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1. e LabelGap Recommended 3 Omm 0 12in Minimum 1 27mm 0 05in Maximum 25 Omm 0 98in TheLabelStopSensormustbeabletodetecttheextremefront edgesofthelabels Formoreinformation see LabelStop Sensor onpagel04 MediaTypeSetup GapStock EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix B Media Specifications e Tickets With Gaps Gap Stock 118 a MediaWidth Minimum 25mm 1 00in Maximum 120mm 4 72in b LinerWidth Minimum withoutLTS 8mm 0 32in Minimum withLTS 12mm 0 47in Formoreinformation see LabelTakenSensor onpage7 Maximum 6 143mm 241in providedthereisasufficient amountoffreeSDRAMmemory c LSSDetectionPosition Variable see LabelStopSensor on pagel04 Appendix B Media Specifications d DetectionLength Thelengthofthedetectionslit excludingcornerradii mustbea minimumof2 5mm 0 10in toeitherside rightorleft ofthe labelstopsensordetectionposition e DetectionHeight Recommended 1 6mm 0 06in Minimum 1 27mm 0 05in Maximum 25 Omm 0 98in MediaTypeSetup GapStock Note Handleperforatedmediacarefullytoavoidripsorbreaks alongtheperforations Brokenorrippedperforations particularly attheedges maycausethemediatobreakormisfeedduring printing h 0 0 i i EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix B Media Specifications Tickets With Blac
2. EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Before You Begin xii Web Support Visitthelntermecwebsiteatwww intermec comtodownload ourcurrentmanuals inPDF Toorderprintedversionsofthe Intermecmanuals contactyourlocalIntermecrepresentativeor distributor VisitthelIntermectechnicalknowledgebase Knowledge Central atwww intermec comandcl ickSupport gt Knowledge Centraltoreviewtechnicalinformationortorequesttechnical supportforyourIntermecproduct Telephone Support TheseservicesareavailablefromIntermec In the USA and Canada call 1 800 755 5505 and Services OrderIntermec Placeanorder products Order IntermecOrderprinterlabelsand media Orderspare parts Technical Support Service Servicecontracts Askaboutanexisting contract e Renewacontract e Inquireaboutrepair billingorotherservice invoicingquestions Before You Begin OutsidetheU S A andCanada contactyourlocal Intermec representative Tosearchforyourlocalrepresentative fromthe Intermecwebsite clickAboutUs gt ContactUs Service Location Support Forthemostcurrentlistingofservicelocations clickSupport gt ReturnsandRepairs RepairLocations FortechnicalsupportinSouthKorea usetheafterservice locationslistedbelow AWOOSystems 102 13045KVent ium 522Dang jung dong Gunpo si Gyeonggi doKorea South435 776 Contact Mr SinbumKang Telephone 82 31 436 1191 E mail mjyun awoo co kr INInformationSystem
3. Printhead Cleaning Cleaningtheprintheadonaregularbasisisimportantforthelife oftheprintheadandfortheprintoutauality Youshouldclean theprintheadeachtimeyoureplacethemedia Thissection describeshowtocleantheprintheadusingcleaningcards If additionalcleaningisreguired forexampleremovingadhesive residuefromtheplatenrollerortearbar useacottonswab moistenedwithisopropylalcohol Isopropylalcohol CH 3 2CHOH CAS67 63 0 isahighly flammable moderatelytoxic andmildlyirritatingsubstance W Ming To clean the printhead 1Openthefrontandsidedoors 2Turntheprintheadliftlevercounterclockwisetoraisethe printhead 88 Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer 3Removeanymediaandtransferribbon 4Openthecleaningcardenvelopeandpulloutthecleaning card Readthewarningtext P SLs 5Insertmostofthecleaningcardundertheprinthead 1 Engagetheprinthead 2 s pen le o EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer 7Waitforapproximately30secondstoallowthecleaningfluid todissolvetheresidue 8Insertmostofthecleaningcardundertheprintheadagain 1 Engagetheprinthead 2 90 Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer 9Pulloutthecleaningcard Ifnecessary repeattheprocesswith afreshcleaningcard 10Allowthecleanedpartstodrycompletelybeforeloadingany mediaandribbon EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Cha
4. 11Routethelabelsaroundtheguideplateandbackunderthe printunittothetakeuphub 12Windupsomeofthemediaonthetakeuphub 1 andsecure itwiththegreenclip 2 13Thisdiagramshowsthepaththemediawilltakethroughthe printer EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media 14Turntheprintheadliftlevertothe closed position 15Adjustthepositionofthegreenedgeguidessothatthemedia isguidedwithaminimumofplay 40 Chapter 4 Loading Media 17PressFeed Pausetoadvancethemediaandadjustthemedia feed External Supply Fanfold Thissectiondescribesthecasewhenanexternalmediasupplyis usedsuchasastackoffanfoldticketsoranexternalmediaroll Itispossibletosimplyletthemediaentertheprinterthrough eitherofthetwoslotsintherearplate However werecommend theoptional IntermecFanfoldKit whichprovidesadjustable guidestomoreaccuratelyguidethemediaintotheprinter The FanfoldKitcanbefittedtoeithertheupperorthelowerslotin therearplate Whenusinganexternalmediasupply takecaretoprotectthe mediafromdust dirt andotherforeignparticlesthatcanimpair theprintoutaualityorcauseunnecessaryweartotheprinthead Dependingonbrandandauality alldirectthermalmediaare moreorlesssensitivetoheat directsunlight moisture oil plasticizers fat andothersubstances Protectthemedia accordingly Externalsupplycanbeusedfor e Tear offoperation e Cut offoperation e Peel offoperation upperslo
5. 124 Baudrate 9600 Characterlength 8bits Parity None otopbits RTS CTS Disabled ENQ ACK Disabled XON XOFF Disabled bothways NewLine CR LF Tochangetheinterfacesettings see SettingUpthePrinter on paged3 SIgnals On Printer s Serial Port DB 9 Oo 0 MN O OF A WO N r Theexternal 5Vislimitedto500mAandisautomaticallyswitched offatoverload Guide IPL Version Appendix C Interfaces RS 232 Interface Interface Cable Computerend Dependsoncomputermode Printerend DB 9plug USB Interface ThisprintersupportsUSBvl 1 alsocalledUSB2 Ofullspeed TousetheUSBinterfaceforprintingfromaPC youneeda specialIntermecUSBprinterdriverinstalledinyourPC Theprinterisaso called self powereddevice Werecommend thatyouonlyconnectoneprintertoeachUSBportonthehost eitherdirectlyorviaahub Otherdevices likeakeyboardanda mouse canbeconnectedtothesamehub Ifyouneedtoconnect morethanoneIntermecUSBprintertoahost youshoulduse differentUSBports UsingaUSBClassA Bcable connecttheClassAplugtoyour PCorhubandtheClassBplugtoyourprinter TheUSBinterfaceisessentiallyaone waycommunication interface ThereisnocommunicationsetupfortheUSBport USB Class A connector EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix C Interfaces USB Class B connector USB Interface Optional Interfaces TheprintercanoptionallybefittedwithanIEEE1284Parallel Interfac
6. 130 PE PAPO MEP 130 See she ari caries 130 siakol 131 MediaSensitivityNumbersforIntermec ApprovedMediaandRibbons 132 EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Before You Begin Before You Begin Thissectionprovidesyouwithsafetyinformation technical supportinformation andsourcesforadditional product information Safety Summary Yoursafetyisextremelyimportant Readandfollowal warningsandcautionsinthisdocumentbeforehandling andoperatinglntermecequipment Youcanbeseriously injured andequipmentanddatacanbedamagedifyoudo notfollowthesafetywarningsandcautions Do not repair or adjust alone Donotrepairoradjustenergizedegu1ipmentaloneunder anycircumstances Someonecapableofprovidingfirstaid mustalwaysbepresentforyoursafety First aid Alwaysobtainfirstaidormedicalattentionimmediately afteraninjury Neverneglectanin jury nomatterhow slightitseems Resuscitation Beginresuscitationimmediatelyifsomeoneisinjuredand stopsbreathing Anydelaycouldresultindeath Towork onornearhighvoltage youshouldbefamiliarwith approvedindustrialfirstaidmethods Energized equipment Neverworkonenergizedequipmentunlessauthorizedbya responsibleauthority Energizedelectricalequipmentis dangerous Electricalshockfromenergizedequipmentcan causedeath Ifyoumustperformauthorizedemergency workonenergizedequipment besurethatyoucomply strictlywithapprovedsafetyregulations Before You Begin Safety Icons Thissectionexpl
7. 8Readjustthemediafeedbyraisingandclosingtheprinthead andthenpressingFeed Pause 100 11 Adjustments Thischapterdescribeshowtheoperatorcanad justtheprinter Thechaptercoversthefollowingtopics e NarrowMediaAd justment e PrintheadPressureAd justment e LabelStopSensorAd justment EasyCoder PX4i Bar Codel01 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 11 Adjustments Narrow Media Theprinterisfactory adjustedforfullsizemediawidth When usingnarrowermedia adjustthepressurearmsoitremains centeredonthemediaandappliespressureevenly Apoorlyad justedpressurearmmaybedetectedbyaweaker printoutoneithersideofthemediapath To adjust the pressure arm 1Removetheribbon ifany 2Loosentheknobthatholdsthepressurearm Movethearm inwardsoroutwardsuntilthearrowonthetipofthearm becomescenteredonthemediastock Whi lemovingthearm pushatthepartwheretheknobis situated notatthetip Ifthearmishardtomove liftthe printheadandpulltheprintheadbracketfreefromthe magnetinthearm 3Lockthearminthenewpositionbytighteningtheknob 4Re adjusttheedgeguides 5Reloadtheribbon ifany Center of media Pressure arm Edge guides Pressure Arm adjustment 102 Chapter 11 Adjustments Printhead Pressure au 0 Thepressureofthethermalprintheadagainsttheribbonor directthermalmediaisfactoryad justed However theuseof thickerorthinnermediathannormalcouldreguiretheprinthead pressuretobereadjusted Turnthead justmentknobcl
8. C tin au io Theprintheadissub jecttowearbothfromthedirectthermal mediaortransferribbonandfromtherapidheatingandcooling processduringprinting Thus theprintheadwillrequireperiodic replacement Timebetweenprintheadreplacementsdependsontheprint images thetypeofdirectthermalmediaorribboninuse the amountofenergytotheprinthead theprintspeed theambient temperature andseveralotherfactors Whilereplacingtheprinthead thepowermustbeoff The firmwarewillnotdetectthenewprintheadresistanceand densityuntiltheprinterhasbeenrestarted Note Checkthatthedensityofthenewprintheadmatchesthe printheadyouarereplacing Whileyoucanswitchbetween densitiesatwill theprintoutwillbeaffectedaccordingly Note Priortoinstallingthe406dpiprintheadonthePX41 printerthefirmwaremustbeupdatedtoIPLFirmwareversion 2 74 Oorhigher To replace the printhead 1Openthefrontandsidedoors EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer 2Turntheprintheadliftlevercounterclockwisetoraisethe printhead 96 Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer 4Pulltheprintheadbracketawayfromthemagnetinthe pressurearm 5Disconnectthehookedprintheadbracketfingersfromthe shaftandpul louttheprintheadasfarasthecablesal low EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer 6Disconnectthecablesfromtheprinthead Notethesnap lock ontheinnerconnect
