap sensor status 0 0 5 0V Black mark sensor Lower status 0 0 5 0V Black mark sensor Upper status 0 0 5 0V Heat sink thermistor status 25 80 90 Environmental thermistor status 0 86 C If it is undetectable C is printed Print head thermistor status 09 86 C A4 25 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 4 7 Additional Information A4 7 1 Self Diagnostic Test Result Sample and Descriptions Cont 10 Expansion I O Interface Check EXP 1 O OK Loopback test OK The circ
46. service representative EO1 33029 6 3 Removing Jammed Media This section describes in detail how to remove jammed media from the printer Remove the jammed media from under the Upper Sensor Ass y as follows 1 Open the Top Cover 2 Push the Head Block Release Lever to release and raise the Print Head Block 3 Lift the Upper Sensor Ass y and remove the jammed media Upper Sensor Ass y 4 Clean the Platen and sensors as described in Section 5 1 1 5 Media jams in the Cutter Module can be caused by conditions such as wear or residual glue from label stock on the Cutter Blade Do not use non specified media with the Cutter 6 3 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 1 33029 6 4 Threshold Setting To maintain a constant print position the printer uses the Transmissive Sensor to detect the gap between labels by measuring the amount of light passing through the media When the media is pre printed the darker or more dense inks can interfere with this process causing 6 4 Threshold Setting NOTES If the PAUSE key is released within 3 seconds paper jam errors To get around this problem a minimum threshold can be set for the sensor in the following way while in pause state paper W Threshold setting procedure ill not feed 1 Turn the power ON The printer is in stand by mode Failure to feed more than 1 5 labels may result in an ON LINE incorrect threshold setting While the Print Head Block 2 Load a
47. support the PCLS The printer can also be controlled with its own programming commands Please contact your TOSHIBA TEC reseller for the Interface Communication Manual This section describes the outline of the printer setup Unpack the accessories and printer from the box Refer to Safety Precautions in this manual and set up the printer at a proper location Assemble the Supply Holder Frame and attach it to the rear of the printer Refer to Section 2 3 The host computer must have an available serial port or Centronics parallel port Refer to Section 2 4 Be sure to insert the power cord plug into an AC outlet Refer to Section 2 5 Load the media roll onto the Supply Holder Unit and set it on the Supply Holder Frame Refer to Section 2 7 Adjust the position of the Feed Gap Sensor or Black Mark Sensor depending on the media being used Refer to Section 2 8 Load the ribbon into the Print Head Block Refer to Section 2 9 Turn the Power ON Refer to Section 2 6 Perform a test print Refer to Section 2 11 Install the Printer Drivers Refer to Section 3 2 2 2 PRINTER SETUP 2 3 Assembling the Accessories 2 3 1 Assembling the Supply Holder Frame NOTE Make sure that the two small flanges at each end of the Supply Holder Base fit into the small rectangular holes at the bottom of the Supply Holder Frames before tightening the Wing Bolts NOTE After attaching the su
48. tab will allow you to select the print method sensor type set label gap select issue mode and specify cutter use set print speed 2 or 4 inches per second and make fine adjustments to print feed backfeed cut and strip positions Options Clicking on this tab allows you to select graphic transfer mode and to adjust the print density in direct thermal or thermal transfer mode Testing Clicking on this tab allows you to print a test label send a file to the printer check the thermal head for broken pins set print logging options and view or clear the log specify ribbon settings feed a label and cut the last printed label About Clicking on this tab will provide you with a way to check the installed driver version printer capabilities and system information and also to read the software license agreement covering this driver 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 2 General Properties Tab This property will allow you to set up a comment designate a separator NOTE If you share this printer the comment will be displayed on computers that share this printer However if you change the comment the updated version will not appear on the other computers unless the printer is reinstalled NOTES Separator pages are useful if many people are using your printer or if you are printing multiple documents at once A separator page can be a full
49. then contact your authorized TOSHIBA TEC representative for assistance Meanings of Each Symbol This symbol indicates warning items including cautions Specific warning contents are drawn inside the symbol The symbol on the left indicates a general caution This symbol indicates prohibited actions prohibited items Specific prohibited contents are drawn inside or near the symbol The symbol on the left indicates no disassembling This symbol indicates actions which must be performed Specific instructions are drawn inside or near the 6 symbol The symbol on the left indicates disconnect the power cord plug from the outlet This indicates that there is the risk of death or serious injury if the machines are improperly handled contrary to this indication N WARNING Any other than the specified AC voltage is prohibited Disconnect the plug Do not use voltages other than the voltage AC specified on the rating plate as this may cause fire or electric shock If the machines share the same outlet with any other electrical appliances which consume large amounts of power the voltage will fluctuate widely each time these appliances operate Be sure to provide an exclusive outlet for the machine as this may cause the machines to malfunction Do not insert or drop metal flammable or other foreign objects into the machines through the ventilation slits as this may cause fire or electric shock I
50. 1 System 3 3 3 3 2 Driver DOWnlOad y T elses dide d eek Reano 3 3 3 3 3 Driver Installation co ett cre teer ek EE 3 5 3 3 4 ACG Inc HE 3 7 3 3 5 Uninstalling the TEC B 852 Printer Driver 3 8 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties 3 9 3 4 1 Summary of Properties tte dee eed e dd ve dieu FL a ee 3 10 3 4 2 General Properties Tab indietro t ipe te d ended 3 11 3 4 3 Details TaD iiie rerea reto alti FREE lees 3 12 3 4 4 Regional Settings Tab ene eda i es rta depre tnnc 3 15 3 45 Setup Tab erri e dads ve pet eere ce np Y Eie 3 17 3 4 6 Graphic Tab 5 4 iu tenete ie ti ii ed Dre RR E Lee ge RR 3 20 3 47 BarFont inl M 3 21 3 4 8 SOCK i aec etat dde iet eere E eder 3 24 3 4 9 Optlons crt eee ie ees 3 28 3 440 TaD iiic iiie 3 29 3 4 11 AbOUt Tab iii idee e ie eid rai heen Dd ties 3 32 1 33029 4 ON CINE jeep 4 1 4 1 Operation Palele coe ose oce ene eae dq 4 1 42
51. 5 I EAN8 2 digits 0458 9 4940 1 MSI 12345678903 3 CODE39 Standard 7 EAN13 2 digits 9 1780123 456786 CODE93 BCabc123 H UPC E 5 digits 23 TUE 123456 5 J EAN8 5 digits 12345 010458 4801079 A CODE128 5 2 APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES EO1 33029 APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES APPENDIX 5 PRINT SAMPLES Cont K UPC A 12345 0 678901 5 M UPC A 5 digits 2345 67890 O Industrial 2 of 5 2 1234569 Q Data Matrix 12345 LU o S Customer bar code of high priority U POSTNET W KIX Code Z MaxiCode L 2 digits 12545 6789 00 0 0017457
52. 7 Loading the Media The following procedure will outline the steps required to install the media onto the Supply Holder Unit and adjust its position in the Supply Holder Frame at the rear of the B 852 printer The procedure will then show the steps to properly load the media into the printer so that it feeds straight and true through the printer 2 7 1 Installing the Media The figure below shows the assembled Supply Holder Unit and the onto the Supply Holder Paragraphs that follow show the step by step procedures to disassemble Supply Holder Unit install the media onto Supply Shaft then Unit reassembling the Supply Holder Unit so that the auto centering mechanism will automatically center the media on the Supply Shaft Removable Supply Holder Wide Slot Non removable Supply Holder Green Supply Holder Locking Knob Supply Shaft Disassembling the Supply Holder Unit NOTES 1 Position the Supply Holder Unit as shown in the above diagram so 1 The i emovable Supply that the Non removable Supply Holder is at the right Mii Hat 2 Rotate the green Supply Holder Locking Knob in the direction of arrow counterclockwise to loosen the Removable Supply Holder an ee 3 Slide the Removable Supply Holder in the direction of arrow to Holder is the one that Aid remove it from the Supply Shaft slides in the narrow slot 4 Rotate the green Supply Holder Locking Kno
53. ACTORY TEST again Then press the FEED key mark Lower side or Feed A4 18 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 5 Test Print Cont NOTE Select AUTO PRINT TRAN when using labels and AUTO PRINT REFL when using tag paper A4 6 PCL Emulation Setting Outline of the PCL Emulation The PCL Emulation is the function to emulate Hewlett Packard laser printers When your laser printer is a Hewlett Packard you can use the B 852 printer in place of the laser printer without changing the printer driver by selecting EMULATION ON In this case the Print speed Sensor type Printing mode Issue mode and Media size should be specified NOTE This function is available only when the optional PCL Emulation Board B 7708 PCL QM is installed When you need the PCL Emulation Board please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative EO1 33029 A4 6 PCL Emulation Setting Auto Print AUTO PRINT TRAN Feed Gap Sensor AUTO PRINT REFL Black Mark Sensor While selecting the Auto Print press the PAUSE key to feed one media and print slant lines 3 dots on 5 pieces of media Next press the PAUSE key to print bar codes on 5 pieces of media Pressing the PAUSE key again causes the printer to print characters on 5 pieces of media The PCL Emulation Setting menu contains the following lt 8 gt PCL EMULATION PAUSE EMULATION OFF PAUSE Emulation
54. ARRANTY Seagull Scientific Inc Seagull grants you non exclusive license to use the accompanying Windows Printer Driver s related documentation Seagull Software subject to the following provisions assume full responsibility for the selection of the Seagull Software to achieve your intended results and for the installation use and results obtained from the Seagull Software Both the software and the related material are Copyrighted and are protected by law Title to and all rights and interests in the Seagull Software wherever resident and on whatever media are and shall remain the property of Seagull Furthermore by using the accompanying driver s you agree to accept all terms of this license If vou object to any terms in this license you must immediately uninstall the accompanying Windows Printer Drivers from your system s You expressly acknowledge and agree that the Seagull Software constitutes a valuable proprietary product and trade secret of Seagull Jembodying substantial creative efforts which requires protection against unauthorized use and disclosure Furthermore your rights to modify the 4 operation of the driver are solely limited to use of the various dialogs menus and other standard configuration interfaces You agree not to zl OK Apply elp 3 32 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 11 About Tab Cont
55. Clicking on the Version button in the initial screen will cause the following screen to appear B 852 Properties 21 xl General Details Sharina ReaionalSetinas PaaeSetup version xi TEC TPCL Driver Version 6 4 Build 37 Driver Information System Information System Settings Installed Printers Installed Software Printer Capabilities Bar Code Capabilities Copyright 1997 2000 Seagull Scientific Inc Authors of the label software License Version OK Appi The screen will show the version number of the driver currently installed into the computer Clicking on any of the other items in the drop down list will also display information about the following items Driver Information Lists additional data about the current driver Systems Information Lists the Windows and DOS versions installed in the computer and lists the available drives System Settings Lists language selections CRT screen resolution and lists the current parameter settings for the serial ports Installed Printers Lists all printers currently installed in this PC and lists the drivers and other information about each Installed Software Lists all the software programs that are currently installed in the PC Printer Capabilities Lists all the capabilities print width length etc of this printer Bar Code Capabilities Outputs a
56. ER Vx x xx Install Directory CATEC MONO CD Reference C JTEC MONO CDjdatal cab Extract 48 Now that the MONO Driver Set has been installed to your hard 3 3 3 Driver Installation disk the driver setup program must be run to extract the driver information files to your hard disk preparatory to your adding the B 852 printer function to your host computer NOTE 1 Locate the driver set that you downloaded in the previous steps If For further information about you used the default directory C TEC MONO CD go to that the installation procedure for directory Windows NT please contact 2 From that directory run the Setup exe program to start the Install your authorized TOSHIBA TEC Shield Wizard The screen will change to that shown below representative Setup InstallShield R Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please wait 5 TEC PRINTER DRIVER xx Setup is preparing the 3 5 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 3 Installing the Printer Drivers 3 3 3 Driver Installation 3 After the Install Shield temporary files have been loaded the display Cont will change to the Welcome screen as shown below Welcome to the MONO Setup program This program will install MONO on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit al Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then cl
57. Export These bar code patterns cannot be properly displayed on your screen by standard Windows applications They will however print correctly Cancel Apply Help 3 21 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 4 7 Bar Fonts Tab Cont EO1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus The above window has the following functions e Bar Fonts View List This window will display a list of all bar code fonts currently set up and their resolution they were created at in dots per inch dpi The status bar at the bottom of this list will display information about the currently selected font New button Allows adding a new bar font If a font in the view window is selected the new bar code font settings will be copied from the currently selected bar code font e Edit button Allows modifying the currently selected bar code font e Delete button Allows removing the currently selected bar code font Import button Allows importing a list of bar code fonts that have previously been exported e Export button Allows exporting the current bar code font list to a file This file can be loaded into the driver on a different host computer and even a different operating system e Show Supported Bar Fonts Only Checking this box limits the view of bar code fonts to only those supported by the current printer Whenever the New button or the Edit button is pressed the following screen display will appear
