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Paxar Monarch 9805 Thermal Label Printer

1. gt 4 4 82 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide UHF Gen 1 UHF Gen 2 64 bit 96 bit 96 bit UCODE ISO Impinj TI Class1 Class1 Class0 EPC 1 19 18000 6B Monza Dallas xc qm at 1 5 x Xx x X x x ewes x x nr A E AE X x x AE X poe 125 xe ex X x x Xx xc x x x TE X X X x X x X X x x Am UNE sa XS me X x x oa XE X x x X EX X pex xp x X X X X x x x ONES x VERTES x x x x x x X x x Zebra RIIOXUIPMS RFID x X x x Table B 1 Loftware supported UHF RFID Printers and Tag Types The Datamax I 4210 RFID 1 4212 RFID I 4308 RFID 1 4406 RFID I 4604 RFID and the Sato CL408e RFID also support HF encoding See Table B 3 below Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 83 RFID H
2. 24 Table B 3 Loftware RFID Printers that support HF and UHF Tag Types B 84 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide
3. Print Mode The availability of the Print Modes depends on the printer Batch Mode The whole surface of the label is printable Normal 1 1 Mode The first 18 mm of the label not printable The printing on the label is automatically shifted past the empty space Real 1 1 Mode Total surface of the label is printable and the label is retracted after each label Character Set Several printer languages are available to print international characters that are not available in the U S character set See the appendix section of your printer guide to find the corresponding hex codes used to select the desired character Dispense Options Section Dispense Mode This is only for printers with the dispenser attachment o Batch Mode The entire label is not printable the label is not retracted after feeding to the Dispense position 1 1 Mode The entire label is printable since the label is retracted before printing the next label Dispense Position Adjusts the distance the label is fed after printing Use Single Start Only one label is printed at a time Printing is then suspended until the function correct action has been taken The required action depends on the settings of the printer and is either the removal of the presented label or the use of a foot pedal Graphics Options Section Store Images This setting overrides the normal image behavior and always stores all images Images as Binary All ima
4. Devices from within the Design or any of the Print applications On Demand Range Many of the settings in the printer do not take effect until the printer is re booted All Label Specific options are sent to the printer every time a label is printed Paxar MPCL1 Options Note Paxar is formerly Monarch Paxar MPCL1 Label Options Horizontal Copies The number of copies to print across the supply Cut Take Up Use PSO Cut Option Uses the Cut Takeup option selected in the device Options dialog box Setting the cut option in the Label Options dialog box provides label specific cutting options Whereas setting the Cut Takeup option in the device Options dialog box produces the same behavior for all labels printed on that specific printer Cut each label except last This option only works with labels 4 to 8 inches in length Cut each label including last This option only works with labels 4 to 8 inches in length No Cut No Rewind When enabled does not allow label to be cut nor does it rewind after printing Format Number The number of the Monarch Printer Control Language MPCL format to use Refer to your MPCL documentation for more information Paxar MPCL1 Printer Options Label Options Section Cut Takeup Cut After Entire Batch Only When enabled cuts after the last label in the batch has been printed No Cut No Rewind When enabled does not allow label to be cut nor does it rewind after printing
5. The Stop Light icon becomes gray and the font starts downloading to the printer Part 2 Loftware Design Instructions Qv RE Re i Print the label Points to remember Open Loftware Label Manager in Design mode Open the label in Design press F6 and the Options button Check the Recall TrueType Fonts box and then press OK Place a field on the label change the Font Category property to TrueType Fonts Select the downloaded font from the Font list in the properties box e Either all TrueType Fonts are sent to the printer as bitmaps or they are all recalled from the printer It is not possible to mix and match them e the printer is turned off the font is lost unless it has been downloaded to something other than volatile ram e This functionality is only available in Versions 5 5 1 8 and greater of Loftware e printer must have the correct version firmware and must have been created with Zebra Printer Language ZPL Zebra Error Messages Printer Turned Off LPT Error message All labels print when the printer is turned back on COM Not tested Spooled Locally Error message The labels print once the printer is turned back on Spooled to Shared printer is turned back on all labels print Spooled to PrintServer printer is on all labels print Direct IP all labels print B 80 Appendix B Printers and Labels No error msg When the No error msg When the
6. Apply to achieve the recommended sensitivity setting The corresponding settings in the Media Settings section will be refreshed Advanced Options Section Memory Module If a memory card is attached to the printer you can select it Character Set Several printer languages are available that can print international characters that are not available in the U S character set If your printer supports it select a different Character Set Ext Font Location Specify the source of additional fonts Custom Command Section Custom Command Specify printer commands otherwise not available in the Loftware Label Manager dialog boxes Click on the Send Options box to send the commands during printing Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 67 UBI Error Messages Printer Turned Off Cable Disconnected Stock Print Head Up Error message no Error message no retry Error message no Error message no retry retry the label is not label is not printed the label is not no label is printed printed printed No error message No error message No error message No error message LLM WIN behaves as When reconnected all When you re stock When you put the print if the labels have the labels print all labels print head down all labels printed Printer turned print back on no labels Received port not Error Message Printing Error Message Error Message found erro
7. No error message labels print after the print after the labels print after the labels print after the printer is turn back on printer is reconnected _ printer is re stocked print head is put down Windows Printers Like other Loftware printers Windows printers can now be configured from the Loftware Label Manager Device Configuration grid or from a label s LSO page Previously you would be directed from LLM to the Control Panel s Windows printer configuration page Note If you are working in an environment with multiple LPS installations and versions be aware that sharing LLM LPS version 9 5 Windows printer configuration files with a pre 9 5 version will wipe out any Windows printer configuration settings made in Version 9 5 Windows printer settings made in 9 5 are unsupported in pre 9 5 versions Refer to Sharing Windows Printer Configuration Across LPS Versions in Appendix D for a Best Practices solution Windows printer settings available when you select File Print Properties from Microsoft Office applications and other popular programs can be set from LLM This includes settings for Orientation Page Size and Paper Source The default for each of the settings is the setting selected in the Printers B 68 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide and Faxes control panel However these can be overridden at the label level LSO at the application level PSO
8. label Look at the sensitivity label located on the label stock and check the last three digits of the 15 digit number These three numbers stamped on the label give you the number you use for this setting Cut Interval This value is used to determine how many labels to print before cutting This option is only used when Use Label Specific Options Cut Interval is enabled Note Loftware Label Manager now defaults to using the Cut Immediate command lt SO gt in conjunction with disabling the cutter lt 81 gt 0 per Intermec recommendations Example The cutter is enabled lt SI gt c1 and the printer prints a quantity of 5 The job is native and the printer cuts after each label The only way to enable the cutter to cut after a certain number of labels is to either 1 Set INT44xx CutImmediate 0 2 Use custom command of 5 1 in the PSOs Using 2 and unchecking Force Extended should allow the cutter to cut after the print job Read Knowledge Base article 42708 on the Loftware website for more information Use Label Specific Enabling this feature disables any cutting options enabled in the Printer Options Options Cut section under Label Handling All cutter system information is overridden and Interval stored directly in the label format Use Direct Enables Direct Graphics mode on printers that support this option The Graphics download time of the image is reduced but images are sent for each label This eliminates t
9. when you rotate the printing of a label it is imperative that Loftware Label Manager Design knows the exact size of the stock on which you are printing Zebra TrueType Font Download and Use Instructions Some Zebra printers are capable of storing fonts Zebra provides a utility called ZTools that allows TrueType Fonts TTF to be downloaded to a memory location The advantage to this is that you do not have to remap a font and guess at what size it prints on the label Note Contact Zebra for information regarding your printer s capability of storing fonts and for the latest version of ZTools 3 1 Important Do an Options Test Print from ZTools to verify that the font is successfully downloaded to the printer Part 1 Font Download Instructions 1 Open the Zebra ZTools Version 3 1 program 2 Select File Add from the menu 3 From the Select File dialog select the font from the left column to be downloaded ZST extension Note The font you select to download must have been converted by ZTools from the PC TTF extension to ZTools prior to this selection 4 Click OK the dialog box is no longer displayed Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 79 Select View Download ee The Zebra Tools Download dialog box is displayed Press the button with the icon displayed in blue The icon changes to a checkmark Press the button with the Stop Light icon
10. A Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware error message A Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints Spooled to Shared No Loftware error message a Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints Spooled to PrintServer No error message All labels print after the printer is turn back on TEC Information retry the label does not print Error message after the cable is re connected Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware error message A Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware error message A Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware error message but a Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints No error message All labels print after the printer is reconnected Printer Turned Off Cable Disconnected Stock Error message Does not Error message Lets you Error message Does not let you retry the label does not print No error message Once stock is added all labels print No Loftware error message A Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware error message A Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware error message but a Windows error message is displayed Lets you retr
11. A configuration setting that will be used to print a label depends on where the setting is enabled 1 Label Level When set from a label s LSO page a print setting for the specific label supersedes any setting selected at the application level PSO or system level 2 Application Level When set from the printer s PSO page a Windows printer setting applies to all Loftware label printing and supersedes the system level setting unless a specific label s LSO page specifies a different selection 3 System Level When set from the printer s Properties page accessed from the system s Printers and Faxes a Windows printer setting applies to all printing not just to Loftware labels unless a different setting is specified from the printer s PSO or a label s LSO page To summarize configuration settings for a Windows printer apply to printing in the following sequence 1 Ifthe LSO setting is enabled and valid for the printer 1 the Label Level setting is used to print the label Otherwise 2 the Application Level setting is used 2 Ifthe LSO setting is disabled and the PSO setting is enabled and valid for the printer 2 the Application Level setting is used Otherwise 3 the System Level setting is used 3 3 System Level setting is used if both 1 and 2 LSO and PSO settings are disabled 4 fajob containing a TRAY command is submitted through LPS the TRAY command Paper Source setting overrides the label setting Refe
12. Commands are printer model and firmware specific Contact the appropriate printer representative for programming language questions 6 RFID Options Section Retry Attempts This setting determines the number of times to retry in case of initial failure Datamax Printer Capabilities and Limits Faster Throughput For faster throughput always use a parallel port interface Printed Bar Code Does Not It is possible to define a combination of attributes such as line width Match the Design ratio etc that the printer cannot produce or might print in one orientation but not another Under these conditions the printer may print the closest possible bar code This usually occurs when you define a bar code with line width 1 The printer sometimes promotes this to a line width 2 bar code resulting in a printed bar code that is twice as long as desired Datamax When the printer is capable of doing the incrementing decrementing Incrementing Decrementing internally it is instructed to do so This is called Native Mode Fields When printing in Native Mode control returns to the PC almost immediately Loftware Label Manager does incrementing decrementing in software when the printer cannot do it internally and sends down a different set of data for each label This is called Extended Mode In Extended mode the Printing dialog box shows the line Printing Label x of y and control does not return to the PC until the entire series
13. Cut each label except last This option only works with labels 4 to 8 inches in length Cut each label including last This option only works with labels 4 to 8 inches in length Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 33 Note There are extensive differences in the cut behavior between Extended and Native Modes with the 98XX Series Printer Information regarding the expected behaviors for each is found in Loftware website s Knowledge Base under LLM Printing Printing Problems Label Mode Separator Off No separator prints between batch jobs Normal Length Separator A normal length separator with 3mm black stripe prints between batch jobs Double Length Separator double length separator typically used for 924 or 925 stacker prints between batch jobs On the 920 stacker a 3mm extra length tag prints between batch jobs Extra Length Tag A 3mm extra length tag with 6mm stripe prints between batches Paxar MPCL1 UPC and EAN Bar Codes Note Paxar is formerly Monarch Using UPC EAN Extensions Loftware Label Manager allows you to specify that UPC EAN bar codes should print with an extension In addition PAXAR printers automatically enable UPC EAN extensions based on the length of the data Note The user must enter an extra character of data when an extension is enabled This extra character is ignored by the printer For example using UPC E with the 2 extensio
14. Font 28x52 Smooth Dot Font gt Vector Font Vector Scalable Font Dot Fonts can be magnified up to 9X horizontally and 9X vertically The Vector font can be scaled to any size between 05 to 4 88 high Printer Capabilities and Limits Maximum Number These printers have no set limit on the number of fields a label may have of Fields However the size of the entire print job excluding image or graphic data cannot exceed the size of the printer s receive buffer of approximately 8k If the printer reports a receive buffer overflow you have to reduce the number of fields on the label The best way to assure that your label does not exceed the printer s buffer size is to do test printing while you are designing the label When you test print variable data fields are printed at their maximum length If you are able to test print a label it should to fit in the printer s receive buffer If your label becomes too large to print you must reduce the number of fields on the label B 54 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Min Print Length Max Print Length 8400 200 dpi 0 25 14 0 8400 150 dpi 0 25 14 0 8450 300 dpi 0 25 7 0 8450 150 dpi 0 25 14 0 8450 100 dpi 0 25 14 0 Image Fields Size Limitations Up to ten images or logos can be used on a label The maximum image sizes that the printer can handle are shown below The actual size of the images that your printer can handle
15. Inputting a negative value moves the format toward the top of the label Inputting a positive number moves the format away from the top of the label Flip Label 180 Degrees This command prints a label that has been inverted 180 degrees Print Mirror Image of This command instructs the printer to print the entire label as a mirror image Label The image is flipped from left to right B 72 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Print Label as White on This instruction reverses the printing of all fields on the label format The Black fields are printed as white on a black background Character Options Section Character Set Default is set to using the Character Set specified in Printer Options PSOs but the list displays other Character Sets that may be chosen Double Byte Character Default is set to using the Character Set specified in Printer Options PSOs but Set the list displays other Double Byte Character Sets that may be chosen Custom ZPL Section ZPL Command The ZPL command option sends printer commands otherwise not available in the Loftware Label Manager dialog boxes Send Command This command instructs Loftware Label Manager when to send a ZPL command Label Cut Options Section Cut Option Choose Printer Cut Options as set in PSOs which is the default setting Cut Interval Zero is the default but the Cut Interval may be set to cut after any number of labels True Type Fonts Section See the
16. Label Manager User s Guide Codabar and other Bar Code Symbologies Loftware has created bar code remaps that are built in to our supported TEC Printers These are implemented through the use of reserved field names Here is how it works Add a bar code to a label designed for a TEC Printer Look at the table below and in the Properties Box choose a symbology from the left column then start the field name of the bar code with one of the reserved remap names in the right hand column Properties Box Symbol Reserved Remap Name Code93 CODABAR Datamatrix QRCODE PostNet ROYALMAIL PostNet KIX Start Stop Codes The default Start Stop Codes for Codabar are A and D To change the default Start Stop Code from Design Mode choose Options Preferences click on the symbol beside the TEC folder and follow the instructions to the right to customize the Start Stop Codes F LLM WIN32 Preferences Eile Options Help gt LLM wWIN32 Preferences t a Design ptions Print Modules P Private Advanced ODBC 2 Port Settings we Key 8 Security JP Preferences X Datamax G Eltron Intermec 483 Monarch 488 Printronix Sato Note For TEC printers Codabar remapping is enabled by selecting a Code93 barcode then using a field name that starts with CODABAR If start stop codes are not specified here and D are used If you want to use other start stop codes specify them here separated by
17. Length This is a setting found on Butterfly Labels It sets the length between the top edge of the label and the indented portion of the label The Offset Length is set in dots per inch Reference Point Section X Coordinate These values are measured in dots This command is used to move the Y Coordinate reference point for the X and Y axes The reference point command functions similarly to the Label Home command found in File Media Setup Default reference points vary depending upon whether the selected print direction is top or bottom Options Section Set Label Width This command should be set on when labels narrower than the print head are printed If the label width equals the print head width you may leave Set Label Width off and the printer automatically centers the printing of the label Tear Off Mode The tear off mode is the default mode Form Backup This command instructs the printer to retract the label before printing Sensor Reverse This option reverses the Through Sensor Operation which interprets a blockage of light as a gap This option allows the through sensor to be used when printing transparent labels with a black stripe backing Dispense Sensor When enabled the printer presents each label and waits for the label to be removed before continuing On the P2242 printer the feed button must be pressed to print the next label Available on Orion Strata and P2242 only Dispense Tap When enabled the printer presen
18. Loftware Label Manager receives status information from the printer indicating that a label is being sensed by the sensor and the printer does not print labels if a label is detected Internal Batch Internal batch mode enables communication between the Datamax printers Mode and a dumb terminal When internal batch mode is enabled the Datamax printer directly sends information that is displayed on the terminal Cutter Engaged This option turns the cutter on or off Consult your printer manual for hardware availability Download This option instructs Loftware Label Manager to download TrueType fonts to Truetype Fonts the Datamax printer s memory module If this option is not enabled or is not available for your model and a TrueType font is selected the TrueType font is sent to the Datamax printer in the form of a graphic To download TrueTypes into the printer s memory you must have the appropriate memory module and firmware versions which are 2 01 or higher Consult your manufacturer s manuals for details Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 9 Note The Download TrueType Fonts function when enabled in Printer Setup does not download TrueType fonts into the printer s memory module when test printing label formats from Loftware Label Manager When this feature is enabled and TrueType fonts are defined on your label test printing is extremely slow Loftware suggests disabling the Download TrueTypes b
19. No error msg When the printer is turned back on Cable Disconnected Error message When the printer is re connected all labels print Not tested Error message The labels print once the printer is reconnected No error msg When reconnected all labels print No error msg When reconnected the labels print No error msg If reconnected the labels do not print No Stock Print Head Up Error message When Error message When the stock is added all the print head is down labels print all the labels print Not tested Not tested Error message The message The labels print after stock labels print fine after is added print head is down No error msg When stock is added all labels print No error msg When print head is put down all the labels print No error msg When stock is added all labels print No error msg When head is down the labels print No error msg When stock is added all labels print out No error msg When print head is put down all the labels print Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Tag Configuration This section outlines relevant block configuration of the RFID tags supported by Loftware RFID devices HF RF tagging system uses the 13 56 MHz frequency range Currently HF tag types are supported by some Loftware RFID printers See the next section on RFID Devices and Tag Types HF Tag Type Configurable Data Blocks Philips HF I
