Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DPP-250 Infinite Peripherals
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Thermal Printer DPP-250 User Manual.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 2 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Legal notice The Bluetoot h ® word mark and logos a re owned by the Bluetoot h SIG, Inc. and any use of such mark s by Infinit e Peripheral s is under l icense.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 4 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 T echnical Dat a Feature Specifications Printing method Line thermal dot printing Printing speed 60 mm/s (480 dots/sec) at 8.5 V Print Width 48 mm / 384 dots p er line Resolution 203 dpi (8 x 8 dots/mm) Dot pitch Horizontal – 0.
Box Content s Your IPC DPP-250 comes with the fo llowing items listed below: Item Part Number Descriptions Image 1 DPP-250xx DPP-250 Thermal printer 2 - AC charger 3 - 1 Roll of thermal paper 4 - User.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 6 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Comp atible Devices The DPP-250 (Ser ial & USB) / DPP- 250 (Bluetooth ® ) portab le thermal printer is des igned specifically for use w ith most PDA & Smartphone devices.
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About Y our DPP-250 ♦ DPP-250 left view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 8 DPP-250 User Manual v1.
Charging the DPP-250 The DPP-250 uses a Lithium Ion rechargeab le battery pack. B efore first use, the DPP-250 battery pack should be charged for at least 12 hours. To prevent elect rical damage to the DPP-250 and/or battery pack, please use approved AC Charger only.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 10 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 S tatus & Operating Modes The DPP-250 uses LEDs to indicate various conditions of operation. This may be charging, active or on line, battery low cond itions.
Loading Paper The DPP-250 uses a drop-and-load design making paper loading easy and trouble free. To load paper, simply lift up the paper cover latch and drop in the new roll as shown in the st eps below. 1. Slide the paper cover latch to unlock the paper cover as shown in the figure on the right.
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Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 13 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 The DPP-250 has a built- in test pattern that shows the printer’s current configurat ion as well as the various resident pr inter fonts.
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DIP Switch Location # 1 - Remove b attery cover # 2 - Remove b attery Figure 9 DIP Switch Figure 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc.
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Setting Memory Switch ♦ MEMORY SWITCH SETTINGS: Step #1: Make sure the pr inter is OFF (STATUS LED is OFF) before performing step #2. Step #2: Press and ho ld the line feed button (LF). While pre ssing the (LF) button, press a nd hold the (ON) button until the status LED display solid RED.
Memory Switch Details ♦ SW1: Enable/Disable buzzer. ♦ SW2: - ♦ SW3: - ♦ SW4-7: R eserved for future features. ♦ SW8: Prevents others from discovering printer when se t to ENABLE. Must be set after pairing is comple ted. ♦ SW9: Allow the use of USB port for communications.
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Connecting Device The DPP-250 is des igned to use different m ethods of communications. Care must be taken to ensure that the DPP-250 USB or Serial connector and P DA & Smartphone connector are not accidentally damaged. The figures be low show how to attach the different device to the DPP-2 50.
Bluetooth ® Setup Adding New Bluetooth ® Device to PDA or Smartphones The following is a brief ex planation on how to [ Pair ] your Bluetooth ® DPP-250 to PDA & Smartphones. BlackBerry Devices: Add Device or Pairing Bluetooth ® peripherals to BlackBerry devices require the use of the device Bluetooth ® manager.
Loading Drivers Loading DPP-250 drivers for you’re PDA o r Smartphones. BlackBerry Devices: Blackberry Desktop Manager shown i n the figure on the right is used to load third party software on to your device. Plea se revie w your devic e’s docu mentati on on how to use the Application Loader Option to load software on to your device.
Magnetic Card Reader (MS V ers ion only) The DPP-250 has a bu ilt-in magnetic card reader. Th e card reader inco rpor ates a (3 )-t rack magn etic read hea d req uiri ng a s ing le swipe to read field data from all three tracks. Ca Magnetic Strip ( Face this direction ) .
Smart Card Reader (SC V ersion only) The DPP-250 ha s a built- in smart card reader ( optiona l). The s mart card reader is designed to read information stored embedded on smart chips and process the information using device side software.
Replacing Battery To replace the battery in the DPP-250 thermal pr inter follow the steps below. Steps: 1. Turn over the DPP-250 and p lace on a flat surface. Rotate the (2) locking levers as shown in the figure on the right. Figure 15 2. Lift the battery cover as showed in the figure on the right.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 27 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Developing Solution Integrati ng the DPP-25 0 into your mobile soluti on requires the use of the DPP-250 PDA & Sm artphone SDK.
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