58. General Details Color Management Regional Settings Language Selection Use System Default 3 Changes to the lanquage will not take effect until this dialog is closed and opened again Language m Measurement System Units Millimeters z Use System Default Inches Driver settings specified here measurement Centimeters converted to the ae 3 16 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 5 Page Setup Tab NOTE When specifying a label stock size different from the existing label stock sizes either create a new label stock size or edit an existing one Pushing the New button brings up the same dialog as the Edit button except that instead of viewing an existing set of label stock settings it provides a new blank set to set as desired The Page Setup properties management screen is the area in which to specify the label stock specify the print orientation specify black on white or white on black negative print specify the number of labels to print and set some advanced options After clicking on the Page Setup tab the following screen will appear TEC B 852 Properties 29 x General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About Label Stock Name New Edit Import Stock List Exp
59. IBA TEC Barcode Web Site 1 Access the TOSHIBA TEC Barcode World Wide Web Site at the following URL http barcode toshibatec co jp After accessing the above web site the screen will appear as shown below Toshiba TEC Corporation Barcode Printers Barcode Labels Software Barcodes Microsoft Internet Explorer File View Go Favorites Help zu s 9 Fullscreen Print Edit 2 A Back komad Stop Refresh Home Address http barcode toshibatec co ip Eng index html Search Favorites History Channels TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION Inm he Barcode Master The Barcode Master E Integration solutions sity and Relia 50d si lei 6 Intemet zone 3 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 3 2 Driver Download Cont NOTE Driver File name capacity and date of the driver may be changed without prior notification For the latest information about the driver please contact your authorized TOSHIBA TEC representative EO1 33029 3 3 Installing the Printer Drivers 2 In the previous screen click on the Download button The screen will change to the license agreement screen as shown below Download Microsoft Internet Explorer BEE View Go Favorites A Back Forward Stop Refresh Home Search Favorites History Channels Addr
60. Menus 3 4 1 Summary of Properties The B 852 Properties setting page has eleven tabs to select the different property setting menus Clicking on a tab will display the menu associated with that property allowing you to make changes to the operation of the printer The following paragraphs will summarize these properties General When clicking on this tab you can print a test page and select the composition of separator pages if used Details After clicking on this tab you can make changes to printer port settings time out settings and spool settings Color Management This tab would not be used with the B 852 printer as it is used only for associating color profiles with color printers Regional Settings Clicking on this tab will allow you to change the language that the driver displays and also allows you to specify the units of measurements mm inches etc displayed by the driver Page Setup Clicking on this tab allows you to specify the default label size and orientation and create new labels or edit existing labels and to specify the number of labels to be printed Graphics Clicking on this tab allows you to select the printer resolution dithering method and print intensity darker or lighter Bar Fonts Clicking on this tab allows you to add new bar code fonts edit existing bar code fonts delete existing bar code fonts or import and export bar code fonts as sbf files Stock Clicking on this
61. N before turning on your host computer and turn OFF your host computer before turning off the printer 2 6 1 Turning ON the Printer 1 To turn ON the printer power press the power switch as shown in the diagram below Note that is the power ON side of the switch CAUTION Use the power switch to turn the printer On Off Plugging or unplugging the power cord to turn the printer On Off may cause fire an electric shock or damage to the Power Switch printer NOTE 2 Check that the ON LINE message appears in the LCD Message Display and that the ON LINE and POWER LED lights are If an error message appears in the display instead of the ON LINE message or the ERROR LED lamp is illuminated go to Chapter 6 1 Error Messages 2 6 2 Turning OFF the 1 Before turning off the printer power switch verify that the ON LINE message appears in the LCD Message Display and that the ON LINE LED light is on and is not flashing 2 To turn OFF the printer power press the power switch as shown in the diagram below Note that is the power OFF side of the switch Printer CAUTION Do not turn off the printer power while the media is being printed as this may cause a paper jam or damage to the printer Power Switch Do not turn off the printer power while the ON LINE light is blinking as this may cause damage to your host computer 2 6 2 PRINTER SETUP 1 33029 2 7 Loading the Media 2
62. NOTE In order to make any changes to the User Commands it will be necessary to have knowledge of the command programming language used to send label commands to the printer Information about the TEC Printer Command Lan guage is provided in TEC s External Equipment Interface Manual Please contact your TOSHIBA TEC representative for further information concerning this manual NOTE The Advanced Options dialog allows control of the printer options for which the printer driver does not provide explicit control This is done with four fill in data fields for user defined commands Also for importing or exporting previously specified printer driver settings on black When this check box is unchecked the print will be black on white The preview page to the left of the orientation buttons will reflect negative or positive print selection The up and down arrows of the Copies scrolling text box can be clicked to increase or decrease the number of copies to be printed When the Advanced Options button has been clicked the screen display will change to that shown below TEC B 852 Properties 2 xi Advanced Options x User Commands End of Job Start of Label End of Label m Printing Preferences r Device Lines Import Enable Device Line Substitution Export Minimum 25 in Uhprintable width 00 in Additional Advanced Optio
63. No of ROM or software Software version No Revision No Space or A to Z A4 23 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE 1 33029 A4 7 Additional Information 4 7 1 Self Diagnostic Test Result Sample and Descriptions Cont 3 Alphanumeric Font ROM Check FONT 5600 Checksum of Font area Font area 4 Kanji ROM Check KANJI 8900 Checksum of BITMAP Kanji ROM Kanji area 5 EEPROM Check EEPROM OK OK Data in the check area can be properly read written NG Data in the check area cannot be properly read written EEPROM Backup Memory 6 SDRAM Capacity SDRAM 8MB Capacity of DRAM System Painting memory 7 PC Card Slot Check CARD _ iSLOTi ATA SLOT2 es ATA ATA Card is inserted LAN LAN card is inserted FSH Flash memory card is inserted NO Unformatted ATA card Flash memory card or no card is inserted PCMCIA Card A4 24 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 7 Additional Information A4 7 1 Self Diagnostic Test Result Sample and Descriptions Cont 8 Sensor 1 Check The status of the Cutter Home Position Sensor Ribbon Feed Motor Sensor and Ribbon Rewind Motor Sensor are printed SENSOR 1 00000000 0 1 11 00 1 1 fixedto1 Fixed to 0 Fixed to 1 Fixed to 0 Cutter home position switch status 0 Home position Ribbon feed motor sensor 2 status 1 Other position 0 The detecting point is positioned Fixed to 0 outside the slit 1 The detection point is positioned Ribbon
64. RT key to select a desired option NOTE of DIAG Vx x indicates firmware version and NOTE When using the ribbon be sure to select Thermal Transfer When using thermal media be sure to select Thermal Direct NOTE See Section A4 7 1 for the Maintenance Counter Parameter Settings print sample and detailed descriptions for each EO1 33029 A4 3 Self Diagnostic Test The Self Diagnostic Test contains the following sub menus lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x PAUSE PRT TYPE TRANSFR Selection of the printing mode PAUSE MAINTENANCE CONT FEED Prints out the Maintenance Counter Parameter Settings RESTART Performs a Self Diagnostic Test and prints out the result T DIAGNOSTIC FEED RESTART FEED RESTART Checks to see if there is any problem with the print head While pressing the FEED and PAUSE keys at the same time turn on the printer Hold both keys until the lt 1 gt DIAG Message appears in the display lt 1 gt DIAG Printing mode selection Press the PAUSE key The type of printing mode can be selected TRANSFER Thermal transfer or DIRECT Thermal direct After selecting the printing mode to be used press the PAUSE key PES TATI PRT TYPE PRT TRANSFR Thermal transfer FEED PRT TYPE DIRECT Thermal direct Maintenance counter parameter settings print out The printer is ready to print out t
65. T key again and proceed to step 10 7 Press the PAUSE key and the printer will issue one blank label and will then print five labels of slant lines and the LCD Message Display will continue to display the following message AUTO PRINT REFL 2 PRINTER SETUP 2 11 Test Print cont NOTE If an error occurs during the print test the printer will display an error message and Stop printing Refer to Chapter 6 1 for a definition of error messages The error may be cleared by pressing the PAUSE key but the test print will not be resumed and the LCD message display will return to showing lt gt DIAG V1 0A NOTE When the PAUSE key is pressed in Step 10 the printer will enter each print pattern detailed on the setting menu mode To exit press the FEED and RESTART keys at the same time 10 11 12 13 14 15 EO1 33029 2 11 Test Print Press the PAUSE key again and the printer will now print five labels of sample bar codes lines and the LCD Message Display will continue to display the following message AUTO PRINT Press the PAUSE key again and the printer will now print five labels of characters of various sizes and the LCD Message Display will return to showing the test print start message as shown below lt 4 gt TEST PRINT Upon pressing the RESTART key for the second time in step 6 the LCD Message Display will change to that shown below
66. T CONDITION Issue Count Setting To enter the Issue Count Setting menu press the PAUSE key ISSUE COUNT 1 ISSUE COUNT 5000 ISSUE COUNT 1000 lt RESTART ISSUE COUNT 500 ISSUE COUNT 100 ISSUE COUNT 50 lt ISSUE COUNT 10 FEED ISSUE COUNT 5 ISSUE COUNT 3 ISSUE COUNT 1 After selecting the issue count press the PAUSE key to go to Print Speed Setting A4 14 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 5 Test Print A4 5 Test Print Cont Print Speed Setting Select the print speed for the test print from 4 inches second and 2 inches second RESTART FEED PRINT SPEED 2 s After selecting the print speed press the PAUSE key to go to Sensor Type Selection Sensor Type Selection NOTE Select the sensor type among TRANS Feed Gap Sensor REFLECT Select the sensor type which Black ans Sensor and JONES applies to the media being used SENSOR TRANS Basically the Reflective Sensor Black Mark Sensor is for tag Nene paper and the Transmissive RESTART Sensor Feed Gap Sensor is SENSOR REFLECT Black Mark Sensor for label FEED SENSOR TRANS Feed Gap Sensor After selecting the sensor type press the PAUSE key to go to Printing Mode Selection Printing Mode Selection NOTE Select the printing mode for the test print between TRANSFR Thermal transfer and DIRECT Thermal direct Select the printing mo
67. USE SENSOR TRANS PAUSE i PRT TYPE TRANSFR PAUSE 51 0 CUT PAUSE LABEL LEN 76mm PAUSE PAPER FEED i PAUSE APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 5 Test Print Cont NOTES When pressing the FEED and RESTART keys at the same time in the Test Print menu the message returns to lt 4 gt TEST PRINT If holding the FEED or RESTART key for 0 5 seconds or longer in the Test Print menu the key is entered continuously The fine adjustment parameters are effective for the Test Print except for X Axis Fine Adjustment If any error occurs an error message appears and the printer stops printing After clearing the errors press the PAUSE key to return to the System Mode menu The printer does not resume printing automatically A changed parameter becomes enabled by pressing the PAUSE key and is stored in memory until the printer is turned off EO1 33029 A4 5 Test Print While pressing the FEED and PAUSE keys at the same time turn on the printer Hold both keys until the lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x Message appears lt 1 gt DIAG Vx Press the FEED key 2 times The Test Print is ready to be performed lt 4 gt TEST PRINT Specifying the Print Condition for the Test Print The print conditions for the Test Print should be specified before printing When lt 4 gt TEST PRINT appears press the PAUSE key PRIN
68. ab Cont NOTE The status of this setting in the printer affects the print head temperature Accordingly the setting must agree with the label stock that is being used in order to ensure maximum print quality Print Method The following screen display shows what appears when the arrow of the Print Method scrolling text box has been clicked on TEC B 852 Properties General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics BarFonts Stock Options Testing About Media Settings Print Method Direct Thermal Direct Thermal Sensor Thermal Transfer Label Gap fa 0 mm Issue Settings Issue Mode Batch Mode with Back Feed X Cut Disabled Print Speed 100 O mm sec Fine Adjustment Set Feed 00 mm Buty Strip mm feed D mm Print Shrinkage 0 Direct Thermal Select this option when printing on thermal labels or tags without the use of a ribbon Thermal Transfer Select this option when printing with a ribbon Sensor Select The following screen display shows what appears when the arrow of the Sensor scrolling text box has been clicked on TEC B 852 Properties General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics BarFonts Stock Options Testing About Media Settings Print Method Thermal Transfer Sensor Transmissive None Label Gap Tr
69. able connection between the printer s optional PCL5 interface connector and your host computer s parallel port LPT The diagram below shows all the possible cable connections to the current version of the B 852 printer Parallel Interface Cable Centronics Serial Interface Cable RS 232C PCLS Interface Cable Option KB 80 QM Keyboard Interface Cable Option Expansion I O Interface Cable Option 2 4 2 PRINTER SETUP EO1 33029 2 5 Connecting the Power Cord 2 5 Connecting the 1 Make sure that the printer power switch is in the off position Power Cord CAUTION Power Switch Make sure that the printer power switch is turned to the off position O before connecting the power 2 Connect the Power Cord to the printer as shown in the figure below cord to prevent possible electric shock or damage to the printer Power Connector Use only the power cord supplied with the printer Use of any other cord may cause SS electric shock or fire E Connect the power A cord to a three prong outlet only with the third prong being a 3 Plug the other end of the Power Cord into a grounded outlet as good ground earth shown in the figure below connection Power Cord 2 5 2 PRINTER SETUP 1 33029 2 6 Turning the Printer ON OFF 2 6 Turning the Printer When the printer is connected to your host computer it is good practice to good p turn the printer O