9. Detailedoverviewsareshownonthefollowingpages Chapter 7 Setup Mode Starting point SETUP CONFIGURATION SETUF TEST SERVICE Setup Modes Serial Communication Continued on a the next page Scroll forward aj Scroll back al fp Scroll forward aj Scroll back i U a Scroll back Legend Dottedboxesandlinesindicateoptions Thickboxesindicatesdefaultoptions Values inside brackets indicate default settings EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 7 Setup Mode Network Option These menus will only be displayed when an optional EasyLAN interface board is installed Continued from the previous page Scroll forward je ij Scroll back all 70 Chapter 7 Setup Mode Media Continued from the previous page jee Scroll forward b i a Scroll back E de Y jp Scroll forward P ses Scroll back al Configuration Continued from the previous page Scroll forward ij Scroll back je Scroll back I press lt Enter gt EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 7 Setup Mode 72 Options ThischapterdescribestheoptionsavailablefortheEasyCoder PX4iprinter Theoptionscanbefactoryinstalled field installed byanauthorizedservicetechnician orinsomecasesinstalledby theoperator EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code73 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter
10. andprinters Display Messages and LED Indications Error Event Operational Outofpaper Outoftransferribbon Transferribbonis installed Headlifted Cuttererrorl Cuttererror2 Cuttererror3 Lsstoohigh Lsstoolow Testfeednotdone Pressfeednotdone Pausemodeentered Setupmodeentered IPlinkerror IPconfigurationerrorBlink Printheadnotfound Rebooted Initializing Printercrash Printerturnedoff Maintenance Chapter 9 Troubleshooting EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 9 Troubleshooting Display Messages and LED Indications Error Event Powersupplyover temperature Printheadhot HOT Notel ThisisonlyapplicableforprintersequippedwithanEasyLANinterface Note2 Aprinterthat isequippedwithanEasyLANinterface butisnotconnectedtoa network willhaveablinkingRTW Toavoidthis theusercanset IPSELECTION to MANUAL and IPADDRESS to 0 0 0 0 Thiswillindicatethattheuserdoesnotregard thelackofnetworkconnectionasanerror Note3 Notrapcanbesentwhenthiserror eventoccurs Note4 ThiserrorindicatesthattheprinterhasnotreceivedanlPaddress Itisonlyapplicable forprinterswithIPSELECTIONsettoDHCPand orBOOTP Note5 Atmost butnotall printercrashes theconsoleisreset ThiswillmaketheRTWgo off Note6 Iftheprintheadtemperatureraisesabovel00 C 212 F anerroroccursand theprintingwillbepauseduntiltheprintheadhascooledoff Meanwhile theprinteris abletore
11. ESV Ma Vo as ce O A DO O O O P O aA 2 Prode ICE ie BOT Sas 62 p da AA eae ara enh NN 3 2 AOL Ana Ai AA ata ada ola 5 Installation Unpaciinetne PPL Oe tee o dS eee ees Mette 84b 6 POU VOW NOM OR O E apap Se ao ae O ON Rw T R SE RE nl EA GR O E O O EE nl 8 M diaG ompar Une bz 45485 1035 cae OER HLS EES AA AA 9 Prin Mech ik sr Gh bee bee ood ooo wooo es 10 Connecti me theP IN O eaen Wet ee Meus Gea il 11 COMPITO an a ARA A OT EEE TaN 11 ROR A rra a este teats a A ele T 11 VSD PMG CT ACE a Na od 11 OTO an Pie ea O a n is it e eo iaa 1 Ista Eerste eal A a O OV TZ DAC O K adh geek ena oie assis as oes P One ow we ee 13 Ko oa ra O P edwin PE ee ee 14 DOEDE A O a O O ca se a hal ie 2 14 EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version PP O o O O OC ein Bae Oe O dd ee 15 3 Starting Up SLC NOM Ne PT inten acaso dl a dr AE oe ven da 16 PO O O II O O 17 4 Loading Media TearsOr tS tral oat Fota B ra da ee ld p dua cn lakes 18 AURO JE MER O O O O O OL O 20 Pes ESO LESS da O O O O O E 28 InternalBatehltakeiptko kE t0 RoL z Askalon ea Lea a a 34 ada A VES RN E V E heath O OVO ROK ate e a 41 PO O a 45 5 Loading Ribbon for Thermal Transfer Printing Loadine RID Or NS KTE OK MOON AAA 46 6 KREV OV OAO O aee 53 Setting Up the Printer DESCOLPTLON a A Oud Rd A DOG OD OR REN Gis 54 Herul t eU nearr ects tee wank idad bee ee cruise Ei ek eo ets 55 Serral C OMIM LC ay LOM ea hase jawed sekt id edo iris setupParamet 2 ik
12. 8 Options Introduction TheEasyCoderPX4iprinterprovidesahighdegreeofflexibility becauseithasamodulardesign Byaddingoptionstothebasic printer theEasyCoderPX4iprintercanbeadaptedforavariety ofapplications Someoptionsshouldbeinstalledbyan authorizedservicetechnicianorareonlyavailableas factory installedoptions EasyLAN Wireless Antenna ____ Fanfold 3 inch Adapter included Label Taken Sensor Media Roll Retainer Paper Cutter Liner Batch Takeup PX4i options 74 Chapter 8 Options Liner Batch Takeup Kit Thisisafactory installedoptiononlyandisusedtoseparate labelsfromthelinerandwindupthespentlinerinsidethe printer smediacompartment Labels tickets tags etc canbe woundupinsidethemediacompartmentafterprintingbyfitting aspecialguidetothefrontoftheprintunit Thekitconsistsofasteppermotorthatdrivesthelinerdrive rollerintheprintunit fittedasstandard andatakeuphubin themediacompartment Aguideshaftisfittedtothecenter sectionimmediatelybehindtheslackabsorber Aguideplateis fittedattherearofthemediacompartmentandcanbeusedto replacethestandardtearbarontheprintunitforbatchtakeup operation Operationandmedialoadaredescribedin Peel 0ff Self Strip onpage28and InternalBatchTakeup Rol1 to Rol1 onpage34 Paper Cutter TheEasyCoderPX4iprintercaneasi lybefittedwithanoptional papercutter Thecutterunitreplacesthefrontdoororthelabel takensensor LTS ifoneisequipped Itisconnectedby
13. Donotputyourfingersinsidetheprintmechanismwhenthe powerison e Placetheprinteronanevensurfacewhichcansupportits weightofapproximately13kg 28 51b plussupplies e Donotspraytheprinterwithwater Ifyouareusingahoseto cleanthepremisesinanindustrialenvironment removethe printerorprotectitcarefullyfromsprayandmoisture e Carefullyreadthewarningtextontheenvelopebeforeusinga cleaningcard Product Identification Themachinelabelisattachedtotheprinter srearplateand containsinformationontype model andserialnumberaswell asACvoltage Italsocontainsregulatoryagencymarkings indicatingcompliancewithspecificagencyregulations ifany EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 1 Introduction 2 Installation ThischapterexplainshowtounpackandinstalltheEasyCoder PX4iprinterandalsodescribestheprinter svariouspartsin detail Itcoversthefollowingtopics e UnpackingthePrinter e ConnectingthePrinter e ControlsandIndicators EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code5 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 2 Installation Unpacking the Printer Beforeyouinstalltheprinter unpackandexamineitforpossible damageormissingparts To unpack the printer 1Opentheboxandlifttheprinterout 2Checkthattheprinterhasnotbeenvisiblydamagedduring transportation Keepthepackingmaterialsincaseyouneedto moveorreshiptheprinter 3Checkthelabelontheprinter srearplate whichgivesthe voltage thepartnumber andtheseria
14. Intermec HABI TELA Be HRA Ze 400 1199 021 Intermec User s Guide EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer IPL Version faterm ec 7j User s Guide EasyCoder PX41 Bar Code Label Printer IPL Version IntermecTechnologiesCorporation Wor ldwideHeadquarters 600136thAve W Everett WA98203 U S A www intermec com Theinformationcontainedhereinisprovidedsolelyforthepurposeofallowingcustomersto operateandservicelntermec manufacturedequipmentandisnottobereleased reproduced or usedforanyotherpurposewithoutwrittenpermissionofIntermecTechnologiesCorporation Informationandspecificationscontainedinthisdocumentaresubjecttochangewithoutprior noticedanddonotrepresentacommitmentonthepartofIntermecTechnologiesCorporation 2003 2008byIntermecTechnologiesCorporation Allrightsreserved ThewordIntermec theIntermeclogo Norand ArciTech CrossBar DataCollectionBrowser dcBrowser Duratherm EasyCoder EasyLAN EnterpriseWirelessLAN EZBui l der Fingerprint i gistics INCA underlicense InterDriver IntermecPrinterNetworkManager IRL JANUS Label Shop MobileFramework MobileLAN Nor Ware Pen Key PrecisionPrint PrintSet RoutePower TE2000 TrakkerAntares UAP UniversalAccessPoint andVirtual WedgeareeithertrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofIntermecTechnologiesCorporation ThereareU S andforeignpatentsaswellasU S andforeignpatentspending Throughoutthismanual trademarkednamesmaybeused Ra
15. PTDLTD 6thFloor DaeguVentureCenterBldg95 Shinchun3Dong Donggu DaeguCity Korea E mail jmyou idif co krorkorlim gw idif co kr Who Should Read This Manual ThisUser sGuideprovidesyouwithinformationaboutthe featuresoftheEasyCoderPX4iprinterandhowtoinstall configure operate maintain andtroubleshootit Related Documents Thelntermecwebsiteatwww intermec comcontainsour documents asPDFfiles thatyoucandownloadforfree To download documents 1VisittheIntermecwebsiteatwww intermec com 2ClickSupport gt Manuals 3IntheSelectaProductfield choosetheproductthatyou want todownloaddocumentationfor Toorderprintedversionsofthelntermecmanuals contact yourlocallntermecrepresentativeordistributor EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Before You Begin xiv 1 Introduction ThischapterintroducestheEasyCoderPX4iprinterandcovers thefollowingtopics e DescriptionofEasyCoderPX4iPrinter e SafetySummary e ProductIdentification EasyCoder PX4i Bar Codel Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 1 Introduction Description of EasyCoder PX4i Printer TheEasyCoderPX4iprinterisahigh volumethermal transfer printerwithaprintheadresolutionof Sdots mm 203dots inch orl6dots mm 406dots inch dependingonwhichprintheadisinstal led Themaximumprint widthis112mm 4 5in witheitherprinthead TheEasyCoderPX4iprinteroffersalargenumberofuseful features e Highspeedprintingupto300m
