Cognitive Solutions Advantage RFID Thermal Printer manual Print Mode

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Setting	Description	Example

RECALIBRATE	If a label travels the No Media Timeout RECALIBRATE: ON
	distance without seeing an index
	mark, the printer will attempt to
	recalibrate the printer if
	RECALIBRATE: ON. If
	RECALIBRATE: OFF, the printer will
	error out with a red ready light.

PRINT MODE	DT indicates direct thermal printing,	PRINT MODE: DT (AUTO)
	TT indicates thermal transfer printing
	and AUTO indicates automatic print
	mode switching. In AUTO mode, the
	printer will check for the presence of a
	ribbon when it is turned on or when
	you lower the printhead. If it detects a
	ribbon it will set itself for TT mode,
	otherwise it will automatically select
	DT mode.

ERROR REPORT LEVEL	Displays current setting for error	ERROR REPORT LEVEL: 0
	reporting

NO MEDIA TIMEOUT	Distance (in inches) the label travels	NO MEDIA TIMEOUT: 0
	before the printer either attempts to
	recalibrate, or errors out with a red
	ready light. (Gap indexing mode only)

EMULATION MODE	Displays status of Blazer Emulation	EMULATION MODE: 0
	Mode. A value of 0 sets the default
	print pitch to its highest value.

IMAGE BUFFER	Available free space in the image	IMAGE BUFFER: 1903911 bytes free
	buffer

MEM SLOT 3	Amount of space in Flash RAM for	MEM SLOT 3: 3670016 bytes installed
	stored objects

MAC ADDRESS	Hardware address of the printer	00:E0:70:00:00:00

IP ADDRESS	Network address	255.255.0.0

GATEWAY	Network gateway address	0.0.0.0

SNMP TRAP IP	Address for the network SNMP trap	0.0.0.0

LPD	Displays status of LDP protocol	LPD: ON

Telnet	Displays status of Telnet protocol	Telnet: ON

BootP	Displays status of BootP/DHCP	BootP: OFF

RTEL	Displays status of RTEL protocol	RTEL: ON

Ethernet TXTBFR	Displays the size of the text and	Ethernet TXTBFR: Size=8192 Ovf=1514
	overflow buffers

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Contents Advantage Rfid Thermal Printer HF 13.56 Mhz Page Table of Contents Maintenance and Calibration Appendix a Specifications Appendix B Certified Rfid Tags What is RFID? Rfid and the Advantage Rfid Thermal PrinterActive Versus Passive Rfid Tags Rfid OverviewUses for HF Rfid Rfid FrequenciesRfid Standards Installing Printer Drivers from the Companion CD Drivers and Label SoftwareI V E R S a N D L a B E L S O F T W a R E Copyright 2004, Cognitive Printer Requirements SetupPower US CommunicationsControls, Indicators, and Connectors Device Primary Function UseConnecting Power and Cables Connector UseReleasing the Print Mechanism Loading a Ribbon Thermal Transfer Only Copyright 2004, Cognitive Loading Print Media Copyright 2004, Cognitive Performing the Self Test Performing the Printer Self TestOutput from the self test is described in the table below Print Mode Using CPL Programming Using Label SoftwarePrinting Standard Labels and Tags Creating a Text File Copyright 2004, Cognitive Copyright 2004, Cognitive Sample Label Using Third-Party and Proprietary ApplicationsPrinting from Microsoft Word Copyright 2004, Cognitive Setting Label Size Copyright 2004, Cognitive Creating a Label and Barcode Printing from Proprietary Applications Printing Rfid Tags Rfid Tag OverviewRead tag RT command stores data in a user-specified location Using Label Software Copyright 2004, Cognitive Stored Formats Label prints on the printer Solutions Sample Rfid TagMaintenance and Calibration MaintenancePress the Feed button to clean all sides of the roller CalibrationProgramming Programming OverviewRfid Command Name Structure Programming RulesRfid Command Structure Example Following listing is an example of Rfid command usageRfid Commands Standard Variable Setup/Debug Commands DefinitionsRF Idget RF IdgetRF Host RF Varclear RF VarclearRT ss ee fmt FmtWT ss data Wtlock Wtlock ss dataTo Printer Rftype $RFTYPE$Rfidnum $RFIDNUM$Rfblksz $RFBLKSZ$RF Location $RF nn$Rfid ? Rfid ?Rfid Confirm on/off Rfid ConfirmOFF Rfid Host Rfid Ledflsh ON/OFF/ACCUM Rfid LedflshAccum Rfid Ledtime Rfid Ledtime nnRfid Mark Rfid Mark ON/OFFRfid Rdaftwt Rfid Rdaftwt ON/OFFRfid Retry Rfid Retry nnRfid Ssoncmd Rfid Ssoncmd ON/OFFISO Rfid TagtypeRfid Tagtype ISO/TI/PHILPS PhilpsRfid Timeout Rfid Timeout bb,ss,rr,ww,llRfid 20,,,,50 Rfid Txafter Rfid Txafter ON/OFFAscii Rfid VoidTags String-toRun a Printer Self Test TroubleshootingIsolating Problems Print a Proven Label FormatComment Out Portions of the Nonworking Label Format Common IssuesCheck the Label Format Header Line Labels Skipping or Printer Feeding Blank LabelsSetting Up an Ethernet Printer Ready Light is RedParallel Communication Printer DriversSerial Communication Printing Too LightUpgrade From Blazer Printer Technical Support Contact Information Appendix a Specifications PrintingAppendix B Certified Rfid Tags Part Number DescriptionIndex D E