70. agree with the region in which these printers are being used After clicking on the Regional Settings tab the following display will appear TEC B 852 Properties L2 x Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Color Management Regional Settings Language Selection Language Use System Default Changes to the language will not take effect until this dialog is closed and opened again Measurement System Units use System Default z Driver settings will be displayed in the default units of measurement specified here If you specify different units when entering a measurement into the driver the entered value will be automatically converted to the default units 3 15 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 4 4 Regional Settings Tab Cont NOTES If displaying the driver in a language other than the system default is desired choose the language here Changes to the language will not take effect until the dialog is closed and opened again For a language to list here there must be a driver translation in that language and it must be supported by the current operating system Languages requiring double byte character sets such as Japanese or Chinese may not be available unless running under the corresponding version of Windows NOTES e t is possible to specify a value in another system of measurement by typing the desired un
71. and prints out the result CHECKING amp PRINT After printing is completed the display returns to lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x Print head element check When the Self Diagnostic Test result is printed the message returns to lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x Press the PAUSE key twice and FEED key twice The printer is ready to check the print head to see if there is any problem with the print head Press the PAUSE key to start HEAD CHECK The printer starts checking the print head CHECKING If there is no problem with the print head the print head check is complete Press the PAUSE key to return to lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x NORMAL END If there is a problem with the print head the following message is displayed HEAD ERROR Press the PAUSE key to return to lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x A4 4 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment A4 4 Printer Parameter The Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment menu contains the following Fine Adjustment Outline of Printer Parameter SO CADUMST ET Fine Adjustment PAUSE In the Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment mode Fine adjustments can be performed PAUSE for each parameter such as Print tone Print start position FEED ADJ 0 0mm Feed Length Fine Adjustment CUT ADJ 0 0mm Cut Position Fine Adjustment Threshold etc which are set PAUSE by the PC command This is useful when using several types of media in rotation or when the print st
72. ansmissive Preprinted Labels Reflective Manual Threshold Issue Mode Batch Mode with Back Feed Cut Disabled 3 Print Speed 2 00 in sec r Fine Adjustment Set Feed 00 in Cut Strip OD in Backfeed 00 in Print Shrinkage Issue Settings Cancel Epp 3 25 Help 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 4 8 Stock Tab Cont NOTE In Issue Mode Normal print ing is done in Batch Mode with back feed 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus Sensor Select None Used to specify that either continuous forms labels without gaps are being used or that if there are gaps or marks they should be ignored Reflective The reflective sensor is used to detect the marks on continuous stock that has black marks on the back Transmissive The transmissive sensor is used to locate the gaps between labels Transmissive Preprinted Labels This sets the transmissive sensor s threshold setting to work better with pre printed label stock Reflective Manual Threshold This allows setting the reflective sensor s threshold on the printer itself See the printer s documentation for information on how to set this threshold Label Gap This is the box for typing in the length of the gap between labels This setting may be set between 2 0 and 20 0 millimeters Issue Mode When the arrow on this scrolling text box is clicked on only one option will be available
73. art position or cut position requires fine adjustments BACK ADJ 0 0mm Back Feed Length Fine Adjustment PAUSE X ADJUST 0 0 X Axis Fine Adjustment PAUSE TONE ADJ lt T gt 0 Print Tone Fine Adjustment Thermal Transfer PAUSE TONE ADJ lt D gt 0 Print Tone Fine Adjustment Thermal Direct PAUSE RBN ADJ FW 0 Ribbon Motor Drive Voltage Fine Adjustment Rewind Motor PAUSE Ribbon Motor Drive Voltage Fine RBN ADJ lt BK gt 0 Adjustment Feed Motor PAUSE THRESHOLD R 1 01 Threshold Fine Adjustment Black PAUSE Mark Sensor THRESHOLD lt T gt 1 4 Threshold Fine Adjustment Feed PAUSE Gap Sensor 4 5 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment Cont NOTES When pressing the FEED and RESTART keys at the same time in the parameter setting the message returns to lt 3 gt ADJUST SET f holding the FEED or RESTART key for 0 5 seconds or longer in the Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment the key is entered continuously A changed parameter becomes enabled by pressing the PAUSE key and is stored in memory until the printer is turned off Use the FEED or RESTART key to select a desired value or option Feed Length Fine Adjustment Example lt lt lt lt lt lt lt NOTE The fine adjustment value equals the sum of the fine adjustment values set by the PC com
74. b in the direction of older locking knob 2 counterclockwise to loosen Non removable Supply Do not turn the supply counter clockwise too far 5 Slide the Non removable Supply Holder all the way to the end of the Supply Shaft until it stops or it may come off the supply holder Unit 2 7 2 PRINTER SETUP 2 7 1 Installing the Media EO1 33029 2 7 Loading the Media The diagram below and the steps that follow show the procedures for onto the Supply Holder installing the Media onto the Supply Shaft and reassembling the Supply Holder Unit Be sure to follow the step by step procedure exactly or the auto centering mechanism may not work properly Unit cont If you turn the Removable Supply Holder side down after loading the media the media may drop by weight You might be injured by the dropped media CAUTION When installing the media roll do not push on the Non removable Supply Holder as this will result in the media roll not being properly centred NOTES 1 This supply holder accepts four sizes of media core 38 mm 40 mm 42 mm and 76 2 mm When using a media roll of 38 mm 40 mm or 42 mm remove the spacers from the supply holders by pushing both hooks of the spacer Keep the removed spacers Supply Holder Useonly inside wound label stock Outside wound label stock may not feed properly Use outside wound label stock at your own risk Do not over tighten the
75. by accident and the printer malfunctions please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative NOTE System Mode menus can be selected with the RESTART or FEED key Pressing the PAUSE key allows you to enter the sub menus of each System Mode menu Flowcharts of each menu s sub menus are provided on the following pages EO1 33029 A4 2 Overview System Mode consists of four main menus Self Diagnostic Test Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment Test Print and PCL Emulation Setting While pressing the FEED and PAUSE keys at the same time turn onon the printer Hold both keys until lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x message appears on the display RESTART This is the start of the Self Diagnostic Test menu X1 DIAG FEED RESTART lt 3 gt ADJUST SET This is the start of the Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment menu FEED RESTART lt 4 gt TEST PRINT This is the start of the Test Print menu FEED RESTART lt 8 gt PCL EMULATION FEED This is the start of the PCL Emulation menu A4 2 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE 4 3 Self Diagnostic Test Outline of Self Diagnostic Test In the Self Diagnostic Test mode the printer checks and prints out the printer system information such as the sensor or interface and the Maintenance Counter It also performs the print head broken element check NOTE Use the FEED or RESTA
76. ceeds 38 mm i e label pitch should be greater than 38 mm 3 When requesting black marks on label rolls the following requirements must be satisfied When the gap length is less than 4 The black mark length should be longer than the gap length When the gap length is 4 mm or more The black mark should not overlap the gap for more than 4 mm or the following label Black marks should be printed on reverse side of the gaps Also they should contact or overlap the preceding label s bottom end line 4 On the fly issue means that the printer can feed and print without stopping between labels A1 3 2 Detection Area of the Transmissive Sensor The transmissive sensor is movable from the center to the left edge of media The transmissive sensor detects a gap between labels as illustrated below Area to be detected ee Center of media Sensor position 1 1 Print side Label AT Min 2 0 mm E NE Min 6 0 mm when using 4 4 7 the cutter module Label 1 Min 12 mm i Les Media feed direction 1 Sensor is movable within this range 1 3 APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS 1 33029 A1 3 Media A1 3 3 Detection Area of the Reflective Sensor The reflective sensor is movable from the center to the left edge of media The reflection factor of the black mark must be 10 or lower with a waveform length of 950 nm The reflective sensor should be aligned with the cent
77. commended width is 120 160 and 220 mm Length 300 m 472 mm max The table below shows the correlation between ribbon width and media width backing paper is not included NOTES 1 To ensure print quality and print head life use only TOSHIBA TEC specified ribbons 2 To avoid ribbon wrinkles use a ribbon which is wider than the media by 10 mm or more However too much difference in width between the two may cause wrinkles 1 5 APPENDIX 2 MESSAGES AND LEDS EO1 33029 APPENDIX 2 MESSAGES AND LEDS APPENDIX 2 MESSAGES AND LEDS Appendix 4 describes the LCD messages displayed on the operation panel Symbols in the message 1 O The LED is illuminated The LED is flashing The LED is unlit 2 the number of unprinted media Up to 9999 in pieces 3 9969 69 69 69 96 Card s remaining memory 0 to 9999999 in bytes 4 Flash memory card remaining memory for PC save area 0 to 895 in K bytes 5 amp amp amp amp Remaining flash memory capacity for storing writable characters 0 to 3147 in bytes LED Indication Restoration Acceptance of by RESTART Status Request LCD Message Printer Status key Yes No Reset Command POWER ONLINE ON LINE In online mode ON LINE 9 e In online mode The printer in communication HEAD OPEN The print head block is opened in online mode PAUSE The printer is paused A parity overrun or framing error has
78. cut or expose the internal wires the power cord plugs from the 2 and cause fire or electric shock outlet and then contact your authorized TOSHIBA TEC representative for assistance Continued use of the machine in that condition may cause fire or electric shock Connect a di ive properly grounded Extension ika modify the machine by yourself cables should also be grounded disassembling You may be injured by high 661 Fire or electric shock could voltage very hot parts or sharp m 2 occur improperly grounded edges inside the machine equipment This indicates that there is the risk of personal Injury damage objects if N CAUTION the machines are improperly handled contrary to this indication 65 Ensure that the equipment is Do not remove covers repair or Precautions The following precautions will help to ensure that this machine will continue to function correctly Try to avoid locations that have the following adverse conditions Temperatures out of the specification Direct sunlight High humidity Shared power source Excessive vibration Dust Gas The cover should be cleaned by wiping with a dry cloth or a cloth slightly dampened with a mild detergent solution NEVER USE THINNER OR ANY OTHER VOLATILE SOLVENT on the plastic covers USE ONLY TOSHIBA TEC SPECIFIED paper and ribbons DO NOT STORE the paper or ribbons where they might be exposed to direct sunlight high tempera
79. de which applies to the desired operating PRT TYPE TRANSFR conditions Basically the Thermal Transfer Thermal Transfer is for the use of ribbon and the RESTART PRT TYPE TRANSFR Thermal Direct is for the use of thermal paper FEED PRT TYPE DIRECT Thermal Direct After selecting the printing mode press the PAUSE key to go to Issue Mode Selection A4 15 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 5 Test Print Cont NOTE Cut mode is available only when the optional cutter module B 7208 is installed When you need the cutter please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative NOTE Press and hold the RESTART or FEED key to advance the values quickly and continuously To stop it release the key NOTE When PAPER FEED is selected the printer feeds the media prior to a test print to adjust the print start position When PAPER NO FEED is selected the printer starts printing without a print start position adjustment If the print start position adjustment is unnecessary Select PAPER NO FEED and save media Issue Mode Selection Select the issue mode for the test print by selecting between S NO CUT Batch mode without cut and C WITH CUT Cut mode TYPELS NO CUT EO1 33029 A4 5 Test Print Batch mode without cut FEED CUT Cut mode After selecting the Issue Mode press the PAUSE key to go to Label Len
80. der 1 4 Ribbon supply roll 2 13 Ribbon take up roll 2 13 Ribbon width 1 5 Rotation 1 1 RS 232C 1 3 2 2 2 4 A3 1 5 Self diagnostic test 4 2 A4 3 4 4 A4 24 Sensor 2 12 5 1 Sensor adjust gear 2 12 Serial interface 1 3 Supply Holder Frame 2 3 2 9 Supply Holder Locking Knob 2 7 2 8 Supply Holder Unit 1 2 1 3 2 7 Supply voltage 1 1 T Tag 1 2 Tear off mode 3 1 Test print 2 15 A4 2 A4 13 Thermal direct A1 1 Thermal transfer 1 1 Threshold setting 6 4 Transmissive sensor Al1 3 Two dimensional code 1 1 W Weight 1 1 1 33029 INDEX PRINTED IN JAPAN TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATIONI EO1 33029C
81. dients which shorten the print head s product life Do not use labels pre printed with ink which contain hard substances such as carbonic calcium and kaolin 1 2510 2 For further information please contact your local distributor or your media and ribbon manufacturers 5 2 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 1 33029 6 1 Error Messages 6 TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter lists the error messages possible problems and their solutions If a problem cannot be solved by taking actions described in this chapter do not attempt to repair the printer Turn off and unplug the printer Then contact an authorized TOSHIBA TEC service representative for assistance 6 1 Error Messages NOTES fan error is not cleared by pressing the RESTART key turn the printer off and then on e After the printer is turned off all print data in the printer is cleared indicates the number of unprinted media Up to 9999 in pieces Problems Causes HEAD OPEN The print head block is opened in Online Close the print head block Then press Mode the RESTART key HEAD OPEN gt Feed or printing has been attempted with Close the print head block Then press the Print Head Block open the RESTART key COMMS ERROR A communication error has occurred Make sure the interface cable is firmly connected to the computer the The media is jammed at the media computer is turned on 1 Remove the jammed media and
82. ds Windows will wait for the printer to be online before reporting an error Transmission Retry Timeout Setting Box Allows entering a value to specify how much time in seconds Windows will wait for the printer to be ready to print before reporting an error When clicking on any other driver besides the current one from the list the following screen display will appear Printers driver will appear The properties for the new driver may look different Do you want to If you change the printer driver your changes will be saved and the properties for the new continue Clicking on the Yes button will result in the driver being changed but clicking on the No button will prevent the driver from being changed 3 13 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 3 Details Tab Cont 21 General Details 28 Click the Printer that matches your hardware and then click OK If you don t know which model you have click OK If vou have an installation disk for this device click Have Disk Manufacturers Models f f AGFA AccuSet 1000 32 AGFA AccuSet 10005 v2013 108 SO AGFA AccuSet 10005 52 3 32 AGFA AccuSet 1500 52 AGFA AccuSet 15005 v2013 108 BAGFAAccuSet 800 x Have Disk cores Spool Settings Port Settings OK Capture Additional Printer Ports When clicking the Capture
