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EasyC oder ® 3400e Bar C ode Label P rinter User's Manual.
ii EasyCoder 3400e Bar Co de Label Printer User’s Manual Interm ec Technologies Corporation Corporate Headquar ters 6001 36th Avenue West Everett, WA 98203 U.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar Cod e Label Printer User’s Manual iii Document Change Record This page records changes to this document. The do cument was originally released as version 001. Version Date Description of C hange 002 07/2003 Updated the u ser’s manual to i nclude the Easy LAN 10i2 adapter ac cessory and the EasyLAN Wireless o ption.
iv EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code La bel Printer User’s Manual.
1233* Helv Conden sed Conten ts EasyCoder 3400e Bar Co de Label Printer User’s Manual v Contents Before You Begin ............................................................................................................... ix Safety Summary .....
Conten ts *1233* vi EasyCoder 3400e Bar Co de Label Printer User’s Manual Setting the Media Se nsitivity Number ..............................................................................24 Setting the MSN for Inte rmec Media and Ribbon .........
1233* Helv Conden sed Conten ts EasyCoder 3400e Bar Co de Label Printer User’s Manual vii How the Image Bands Command Works ............................................................53 Optimizing Print Speed and Image Band Setting ................
Conten ts *1233* viii EasyCoder 3400e Bar Cod e Label Printer User’s Manual 2D Stacked Symbologies ........................................................................74 2D Matrix Symbologies .....................................................
Cd 3 9 Helvetic a Condensed Helvetica Be fore You Be gin EasyCoder 3400e Bar Co de Label Printer User’s Manual ix Before You B egin This section provides you with sa fe ty information, technical support information, and sources for a dditional product informa tion.
Before You Begin *1233* x EasyCoder 3400e Bar Co de Label Printer User’s Manual A caution alerts yo u to an operating procedure, practice, condition, or statement that must be stric tly observed to prevent equi pment damage or destruction, o r corruptio n or loss of data.
Cd 3 9 Helvetic a Condensed Helvetica Be fore You Be gin EasyCoder 3400e Bar Co de Label Printer User’s Manual xi Telephone Support These services are availa ble from Intermec Technologies Corporation.
Before You Begin *1233* xii EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code La bel Printer User’s Manual.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 1 Getting Started This chapter desc ribes the EasyCoder ® 3400e print er and explains how to get your ne w printer running for the fi rst time.
Chapter 1— Getting Started Cd 3 9 Helveti ca Condensed Helvetica 2 EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual Getting to Know Your Printer Features of yo ur printer include: • support for direc t thermal and th ermal transfer printing applica tions.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 1— Getting Started EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3XXXU.
Chapter 1— Getting Started Cd 3 9 Helveti ca Condensed Helvetica 4 EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual O I O I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I O I 3XXXU.004 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 O I 3 Plug the AC power cord into the r ece ptacl e at th e rear o f th e p rinte r.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 1— Getting Started EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 5 3XXXU.005 Pow er/Data 3400 A le rt F eed /Pau se Em p ty/P aus e Intermec .
Chapter 1— Getting Started Cd 3 9 Helveti ca Condensed Helvetica 6 EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 O I 3XXXU.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 1— Getting Started EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 7 Note: For your convenience, re fer to the label with directions for loadin g media. This labe l is located on the in side of th e medi a co ver.
Chapter 1— Getting Started Cd 3 9 Helveti ca Condensed Helvetica 8 EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual What the Hardware Con figur ation Test Lab el Tells You The hardware test la.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 1— Getting Started EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 9 Connecting Your Prin ter to a PC You can connect y our printer to either a serial port or parallel port on your PC. You must provide the correct cabl es for connecting the printer.
Chapter 1— Getting Started Cd 3 9 Helveti ca Condensed Helvetica 10 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual To connect your printer to a P C parall el port 1 Turn the On/Off s witch to the off p osition. 2 Plug the parallel interface conn ector into the paralle l communications port on the rear of the printer.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 1— Getting Started EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 11 Connecting the Print er to a Mainframe To connect the pri nter directly to an IBM mainfram e, you need: • a coax adapter card.
Chapter 1— Getting Started Cd 3 9 Helveti ca Condensed Helvetica 12 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Configuring the Serial Port for Communications You need to configure the serial port of the printer to match the configuration of your PC or network co ntrolling de vice.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 1— Getting Started EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 13 3400U.020 ON O = OFF 1 = ON Multi-Drop Address Selection * A B C D E F G .
