IBM EasyCoder 3400e - Manual

IBM EasyCoder 3400e

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Contents; Getting Started; Connecting Your Printer to a PC 1-11; Operating the Printer
  • Page 5 – Increasing Throughput 5-9; Using Test and Service Mode
  • Page 6 – Communication Interface A-6; Character Sets
  • Page 7 – Full ASCII Table; Full ASCII Table D-3; Glossary
  • Page 8 – asdf
  • Page 9 – Before You Begin; Warranty Information; Do not repair or adjust energized equipment alone
  • Page 10 – EasyCoder® 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual; Warnings and Cautions; The warnings and cautions in this manual use the following format.
  • Page 11 – About This Manual; What You Will Find in This Manual; For Information On
  • Page 12 – Terms and Conventions; “Printer” refers to a 3400e bar code label printer.
  • Page 13 – Other Intermec Manuals
  • Page 17 – NugFont; Getting to Know Your Printer; Features of your printer include:
  • Page 18 – Back View
  • Page 19 – Preparing the Printer for Installation; Open the printer and load media.; Plugging In the Printer; To plug in the printer; Set switch 1 on (; Bottom Bank
  • Page 20 – EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual; Opening the Printer; To open the printer; media cover upward to release it from the printer frame.
  • Page 21 – Loading Media for Fanfold Printing; To load media for fanfold printing; outer end of the supply post.
  • Page 23 – Printing the Hardware Configuration Test Label; To print the hardware configuration test label; printer to your system.; Hardware Configuration Test Label
  • Page 24 – What the Hardware Configuration Test Label Tells You; Connecting the Printer to Your System
  • Page 25 – Connecting Your Printer to a PC; Connecting the Printer to a PC Serial Port; For Connecting To; To connect your printer to a PC serial port
  • Page 26 – Connecting the Printer to a PC Parallel Port; To connect your printer to a PC parallel port; Plug the other end of the cable into a parallel port on the PC.; Connecting Your Printer to a Network
  • Page 27 – Connecting the Printer to an AS/400; a twinax adapter card.
  • Page 28 – Connecting the Printer to a Mainframe
  • Page 29 – Configuring the Serial Port for Communications; To configure the printer serial port; switches you need to change to configure the serial port.; DIP Switch Setting Descriptions
  • Page 31 – Verifying Printer Communications With Your System; To verify communications with your system; Transmit at least four characters from your system.
  • Page 32 – COPY CON COM1
  • Page 35 – Learning How to Operate the Printer; Front panel; Understanding the Front Panel
  • Page 36 – Understanding the Front Panel LEDs; Use the front panel LEDs to monitor the status of the printer:; If the printer overheats, the Alert LED flashes and the printer; Media or system faults; If the Empty/Pause or the Alert LED remains on, your printer
  • Page 37 – Using the Feed/Pause Button; Printer Mode
  • Page 38 – Loading Media Into the Printer; You can load media into the printer in three different ways:; Loading Roll Media for Straight-Through Printing; To load the media; outer end of the supply roll post.
  • Page 39 – roll retainer clockwise to secure.
  • Page 40 – Loading Media for Self-Strip Printing; To load self-strip media; end of the supply roll post. Turn it clockwise to lock it in place.
  • Page 41 – lower media guide, and out the front of the printer.
  • Page 42 – Rotate the head lift lever counterclockwise until it locks.; Loading Thermal Transfer Ribbon; To load thermal transfer ribbon; roll winding clockwise.
  • Page 43 – using the adhesive strip on the leader edge.
  • Page 44 – Setting the Media Sensitivity Number; Look for the three-digit media sensitivity number on
  • Page 45 – Setting the MSN for Intermec Media and Ribbon
  • Page 46 – Setting the MSN for Other Media and Ribbon; 400e Printer Direct Thermal Media Sensitivity Settings
  • Page 48 – Communicating With the Printer; Using the PrintSet Software; download graphics and fonts.; Using Third-Party Software
  • Page 49 – Printing a Test Label; To print the test label; Select either the Text or the Bar Code option button.
  • Page 51 – Maintaining the Printer
  • Page 53 – Inspecting the Printer
  • Page 54 – Maintenance Schedule; Printer Component
  • Page 56 – Cleaning the Printhead; To clean the printhead; lift lever raises the printhead to allow for cleaning.
  • Page 57 – Cleaning the Printer Covers
  • Page 58 – Cleaning the Drive Roller and Tear Bar; To clean the drive roller and tear bar; Rotate the head lift lever clockwise to release the printhead.
  • Page 59 – Cleaning the Media Guides and Media Path; To clean the media guides and media path; Pull down on the lower media guide to open up the media path.
  • Page 60 – Cleaning the Label Sensors; Three label sensors on the printer require regular cleaning:; To clean the label sensors; Clean the label gap sensor with a cotton swab and alcohol.
  • Page 63 – Troubleshooting
  • Page 65 – Troubleshooting Checklist; To troubleshoot your printer; Printer Operation Problems; Symptom
  • Page 67 – Print Quality Problems
  • Page 69 – Communication Problems and Preventing Data Loss
  • Page 70 – To check for communication problems
  • Page 71 – Optimizing Printer Performance
  • Page 73 – Optimizing and Maintaining Print Quality; Correcting uneven print quality; Correcting Uneven Print Quality
  • Page 74 – To adjust the bias adjust screw; Remove the media cover and locate the bias adjust screw.
  • Page 75 – Adjusting the Print Darkness; To adjust the print darkness; Locate the darkness adjust control on the back of the printer.
  • Page 76 – Adjusting the Label Mark Sensor; To adjust the label mark sensor; Remove the media cover and locate the label mark sensor.
  • Page 78 – Using the Printer Memory Efficiently; How Is the Printer Storage Memory Used?; Fields per format: 200; Making the Most of Your Memory
  • Page 79 – Increasing Throughput; What Is an Image Band?
  • Page 80 – Optimizing Print Speed and Image Band Setting; To optimize the number of image bands for your print speed
  • Page 83 – Using Test and Service Mode Procedures; To enter Test and Service mode; Record your current DIP switch settings for later reference.; To exit Test and Service mode; Reset the DIP switches to their original settings.
  • Page 85 – Printing Test Labels; To print a test label; Press and hold the Feed/Pause button while turning on the printer.; Using Data Line Print; To enter Data Line Print mode
  • Page 86 – Resetting the Memory on Your Printer; To use memory reset; Setting Configuration Commands in Test and Service Mode
  • Page 87 – Setting the Number of Dot Increments
  • Page 89 – and stops at the new location.; Adjusting the Label Rest Point; There are three ways to adjust the label rest point:
  • Page 90 – the number you set in Step 4.
  • Page 91 – Setting Emulation Mode; There are three ways to set the printer to Emulation mode:; To set the printer to Emulation mode using DIP switches; on installing your printer.; Setting; To enable 15 mil emulation, turn on DIP switches 4 and 5.
  • Page 92 – Using Forms Adjust
  • Page 93 – X Forms Adjust; To set the X forms adjust
  • Page 94 – number you set in Step 4.; To set the Y forms adjust
  • Page 95 – Specifications
  • Page 97 – Printer Specifications; Electrical Requirements
  • Page 98 – Ribbon
  • Page 99 – Number
  • Page 100 – Printer Options; Communication Interface; Interface; Finishers; Cutter
  • Page 102 – Bar Code Symbologies Supported; The e series printers support these bar code symbologies:; Codabar; Originally developed in 1972, Codabar is a numeric symbology most; EAN; Interleaved 2 of 5 is a high density, self-checking, continuous; POSTNET; See the IPL Programming Reference Manual for a complete list.
  • Page 103 – D Symbologies; D Stacked Symbologies
  • Page 104 – Data Matrix; Data Matrix is a 2D matrix symbology which is made up of square; Maxicode; Maxicode is a fixed-size symbology that is made up of offset rows of; QR Code
  • Page 107 – International Character Sets; Advanced Character Table
  • Page 108 – Emulation Mode Character Table
  • Page 109 – Code Page 850 Character Table; μ ρ ρ
  • Page 110 – Extended Character Sets; Characters in Fonts
  • Page 115 – Communications Reference
  • Page 117 – Communication Protocols; Intermec Standard Protocol; Printer Status
  • Page 119 – This table shows the printer XON/XOFF operation:; Transmit; Polling Mode D
  • Page 120 – Character
  • Page 121 – Host Requirements; Parameter; Communications Interfaces; RS-232 Serial Interface
  • Page 122 – RS-422 Serial Interface
  • Page 124 – RS-422 Intermec Pin Assignments
  • Page 125 – Printer Serial Port
  • Page 131 – Full ASCII Control Characters Table; Definition
  • Page 135 – A device that rewinds media useful for printing batches of labels.
  • Page 138 – A font that is recognized by optical character recognition.
  • Page 141 – Bar code and text fields that change from one label to the next.
  • Page 143 – Index
  • Page 145 – Numbers
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EasyCoder