20. Print Density Adjusts the print density on some printers this is known as darkness or head temperature The valid range is from 10 to 10 When the value exceeds the range the printer automatically corrects it to the maximum value Tag Rotation Bottom First The bottom edge of the label is the leading edge as it is fed out of the printer Top First The top edge of the label is the leading edge as it is fed out of the printer Bottom First Mirrored The bottom edge of the label is the leading edge as it is fed out of the printer the entire label is printed as a mirror image Top First Mirrored The top edge of the label is the leading edge as it is fed out of the printer the entire label is printed as a mirror image Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 57 Label Overrides Section Media Options Issue Settings Backfeed Settings and Fine Position Adjustments each have label overrides This means that the Label Options settings are used instead of the Printer Options Media Options Section Gap Length When die cut stock is used this specifies the size in 1mm of the gap between each label Override Printer If this is checked the Gap Length value is used otherwise the Printer Setup Options setting is used Issue Settings Section Issue Mode Batch Mode Normal printing mode labels are continuously printed and fed out of the printer Strip Mode While in strip mode t
21. Print Side The black mark provided on the print side of the stock is automatically sensed by the upper reflective sensor and the paper position is finely adjusted for every piece Preprinted Die Cut Stock The label to label gap is automatically sensed by the transmissive sensor and the paper position is finely adjusted for every piece according to the value set by the threshold setting Consult your printer manual for further information on setting the threshold Punched Hole Stock The marginal punched holes round holes on the fanfold paper are automatically sensed by the lower reflective sensor Several round holes are automatically sensed according to the specified length of label and the paper position is finely adjusted for every piece Media Type Direct Thermal Direct Thermal type of printing no ribbon requires special heat sensitive media Thermal Transfer Thermal Transfer type of printing ribbon installed Gap Length When die cut stock is used this is the size in 1mm of the gap between each label Threshold Set When Mark Stock is used the black mark provided on the back of the stock is automatically sensed by the reflective sensor and the paper position is finely adjusted for every piece according to the value set by the threshold setting Consult your printer manual for further information on setting the threshold Ribbon Saver When checked if there is a non print area in the feed direction of 20 m
22. Source 4 15 B5 JIS Com 10 Envelope Executive Hagaki Postcard Intemational B5 Envelope International C5 Envelope International DL Envelope Ledger Legal Letter Monarch Envelope Oufuku Hagaki Postcard The Custom page size option allows printing on custom paper size page stock to a PCL 5 Printer that supports the custom size Alabelcan be designed with specified dimensions and then printed on a target PCL 5 printer that supports the custom size and has been set up with the custom sized paper These configuration settings are made from the printer s configuration interface Control Panel The label dimensions should correspond to the custom paper size A label can also be configured with a page layout of specified label page width and height and then printed on a target PCL 5 printer that supports the custom size and has been set up with the custom sized paper The layout dimensions should correspond to the custom paper size Refer to Chapter 10 Page Layouts for more information on creating and attaching layouts to labels Paper Source Because of the variety of PCLS supported page sizes this setting allows you to configure the paper source tray at the label level By default the Paper Source is set to the selection in the printer s PSO Use Printer Setup but you can select any of the other options described in the 5 Printer Specific Options section below If a different option is sele
23. This command is sent to a printer to provide precise cut placement The default is 100 dpi Eltron Printer Specific Options Settings are in dots Use the dots per inch dpi for your printer to find the proper value For example if your printer has 203 dpi and you want to set a skip distance of 1 inch specify a value of 203 for the skip distance Label Options Section Stock Type Direct Thermal No Ribbon Uses heat sensitive label stock without the ribbon The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the label stock and activating the heat sensitive material in the stock causing darkening of the material To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed and increase decrease the heat as necessary Thermal Transfer Ribbon Uses ribbon and non heat sensitive label stock to print The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the ribbon material and melting it onto the label To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed and increase decrease the heat as necessary Supply Type Die Cut Stock that has gaps between each label Continuous No gaps notches or perforations between labels Mark Stock Black mark found opposite print side B 14 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Gap Length The space in between labels When printing on continuous stock this setting can be used to add space between printed labels Offset
24. a label when these settings are specified from different properties pages Windows Printer Specific Options Note If you are working in an environment with multiple LPS installations and versions be aware that sharing LLM LPS version 9 5 Windows printer configuration files with a pre 9 5 version will wipe out any Windows printer configuration settings made in Version 9 5 Windows printer settings made in 9 5 are unsupported in pre 9 5 versions Refer to Sharing Windows Printer Configuration Across LPS Versions in Appendix D for a Best Practices solution Leave the settings unchecked if you wish to use the system s Windows Printer settings to print the label From the printer s PSO page you can configure settings for this Windows printer that affect printing at the application level The settings are applied not just to the specific label but for all label printing unless a specific label has a different label level setting specified in its LSO page To set an option click on the check box and then select from the list Clicking the Printer Control Panel button takes you to the Windows printer properties box when you respond to the warning message Windows printer configuration changes are applied at the system level This will affect all printing on this printer not just Loftware label printing System printer settings apply if PSO or LSO settings are not set for the label PSO options when set supersede the system settings and will be
25. a very valuable tool If there is a problem communicating with the printer a corresponding error message is displayed Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These printers usually have a serial interface A parallel interface is available as an option Generally newer models support USB but this may or may not be standard Parallel Interface optional interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into an LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface For all Sato printers use an RS232 C null modem cable The hardware license key is not part of the serial interface since it must always be plugged into an LPT parallel port USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and PC or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer Note Make sure that the printer is powered off any time you plug in or remove a parallel cable from a Sato printer This prevents Parallel ports from malfunctioning Sato Options Sato Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printe
26. after last tag Cut After Last Tag in Batch Cuts before first tag cuts each tag cuts after the last tag and feeds one or two tags past the printhead when it cuts the last tag in the last batch Cut Every Tag and after Batch Does not cut before the first tag in a batch but cuts between each tag and after the last tag in the batch The feed key must be pressed to feed the last tag out far enough to be cut Forms Control Section Horizontal Adjust Supply Position Vertical Adjust Cut Adjust Slashed Zero Print Separator Old Firmware Only Resend Fields that have changed Horizontal offset in printer dots used during printing Supply label position at beginning of print job 99 to 99 Vertical offset in printer dots used during printing Adjusts where the tag is cut The printer adjusts the cut position according to the black marks on the supply You may need to adjust for aperture supplies Increase to move the cut up decrease to move the cut down When checked prints slashes through zeros When checked prints a separator ticket Single Prints a single separator ticket all printers Double Prints 2 separator tickets 9835 V5 0 or 9840 V6 0 only Note that Double is disabled in Version 7 0 29 for the 9835 9840 and 9850 Models Does not send new firmware options if checked If you are having difficulty communicating with the printer try selecting this option By choosing this option y
27. as a price field Example 19 68 Define field as variable and preface the name of the field with Example Price To have 19 68 printed on the label supply 1968 as data Paxar Error Messages Note Paxar was formerly known as Monarch Printer Turned Off Cable Disconnected No Stock Print Head Up Error message Does Error message Does not No error message No error message not let you retry the you retry the label Behaves as if the labels Behaves as if the labels label does not print _ does not print are printing Press feed are printing Press feed to get the first two to get the first two labels press feed again labels press feed again Error message comes Error message comes up Error message comes up Error message comes up up when you restart when you reconnect the right away Allows retry right away Allows retry the printer Allows printer Allows retry the labels print the labels print retry labels print labels print No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error message but a message but a message but a Windows message but a Windows Windows printer error Windows printer error is printer error is displayed printer error is is displayed All labels displayed All labels All labels print displayed All labels print print print No error message All error message All No error message No error message labels print labels
28. displayed or an error condition is created which states Error Opening Port printer name If the printer is out of stock and it shuts the USB port down the Loftware application cannot write to the port A message is displayed or an error condition is created stating Error Writing to Port printer name If the printer is out of stock but the printer has a buffer an error message may not display until the buffer is full USB Printing and the LPS Various expected behaviors occur when printing to the LPS using a USB Printer with error conditions i e Paper Out etc After the printer buffer is full jobs stay in pending folder After about 2 minutes the Status displays media problem or Error writing to opening port Printer Name message After correcting the error condition the jobs in the buffer print out and the pending job completes It is important to read all available printer manufacturer information on USB Printing with your printer before attempting to print using Loftware applications Remember to install any USB Drivers before connecting configuring or printing in Loftware Pressiza Information The Pressiza printers supported by Loftware include 406 408 412 64 512 64 610 64 7401 406 400 808 64 F 422 F 428 F 438 F 446 F 464 TX408 XT 10 These printers use the same language as Datamax Printers therefore see the Datamax section for error messages and other information regarding Pressiza printers Updated prin
29. error is corrected No Stock Error message Does not let you retry label does not print Print Head Up Error message Lets you retry the label prints when the error is corrected Error message Lets you retry so the label prints Error message Lets you retry so the label prints Error Message Printing resumes when stock added Received port not foung error Label prints when head is put down No Loftware printer error but has a Windows printer error Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware printer error but has a Windows printer error Lets you retry the label prints No error message No error message Prints the labels Prints the labels when when the error is the error is corrected corrected No error message Prints the labels when the error is corrected No error message Prints the labels when the error is corrected No error message error message Prints the labels Prints the labels when when the error is the error is corrected corrected This section provides information specific to the Eltron family of printers The supported Eltron printers include 2044 46 2242 2642 2722 2844 3642 LP Plus Orion UPS 2442 UPS 2443 2348 2742 3742 Strata UPS 2543 2622 2824 Eclipse UPS 2348 2542 2746 Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support pa
30. following section titled Zebra TrueType Font Download and Use Instructions Zebra Printer Specific Options These settings are accessed when you click on the Options button from the Device Configuration dialog Options set when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog are described above Printer Options Section PrintMode The Print Mode instruction determines the action the printer takes after a label or group of labels has been printed There are five different modes of operation Cutter The web separating the printed label the next blank label to be printed is extended into the cutter mechanism The label is cut the blank label is then retracted into the printer so that it can be printed Peel Off After printing the label is partially separated from the backing Printing stops until the label is completely removed Peel off handling requires that the stock in the printer be properly fed through the peel off attachment on the printer Select only if printer is equipped with an internal rewind spindle Rewind Label and backing are rewound on an optional internal rewind device The next label is positioned under the printhead Tear Off After printing the label is advanced so that the web is over the tear bar Label with backing attached can then be torn off manually Applicator After printing the label may be mechanically removed and applied to an object Media
31. held only until it is sent Custom Command Section The Custom Command option is used when a non typical function is required when printing Refer to the printer s programming manual for commands that may be used Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 39 Note Commands are printer model and firmware specific Contact the appropriate printer representative for programming language questions Paxar MPCL2 More Information Note Paxar is formerly Monarch Incrementing Decrementing Fields When the printer is capable of doing the incrementing decrementing internally it is instructed to do so This is called Native Mode In Native Mode control returns to the PC almost immediately Loftware Label Manager does incrementing decrementing in software when the printer cannot do it internally and sends down a different set of data for each label This is called Extended Mode In Extended mode the Printing dialog box shows the line Printing Label x of y and control does not return to the PC until the entire series of labels is printed Label Size The label size is used as a frame of reference When you rotate your label or when you rotate the printing of a label it is imperative that Loftware Label Manager Design knows the exact size of the stock on which you are printing UPC and EAN bar codes Using UPC EAN Loftware Label Manager allows you to specify that UPC EAN bar codes Extensions print wit
32. important if you are not using Zebra RFID label stock in your printer as the transponder position may be quite different Length of Void This lets you determine how much of the label is printed with a VOID Output warning when the encoding or reading of the RFID tag fails The default of 0 prints the VOID message the entire length of the label This may or may not be helpful as the VOID printing would use up more of the printer s ribbon but on the other hand it would make the failure of the tag s encoding or reading more visible and therefore more evident Number of Labels to This setting allows you to determine how many retries are allowed after a retry in case of failure while encoding or reading the RFID tag read encode failure Write Options Section Number of Times to This setting determines the number of times to retry writing to the tag in case Retry of initial failure The default setting is 0 Enable RFID Motion By default labels automatically print at the end of the format When deselected the label is not moved when it reaches the program position Note that this setting must be specified for each label it is not automatically carried over from one label to the next Write Protect When checked the data written to the tag is protected and the tag may not be written to again This could be used for example as a pre emptive step to prevent a label in transit from being altered thus rendering the original encoding to the
33. include B SA4T B SP2D B SV4 B SX6T B SX8T Updated printer information is available on Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page For connection information Device Specific Options and supported TEC printers please refer to the TEC section UBI Information This section provides information specific to the UBI family of printers 301 501E 601E Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Printer Status Serial only If the status report is positive the level of firmware in the printer is also displayed This function can be a very valuable tool If there is a status problem a corresponding error message is displayed Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These printers usually have a serial interface A parallel interface is available as an option Generally newer models support USB but this may or may not be standard Parallel Interface optional interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into an LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface Use the serial cable that came with your printer If it did not come with a cable consult the printer documentation for cable requirements USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and PC or server a
34. lt CUT gt B 58 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Backfeed Settings Section Backfeed Don t Send Backfeed No backfeed commands are sent to the printer Send Backfeed Before printing the first label in print request the printer backfeeds the specified distance in and after printing the last label it forward feeds the same distance Use this setting to present the label for manual tear off after printing This setting is not used when printing multi up layouts Use Printer Setup Use the setting from the device Options dialog box Distance All measurements are in tenths of a millimeter Note When using the LPS note that each occurrence of a PrintLabel command constitutes a print request Fine Position Adjustments Section Don t Send No Fine Position Adjust commands are sent to the printer Settings Send Settings Use this setting for making fine adjustments in 1mm increments in the Feed Distance Cutting or Stripping Position or Backfeed Distance Consult your printer manual for further information on setting these values Use Printer Setup Use the setting from the device Options dialog box Feed Range is set between 500 to 500 mm Cut Strip Range is between from 500 to 500 mm Backfeed Range is between from 99 to 99 mm Graphics Method Section Use Printer Setup This is the default setting and applies the setting selected in the Printer
35. may be smaller depending on the available memory in the printer Model Maximum Image Size in Pixels 8400 200 dpi 832 x 832 8400 150 dpi 768 x 768 8450 300 dpi 1536 x 1536 8450 150 dpi 768 x 768 8450 100 dpi 512x512 Performance Considerations Vector Fonts The LLM supports all of the Proportional Vector fonts available on the SATO also called M 84XX printers These fonts can be scaled to any size between 05 to 4 88 Scaleable Fonts The quality of these fonts is excellent however vector fonts must be imaged in the printer before the label is printed and that process can slow down printing times It is not uncommon for a label with several sizes of vector fonts to encounter a 3 to 15 second delay per label Obviously there is a trade off between font quality and print speed In addition Proportional Fonts do not center properly see the Advanced Techniques chapter for information on centering fonts Images When an image is downloaded to the printer any white space surrounding the actual image is also downloaded to the printer This wastes printer RAM and increases the amount of time required to download the image Always crop your images as tightly as possible Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 55 Sato Error Messages let you retry the label does not print Error message after the printer is turned back on Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware error message
36. of labels is printed Datamax Label Size The label size is used as a frame of reference When you rotate your label or when you rotate the printing of a label it is imperative that Loftware Label Manager Design knows the exact size of the stock on which you are printing Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 11 Datamax Error Messages Printer Turned Off Error message Does not let you retry label does not print Error message Lets you retry so the label prints Received port not found error USB port not shown in Port combo of Printer Connection No Loftware printer error but has a Windows printer error Lets you retry the label prints Spooled to Shared No error message Prints the labels when the error is corrected Spooled to PrintServer No error message Prints the labels when the error is corrected No error message Prints the labels when the error is corrected Eltron Information Cable Disconnected Error message Does not let you retry label does not print Error message Lets you retry so the label prints Error Message Printing starts when cable reconnected No Loftware printer error but has a Windows printer error Lets you retry the label prints No error message Prints the labels when the error is corrected No error message Prints the labels when the error is corrected No error message Prints the labels when the
37. print Labels print after stock is Labels print after the added print head is put down No error message All error message All No error message No error message PrintServer labels print labels print Labels print after stock is Labels print after print added head is down No error message All error message error message No error message labels print labels print Labels print after stock is Labels print after print added head is put down PCL5 Information PCL is not a Printer Family as such but is listed as a Loftware native driver among the available printers Hewlett Packard created PCL Printer Control Language but it is used by a number of other printer manufacturers as well Loftware s PCL driver operates with any printer that supports 5 The native PCL fonts enabled for 5 are Univers Times Courier and Arial Univers is the default font for the driver PCL5 Options PCL5 Label Specific Options PCL5 Page Size options include A4 A5 BA JIS B5 JIS Com 10 Envelope Custom Executive Hagaki Postcard International B5 Envelope International C5 Envelope International DL Envelope Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 41 Ledger Legal Letter Monarch Envelope and Oufuku Hagaki Postcard Options supported by different PCLS printer models may vary PCL5 Label Options Page Size Custom Paper
