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3. PRINTER OPERATION
ENGLISH VERSION EO1-33028
3.1 Overview
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3. PRINTER OPERATION
3.1 Overview
3.2 Operating Modes
This section will provide a functional overview of how the printer
receives print data from your host computer and how it will operate in the
various operating modes
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 the 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.
There are numerous label design software packages commercially
available to operate with your PC and this printer, so please refer to the
instructions included with the software you purchase. However, if you
wish to create your own custom label programs you can do so using
TEC’s Command Language Program provided in TEC’s External
Equipment Interface Manual.
The thermal print head consists of a line of 2560 thermal elements with
each element shaped like a tiny dot. The dot line is 216.8 mm (8.5
inches) 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 specialised stepping motors and photo-
sensors. The Feed Gap Sensor or the Black Mark Sensor tells the printer
electronics when the label or tag stock is properly positioned under the
head for 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 the media downward against the Tear
Off Bar to tear off the printed label.
NOTES:
1. Label design software
package may require
Windows Driver. If so,
please obtain the Driver
from the Web Site with the
following URL:
http://barcode.toshibatec.
co.jp
2. For the details of External
Equipment Interface
Manual, please contact
your nearest TEC service
representative.