83. ead Pressure Adjust Lever DOWN NOTE Head Pressure Adjust Lever Position Lever position Head pressure Available media UP Low eThin tag paper eNarrow media eLabel eThick tag paper eWide media eFull width media DOWN High When using full width media be sure to turn the Head Pressure Adjust Lever to DOWN regardless of the thickness For all kinds of media except the full width media turn the Head Pressure Adjust Lever to UP if the print quality is to be ensured If the print tone is light when using thin tag paper turn the Head Pressure Adjust Lever to DOWN 2 PRINTER SETUP 1 33029 2 8 Setting Sensor Positions 2 8 Setting Sensor After loading the media as outlined in the previous paragraphs it will Positions then be necessary to set the Media Sensors used to detect the print start position for label or tag printing 2 8 1 Setting the Feed Gap 1 With the Print Head Block raised as described in section 2 7 3 pass Sensor the labels under the Upper Sensor Ass y as shown in the figure below 2 Rotate the Green Sensor Adjust Gear to move the Sensor Ass y to the left or right to center the arrow over the label 3 With the sensor set to the center of the labels it will best detect the gap between labels even if the labels are round Green Sensor Adjust Gear Upper Sensor Ass y 2 8 2 Setting the Black Mark 1 If the Black Mark is printed on the top of the
84. ecifying the same file name in each driver View Log button View the current log file when this button is clicked Clear Log button Erase the current log file when this button is clicked The next job printed will be the first job in a new log file Printer Code Recording Printer Code Recording allows recording of all of the print code sent to the printer to a file Unlike using the Print to File option in most applications Printer Code Recording allows printing to the printer and to a file simultaneously Record Printer Code This check box must be checked to record printer code to the specified directory Each print job will generate a separate file Overwrite Files With Same Name The driver will name print code files by adding a PRN extension to the name of the document being printed Normally if the file already exists a unique name is generated by adding a number to the end of the new filename If this check box is checked it will cause the driver to overwrite existing files Directory Print code files will be recorded to the directory name entered into this text box or the Browse button can be checked to browse for an existing directory File Listing The window on the left of the dialog is a list of the print code files in the current directory to allow performing operations on individual files using the buttons to the right 3 31 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menu
85. ect the Black Mark or Label Gap Then it will print five pages of slanted lines followed by five pages of sample bar codes then finishing by printing five pages that contain characters of various sizes Issue count 5 of each kind of label Print method Thermal Transfer ribbon required Print speed 4 per second Sensor Transmissive Feed Gap Sensor or Reflective Black Mark sensor Type of print Batch No cut Print Length 2 76 mm The following paragraphs guide you through the diagnostic procedure for test label printing Please follow the step by step procedures exactly for best results 1 Load the media For best results use media that is 76 mm or longer in length 2 Press and hold the FEED and PAUSE keys while turning on the printer power switch The LCD Message Display will show the following message lt 1 gt DIAG 1 0A 3 Press the FEED key three times to advance to the test print mode as indicated by the following message in the LCD Message Display lt 4 gt TEST PRINT 4 Press the PAUSE key and the LCD Message Display will display the following message PRINT CONDITION 5 Press the RESTART key and the LCD Message Display will change to show the following message AUTO PRINT REFL 6 When the media loaded is Tag paper utilizing the Black Mark Sensor Reflective Sensor Continue on to the next step 7 Labels utilizing the Feed Gap Sensor Transmissive Sensor Press the RESTAR
86. ed that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency Groggy Outline of the International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program The International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program is an international program that promotes energy saving through the penetration of energy efficient computers and other office equipment The program backs the development and dissemination of products with functions that effectively reduce energy consumption is an open system in which business proprietors can participate voluntarily The targeted products are office equipment such as computers monitors printers facsimiles copiers scanners and multifunction devices Their standards and logos are uniform among participating nations ENERGY STAR is a U S registered mark Copyright O 2002 by TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION All Rights Reserved 570 Ohito Ohito cho Tagata gun Shizuoka ken JAPAN Safety Summary 1 33029 Safety Summary Personal safety in handling or maintaining the equipment is extremely important Warnings and Cautions necessary for safe handling are included in this manual All warnings and cautions contained in this manual should be read and understood before handling or maintaining the equipment Do not attempt to effect repairs or modifications to this equipment If a fault occurs that cannot be rectified using the procedures described in this manual turn off the power unplug the machine
87. er FEED key Pressing the FEED key time causes a 1 tone change up to 10 tones RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a 1 tone change up to 10 tones After completing the fine adjustment press the PAUSE key A4 10 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment Cont NOTES The fine adjustment value equals the sum of the fine adjustment values set by the PC command and this parameter The maximum ribbon motor voltage fine adjustment value is 15 Rewind Motor or 10 and 15 Feed Motor When the value reaches the maximum the value remains unchanged even if the subsequent fine adjustment is performed One step corresponds to 5 of the standard voltage and up to 75 of the voltage can be decreased Only for the feed motor the voltage can be increased up to 50 Please make this adjustment if a ribbon error occurs though the ribbon is not jammed nor depleted If the problem cannot be resolved please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative EO1 33029 A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment Ribbon Motor Voltage Fine Adjustment Feed Rewind Motor With this parameter you can fine adjust the Ribbon Motor Voltage Torque When lt 3 gt ADJUST SET appears press the PAUSE key 7 times to enter the Ribbon Motor Voltage Fine Adjustment Rewind Motor menu RBN ADJ lt FW gt 0 Rewind Motor To change the screen to the R
88. er of the black mark Sensor should be positioned at Center of media the center of the black mark N cn dili 2 0 EMI Detecting the black T marks on the back 1 10 Media feed direction add CON 1 Sensor is movable within this range A1 3 4 Effective Print Area The figure below illustrates the relation between the head effective print width and media width mE of print range Out of print range 216 8 mm 0 2 12 6mm Head Effective Print Range 12 6 lt gt 242 mm Max media width The figure below shows the effective print area on the media Area to be detected Start line Media height 1 5 mm from the left edge of Guaranteed print area media 1 5 mm from the right edge of media J Media feed direction Area to be detected Media width backing paper width is not included NOTES 1 Be sure not to print on the 1 5 mm wide area from the media edges shaded area in the above figure 2 The center of media is positioned at the center of the print heads 1 4 APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS 1 33029 A1 4 Ribbon A1 4 Ribbon Please make sure that the ribbon being used is approved by TOSHIBA TEC The warranty does not apply to any problem caused by using non approved ribbons For information regarding TOSHIBA TEC approved ribbon please contact a sales representative Spool type Width 120 220 mm Re
89. eric characters and symbols to indicate the printer s status Up to 16 characters can be displayed on one line There are three LEDs on the Operation Panel LED Illuminates when The printer is turned on ON LINE The printer is ready to print ERROR Any error occurs with the printer In System Mode the FEED RESTART and PAUSE keys function as described below Used to start the system mode as a RESTART key does Used to select the parameter mode or to fine parameters in the negative direction Jsed to select the parameter mode or to fine adjust RESTART the parameters in the positive direction Jsed to start the system mode as a FEED key does Jsed to select the parameter mode Used as an enter key A4 1 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 2 Overview IMPORTANT If the power is turn ON while pressing and holding the FEED and PAUSE keys at the same time the printer will enter the System Mode intended for Service Personnel In addition to the menus shown in the chart on the right the following menus are also displayed in the System Mode for Service Personnel lt 2 gt PARAMETER SET lt 5 gt SENSOR ADJ lt 6 gt RAM CLEAR lt 7 gt IP ADDRESS Please do not change the parameter settings for these items as doing so may cause the printer to malfunction If you should accidentally enter the System Mode for Service Personnel just turn the power off If you should change the settings
90. ess http Fullscreen Mal Pim _ barcode toshibatec co ip Eng download html licenser TOSHIBA TEC or its licenser makes no representation or warranty expressed or implied including but not limited to the correction of any error or failure maintenance and support relating to this Software IN NO EVENT SHALL TOSHIBA TEC OR ITS LICENSER BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAMS EVEN IF TOSHIBA TEC HAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES NOR FOR ANY CLAIMS BY A THIRD PARTY TOSHIBA TEC or its licenser will terminate this Agreement if you fail to comply with any ofthis terms and conditions Upon the termination of this Agreement you agree to be have the Software un installed and return it to TOSHIBA TEC This Agreement shall become effective upon the installation or use of this Software by You By installing or using this Software you hereby indicate your acceptance of these terms and conditions If you choose Decline You cannot download the files To get the Windows drivers You must accept this agreement Accept Decline lE Done Intemetzone 3 Read license agreement and if you accept terms of agreement then click on the Accept button If you do not agree to the terms then click on t
91. f the Ribbon Supply Roll Core to the Green Ribbon Winding Core releasing pressure to relax the Ribbon Spring Rotate the Green Ribbon Winding Core to lock the Ribbon Supply Roll into position Ribbon Take up Roll Ribbon Core Guide Ribbon Spring Green Ribbon Winding Core Ribbon Supply Roll Repeat steps 4 through 6 with the Ribbon Take up Roll locking it in place also Take up any slack in the ribbon by rotating the Green Ribbon Winding Core on the Ribbon Take up Roll in the direction of arrow Close the Print Head Block and lock it in place by pressing at locations and in the figure below Green Ribbon Winding Core 2 13 2 PRINTER SETUP EO1 33029 2 10 Inserting the Optional PCMCIA Cards 2 10 Inserting the Optional PCMCIA Cards CAUTION To protect PC cards discharge static electricity from your body by touching the metal cabinet of the printer before touching the card Before inserting or removing a PCMCIA card make sure that the printer s power is turned off Be sure to protect PCMCIA Cards when not in use by putting them into their protective covers Do not subject the card to any shocks or excessive force nor expose the card to extremes in temperature or humidity The card may be inserted into the slot halfway even in the wrong orientation However the slot is safety designed so that the card w
92. f the machines are dropped or their cabinets damaged first turn off the power switches and disconnect the power cord plugs from the outlet and then contact your authorized TOSHIBA TEC representative for assistance Continued use of the machine in that condition may cause fire or electric shock Disconnect the plug Do not plug in or unplug the power cord plug with wet hands as this may cause electric shock Do not place metal objects or water filled containers such as flower vases flower pots or mugs etc on top of the machines If metal objects or spilled liquid enter the machines this may cause fire or electric shock Do not scratch damage or modify the power cords Also do not place heavy objects on pull on or excessively bend the cords as this may cause fire or electric shock Continued use of the machines in an abnormal condition such as when the machines are producing smoke or strange smells may cause fire or electric shock In these cases immediately turn off the power switches and disconnect the power cord plugs from the outlet Then contact your authorized TOSHIBA TEC representative for assistance Safety Summary 1 33029 If foreign objects metal When unplugging the power cords Disconnect fragments water liquids enter Disconnect be sure to hold and pull on the plug the plug the machines first turn off the the plug portion Pulling on the cord portion power switches and disconnect may
93. ferent black dot patterns each color can be translated into what appears to be a different shade of gray on the printer 3 4 7 Bar Fonts Tab NOTES Most thermal printers have internal support for many different bar code symbo logies Most Windows ap plications are unable to access these bar codes directly However it is possible to create an artificial font that represents a bar code and then this font will be listed and can be selected within any Windows application that supports printer fonts At print time the font is converted by the driver into the desired bar code Some symbologies will have minimum and maximum data lengths or only accept certain characters The bar font functionality in this driver will properly filter format and add necessary characters to bar codes before they are printed 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus Dithering Creating the illusion of different shades of gray by varying the pattern of dots Close observation reveals that varying the patterns of black and white dots produces different shades of gray There are no gray dots at all The more dither patterns that a device or program supports the more shades of gray it can represent This screen allows making the following selections for dithering None Outputs the sharpest images when printing bitmap graphics that contain only black and white but no colors or grays Coarse Does the best