38. remembers images that are sent to the printer and only resends an image if the image is changed Supported Fonts Most Zebra printers come standard with 8 bitmapped fonts and 1 scaleable font Additional downloadable fonts are also available Consult your printer manual for available fonts TrueType fonts are downloaded to the Zebra printers as graphics Zebra Options Zebra Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button Zebra RFID options are described in the next section Zebra Label Specific Options These settings are accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog Printer options set when you click on the Options button from the Device Configuration dialog are described below Label Options Section Print Speed This option allows the user to vary the speed at which the label prints The range of available print speeds varies with the selected printer type Darkness Darkness allows you to control the darkness of the print 0 is the nominal setting Label Top This command moves the entire label format up or down from its current position
39. tag invalid The default setting is not checked Read Options Section Number of Times to This setting determines the number of times to retry reading the tag data in Retry case of initial failure The default setting is 0 This setting only applies if you have set the Human Readable property of the RFID field to Read Tag See Chapter 5 for more information Enable RFID Motion By default labels automatically print at the end of the format When deselected the label is not moved when it reaches the program position Note that this setting must be specified for each label it is not automatically carried over from one label to the next Zebra Printer Capabilities and Limits Maximum Number of maximum number of fields per label format is 200 Fields Maximum Image The maximum size of any image is 600 dots x 600 dots The physical size of Size the image depends on the resolution of your printer Note that the actual size B 78 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide of images the printer is able to handle is determined by the amount of RAM installed in your printer If images are displayed in Loftware Label Manager label design but do not print the printer may not have enough memory to store the image Printed Bar code It is possible to define a combination of attributes such as line width ratio Does Not Match the etc that the printer cannot produce or might print in one orientation but not Design
40. the label To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed and increase decrease the heat as necessary Direct Thermal No Ribbon Uses heat sensitive label stock without the ribbon The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the label stock and activating the heat sensitive material in the stock causing darkening of the material To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed and increase decrease the heat as necessary Label Stock Die Cut Stock that has gaps between each label Continuous No gaps notches or perforations between labels Mark Stock Stock with a black mark found opposite print side Label Handling Section Batch Normal printing mode labels are continuously printed and fed out of the printer Applicator A specialty device that is integrated with the printer that allows labels to be picked up from the printer and placed on a product Typical for assembly line production Self Strip Self strip handling requires that the stock in the printer be properly fed through the self strip attachment on the printer Consult your Intermec manual or service technician for further assistance While in self strip mode the printer presents each label and waits for it to be removed before continuing The printer does not print labels if there is a label at the strip pin Cut Options Section Cut or Label Cutter These options require that a cutter be install
41. this dialog will be used for printing the label This is the text that will be printed across the label after write retries fail This sets the number of attempts to write to the label after an unsuccessful try Settings range from 0 to 10 Intermec Printer Capabilities and Limits Faster Throughput Maximum Number of Fields Maximum Image Size Images Do Not Print Printed Bar code Does Not Match the Design Disappearing Fields Using CODE 128 For faster throughput always use a parallel port interface The maximum number of fields per label format is between 40 and 200 but this varies between printer models The maximum size of any image varies among printers The physical size of the image depends on the resolution of your printer For 203 dpi printers this is roughly 3 by 3 Note that the actual size of images that your printer can handle is determined by the amount of RAM installed in your printer If images are displayed in Loftware Label Manager label design but do not print the printer probably does not have enough memory to store the image If you are using a 440x printer a Memory Overflow message is displayed on the control panel If you are going to be working with large images you may need to add additional UDC RAM to the printer Contact Intermec for information on memory upgrades for your printer It is possible to define a combination of attributes such as line width ratio etc that the print
42. 0PAX4 110xillI Plus 140 140xillI 140xillI Plus 170PAX3 170PAX4 170 170xillI 170xillI Plus 17XPAX 17XPAX2 220xill 220xillI 220xillI Plus 2844 Z TLP LP 3844 Z TLP LP 90xill 90xill 600dpi 90xilll 90xillI Plus 96xillI 96 Plus DA402 QL220 QL320 QL420 R110PAX3 110 4 R1i10XilliPlus R110Xi R140 R170Xi R2844 Z R402 R4M Plus RW420 S4M ZPL Stripe 400 Stripe 600 TA402 ZAM ZAM Plus Z6M Z6M Plus R110 PAX5 RFID R110 PAX4 RFID R110XilllPlus RFID R110Xi RFID R140 RFID RI70Xi RFID R402 RFID Plus RFID R2844 Z RFID Currently the following Imtec printers support the RTC option Apply Pro w 140xill Apply Pro w 170xill Apply Pro w 90xill Apply Pro 90 600 dpi Protector w 140xill Protector w 170xill Protector w 90xill Protector w 90xilI 600 dpi Value Pro w 140xill Value Pro w 90xill Field Clock Specify the character s that will precede and indicate a time date value For Indicators example the default indicator for the primary clock is There are no default Loftware Label Manager User s Guide indicators for the secondary and tertiary clocks Most printable characters are acceptable except those that conflict with ZPL II commands Refer to your ZPL II manual volume 2 for more information If indicators for secondary and tertiary clocks are entered separate the characters with a comma Appendix B Printers and Labels 75 Set Date Time This displays options for the current clock date t
43. 2 Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button Paxar MPCL2 Label Specific Options Print Speed The range of available print speeds varies with the selected printer type This setting controls the speed at which the paper is fed when printing The combinations of print speed and head temperature control the print quality of the label B 36 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Head Temperature This allows you to control the darkness of the print 0 is nominal setting the temperature higher than 0 causes the label to print darker Temperature settings lower than 0 cause the label to print lighter Values from 390 to 156 Cut Options Use PSO Uses the cut option selected in the device Options dialog box Setting the cut option in the Label Options dialog box provides label specific cutting options Whereas setting the cut option in the device Options dialog box produces the same behavior for all labels printed on that specific printer Cutter Off Disables the cut mechanism on the printer Cut After Every Tag Cuts before first tag cuts each tag and cuts after
44. 200 dots default 65 dots Cannot be greater than the dispense position The backfeed distance should equal the dispense position An exception is if you are tearing instead of peeling Then the backfeed distance must be 30 dots 150 inches less than the dispense position However the result is a 30 dot non print zone on your supply The 30 dot difference accounts for improper tearing of butt cut supplies because you do not want any exposed adhesive under the printhead For more information consult your Printer manual Font Style Section Opaque The font and its envelope are opaque and blot out any lines or other fields that it overlaps Transparent The font and its envelope are transparent and any lines or other fields that it overlaps are visible Advanced Options Section Language Selects the language of the country chosen Defaults to United States Symbol Set Selects the symbol set used for fonts see Printer Appendix to determine the appropriate choice based on the application Graphic Storage Choose Flash or Volatile RAM or Non Volatile RAM Flash Memory is a special type of EEPROM that can be erased and reprogrammed in blocks instead of one byte at atime Volatile RAM loses its contents when the power is turned off whereas Non volatile RAM retains its contents Note If the graphic is larger than 5 by 5 inches the graphic is stored in Temporary Storage in the printer buffer regardless of the PSO selected The image is
45. 40 Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 R40 Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 60 203 dpi RFID 300 dpi RFID 203 dpi RFID Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 R60 Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 R80 Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 R80 300 dpi RFID 203 dpi RFID 300 dpi RFID These printers use the same language as Printronix Printers Please refer to the Printronix Section for error messages and other information regarding IBM printers Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the IBM RFID printers Imtec Information This section provides information specific to the Imtec family of printers Imtec Printers utilize the same Printer and Label Options as some of the other printers described in this appendix Therefore the following table lists Loftware s Imtec printer models and the corresponding label printer options used The defaults are different but the options and dialog boxes are the same Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page For the printers listed below consult the section on Zebra printers Imtec Apply Pro w 90xill Imtec Value Pro w 140xilI Imtec Apply Pro w 90xill 600 dpi Imtec Value Pro w 3240 Imtec Apply Pro w 140xill Imtec Protector w 90xill Imtec Apply Pro w 170xill Imtec Protector w 90
46. Appendix Printers and Labels This Appendix describes Loftware supported standard bar code and RFID printers It also includes block and tag configuration information on the RFID HF and UHF tags available for supported RFID devices Label Printers and RFID Printers Unless otherwise noted the Loftware supported RFID printers described in this section are UHF printers These are printers that support encoding to UHF tag types Avery Information This section provides information specific to the Avery family of printers RFID Printers are italicized in shaded table cells The Avery printers include 6404 6404 ALT 6405 6405 ALT 6406 6406 ALT 6408 6408 ALT ALX 924 ALX 925 ALX 926 AP 4 4 AP 5 4 AP 5 4 ALT AP 7 t textile DPM 4 DPM 5 DPM 6 5 262 S 362 S 462 TDI TDI ALT TTK TTK ALT TTX 1050 TTX 1050 ALT TTX 300 OFL TTX 300 OFL ALT TTX 300 ONL TTX 300 ONL ALT TTX 350 TTX 350 ALT TTX 450 TTX 450 ALT TTX 650 TTX 650 ALT TTX 674 TTX 674 ALT TTX 675 TTX 675 ALT TTX 950 TTX 950 ALT 6404 RFID 6405 RFID 6406 RFID 6408 RFID ALX 924 RFID ALX 925 RFID ALX 926 RFID DPM 4 RFID DPM 5 RFID DPM 6 RFID Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the Avery RFID printers Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 1 2008 Loftware Inc All rights rese
47. Code Blocks 5 to 15 can be encoded each with a block size of 4 bytes 16 blocks total blocks 0 to 4 which are not user accessible contain the serial number write access conditions and configuration bits Supports Lock Tag after Writing Overflow EAS and AFI features Philips HF I Code The higher blocks 0 to 27 are used for user data each with a block size ISO 15693 of 4 bytes RF interface is defined by the ISO 15693 standard 32 blocks total the lowest blocks 4 to 1 which are not user accessible contain the unique identifier write access conditions and other special data Supports Lock Tag after Writing Overflow EAS AFI and DSFID features TI HF Tag it User data is contained in blocks 0 7 Each block consists of 4 bytes Supports Lock Tag after Writing and Overflow features TI HF Tag it ISO User data is organized into 64 blocks 0 to 63 Each block consists of 4 15693 bytes RF interface is defined by the ISO 15693 standard Supports Lock Tag After Writing Overflow AFI and DSFID features The following UHF tag types are supported by Loftware See also the next section on RFID Devices and Tag Types UHF Tag Type User accessible Data Blocks UHF 64 bit Class 1 PC block 1 byte used to lock the tag EPC block 8 bytes used for EPC DOD URI UHF 96 bit Class 1 PC block 1 byte used to lock the tag EPC block 12 bytes used for EPC DOD URI UHF 96 bit Class 0 KC block 3 bytes used to lock th
48. Does let you retry the label prints Spooled to Shared No error message The labels print when the error is corrected Spooled to PrintServer No error message The labels print when the error is corrected Direct IP No error message The labels print when the error is corrected Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Cable Disconnected Printer Turned Off Error message Does let you retry so the label prints Error message Does let you retry the label prints No Loftware printer error but has a Windows printer error Does let you retry the label prints No error message The labels print when the error is corrected No error message The labels print when the error is corrected No error message The labels print when the error is corrected No Stock Error message Does let you retry so the label prints Printer stock error Does let you retry the label prints No Loftware printer error but has a Windows printer error Does let you retry the label prints No error message The labels print when the error is corrected No error message The labels print when the error is corrected No error message The labels print when the error is corrected Appendix B Printers and Labels B 27 Print Head Up Error message Does let you retry so the label prints Print head error Does let you retry the label prints No Loftware printer error but h
49. F Printers The table below shows Loftware RFID HF printers for RFID smart labels and the HF tag types that each supports Note that the Datamax printers on this table also support UHF tags The Sato printer also supports UHF tags These are listed in the tables above and or below Philips HF I TI HF TI HF Tag it 1 Code ISO 15693 Tag it ISO 15693 Datamax I 4210 RFID Datamax 1 4212 RFID Datamax 1 4308 RFID 2 X X Datamax 1 4406 RFID Datamax 1 4604 RFID x X Sato CLA08e X X X Zebra R140 RFID X Zebra R2844 Z RFID X X X Zebra R402 RFID X X X Table B 2 Loftware supported HF RFID Printers and Tag Types The Datamax 1 4210 RFID I 4212 RFID I 4308 RFID I 4406 RFID I 4604 RFID and the Sato CLA08e RFID also support UHF encoding See Table B 3 below RFID HF UHF Printers This table shows Loftware RFID printers for smart labels that support both HF and UHF and the tag types each supports UHF Gen 1 UHF Class 1 HF Gen 1 Gen 2 64 bit 96 bit 96 bit UCODE Impinj TI Phillips Phillips l TI TI Tag it Class Class Class EPC Monza Dallas 1 Code Tag it ISO 1 1 0 1 19 15015693 Datamax X X X X 4210 RFID Datamax I 4212 RFID Datamax I 4308 RFID Datamax I 4406 RFID Datamax I 4604 RFID Sato 408 24 K
50. Options for Gap Offset Cut Interval and Dispense Position Gap Offset This command is for determining the beginning of the label when printing labels with irregular gaps Cut Interval Sets the number of labels to be printed before the stock is cut Dispense Position Adjusts the distance the label is fed after printing Printer Overrides Section These settings override the Print Options Section in Printer Specific Options Print Mode Batch Mode The whole surface of the label is printable Normal 1 1 Mode The first 18mm of the label are not printable The printing on the label is automatically shifted past the empty space Real 1 1 Mode Total surface of the label is printable and the label is retracted after each label Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 29 Dispense Position Adjusts the distance the label is fed after printing Character Set Several printer languages are available to print international characters that are not available in the U S character set See the appendix section of your printer guide to find the corresponding hex codes used to select the desired character Novexx Printer Specific Options Media Options Section Stock Type Die Cut Stock that has gaps between each label Continuous No gaps notches or perforations between labels Media Type Thermal Transfer Ribbon Uses ribbon and non heat sensitive label stock to print The print head is ac
51. Position Adjusts the distance the label is feed after printing Use Single Start Only one label is printed at a time Printing is then suspended until the correct function action has been taken The required action depends on the settings of the printer and is either the removal of the presented label or the use of a foot pedal Graphics Options Section These settings are mutually exclusive they cannot both be set at the same time Store Images This setting overrides the normal image behavior and always stores all images Images as Binary All images are sent to the printer in binary format Custom Command Section The Custom Command option is used when a non typical printing function is required Refer to the printer s programming manual for commands that may be used Send to Printer This instructs the Loftware Label Manager system on when to send the EasyPlug Command Note Commands are printer model and firmware specific Contact the appropriate printer representative for programming language questions Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 31 Paxar MPCL1 Information This printer guide provides information specific to the Paxar formerly Monarch MPCL 1 printers Loftware s supported models are 9425 9445 9474 Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Loftware Label Manager takes full advantage of the sop
52. SO dialog the display reflects whatever was typed in that box the last time the IBM Printronix PSO dialog was closed When this is checked Loftware does not send any PSOs or LSOs to the printer This is useful if you have an older printer or a printer with an older emulation that does not support one or more of the current commands that Loftware sends Custom Command Section The Custom Command box allows you to add additional commands to the data stream that is sent to the printer Please consult your IGP PGL manual for custom command syntax Note The custom command is sent after the CONFIG command and before the CREATE command Printronix RFID Options Section This section applies to Printronix RFID printers Use Label or Printer Options Single Protocol Firmware This allows you to use either the Label Specific Options settings or those set in Printer Specific Options PSO Changes in firmware affect the commands that the printer accepts Check this box if your firmware is single protocol Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 49 Send Options to Printer Tag Type Passcode Write Retries Printronix Error Messages LPT COM Locally Shared PrintServer Spooled Spooled To Spooled to Direct IP This will use the currently selected options Auto Detect determines the tag type Select No Tags if none is available Number of passcode write retrie
53. Setup dialog Graphic data is drawn as shown in the images below 12345678 12 78 Overwrite Drawing example OR Drawing example Custom Command Section Command You may enter a custom TPCL command string here You must include the command prefix and terminators and I This command is sent when printing a label and when clicking on the Send To Printer button It is sent immediately prior to the buffer clear command Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 59 RFID Option Section Override Printer When checked the Tag Position setting on this dialog will be used overriding Setup the selection made from the Printer Specific Options dialog Tag Position This sets the feed amount to adjust the RFID tag position before data is written to it Tag Position can be adjusted in units of 0 1 mm Feed direction forward backward TEC Printer Specific Options Media Options Section Stock Type Continuous Stock Continuous media with no black stripe and no gap Die Cut Stock The label to label gap is automatically sensed by the transmissive sensor and the paper position is finely adjusted for every piece Mark Stock The black mark provided on the back side of the stock is automatically sensed by the reflective sensor and the paper position is finely adjusted for every piece See the Threshold Set command for more information Mark Stock on
54. Thermal Transfer Ribbon Uses ribbon and non heat sensitive label stock to print The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the ribbon material and melting it onto the label To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed and increase decrease the heat as necessary Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 73 Backfeed Stock Type Cut Interval Tear Off Download Graphics To Always Download Format Override Pause Count Enable Zebra Network Ignore Printer Status Use ZPL II Only re send fields that have changed Send Options Label Printer B 74 Appendix B Printers and Labels Direct Thermal No Ribbon Uses heat sensitive label stock without the ribbon The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the label stock and activating the heat sensitive material in the stock causing darkening of the material To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed and increase decrease the heat as necessary The default is the default for the selected Print Mode Other options include After Print causes the printer to backfeed retract between each label that is printed Before Print causes the printer to backfeed retract before each label that is printed Suppress causes the printer to suppress the backfeeding or retracting action before print and after print Suppress Except Last Label
55. abel Manager If the value set is too small Loftware Label Manager displays an error message Image Buffer The image buffer memory is the area where the active print image is temporarily stored To calculate the exact memory needed using the following formula Printer Width 2 Label height in inches x 12 KB Printer Width 4 Label height in inches x 22 KB Note You cannot allocate more memory than is installed in the printer Advanced Options Section Character Set This command selects a character set for printing Consult the appendix section of your printer manual for a more complete description of supported character sets Custom Command Section The custom command option sends printer commands otherwise not available in the Loftware Label Manager dialog boxes Eltron Printer Capabilities and Limits Faster Throughput For faster throughput always use a parallel port interface Printed Bar code It is possible to define a combination of attributes such as line width ratio etc Does Not Match that the printer cannot produce or might print in one orientation but not the Design another Under these conditions the printer may print the closest possible bar code This usually occurs when you define a bar code with line width 1 The printer sometimes promotes this to a line width 2 bar code resulting in a printed bar code that is twice as long as desired Eltron When the printer is capable of doing the incre
