6. PRINTER OPERATION |
6.1 Overview
6. PRINTER OPERATION
6.1 Overview
6.2Installing the Printer Drivers
NOTE:
“X” will be replaced with your CD drive’s letter. (e.g. D, E, etc.)
NOTE:
1.When downloading the printer driver from TEC Web Site, confirm the version and use the latest printer driver. The supplied
2.Driver file name, capacity, and date of the driver may be changed without prior notification. For the latest information about the driver, please contact your authorised TOSHIBA TEC representative.
This section provides a functional overview of how the printer receives print data from your host computer and how it will operate in the various operating conditions. This section also shows you how to install the TEC Printer Drivers into your computer.
Labels will be created on the host computer connected to your printer, using either a commercially available label creation program or using the TEC Command Program Language. The label information sent from your host computer will consist of a series of commands that inform the printer of the labels size, layout, orientation, and number of copies to print and will also contain the print data including scaleable text, graphics, and bar codes. The printer electronics will decode the commands and manipulate the data to create a bit graphic image of the label that will be stored in the printer’s memory. The printer electronics will then transfer the image as a series of dots, one line at a time, to the thermal print head.
The thermal print head consists of a line of 1280 thermal elements with each element shaped like a tiny dot. The dot line is 4 inches (101.6 mm) in length resulting in a dot density of 305 DPI. As the paper is advanced through the printer by the paper feed mechanism, the thermal head continuously prints the image as a series of dot lines at a resolution of 305 dots per inch, horizontally and vertically.
Precision feeding and back feeding of the label stock is accomplished through the use of specialized stepping motors and
Before you can use the printer, it is necessary to install the printer driver to your PC. Installation is accomplished by first installing the set of printer driver files from the supplied
Run the following SETUP.EXE.
“X”:\DRIVE\SETUP.EXE
The latest printer driver can be obtained from the TOSHIBA TEC Barcode Web Site. Access the TOSHIBA TEC Barcode World Wide Web Site at the following URL:
http://barcode.toshibatec.co.jp/Eng/download.html
Double click on the downloaded file (“Bdrv_Vx_x_Buildxx.exe”), and then run the following SETUP.EXE. (“C:\TEC\MONO\CD”is the default install directory.)
“C:\TEC\MONO\CD”\SETUP.EXE
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