16. abelcontainsasingleformatthatyoucanuseto evaluatetheprintqualityofaparticularformat Thisoption printslabelsforalltheformatsstoredintheprinter smemory Page ThePageLabelteststheabilityoftheprintertoreceiveandprint singleormultiplepagesoflabeldatathatissentfromthehost Thisoptionprintslabelsforallthepagesstoredintheprinter s memory UDC TheUDCLabelteststheabilityoftheprintertoreceiveand printsingleormultipleuser definedcharacters bitmapgraphics thataresentfromthehost Thisoptionprintslabelsforallthe UDCsstoredintheprinter smemory Font TheFontLabelcontainsallthecharactersinasinglefont This optionprintslabelsforalltheuser definedfonts UDF storedin theprinter smemory Media Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Data Dump Ifdatadumpisenabledbyselectingthe Yes option theprinter printsalldataandprotocolcharactersreceivedontheserialport AnASCI landhexadecimalrepresentationofeachcharacteris printed Memory Reset Therearetwooptions Thememorywillberesettofactory defaultassoonasanoptionhasbeenselectedandEnteris pressed Selectbetween All whichresetstheentirememory and Configuration whichjustresetstheconfigurationpartof thememory LSS Test Fordescription see LabelStopSensor onpagel04 Themediaparameterstellthefirmwarethecharacteristicsofthe mediathatwillbeused sotheprintoutwillbepositioned correctlyandgetthebestaualitypossible Media Type TheMediaTypeparameterscontro
17. ainshowtoidentifyandunderstandthe warnings cautions andnotesthatareinthisdocument Youmayalsoseeiconsthattel lyouwhentofol lowESD procedures Awarningalertsyouofanoperatingprocedure practice condition orstatementthatmustbestrictlyobservedtoavoid deathorseriousinjurytothepersonsworkingonthe Waning equipment Acautionalertsyoutoanoperatingprocedure practice condition orstatementthatmustbestrictlyobservedto T preventequipmentdamageordestruction orcorruptionor aula lossofdata 4 Thisiconappearsatthebeginningofanyprocedureinthis manual thatcouldcauseyoutotouchcomponents suchas MA printedcircuitboards thataresusceptibletodamagefrom F I wESp electrostaticdischarge ESD Whenyouseethisicon youmust 9 followstandardESDguidelinestoavoiddamagingthe Protedt n res equipmentyouareservicing Note Noteseitherprovideextrainformationaboutatopicor containspecialinstructionsforhandlingaparticularconditionor setofcircumstances Global Services and Support Warranty Information TounderstandthewarrantyforyourIntermecproduct visitthe Intermecwebsiteatwww intermec comandclickSupport gt ReturnsandRepairs gt Warranty Disclaimerofwarranties Thesamplecodeincludedinthis documentispresentedforreferenceonly Thecodedoesnot necessarilyrepresentcomplete testedprograms Thecodeis provided asiswithallfaults Allwarrantiesareexpressly disclaimed includingtheimpliedwarrantiesofmerchantabi lity andfitnessforaparticularpurpose
18. anddispose ofanywound upliner 2 EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media 4Removeanyemptycorefromthemediasupplyhub 5Inthecaseofamediarollwitha76mm 3in core fitan adapteronthemediasupplyhub 6Fitanewrollofmediaontothemediasupplyhubandpush therollinwardsasfarasitwillgo 30 Chapter 4 Loading Media 7Routethemediaunderneaththeslackabsorberandforward towardstheprintmechanism Theslackabsorbercanbe rotatedforbetteraccessandthensnap lockedinopen position 8Routethemediathroughtheprintunitandpushitinwards asfarasitwillgo 9Pulloutapproximately40cm 15in oflabelsandremovethe labelsfromtheliner 31 Chapter 4 Loading Media 10Routethelineraroundthetearbarandbackundertheprint unit 11Securethelinertothetakeuphubwiththegreenclip 1 and rotatethehub 2 untilthemediaispul ledtight 12Thisdiagramshowsthepaththemediaandlinerwilltake throughtheprinter 32 Chapter 4 Loading Media 13Turntheprintheadliftlevertothe closed position 14Adjustthepositionofthegreenedgeguidessothatthemedia isguidedwithaminimumofplay EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media 16PressFeed Pausetoadvancethemediaandadjustthemedia feed Internal Batch Takeup Roll to Roll 34 TheEasyCoderPX4iprintercanprintonlabels tickets tags and continuousstockinvariousforms Thisse
19. asingle cabletotheDIN connectorontheprinter sfront Thepaper cutterisavallablebothasafactory 1nstalledoptionandasa operator installablekit Thepapercutterincreasestheprinter stotalweightby approximatelyl Okg 2 21b anditslengthby28mm 1 lin Thepapercutterisintendedtocutthroughcontinuousnon adhesivepaper basedmediaorthroughthelinerbetweenlabels Itmustnotcutthroughanyadhesive whichwouldsticktothe cuttingpartsandrapidlyrenderthecutterinoperable possibly alsocausingdamagetotheelectricmotor Maximumthickness fornormalpaper basedmaterialsisl175 u m 175grams m2 Thepapercuttercanbetiltedforwardinordertofacilitate cleaningandmediaload Formedialoadinstructions see Cut Off onpage23 EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 8 Options A W ring Shouldyouinadvertentlycutthroughself adhesivelabels you willhavetocleanthecuttingparts Tiltthecutterunitdownand wipeitusingapieceoftissuemoistenedwithisopropylalcohol Thecuttingedgewillrotatewhenthepowerisswitchedon andwhentheprinterisre booted Alwayskeepthecutterin closedpositionduringoperation Switchoffthepoweror disconnectthecutterbeforecleaning Keepyourfingersaway fromcuttingedges Note ThecuttermustbeenabledduringConfigurationinSetup Mode Formoreinformation see Cutter option onpage63 and Configuration onpage71 Fanfold Guides Thefanfoldguidesprovidemoreexactroutingofthemedia whenthesupplyis
20. ay em _ 11Routethemediathroughthecutterbetweenthetwoguide plates 12Closethecutterunitwhilepullingontheendofthemedia Closethesidedoorandthenswitchthepoweron EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media 13PressFeed Pausetoadvancethemediaandadjustthemedia feed Peel Oft Self Strip 28 TheEasyCoderPX4iprintercanprintonlabels tickets tags and continuousstockinvariousforms Thissectiondescribesthecasewhenself adhesivelabelsare separatedfromthelinerimmediatelyafterprinting which requiresanoptionalinternal liner batchtakeupunit Formore information see Liner BatchTakeupKit onpage75 Thisis alsoknownas Self strip operation Peel offcanonlybeusedforself adhesivelabelswithliner Anoptionallabel takensensorcanholdtheprintingofthenext labelinabatchuntilthepresentlabelhasbeenremoved See LabelTakenSensor onpage77 Note Peel offoperationsetshighdemandsonthemediafor properlabelstiffness releasecharacteristicsoftheadhesiveand liner resistanceagainstelectrostaticcharge andsoon Ifthese specificrequirementsarenotmet thelabelswillnotdispense properly Consultyourmediasupplierortestthemediatomake sureitissuitableforyourapplication Chapter 4 Loading Media To load media for peel off operation LOpenthefrontandsidedoors 2Turntheprintheadliftlevercounter clockwisetoraisethe printhead 3Pulloutthegreenclip 1 onthelinertakeuphub
21. ceivecommandsanddatauntilthebufferisfilled Theprintingis automaticallyresumedwhentheprintheadtemperaturehasreached85 C 185 F 82 Chapter 9 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Overall Weak Printout Possible Cause Wrongmediagrade Contrastvaluetoo low Printheadpressure toolow Wornprinthead Wrongprinthead voltage Printout Weaker On One Side Possible Cause Unevenprinthead pressure Weak Spots Possible Cause ForeignparticlesonCleanorreplace media Media ribbondon tChangetomatching match Poormediaor ribbonqual ity Wornprinthead Wornplatenrol ler EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 9 Troubleshooting Overall Dark Printout Possible Cause Wrongmediagrade Contrastvaluetoo high Printheadpressure toohigh Wrongprinthead voltage Excessive Bleeding Possible Cause Wrongmediagrade Contrastvaluetoo high PrintheadpressuretooAd justpressure high FaultyenergycontrolReplace CPU board Dark Lines Along Media Path Possible Cause Foreignobjectson printhead page88 White Vertical Lines Possible Cause Printheaddirty Replaceprinthead 84 Chapter 9 Troubleshooting Large Part Of Dot Line Missing Possible Cause Failingprinthead Failingstrobesignal Printout Missing Along Inner Edge Possible Cause Badmediaalignment Usingsmallcorewith supplypostinupper position X
22. ctiondescribesthecase whenprintedlabelsfittedonliner backingpaper or pre perforatedticketsandtagsarewoundupinsidetheprinter Therollofprintedlabels tickets ortagscanthenberemoved andbehandledmanually Thisrequiresanoptionalinternal liner batchtakeupunit Thetakeuphubcanaccommodate30to40 ofafull sizemedia roll Internalbatchtakeupcanbeusedfor e Self adhesivelabelsfittedonliner e Pre perforatedticketswithgaps e Pre perforatedticketswithmarks Chapter 4 Loading Media To load media for internal batch takeup operation 1Openthefrontandsidedoors 2Turntheprintheadliftlevercounter clockwisetoraisethe printhead EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media 4Loosenthesinglescrewthatholdstheguideplateattherear ofthemediacompartment 5Removethetearbarfromtheprintunitandreplaceitwith theguideplate 36 Chapter 4 Loading Media 6Inthecaseofamediarollwitha76mm lt 3in core fitan adapteronthemediasupplyhub 7Fitanewrollofmediaontothemediasupplyhubandpush therollinwardsasfarasitwillgo EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media 8Routethemediaunderneaththeslackabsorberandforward towardstheprintmechanism Theslackabsorbercanbe rotatedforbetteraccessandthensnap lockedinopen position 9Routethemediathroughtheprintunitandpushitinwards asfarasitwillgo 38 Chapter 4 Loading Media
23. e Rats 83 10 Maintaining the Printer PETR AC G Peaks weedy d ES Se ere B o Ara todo eee eae 88 External eanit esrus o id eae wa dv E Dae yee OA 92 CleaninetheLabelStop Sensor 34 8 dv dra cd a do ee oad 93 Repkaciete E PI Nea d dba A ATA A asd a ae Pata aloes 95 WIG O II P P a eg are SS 100 1 1 Adjustments Narrkowiledias Di oe site alee O O ea eek bee ee 102 Pe Pre Oda res Ue da et etal de ah r Dee eee boa ee 103 Me OE STOO OMe Ol se IN a CO O awa cates 104 A Technical Data B Media Specifications CAAT WM SFC a ii dg ok di 114 A A A OE VE SO O E O O OKO Non AdhesiveS trip Continuousstock s bz n bas Za V dd Sel t AdhesiveStrip COntinuousSt0clh mic adas S l t Adhesivebabel s GapS tok 4c adds Tiek tsWthGapsGapstock zit da ada TicketsWithBlackMark MarkStock lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt cc C Interfaces rs A A E l dod Esko ee Al Oe BAS E eee 124 Protocol Por hebet au ESSE at ac Bok a ear eames 124 WOT aCe Ca Wer niece ihe had Ohl AB i Bo dada o CMa Rae ob 125 WS BUCS C IC Oea a vine de aoe oak Anal as a le A E Ove R 125 viii Optional interaction D Media Sensitivity Number TheMediaSensitivityNumber MSN lt 2 2 cece cece eeees DeterminingthePrinter sCurrentMediaSensitivitySetting ChangingthePrinter sCurrentMediaSensitivitySetting DeterminingtheMSNforIntermec ApprovedMediaandRibbons DeterminingtheMSNforOtherMediaandRibbons