56. abel when labels are printed with irregular gaps Cut Interval This sets the number of labels to be printed before the stock is cut Dispense Position This adjusts the distance the label is fed after printing Gap Overrides Section This section available only for the Avery 300 Offline printer overrides the Printer Specific Options for Gap Offset and Gap Length Enable Gap Options When checked the following Gap settings are enabled Gap Offset This command determines the beginning of an irregular gap label Gap Length For continuous stock this setting is used to add space between printed labels The settings are in increments of 1 mm Avery RFID Options Section These options apply to Avery RFID printers Use Label or Printer This setting determines whether to use the options set in this section or Options those set in the Avery RFID Printer Specific Options From this dialog label setup options can be set when the Use Label RFID Options setting is selected RFID Tag Type Select one of the supported tag types Autodetect EPC Class 0 Alien EPC Class 1 and Philips UCODE EPC 1 19 tags Note If you are using an Avery RFID printer to print your label from the Avery RFID PSO dialog set RFID Tag Type to Autodetect which automatically determines the tag type Otherwise you must set the tag type from the Avery PSO dialog to match what is set in the Block Configuration dialog Tag Position From This is the distance of the
57. ace Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into a LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface Check with manufacturer for cable information The hardware license key is not part of the serial interface since it must always be plugged into a LPT parallel port USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and computer or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer Network Port Included or optional on some printers Novexx Options Novexx Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button B 28 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Novexx Label Specific Options Label Options Section Print Speed The range of available print speed varies with the selected printer type This setting controls the speed at which the stock moves when printing The combinations of print speed and head temperature control the print quality of the label Feed Speed This setting affect
58. added CodePage Other Symbol Sets Arabic to Turkish Send Options Use Printer Setup Label uses settings from Printer Specific Options PSO Overrides any Send Options set in PSO nothing set Yes Overrides Do Not Send Option in PSO Cutter Enables cutter for this label only Cut Interval Sets Cut Interval for this label only B 46 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Printronix Printer Specific Options Since none of the printer options are sent from Loftware the Printer must be properly configured through its front panel for this to work Be sure to enable HOST FORM LENGTH on the printer Media Options Section Stock Type Gap Sense Media Type Print Mode Media Handling This option specifies the method used to detect the media top Advanced Gap Stock Media being used has liner gaps between die cut labels with black background Advanced Notch Stock Media being used has notches or holes that interrupt a black vertical line on the underside of the media Continuous Stock Continuous media with no black stripe and no gap is being used Die Cut Stock Media with a space or gap between die cut labels is being used where the media backing or liner is present between labels Also for media with pre punched notches or holes Mark Stock Media with a horizontal black stripe on the backside of the liner is being used Direct Direct Th
59. al Interface standard interface Paxar printers use an RS232 C null modem cable The hardware license key is not part of the serial interface since it must always be plugged into a LPT parallel port USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and PC or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer Error Messages and Handling When printing to a Paxar printer or using Printer Status to check the state of a Paxar printer Loftware Label Manager may report the following error Printer Returned error code Refer to your printer documentation to reference these error codes Example Printer returned DATA ERROR error 571 Error 571 means that a UPC or EAN bar code received data whose length is invalid You should check the length of your data Supported Features Image Support Images are downloaded and stored in the printer s image memory Loftware Label Manager remembers images that are sent to the printer and only resends an image if the image is changed B 32 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Printer Control and Configuration The Loftware Label Manager Design application allows you to configure printer settings that are saved in the label format using File Media Setup and File Media Setup Label Options Individual workstation printer settings may be configured using File
60. al operation Appendix B Printers and Labels 47 Offline Pause Sets the printer to pause offline after the specified number of physical pages Count printed Auto Eject Labels Specifies whether the printer ejects the last page of a job if the page is not full When this setting is checked the printer ejects the last page after the entire job has been processed and printed By default this setting is deselected the printer does not eject the last page unless you send a Page Eject command or until the printer receives another print job Form Feed at Top Specifies whether the printer performs a Form Feed when a Form Feed of Form command is received and the printer is already at the Top of Form When this setting is checked the printer advances media from the present Top of Form position to the next Top of Form position upon receipt of a Form Feed command causing a blank form The factory default is Enable When this setting is deselected the printer does not advance media from the present Top of Form position to the next Top of Form position upon receipt of a Form Feed command Host Form Length Determines how the physical label size is affected upon an EXECUTE command The physical label length changes to match the form length defined in CREATE mode The physical label size remains at the new setting until another EXECUTE command is received or the PRINTER CONTROL menu settings are changed The factory default is Enable Form
61. allel cable plug the hardware license key into a LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface Use an RS232 C null modem cable The hardware license key is not part of the serial interface since it must always be plugged into a LPT parallel port Some Datamax may require other serial configurations USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and computer or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer Supported Features Image Support Images are downloaded and stored in the printer s image memory Loftware Label Manager remembers images that are sent to the printer and only resends an image if the image is changed Supported Fonts Datamax printers support a variety of native fonts and certain printers support TrueType fonts as well Consult your printer manual for the specific native and TrueType font information Printer Control and Configuration The Loftware Label Manager Design application allows you to configure printer settings that are saved in the label format using File Media Setup Individual workstation printer settings may be configured using File Devices from within the Design or any of the Print applications On Demand Range Many of the settings in the printer do not take effect until the printer is re booted In the device O
62. anager User s Guide Media Options Section Media Type Fixed Length Strip This is used for continuous stock The length of the media that will be fed out depends on the length of the print window Label With Gaps This is used for adhesive labels mounted on liner Ticket With Gaps This is used for tickets and tags with detection slits Ticket With Marks This is used for labels tickets or continuous stock provided with black marks at the back Variable Length Strip This is used for continuous stock The length of each copy depends on the size of the print images Paper Type Thermal Transfer Uses ribbon and non heat sensitive label stock to print The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the ribbon material and melting it onto the label To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed and increase decrease the heat as necessary Direct Thermal Uses heat sensitive label stock without the ribbon The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the label stock and activating the heat sensitive material in the stock causing darkening of the material To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed and increase decrease the heat as necessary Media Sensitivity Guide Section The sensitivity for a particular type of media and ribbon is critical to achieving high quality printing If the Media Type you are using is listed select it and then press
63. and or heat as necessary Ribbon Autoecon On Off This command turns on the ribbon saver auto economy feature in supported printers Printers that do not support this feature ignore the command When this feature is turned on the ribbon usage is economized by lifting when the minimum amount of white space is exceeded This command determines the beginning of the label when printing labels with irregular gaps For continuous stock this setting is used to add space between printed labels The settings are in increments of 1 mm This sets the number of labels to be printed before the stock is cut This setting may yield poor results if you use a value that is not an even multiple of the Quantity and or Duplicates value For example If Quantity 2 Duplicates 3 and Cut Interval 2 your labels may print cut in the following sequence Label 1 Duplicate 1 Label 1 Duplicate 2 lt CUT gt Label 1 Duplicate 3 Label 2 Duplicate 1 lt CUT gt Label 2 Duplicate 2 Label 2 Duplicate 3 lt CUT gt This returns a message providing status on the printer If there is a problem communicating with the printer a corresponding error message is displayed Avery RFID Printer Options are described above B 4 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Print Options Section Do Not Send Options When this is checked Loftware does not send any Printer Specific Options or Label Specific Options to the printer
64. another Under these conditions the printer may print the closest possible bar code This usually occurs when you define a bar code with line width 1 The printer sometimes promotes this to a line width 2 bar code resulting in a printed bar code that is twice as long as desired Disappearing Fields Advanced printers do not print any field with an invalid definition For example if you define a UPC A bar code which requires exactly 11 digits and then provide alphabetic data at print time the printer does not print the field If your label test prints correctly but fields do not print in production printing check your data carefully to make sure it is valid Using CODE 128 Refer to the section on building Code 128 UCC 128 symbologies Zebra Incrementing When the printer is capable of doing the incrementing decrementing internally Decrementing Fields it is instructed to do so This is called Native Mode When printing in Native Mode control returns to the PC almost immediately Loftware Label Manager does incrementing decrementing in software when the printer cannot do it internally and sends down a different set of data for each label This is called Extended Mode In Extended mode the Printing dialog box shows the line Printing Label x of y and control does not return to the PC until the entire series of labels is printed Set Label Size The label size is used as a frame of reference When you rotate your label or
65. as a Windows printer error Does let you retry the label prints No error message The labels print when the error is corrected No error message The labels print when the error is corrected No error message The labels print when the error is corrected Meto Information This printer guide section provides information specific to the Meto family of printers These printers are created with Datamax language therefore see the Datamax section for error messages and other information regarding Meto printers Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page The supported printers include mi 4206 mi 4212 mi 4308 mi 6208 mi 6308 mn 4203 513210 Monarch Information See the Paxar Section as Monarch is now known as Paxar Novexx Information This section provides information specific to the Novexx family of printers The supported printers include ALX 924 ALX 925 ALX 926 Chess 4 Chess 5 Chess 6 Chess 8 Cobra OFL Cobra ONL DPM 4 DPM 5 DPM 6 Lion Lion Plus Ocelot Puma Puma Plus Texxtile Tiger Tiger XXL Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These printers usually have a serial interface and a parallel interface Some models support USB and have NIC Ports Parallel Interface standard interf
66. as gaps between each label Continuous No gaps notches or perforations between labels Mark Stock Black mark found opposite print side Buffer Mode Double Selecting the double buffer mode instructs the printer to erase and format only incremental fields that have changed Single Selecting single buffer mode instructs the printer to erase and format both incremental fields and the rest of the label format This feature is only active when the labels being printed are less than half the maximum size of the printer s print buffer Ribbon Saver This command turns the ribbon saver feature on in supported printers The command is ignored by printers that do not support this feature When the ribbon saver feature is turned on the ribbon saver automatically lifts when the minimum amount of white space is exceeded B 8 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Forms Control Section Settings for Tear Off Form Edge and Label Gap are in dots Use the dots per inch dpi for your printer to find the proper value Datamax settings increment each 1 100 of an inch Present Distance This specifies an additional amount to advance the label after printing Tear Off Label The Tear Off control enables the label retract feature of the printer The printer Retract advances the label tear off dots after the label is printed so the label can be torn off It automatically retracts the label back to th
67. ata WA B 96d 96 Y 961 556 Printed result Monday January 01 2001 01 06 Field Name in Properties dialog ZtimeFieldSecDate Secondary clock data d Secondary clock offset values all set to 3 Printed result Sunday April 4 2004 04 07 Field Name in Properties dialog ZTimeFieldTerDate Tertiary clock data 9A B d 9 Y Tertiary clock offset values all set to 5 Printed result Tuesday June 06 2006 06 12 Zebra RFID Printer Options The following information applies to Loftware supported Zebra RFID printers Zebra Label Specific RFID Options Use Label or Printer This allows you to use either your settings in the Label Specific Options or Options those set in the Printer Specific Options Set Up Options Section Send Setup Options When checked the setup options selected on this dialog are used for to Printer printing Tag Type Auto detect automatically determines the tag type by querying the tag Select None if no tags are available If the printer supports it select from EPC Class 0 EPC Class 0 Plus EPC Class 1 64 bit EPC Class 1 96 bit ISO 18000 06B EPC Gen2 Philips HF I Code Philips HF I Code ISO B 76 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide 15693 TI HF Tag it or TI HF Tag it ISO 15693 Note that not all tag types are supported by all printers Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section Transponder The position in Dot Rows f
68. ata to the tag UBI Printer Specific Options Forms Control Section Start Adjust This can be a negative or a positive number of dots A positive Start Adjust value will feed out the specified length of media before the printing starts A negative value will pull back the specified length of media before the printing starts Stop Adjust This can be a negative or a positive number of dots A positive Stop Adjust value will increase the normal media feed by the specified value after printing is finished A negative value will decrease the normal media feed by the specified value after printing is finished Refer to your printer guide for recommended feed adjustment settings X Start This specifies the start of the printable area Label Taken This detects if the printed label has been removed before the next one is Sensor printed Disable Print Key This disables the lt Print gt key requiring the key to be pressed to print a label Ribbon Saver This turns the ribbon saver auto economy feature on in supported printers EasySet System This uses the optional EasySet bar code wand or scanner Cutter Options Section Feed Length Zero is the default but this may be set to cut after any number of labels Enable Cutter Enables an optional label cutter When enabled the cutter is set to cut a label after printing Media Settings Section Contrast This controls the darkness of the print B 66 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label M
69. bles the printer to connect with the Zebra Network When this option is enabled data is sent directly to the printer without statusing In this mode the Loftware Label Manager system does not get messages back from the printer in the event an error occurs This function enables the use of ZPL II commands See the ZPL II manual for information on commands When checked only the data that has been changed is re sent for printing Checked by default which sends all label and printer options When unchecked only the Map Clear command is sent Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Font Options Section Character Set DB Char Set Several printer languages are available to print international characters that are not available in the U S character set See the appendix section of your printer guide to find the corresponding hex codes used to select the desired character The list displays options for Double Byte Character Set Custom Command Section ZPL Command Send Command The ZPL command option sends printer commands otherwise not available in the Loftware Label Manager dialog boxes Send Command instructs the Loftware Label Manager system when to send the ZPL Command Real Time Clock Section These settings will apply only if the Real Time Clock option is supported by and installed in the printer This will place a time date stamp on the label Currently the following Zebra printers support the RTC option 110PAX3 11
70. causes the printer to suppress the backfeeding or retracting action before print and after print except before or after the last label has printed Continuous No gaps or separations between labels Non Continuous Gap perforation or separation between each label Mark Stock Black line or mark on the label stock backing Web Perforation gap or separation between each label Number of printed labels between cutting If the cutter is enabled and the cut interval is set to 0 zero then the printer cuts the label after the batch Adjusts the rest point of the media after a label is printed which changes the position at which the label can be torn off or cut By default the Tear Off settings are sent to the printer If you do not want any Tear Off settings sent to the printer this may be disabled in Preferences In LLM Design Mode Options Preferences Zebra DRAM The default location for graphic storage is the printer s internal memory This is volatile memory if the printer is powered off the graphics are lost EEPROM This is battery backup type memory If the printer is powered off the graphics remain in memory PCMCIA This is a memory card which can be removed from the printer Instructs the Loftware Label Manager system to send the label format with every print request This overrides the Paused Count setting which is controlled by the Cut Interval selection This setting ena
71. ce standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer For all other Paxar printers use an RS232 C null modem cable The hardware license key is not part of the serial interface since it must always be plugged into a LPT parallel port Error Messages and Handling When printing to a Paxar printer or using Printer Status to check the state of a Paxar printer Loftware Label Manager may report the following error Printer Returned lt error code gt Refer to your printer documentation to reference these error codes Example Printer returned DATA ERROR error 571 Error 571 means that a UPC or EAN bar code received data whose length is invalid You should check the length of your data Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 35 Supported Features Image Support Images are downloaded and stored in the printer s image memory Loftware Label Manager remembers images that are sent to the printer and only resends an image if the image is changed Supported Fonts The following are the standard fonts provided in the 9446 9490 and 9494 Name Dots Features Reduced 8 18 magnify height and width from 1 to 7 Standard 16 by 24 magnify height and width from 1 to 7 OCR A 16 by 23 magnify height and width from 1 to 7 no lowercase BOLD 32 by 48 magnify height and width from 1 to 7 no lo
72. chip from the leading edge This defaults to 60 Start of Label mm Number of Write This setting determines the number of times to retry in case of initial Retries per Label failure Number of Labels to This setting determines the number of retries before displaying an error Retry in Case of Tag message and requiring user intervention Access Failure Verify This is set to Off by default When Verify is enabled it detects whether the tag about to be written to is an Alien tag or not Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 3 Avery Printer Specific Options Media Options Section Stock Type Media Type Gap Offset Gap Length Cut Interval Get Printer Status Die Cut Stock that has gaps between each label Continuous No gaps notches or perforations between labels Thermal Transfer Ribbon Uses ribbon and non heat sensitive label stock to print The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the ribbon material and melting it onto the label To increase the quality of the print decrease or increase the speed and or the heat as necessary Direct Thermal No Ribbon Uses heat sensitive label stock without the ribbon The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the label stock and activating the heat sensitive material in the stock causing darkening of the material To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed
73. cked print head is put down Loftware supported EXE printers include MR400 MR400e MR410 MR410e These printers use the same language as Sato Printers Please refer to the Sato Section for error messages and other information regarding EXE printers Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Fastmark Information This printer guide section provides information specific to the Fastmark family of printers Since these printers use both Datamax and Eltron Languages the following table shows which printer section to look under regarding PSO s error messages and other information Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 17 For printers on this table refer to the Datamax Printers section FM402 PPLA FM4602 PPLA For printers on this table FM402 PPLB FM4602 PPLB Fox IV Information FM403 PPLA FM4603 PPLA FM6602 FM403 PPLB FM4603 PPLB FM4402 PPLA refer to the Eltron Printers section FM4402 PPLB This section provides information specific to the Fox family of printers Since these printers use Sato Zebra Datamax Intermec and Printronix Printer Languages the following table helps to know which printer section to look under regarding PSO s error messages and oth