94. green supply holder locking knob Removable Supply Holder Print Side Green Supply Holder Locking Knob Ae Non removable Supply Holder Media Roll Removable BYS Caution Don t turn this side down Media may drop by weight C55 R JUT66524V D Vk5Ces 0C Installing Media and reassembling Supply Holder Unit 1 2 Place the media roll onto the Supply Shaft with the media feeding from the bottom as shown in the diagram above Align the tab of the Removable Supply Holder with the Slot in the Supply Shaft then reinstall the Removable Supply Holder by sliding it onto the Supply Shaft as shown in the figure above Holding the reassembled Supply Holder Unit in your right hand apply pressure only to the reinstalled Removable Supply Holder to push it in the direction of arrow causing the auto centering mechanism to center the media on the Supply Shaft Tighten the green Supply Holder Locking Knob for Removable Supply Holder by turning it in the direction of arrow Q Tighten the green Supply Holder Locking Knob for the Non removable Supply Holder by turning it in the direction of arrow 2 8 2 PRINTER SETUP 1 33029 2 7 Loading the Media 2 7 2 Installing the Supply 1 Insert the assembled Supply Holder Unit into the rear notches of the Supply Holder Frame as shown in the diagram below Holder Unit onto the Supply Holder Frame
95. gth Setting Label Length Setting Select the label length for the test print in a range from 5 mm to 999 mm LABEL LEN 76mm FEED LABEL LEN 5mm r3 d FEED key Pressing the FEED key one time causes a 1 mm change up to 5 mm RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a 1 mm change up to 999 mm After selecting the label length press the PAUSE key to go to Paper Feed Selection Paper Feed Selection Select whether or not a paper feed is performed PAPER FEED RESTART FEED Paper feed is available Paper feed is not available After selecting the paper feed press the PAUSE key The display returns to the lt 4 gt TEST PRINT A4 16 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 5 Test Print Cont Print Sample of Slant Line Print Sample of Slant Line 3 dots NOTE See A4 11 3 for further information EO1 33029 A4 5 Test Print Test Print Pattern Selection When lt 4 gt TEST PRINT appears after paper feed selection press the PAUSE key PRINT CONDITION Select a test print pattern from the following options PRINT CONDITION SLANT LINE 1DOT RESTART SLANT LINE C3DOT 1 i CHARACTERS BARCODE NON PRINTING FEED FACTORY TEST 1 AUTO AUTO PRINT CREFL Slant Line 1 dot SLANT LINECIDOT While selecting the Slant Line 1 dot press the PAUSE key to start pr
96. he Decline button but you will be unable to download the drivers 4 Upon clicking on the Accept button the screen will change to list the available TEC driver sets Scroll to locate the screen that lists the set of Monochrome drivers and lists the B 852 driver as shown by the screen display below Download Microsoft Internet Explorer MAEI Edt View Favortes x amp m Back Forward Stop Refresh Search Favorites History Channels Fullscreen Mail Address hitp barcode toshibatec co jp Eng download html gt Links Important Information You must confirm that you download the correct file for your printer The Japanese and Chinese versions of drivers require models for Asian They will not work in the standard printer model when the built in Japanese and Chinese fonts are selected If you need the Japanese version of driver download from Japanese web site http barcode toshibatec co jp Jpn index htm For monochrome printers This download includes drivers for the following operating systems OS Windows 95 98 Windows NT 4 0 amp Windows2000 XX XX 01 VX X BuildXX X XXXKByte NEW B X Series US and EU model B 372 472 572 672 Chinese model B 472 CN 430 Series EU model B 431 450 Series US and EU model 452 B 452 HS 600dpi WEW 480 Series US and EU model B 482 680 Series US and EU model E 682 NEW 880
97. he HP PCL5 Printer Command Language The label information sent from your host computer will consist of a series of commands that inform the printer of the labels size layout orientation and number of copies to print and will also contain the print data including scaleable text graphics and bar codes The printer electronics will decode the commands and manipulate the data to create a bit graphic image of the label that will be stored in the printer s memory The printer electronics will then transfer the image as a series of dots one line at a time to the thermal print head The thermal print head consists of a line of 2560 thermal elements with each element shaped like a tiny dot The dot line is 8 5 inches 216 8 mm in length resulting in a dot density of 300 DPI As the paper is advanced through the printer by the paper feed mechanism the thermal head continuously prints the image as a series of dot lines at a resolution of 300 dots per inch horizontally and vertically Precision feeding and back feeding of the label or tag stock is accomplished through the use of specialized stepping motors and photo sensors The label gap sensor or the black mark sensor tells the printer electronics when the label or tag stock is properly positioned under the head for accureate printing 1 Tear Off Mode In this operation mode when the media has stopped feeding after printing the label should be in a position that the operator can simply pull t
98. he Maintenance Counter Parameter Settings Press the PAUSE key to start MAINTENANCE CONT The printer starts printing out the Maintenance Counter Parameter Settings CHECKING amp PRINT After printing is completed the display returns to lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x A4 3 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE 4 3 Self Diagnostic Test Cont NOTES f an error occurs an error message appears and the printer stops printing After clearing the error press the PAUSE key to return to I DIAG The printer does not resume printing automatically e See Section A4 7 2 for Self Diagnostic Test Print sample with detailed descriptions NOTES Make sure that the Top Cover is closed before starting the print head check If HEAD ERROR appears then print head elements may be damaged To substain high quality printing please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative for the print head replacement The print head element check can be performed at the power on time For selecting this function refer to Section A4 4 Parameter Setting EO1 33029 A4 3 Self Diagnostic Test Self Diagnostic Test and the result print out When the Maintenance Counter Parameter Settings is printed the message returns to lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x Press the PAUSE key twice The Self Diagnostic Test is ready Press the PAUSE key to start AUTO DIAGNOSTIC The printer starts the Self Diagnostic Test
99. he PCL Emulation TYPELS NO CUT RESTART TYPELSINO CUT Batch mode with FEED no cut After selecting the issue mode press the PAUSE key to show the Media Size Selection menu Cut mode CUT Media Size Selection With this parameter select the Media Size for the PCL Emulation MEDIA A4 MEDIA A4 MEDIA USER A4 Size RESTART Customize MEDIA LETTER Letter Size FEED MEDIA LEGAL Legal Size n After selecting the media size press the PAUSE key When 4 LEGAL or LETTER is selected the display returns to 82PCL EMULATION When USER is selected the Media Width Setting menu is displayed Media Width Setting RESTART FEED v FEED key Pressing the FEED key one time causes a 1 change up to 100 RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a 1 change up to 2168 W 2168 L 0742 W 0100 L 0742 L Media width Unit 0 1mm After selecting the media width press the PAUSE key to show the Media Length Setting menu A4 21 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE 1 33029 A4 6 PCL Emulation Setting A4 6 PCL Emulation Media Length Setting RESTART FEED W 2168 1110110 L Media length Unit 0 1mm FEED key Pressing the FEED key one time causes a 1 change up to 110 RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a 1 change up to 6400 After selecting the
100. he media downward against the tear off bar to tear off the printed label 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 2 Operating Modes Cont CAUTION Be sure to cut the backing paper of label Cutting labels will cause the glue to stick to the cutter which may affect the cutter quality and shorten the cutter life Use of tag paper when the thickness exceeds the specified value may affect the cutter life NOTE Cut mode is available only when the optional cutter module B 7208 QM is installed 1 33029 3 2 Operating Modes 2 Continuous or batch mode In this mode the labels will be continuously printed and fed until the number of labels specified in the label issue command has been printed After the last label of the series has been printed the labels can be torn free from the supply roll in a similar manner as described in the tear off mode above Cut Mode In the cut mode as each label is printed it is fed forward to the cutter mechanism where the swing cutter mechanism will precisely cut the label off from the supply roll The feed mechanism will then backfeed the label or card stock until it is properly positioned under the print head to print the next label in series The issue command sent to the printer from the Host can inform the printer to cut each label or tag after each has been printed or to perform the cut only after a certain number of labels or tags have been printed and issued
101. he sensor type used for the PCL Emulation type to match the media being used Basically the Reflective Sensor Black Mark Sensor SENSOR TRANS SENSOR NONE No sensor is for tag paper and the RESTART Transmissive Sensor Feed Black mark sensor Gap Sensor is for label FEED Se Bee Lower SENSOR TRANS Feed gap sensor After selecting the sensor type press the PAUSE key to show the Printing Method Selection menu Printing Mode Selection NOTE With this parameter select the printing method for the PCL Emulation Select the appropriate Print Mode which matches the media being used Basically Thermal Transfer is for the use of ribbon and Thermal Direct is for the use of thermal media PRT TYPE TRANSFER RESTART PRT TYPE TRANSFR Thermal transfer FEED PRT TYPE DIRECT Thermal direct 35 After selecting the printing mode press the PAUSE key to show the Issue Mode Selection menu A4 20 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 6 PCL Emulation Setting Cont NOTE Cut issue is available only when the optional cutter module 7208 is installed When you need the cutter please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative NOTE If holding the RESTART or FEED key for 0 5 seconds or longer in the parameter setting the key is entered continuously EO1 33029 A4 6 PCL Emulation Setting Issue Mode Selection With this parameter select the Issue Mode for t
102. ibbon Motor Voltage Fine Adjustment Feed Motor press the PAUSE key again RBN ADJ lt BK gt 0 Feed Motor Rewind Motor Feed Motor RESTART FEED y FEED key Pressing the FEED key one time causes a 1 step change up to 15 steps RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a 1 tone change up to 0 steps Rewind Motor or 10 steps Feed Motor After completing the fine adjustment press the PAUSE key A4 11 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment A4 4 Printer Parameter Threshold Manual Fine Adjustment Black Mark Feed Gap Fine Adjustment 3521597 Cont With this parameter you can fine adjust the Threshold of the Black Mark and Feed Gap Sensors When lt 3 gt ADJUST SET appears press the PAUSE key 9 times to enter the Threshold Manual Fine Adjustment NOTE Black Mark Sensor menu This is useful to fine adjust the threshold when the media issue THRESHOLD R 1 0V Black Mark Sensor is improper even after the sensor threshold setting is To change the screen to the Threshold Manual Fine Adjustment Feed performed See Section 6 5 Gap Sensor press the PAUSE key again Threshold Setting If the THRESHOLD T 1 4V Feed Gap Sensor problem cannot be resolved please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service Black Mark Sensor Feed Gap Sensor representative THRESHOLD lt R gt
103. ilable only when the optional cutter unit B 7208 QM is installed FEED key Pressing the FEED key one time causes 0 5mm change up to 50 0 mm RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a When you need the cutter please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service 0 5mm change up to 50 0 mm representative The fine adjustment value equals the sum of the fine adjustment values set by the PC command and this parameter The maximum cut position fineadjustment value is 50 0mm When the value reaches the maximum the value remains unchanged even if the subsequent fine adjustment is performed After completing the fine adjustment press the PAUSE key A4 7 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment A4 4 Printer Parameter Back Feed Length Fine Adjustment Fine Adjustment With this parameter you can fine adjust the Back Feed Length When Cont 3 ADJUST SET appears press the PAUSE key 3 times Back Feed Length Fine Adjustment BACK ADJ 0 0mm Example lt lt lt RESTART lt lt lt lt NOTE The fine adjustment value FEED key Pressing the FEED key time causes a 0 5mm equals the sum of the fine change up to 9 5 mm adjustment values ser by the RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a PC command and this 0 5mm change up to 9 5 mm parameter The
104. ill not seat against the connector pins When the optional PCMCIA interface board is installed into the B 852 printer there will be two PCMCIA slots available as shown in the figure below This allows for the use of Flash Memory Type Cards or I O type Cards such as LAN Cards The following paragraphs outline how to insert PCMCIA cards 1 Make sure that the printer s power switch is in the OFF position 2 Hold the PCMCIA Card so that the model name printed side faces right Insert the card into the proper slot until the Eject Button pops out Slot 0 Memory type cards only 0 Slot 1 000 I O type cards such as 2 o LAN cards 2 a j 8 Eject Button Model Name Printed Side 3 following PCMCIA cards be used San Disk A card conforming to ATA Card the PC card Hitachi standard Ether Link 3C589D Install into the slot 1 only This card LAN Card 3 Megahertz 221 installed into the slot 10M bps LAN PC Card 0 will not work 3CCES89ET Series i Card 4 MB EF DC TB DC Flash EF 4M cc cc Memory Maxell 2 14 2 PRINTER SETUP 2 11 Test Print EO1 33029 2 11 Test Print The following test procedure allows you to perform a print test to verify that the printer is operating correctly During the running of this test the printer will first issue a blank page of media to allow the sensors to det
105. ime is not counted during ribbon saving operation but is during back feed RS 232C hardware error Counted when a parity overrun or framing Counted when any error occurs Momentary power failure Counts the number of times the power restores while the CPU is busy after reset NOTES Item from 2 through 10 are initialized to O after RAM clear If the Print distance is 5 5m or less it is rounded down and no data is added to the memory at power off If the count is 31 counts or less it is rounded down and no data is added to the memory at power off If the driving time is 27 sec or less it is rounded down and no data is added to the memory at power off When a sent command results in an error the same number as the data capacity of the command is counted by byte If the media distance covered is 69 4 cm or less it is rounded down and no data is added to the memory at power off When the media distance covered reached to the maximum the maintenance counter should be cleared Ribbon motor driving time 0 to 2000 hours Otherwise the total media distance covered will not be updated For the maintenance counter clear please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative Descriptions of the Parameters 12 Print tone fine adjustment Thermal transfer PC KEY 13 KE fine adjustment Thermal direct PC 10 step to 10 step Ribbon rewind motor driving