24. e n SLS 4 Batt tnd Badia Let Suan bee Ab ta zd ad eee ea m DATA a EEEE 96 96 96 57 57 of vi 59 59 6l 6l 6l 6l 6l 61 62 EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Sensitivity MediaSensitivityNumber 62 PERA VSR fede tei te tags S ya ias 62 Labe REST Od Dres i ces beers pata ee eee ee dro or aks 62 FOr MAC DOVER Oe eae dce 62 POC MN PIONS S a Atlin Re te edie a O ots 62 KOO Wy sud red poz Pi A oe aN oP ae 62 NR PERA EVE lena os dat sede NS bate Se ssi VO RO elle ee CN 63 Con TOU OT 15 65 A o eek hee ame ee ao doc a B 63 PowerUp Rn Lat LO se 2 2 ak id B dra are BSA 63 A wee O ee ee O 63 CU DEY ODEIO aia tata ey 63 kabel TakenSensor Optio atra dara dra 64 Return inetokac tor Default et cuina id dad 64 7 Setup Mode Nayigatinal net Mode 44 aed ES dica 68 SLU INMI ty E O Te E E O O O gh ee we ee ee ee 69 8 Options IME POUUCE ION esla taa dida cd a ra tdi 14 Liner Bate Ta CUT ati an ias 75 Fee TC HE ds ii 19 Fano VAG UNC Se dr tii it ee by bak e 76 MSE OMAN O O O O E O 76 DIC NAC aL el whens E OE wen see O Be de TT Labelitakensensor kod ou ae aun dl oat woe es e ona Ae BO o TT Taterkaceboardss eaea NV dada K Vee a la O a es TT 9 Troubleshooting Litermneckead 160W Ok Indi tator nuaren ea Mu A Bw n iaa 80 EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version TOU TOOL GB sta Bek cael oq sa AOA Se gaat aie td au hee eal ornd a E Saud a
25. eBoardattheright handsideoftheprinter srearplate TheprintercanalsobefittedwithoneofthefollowingEasyLAN interfaceboardsforconnectiontoaLocalAreaNetwork LAN e FasyLANEthernetInterface e EasyLANWirelessInterface IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Board a Parallel Interface Connector 126 Appendix C Interfaces EasyLAN Ethernet Interface RJ 45 Connector EasyLAN Antenna l m m Forinformationonhowtosetup operate configure and troubleshootanEasyLANinterface pleaserefertothefollowing manualsincludedonthePrinterCompanionCD e HasyLANInterfacekitInstallationInstructions e FasyLANWirelessInterfaceKitInstallationlnstructions e FasyLANUser sGuide e FasyLANNetworkSetupUser sGuide EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix C Interfaces 128 D Media Sensitivity Number ThisappendixdescribeshowtodeterminethecorrectMedia SensitivityNumber MSN forvarioustypesofdirectthermal mediaorthermaltransferribbon Italsoincludesinstructionson howtodeterminetheprinter scurrentmediasensitivitysetting andhowtoad justit EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code129 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix D Media Sensitivity Number The Media Sensitivity Number MSN Themediasensitivitynumberspecifiestheamountofheatthe printheadneedstoimagealabel Theamountofheatrequiredis uniqueduetodifferentchemistriesandmanufacturingprocesses Settingthemediasensitivitycorrec
26. eprinter shome page providedtheprinterhasanoptionalEasyLANconnection Range 0 150withpresetvaluesatanintervalof10 Avalue largerthanl50setsthepapersensorto0 Defaultvalue 0 TheribbonlowsensorcanalsobesetusinganIPLcommand lt STX gt lt S I gt jn lt ETX gt Power Up Emulation Theemulationmodeletsyouprintbarcodelabelsthatwere originallydesignedonan86XXprinterinmultiplesof10or15 mil Whentheprinterisworkinginemulationmode notallIPL commandsaresupported Foracompletelistofcommands availableduringemulationmode seethelatestversionofthe ZPL ProgrammingReferenceManual P N066396 xxx Toreturnfromemulationmode selectemulation none default Print Speed Youcanselecttheprintspeedfrom4in sec 100mm sec tol2 in sec 300mm sec withanintervaloflin sec Thehigherthe printspeed themorewearontheprinthead sodonotusea higherprintspeedthannecessary Somedirectthermalmediaor ribbon mediacombinationsmaynotal lowthehighest alternativeswithouttheprintoutqualitybeingadverselyaffected Cutter option Bydefault NotInstalled isdisplayed Ifacutterisinstal led youmustmanual lyindicatethatconditiontothefirmwareby selectingeither Enable or Disable Onceyouhavedonethat youcanalsouselPLcommandstoenableordisablethecutter lt STX gt R lt ETX gt enterprint configurationmode lt STX gt CO lt ETX gt Disablecutter lt STX gt C1 lt ETX gt Enablecutter EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Versio
27. eprintunit whentheprintheadisraised AlignthecenterpointoftheV shapeduppersensorwiththecenteroftheslotsormarkstobe detected Thelinearmarkingsonthelowerguideplatecanalsobeusedfor positioningoftheLSSbecausetheyarespacedwi thanintervalof exactlylcm 0 39in Thismethodisespeciallyusefulforblack marks measurethelateralpositionoftheblackmarkswitha rulerbeforeloadingthemedia Detection slots h Upper part of LSS A Adjustment screw Label Stop Sensor adjustment 104 Chapter 11 Adjustments IntheTest ServicepartoftheSetupMode youcantestthelabel stopsensorifyouhaveadetectionproblem Themenuprovidesonlyindicationsfromthelabelstopsensor unit Thetestingmenucandetermineifthesensorunitisnot physicallyinposition isblockedbydustorstucklabels oris defectiveinsomeway Furthermore thisisanaidifmediahas detectioncomplications Note ThereisnowaytoadjusttheLSS function Themenus onlyindicatevaluesfromtheLss e Checkthattheprinterissetupforthetypeofmedialoaded inyourprinter NavigatetoSetupMode gt Media gt Media type gt Gap Mark orContinuous e Liftandlowertheprinthead thenpresstheFeed Pausekey e Makesurethatthereisalabel notagapormark atthe LSS e Checkthatthemediaisroutedasclosetothecentersectionas theguidesal low e EntertheSetupModeandnavigatetoSetupMode gt Test Service gt LSSTest gt LSSAuto i Themenushouldlooklike LSS Auto this withthecursorplacedin J thecenter Gapdetection Liftthe LSS Auto
28. ernal media supply Memory card slot Provision for two optional interface boards m On O Switch ___ Bar code wand socket wand AC Power cord socket i 200 a 7 RS 232 serial interface uartl m Machine label Intake slot for external media supply Rear View Chapter 2 Installation Media Compartment Themediacompartmentiscoveredbythesidedoorwhichcan beopened180 downwardstoprovidecompleteaccesstothe mediaandribbonloadingarea Thedoorisheldclosedbya magneticlock Itcanbecompletelyremovedbyopeningitand thenpullingitforward Themediacanbesuppliedfromarotatinghuborfroman externalsupplyoffanfoldedmediabehindtheprinter Formore information see Options onpage73 Ribbon supply hub Ribbon rewind hub i Media Compartment EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 2 Installation Print Mechanism Theprintmechanismfeaturesahigh performancethermal printheadwithquick mountfittingstofacilitatereplacement Pressure arm locking knob Printhead pressure adjustment knob i k o R m _ Pressure arm Thermal printhead i Tear bar O Upper label stop sensor f guide removable lever Lower label stop sensor guide removable Label stop sensor position adjustment screw Print Mechanism 10 Chapter 2 Installation Connecting the Printer To connect the printer to powe
29. eserialport Note Theserialcommunicationparametershavenoeffecton paral lelorEasyLANcommunications Makesuretheprinter scommunicationparametersmatchthe setupoftheconnecteddeviceorviceversa Ifthesetupofthe printerandthesetupofthehostdonotmatch theresponsefrom theprintertohostwillbegarbled Baud Rate Thebaudrateisthetransmissionspeedinbitspersecond There aresoptions e 1200 e 2400 e 4800 e 9600 default e 19200 e 38400 e 57600 e 115200 Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Data Bits Databitsspecifiesthenumberofbitsthatwilldefineacharacter e 7CharactersASCI1000tol27decimal e 8CharactersASCI1000t0255decimal default Parity Theparitydecideshowthefirmwarewillcheckfortransmission errors Therearefouroptions e None default e Even e Odd e Space Stop Bits Thenumberofstopbitsspecifieshowmanybitswilldefinethe endofacharacter Therearetwooptions e 1 default 2 Protocol XON XOFF default IntheXON XOFFprotocol dataflowcontrolisachievedby usingXON DC1 andXOFF DC3 characters Messageblocks arenotreguiredtobebracketedbytheStartofText STX and EndofText ETX characters However atpoweruporaftera resetallcharactersexceptENAorVTwillbeignoreduntilan STXisdetected Themessagelengthinthisprotocolis unrestricted Thatis theprinterprocessesinformationasitis beingdownloadedandstopswhenthereisnomoreinformation XON XOFFprotocolconformstogeneral lyacceptedindustry standards Noend of messagerespon
30. etersorinchesdependsontheprintheaddensity Convert asfollows 8dots mm 203dots inch printhead 1dot 0 125mm 0 0049 in 4 9mi 1s 16dots mm 406dots inch printhead 1dot 0 0625mm 0 00246in 2 46mils EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code53 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Description 54 Thesetupcontrolstheprinterinregardofserialcommunication testandserviceoperations andspecifieswhichtypesofmedia andribbonareloadedintheprinter Checkthelistbelowtoseeiftheprinter sdefaultsetupmatches yourrequirements Ifnot youwillhavetochangethesetup To entertheSetupMode pressSetupontheprinter s built inkeyboardandfollowtheinstructionsin SetupMode onpage6T Default Setup Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Theprinter sdefaultsetupislistedbelow withnooptions included Ser Com Baudrate Databits Parity Stopbits Test Service Testprint Datadump Memoryreset LSSTest Media Labellength Mediatype Papertype Sensitivity Darkness Labelrestpoint FormadjdotsX Formad jdotsY Ribbonlow Paperlow Configuration Emulation Cutter EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Configuration Labeltakensensor Printspeed Setup Parameters Serial Communication 56 Theserialcommunicationparameterscontrolthe communicationbetweentheprinterandtheconnectedcomputer orotherdevicesonth
31. hpaper basedmediawitha thicknessbetween60and175 um whichroughlycorrespondsto apaperweightof60tol75grams m2 basisweight40tol 20 lb Thecuttershoul dnotbeusedtocut throughlabel sbecause theadhesivewillsticktotheshears whichcandamagethecutter Theoptional label takensensorcannotbeusedwiththecutter Therotatingcuttingbladecanbeaccidentlyactivatedwhilethe cutterisopen Toavoidanyriskofinjurytofingers alwaysswitch offthepowerbeforeloadingmediaand orribbonina cutter eguippedprinter EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media To load media for cut off operation 1Switchoffthepower Openthecutterandthesidedoor 2Turntheprintheadliftlevercounterclockwisetoraisethe printhead 24 Chapter 4 Loading Media AInthecaseofamediarollwitha76mm 3in core fitan adapteronthemediasupplyhub 5Fitanewrollofmediaontothemediasupplyhubandpush therollinwardsasfarasitwillgo 6Routethemediaunderneaththeslackabsorberandforward towardstheprintmechanism Theslackabsorbercanbe rotatedforbetteraccessandthensnap lockedinopen position EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media 7Routethemediathroughtheprintunitandpushitinwards asfarasitwillgo 8Thisdiagramshowsthepaththemediawilltakethroughthe printer 26 Chapter 4 Loading Media 10Adjustthepositionofthegreenedgeguidessothatthemedia isguidedwithaminimumofpl