74. comma Example Enter C D for Start Code C and Stop Code D You may also provide the Start and Stop codes in your data to override this setting d 11 Codabar Remap String G x d uel 97 28 Windows Printer Zebra OK Cancel Load Defaults Figure B C TEC Codabar Remap String TEC Error Information Paper Jam on LCD screen There is a problem with the media The problem must be corrected then turn the printer off amp back on Time Out If Loftware times out in the middle of sending a large amount of graphic information images true type fonts etc the printer may be left in a state where it cannot accept any further commands If this occurs you must turn the printer off and back on Try increasing the timeout value for the printer in the Advanced Settings section of the device Connection dialog box Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 63 Printer Commands displayed LCD screen If the printer receives commands that are not formatted in a way that it understands it displays a portion of the command string on the LCD screen It may look something like the following PC001 0120 0680 Contact Loftware technical support and please have the following information ready Loftware version number Printer Model and program version number A specific example or a description of a way to reproduce the error Toshiba Information Supported Toshiba printers
75. cted and saved in the label format then that option is used whenever that label is printed UNLESS a job containing a TRAY command is submitted through LPS The TRAY command overrides both the printer setting and the label setting Refer to the TRAY command section of the Print Request Data Structures topic in Chapter 1 of the LPS guide Note Different manufacturer s printers may implement the handling of the Paper Source selection differently For example one manufacturer may map the Lower Tray command to the printer s Lower Tray while another manufacturer may map the same command to its Optional Tray Additionally these mappings may be configurable again depending upon the manufacturer When driving printers with PCLS note that there is typically a 1 4 margin on all sides of the page that is not printable Additionally along the top of the page the unprintable margin area can have label elements text lines etc positioned within it creating a clipping effect For this reason it may be best to define the label or page layout size in Loftware to be V2 2 x 14 less than the physical paper size For example a label designed for a Letter sized page would be 8 x 10 2 The optimal settings and dimensions for different PCL5 printer models may vary B 42 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide PCL5 Printer Specific Options Printer Options with PCLS printers are different from most of the othe
76. d Options Auto No Temp No Options A Remap 1st Font bE A Remap 2nd Font L font to be stored 5 Click on Load Defaults choose OK or Cancel Do Not Send Images in Batch Print Send Cut Immediate Commands Send Mode Commands Add Line Feed to Images A Example 6 10 Bis the font that is used in label design 10 is the location in the printer where the custom font is stored Use the following list to decide which font to use in label design 0 788 127811 2 10x14 3 8 Point 4 12 Point 5 20 Point 6 OCRA 7 OCRB 8 5x7 9 Outline Swiss 10 Outline Swiss Bold 11 Dutch Roman OK Cancel Load Defaults Figure B A Preferences dialog box Type in a number from the list a comma and the location in the printer where you want the custom Remapped QR bar codes allow embedding control characters Barcode PDF417 Substitution Create QR Symbol Instead of PDF417 setting in the Intermec section of the Preferences dialog Characters 0x80 to 0x255 used in ASCII formulas are handled properly in the print stream Low ASCII characters that work for PDF or Datamatrix also work for per field remapped QR bar codes Intermec Error Messages LPT Error message Does not let you retry the label does not print COM Error message Does let you retry the label prints Spooled Locally No Loftware printer error but has a Windows printer error
77. d character Print Length 7 Inches sets the printer to the standard print length 14 Inches sets the printer to the expanded print length not available for some models Expanded Memory Expanded memory requires the use of a PCMCIA card Using a PCMCIA card does not add on to existing memory it replaces it You must also select the Memory Slot in which the card is located The length of the label that can be printed varies by printer and resolution Consult a Sato Technical Reference Manual not available for some models Note The M 84XX printers have two choices for maximum label length 7 187mm or 14 356mm When using the 8450 printer at 300 dpi the printer has a maximum print length of 7 and it ignores this setting B 52 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Memory Slot Selects the Memory Card slot None No memory card is installed Slot A Memory card is installed in location A or 1 in the printer Slot B Memory card is installed in location B or 2 in the printer Note Some printers refer to slot 1 instead of A A 1 and B 2 Cutter Options Section Print Cut Offset This is useful for aligning labels to the cut position Cut Interval This determines how frequently labels are cut a cut interval of 2 cuts every two labels a cut interval of 1 cut every label etc Base Reference Point Section The base reference point is the Horizontal and Vertical setti
78. de whenever a label format is defined Each line of the format is printed along with any printer language errors Fault If a printer language error occurs the error is printed on the media the message IGP Error is displayed on the front panel and then the printer goes offline The error must be cleared before the printer can resume normal operation Off The printer does no physical boundary checking whatsoever Fields are clipped if they are beyond the page boundaries On Full physical boundary checking is performed Any field that falls off the current page is reported as an error PPM Printronix Printer Manager Printronix version only works with Printronix printers PMU Print Manager Utility IBM version only works with IBM printers The PPM PMU is a program that provides status and control of multiple printers of the associated type on a network To use this Loftware feature enter the IP Address of the computer where the PPM PMU is running and click the Browse button This feature assumes you have a browser on your system and that the PPM PMU is running on the PC whose IP Address is displayed If you are successful a login screen is displayed where you can enter your credentials and configure the system Refer to your Printronix Manual for information on the actual workings of the PPM PMU The IP Address is persistent across all IBM Printronix printers each time you enter any IBM Printronix P
79. e 1 Label 1 Duplicate 2 lt CUT gt Label 1 Duplicate 3 Label 2 Duplicate 1 lt CUT gt Label 2 Duplicate 2 Label 2 Duplicate 3 lt CUT gt B 30 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Print Options Section Do Not Send When this is checked Loftware does not send any Printer Specific Options or Options Label Specific Options to the printer Print Mode The availability of the Print Modes depends on the printer Batch Mode The whole surface of the label is printable Normal 1 1 Mode The first 18mm of the label are not printable The printing on the label is automatically shifted past the empty space Real 1 1 Mode Total surface of the label is printable and the label is retracted after each label Character Set Several printer languages are available to print international characters that are not available in the U S character set See the appendix section of your printer guide to find the corresponding hex codes used to select the desired character Dispense Options Section Dispense Mode This setting applies only to printers with the dispenser attachment Disable The default setting dispense mode disabled Batch Mode The entire label is not printable the label is not retracted after feeding to the Dispense position 1 1 Mode The entire label is printable since the label is retracted before printing the next label Dispense
80. e Eltron printers can internally rotate the label 180 degrees When Top is selected the printer begins printing at the top of the label When bottom is selected the label is rotated 180 degrees and printing begins at the bottom Head Temperature Allows you to control the darkness of the print 5 is nominal setting the temperature higher than 5 causes the label to print darker Setting the temperature to lower than 5 causes the label to print lighter Values from 0 to 7 for 2122 2142 and 0 to 15 for 2242 2044 2046 2642 Form Number Eltron printers have the ability to store multiple forms in memory In order to store multiple forms a unique name must be generated for each form This option is used to provide a unique form name WARNING Printing Blank Labels In some instances while printing labels in thermal transfer mode blank labels advance out of the printer If this happens try increasing the head temperature in Label Specific Options F5 and test print your label again This symptom may occur if the ribbon being used requires hotter head temperatures to transfer the ink from the ribbon onto the paper substrate Label Cut Options Section Cutter Use Printer Cut Options uses Cut Options set in the Printer Specific Options section When enabled an optional label cutter is set to cut a label after printing using settings specified in this dialog Cut Every Allows the cutter to skip a given quantity of labels before cutting Cut Position
81. e proper start position before printing the next label The length should be set longer than the form edge Form Edge Top of The Form Edge control determines where printing begins on your label If you Form want the printer to print nearer to the leading edge of the label decrease the form edge offset If you want to move the start of print position away from the leading edge of the label into the body of the label increase the form edge offset Note In order for the new form edge settings to take effect you must download the format 2 or 3 times This is an idiosyncrasy of Datamax printers Label Gap For continuous stock this setting is used to add space between printed labels The settings available are in increments of 1 100 of an inch Column Offset This command allows horizontal adjustment of the point where printing begins This feature is useful when a single format must be printed on several different types of labels that already have printed information Row Offset This command allows vertical adjustment of the point where printing begins This feature is useful when a single format must be printed on several different types of labels that already have printed information Label Applicator Enables integration with equipment that picks the label from the printer and places it on a package Label Present The printer presents each label and waits for the label to be removed before continuing While in label present mode
82. e tag EPC block 12 bytes used for EPC DOD URI USR block 13 bytes used for user specific data UHF UCODE EPC 1 19 Block 0 12 bytes UHF ISO 18000 6B Block 0 200 bytes UHF Class 1 Gen 2 32 bit Access Password 32 bit Kill Password 96 bit EPC 32 byte USR block RFID Devices and Tag Types In order to encode data on RFID labels and tags an RFID device must support specific RFID commands Some RFID printers exclusively support encoding to UHF tag types Others will write only to HF tags A few printers support both UHF and HF tags Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 81 The tables below list current Loftware RFID printers and the tag types each supports RFID UHF Printers This table shows Loftware RFID Gen 1 and Gen 2 UHF printers for smart labels and the UHF tag types each supports UHF Gen 1 UHF Gen 2 64 bit 96 bit 96 bit UCODE 150 Impinj TI Class 1 Class1 Class 0 EPC 1 19 18000 6B Monza Dallas Avery 6404 RFID X R40 203 dpi RFID R40 300 dpi RFID R60 203 dpi RFID R60 300 dpi RFID R80 203 dpi RFID Infoprint 6700 5504 R80 300 dpi RFID Intermec EasyCoder PM4i RFID FP Intermec EasyCoder PM4i x x X X X X RFID IPL
83. ebra lineup and supported by Loftware Information and options on these printers may be found in the Eltron Section of this appendix They include 2443 Orion 2684 Strata 2722 2742 2746 2746e TLP 2824 2844 3742 3842 Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 71 Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the Zebra RFID printers Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These printers usually have a serial interface A parallel interface is available as an option Generally newer models support USB but this may or may not be standard Parallel Interface optional interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into an LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface Use the serial cable that came with your printer If it did not come with a cable consult the printer documentation for cable requirements USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and PC or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the PC Supported Features Image Support Images are downloaded and stored in the printer s image memory Loftware Label Manager
84. ed for example as a pre emptive step to prevent a label in transit from being altered thus rendering the original encoding to the tag invalid Read Options Section Number of Times to This setting determines the number of times to retry writing to the tag in case Retry of initial failure The default setting is 0 Enable RFID Motion default labels automatically print at the end of the format When deselected the label is not moved when it reaches the program position Note that this setting must be specified for each label it is not automatically carried over from one label to the next Feed Label After When this is checked the label is fed from the printer for removal and use Reading after reading Zebra Printer Specific RFID Options Set Up Options Section Send Setup Options When this is checked settings are used for printing to Printer Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 77 Tag Type This is set to Auto Detect by default which automatically determines the tag type by querying the tag Other choices are None no tags available Texas Instruments Tag it and Philips I Code Transponder The position in Dot Rows from the top of the label to the RFID transponder Position From Top embedded in the label The default position is 8 Dot Rows from the top of of Label the label 0 dot rows means that the media should not to be moved from its default position This setting may be particularly
85. ed on the printer With some Intermec printers specifically the Intermec 4400 you may have to set certain options on the printer Cut Every Allows the cutter to skip a given quantity of labels before cutting Cut Position This command is sent to a printer to provide precise cut placement The settings range from 70 to 130 dpi the default is 100 dpi Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 23 Forms Control Section Settings are in dots Use the dots per inch dpi for your printer to find the proper value For example if your printer has 203 dpi and you want to set a skip distance of 1 inch specify a value of 203 for the skip distance Top of Form Max Label Length Image Bands Retract Distance Skip Distance Continuous Stock Only Label Rest Point Enable Label Retract Feed After Print Set Label Width SendOptions B 24 Appendix B Printers and Labels This setting determines how close to the leading edge of the label printing occurs Valid values are 20 to 4000 with 20 as the default setting If you need to move the printing closer to leading edge of the printer lower the value If you need to move the printing away from the leading edge of the printer choose a higher value This setting is usually only critical when you are using small labels Maximum label length increases the allowed printing length of the label Valid values are 200 to 4800 dots For example a 203 dpi pri
86. er cannot produce or might print in one orientation but not another Under these conditions the printer may print the closest possible bar code This usually occurs when you define a bar code with line width 1 The printer sometimes promotes this to a line width 2 bar code resulting in a printed bar code that is twice as long as desired The Advanced printers do not print any field with an invalid definition For example if you define a UPC A bar code which requires exactly 11 digits and then provide alphabetic data at print time the printer does not print the field If your label test prints correctly but fields do not print in production printing check your data carefully to make sure it is valid The Intermec Advanced printers use auto discriminating Code 128 logic This means that the printer decides which subset of Code 128 to use based on the data for the bar code The printer automatically shifts subsets if necessary While this technique produces the densest possible bar codes it makes it difficult to implement a specification that requires explicit control of subsets or shifts between various subsets Note Refer to the section on how to build a UCC 128 symbology in this guide Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 25 Intermec When the printer is capable of doing the incrementing decrementing internally Incrementing it is instructed to do so This is called Native Mode When pri
87. er information Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Sato OEM FOXIV Model 6159 FOXIV Model 6160 FOXIV Model 6185 FOXIV Model 6190 Zebra OEM FOXIV Model 5113 FOXIV Model 5143 FOXIV Model 5173 FOXIV Model 6210 FOXIV Model 6270 RFID Printers Printronix OEM FOXIV SLPA 7204e RFID Datamax OEM FOXIV Model 2000 FOXIV Model 2000 300dpi FOXIV Model 3000 FOXIV Model 3600 Intermec OEM FOXIV Model 4051 203dpi FOXIV Model 4051 406dpi Printronix OEM FOXIV Model 7002 FOXIV Model 7003 FOXIV SLPA 7304e RFID See Printronix Options page for LSO and PSO settings Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the FOXIV RFID printers B 18 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide IBM Information This printer guide section provides information specific to the IBM family of printers RFID Printers are italicized in shaded cells The supported IBM printers include IBM 4400 004 203 dpi IBM 4400 004 300 dpi IBM 4400 006 203 dpi IBM 4400 006 300 dpi IBM 4400 008 203 dpi IBM 4400 008 300 dpi Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 R40 203 dpi R40 300 dpi R60 203 dpi Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 R60 300 dpi R80 203 dpi R80 300 dpi Infoprint 6700 Model 5504 R
88. ermal type of printing no ribbon requires special heat sensitive media Transfer Thermal Transfer type of printing ribbon installed This option specifies how the printer handles the media Continuous operation Printer prints on media and sends it out the front Cut Each Label Media is cut after printing each page requires optional cutter Peel Off Prints and peels die cut labels from the liner without assistance The printer waits for you to take away the label before printing the next one The label backing is rewound on the internal rewinder A LABEL PRESENT Remove Label message reminds you to remove the label before the next one can be printed Tear Off After each label is printed the printer positions the label over the tear off bar and waits for you to tear off the label before printing the next one A LABEL PRESENT Remove Label message reminds you to remove the label before the next one can be printed Tear Off Strip Printer prints on the media and sends it out the front until the print buffer is empty then positions the last label over the tear off bar for removal Forms Control Section Cut Interval Tear Off Pause Count Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Sets the printer to cut after the specified number of pages requires optional cutter Sets the printer to pause after the specified number of pages The paper must be completely torn before the printer resumes norm
89. expected results if you use a value that is not an even multiple of the Quantity and or Duplicates value For example If Quantity 2 Duplicates 3 and CutInterval 2 your labels may print cut in the following sequence Label 1 Duplicate 1 Label 1 Duplicate 2 lt CUT gt Label 1 Duplicate 3 lt CUT gt Label 2 Duplicate 1 Label 2 Duplicate 2 lt CUT gt Label 2 Duplicate 3 lt CUT gt Backfeed When this check box is enabled printer backfeeds the stock prior to the printing of the next label a specified distance from 30 to 2000 dpi Note When using the LPS note that each occurrence of a PrintLabel command constitutes a print request All measurements are in tenths of a millimeter Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 61 Fine Position Adjustments Section Enable When checked the adjustments listed below become active and can be set Feed Range is set between 500 to 500 mm Cut Strip Range is between from 500 to 500 mm Backfeed Range is between from 99 to 99 mm Graphics Method Section OR Drawing Overwrite Drawing is the default PSO setting Graphic data is drawn Overwrite Drawing overwriting data in the image buffer Custom Command Section Command You may enter a custom TPCL command string here You must include the command prefix and terminators and 17 This command is sent when printing a label and when clicking on the Send To Printer bu
90. from the location last used Envelope Feeder This option prints using stock from an optional envelope feeder tray Envelope Manual Prints the envelope as manually inserted on the top of the tray Lower Tray Prints using stock from the lower tray Manual This option allows manual insertion of paper Optional Source This allows insertion of stock from an optional location that may exist on a specific printer Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 43 Use Macros If this is checked Loftware uses the PCL5 Macro commands to store fixed fields lines and boxes Depending on your labels this may significantly speed printing throughput especially when there are large fixed images text or bar code fields on your label PCL5 USB Issues USB Printing and PCL5 Loftware tested printing to a USB connected HP LaserJet 1200 series PCL 5 printer using various Loftware applications such as Design Mode On Demand Print etc The results are documented in very general terms below Your results depend on the printer manufacturer and printer you are using and are quite likely to be different Loftware Applications are designed to open write and then close the USB Printer port when processing a print request As long as the USB Printer allows this to happen printing continues without incident If the printer is not connected or is turned off the Loftware application cannot open the port a message is
91. ge 12 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These printers usually have a serial interface A parallel interface is available as an option Generally newer models support USB but this may or may not be standard Parallel Interface optional interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into a LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface Use an RS232 C null modem cable The hardware license key is not part of the serial interface since it must always be plugged into a LPT parallel port USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and computer or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer Supported Features Image Support Images are downloaded and stored in the printer s image memory Loftware Label Manager remembers images that are sent to the printer and only resends an image if the image is changed Supported Fonts Some of the native fonts supported by Eltron printers are 8X12 10X16 12X20 14X24 and 32X48 TrueType fonts are downloaded as graphics on the Eltron printers Printer Control and Configuration The Loftware Label Manager Design application allows you to configure global printer settings which are saved in the
