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Portable Printers Cameo and QL 3 Common Information
Both of these printers are stocked by Worth Data for the convenience of our
users who need portable printing.
These printers do not require any special protocol; they do not require the
“wake-up byte” as do other printers. They do require a special cable that
can be ordered from Worth Data (part #C12); cable pin-outs are available in
Appendix C: Cable Pin-outs.
Shipped with every Cameo or QL 3 printer ordered is a CD ROM with the
Programmers Manual in PDF format and a label design program –
LabelVista. This program allows you to design the program and create
multiple format files that can be sent to the printer where they become
resident in flash. Variable fields are defined and can then be filled in by the
program when in operation.
Keep in mind the following information when using these versatile printers:
• The printer turn on ("Wake-up") is accomplished by the RF
Terminal toggling the DSR line on the printer, so only the @S
command and the data you are sending to the printer is needed.
• Once the RF Terminal has turned on the printer, it stays on until
the host program turns it off using the POWER OFF COMMAND
"ESC(0x1b)`p'(0x70)" described in the Printing Systems
Programming Manual, or until the automatic shut-down takes
place (2 minute default).
• The 231 character limit applies to your command string. See your
Portable Printing Systems Programming Manual for details on
programming your printer.
Zebra Cameo Printer
The Zebra ��Cameo ” Printers are portable direct thermal receipt printers,
(not label printers – the QL 3 below prints labels). Bar codes can be printed
on the receipts, but you can’t print labels.
One model of the Cameo printer is available with a magnetic stripe reader,
allowing magnetic stripe input to the RF Terminal using the @M (magstripe
input) command.
• The Cameo printer with magstripe input is capable of reading
Track 1, Track 2 or Tracks 1&2. See your Portable Printing
Systems Programming Manual for the correct character string to
send in the @M command to turn on the magstripe reader. (see
page 6-2 for details).