32. interfaceboardsareeitherfactory fittedorcaneasilybefittedbyanauthorizedservicetechnician TheEasyCoderPX4iprintercanaccommodateoneEasyLAN interfaceboardplusoneotherinterfaceboard EasyLANboards e EasyLANEthernetinterface e EasyLANWirelessinterface Othercommunicationboards e ParallelInterfaceBoard IEEE1284 EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 8 Options 78 Troubleshooting ThischapterdescribeshowtheIntermecReady to Work indicatorandotherindicatorswork Italsolistsvariouspossible casesofinferiorprintoutquality describespossiblecauses and suggestsremedies EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code79 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 9 Troubleshooting Intermec Ready to Work Indicator 80 Thereadinessoftheprinter individuallyorasapartofa solution isindicatedbythebluelntermecReady to Work indicator Iftheindicatorblinksorisswitchedoff theprinterisnotready Furtherinformationcanbeobtainedinthedisplaywindowby pressingi Incaseofseveralerrorsorsimilarconditionsoccurring simultaneously onlythemostsignificanterrorisdisplayed Once thiserrorhasbeencleared nextremainingerrorisdisplayed Providedtheprinterisconnectedtoanetwork allconditions thatpreventsprintingarereportedtotheEasyADCConsole TheEasyADCConsoleisaPC basedsoftwarewhichallowsa supervisortomonitorallconnecteddevicesthathavean IntermecReady to Workindicator includinghandheld computers accesspoints
33. k Mark Mark Stock 120 a MediaWidth Minimum 25mm 1 00in Maximum 120mm 4 72in b CopyLength Minimum 20 Omm 0 8in Maximum 6 143mm 241in providedthereisasufficient amountoffreeSDRAMmemory c LSSDetectionPosition Variable see LabelStopSensor on pagel04 d BlackMarkWidth Recommended 10 Omm 0 39in Minimum 5 Omm 0 20in Maximum Fullmediawidth e BlackMarkLength Recommended 3 2mm 0 13in Minimum 1 27mm 0 05in Maximum 25 Omm 0 98in f BlackMarkY Position Itisrecommendedthatyouplacetheblackmarkasclosetothe frontedgeoftheticketaspossible Theblackmarkcanbeplaced eitheronthetoporatthebackofthemedia BlackMarkCharacteristics Maximumref lectance 15 940nm Differencebetweenmarkandmedia 55 MediaTypeSetup MarkStock Note Handleperforatedmediacarefullytoavoidripsorbreaks alongtheperforations Brokenorrippedperforations particularly attheedges maycausethemediatobreakormisfeedduring printing Appendix B Media Specifications EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix B Media Specifications 122 C Interfaces Thisappendixdescribestheinterfaceconnectorsfoundonthe printer srearplate Itcoversthefollowingtopics e RS 232 Interface e USBInterface e Optional Interfaces EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code123 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix C Interfaces RS 232 Interface Protocol For The Default Setup
34. lhowthelabelstopsensor LSS andthemediafeedwork Therearethreemediatype options e Gapisusedforadhesivelabelsmountedonliner backing paper orcont inuouspaperstockwithdetectionslots Default e Markisusedforlabels tickets orstripprovidedwithblack marksattheback e Cont inuousisusedforcontinuousstockwithoutany detectionslotsorblackmarks Paper Type ThePaperTypeparameterscontrolhowthetransferribbon mechani smandtheribbonsensorwork Therearetwopaper typeoptions e DT DirectThermal isusedforheat sensitivemediawithout anyneedforathermaltransferribbon Default e TTR Thermal Transfer isusedfornonheat sensitive receivingfacematerialsincombinationwithathermal transferribbon EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer 62 Label Length Dots TheLabelLengthsetupspecifiesthelengthindotsofeachcopy alongthemediafeeddirection X coordinate Thisisusedfor label out detection Sensitivity Media Sensitivity Number Thissetupparameterspecifiesthecharacteristicsofthedirect thermalmediaorcombinationofreceivingfacematerialand thermaltransferribbon sotheprinter sfirmwarecanoptimize theheatingoftheprintheadandtheprintspeed Themedia sensitivitynumbercanbechangedusingPrintSet third party software oranIPLcommand lt SI gt gn m See Media SensitivityNumber onpagel29formoreinformation regardingthemediasensitivitynumber Darkness Usethisparametertomakemino
35. lnumber 4Checkthatanyoptionsyouorderedareincluded 5Checkthatalltheaccessoriesareincluded e IntermecEasyCoderPX4iprinter e Adapterfor3inmediarollcore e Powercord e Qualitycheckcard e Cleaningcard e Compactdisk CD withsupportingsoftware additional manuals andproductinformation 6Checkthatthetypeofpowercordisappropriateforthelocal standard Theprinterworkswithin90to265VAC o0to60Hz 7Iftheprinterhasbeendamagedinanywayduring transportation reportthedamagetothecarrierimmediately 8ifthedeliveryisincorrectoranypartsaremissing reportit immediatelytothedistributor Chapter 2 Installation Front View Atthefrontoftheprinterarethedisplaywindow theindicator lamps andthekeyboard Thesefeaturesallowtheoperatorto controlandsetuptheprintermanual ly Thefrontdoorisheldbyasnap lock Openthefrontdoorto viewthevariouspartsontheprinter sfront Referto Options onpage73 forinformationonpossible optionaldevicesfittedontheprinter sfront Indicator lamps _ Display window ae p Keyboard ___ Connector for optional cutter Front door Fi Side door Front View EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 2 Installation Rear View TherearplatecontainstheOn Offswitch theACpowercord socket andvariousinterfaceconnectorsandslots Provision for EasyLAN Wireless antenna option Provision for EasyLAN Ethernet connection option Intake slot for ext
36. m sec 12in sec e FlashmemorySIMMsforfirmware fonts andbarcodes e Built inCompactFlashmemorycardadapter e Built inRS 232andUSBinterfaces e Provisionforoneortwoextrainterfaceboardsincluding wiredorwirelessEasyLANconnectionsandparallelinterface e Keyboardanddisplaywithbacklight e Supportfornetworkmonitoringthroughoptionalsoftware tools Alargenumberoffactory installedorfield installableoptionsare available sotheprintercanbeconfiguredforawiderangeof applications See Options onpage73 formoreinformation TheprinterisdesignedtoworkwiththeIntermecInterDriver andIntermecLabelShop TheInterDriveral lowsyoutoprint labelsfromstandardMSWindowsapplications forexample MicrosoftOffice IntermecLabelShopisaseriesof labeldesign programsthatworkundervariousversionsofMSWindows TheEasyCoderPX4iprinterdescribedinthismanualsupports theIntermecProgrammingLanguage IPL v2 30orlater The EasyCoderPX4iprinterthatsupportsIntermecFingerprint v8 30isdescribedinitsownUser sGuide Safety Summary IntermecassumesnoresponsibilityregardingtheCEDirectiveif theprinterishandled modified orinstal ledinanywayother thanthatdescribedinIntermec smanuals e Readthismanualcareful lybeforeconnectingtheprinter Chapter 1 Introduction e Movingpartsareexposedwhenthesidedoorsareopen so ensurethatthedoorsareclosedbeforeyouoperatetheprinter e Donotremovetheleft handcover Dangerousvoltage e Donotremovethebottomplate Dangerousvoltage e
37. mationdoesnotrepresent acommitmentonthepartof Intermec EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code107 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix A Technical Data 108 Printing PrintTechnique PrintheadResolution PrintSpeed variable PrintWidth max PrintLength max MediaWidth min max MediaRollDiameter max MediaRollCore Diameter RibbonWidth min max RibbonRol lDiameter outer max RibbonRol lCore Diameter inner PrintDirections Notel Themaximumprintlengthisalsorestrictedbytheamountof freeSDRAMmemory Modes of Operation Tear 0ff Straight through Cut 0ff Peel 0ff Self strip InternalBatchTakeup Firmware Firmware OperatingSystem SmoothFonts Appendix A Technical Data Physical Measurements Dimensions WX LX H Weight excludingmedia AmbientOperating Temperature StorageTemperature Humidity Electronics Microprocessor On boardFlashSIMMs On boardSDRAMS IMM 16MB Power Supply ACVoltage PFCRegulation PowerConsumption average 1l25W Peak400W Sensors LabelGap BlackMark OutofMedia PrintheadLifted RibbonEnd RibbonLow PaperSensor Controls LEDs Display Keyboard Feed Pausebutton Beeper EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix A Technical Data 110 Data Interfaces Serial ConnectionforOptional InterfaceBoards Cutterlnterface MemoryCardAdapter Accessories and Options IntegralSelf st
38. n Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Returning 64 Label Taken Sensor option Tomaketheprinterworkinself stripmode thatis waitingfora label toberemovedbeforethenextlabelisprinted theself strip modemustbeenabled Thiscanalsobedonebyexecutingthe followingcommands lt STX gt R lt ETX gt enterprint configurationmode lt STX gt lt SI gt t0 lt ETX gt Disableself strip lt STX gt lt SIDt1 lt ETX gt Enableself strip Ifthelabeltakensensordoesnotworkproperly thesensitivity canbecalibratedintheSetupMode Select LTSCalibration andfol lowtheinstructionsinthedisplay Makesurethatno directsunlightorinteriorlightinginterfereswiththelabeltaken sensor to Factory Default Setup Therearethreewaystoreturntothefactorydefaultsetupofthe printer e InsertaspecialCompactFlashmemorycardandrestartthe printer e UsetheMemoryResetoptionintheTest Servicepartofthe SetupMode e Usetheprinter sbuilt inkeyboard To return to factory default setup using the keyboard LLifttheprinthead 2Switchonthepowertotheprinterandpressiandwaituntil theprinterbeeps Quicklypressthefollowingkeys 3Thefollowingmessagewillbedisplayed Factory Default Enter Yes ESC No Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer 4Withinl0seconds pressEntertoresettheprintertofactory default Theparameterswillberesetandtheprinterwill continuethenormalstartup Ifyoupress passed thenormalstartupprocesswillcontinuewithoutany resetbeingperformed Note Resettingto