106. inting the slant line patterns 1 dot After printing is completed the display returns to 4 TEST PRINT Pressing the PAUSE key causes the display to show SLANT LINE 1DOT again Then press the FEED key Slant Line 3 dots SLANT LINE 3DOT While selecting the Slant Line 3 dots press the PAUSE key to start printing the slant line patterns 3 dots After printing is completed the display returns to 4 TEST PRINT Pressing the PAUSE key causes the display to show SLANT LINE 3DOT again Then press the FEED key A4 17 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 5 Test Print Cont Print Sample of Characters F MNOP 1474 Wi 012 0123456789 ABCDEFGHTJ KLHNOPQRS TUVWXY 07234567 01234567 04284567 ABCDEFG 10123456789 JKLMNOPARS TUVWXYZ ABCDEFGH R 7012345678383 PORSTUVWXYZabcdefghil MNORORSTUVWAY EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX 1123456740 ROTI ee Print Sample of Barcodes aw T NOTE The Non Printing function simply looks like a media feed Print Sample of Non print NOTES Factory test print conditions One paper feed Slant lines 3 dots Bar codes Characters Item count 5 pcs each Print speed 4 sec Sensor type Black
107. its after the name For example if the driver is set to inches simply type 3 5 cm into any edit control and it will be automatically converted into 1 38 in e The Use System Default selection will use the system of measurement that is currently selected in Windows Control Panel s Regional Settings EO1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus Language Selection By clicking on the arrow in the Language scrolling text box the following screen will appear to allow selection of the desired language to be used in the printer driver property screens TEC B 852 Properties Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Color Management Regional Settings Language Selection Language use System Default Changes to the Sieh and opened aga Gasman Bis closed Italian Driver settings will be displayed in the default units ol specified here If you specify different units when entering a measurement into the driver the entered value will be automatically converted to the default units Cancel Help Measurement System Selection By clicking on the arrow in the Units scrolling text box the following screen will appear to allow the selection of the desired units of measurement TEC B 852 Properties Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About
108. lack background Used with Data Matrix only Mode Used to specify one of the different modes MaxiCode supports Used with MaxiCode only Zipper Block Used to specify whether or not a MaxiCode zipper block will print with the bar code Used with MaxiCode only Contrast Block Used to specify whether or not a MaxiCode contrast block will print with the bar code Used with MaxiCode only Stock Properties one of the most important property setting pages This page allows the selection of media settings Ribbon use sensor type and label gap length issue settings batch or strip mode cutter use and print speed as well as fine adjustments feed length backfeed length cut strip position and print shrinkage After pressing the Stock button the following screen display will appear TEC B 852 Properties General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About Media Settings Print Method Sensor Transmissive 3 Label Gap 61 mm Issue Settings Issue Mode Batch Mode with Back Feed Cut Specified Interval Interval Print Speed 50 8 mm sec Fine Adjustment mm 2017 Set Feed 0 0 amm 8 Backteed Cancel 3 24 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 8 Stock T
109. ling text box the Add Port button and the Delete Port button work together to allow the selection of a different port than the default port for printing The screen below shows what appears when clicking on the arrow of the Print to the following port scrolling text box TEC B 852 Properties 21x Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Sharing Regional Settings Page Setup TEC B 852 Print to the following port Add Port Delete New Driver G00024340 Ibp 730 Kanbe win gms T5801 41 canonlbp 44758014177 bp 730 COM1 Communications Port COM4 Infrared Serial COM Port FILE Creates a file on disk LPT3 Infrared Printing LPT Port Not selected fi 5 seconds Transmission retry 45 seconds Spool Settings Port Settings Help Clicking on the Add Port button will allow adding additional ports to the Print to the following port scrolling text box while clicking on the Delete Port button will allow the deletion of ports currently contained on the Print to following port scrolling text box 3 12 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 4 3 Details Tab Cont NOTE When clicking on the arrow in the Print using the following driver scrolling text box a drop down list appears showing all the current drivers installed on the host computer as in the display at the right
110. list of all bar codes and indicates whether each is supported or not supported by this printer 3 33 4 ON LINE MODE 4 ON LINE MODE 4 1 Operation Panel NOTE Use the RESTART key to resume printing after a pause condition or after clearing an error EO1 33029 4 1 Operation Panel This chapter describes usage and purpose of the keys on the Operation Panel in On Line Mode When the printer is in On Line Mode and connected to a host computer normal operation of printing images on labels or tags can be accomplished figure below illustrates the Operation Panel and key functions LCD Message Display POWER LED ON LINE LED Green Green RESTART key ERROR LED Red PAUSE key FEED key RESTART PAUSE The LCD Message Display shows messages in alphanumeric characters and symbols to indicate the printer s status Up to 16 characters can be displayed on one line There are three LED lights on the Operation Panel Illuminates when Flashes when POWER Thepineristumedon ON LINE The printer is ready to The printer is communicating with your computer ERROR Any error occurs with the printer There are three keys on the Operation Panel PAUSE Used to stop printing temporarily RESTART Used to restart printing FEED Used to feed the media 4 ONLINE MODE 4 2 Operation 4 3 Reset NOTE If the RESTART key i
111. ly installed View Go Favorites MEN E Cut Address fa Printers 1 Links gt 5 object s If it becomes necessary to remove the TEC B 852 printer driver from your host computer then it can be removed as follows 1 In the Printers screen shown above click on the TEC B 852 icon to highlight it 2 Click on the File menu and when the File sub menu appears click on Delete The icon for the TEC B 852 will disappear from the Printers screen 3 Access the Windows Control Panel and click on the Add Remove Programs icon 4 The Add Remove Program Properties window will appear In this window click on TOSHIBA TEC PRINTER DRIVER MONO to highlight it and then click on the Add Remove button Confirm File Deletion 9 Are you sure you want to completely remove TOSHIBA TEC PRINTER DRIVER MONO and all of its components di No 5 In the Confirm File Deletion screen that appears click on the Yes button to complete the removal of the TEC Printer Driver 3 8 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus NOTES The Help button at the bottom of the display appears grayed out for the general tab but will be active for most of the other tabs Clicking the Help button will provide some extensive help screens Clicking on the button
112. mand and this parameter The maximum feed length fine adjustment value is 50 0mm When the value reaches the maximum the value remains unchanged even if the subsequent fine adjustment is performed EO1 33029 A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment While pressing the FEED and PAUSE keys at the same time turn on the printer Holder both keys until the lt 1 gt DIAG Vx x Message appears lt 1 gt DIAG Press FEED key The printer is at the start of the Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment menu lt 3 gt ADJUST SET Feed Length Fine Adjustment With this parameter you can fine adjust the feed length When lt 3 gt ADJUST SET appears press the PAUSE key FEED ADJ 0 0m RESTART FEED FEED key Pressing the FEED key one time causes a 0 5mm change up to 50 0 mm RESTART key Pressing the RESTART key one time causes a 0 5mm change up to 50 0 mm After completing the fine adjustment press the PAUSE key A4 6 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment A4 4 Printer Parameter Cut Position Fine Adjustment Fine Adjustment MN ve L With this parameter you can fine adjust the cut position When Cont lt 3 gt ADJUST SET appears press the PAUSE key twice Cut Position Fine Adjustment CUT ADJ 0 0mm RESTART FEED Cut issue is ava
113. mand error The following message appears T20E30 Example 2 ESC XR 0200 0300 0450 1200 1 LF NUL Command error The following message appears XR 0200 0300 045 Example 3 ESC PC001 0 00 0300 2 2 A 00 LF NUL Command error The following message appears PC001 0A00 0300 When the error command is shown 3FH appears for codes other than codes 20H to 7FH and to DFH A2 2 APPENDIX 3 INTERFACE EO1 33029 APPENDIX 3 INTERFACE APPENDIX 3 INTERFACE E Interface Cables To prevent radiation and reception of electrical noise the interface cables must meet the following requirements Fully shielded and fitted with metal or metallized connector housings Keep as short as possible e Should not be bundled tightly with power cords Should not be tied to power line conduits RS 232C Cable description The serial data cable used to connect the printer to the host computer should be one of the following two types DB 9S DB 9P Connector to PC Connector to Printer Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 N C 1 2 mE 2 TXD 3 TXD gt 3 RXD 4 DIR MEE 4 DSR 5 5 SG 6 DSR 6 DTR 7 RTS 7 CTS 8 CTS 8 RTS 9 N C 9 Housing Shield Housing Shield
114. media length press the PAUSE key to return to lt 8 gt PCL EMULATION A4 22 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 7 Additional Information A4 7 Additional Information 4 7 1 Self Diagnostic Test Result Sample and Descriptions Print Sample PROGRAM B 850 01NOV2000 V1 0A FMRMO0051 402 1A00 BOOT B 850 16NOV2000 V1 0 0051601 8500 5600 KANJI 8900 EEPROM OK SDRAM 8MB CARD SLOT1 ATA SLOT2 LAN SENSOR1 00000000 00000000 SENSOR2 H 20 C A 22 C S 25 C R U 4 2V R L 4 0V T 2 5V NG KEY BRD NG NOTES Print conditions Preset count 1 Print speed 4 sec Sensor No sensor Printing method Thermal transfer Supply length 78 mm Issue mode Batch printing Software version No Part No of ROM and checksum will vary according to the software version of PROGRAM ROM The last two digits of the checksum are usually 00 When Kanji ROM is not installed the checksum becomes 0000 The symbol of C may not be printed depending on the type of character code Descriptions 1 Program ROM Check Model Name Date Version Part number Checksum 850 01 2000 Program Model No of ROM or software Software version No Revision No Space or A to Z 2 Boot Check Model Name Date Version Part Number Checksum T 16NOV2000 V1 0 A D Boot of Boot area Model 7 La
115. nced network functions are available e Superior hardware including the specially developed 300 dots inch 11 8 dots mm thermal print head which allows very clear print quality at a print speed of either 2 inches sec 50 8 mm sec or 4 inches sec 101 6 mm sec e Besides the optional cutter module there is also an optional PCMCIA Interface Board Expansion I O Interface Board PCL5 Interface Board Kit and the KB 80 QM Keyboard Unit Unpack the printer as the Unpacking Instructions supplied with the Unpacking E NOTES Check for damage or scratches on the printer However please note that TOSHIBA TEC shall have no liability for any damage of any kind sustained during transportation of the product Keep the cartons and pads for future transportation of the printer 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1 4 Accessories CAUTION Be sure to use TOSHIBA TEC approved print head cleaner Failure to do this may shorten the print head life EO1 33029 1 4 Accessories When unpacking the printer please make sure all accessories are supplied with the printer Owner s Manual 1 copy Power Cord 1 pc Doc No EO1 33029 P No FBCB0030202 Print Head Cleaner 1 pc P No 24089500013 HEAD CLEANER 1 Supply Holder Frame L 1 pc O Supply Holder Frame R 1 pc P No 0035201 P No 0035301 L1 Supply Holder Base 1 pc Wi
116. ng Bolt M 4x6 2 pcs P No FMBB0063401 P No X20L406130 Qo 9 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW EO1 33029 1 5 Appearance 1 5 Appearance The names of the parts or units introduced in this section are used in the following chapters 1 5 1 Dimensions NOTE Depth is 18 5 inches 470 mm when the optional Cutter Module is installed on the printer 15 2 385 16 9 429 16 8 427 Dimensions inches mm LCD Message Displa 1 5 2 Front View 8 Operation Panel Top Cover Head Pressure Adjust Lever Media Outlet 1 5 3 Rear View Expansion I O Interface Connector Option Parallel Interface Supply Holder Unit Connector Centronics PCMCIA Card Slot Option 4 Serial Interface Connector RS 232C Keyboard Interface Connector PCL5 Interface Connector Option Supply Holder Frame 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW EO1 33029 1 5 Appearance 1 5 4 Operation Panel Message Display ON LINE LED Green POWER LED e Green FEED key PAUSE key FEED RESTART PAUSE RESTART key Please see Section 4 1 for further information about the Operation Panel 1 5 5 Interior Print Head Block Ribbon Holder m 4 1 Black Mark Feed Gap Sensor Head Block Release Lever Paper Guide 2 PRINTER SETUP 2 PRINTER SETUP 2 1 Precautions EO1 33029 2 1 Precautions
117. ns Printing Preferences The following settings will allow saving or exporting the settings of this printer driver so that they may be imported into a different or freshly installed printer driver It also allows importing previously saved settings to replace the current settings of this printer driver The settings will be exported into a file name created and will have a SDM extension sdm e Import Allows importing previously saved printer driver settings The settings that can be imported depend on which printer driver is being used Export Allows exporting the settings of this printer driver The settings that can be exported depend on which printer driver is being used 3 19 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 5 Page Setup Tab Cont Enable Device Line Substitution Most applications draw lines as a This Setting is for advanced users only Do not change this setting otherwise 3 4 6 Graphics Tab graphic rather than using line commands built in to the printer With this feature enabled the driver will try to use the printer s line commands to draw lines and boxes whenever possible Some applications do not always print correctly with this feature enabled Enabling this feature will cause vertical or horizontal lines to be recognized as a printer command rather than a graphic Minimum Length The minimum length of a line that is to be recognized as a pri
118. nt Times Roman 6 sizes Helvetica 6 sizes Presentation 1 size Letter Gothic 1 size Prestige Elite 2 sizes Courier 2 sizes OCR 2 types Outline font 4 types Price font 3 types Rotations 0 90 180 270 Standard interface Serial interface RS 232C Parallel interface Centronics Optional interfaces 5 interface B 7708 PCL QM PCMCIA interface B 7708 PC QM Expansion I O interface B 8700 IO QM NOTES Data Matrix is a trademark of International Data Matrix Inc 0 5 PDF417 is a trademark of Symbol Technologies Inc US Code is a trademark of DENSO CORPORATION Maxi Code is a trademark of United Parcel Service of America Inc U S 1 1 APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS EO1 33029 A1 2 Options A1 2 Options Option Name B 7208 QM A stop and cut swing cutter See NOTE PCL5 interface board 7708 This board enables B 852 printer to support the See NOTE HP PCLS Expansion I O B 8700 IO QM Installing this board in the printer will allow See NOTE interface board connection with an external device with the exclusive interface such as the keyboard module Keyboard module KB 80 QM This module is an external intelligent keyboard unit See NOTE including a 16 digit by 2 line LCD and 28 key switches PCMCIA interface B 7708 PC QM This board enables the use of the following See NOTE board PCMCIA cards LAN card 3 COM EtherLink III recommended