92. ges are sent to the printer in binary format Custom Command Section The Custom Command option is used when a non typical printing function is required Refer to the printer s programming manual for commands that may be used Send to Printer This instructs the Loftware Label Manager system on when to send the EasyPlug Command Note Commands are printer model and firmware specific Contact the appropriate printer representative for programming language questions Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 5 C Itoh Information This section provides information specific to the C Itoh family of printers Supported printers include C4 TT S4 54 400dpi S4 Plus T4 T4 300dpi These C Itoh printers use the same language as Datamax Please refer to the Datamax Section for error messages and other information Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Citizen Information This section provides information specific to the Citizen family of printers The supported printers include CLP 1001 CLP 2001 CLP 4081 CLP 4121 CLP 6001 CLP 6002 CLP 6401 CLP 7001 CLP 7002 CLP7201E 7202 7401 These printers use the same language as the Datamax printers therefore see the next section for options error messages and other information regarding Citizen printers Updated printer information is available at Loftware s web
93. h an extension In addition Paxar printers automatically enable UPC EAN extensions based on the length of the data as shown below Note The user must enter an extra character of data when an extension is enabled This extra character is ignored by the printer For example using UPC E with the 2 extension the user must enter 9 characters of data The first 6 characters are encoded in the bar code and the last 2 are encoded in the extension The 7th character of data is ignored and replaced with the bar code check digit Communications Settings The communications settings for the Paxar 9490 and 9494 are controlled by software instead of switch settings Note This feature is not supported on the Paxar 9446 printers To set the printer s communications parameters use the Send Settings button in the device Connection dialog box Setting the printer s communications parameters is only possible immediately after turning on the printer To print out the current communication settings of these printers shut the printer off depress the printer feed button turn the printer on and immediately release the feed button when the yellow LED light on top of the printer blinks A label feeds out of the printer showing current settings For more information see the Configuring the Printer section of your printer manual B 40 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Creating a Price Field To format a field
94. he graphic size limitations that are normally encountered when storing graphics in non volatile RAM The only size limitation when using direct graphics is the amount of memory installed on the printer Media Sensitivity The sensitivity for a particular type of media and ribbon is critical to achieving Guide high quality printing If the Media Type you are using is listed select it and then press Apply to achieve the recommended sensitivity setting B 22 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Intermec Printer Specific Options Advanced Options Section Language Several printer languages are available to print international characters that are not available in the U S character set See the appendix section of your printer guide to find the corresponding hex codes used to select the desired character Enable IBM Enabling IBM Translation allows IBM compatible characters to replace Translation standard ASCII characters based on the current printer language selected Custom Command The custom command option sends printer commands otherwise not available in the Loftware Label Manager dialog boxes For example to switch an advanced printer to 86xx mode send the custom command lt ESC gt c Label Options Section Media Type Thermal Transfer Ribbon Uses ribbon and non heat sensitive label stock to print The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the ribbon material and melting it onto
95. he printer presents each label and waits for it to be removed before continuing The printer does not print labels if there is a label at the strip sensor Use Printer Setup Use the setting from the device Options dialog box o Applicator Mode Similar to strip mode except that the printing of each subsequent label is controlled by a pause signal from an expansion I O device typically an applicator rather than the strip sensor Cutter Batch Mode must be selected and the optional cutter is required After Every Job Cutting occurs after all labels from each print request are done printing After Every Label Cutting occurs after every label that prints Disabled No cutting occurs Use Cut Interval Uses the value that is selected in the Cut Interval Note When using the LPS note that each occurrence of a PrintLabel command constitutes a print request Cut Interval Designates the number of pieces to be printed before the label is cut The range is 000 to 100 no cutting occurs when set at 000 This setting may yield unexpected results if you use a value that is not an even multiple of the Quantity and or Duplicates value For example If Quantity 2 Duplicates 3 and CutInterval 2 your labels may print cut in the following sequence Label 1 Duplicate 1 Label 1 Duplicate 2 lt CUT gt Label 1 Duplicate 3 lt CUT gt Label 2 Duplicate 1 Label 2 Duplicate 2 lt CUT gt Label 2 Duplicate 3
96. his setting controls the speed at which the stock moves during printing The combinations of print speed and head temperature control the print quality of the label Feed Speed This setting affects the speed at which the paper is fed when advancing over non printing areas This setting may affect printer throughput Head Temp This allows you to control the darkness of the print Job End Flag Label When this option is set the last label printed in a batch is longer than the previous labels signifying that it is the last label of the batch Label Inverse Inverts the entire label black prints as white white space prints as black Printer Overrides Section These settings override the Print Options Section in Printer Specific Options Print Mode Batch Mode The whole surface of the label is printable Normal 1 1 Mode The first 18 mm of the label is not printable The printing on the label is automatically shifted past the empty space Real 1 1 Mode Total surface of the label is printable and the label is retracted after each label B 2 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Character Set Several printer languages are available that can print international characters that are not available in the U S character set See the appendix section of your printer guide to find the corresponding hex codes used to select the desired character Gap Offset This command is for determining the beginning of the l
97. histicated features of the Paxar line of printers The fixed portions of the label format are stored in the printer s memory to increase printing performance In Label Design when you are test printing the label format is downloaded every time However in Label Printing the label format is only downloaded the first time Afterwards only the variable fields and any new variable images are sent to the printer If you print the same variable image on two labels in a row it is stored in the printer for the first label and not downloaded for the second The image is deleted from the printer s memory if the image field is left blank for a printed label When doing a range print or printing incrementing decrementing fields there may be a slight pause between labels while the printer images the new label When the printer is capable of doing the incrementing decrementing internally it is instructed to do so If not all variable data for each label is sent to the printer each time and Loftware Label Manager does all of the incrementing decrementing Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These printers usually have a serial interface A parallel interface is available as an option Generally newer models support USB but this may or may not be standard Parallel Interface optional interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into a LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Seri
98. ime Select AM PM or Military time format Set Clock Offset This displays options for the secondary and tertiary clocks Time and date are determined by adding the offsets to the primary clock reading The Language selection determines the language to use for the days and the months In Start Time mode the time printed on the label is the Real Time Clock time when label formatting begins In Time Now mode the time printed on the label is the Real Time Clock time when label is placed in the print queue Real Time Clock can be set either in the printer s LCD or from the printer s PSO dialog Fields that will be using Real Time Clock should be defined as fixed fields in Loftware The fields must use the reserved field name of ZtimeFieldxxx where x allows for unique identification Only the first 10 characters of the reserved field name are evaluated and so the field can be uniquely defined after the reserved portion The fixed fields must provide the date formatting as data As a minimum the Field Clock Indicator should contain a for use with the primary clock If all three clocks are used the suggested syntax for the Field Clock Indicators might look like Note that and are excluded from use Any symbol not expected to be used in the printed output may be used Sample data in the fixed field may be as follows based on the above field indicator settings Field Name in Properties dialog ZtimeFieldCurDate Primary clock d
99. is setting is used to create white space between labels Label rest point adjusts the point at which the printer presents the labels for removal This command is commonly used with the self strip option Label retract is available to retract the label back to the correct starting position for the next printed label This feature causes the printer stock to move back into the printer under the printer head print the label then feed the label out to the tear off bar Feed After print instructs the LLM to add a Form Feed lt FF gt after the label is printed Generally this is not necessary but it may be required for certain applications 440x printers only The 440x printers have a centered paper path so the label width is used to position the printing on the label This option should be enabled in most cases The SendOptions checkbox defaults to checked If unchecked options are not included in the format from all applications except design Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Intermec RFID Printer Options Use Label or Printer Options Write Protect RFID Data This allows you to use either the Intermec Label Specific Options or the options set in Printer Specific Options PSOs When checked this protects the RFID data written to the tag from being overwritten Intermec RFID Setup Options Section Send Setup Options to Printer Void Text Labels to Retry on Tag Access Failure When checked settings selected in
100. l label specific options are sent to the printer every time a label is printed For 440x users the File Media Setup Label Specific Options duplicate some of the functionality of the printers control panel For 3400 and 4100 users Loftware Label Manager provides the only way to configure many of the settings in the printer Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 21 Intermec Options Intermec Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button Intermec Label Specific Options Format Number Specifies the areas of RAM in which the label format is to be stored Print Speed The range of available print speeds varies with the selected printer type Note that the printer may user a slower print speed than you specify in order to maintain print quality Head Temperature Head Temperature allows you to control the darkness of the print 0 is nominal setting the temperature higher than 10 causes the label to print darker Settings lower than 10 cause the label to print lighter Media Sensitivity This number specifies the amount of heat required by the printhead to image a
101. label format using File Media Setup Label Options Individual workstation printer settings may be configured using File Devices Options from within the Design or any of the Print applications On Demand Range Many of the settings in the printer do not take effect until the printer is re booted In the Device Options dialog box pushing the Send To Printer button sends the currently selected options to the printer All Label Options are sent to the printer every time a label is printed Eltron Options Eltron Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button Eltron Label Specific Options Label Options Section Print Speed The range of available print speeds varies with the selected printer type This setting controls the speed at which the paper is fed when printing The combinations of print speed and head temperature control the print quality of the label The range of available print speeds varies with the selected printer type Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 13 Print Direction This setting affects the orientation at which the label is printed Th
102. last tag Cut After Every Batch Cuts before first tag cuts after batch Cuts in strips not each tag Cut After Last Tag in Batch Cuts before first tag cuts each tag cuts after the last tag and feeds one or two tags past the printhead when it cuts the last tag in the last batch Cut Every Tag and After Batch Does not cut before the first tag in a batch but cuts between each tag and after the last tag in the batch The feed key must be pressed to feed the last tag out far enough to be cut Note When using the cutter with 98x Printers please review Loftware Knowledge Base Article 49452 for information regarding different behaviors in Modes Versions and Cut Intervals Backfeed Options Use PSO Backfeed Uses the backfeed option selected in the device Options dialog box Selecting a Backfeed Options setting in the Label Options dialog box applies label specific backfeeding behavior to each label that is all labels printed on that specific printer Disable Backfeed No backfeed motion occurs Enable Backfeed motion occurs after each printed label This option can be used on any printer without a knife Extended Backfeed An extended backfeed motion occurs after each printed label This option is only valid on the 9835 and 9840 printers Paxar MPCL2 Printer Specific Options Label Options Section Ribbon Type Normal Ribbon The standard ribbon is installed Ribbon Ribb
103. m or more in the batch mode cut mode or strip mode ribbon saving is performed automatically Note On some printers the required non print area is different consult your printer manual for more information B 60 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Issue Settings Section Issue Mode Batch Mode Normal printing mode labels are continuously printed and fed out of the printer Strip Mode While in strip mode the printer presents each label and waits for it to be removed before continuing The printer does not print labels if there is a label at the strip sensor Applicator Mode Similar to Strip Mode except that the printing of each subsequent label is controlled by a pause signal from an expansion I O device typically an applicator rather than the strip sensor Cutter Batch Mode must be selected and the optional cutter is required After Every Job Cutting occurs after all labels from each print request are done printing After Every Label Cutting occurs after every label that prints Disabled No cutting occurs Use Cut Interval Uses the value that is selected in the Cut Interval Note When using the LPS note that each occurrence of a PrintLabel command constitutes a print request Cut Interval This designates the number of pieces to be printed before the label is cut The range is 000 to 100 no cutting occurs when set at 000 This setting may yield un
104. menting decrementing Incrementing internally it is instructed to do so This is called Native Mode In Native Decrementing Mode control returns to the PC almost immediately fields Loftware Label Manager does incrementing decrementing in software when the printer cannot do it internally and sends down a different set of data for each label This is called Extended Mode In Extended mode the Printing dialog box shows the line Printing Label x of y and control does not return to the PC until the entire series of labels is printed Label Size The label size is used as a frame of reference When you rotate your label or when you rotate the printing of a label it is imperative that Loftware Label Manager design knows the exact size of the stock on which you are printing B 16 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Eltron Error Messages EXE Information Printer Turned Off Cable Disconnected Stock Print Head Up LPT Error message Does Error message Does not Error message Does not Error message Allows not let you retry the let you retry the label is let you retry the label is you to retry the label label is not printed not printed not printed prints COM Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested USB Received port not Error Message Printing Error Message Printing Error Message An found error USB port starts when cable resumes when stock inconsistent result
105. n the user must enter 9 characters of data the first 6 of which are encoded in the bar code and the last 2 are encoded in the extension The 7th character of data is ignored and replaced with the bar code check digit Paxar MPCL2 Information Note Paxar is formerly Monarch This printer guide provides information specific to the Paxar printers RFID Printers are italicized The Paxar Monarch printers include 1465 9401 02 05 9403 9412 13E 9414E 9414M 9416 9433 9446 9460 9490 9494 9805 9820 9825 9830 9835 9840 9850 9855 9856 9860 Monarch 9855 RFID Monarch 9855 RFMP Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the Monarch Paxar RFID printer B 34 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Loftware Label Manager takes full advantage of the sophisticated features of the Paxar Monarch line of printers The fixed portions of the label format are stored in the printer s memory to increase printing performance In Label Design when you are test printing the label format is downloaded every time However in Label Printing the label format is only downloaded the first time Afterwards only the variable fields and any new variable images are sent to the printer If you print the same variable image on two labels in arow it is stored in the pri
106. n Mode Prodigy Plus Printers for example have an A or B Memory Module Card Slot in the front of the printer Citizen Printers have an internal Memory Module C If you have a Citizen Printer that you are running in Prodigy Plus Emulation you would choose Module C Emulation Mode from the drop down list Consult your printer manual or representative for more information about what modules are available for each printer model Clear Memory When checked the memory module is cleared each time a label format is sent If Module unchecked this prevents the memory module from being cleared before each label format is sent thus potentially saving time This option should only be used if enough memory is present to allow the module remain uncleared when a format is sent Symbol Set The Symbol Set option selects the scaleable font s symbol set Consult the appendix section of your printer manual for a description of the character set Scaleable Font This allocates scaleable font processor memory on the printer but only if the Processor option send to printer is checked This option works with the XL Ovation 2 Datamax Prodigy Max Datamax Prodigy Max 300dpi DMX 300 800 and PEA2 B 10 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Custom Command Section The Custom Command option is used when a non typical function is required when printing Refer to the printer s programming manual for commands that may be used Note
107. nd plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the PC B 64 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Supported Features Image Support Images are downloaded and stored in the printer s image memory Loftware Label Manager remembers images that are sent to the printer and only resends an image if the image is changed Supported Fonts Most UBI printers come standard with scaleable fonts Consult your printer manual for available fonts TrueType fonts are downloaded to the UBI printers as graphics UBI Options UBI Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button This section also describes options for the Intermec RFID FP printer Note The Intermec PM4i RFID FP Printer is created with UBI printer language Refer to the Intermec RFID FP sections below for Intermec RFID FP settings UBI Label Specific Options Format This allows you to choose a unique format number for storage in the printer s memory Read the Owner s Manual as all files in the printer may be permanently erased by using this instruction Performance The pe
108. ng on the label where fields lines text bar codes and graphics may start printing Horizontal Specifies a field s location in the X direction from the current base reference point measured in number of dots at 0 degree orientation Vertical Specifies a field s location in the Y direction from the current base reference point measured in number of dots at 0 degree orientation Applicator Options Section Opposite Hand Sato manufactures two applicator engines a Standard Hand Model and an Printer Opposite Hand Model identified by looking on the identification tag of the printer or by looking directly at the front of the printer If the label stock width is less than the print head width and the stock is right justified this is a Standard Hand Model An Opposite Hand Model is oriented at lower left as are many of the Sato tabletop printers Custom Command Section Allows commands not available in LLM to be sent to the printer Note Start End and Escape commands STX ETX and ESC are not required at the start and end of the commands Example For a base reference point of 10 Horizontal and 10 Vertical you would only enter the following command A3H010V001 Note Press the Send To Printer button to issue command to the printer Custom Firmware Sato manufactures two applicator engines a Standard Hand Model and an Opposite Hand Model identified by looking on the identification tag of the printer or by looking directly at the fro
109. nt lighter Label Overrides Section This section contains options used for Cutters Label Presentation and Symbol Sets Advanced Options Section Symbol Set The Symbol Set option selects the scaleable font s symbol set Consult the appendix section of your printer manual for a description of the character set Double byte This option allows you to choose a variety of Double byte symbol sets Symbol Set assuming your printer has the capability Clear Memory When checked the memory module is cleared each time a label format is Module sent If unchecked the memory module is not cleared before each label format is sent thus potentially saving time This option should only be used if enough memory is present to allow the module to remain uncleared when a format is sent Override Printer When checked this allows you to override the Clear Memory setting in the Setup PSO This may be useful if you have a label that uses a lot of memory and clearing the memory module is important WARNING Printing Blank Labels If you are printing labels in thermal transfer mode and blank labels are advancing out of the printer try increasing the head temperature in Label Options F5 and test print your label again This symptom may occur if the ribbon being used requires hotter head temperatures to transfer the ink from the ribbon onto the paper substrate Datamax Printer Specific Options Label Options Section Supply Type Die Cut Stock that h