Chapter 1— Getting Started Cd 3 9 Helveti ca Condensed Helvetica 14 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 5 Transmit at least four cha racters from your system. At this poin t, the printer does no t attempt to inter pret any printer commands, but sim ply prints each character wi th its hexadecimal equivalent unde rneath.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 15 Operating the Printer This chapter descri bes how to use th e printer. This cha pter covers these topics: • Understa nding the front p ane.
Chapter 2— Operating the Printer Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 16 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Learning How to Operate the Printer To operat e the printer, yo u n.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 2— Operating the Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 17 3440U.012 Power/Data Alert Empty/Pause Feed/Pause Power/Data Green .
Chapter 2— Operating the Printer Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 18 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Feed/Pause Button Functions (c ontinued) Prin ter Mode You Want To What to Do Turned on fo r the firs t ti me Prin t the h ard war e confi guration label.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 2— Operating the Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 19 If you are replaci ng the empty media roll with a new roll of the s ame width, you do not need to adju st the edge guide or the su pply roll retainer.
Chapter 2— Operating the Printer Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 20 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 9 Use PrintSet, y our third-party software, or the IPL command set to config ure the printe r for the kind of media you are using (continuo us or mark label).
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 2— Operating the Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 21 Power/Data 3440 Alert Fe ed/Pause Empty/Paus e Media liner Rewinder.
Chapter 2— Operating the Printer Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 22 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 15 Use Print Set, your third-party softwa re, or the IPL command set to enable se lf-strip and the label taken s ensor.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 2— Operating the Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 23 2 Remove the o ther end of the bra cket from the ribbo n hub. 3 Slide one end of the plastic core -locking bracket (P/N 066792) into a bracket slot on the ribbon hub.
Chapter 2— Operating the Printer Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 24 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 5 Route the ribbo n leader through the prin ter mechanism as shown in the previous illustration. Note: Make sure the ribbon runs above th e upper media guide.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 2— Operating the Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 25 3XXXU.029 SENSITIVITY NUMBER 5 ✩ 7 120066102605140 120066102605140 Media sensitivity n umber: This illustrati on sh ows you wher e to find the media sensitivity numb er.
Chapter 2— Operating the Printer Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 26 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Setting the MSN for Intermec Media and Ribbon For direct ther mal media, use the t hree-digit sensitiv ity number locat ed on the roll of media to set the sensitivi ty number.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 2— Operating the Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 27 Direct Therm al Media Sensitivi ty Settings Approximate Sensitivity.
Chapter 2— Operating the Printer Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 28 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Thermal Transfer Media a nd Ribbon Sensiti vity Settings Approximat.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 2— Operating the Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 29 Using the PrintSet Software Use the PrintSet a pplication software t o easily configure your printer from your PC.
Chapter 2— Operating the Printer Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 30 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual To print the test label 1 Start PrintSet o n your PC. 2 From the Opti ons menu, choos e Test Print. 3 Select the Test Label opti on button.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 31 Maintainin g the Printer This chapter expla ins how to clean a nd maintain the printer. Even though the print er can withstand hars h environments, you must clean it on a regular basis to ma ximize performance.
Chapter 3— Maintaining th e Printer Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 32 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Inspecting the Printer Inspect th e printer and the rest of y o ur data collect ion system equipme nt on a regula r basis.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 3— Maintaining th e Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 33 Printer Maintenance Sc hedule (c ontinued) Prin ter Comp one nt .
Chapter 3— Maintaining th e Printer Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 34 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Cleaning the Printhead In order for the prin thead to provide good pri nt quality, it must main tain close contac t with the media .
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 3— Maintaining th e Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 35 7 Engage the pri nthead by rotating t he head lift lever countercl ockwise until it locks in pla ce.
Chapter 3— Maintaining th e Printer Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 36 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Cleaning the Printer Covers Use a genera l purpose cleaner (soapy wa ter/mild detergent) to c lean the printer cove rs.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 3— Maintaining th e Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 37 8 Engage t h e print head by turning the head lift lever c ounterclockwise until the prin thead locks. 9 If you are finished cleani ng , replace the media cov er.
Chapter 3— Maintaining th e Printer Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 38 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Cleaning the Label Sensors Three label sens ors on the prin ter .