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3400e

Bar Code Label Printer

P/N 071881-001

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Summary

Page 3 - Contents; Getting Started; Connecting Your Printer to a PC 1-11; Operating the Printer

Contents iii Contents Before You Begin ix Warranty Information ixSafety Summary ixWarnings and Cautions xAbout This Manual xi Other Intermec Manuals xiii Getting Started Getting to Know Your Printer 1-3 Preparing the Printer for Installation 1-5 Plugging In the Printer 1-5Opening the Printer 1-6Load...

Page 5 - Increasing Throughput 5-9; Using Test and Service Mode

Contents v Adjusting the Label Mark Sensor 5-6 Using the Printer Memory Efficiently 5-8 How Is the Printer Storage Memory Used? 5-8Making the Most of Your Memory 5-8 Increasing Throughput 5-9 What Is an Image Band? 5-9How the Image Bands Command Works 5-9Optimizing Print Speed and Image Band Setting...

Page 6 - Communication Interface A-6; Character Sets

EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual vi Printer Options A-6 Communication Interface A-6 EasyLAN 10i Interface A-6Twinax Interface A-6Coax Interface A-6 Finishers A-6 Cutter A-6Batch Takeup A-6Self-Strip Printing A-6 Bar Code Symbologies Supported A-8 2D Symbologies A-9 2D Stacked Sym...

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