Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AME-3230B Argox
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1 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual AME-3230 AME-3230B AME-3230W M O B I L E P RI N T E R S U S E R ’ S M AN U AL Aug. 02, 2 01 1 Revision 7.0 Website : http://www .a r go x .co m Add r ess: 7F , No. 1 26 , L ane 235, Pao -C hiao Rd., H sin T ien, T aipei, T aiwan, R.
3 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Interfa c e Spec ifi cat i o ns .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... . ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. . 43 Ser i al I nt erf ace: . .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... . ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... ..
5 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual RF e xposu re warning · The equip m ent co mplies with FCC RF e xposu re l imits set forth for an uncon trol led e nvir on m en t. The equip m en t m ust not be co-loca ted or opera ted in con junction w ith any o ther antenn a or tran smit ter.
7 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Getting Starte d Cong r atu l ations on choosi ng AM E se ries mobile p rinter, made by Argox In f ormation Co., a leader i n the worldwide b arcode industry. AME series are ideally desi gned to bring mor e efficiency to your business.
9 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Printer Overvie w Pow er Button Feed Butto n Co mm unicati on LED Pow er LED Battery LED Media L ED USB/RS-232 Port Pow er I nput Jack Latch Rele ase Button Plate n Ro.
1 1 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual printer: 2. Re pla ce the Battery Cover and rotate the Batt ery Cover Latch 9 0° to lock i n place: 90° 12 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Charging t he Batte ry 1. After inst alling the Ba tte ry Pa c k, conne ct t he Power Supply into the printer ’s Power In put Jack.
13 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual 3. The battery is desig ned for fast-charge; af ter about 3.5 hours (210 mi nutes) , the Battery LED wil l turn of f, si gn i fying that t he battery is fully charge d and ready for use . Battery & Po wer Notificati ons 1.
15 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Loading Me dia 1. Press the Latc h Re l ea se Butt on on printer to a utomatically open the M ed ia Cover: 2. Place the media su pp ly r oll into the Media Compartm en t. M ake sure media supply unwi nds near Print Hea d, as in the direction shown below: Latch Rele ase Button 16 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual 3.
17 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual 5. Pull a short length o f m ed i a out of the printer. Close the M ed i a Cover and press until you hear a click, to properly latch : Media Co ver Media Shield 18 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual 6.
19 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Screw Belt S trap Knob 20 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual 2. Attach the Belt Strap ont o the Knob. Note that the ext erior sur f ace o f the Belt Strap sho uld face to.
21 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual 3. Insert the Screw on to the Knob, through the Belt Strap, and tighten clockwise until it is fu lly sec ured: 22 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual 4.
23 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual 5. Pull down the top of t he Belt Strap to fix onto t he l ock: 24 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Controls & Connections Self-Test before C onnecti ng Afte r the .
25 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Printer C ontrols and In dicators The printer’s controls and indicators are shown i n the diagram bel ow: Feed Button: 1. Pressing this button during printing w i ll m ake print er pause. 2. T o feed a blank l abe l .
27 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Smart Ba ttery Po wer Ma nagement The AM E se rie s mobile printers are e qu ipped wit h a Li-ion battery pack (7.4 V 2200mAH).
29 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Connectin g the Pr inter The interfaces of AM E-3230 include RS-232, US B (2.0), and IrDA. The interfaces of AM E-3230B include RS-232, U SB (2.0), IrDA, and Bluetooth 2.0. The interfaces of AME-3230 W include RS-23 2, U SB(2.
31 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Feed Button until you hear one beep. The pr inter will then be in 80 2.1 1b/g m ode. As lon g as the printer is in Bluetooth m ode o r 802. 11b/g m ode, the Co mm unicati on Indicator will remain blue, w heth er Bl uetooth or 802.
33 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual S tatus Blinking LED SERIAL I /O ERROR PO W ER LED blinking Possib le Sy mptoms & Solutio ns The f orm at or baud rate of the RS232 comm u ni cation i s in consistent betw een the printer and host.
35 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Firmware V ersion Firmware v ersion Flash memory capaci ty RS-232 parameters S t andby d uration (in minutes) Bluetooth PIN cod e Media type setting Printed label len.
37 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Printer Ma intenance Print Hea d Maint enance Gu ide To keep the Print H ead in the best conditions a nd e ff iciency and to extend duration for use, regula r cl eaning action is needed: 1.
39 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Specifi cations General S pecific ations Specifi cations AME-3230 AME-3230B AME-3230W Printi ng M ethod Direct Thermal Printi ng Resol ution 203 dpi (8 dots/mm) Printi ng Speed 2~ 3ips (51 ~76mm/s) Printi ng Length 40” (1016mm) Printi ng Wi dt h 2.
41 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Emul at ion PPLZ Wi ndows comp atibili ty W in C E.NET, Pocket PC , W indows M obile, W in dows 2000/XP/VISTA /Windows 7 Sof tware BarTender, Pri nte r Utility , Font.
43 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual Interface S pecifica tions Serial Int erface: RS-232C port wit h a mini-typ e 10-p i n convertor . Flow Control mech an ism is eith er RTS/CT S or X-on/X-off (co ntrol chara c ters are DC2 and DC4).
45 AME Series Use r ’ s Man ual IrDA (Inf rared) I nterface: Ir DA version: 1.0 Communication z one: W i-Fi (802.11 b/g ) Inte rface: W ir eless Security A uthentication a nd Encr yption Options: W .
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