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 3— Maintaining th e Printer EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 39 6 Pull down on th e lower media guide to expose the la bel gap sensor. Using a cle aning brush or vacuum, re move all debris and dust from the label gap sens or.
Chapter 3— Maintaining th e Printer Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 40 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 41 Troubleshooting This chapt er provides som e hints for troubl eshootin g error messages t hat the print er sends to the hos t and problems you may experie nce with the printer.
Chapte r 4— Tr ouble shoot ing Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica 42 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Troubleshooting Checklist Even thou gh Intermec d esigned your pri nter to oper ate under harsh conditions , you may still encounter a pr inter operation, print quali ty, or communication probl em at some time.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapte r 4— T rou blesh ooting EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 43 Printer Operation Problems (continued) Symp tom Possible Causes Solution Printer slows d own. The image bands o r print speed is incorre ctly se t.
Chapte r 4— Tr ouble shoot ing Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica 44 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Print Quality Problems If your labels ar e not printing properl y, check the following ta ble to locate the sympto m and correct the pr oblem.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapte r 4— T rou blesh ooting EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 45 Print Qualit y Problems (continued) Symp tom Possible Causes Solution Prin t qualit y is p oor. ( continued ) Printhead , platen roller, or l abel path are dirty.
Chapte r 4— Tr ouble shoot ing Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica 46 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Preventing Data Loss Several problems ca n cause data loss or commu nication proble ms on the printer. Data los s can result in printin g errors or missing field da ta.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 47 Optimizing Printer Performance This chapter expla ins how to optim ize and maintai n print quality, use the printer memory mor e efficiently, an d maximize thr oughput.
Chapter 5— Optimizing Printer Performance Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 48 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Optimizing and Maintaining Print Quality Intermec de signed and config ured your printer t o provide the best pos sible print quality for b oth direct thermal and th ermal transfer media.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 5— Optimizing Printer Performance EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 49 3XXXU.039 A R E If printing is light on the right side of label, turn the bias adjust screw counterclockwise.
Chapter 5— Optimizing Printer Performance Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 50 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 3XXXU.037 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Turn the darknes.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 5— Optimizing Printer Performance EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 51 3XXXU.040 Label mark sensor (The label mark sensor can be positioned no more than 1" from the inboard edge.
Chapter 5— Optimizing Printer Performance Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 52 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Using the Printer Memory Efficiently To receive the best perf or mance from your printer, you mus t understand how to use the p rint er mem ory.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Chapter 5— Optimizing Printer Performance EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 53 • Delete a ny unneeded user -defined fo nts, graphics, pages , or formats. For help, see t he PrintSet softwa re or the IPL Programming Reference Man ual.
Chapter 5— Optimizing Printer Performance Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 54 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual The minimum numb er of required image ba nds is dependent upo n the print speed a n d the c omplexity of the label.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 55 Using Test and Service Mode This chapter expla ins the different proc edures you can perform whil e the printer is in T est and Service mode . Use Test a nd Service mode on the printer to print test labels, perform specia l procedures, and change selec t configuration c ommands.
Chapter 6— Us ing Te s t and Se rvice Mode Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condensed Helvetica 56 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Using Test and Service Mode Procedures For all Test and S ervice mode tests, pressing the Feed/Pause button pauses the current test.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Ch apter 6— Us ing Te st an d Ser vice Mo de EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 57 3XXXU.
Chapter 6— Us ing Te s t and Se rvice Mode Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condensed Helvetica 58 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Printing Test Labels The printer can print a variety of test print labels that provide you with information about the printer configura tion and the quality of t he printing.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Ch apter 6— Us ing Te st an d Ser vice Mo de EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 59 To use memory reset 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Press and hold t he Feed/Pau se button while turning on t he printer.
Chapter 6— Us ing Te s t and Se rvice Mode Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condensed Helvetica 60 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Setting the Number of Dot Increments You can move the labe l rest point and X forms a djust configuration commands forward or ba ckward by setting the print er DIP switches.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Ch apter 6— Us ing Te st an d Ser vice Mo de EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 61 3 In the botto m bank turn on the switc hes that have a 1 in their column.