39. n see LabelTakenSensor onpage 77 Chapter 4 Loading Media To load media for tear off operation 1Openthefrontandsidedoors 2Turntheprintheadliftlevercounter clockwisetoraisethe printhead EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media AInthecaseofamediarollwitha76mm 3in core fitan adapteronthemediasupplyhub 5Fitanewrollofmediaontothemediasupplyhubandpush therollinwardsasfarasitwillgo 6Routethemediaunderneaththeslackabsorberandforward towardstheprintmechanism Theslackabsorbercanbe rotatedforbetteraccessandthensnap lockedinopen position 20 Chapter 4 Loading Media 7Routethemediathroughtheprintunitandpushitinwards asfarasitwillgo printer EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media 10Adjustthepositionofthegreenedgeguidessothatthemedia isguidedwithaminimumofplay 12PressFeed Pausetoadvancethemediaandadjustthemedia feed Tearoffthemediabygrabbingtheouteredgeand pul lingdownwards 22 Cut Off W Ting Chapter 4 Loading Media TheEasyCoderPX4iprintercanprintonlabels tickets tags and continuousstockinvariousforms Thissectiondescribesthecase whenthemediaistobecutoffbyanautomaticpapercutter option Cut offcanbeusedfor e Non adhesivecontinuousstock e Self adhesivelabelswithliner cutonlylinerbetweenlabels Thecutterisdesignedtocutthroug
40. ndicators TheEasyCoderPX4iprinterhasseveralwaysofcommunicating directlywithitsoperator threecoloredLEDs adisplaywindow amembrane switchkeyboard andabeeper mii Thiel Gi ao Intermec Eanscedy FE ECC g DO w pe E a 54 Rs Display and controls Indicator Lamps TheindicatorsarecoloredLEDs LightEmittingDiodes andare usedforthefollowingpurposes Power Power solidgreen indicatesthatthepowerison Status Status solidgreen indicatesthattheprinterisreadyforuse 12 Chapter 2 Installation St tus 4 Status flashinggreen indicatesthattheprinteris communicating Status Status solidred indicatesanerrorcondition see Troubleshooting onpage79 2 IntermecReady to Workindicator blue on blink oroff The indicatorhasthreedifferentstates 0On Blinking andOff When theindicatorisOn theprinterisreadyforuse Whenthe indicatorisblinking theprintermaybeinitializing waitingfor externalresources orinneedofuserattention Whenthe indicatorisoff theprinterisnotreadytooperate Display ThedisplaywindowcontainsanLCD LiquidCrystalDisplay withbackgroundilluminationandtwolinesoftext eachwithl6 characters Itshowsamessagewhencertainerrorsoccurand guidestheoperatorthroughupgrading startup andsetup The followingerrorsarereported Error Messages and Conditions Message Displayed PAUSE PAPEROUT RIBBONOUT PRINTHEADUP PRESSPrintheadlifted FEED OPEN amp SHUTCUTTERCuttere
41. nt ThispartoftheSetupModeallowsyoutoprintvarioustypesof testlabels GotothedesiredoptionandpressEnter Theprinter willstartprintingthetestlabelorlabels PressFeed Pauseto holdtheprintingtemporarily Toresumeprinting pressFeed Pauseagain Thefollowingoptionsareavailable Configuration Choosesoftware SW hardware HW ornetwork TheSoftwareConfigurationLabelcontains e Currentconfigurationparametersstoredintheprinter s memory e Definedpages e Definedformats e Definedgraphics e Definedfonts e Anyinstalledprinteroptions TheHardwareConfigurationLabelcontains e Printermemoryinformation e Printermileage e Printheadsettings e Firmwarechecksum program andversionnumber TheNetworkConfigurationLabelcontains e WINSName e MACAddress e IPSelection e IPAddress e Netmask e DefaultRouter e NameServer EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer 60 e MailServer e PrimaryWINSServer e SecondaryWINSServer e NetworkStatistics Test Labels Thisoptionhastwochoices PitchandPrintQuality e ThePitchlabelcontainsanevenpatternofsmalldotsthat revealsfailingprintheaddotsandvariationsofprintout darknessbecauseofunevenpr intheadpressureorbadenergy regulationtotheprinthead e ThePrintQualitylabelcontainsnumberofbarcodeswith differentcharacteristicsanduseful informationonprinter model programversion printspeed andmediasensitivity setup Format TheFormatL
42. ockwiseforincreasedpressure or counterclockwiseforlesspressure Printafewlabels preferabl y testlabels andchecktheprintout Forhelpprintingtestlabels e SettingUpthePrinter onpageb3 Increasedpressure generallygivesadarkerprintoutandviceversa Repeatuntilthe desiredresultisobtained Tofindthebasicsetting turntheknobcounterclockwiseuntil thereisnopressureleft Testwithapieceofmediaunderthe printhead Youshouldbeabletopullitoutwithoutmorethan justalittleresistance Thenturntheknobfourfullturns clockwise Fine ad justusingthetrial and errormethod Donotuseahigherprintheadpressurethannecessary Unnecessarypressuremayincreasethewearoftheprinthead andshortenitslife Printhea pressure A EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 11 Adjustments Label Stop Sensor Thelabelstopsensor LSS isaphotoelectricsensorthatcontrols theprinter smediafeedbydetectinggapsbetweenlabelsorslots orblackmarksincontinuousstock dependingontheprinter s setupinregardofmediatype TheLSSshouldbealignedwith thegaps slots orblackmarks Ifusingirregularlyshapedlabels aligntheLSSwiththefronttipsofthelabels Thelabelstop blackmarksensor LSS canbemovedlateral ly withinarangeof0to50mm Otol 96in fromtheinneredge ofthemediapath Thereisascrewrunningthroughtheouter lowergable TurningthescrewclockwisewillmovetheLSS inwardsandviceversa ThepositionoftheLSSinrelationtothe mediaisbestcheckedbylookingheadonintoth
43. or Pullattheconnectors notatthe cables 8Fitthehooksoftheprintheadbracketfingersontothe headliftshaft Makesurethatthecablesdonotpreventthe bracketfingersfrombeingproperlyseatedontheheadlift shaft 98 Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer 9Closetheprintheadsothemagnetengagestheprinthead bracket 10Loadanewsupplyofmediaandribbon asdescribedin LoadingMedia onpagel7 EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer Media Jams Shouldamedia jamoccurintheprintmechanism proceedthis waytoclearit To clear a media jam 1Alwaysswitchoffthepowerbeforestartingtoclearthe jammedmedia 2Raisetheprintheadandpulloutthemedia 3Ifthemediahasbeenwounduponorhasstucktotheplaten roller careful lyremoveitbyhandwithoutusinganysharp toolsthatcandamagethedelicateplatenrollerorprinthead Avoidrotatingtheplatenrol ler rollertorotate itisveryimportantthatthepowerhasbeen offforaminuteormore Ifnot theelectronicscanbe au io damagedbeyondrepair 1 Ifyoumustpullawaythemediabyforcecausingtheplaten 4Cutoffanydamagedorwrinkledpart 5Ifthereisanyadhesivesomewhereintheprintmechanism removeitusingacleaningcardoracottonswabsoakedin isopropylalcohol highlyflammable moderatelytoxic andmildlyirritating T Isopropylalcohol CH 3 2CHOH CAS67 63 0 isa substance Wing 6Reloadthemediaasdescribedin LoadingMedia on pagel 7Switchonthepower
44. particles howeversmal 1 candamagetheprinthead Appendix B Media Specifications Media Non Adhesive Strip Continuous Stock a MediaWidth Minimum 25mm 1 00in Maximum 120mm 4 72in MediaTypeSetup ContinuousStock EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix B Media Specifications Self Adhesive Strip Continuous Stock a ExternalMediaWidth includingliner Minimum 25mm 1 00in Maximum 120mm 4 72in b LinerWidth Thelinermustnotextendmorethanatotalofl 6mm 0 06in pasttheedgeofthefacematerialandshouldprotrudeequal lyon bothsides c InternalMediaWidth excludingliner Minimum 23 8mm 0 94in Maximum 118 4mm 4 66in MediaTypeSetup ContinuousStock RA iiy gt EN 1 os I 4 b b X r q gt 116 Appendix B Media Specifications Self Adhesive Labels Gap Stock a ExternalMediaWidth includingliner Minimum 25mm 1 00in Maximum 120mm 4 72in b LinerWidth Thelinermustnotextendmorethanatotalofl 6mm 0 06in pasttheedgeofthefacematerialandshouldprotrudeequal lyon bothsides c InternalMediaWidth excludingliner Minimum 23 8mm 0 94in Maximum 118 4mm 4 66in d LabelLength Minimum wi thoutLTS 8mm 0 32in Minimum withLTS 12mm 0 47in Formoreinformation see LabelTakenSensor onpage 77 Maximum 6 143mm 241in providedthatthereisasufficient amountoffreeSDRAMmemory
45. placedoutsidethemediacompartment such asastackoffanfoldedtickets Theguidescomeasanoperator installablekitwithinstallationinstructions Theguidescanbe fittedintheupperorlowerslotintherearplate Instructionsforloadingthemediaareincludedinthesection ExternalSupply Fanfold onpage41 Media Roll Retainer 76 Themediarollretainerisintendedforapplicationswherethe mediamaybecomemisalignedonthemediasupplyhub The plasticwing shapedretainerissimplyslippedontothemedia suppl yhuboutsidethemediarol lbytheoperator Notoolsare required Chapter 8 Options 3 inch Adapter The3in 76mmadapterisincludedinthepackageandmakesit possibletousemediarollswith3in 76mminnerdiameter cardboardcores Theadapterispressedontothemediasupplyhubandheldin placebyascrew Whenfittingtheadapters makesurethatthe screwhitsaroundedplasticsurface notametalleafspring Illustrationsofhowtoloadthemediausingtheadaptercanbe foundin LoadingMedia onpagel 7 Label Taken Sensor TheLabelTakenSensor LTS isaphotoelectricsensorfittedto thecentersectioninsidethefrontdoor Itallowstheprinter s firmwaretodetectifthelatestprintedlabel ticket tagetc has beenremovedbeforeprintinganothercopy Thelabeltakensensorisusuallyfactory fitted butisalso avallableasakitforinstallationbyanauthorizedservice technician Itcannotbefittedincombinationwithapaper cutter Interface Boards Anumberofinterfaceboardsareavallableforusewiththe EasyCoderPX4iprinter The
46. printheadandpulloutthe B mediaslowly WhentheLSS detectsagaporadetection slot thecursormovestothe right Markdetection Liftthe LSS Auto printheadandpulloutthe u mediaslowly WhentheLSS detectsablackmark the cursormovestotheleft EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 11 Adjustments 106 ReturntothecenteredcursorpositionbypressingDown Ifthecursorbehavesasdescribedabove theLSSisworkingand isproperlyalignedwiththegaps slots orblackmarks Ifthecursordoesnotreacttoagap slot orblackmark check thefol lowing e IstheLSSlaterallyalignedwiththeslotsorblackmarks e AreboththeupperandlowerpartoftheLSSalignedwith eachother e Isthetransferribbonproperlyloadedsoitdoesnot interferewiththeLSS See LoadingRibbon on page46 e Arethelabelstopsensorsfreefromdustandaretheguides freefromstucklabelsorotherobjectsthatmayinterfere withthelightthatgoesfromonepartoftheLSStothe other Ifnecessary cleanthesensors e Doesthemediahavesomekindofpreprintthatcan disturbthedetection e Istheretoolittledifferencebetweentheblackmarksand thesurroundingareas e Doesthelinerhavetoolittletransparency e DoestheLSSworkwithanothertypeofmedia TochangetheMediaTypesetup liftandlowerthe printheadandthenpressFeed Pause A Technical Data Thisappendixliststhetechnicaldatafortheprinter Pleasenote that Intermecreservestherighttochangethisinformation withoutpriornoticeandthatthisinfor