119. nter Send File to Printer button Click this button to send a file prn irectly to the printer The driver does no processing on the contents of his file and it must already consist of commands understood by the rinter Check Print Head button This option allows execution of the printer 5 broken pins test The test will detect if thermal elements in the print head are open A failed test would suggest a need to replace the print head to ensure perfect print quality Clicking on this button will bring up the following display window TEC B 852 Properties Print Head Check x r Print Head Check Regional Settings ns Testing About 00 in 16 in Click to check the print head for broken dots After about 10 seconds check the printer s LCD display If an error is displayed the print head may require repair or replacement OK Apply The Head scrolling text box is only available if the printer happens to be a color printer which will allow selection of one of the color heads e The broken pins check is only available on printers containing the broken pins check circuitry The B 852 printer does indeed contain the broken pins check circuit Clicking on the Specify Range check box will allow entering in a range of elements to check by inputting the starting and ending width into the two Specify Range windows Click the OK but
120. nter command Unprintable Width Setting the Unprintable Width allows making minor adjustments in the horizontal positioning of the printed image on the label The distance from the edge of the label stock being used to the print head may be slightly different than the default setting in the driver due to manufacturing differences Making small adjustments to this number can help compensate for the difference and obtain a more accurate object placement The options that are available on the Graphics property page allow specifying how text and images will be printed on the label When clicking on the Graphics tab the following screen display will appear L2 1x General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics Fonts Stock Options Testing About Resolution 300 dpi x 300 dpi Dithering TEC B 852 Properties None Coarse C Fine Line art C Error diffusion Intensity Darkest 4 a gt Lightest 100 r Color Color Control Monochrome Resolution This scrolling text box will show the printers possible resolution settings On the B 852 only one resolution is available 300 dpi x 300 dpi 3 20 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 4 6 Graphics Tab Cont NOTE Many Windows programs allow designing with different colors and shades of gray even though the thermal printer only prints in one color black By outputting dif
121. nting 3 11 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 3 Details Tab NOTE The print to the following port scrolling text box displays the port the printer is connected to or the path to the network printer being used The print path can be changed by typing the network path here by opening the list and clicking a different port or by clicking the Add Port button and specifying a new port NOTE To print to a file click File in the Print to the following port scrolling text box This property will allow the necessary functions needed to select add or delete a printer port select a different printer driver capture additional network printer ports designate timeout settings change spool settings and change the port settings After clicking on the Details tab the following screen will appear TEC B 852 Properties 2 x Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Sharing Regional Settings Page Setup TEC B 852 Print to the following port LPT1 ECP Printer Port Add Port Print using the following driver 852 7 New Driver Capture Printer Port End Capture r Timeout settings Not selected fi 5 seconds Transmission retry 45 seconds Spool Settings Port Settings Select a Printer Port The Print to the following port scrol
122. o not use any volatile solvent including thinner and benzene as this may cause discoloration to the cover print failure or breakdown of Print Head Cleaner P No 24089500013 Print Head Element Print Head 5 Hold the Sensor Lift Tab and lift the Upper Sensor Ass y the printer epo noi ouch he Diii 6 bos the Feed Gap Sensor and Black Mark Sensor with a dry soft head element with bare 7 Wipe the Platen with a soft cloth slightly moistened with ethyl hands as static may alcohol damage the print head e Be sure to use the print head cleaner enclosed with this printer Failure to do this may shorten the print head life Sensor Lift Tab NOTE Platen Please use the TEC approved Print Head Cleaner which can be purchased from an authorized TOSHIBA TEC service representative Feed Gap Sensor and Black Mark Sensor 5 MAINTENANCE 5 1 2 Covers and Panels CAUTION Do not use any volatile solvents including thinner and benzene as this may cause discoloration or distortion of the cover EO1 33029 5 2 Care Handling of the Media and Ribbon Wipe the Cover and Front Panel with a dry soft cloth Wipe off dirt with a soft cloth slightly moistened with water 5 1 3 Optional Cutter Module 1 Remove the Plastic Head Screws and to detach the Cutter Cover 1 Be sure to turn the power off before cleaning the Cutter Module The Cutter is sharp so care should be taken not to inj
123. on I O interface An optional interface circuit that may be installed into the B 852 printer to allow the printer to be connected to an external device such as a wrapping machine and to receive feed print start and pause signals from the external device and to send back print pause and error status signals to the external device EO1 33029 GLOSSARIES Feed gap sensor A transmissive sensor which detects the difference of potential between the gap between labels and the label to find the print position of the label Font A complete set of alphanumeric characters in one style of type E g Helvetica Courier Times Gap Clearance between labels IPS Inch per second The unit used to express print speed KB 80 keyboard interface This interface is standard on the B 852 printer to allow the optional KB 80 keyboard to be attached to the printer allowing it to be operated in a standalone condition Label programs may be stored in the KB 80 flash memory and labels printed through commands and data input through the keyboard instead of from a host computer LCD Liquid Crystal Display Installed on the operation panel and displays operation modes error message and so on Label A type of media with adhesive backing Media Material on which data is printed by the printer Label tag paper fanfold paper perforated paper etc PCMCIA interface An optional interface circuit that may be installed into the B 852 printer
124. ort Stock List Preview Orientation _ Effects Portrait Minor Image Landscape Negative Portrait 180 Landscape 180 Miscellaneous Copies fi i Advanced ptions 1999 Toshiba TEC Corporation 1997 1999 Seagull Scientific Inc Authors of the BarT ender label software Cancel Label Stock In the preceding display the area dealing with Label Stock allows configuring the size of the label stock loaded into the printer Either specify a previously loaded stock by name through the Name scrolling text box add a new label stock specification to the list edit a label stock already on the list import a stock list file sfm or export the current stock list as a sfm file Clicking on the arrow of the Name scrolling text box will reveal a drop down list showing all the current stock listing as shown in the screen display below 852 Properties HEI General Details Color Management Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About Label Stock Name user Defined 4 16 in x 2 92 in 2 x 4 2 00 in x 4 00 in 4 x 4 4 00 in x 4 00 in 4 x 4 00 in x 6 00 in User Defined 4 15 in x 2 92 inl m Preview Orientation Effects Portrait Minor mage Landscape Negative C Portrait 180 Landscape 180 Miscellaneous Copies fi zl Advanced
125. ose any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law 4 Click on the Next button to continue the installation The screen will change to the Software License Agreement screen below NOTE If you click the NO button in the License Agreement screen the program will not be installed provided herein 3 You shall not modify reverse engineering reverse compile or reverse disassemble this Software in whole or in part except as otherwise expressly provided herein 4 You shall not copy or make a duplicate or backup copy of this Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No Setup will close To install MONO you must accept this agreement Please read the following License Agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement 1 You may use this Software on a single TOSHIBA TEC bar code printer a from affiliated company dealer or distributor of TOSHIBA 2 You shall not grant a sub license distribute transfer lend or otherwise dispose of this Software in whole or in part for the use of any third party other than you except as otherwise expressly
126. ou want below Click Finish to complete Setup 3 3 4 Add Printers The previous steps have shown you how to download and install all of the TEC MONO Printer Drivers Before you can use the B 852 printer its driver must be added using the Windows Add Printer Function NOTE If you want to use a shared 1 Click on the Windows Start button and then move the mouse pointer to highlight Settings and click on the Printers icon 2 Follow the procedures as outlined in the on screen menus of the Add Printers Wizard MARNE Make sure to click on the Have Disk button in the Add Printer Wizard the printer 1 men and indicate the C TEC_DRV MONO folder as the source for the clicking Install on the File menu TEC Printer Driver information files network printer you can Set it up quickly by browsing for it in Network Neighborhood clicking 3 3 PRINTER OPERATION 3 3 4 Add Printers Cont 3 3 5 Uninstalling the TEC B 852 Printer Driver NOTE Do not uninstall the printer until you have closed all applications CAUTION If you are going to install an upgraded version of the TEC printer driver you must first uninstall the folder TOSHIBA TEC PRINTER DRIVER by the steps outlined here EO1 33029 3 3 Installing the Printer Drivers 4 After the TEC Printer Driver has been successfully loaded the Printers screen should appear as shown below showing the TEC B 852 as being successful
127. pply holder frame to the printer make sure that it is assembled firmly EO1 33029 2 3 Assembling the Accessories The following procedure outlines the steps required to assemble the Supply Holder Frame and attach the frame to the B 852 printer in preparation for loading the media 1 Assemble the Supply Holder Frame L and Supply Holder Frame R to the Supply Holder Base using the two M 4X6 Wing Bolts supplied as shown below Supply Holder Frame L Wing eed UA 2 Attach the assembled Supply Holder Frame to the rear of the B 852 printer by inserting the hooks of the Frame into the two slots in the rear of the printer as shown in the figure below 2 3 2 PRINTER SETUP 1 33029 2 4 Connecting the Cables to Your Printer 2 4 Connecti ng the The following paragraphs outlines how to connect the cables from the B Cables to Your 852 printer to your host computer and will also show how to make cable Printer connections to other devices such as the KB 80 QM keyboard etc Depending on the application software you use to print labels there are three possibilities for connecting the printer to your host computer These are A serial cable connection between the printer s RS 232 serial connector and one of your host computer s COM ports Refer to APPENDIX 3 A parallel cable connection between the printer s standard parallel connector and your host computer s parallel port LPT A parallel c
128. s 3 4 10 Testing Tab e View File button View the currently selected print code file in a Cont text editor Send To Printer button Sends the currently selected print code file to the printer effectively printing the job again If graphics or format caching was enabled it may be necessary to send each print file in the order it was logged to get the desired results Delete File button Deletes the print code file currently selected in the list Delete All Files button Deletes all print code files in the current directory and clears the list 3 4 11 About Tab This page will allow checking the driver version information printer apabilities system information and also will display the software license greement Clicking on the About tab will cause the following screen isplay to appear TEC B 852 Properties 2 xl General Details Sharing Regional Settings Page Setup Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION 1999 Toshiba TEC All Rights Reserved 1997 99 Seagull Scientific Inc Authors of the BarTender label software License Version Apply Help Clicking on the License button in the preceding screen will cause the following screen display to appear TEC B 852 Properties 21 General Details Sharina ReaionalSettinas Setup WINDOWS PRINTER DRIVER LICENSE LIMITED W
129. s displayed with the bar codes on the labels Ratio Used to specify the wide to narrow element ratio of the bar code Used with Full ASCII 3 of 9 Regular 3 of 9 Codabar Interleaved 2 of 5 and MSI Plessey only Symbology Specific Options Check Digit Used to specify whether or not check digits will be added to bar codes Used with Full ASCII 3 of 9 Regular 3 of 9 Interleaved 2 of 5 and MSI Plessey only UCC EAN 128 Used to specify whether or not the Software will automatically add certain characters and perform certain functions required to print UCC EAN 128 bar codes Used with Code 128 only Code Set Used to specify which of the three Code 128 characters sets Code A Code B or Code C will be used to print Code 128 bar codes Used with Code 128 only Version Used to select one of several supported sizes of Code One Used with Code One only UCC EAN FNCI Prefix Used to specify whether or not the first character in a Code One bar code should be the UCC EAN FNCI character Used with Code One only Symbology Specific Options continued Correction Level Used to specify one of nine levels of error correction for PDF417 bar codes Used with PDF417 only Truncated Used to specify that a trimmed down version of a PDF417 bar code be printed in order to save space on the label Used with PDF417 only Row Height Used to specify the height of each row in a PDF417 bar code Used with PDF417 only Columns
130. s held for less than 3 seconds when the printer is in an error or pause state the printer restarts printing However when a communication error or command error occurs the printer returns to an idle condition 4 4 Dump Mode EO1 33029 4 2 Operation When the printer is turned on the ON LINE message appears on the LCD message display It is shown during standby or normal printing 1 The printer is turned on standing by or printing ON LINE 2 If any error occurs during printing an error message appears The printer stops printing automatically The number on the right column shows the number of unprinted media NO PAPER 125 3 To clear the error press the RESTART key The printer resumes printing ON LINE 4 If the PAUSE key is pressed during printing the printer stops printing temporarily The number on the right column shows the number of unprinted media PAUSE 52 5 When the RESTART key is pressed the printer resumes printing ON LINE Reset operation clears the print data sent to the printer from the computer and returns the printer to an idle condition 1 The printer is turned on standing by or printing ON LINE 2 To stop printing or clear the data sent from the computer press the PAUSE key The printer stops printing PAUSE 52 3 Press and hold the RESTART key for 3 seconds or longer lt 1 gt 4 Press PAUSE key The data sent from