Chapter 6— Us ing Te s t and Se rvice Mode Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condensed Helvetica 62 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 3XXXU.048 OFF ON 1 2 3 4 Top Bank Switch settings for retr.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Ch apter 6— Us ing Te st an d Ser vice Mo de EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 63 4 Press and hold t he Feed/Pau se button while turning on t he printer. The printer prints the hardware configuratio n label.
Chapter 6— Us ing Te s t and Se rvice Mode Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condensed Helvetica 64 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual *FORMAT* *FORMAT* 3XXXU.049 ➤ ➤ -X Y ➤ +X +Y ➤ Direction of media from printer Origin (Ø,Ø) Leading Edge Defaul t X and Y ori gins : Thi s illustrati on sh ows the de fault X and Y origi ns.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Ch apter 6— Us ing Te st an d Ser vice Mo de EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 65 3XXXU.
Chapter 6— Us ing Te s t and Se rvice Mode Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condensed Helvetica 66 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 67 Specifications This chapter contains the following reference information: • Specifications • Printer options • Bar code symbolo gies s.
Appendix A— Specifications Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 68 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Printer Specifications This section describes the specifications of the 3400e printer. Dimensions (no opti ons installed) Height 27.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix A— Specifications EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 69 Fonts and Graphics There are 21 res ident bitma p fonts (including OCR A and B) and three outline fonts available on the e seri es printers.
Appendix A— Specifications Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 70 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Printhead 200 dpi Printed do t si ze 0.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix A— Specifications EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 71 Printer Options This section co ntains a list of the options you ca n use with the printer along with a brief d escription. Consu lt your Intermec repres entative to order any op tion.
Appendix A— Specifications Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 72 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Finishers Cutter Use the cutter option to cut cont inuous media into individua l labels ready for use. This 3400 option works best for individual random lengths or short batches of diffe rent l abel lengths.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix A— Specifications EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 73 Parallel Interface Pin D esc riptions (conti nued) Signal Pin Return Direction Desc ription DB4 6 24 IN DB5 7 25 IN DB6 8 26 IN DB7 9 27 IN ACK 10 28 OUT Negative pulse.
Appendix A— Specifications Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 74 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Supported Bar Code Sy mbologies (continued) Symbology Description EAN The European Arti cle Numbering system (abbreviated as EAN) is a numeri c superset of UPC.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix A— Specifications EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 75 Supported 2D Stacked Sy mbologies (continued) Symbology Description Code 49 Code 49 is an alph anumeric symbo logy developed in 1987 a s a means of labeling very small objec ts.
Appendix A— Specifications Cd 3 9 Helvet ica Condensed Helvetica 76 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Supported 2D Matrix Symbologi es (continued) Symbology Description QR Code QR (Quick Response) Cod e is a matrix 2D sym bology that encodes data in to patte rns consis ting of b la ck and w hite dots or mod ule s.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 77 Character Sets This chapter contains ta bles for the c haracter se ts that the 3400e printer supports. To selec t a character set, use PrintSet, your third-party software application, or t he IPL command s et.
Appendix B— Character Sets Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 78 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual International Character Sets The following tables show which hex codes to download for interna tional characters not available in the U.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix B— Character Sets EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 79 IBM Transl ation Ch aracter T able If you are running your printe r with IBM Tra nslation enabled, use th is table to find t he right hex codes for the i nternational character sets.
Appendix B— Character Sets Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 80 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Code Page 85 0 Character Table 00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 A0 B0 C0 D0 .
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix B— Character Sets EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 81 Extended Character Sets Each interna l font in the printer has a different char acte r set associ ated wit h it as show n in the follo wi ng tables.
Appendix B— Character Sets Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 82 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Characters i n Fonts c20 8 po int c21 12 poi nt c22 20 poi nt c25, c26, c.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix B— Character Sets EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 83 Characters i n Font c23 OCR A ØØ 1Ø 2Ø 3Ø 4Ø 5Ø 6Ø 7Ø 8Ø 9Ø A.
Appendix B— Character Sets Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 84 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Characters i n Font c24 OCR B Siz e 2 ØØ 1Ø 2Ø 3Ø 4Ø 5Ø 6Ø 7Ø 8.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 85 Communications Refere nce This chapter provides communications reference informati on. This chapter covers these top ics: • Communica tion.
Appendix C— Communications Reference Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condense d Helvet ica 86 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Communications Protocols Communicati ons protocols a re important because t hey determine the transmission s tandards for commun ication between the printer and t he host.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix C— Communications R eference EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 87 Intermec Stand ard Protoc ol Printer Stat us Conditi ons (cont.