110. nt of the printer If the label stock width is less than the print head width and the stock is right justified this is a Standard Hand Model An Opposite Hand Model is oriented at lower left as are many of the Sato tabletop printers Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 53 Serial Communications Section Bi Com Mode To enable Printer Status capabilities this box must be checked and the proper dip switch must be set on the printer Get Printer Status Establishes if printer is communicating with the software Use File Devices Connection to make sure settings are correct Send to Printer When using Custom Commands press this button to send them to the printer Sato RFID Options Use Old RFID When selected the old read and write commands for the printer are used Command Tag Type Select from EPC Class 0 EPC Class 1 EPC 1 19 EPC Class 1 Gen 2 Number of Retries This setting determines the number of times to retry writing to the label in case Per label of initial failure Transponder This is the distance of the chip from the leading edge This defaults to 26 mm Position Sato More Information Sample of Supported Fonts The following list represents only a small portion of the fonts available for Sato Printers Consult Sato s manual or their web site for further information E 5x9 Dot Font 8x15 Dot Font i 13x20 Dot Font Dot Font x OCR B Dot Font 18x30 Smooth Dot
111. nter an error message is displayed By default Printer Status is disabled for Printronix printers To enable Printer Status you must first enable One Char Enquiry on the printer via the menu controls and then uncheck the Disable Status Checking check box in the device Connection dialog box in Loftware Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB Parallel Interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into an LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface For all Printronix printers use an RS232 C null modem cable The hardware license key is not part of the serial interface since it must always be plugged into an LPT parallel port USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and PC or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 45 Printronix Options Printronix Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button Printronix RFID opti
112. nter allows you to set a value from 5 to 24 Setting maximum label length to 2400 allows you to print a 12 label on an advanced Intermec printer The default for maximum label length is 1000 dots The Image band setting is used by the printer to decide how much of the label s format to image before starting to print If the image bands are set correctly they can greatly improve printer throughput However if they are set incorrectly they can degrade performance The number of image bands available is determined by the amount of memory installed in your printer Consult your printer manual for the available range of image bands If this parameter is set to 0 the LLM uses the current printer setting If this value is a non zero value try 1 or 2 the label is ejected this many dots after printing The printer retracts or backfeeds before printing the next label This is useful for advancing labels to the tear bar or cutter Depending on your version of printer firmware the label may only advance retract a set amount when you are using die cut or mark stock regardless of the value specified in the Retract parameter Consult Intermec for information on possible firmware upgrades If you are using die cut stock or mark stock and have a 3400 or 4100 printer you must also check the Feed After Print option to enable the retract feature This setting is the distance to advance the label after all the fields have been printed Th
113. nter for the first label and not downloaded for the second The image is deleted from the printer s memory if the image field is left blank for a printed label When doing a range print or printing incrementing decrementing fields there may be a slight pause between labels while the printer images the new label When the printer is capable of doing the incrementing decrementing internally it is instructed to do so If not all variable data for each label is sent to the printer each time and Loftware Label Manager does all of the incrementing decrementing Printer Status Serial only If the printer reports that everything is OK the level of firmware in the printer is also displayed This function can be a very valuable tool If there is a problem communicating with the printer a corresponding error message is displayed Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These printers usually have a serial interface A parallel interface is available as an option Generally newer models support USB but this may or may not be standard Parallel Interface optional interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into a LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface For the 9440 and 9494 printers use the serial cable that came with your printer If it did not come with a cable consult the printer documentation for cable requirements USB Interfa
114. nting in Native Decrementing Mode control returns to the PC almost immediately Fields Loftware Label Manager does incrementing decrementing in software when the printer cannot do it internally and sends down a different set of data for each label This is called Extended Mode In Extended mode the Printing dialog box shows the line Printing Label x of y and control does not return to the PC until the entire series of labels is printed Label Size The label size is used as a frame of reference when you rotate your label or when you rotate the printing of a label It is imperative that Loftware Label Manager Design knows the exact size of the stock on which you are printing Intermec Font Download and Re map Instructions Some Intermec printers are capable of storing fonts Intermec provides a utility called PrintSet that allows TrueType Fonts TTF to be downloaded to a memory location Note Contact Intermec for information regarding your printer s capability of storing fonts and for the latest version of PrintSet Loftware Label Manager takes advantage of font re map by substituting native fonts in the printer and re mapping them to pre downloaded TTF fonts You may re map and define up to two different fonts in the printer by choosing Options Preferences Intermec tab Note The Loftware Label Manager Font Re Map capability is in addition to the True Type font category selection in the Loftware Label Manager Design mode P
115. on is not installed Direct thermal stock is required for this option High Energy Ribbon High Energy Ribbon is installed In this mode the print head is elevated to a higher temperature and therefore requires a ribbon that withstands high temperatures A print speed of 2 5 IPS must be used with this ribbon Peel mode should not be used with High Energy Ribbon Please consult the Paxar Operator s Handbook for other limitations Supply Type Center Aperture Supply Hole gap or other type of opening found in the center of the stock Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 37 Label Mode Cutter Mode Continuous No gaps notches or perforations between labels Die Cut Labels Stock that has gaps between each label Mark Stock Black mark found opposite print side Continuous operation Default mode for printing when peel mode is not desired or a rewind motor is not installed On demand mode While in On Demand mode the next label prints when the previous label is removed or when the feed button is pressed The pause light blinks until all of the labels in the batch are printed This option should be used with a peel module Rewind This option is peel mode with a rewind motor The label backing should be properly fed and attached to the take up reel Cutter Off Disables the cut mechanism on the printer Cut After Every Tag Cuts before first tag cuts each tag and cuts
116. ons are also described in this section Printronix Label Specific Options Label Options Section Print Speed IPS The range of available print speeds in inches per second IPS varies with the selected printer type Note that the printer may use a slower print speed than you specify in order to maintain print quality Slew Rate IPS This setting affects the speed in inches per second IPS at which the paper is fed when advancing over non printing areas This setting may affect printer throughput Darkness This allows you to control the darkness of the print 3 is nominal setting the temperature higher than 3 causes the label to print darker Temperature settings lower than 3 cause the label to print lighter The valid values range from 15 to 15 Format Number Specifies the areas of RAM in which the label format is to be stored The valid values are 1 100 Print Quality This setting only applies to the P5000 Series line matrix printers and is somewhat similar to the darkness control on the thermal transfer printers Best prints the darkest images but at the slowest speed High prints at a faster speed than Best but the characters are not as dark Data Processing This mode should be set if the highest speed is desired printing is not as dark as High Label Overrides Section Symbol Set Use Printer Symbol Set Label uses settings from Printer Specific Options User Defined Label uses an
117. ou disable status checking and other commands that are only supported in newer versions of the printer firmware If using this option allows you to print you may wish to consider purchasing a printer firmware upgrade After your printer firmware upgrade is installed you should uncheck this option When checked only the data that has been changed is re sent for printing B 38 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Backfeed Control Section Note The Paxar 9403 9805 and 9856 printers do not support backfeed Use Backfeed Control to enable or disable the backfeed option set the dispense position and the backfeed distance Backfeed works by advancing each printed label to the desired dispense position Once that label is removed the next label to be printed is backed up underneath the printhead In continuous mode only the last label in the batch is advanced to the dispense position You may need to adjust the dispense position to allow labels to be removed die cut labels to be removed easily or to prevent them from falling off The dispense position and backfeed distance are optional parameters and do not have to be specified However they allow for greater precision when positioning the supply You cannot change the backfeed distance while the printer is active Dispense Position Adjusts the stopping point of the label 50 to 200 dots default 65 dots Backfeed Distance Amount to move label backwards 10 to
118. ox temporarily while designing and test printing labels This downloads TrueTypes as images speeding up the test printing process Once the label format is designed and you are ready to start using Loftware s On Demand or Range Printing modules go back into the printer setup dialog box and enable TrueTypes The very first time you print a label format using TrueTypes in one of these modules the initial download time is extended while fonts are downloaded to the printer s memory module Subsequent downloading of these fonts does not occur again until a new label format is requested Note Refer to your printer manual to determine whether a specific printer has native TrueType font downloading capabilities Set Label Length When enabled the label length is sent to the printer The length of the label is the height or width value specified in Label Specifications section of the Label Setup dialog box Whether height or width is used is dependent on print orientation Pre 2 01 Firmware Changes in firmware affect the commands that the printer accepts Line properties including boxes and borders are affected Check this box if your Firmware is Pre 2 01 New Firmware Checked by default Allows for larger line widths in bar codes Advanced Options Section Memory Module The Memory Module option is used to specify which memory module s to download formats graphics and fonts to The choices are None Module A Module B or Module C Emulatio
119. ptions dialog box pushing the Send To Printer button sends the currently selected options to the printer All Label Specific options are sent to the printer every time a label is printed Datamax Options Datamax Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button Datamax Label Specific Options Print Speed The range of available print speed varies with the selected printer type This setting controls the speed at which the stock moves when printing The combinations of print speed and head temperature control the print quality of the label Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 7 Slew Rate This setting affects the speed at which the paper is fed when advancing over non printing areas This setting may affect printer throughput Backup Speed This controls the rate of label movement during backup positioning for start of print cutting or present distance Head Temperature This allows you to control the darkness of the print 10 is nominal setting the temperature higher than 10 causes the label to print darker Temperature settings lower than 10 cause the label to pri
120. r USB starts when cable Printing resumes Inconsistent results with port not shown in Port reconnected when stock added printing when head is combo of Printer put back down IConnection No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error message displays message displays message displays message displays Windows error Windows error message Windows error Windows error message message Lets you Lets you retry labels message Lets you Lets you retry labels retry labels print print retry labels print print No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error message but displays message but displays message but displays message but displays Windows error Windows error message Windows error Windows error message message Does let you Does let you retry the message Does let you Does let you retry the retry the labels print labels print retry the labels print labels print No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error PrintServer message but displays message but displays message but displays message but displays Windows error Windows error message Windows error Windows error message message Does let you Does let you retry the message Does let you Does let you retry the retry the labels print labels print retry the labels print labels print No error message All error message All error message All
121. r from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 51 Sato Label Specific Options Label Options Section Print Speed The range of available print speeds varies with the selected printer type Print Darkness Allows you to control the darkness of the print 1 is the nominal setting Label Cut Options Section Cut Option Use Printer Cut Options Use label Cut Options Cut Interval This determines how frequently labels are cut Custom Command Section Allows commands not available in LLM to be sent to the printer Send Command This command instructs Loftware Label Manager when to send a command Sato Printer Specific Options Settings are in dots Use the dots per inch dpi for your printer to find the proper value For example if your printer has 203 dpi and you want to set a skip distance of 1 inch specify a value of 203 for the skip distance Label Options Section Stock Type Continuous No gaps or separations between labels Die Cut Gap or separation between each label Mark Stock Black line or mark on the label stock backing Tag Stock Notch in corner of stock Character Set Several printer languages are available to print international characters that are not available in the U S character set See the appendix section of your printer guide to find the corresponding hex codes used to select the desire
122. r supported printers The figure displays default options Options Printer 5 PCL PCL5 Duplex Printing z Jogging No Jogging x Cancel Output Tray Upper Help Paper Source Current x Use Macros Duplex Printing B Figure B B PCL5 Printer Options dialog box Simplex Simplex mode prints images and characters on one side of a sheet page Duplex Long Edge Prints images and characters on two sides of a sheet page Long means that the duplexed pages are bound along the length of the physical page Duplex Small Edge Prints images and characters on two sides of a sheet page Short means that the duplexed pages are bound along the width of the physical page Jogging Printers that support this feature provide a means of identifying one print job from others by slightly offsetting the first label of each print job o Output Tray o Paper Source 8 First Label in Job When a print request is initiated the paper tray is shifted slightly or jogged before the first label or page prints No Jogging Jogging is disabled There is no print job separation even for printers that support this feature Upper The default output bin for paper Lower Prints to the lower output bin If this command is received by a printer that does not contain the dual bin feature it is ignored Auto This option feeds paper from a printer specific tray Current Prints the current page
123. r to the TRAY command section of the Print Request Data Structures topic in Chapter 1 of the LPS guide Validation Internally the selected Paper Size and Paper Source PSO configuration items when saved are identified by both a string and an ID value The following steps are taken to validate the configuration setting with the capabilities of the printer 1 Ifthe saved ID matches one of the IDs in the printer s list then the saved string is compared to the printer s string for that ID If the strings match then that ID is used Otherwise see 2 below 2 Ifthe saved string matches one of the strings in the printer s list then the printer s ID for that string is used Otherwise see 3 below 3 Ifa matching ID is found in 1 but the saved string does not match the printer s string for that ID then that ID is used Otherwise see 4 below 4 Validation failed the setting is not applied the printer s control panel configuration is used Note Different printer drivers are not necessarily in synch with these strings and IDs The table below and the validation scenarios that follow provide an example Win Printer 1 Win Printer 2 Win Printer 3 Win Printer 4 Printer Auto Select 257 Printer auto select 257 Auto Select 7 Auto Select 262 Manual Feed Tray 1 4 Manual Feed Tray 1 258 Manual Feed 4 Manual Paper Feed 4 2000 Sheet Input Tray 259 Tray 3 259 Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B P
124. rface optional interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into an LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface Use the serial cable that came with your printer If it did not come with a cable consult the printer documentation for cable requirements USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and PC or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer Network Port Optional on some printers TEC Options TEC Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button TEC Label Specific Options Label Options Section Print Speed The range of available print speeds in inches per second IPS varies with the selected printer type Note The printer may use a slower print speed than you specify in order to maintain print quality Note The actual maximum value supported by the printer varies among different models amp different print speeds Consult your printer manual for further information
125. rformance range varies with the selected printer type In this case the choices are Normal High or Ultra High Label Options Section Cut Option Choose Printer Cut Options as set in PSOs which is the default setting or the Label Cut Options which may be chosen along with the following setting Feed Length Zero is the default but the Cut Interval may be set to cut after any number of labels Advanced Options Section Character Set Allows you to choose from a list of Character Sets or use the Character Set from the PSOs Intermec RFID FP Options Section Use Label or This allows you to use either your Label Specific Options or the options as set Printer Options in Printer Specific Options PSOs Write Protect When checked this protects the RFID data written to the tag from being RFID Data overwritten Intermec RFID FP RFID Setup Options Section Send Setup When checked selected settings will be used Options to Printer Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 65 Void Text This is the text that will be printed across the label after write retries fail Label Retries per This sets the number of attempts to write to the label after an unsuccessful try Label Number of Write This sets the number of attempts to write to the label after an unsuccessful try Retries per Label Settings range from 0 to 10 Tag Adjust The position of the label will if necessary be adjusted before trying to write d
126. rinters and Labels 69 Some Validation Scenarios 1 A label designed for Win Printer 1 with a Manual Feed Tray 1 setting when printed to Win Printer 2 would result in the Paper Source ID value of 258 being set in the print time configuration Validation step 2 2 A label designed for Win Printer 3 with a 2000 Sheet Input Tray setting when printed to Win Printer 4 would result in the Paper Source ID value of 259 being set in the print time configuration Validation step 3 Windows Printers Options Windows Label Specific Options Label Specific Options can be set for a Windows printer except when the target printer is the Generic Windows Printer Leave the settings unchecked if you wish to use Windows Printer settings to print the label Configuring a Windows Printer from the label s LSO page will apply the settings to the specific label only The settings are applied for all printing of this label until changed To set an option click on the check box and then select from the drop down list Print settings specified for a label from the LSO page supersede settings selected from the system Printers or Faxes or from the PSO page Note that because the settings from the LSO page apply to the label and not to the printer the Printer Control Panel button that is accessible from the PSO page is not available Refer to the Windows Printers topic for information on how configuration settings are applied to print
127. rom the top of the label to the RFID Transponder Position From Top embedded in the label The default position is 8 Dot Rows from the top of of Label the label dot rows means that the Transponder is not to be moved from its default position Length of Void This lets you determine how much of the label is printed with a VOID Printout warning when the encoding or reading of the RFID tag fails The default of 0 prints the VOID message the entire length of the label Number of Labels to This setting allows you to determine how many retries are allowed after Retry in Case of failure while encoding the RFID tag or label As the cost of RFID smart Read Encode labels and tags is still fairly high setting this to a low number may be Failure advisable Write Options Section Number of Times to This setting determines the number of times to retry writing to the tag in case Retry of initial failure The default setting is 0 Feed Label After When checked the label is fed from the printer for removal and use after Writing writing Enable RFID Motion default labels automatically print at the end of the format When deselected the label is not moved when it reaches the program position Note that this setting must be specified for each label it is not automatically carried over from one label to the next Write Protect When checked the data written to the tag is protected and the tag may not be written to again This could be us
