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Microcom 438 User Manual (214 pages)

Brand: Microcom | Category: Printers | Size: 3.17 MB |

English

Table of contents

Table of Contents

5

Introduction

11

1.1 General Specifications

12

1.3 Media Specifications

13

2.1 Fonts

14

2.2 Graphics

14

2.3 Bar codes

14

 One-dimensional

14

 Two-dimensional

14

2.4 Special Features

15

2.5 Options

15

3.2 Connecting the Printer

16

3.2.1 Printer Power

17

3.3 Loading Media

19

3.4.1 Print Button

21

3.5 Printer Modes

22

3.5.1 Idle Mode: GREEN

22

3.5.2 Halted Mode: RED

23

3.5.4 Diagnostic Mode

23

Getting Started Chapter 3

25

4.1 Control Characters

26

4.2 LDS Design Exercises

26

4.2.2 Format Creation

27

Microcom

29

Corporation

29

4.4.9 SPG (Steps Past Gap)

33

4.5 Sample Header

35

4.6 Label Format Fields

35

4.6.4 CC (Character Count)

37

14pt ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR

39

4.8 Reverse Video

45

4.8.1 Reverse Video

45

Chapter 5 Printer Commands

48

5.1.1 Enquiry Responses

50

5.2.1 Software Switches

52

5.3 General Purpose I/O

71

5.4 Specialized Print Modes

73

5.4.2 USB Image Print Mode

74

5.4.6 Registration Commands

77

5.4.7 Auto-size Commands

78

5.4.8 AutoHeader Commands

79

5.5.1 AutoLoad + Form Feed

80

5.6 Printing Commands

83

5.9.1 Cutter Type

88

5.9.2 Kiosk Cutter Commands

88

5.9.4 Cutter Hold-off

90

5.10.1 Tag/Tear Operation

91

5.12 Memory Commands

92

5.13 Printer Code Update

97

6.1 FLASH Data Types

102

6.2 RAM Data Types

102

7.1 FLASH Data Types

110

7.2 RAM Data Types

110

7.3.1 SFP2MIC.exe Program

111

7.3.2 FONTCV16.exe Program

111

7.4 Font Download Methods

111

7.5 Font Structure

114

Chapter 8: Bar Codes

118

8.1.14 MaxiCode, TCI 38

124

ABC#3012345#5abc

127

8.1.18 Code 93, TCI 43

128

8.1.19 PDF-417, TCI 46

128

Text string

130

8.1.20 Datamatrix, TCI 47

131

8.1.22 Planet Code, TCI 49

138

8.1.23 UCC/EAN 128, TCI 50

139

8.2 Bar Code Rotation

143

ROTATIONS

144

Text & Extended Bars

145

Bar Codes Chapter 8

147

9.2 Character Sets

148

9.3 Code Pages

148

9.3.1 Code Pages

149

9.3.2 Danish Code Page

150

9.3.3 860 Code Page

151

9.3.4 Spanish Code Page

152

9.3.5 850 Code Page

152

Code Switching Chapter 9

153

Figure 9-5 Code Page - 850

153

9.3.6 German Code Page

154

9.3.7 865 Code Page

155

9.3.8 Swiss Code Page

156

9.3.9 852 Code Page

156

9.3.10 French Code Page

158

9.3.11 863 Code Page

159

9.3.12 Swedish Code Page

160

9.3.13 437 Code Page

160

9.3.14 Italian Code Page

162

9.3.15 British Code Page

163

9.3.16 USA Code Page

164

10.1 Maintenance Schedule

166

10.2 Thermal Printer Card

166

10.3 Internal Cleaning

169

10.4 Print head Maintenance

170

10.6 Exterior Cleaning

171

11.1 Troubleshooting Tips

172

General Index

174

1-1, 3-3

177

Appendix

184

Glossary

206

Appendix D: User Notes

210

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