Appendix C— Communications Reference Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condense d Helvet ica 88 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual When you switc h the printer onlin e (and the input buffer is empty), pin 11/20 becomes “Ready” an d it transmits a DC1.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix C— Communications R eference EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 89 characters exists.
Appendix C— Communications Reference Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condense d Helvet ica 90 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Host Requirements Your printer has t he following hard ware and software requirements: • The hos t computer must u se the American Sta ndard Code for Information Exchange (ASCII) for data communications .
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix C— Communications R eference EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 91 RS-422 Serial Interface Use the RS-422 interface i n long line point-to-p oint direct connect installati ons.
Appendix C— Communications Reference Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condense d Helvet ica 92 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Printer Serial Port The rear pane l of the printer conta ins the serial port conn ector. It is a 25-pin D-style subminiature receptacl e.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix C— Communications R eference EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 93 Shield PC Printer 9-Pin (Socket) D-Sub Metal Backshell 25-Pin .
Appendix C— Communications Reference Cd 3 9 Helvetica Condense d Helvet ica 94 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 3XXXU013.eps Printer Host 1 13 16 14 19 1 19 14 16 13 ➤ ➤ .
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 95 Full ASCII Table This chapter contains these tables: • Full ASCII tabl e • Full ASCII c ontrol characters table D.
Appendix D— Full ASCII Table Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 96 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Full ASCII Table This table l ists the ASCII cha racte rs and thei r bina ry, hexadecimal, decimal, and Code 39 equivalents.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Appendix D— Full ASCII Table EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 97 Full ASCII T able (conti nued) Binary 0 Hex 1 Dec 2 C39 3 Char 4 Binary.
Appendix D— Full ASCII Table Cd 3 9 Helvetica C ondensed Helvetica 98 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Full ASCII Control Characters Table This table lis ts the ASCII control cha racters and the ir definitions.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 99 Glossary G.
Glossary Cd 3 9 Helvetic a Condensed Helvetica 100 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchang e. A standard seve n- bit code almost a lways transmitted with a pa rity bit for a total of e ight bits per character.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Glossary EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 101 density Number of data cha racters that can be repr esented in a linea r unit of measure.
Glossary Cd 3 9 Helvetic a Condensed Helvetica 102 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual graphic A bitmap picture d ownloaded to the printer by the host bef ore printing.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Glossary EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 103 margin The distanc e between the edge of a label and w here the print ing starts on that label. S ee also top of f orm. media The label st ock on which the pr inter pr ints labels.
Glossary Cd 3 9 Helvetic a Condensed Helvetica 104 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual point size A unit of measure for font hei g ht; 72 points equa ls 1 inch as measured from slightly ab ove the to p of the uppercase letters to slightly below the bottom of the lowercase des cenders.
Cd 3 9 Helvetica Conde nsed Helvetica Glossary EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 105 scan To read a bar code with a device known as a scanne r that conve rts optical information into electrical signa ls.
Glossary Cd 3 9 Helvetic a Condensed Helvetica 106 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual UPC Universal Product Code. A numeric, 12-digit bar code symbolo g y used extensively i n retail, partic u larly the grocery i ndustry. User-Defined Characters (UDC) See graphic.
EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 107 Index I.
Index 108 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual Numbe rs 2D symb ologies Code 16K, 74 Code 49, 75 Data Matr ix, 7 5 described , 74 Maxicod e, 75 PDF417, 75 QR Code, 76 86XX Em ulati.
Index EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 109 conf iguration defi nition, 100 printi ng test label, 29, 58 test label hardware, 7 software, 25 trou bleshooting, 43 confi guration .
Index 110 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual image b ands defi nition, 102 descri p tion, 53 functio n, 54 optimizing wi th print speed, 54 imagi ng, definition, 102 increa sing .
Index EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual 111 point si ze, definitio n, 104 Poll ing Mode D protoc ol defi nition, 104 described , 88 POSTNET, 74 power loss, t roubleshooting , 42.
Index 112 EasyCoder 3400e Bar C ode Label Printer User’s Man ual serial port cables, 9 defi nition, 105 descri p tion, 92 pin assignme nts, illustrated, 92 using to connect a PC to the 3400, 9 setti.
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