128. roperties Box Downloading a True Type Font from your PC 1 Determine which system font you wish to download The fonts are typically stored in the WINDOWS ONTS or WINDOWS SYSTEM directory as files 2 Run the Intermec PrintSet utility program Make sure all the printer communication settings for PrintSet are the same as the Loftware Label Manager printer connection settings 3 Select the system font that you want to download under the Configuration menu 4 Select a user definable font location in printer memory to download this font Typically FONTO3 to FONT06 are the first user definable font locations 5 Select To Printer from the DataXfer menu This option sends any current update information to the printer Important Do an Options Test Print from PrintSet to verify that the font is successfully downloaded to the printer Font Remap Instructions 1 From the Loftware Label Manager Design Mode Select Options Preferences 2 Double click on Intermec or click on the symbol to open the drop down list 3 Click on Remap First Font B 26 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide An example of available options is shown to the right in the Preferences dialog box f LLM WIN32 Preferences Ele Options Help 49 Pott Settings mw Key B Security Preferences Qi Datamax Eltron zd Intermec A Vector Fonts ill Barcodes Importing Labels c Ql Sen
129. ror Message Allows retry reprints when error corrected No error Message Label Prints when error is corrected No Error Message The labels print when error is corrected No error message The labels when the error is corrected Pronto 843 These printers use the same language as Datamax Printers therefore pertinent information regarding printer options label options and error messages may be found in the Datamax section in this appendix Sato Information This section of the printer guide provides information specific to the Sato family of printers RFID Printers are italicized in shaded cells Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Supported Sato printers include B 50 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide CL408 CL408e CL412 CL412e CL608 CL608e CL612 CL612e CT400 CT410 CX200 CX208 CX212 CX400 GT408e 10 5900 5900 M5900RV M5900RVe 84 Pro M8400 M8400RV M8400RVe 84005 203 305 609 dpi M8450 M8459S M8459Se 84605 84605 84805 84855 M8485Se 84905 M8490Se XL400 XL400e XL410 XL410e CL408e RFID CL412e RFID M8485Se RFID Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the Sato RFID printers Printer Status If the printer reports that everything is OK the level of firmware in the printer is displayed This function can be
130. rved Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These printers usually have a serial interface and a parallel interface Some models support USB and have NIC Ports Parallel Interface standard interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into a LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface Check with manufacturer for cable information The hardware license key is not part of the serial interface since it must always be plugged into an LPT parallel port USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and computer or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer Network Port Included or optional on some printers Avery Options Avery Options may be label specific or printer specific Label Specific Options LSOs can be accessed when you click on the Label Options button from the Label Setup and Properties dialog F5 Printer Specific Options PSOs can be accessed by clicking on the Options button while configuring the printer or by selecting the printer from the Device Configuration grid and clicking on the Options button Avery RFID options are also described in this section Avery Label Specific Options Label Options Section Print Speed The range of available print speed varies with the selected printer type T
131. s Printer turned Off Error message Printer not Initialized No retry allowed Error Message Lets you retry label prints Windows error message Device not connected Allows retry reprints when error corrected No error message Labels print when error is corrected No Error Message The labels print when error is corrected No error message The labels when the error is corrected Quick Label Information Cable disconnected Error Message Lets you retry to Print label Error Message Lets you retry label prints Windows error message Device not connected Allows retry reprints when error corrected No error Message Labels print when error is corrected No Error Message The labels print when error is corrected No error message The labels when the error is corrected Loftware s supported Quick Label printers include Pronto 442 Pronto 472 Pronto 474 No stock Error Message Lets you retry so you can print label Error Message Lets you retry label prints Windows error Message Allows retry reprints when error corrected No Error Message Label Prints when error is Corrected No Error Message The labels print when error is corrected No error message The labels when the error is corrected Print Head up Error Message lets you retry so you can print Label Error Message Lets you retry label prints Windows er
132. s printed in EXECUTE mode do not change the physical label size Therefore the size of the form defined in CREATE mode must fit within the current label dimensions or errors may occur Note Changing the form length via the EXECUTE command changes the ASCII Emulation logical dimensions Field Options Section Print UPC This parameter allows you to print bar code descenders when human readable Descenders data is not present in the UPC EAN bar codes Always UPC EAN bar codes are printed with descenders even if there is no human readable data With HR Enabled UPC EAN bar codes are printed with descenders only when the Human Readable text field is enabled Force Uppercase When checked any lower case data supplied for text fields are converted to uppercase When unchecked lower case data supplied for text fields print in lowercase Slashed Zeros This option applies to all character sets except OCR A and OCR B When checked zeros are printed with a slash When unchecked zeros are printed without a slash Advanced Options Section Symbol Set Accesses one of the printer s internal multinational or international character sets Note See the Templates and Wizards chapter for more information on this B 48 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Error Report PPM PMU Don t Send Options This option sets the error reporting capability of the printer Debug Puts the printer in debug mo
133. s the speed at which the paper is fed when advancing over non printing areas This setting may affect printer throughput Head Temp This allows you to control the darkness of the print Job End Flag When this option is set the last label printed in a batch is longer than the Label previous labels signifying that it is the last label of the batch Label Inverse Inverts the entire label black prints as white white space prints as black Printer Overrides Section These settings override the Print Options Section in Printer Specific Options Print Mode Batch Mode The whole surface of the label is printable Normal 1 1 Mode The first 18mm of the label are not printable The printing on the label is automatically shifted past the empty space Real 1 1 Mode Total surface of the label is printable and the label is retracted after each label Character Set Several printer languages are available that can print international characters that are not available in the U S character set See the appendix section of your printer guide to find the corresponding hex codes used to select the desired character Gap Offset This command is for determining the beginning of the label when printing labels with irregular gaps Cut Interval Sets the number of labels to be printed before the stock is cut Dispense Position Adjusts the distance the label is fed after printing Media Overrides Section This section overrides the Printer Specific
134. site www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Datamax Information This section provides information specific to the Datamax family of printers as well as C Itoh Printers C Itoh printers use the same language as Datamax See C Itoh Printers section for supported printers RFID Printers are italicized The Datamax printers include 400 430 600 800 A 4212 4310 4408 4606 A 6212 A 6310 Allegro Allegro 2 4203 4204 4304 H 4212X H 4310X 1 4206 1 4208 1 4210 1 4212 1 4308 1 4406 1 4604 4206 4208 4306 Ovation Ovation 2 3 PE4X Prodigy Prodigy 6 5 Prodigy Max Prodigy Max 300 Prodigy ST 3210 ST 3306 Titan 6200 W 6208 W 6308 W 8306 XL A 4212 RFID A 4310 RFID A 4408 RFID A 4606 RFID A 6212 RFID A 6310 RFID H 4212X RFID H 4310X RFID 1 4210 RFID I 4212 RFID 1 4308 RFID 1 4406 RFID 1 4604 RFID B 6 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Updated printer information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the Datamax RFID printers Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These printers usually have a serial interface A parallel interface is available as an option Generally newer models support USB but this may or may not be standard Parallel Interface optional interface Using a standard par
135. ss 2 0 005 to 2 94 lt 1 to 212 points Outline Swiss Bold 3 0 005 to 2 94 lt 1 to 212 points Dutch Roman 3 0 005 to 2 94 lt 1 to 212 points 3240 3440 prtrs only Pointable 4 Point sizes 8 10 12 16 20 24 Magnify 1 to 20 times Pointable Bold 4 Point sizes 6 8 10 12 16 20 24 Magnify 1 to 20 times Notes 1 The 5x7 font is not available for the 4400 and 4406 printers 2 For the 3400 printer firmware version 1 2 or higher and extended memory are required to access the Outline Swiss font For the 4100 printer firmware version 2 4 or higher and extended memory are required to access the Outline Swiss font 3 The Outline Swiss Bold and Dutch Roman fonts are currently not available with the 3100 printer 4 The Pointable and Pointable Bold fonts are currently available for the 4400C 3400B 3600 and 3240 printers Intermec Printer Control and Configuration The Loftware Label Manager Design application allows you to configure global printer settings that are saved in the label format using File Media Setup and File Media Setup Label Specific Options Individual workstation printer settings may be configured using File Devices from within the Design or any of the Print applications On Demand Range Many of the settings in the printer do not take effect until the printer is re booted In the device options dialog box pushing the Send Options button sends the currently selected options to the printer Al
136. ter information is available at Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page Printronix Information This printer guide provides information specific to the Printronix printers and IBM OEM Printronix printers See the IBM Section for a list of IBM printers RFID Printers are italicized The supported Printronix printers include B 44 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide 11024 11524 15020 15031 15035 15520 15535 LPA8204r LPA8304r P5005B P5010 P5205B P5210 P5215 P5220 SL4M 51 5204 SL5204r SL5304 SL5304r SLPA5204r SLPA5304r SLPA7204e SLPA7304e SLPA8204r SLPA8304r T4M T5204 T5204r T5206 T5206r T5208 T5208r T5304 T5304r T5306 T5306r T5308 T5308r LPA8204r RFID LPA8304r RFID SLAM RFID L5204 RFID SL5204r RFID L5304 RFID SL5304r RFID SL5306r RFID SLPA5204r RFID SLPA5304r RFID SLPA7204e RFID SLPA7304e RFID SLPA8204r RFID SLPA8304r RFID TAM RFID 15204 RFID T5204r RFID T5206r RFID T5208r RFID T5304 RFID T5304r RFID T5306r RFID 153087 RFID To view updated Printronix information go to Loftware s website www loftware com See the section on Printers on the Technical Support page Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the Printronix RFID printers Printer Status This function can be a very valuable tool when printers are connected using the Serial Interface If there is a problem communicating with the pri
137. ters usually have a serial interface A parallel interface is available as an option Generally newer models support USB but this may or may not be standard Parallel Interface optional interface Using a standard parallel cable plug the hardware license key into a LPT parallel port and connect the cable between the key and the printer Serial Interface standard interface Use an RS232 C null modem cable The hardware license key is not part of the serial interface since it must always be plugged into a LPT parallel port USB Interface standard or optional interface Use a standard USB cable between the printer and computer or server and plug in either a USB or Parallel hardware license key to one of the other ports on the computer B 20 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Supported Features Image Support Images are downloaded and stored in the printer s UDC image memory Loftware Label Manager remembers images that are sent to the printer and only resends an image if the image is changed Supported Fonts Name Notes 5x7 1 Magnify 1 to 90 horz and vert 7x9 Magnify 1 to 90 horz and vert 7x11 Magnify 1 to 90 horz and vert 10x14 Magnify 1 to 90 horz and vert 8 Point Magnify 1 to 33 horz and vert 12 Point Magnify 1 to 20 horz and vert 20 Point Magnify 1 to 20 horz and vert OCR A Magnify 1 to 33 horz and vert OCR B Magnify 1 to 33 horz and vert Outline Swi
138. tivated as the label moves underneath heating the ribbon material and melting it onto the label To increase the quality of the print decrease or increase the speed and increase or decrease the heat as necessary Direct Thermal No Ribbon Uses heat sensitive label stock without the ribbon The print head is activated as the label moves underneath heating the label stock and activating the heat sensitive material in the stock causing darkening of the material To increase the quality of the print decrease increase the speed and increase decrease the heat as necessary Ribbon Autoecon When on this command turns the ribbon saver auto economy feature on in supported printers Printers that do not support this feature ignore the command When this feature is turned on the ribbon usage is economized by lifting when the minimum amount of white space is exceeded Gap Offset This command determines the beginning of the label when printing labels with irregular gaps Gap Length For continuous stock this setting is used to add space between printed labels The settings are in increments of 1mm Cut Interval This sets the number of labels to be printed before the stock is cut This setting may yield unexpected results if you use a value that is not an even multiple of the Quantity and or Duplicates value For example If Quantity 2 Duplicates 3 and Cut Interval 2 your labels may print cut in the following sequence Label 1 Duplicat
139. ts each label and waits for the feed switch to be pressed before printing the next label This mode is commonly used when printing multiple copies of liner free labels Available only on the P2242 Batch Print amp Cut When enabled this option uses the Print Quantity and Copies values to control the cutter operations The cut instruction is executed when a batch of jobs has completed printing Enable Dump When enabled the printer is set in diagnostic dump mode Available on the Mode P2242 only IRDA Interface Enables optional IRDA Interface This option is only available on the P2242 Cut Options Section Label Cutter Enables an optional label cutter When enabled the cutter is set to cut a label after printing Cut Every The Cut Every settings range from 1 label to 250 labels The label is cut after the number specified For example if 2 is specified the label is cut after every 2 labels Cut Position This command is sent to the printer to provide precise cut placement The default is 100 dpi Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels 15 Memory Allocation Section Formats If you have a very large number of fields on your label you may need to increase this value otherwise the default of 5k should be fine Graphics To use images on your labels you may need to increase the memory allocated for Graphics This allows the printer to store the image files sent to it by Loftware L
140. tton It is sent immediately prior to the buffer clear command RFID Option Section Tag Position This sets the feed amount to adjust the RFID tag position before data is written to it Tag Position can be adjusted in units of 0 1 mm Feed direction forward backward Supported Features and Limitations TEC Incrementing Decrementing Fields When the printer is capable of doing the incrementing decrementing internally it is instructed to do so This is called Native Mode When printing in Native Mode control returns to the PC almost immediately Loftware Label Manager does incrementing decrementing in software when the printer cannot do it internally and sends down a different set of data for each label This is called Extended Mode In Extended mode the Printing dialog box shows the line Printing Label x of y and control does not return to the PC until the entire series of labels is printed Number of variable fields There are limits to the number of variable Outline Font Bitmapped Font and Bar code fields that be printed on a single label They are as follows Variable Outline Font fields 99 Variable Bitmapped Font fields 199 Variable Bar code fields 31 Image Support Images are downloaded and stored in the printer s image memory Loftware Label Manager remembers images that are sent to the printer and only resends an image if the image is changed B 62 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware
141. used to print the label and all labels unless a label s LSO B 70 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide printer settings are specified When LSO settings are specified they will be used to print the specific label Refer to the Windows Printers topic for information on how configuration settings are applied to print a label when these settings are specified from different properties pages Zebra Information This printer guide provides information specific to the ZEBRA family of printers RFID Printers are italicized Loftware supported Zebra printers include 105 105S 105SE 105SL 110PAX3 110PAX4 110 Plus 130 140 140xi 140xill 140xillI 140 Plus 1605 170PAX3 170PAX4 170xi 170xill 170xillI 170 Plus 17XPAX 17XPAX2 220 220xi 220xill 220xillI 220xillI Plus 221 2443 Orion 2684 2722 2742 2746 2746e 2824 2844 2844 Z TLP LP 3742 3842 3844 Z TLP LP 90A 90xi 90xill 90 600dpi 90xilll 90 Plus 91 95 96xilll 96 Plus A300 DA402 HT 146 Px400 QL220 QL320 QL420 R110PAX3 10 4 R110XillIPlus R110Xi R140 R170Xi R2844 Z R402 R4M Plus RW420 S4M DPL S4M EPL S4M IPL S4M ZPL Stripe 300 Stripe 400 Stripe 500 Stripe 600 T300 TA402 74000 Z4M ZAM Plus Z6000 Z6M Z6M Plus R110 PAX3 RFID R110 PAX4 RFID RIIOXilllPlus RFID R110Xi RFID R140 RFID HF R170Xi RFID R402 RFID HF R4M Plus RFID R2844 Z RFID HF The list above includes former Eltron printers added to the Z
142. wercase On the 9490 and 9494 the following additional fonts are available Pointable Vector height and width values in points from 4 to 90 CG Times height and width magnification from 1 to 7 CG Times Bold height and width magnification from 1 to 7 Additional ROM Fonts Additional ROM Font sets are available for Paxar printers If an additional ROM set is installed in your printer select File Media Setup and choose the appropriate ROM Set in the Additional Installed Fonts list Afterwards the font choices for the selected ROM Set become available in Label Design If after doing this you try to print and the printer beeps or returns an error you may have chosen a ROM Set that the printer does not really have Printer Control and Configuration The Loftware Label Manager Design application allows you to configure global printer settings which are saved in the label format using File Media Setup and File Media Setup Label Options Individual workstation printer settings may be configured using File Devices from within the Design or any of the Print applications On Demand Range Many of the settings in the printer do not take effect until the printer is re booted In the printer options dialog box pushing the Send To Printer button sends the currently selected options to the printer All Label Specific options are sent to the printer every time a label is printed Paxar MPCL2 Options Note Paxar is formerly Monarch Paxar MPCL
143. with not shown in Port reconnected added printing when head is combo of Printer put back down IConnection Spooled No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error Locally message but displays message but displays message but displays message but displays Windows error Windows error message Windows error message Windows error message Allows retry Allows retry labels Allows retry labels message Allows retry labels print print print labels print Spooled No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error No Loftware error to Shared message but has message but has message but has message but has Windows error Windows error message Windows error message Windows error message Allows retry Allows retry so the Allows retry so the message Allows retry so labels print labels print labels print so the labels print Spooled No error message All error message Noerror message All error message All to Print labels print after the labels print after the labels print after the labels print after the Server printer is turn back on printeris reconnected __ printer is re stocked print head is put down Direct IP No error message All No error message All error message All No error message All labels print after the labels print after the labels print after the labels print after the printer is turn back on printerisreconnected is re sto
144. xill 600 dpi Imtec Apply Pro w 4220E Imtec Protector w 140xill Imtec Value Pro w 90xill Imtec Protector w 170xill Imtec Protector w 3440 Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Appendix B Printers and Labels B 19 Intermec Information This section provides information specific to the Intermec family of printers RFID Printers are italicized in shaded cells Supported Intermec printers include 3100 4000 4100 4406 4630 8625 38 8635 36 8646 Easy Coder 3240 Easy Coder 3400 Easy Coder 3400B Easy Coder 3400C Easy Coder 3400D Easy Coder 3400E Easy Coder 3440 Easy Coder 3600 Easy Coder 4400 Easy Coder 4400B Easy Coder 4400C Easy Coder 4400D Easy Coder 4420A B Easy Coder 4420e Easy Coder 4440A B Easy Coder 4440e Easy Coder 4830 Easy Coder 501E Easy Coder 501XP Easy Coder 601E Easy Coder 601 XP Easy Coder 7421 Easy Coder 7422 Easy Coder 91 Easy Coder C4 Easy Coder E4 Easy Coder F2 Easy Coder F4 Easy Coder EPL Easy Coder PD4 300 dpi Easy Coder PC41 IPL Easy Coder PD41 FP Easy Coder PD4 203 dpi Easy Coder PD41 IPL Easy Coder PF4i FP Easy Coder PF4i IPL Easy Coder PM4i FP Easy Coder PM4i IPL Easy Coder PX4i FP Easy Coder PX4i IPL Easy Coder PX6i FP Easy Coder PX6i IPL Easy Coder PM4i RFID FP Easy Coder PM4i RFID IPL Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the Intermec RFID printers Interface Cables Parallel Serial and USB These prin
145. y the label prints No error message All labels print after the printer is re stocked Print Head Up Error message Does not let you retry the label does not print No error message Once the print head is put down all labels print No Loftware error message A Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware error message A Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints No Loftware error message but a Windows error message is displayed Lets you retry the label prints No error message All labels print after the print head is put down This section provides information specific to the TEC family of printers RFID Printers are italicized in shaded cells Supported TEC printers include 372 482 852 5 5 B SX4 RFID B SX5 RFID B472 B682 B SX4 Updated printer information is available on Loftware s website www loftware com See Printers on the Technical Support page See also the Toshiba section for supported Toshiba printers Refer to the RFID Devices and Tag Types section for information on tag types supported by the TEC RFID printers B 56 Appendix B Printers and Labels Loftware Label Manager User s Guide Connections These printers usually have a serial interface A parallel interface is available as an option Generally newer models support USB but this may or may not be standard Parallel Inte

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