131. s the printer specifications and supplies for use on the B 852 printer A1 1 Printer The following is the printer specifications a 0 Supply voltage AC100 120V 60 Hz Power consumption 2 5 A 232 W maximum during a print job 0 16 A 15 W maximum during standby Operating temperature range 40 F to 104 F 5 C to 40 C Relative humidity 25 to 85 RH no condensation Resolution 300 dpi 11 8 dots mm Printing method Thermal transfer or Thermal direct Printing speed 2 inches sec 50 8 mm sec 4 inches sec 101 6 mm sec Available media width including 3 9 inches to 9 5 inches 100 mm to 242 mm backing paper Effective print width max 8 5 216 8 mm Issue mode Batch Cut Cut mode is enabled only when the optional cutter module is installed LCD Message display 16 characters line Dimension W x D x H 15 2 x 7 1 x 9 6 385 mm x 181 mm x 243 mm Depth is 16 8 427 mm when the supply holder is installed Weight 34 4 Ib 15 6 kg Media and ribbon are not included Available bar code types JANS JAN13 EAN8 EAN8 2 digits EAN8 5 digits EAN13 EAN13 2 digits EAN13 5 digits UPC E UPC E 2 digits UPC E 5 digits UPC A UPC A 2 digits UPC A 5 digits MSI ITF NW 7 CODE39 CODE93 CODE128 EAN128 Industrial 2 to 5 Customer Bar Code POSTNET KIX CODE RM4SCC ROYAL MAIL 4STATE CUSTOMER CODE Available two dimensional code Data Matrix PDF417 QR code Maxi Code Micro PDF417 Available bar fo
132. tag media then simply Sensor rotate the Green Sensor Adjust Gear to move the Sensor Ass y so that the Black Mark Indicator 52 is directly in line with the Black Mark on the top of the paper 2 If the Black Mark is printed on the bottom of the tag media then fold the media back to be able to see the Black Mark and its relationship to the Sensor Ass y as shown in the figure below Green Sensor Adjust Gear Upper Sensor Ass y 2 12 2 PRINTER SETUP 2 9 Loading the Ribbon e The Print Head may become hot Do not touch the Print Head The Top Cover can be opened during the operation for control purposes only It should be closed during normal operation Risk of injuries Do not touch moving parts Disconnect the mains before maintenance of ribbon and media NOTE Be sure to remove any slack in the ribbon Printing with a wrinkled ribbon will lower the print quality EO1 33029 2 9 Loading the Ribbon Raise the Top Cover and release and raise the Print Head Block as described in section 2 7 3 steps 1 and 2 Hold the Ribbon Supply Roll in your left hand and the Ribbon Take up Roll in your right hand Install the Ribbon Supply Roll into the Print Head Block as shown in the figure below and described in the following paragraphs Step 1 engage the end of the Ribbon Supply Roll Core to the Ribbon Core Guide XD and push to compress the Ribbon Spring Step 2 engage the opposite end o
133. to allow the selection of a different driver from the list NOTE If problems occur when printing large documents it may become necessary to increase the value of the Transmission Retry timeout setting NOTE When clicking on the New Driver button the same screen as shown above right will appear However when clicking on the Yes button the screen shown at the top of the next page will appear allowing the installation of an entirely new driver to the host computer EO1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus Select a Different Printer Driver The Print using the following driver scrolling text box works with the New Driver button to add new printer drivers to the PC and to select a different driver from the one currently being used The current driver will be highlighted in the list TEC B 852 Properties 2 x Graphics Bar Fonts Stock Options Testing About General Details Sharing Regional Settings PageSetup C TEC B 852 Print to the following port LPT1 ECP Printer Part Add Port Print using the following driver TEC B 852 New Driver Capture Printer Port End Capture Timeout settings Not selected 15 seconds Transmission retry 45 seconds Spool Settings Port Settings Not Selected Timeout Setting Box Allows entering a value to specify how much time in secon
134. to allow the use of the small credit card sized PC cards such as flash memory cards and LAN cards PCMCIA is the acronym for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association GLOSSARIES Printer driver A software program that will convert the application program s printing request into the language that the printer understands Print head element The thermal print head consists of a single line of tiny resistive elements and when current is allowed to flow through each element it heats up causing a small dot to be burned onto thermal paper or a small dot of ink to be transferred from a thermal ribbon to ordinary paper Pre printed media A type of media on which characters logos and other designs have been already printed Print speed The speed at which printing occurs This speed is expressed in units of ips inches per second Reflective sensor See Black mark sensor Resolution The degree of detail to which an image can be duplicated The minimum unit of divided image is called a pixel As the resolution becomes higher the number of pixels increased resulting in more detailed image Ribbon An inked film used to transfer an image onto the media In the thermal transfer printing it is heated by the thermal print head causing an image to be transferred onto the media Supply Media and ribbon Supply holder This unit holds a media roll at the rear of the printer so that the media is fed toward the print
135. ton to start the test After starting the test check the printer s LCD display for a pass fail message Failure of this test indicates that one or more of the head s thermal elements are open and the thermal head will need to be replaced 3 30 3 PRINTER OPERATION 1 33029 3 4 Using the B 852 Printer Properties Menus 3 4 10 Testing Tab Cont NOTE The Logging Options dialog supports logging print jobs and recording printer code to files for debugging purposes This code can be submitted to support personnel if problems arise in the operation of the driver Logging Options When the Logging Options button is clicked the following display screen will appear TEC B 852 Properties 24 xl Loggin m Printer Code Recording Record Printer Code ja With Sane taa te Logging Supports logging print jobs and recording printer code to files for debugging purposes This code can be submitted to support personnel if problems arise in the operation of the driver Log Print Jobs This check box must be checked in order to generate a log file that will list the name of each document and the printer it was printed to Jobs are logged in the order they are spooled Log File Into this text box type the full path name of the log file or use the Browse button to locate an existing log file It is possible to share a log file between multiple printers by sp
136. tures high humidity dust or gas Ensure the printer is operated on a level surface Any data stored in the memory of the printer could be lost during a printer fault Try to avoid using this equipment on the same power supply as high voltage equipment or equipment likely to cause mains interference Unplug the machine whenever you are working inside it or cleaning it Keep your work environment static free Do not place heavy objects on top of the machines as these items may become unbalanced and fall causing injury Do not block the ventilation slits of the machines as this will cause heat to build up inside the machines and may cause fire Do not lean against the machine It may fall on you and could cause injury Care must be taken not to injure yourself with the printer paper cutter Unplug the machine when it is not used for a long period of time Request Regarding Maintenance Utilize our maintenance services After purchasing the machine contact iiour authorized TOSHIBA TEC representative for assistance once a year to have the inside of the machine cleaned Otherwise dust will build up inside the machines and may cause a fire or a malfunction Cleaning is particularly effective before humid rainy seasons Our preventive maintenance service performs the periodic checks and other work required to maintain the quality and performance of the machines preventing accidents beforehand For details please consult your authorized TOSHIBA TEC
137. uit has no problem NG The circuit has a problem or loopback jig is not attached Expansion I O PC board NOTE Fot this check a loopback jig is required For the loopback jig please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative 11 DIN Connector for the Keyboard KB 80 Check KEY BRD OK OK The connector has no problem NG The connector has a problem or loopback jig is not attached Expansion I O PC board NOTE Fot this check a loopback jig is required For the loopback jig please contact your nearest TOSHIBA TEC service representative A4 26 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 7 Additional Information A4 7 2 Maintenance Counter Parameter Check Print Sample and Descriptions e Print Sample TOTAL FEED FEED PRINT CUT RIBBON 232C ERR SYSTEM ERR POWER FAIL PC FEED CUT BACK TONE T TONE D 0 step RBN FW 10 RBN BK 0 X ADJ 0 0mm THRESHOLD R THRESHOLD T FONT CODE SPEED DATA LENG PARITY CONTROL MESSAGE FORWARD WAIT FEED KEY KANJI EURO CODE AUTO HD CHK WEB PRINTER SILENT PRINT KB80 CONNECT PRTR IP ADDR GATE IP ADDR SUBNET MASK TTF AREA EXT CHR AREA BASIC AREA PC SAVE AREA PCL EMULATION PRINT SPEED SENSOR PRINT TYPE TYPE MEDIA SOCKET PORT BASIC BASIC TRACE ann 2 5 22050502 2 0 0 0mm 0 0mm 0 step
138. um of the fine adjustment values set by the PC command and this parameter The maximum X axis fine adjustment value is 299 5 When the value reaches the maximum the value remains unchanged even if the subsequent fine adjustment is performed A4 9 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment Cont NOTES The fine adjustment value equals the sum of the fine adjustment values set by the PC command and this parameter The maximum print tone fine adjustment value is 10 Thermal Transfer Print or 7 and 10 Thermal Direct Print When the value reaches the maximum the value remains unchanged even if the subsequent fine adjustment is performed This is useful when print tone is required to be fine adjusted e g When the ribbon is changed to different type EO1 33029 A4 4 Printer Parameter Fine Adjustment Print Tone Fine Adjustment Thermal Transfer Thermal Direct Print With this parameter you can fine adjust the Print Tone When 3 ADJUST SET appears press the PAUSE key 5 times to enter the Print Tone Fine Adjustment Thermal transfer print menu TONE ADJ lt T gt 0 Thermal Transfer To change the screen to the Print Tone Fine Adjustment Thermal direct print press the PAUSE key again TONE ADJ lt D gt 0 Thermal Direct Thermal Transfer Print Thermal Direct Print Darker RESTART FEED Light
139. upported QQ QP models TYPE 2 Original code 9 20H to me A4 29 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE 1 33029 4 7 Additional Information A4 7 2 Maintenance Counter Parameter Check Print Sample and Descriptions Cont 34 Printer IP address 36 38 40 41 PCL Emulation OFF Unavailable 4 sec 42 Print speed for PCL emulation 43 Sensor type for PCL emulation REFLECT Black mark sensor TRANS Feed gap sensor ET TRANSFR Thermal transfer 44 Printing mode for PCL emulation DIRECT Thermal direct 5 NO CUT Batch mode with no cut 45 Issue mode for PCL emulation CIWITH CUT Cut mode A4 LEGAL 46 Media size for PCL emulation LETTER User ON Available Socket port number OFF Unavailable Port No 0 to 65535 ON Available 48 BASIC interpreter setting OFF Unavailable ON Available 49 BASIC interpreter trace setting OFF Unavailable 4 7 3 Magnified Views of Slant Line Pattern 35 e dot Slant Line Black Area Ratio 16 7 3 Dot Slant Line Black Area Ratio 16 7
140. ure yourself when cleaning 5 2 Care Handling of the Media and Ribbon CAUTION Be sure to carefully review and understand the Supply Manual Use only media and ribbons which meet specified requirements Use of non specified media and ribbons may shorten the head life and result in problems with bar code readability or print quality All media and ribbons should be handled with care to avoid any damage to the media ribbons or printer Read the guideline in this section carefully Cutter Unit 2 Remove the jammed paper and trash if any 3 Clean the Cutter Blade with a dry cloth Plastic Head Screw V Do not store the media and ribbon for longer than the manufacturer s recommended shelf life Cutter Cover e Store media rolls on the flat end Do not store them on the curved sides as this might flatten that side causing erratic media advance and poor print quality e Store the media in plastic bags and always reseal after opening Unprotected media can get dirty and the extra abrasion from the dust and dirt particles will shorten the print head life e Store the media and ribbon in a cool dry place Avoid areas where they would be exposed to direct sunlight high temperature high humidity dust or gas e The thermal paper used for direct thermal printing must not have specifications which exceed 800 ppm K 250 ppm and 500 ppm e Some ink used on pre printed media may contain ingre
141. voltage fine adjustment 14 PC KEY 15 step to 0 step Ribbon feed motor driving voltage fine adjustment 15 PC KEY 15 step to 10 step 16 X axis fine adjustment 99 5 mm to 99 5 mm 17 Threshold manual fine adjustment for the black mark 0 0V to 4 0V sensor 18 7 manual fine adjustment for the feed gap 0 0V to 4 0V A4 28 APPENDIX 4 SYSTEM MODE EO1 33029 A4 7 Additional Information A4 7 2 Maintenance Counter Parameter Check Print Sample and Descriptions Cont 850 PC 851 PC 1252 LATIN9 Chatact r PC 852 PC 855 PC 1253 Arabic PC 857 PC 1250 PC 1254 19 PC 8 PC 1251 PC 1257 Boni odie 0 No slash used Slash used AUTO Automatic selection ESC LF NUL ESC LF NUL mode 1 Mainframe mode 1 1C 1D Manual 2400 2400 bps 4800 4800 bps 9600 9600 bps 19200 19200 bps 7 7 bits 22 Pu ent NON None 23 Parity ODD ODD EVEN EVEN XON XOFF XON XOFF READY BUSY READY BUSY DTR 24 Transmission control code XON READY AUTO XON XOFF READY BUSY DTR XON XOFF AUTO XON XOFF READY BUSY RTS RTS ENGLISH English GERMAN German FRENCH French 25 Language selection for LCD message DUTCH Dutch SPANISH Spanish JAPANESE Japanese ITALIAN Italian 2 ON Available 26 Auto forward wait in cut mode OFF Unavailable FEED Feeds one label 27 Feed key function PRINT Prints image buffer on one label TYPE 1 Windows code ty Kanji code type Not s
142. y problems 3 Paper Guide Release Lever D as shown below Raise the Print Head Block to its fully open position as shown by the arrow Q in the diagram below Print Head Print Head Block Element Head Block Release Lever Release Paper Guide Locking Levers on two Paper Guides as shown in the figure below Grasp the right hand Paper Guide and move it to the right to open the Paper Guides wide enough to accept the media Feed the media between the two guides Feed the paper under the Upper Sensor Ass y and pull the paper until it extends past the Platen until it extends past the cutter outlet when the optional Cutter Module is attached Grasp the right Paper Guide and move it to the left to close both Paper Guides and automatically center the media Press the Paper Guide Locking Levers to lock the Paper Guides in place Paper Guide Ass y Paper Guide Platen Locking Lever 2 10 Upper Sensor 2 PRINTER SETUP 1 33029 2 7 Loading the Media 2 7 3 Loading Media into the 10 After loading the media don t forget to move the Supply Holder Printer Cont Unit to the forward notches of the Supply Roll Frame as shown below 11 If you are using labels or thick tag paper then it may be necessary to increase the head pressure by lowering the Head Pressure Adjust Lever in the figure below H

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