47. pter 10 Maintaining the Printer External Cleaning To clean the exterior of the printer 1Alwaysremovethepowercordbeforecleaning 2Wipeexternalsurfaceswithasoftclothslightlymoistened withwateroramilddetergent Neverspraytheprinter Protectitfromwaterwhencleaningthe premises 92 Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer Neveruseanysharptoolsforremovingstucklabels The printheadandrollersaredelicate Cleaning the Label Stop Sensor Thelabelstopsensor whichcontrolsthemediafeed ispartially enclosedbytwoplasticguides Lightpassesthroughslots betweentheupperandlowerpartofthesensor Iftheguidesare notclean stucklabelsorotherobjectsmayblockthelightbean Iftheprinterstartstofeedoutlabelsinanunexpectedway removetheguidesasdescribedbelowandcheckforanything blockingthebeamof light Ifnecessary cleantheguidesusinga cleaningcardorasoftclothsoakedwithisopropylalcohol Do notuseanyothertypeofchemicals Isopropylalcohol CH 3 2CHOH CAS67 63 0 isahighly flammable moderatelytoxic andmildlyirritatingsubstance Win EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer To clean the Label Stop Sensor 1Pulltheupperguidestraightout Upperpartofprintunit omittedforbetterview 2Pressthesnap lock lifttheouterendofthelowerguideand pullitout Aftercleaning reassembleinreverseorder 94 Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer Replacing the Printhead
48. r 1PlacetheprinteronalevelsurfacenearanACoutlet You shouldbeabletoaccesstheback front andsidesofthe printerasnecessarytoloadsuppliesandremovetheprintout 2Checkthattheprinterisswitchedoff 3Connectthepowercordfromthesocketontherearplateto anelectricaloutlet 90to265VAC Computer TheEasyCoderPX4iprinterisfittedwithone9 pinD style subminiature DB9 socket fortheRS 232serialinterfaceport andoneclassBconnectorfortheUSBinterfaceport Formore informationaboutports see Interfaces onpagel23 RS 232 Serial Interface Beforeyoucanusetheserialinterface youmayneedtosetupthe communicationparameters suchasbaudrate parity etc as describedin SettingUpthePrinter onpage53 USB Interface TheprintersupportsUSBvl 1 Thereisnocommunication setupforUSB Formoreinformation referto Interfaces on pagel23 Optional Interface and Network Boards Fordetails see InterfaceBoards onpage77 Referto Setting UpthePrinter onpage53 NavigatinginSetupMode on page68 and OptionalInterfaces onpagel26forconnection andsetupinstructions Theprintercanbesettoscanallcommunicationports Whenit detectsincomingdataonaport theprinterautomatically switchestousethatportforbothinputandoutput Pressitoget informationontheactivecommunicationchannels SwitchoffbothPCandprinterbeforeconnectingthemtogether EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 2 Installation Controls and I
49. rad justmentsoftheblackness intheprintout forexampletoadapttheprintertovariationsin qualitybetweendifferentbatchesofthesamemediaquality The valuecanbesetwithintherange 10 to 10 where 10isthe lightestandl0isthedarkest Defaultvalueis0 Label Rest Point Specifieswherelabelsstopforremoval Usethisforpeel off self strip applications Allowedrangeis 30 furthestback to30 furthestforward Defaultis0 AlsoavailableasanIPL command lt SI gt fn Form Adj Dots X SpecifieswheretheX positionoftheoriginshouldbeplacedon thelabel Allowedrangeis 30 closesttotheleadingedge to30 furthestfromtheleadingedge Defaultis0 Form Adj Dots Y SpecifieswheretheY positionoftheoriginshouldbeplacedon thelabel Allowedrangeis 30 closesttothecentersection to30 furthestfromthecentersection Defaultis0 Ribbon Low Specifiesthevalueinmillimetersoftheribbonsupplyrollforthe ribbonsensor Whenthediameterofremainingribbonsuppl y rollreachesthesetvalue anSNMPtrapissenttotheprinter s homepage providedtheprinterhasanoptionalEasyLAN connection Range 0 80withpresetvaluesatanintervalofb A valuelargerthan80setstheribbonsensorto0 Defaultvalue 0 Configuration Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer TheribbonlowsensorcanalsobesetusinganIPLcommand lt STX gt lt SI gt kn lt ETX gt Paper Low Specifiesthediameterinmillimetersofthemediasupplyrollfor thepapersensor Whenthediameterofremainingmediasupply reachesthesetvalue anSNMPtrapissenttoth
50. ressindicator OEM Ae Afterashorttime theprinterisinitialized Theprogressofthe initializationisindicatedbyanincreasingnumberofcolonson thelowerlineinthedisplay Initializing Whentheinitializationiscompleted alabelisfedout The followingmessage whichisthe PLversionnumber appearsin theDisplayWindow indicatingthattheprinterisreadyfor operation IPE 2 30 4 Loading Media Thischapterexplainshowtoloadtheprinterwithvariouskinds ofcontinuous gap ormarkmediaforthefol lowingmodesof operation e Tear 0ff Straight Through e Cut Off Cutter e Peel Off Sel f adhesiveStrip e Internal BatchTakeup Rol 1 to Rol1 e External Supply FanfoldorCont inuousStock EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code17 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media Tear Off Straight Through 18 TheEasyCoderPX4iprintercanprintonlabels tickets tags and continuousstockinvariousforms Thissectiondescribesthecase whenthemediaistornoffmanuallyagainsttheprinter stearbar Thismethodisalsoknownas straight throughprinting Tear offcanbeusedfor e Non adhesivecontinuousstock e Self adhesivecontinuousstockwithliner e Self adhesivelabelswithliner gaporcontinuousstock e Ticketswithgaps gapstock withorwithoutperforations e Ticketswithblackmarks markstock withorwithout perforations Anoptional label takensensorcanholdtheprintingofthenext copyinthebatchuntilthepresentcopyhasbeenremoved For moreinformatio
51. rintoutless vulnerabletofat chemicals heat sunlightetc thandirect thermalprinting Makesuretoselectatypeofribbonthat matchesthetypeofreceivingfacematerialandtosetupthe printeraccordingly TheEasyCoderPX4iprintercanusetransferribbonrollswound withtheink coatedsidefacingeitheroutwardorinward Illustrationsinthismanualshowtheink coatedsidefacing inward Ribbonisusual lyloadedinconnectionwithmedia replenishment but loadedmediaisnotshownintheillustrations inthischapterinordertogiveaclearerviewoftheribbonpath Formedialoadinstructions see LoadingMedia onpagel7 Mosttransferribbonsdonotsmearatroomtemperature Chapter 5 Loading Ribbon for Thermal Transfer Printing To load ribbon for thermal transfer operation 1Openthefrontandsidedoors ee E 2 7 ia 2Turntheprintheadliftlevercounterclockwisetoraisethe printhead 1 ME l 3Removeanyusedribbonandtheemptyribboncore EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 5 Loading Ribbon for Thermal Transfer Printing 4UnpackarolloforiginalIntermecthermaltransferribbon 5Adjusttheribbonsupplybobbinforyourribbon alfyourribbonis55to60mm 2 16to2 3in wide compress theribbonsupplybobbinandmoveitsoitsnapsintothefirst innermost groove nn PU bIfyourribbonis88to90mm 3 5in wide compressthe ribbonsupplybobbinandmoveitsoitsnapsintothesecond groove 48 Chapter 5 Loading Ribbon for Thermal Transfer Printing cIf
52. ripUnitwith LinerTakeup MediaRollRetainer FanfoldGui de Cutter Label TakenSensor ParallelInterfaceBoard EasyLANEthernetInterface EasyLANWirelessInterface CompactFlashCardsforvariousOption3 purposes Optionl Factoryinstalledoption Option2 Field installablekit Installationshouldbeperformedbya servicetechnician Option3 Operator installableoption Appendix A Technical Data EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix A Technical Data 112 B Media Specifications Thisappendixspecifiesthephysicalmeasurementsforvarious typesofmedia EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code113 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix B Media Specifications Media Roll Size 114 C auto way ay ay da ay ay tann ay Tay ay ay Ya Ma Corediameter A standard 38to40mm 1 5in withadapter 76 2mm 3in CoreWidth Mustnotprotrudeoutsidethemedia Themediamustbewounduponthecoreinsuchawaythatthe printercanpulltheendfree Max diameter B tear offandcut off Max diameter B peel offandbatchtakeup Max width C Min width C Therecommendedmediathicknessis60to170 u m 2 4to6 7 mils Ifthickermediaisused printqualitymaybereduced Mediastiffnessmustbebalancedagainstthicknesstomaintain printquality Mediarollstobeloadedinsidetheprintershould bewoundwiththeprintablesidefacingoutwards Themediasupplymustnotbeexposedtodust sand orgrit Any hard
53. rror RIBBONFITTED PAPERFAULT PSUERROR PSUOVERTEMP PRINTHEADHOT EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 2 Installation Keyboard Beeper 14 Thekeyboardisofthemembrane switchtypeandhassevenkeys ThekeyboardissupplementedbyalargeFeed Pausebutton Somekeyshavehard codedfunctionsinthestartupandsetup modes Keyboard Buttons Button Feed Pausebutton Feed Shift h co o Displayerrormessages i A A andcommunicationchannelinformation Scrollbetweentypesofinformationafter El lt a F3 po pressingi Possibleerrormessagesand informationonactivecommunications channelsareshowninaloop Thebeeperacknowledgesthatakeyhasbeenpressed Optionally anaudiblealarmcanbeenabledusinganIPLcommand Itwill startbeepingatpaperoutandribbonoutandwillcontinue beepinguntilthestartofreload 3 Starting Up Thischapterexplainshowtostartuptheprinterafterinstallation orafterhavingbeenswitchedoff EasyCoder PX4i Bar Codel5 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 3 Starting Up Switching On the Printer 16 Beforeswitchingontheprinter makethenecessaryconnections andcheckthattheprintheadisengaged SwitchonthepowerusingtheOn Offswitchontherearplate The Power LEDonthefrontpanel lightsupwhenthepoweris on Waitforafewmomentswhiletheprinterloadstheprogram andrunssomeself diagnostictests TheDisplayWindowwill showthefol lowingprog
54. seissenttothehostother thanXOFF AnXONwil lbesentonpowerup SinceDClandDC3areusedfordataflowcontrol theprinter statuscharactersaredifferentthanthoseoftheStandard Protocol Ifthehostignorestheprinter sXOFF theprinterwill resendanxOFFafterreceivingeveryl5charactersfromthehost EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer 56 Condition Bufferalreadyfull Printheadraised Ribbonfault Nolabelstock Buffernowfull Printheadhot Labelatstrippin Labelskipping Printing Intermec Standard Protocol TheIntermecPrinterStandardProtocolisahalf duplexprotocol Alldatatransmissionstotheprinterconsistofstatusinquiry ENO statusdump VT ormessageblocks Eachmessage blockstartswiththeStartofText STX characterandendswith theEndofText ETX character Eachmessageblockmustbe 255charactersorless includingtheSTXandETXcharacters Theprinterrespondstoeachstatusinquiryormessageblock withtheprinterstatus Thehostshouldchecktheprinterstatus beforedownloadingamessageblocktotheprinter ENQcauses theprintertotransmititshighestprioritystatus whileVT instructstheprintertotransmitallstatusthatappliesintheorder oftheirpriority Thepossibleprinterstatus indescending priority is Condition Bufferalreadyfull Printheadraised Ribbonfault Nolabelstock Buffernowfull Printheadhot Labelatstrippin Labelskipping Ready Printing Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer Test Service Testpri
55. startparametervalue toolow Transfer Ribbon Breaks Possible Cause Ribbonnotfitted correctly WrongmediagradeChangeparameter then cleanprinthead Badenergycontrol Transfer Ribbon Wrinkles Possible Cause FaultyribbonbreakshaftAdjust adjustment Incorrectedgeguide adjustment Printheadpressuretoo strong EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 9 Troubleshooting 86 No Thermal Transfer Printout Possible Cause Ink coatedsideofribbonReloadribbon isnotfacingmedia Media Feed Not Working Properly Possible Cause Changedmedia characteristics Wronglabelrest parameter WrongMediaType parameter WrongLSSposition Dirtysensors LabelStopSensor onpage93 LooseormissingadapterReplaceandtightenset Tear 0ff screw Faultysensors Compressed Text Or Bar Code Possible Cause ToohighprintspeedforReduceprintspeed largemediaroll 10 Maintaining the Printer Thischapterdescribeshowtheoperatorcanmaintaintheprinter Regularmaintenanceisimportantfortheprintoutqualityand forthelifeoftheprinthead Thechaptercoversthefol lowing topics e PrintheadCleaning e ExternalCleaning e CleaningtheLabelStopSensor e ReplacingthePrinthead e Media Jams Whencleaningorreplacingtheprinthead takeprecautionsto avoidelectrostaticdischarges FIL w ESp DO Pote EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code87 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 10 Maintaining the Printer
56. t combine doesnotmean add Sensitivity Media or Ribbon Thermaltransfer media Thermal transfer ribbon number Determining the MSN for Other Media and Ribbons IfyouarenotusingIntermec approvedmediaandribbon you canstillachievegoodprintqualitybysettinganapproximate mediasensitivitynumber Ifyourmediaisnotlistedinthetablebelow butasimilarmedia is usetheapproximatesensitivitylevellistedinthefirstcolumn toachieveacceptableprintquality Forexample 800 700 100 Ifyoucannotdetermineanapproximatesensitivitylevel start withthehighestsetting 800forthermal transferand700for directthermal andworkyourwaydownuntilyouachieve acceptableprintquality YoucanalsousePrintSet sPrintQuality Wizardtohelpachieveacceptableprintquality EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Appendix D Media Sensitivity Number Media Sensitivity Numbers for Intermec Approved Media and Ribbons Thefollowingtableslistexactmediasensitivitynumbersfor popular Intermec approvedmediaandribbons Direct Thermal Media Sensitivity Settings Sensitivity Level 700SeriesHighSensitivity710 A00SeriesMediumSensitivity450 440 430 100SeriesLowSensitivityl80 170 140 120 Thermal Transfer Media and Ribbon Sensitivity Settings Sensitivity Level 800SeriesHighSensitivity Paper 600SeriesMediumSensitivity687 Synthetic 683 677 673 697 693 637 633 627 8 milSyntheticTag TMX2200 Dura
57. thefactorydefaultwillresetallfilesusedto storesettings butitdoesnotaffectsettingsthatwerealready loadedbeforethefileswereremoved Thismeansthat for example EasyLANWirelesssettings SSID keys etc retain theirvaluesuntilthenextreboot Toreloadallsettings simply rebootafterperformingareset EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 6 Setting Up the Printer 66 J Setup Mode Thischapterdescribeshowtonavigateinthesetupmode and providesoverviewsof theSetupMode EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code67 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 7 Setup Mode Navigating in Setup Mode 68 EntertheSetupModebypressingSetupontheprinter sfront panel Textinthedisplayguideyouthroughthesetupprocedure Usetheprinter skeyboardtonavigatemenus acknowledge displayedvalues orselectorenternewvalues Note AnexternalkeyboardcannotbeusedinsidetheSetup Mode Keyboard Buttons for Setup Mode Moveonestepbackonthesamelevel Moveuponelevelandescapewithoutchanging thesetting Moveforwardonthesamelevel Movedownonelevel Acknowledgeandmovetonextmenu Ent r ExittheSetupMode Canbeusedanywherein SetupMode HEE MH Es TheSetupModeisorganizedasanendlessloopwithanumber ofsub categories Atstartup thefirmwaredeterminesifan EasyLANinterfaceboardisinstalledintheprinter Ifso the NetworksetupmenusareshownintheSetupMode Thediagramonthenextpageshowstheoptionsinthemain loop
58. therthanputatrademark or symbolineveryoccurrenceofatrademarkedname westatethatweareusingthenamesonlyin aneditorialfashion andtothebenefitofthetrademarkowner withnointentionof infringement KimduraisaregisteredtrademarkofKimberlyClark MicrosoftisaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation ValeronisaregisteredtrademarkofVal ronStrengthFilms an TWCompany WindowsisatrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation H Document Change Record Thispagerecordschangestothisdocument Thedocumentwas originallyreleasedasVersion 01 Version Number Date 01 e 001 EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version iv EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Contents DeroreroubeS Tarot Oss is a dea O eater ate Glan Medi oe bom G Oe X DELE UMEK aa ed A as x Donotrepairoradjustalone iaa Aa ates aes x Piro taid hts ties Galea EO eR Oe A chee O O X O R Va OM MOB E a A E core EE E E ead x Pierce 7edequi1 PMN ici ose Seba tee Rew be Fale Ze Soa ws X SALE GONS 363g be et e daa ka Xi Global ServicesandSuppor tev ctu ese debe ee Sih da doe X1 Warranty bio PAE LTE s nos nosed tada daa x1 NN EN xiL Telephone SUD DOr ths Lada done aa BU aut obe he la xii SERV ICECLOCaT LON SUD DOF Erevan rios a ER N Es DDT WhoShouldReadThisManual o ooooooooo ooo oo xiii Relatedvocument oaeee bbs oa bee bate oxo he wo owl es A 1 Introduction DescriptionotrasyLodere APTI eis iy aati ad ill ici de 2 De
59. tlyoptimizesbothprint qualityandprintspeed IntermechasdeterminedMSNsthatproducethehighestpossible printaualityforIntermecmediaandribboncombinationson Intermecprinters Determining the Printer s Current Media Sensitivity Setting YoucanuseSetupmodetoprintoutaconfigurationlabelthat includestheprinter scurrentmediasensitivitysetting For instructions see Test Service onpage70 Bydefault theprinterusesthesesensitivitysettings Default Media Sensitivity Settings Media Direct thermal media Thermal transfer media Changing the Printer s Current Media Sensitivity Setting UsetheSetupMode PrintSet third partysoftware orthe Intermecprinter language IPL commandset tochangethe printer smediasensitivitynumber Thefol lowingexamplesets theMSNto567usingthe PLcommandset To set the sensitivity rating 1Findthethree digitsensitivityrating 2AttheDOSprompt typethefollowingcommandandpress Enter MODE COM1 96 E 7 1 N 3TypethefollowingcommandlinesandpressEnter COPY CON COMI lt STO lt SD el 567 lt ETX gt Z 130 Appendix D Media Sensitivity Number Determining the MSN for Intermec Approved Media and Ribbons Todetermineanexactmediasensitivitynumber obtainthepart numberofyourmediaand orribbonandcal11 800 755 5505 presslandthenl Thepartnumbermaybeprintedonthe outsideoftheboxcarton Boththethermaltransfermediaandribbonhaveasensitivity number TodeterminetheMSN combinethedigits Notetha
60. tonly e Internalbatchtakeupoperation EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media To load media for external supply operation 1Usetheupperslotintherearplatewhenthesupplyisatthe samelevelastheprinterorwhenusingpeel offoperation 2Usethelowerslotintherearplatewhenthesupplyisplaced lowerthantheprinter 3Theprintercanbefittedwithanoptionalsetoffanfold guidesineitherslot 42 Chapter 4 Loading Media 4Theouterguideisadjustableforvariousmediawidths The minimumis40mm 1 58in 5Fitthefanfoldguideintotheupperslotintherearplatewhen thesupplyisatthesamelevelastheprinterorwhenusing peel offoperation 6Fitthefanfoldguideintothelowerslotintherearplatewhen thesupplyisplacedlowerthantheprinter EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 4 Loading Media 44 Loading Ribbon for Thermal Transfer Printing Thischapterexplainshowtoloadtheprinterwithribbonfor thermaltransferprinting EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code45 Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 5 Loading Ribbon for Thermal Transfer Printing Loading Ribbon 46 TheEasyCoderPX4iprintercanprintonlabels tickets tags and continuousstockusingeitherdirectthermalprintingonspecial heat sensitivemediaorthermaltransferprintingusingaspecial ink coatedribbon Thermal transferprintingmakesitpossibletouseawiderangeof receivingfacematerialsandgivesadurablep
61. tranIIMattePolyester TMX2200 ValeronTag TMX2200 8 milSyntheticTag TMX1500 DuratranIIMattePolyester TMX1500 ValeronTag TMX1500 Syntran TMX2200 132 Appendix D Media Sensitivity Number Thermal Transfer Media and Ribbon Sensitivity Settings continued Sensitivity Level o00SeriesMediumSensitivity508 Paper 67 565 563 062 O37 033 921 923 D18 917 913 300SeriesLowSensitivity Synthetic 133 Appendix D Media Sensitivity Number 134 nterme G Worldwide Headguarters 6001 36th Avenue West Everett Washington 98203 U S A tel 425 348 2600 fax 425 355 9551 www intermec com EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version 934 039 001 P N 934 039 001
62. yourribbonis110mm 4 3in wide compresstheribbon supplybobbinandmoveitsoitsnapsintothethird outermost groove 4Presstheribbonrollontotheribbonsupplybobbin 1 and routetheribbonthroughtheprintunit Pul lout20cm 8in ofribbon EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 5 Loading Ribbon for Thermal Transfer Printing 5Withoutreleasingtheribbon turntheprintheadliftleverto closed positiontolocktheribbon 6Pressthecardboardcoreatthefrontendoftheribbononto therewindhub Duringprinting therewindhubwillrotate counterclockwise 50 Chapter 5 Loading Ribbon for Thermal Transfer Printing 7Turntheprintheadliftlevertothe open position 8Winduptheribbonuntilallofthetransparentleaderhas passedtheprintheadandtheribbonbecomestight EasyCoder PX4i Bar Code Label Printer User s Guide IPL Version Chapter 5 Loading Ribbon for Thermal Transfer Printing 9Turntheprintheadliftleverto closed position 52 6 Setting Up the Printer Thischapterdescribesthevariousparametersthatareused duringSetupmodeorinthevariousapplicationprogramsto configuretheprinterfortheuser sspecificreguirements Itcovers thefollowingtopics e Description e DefaultSetup e Setupparametersforcommunication test service media and configuration Whenmeasurementsarespecifiedas dots theactuallengthin millim

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