BIXOLON BCD Series, Windows Driver Manual

Page 1: ...Windows Driver Manual BCD Series Customer Display Rev 2 06 http www bixolon com...

Page 2: ...5 Detailed Windows Driver Settings 10 5 1 Brightness 10 6 Windows Driver Specifications 12 6 1 Specifications 12 6 2 Special Functions 13 6 3 Extended Special Functions 14 6 4 Resolution 14 7 Use of W...

Page 3: ...r user manual content may be changed without prior notice 2 Operating System OS Environment The following operating systems are supported for usage Microsoft Windows XP 32bit 64bit Microsoft Windows S...

Page 4: ...BCD Series Rev 2 06 4 4 Windows Driver Installation 4 1 Installing on Windows XP Server 2003 4 1 1 Via Serial Port 1 Double click the Windows Driver installation file 2 Click the Next button...

Page 5: ...BCD Series Rev 2 06 5 3 Select a model and click the Next button 4 Select the COM port to be used and click the Next button 5 When the following message box appears click the Continue Anyway button...

Page 6: ...en the printer properties window in the Windows OS 8 Click the Port Settings button in the Ports tab 9 Match the communication settings to those of the customer display The communication settings of t...

Page 7: ...eries Rev 2 06 7 4 2 Installing on Windows VISTA Server 2008 7 8 4 2 1 Via Serial Port 1 Double click the Windows Driver installation file 2 Click the Next button 3 Select a model and click the Next b...

Page 8: ...CD Series Rev 2 06 8 4 Select the COM port to be used and click the Next button 5 If the following message boxes appear click the Install button or click the Install this driver software anyway button...

Page 9: ...en the printer properties window in the Windows OS 8 Click the Port Settings button in the Ports tab 9 Match the communication settings to those of the customer display The communication settings of t...

Page 10: ...t in detail after the Windows Driver installation is complete 5 1 Brightness The brightness available in the Windows Driver are as follows Brightness 20 Brightness 40 Brightness 60 Brightness 100 Deta...

Page 11: ...BCD Series Rev 2 06 11 2 Click the Printing Preferences button in the General tab 3 Select the Paper Quality tab and click the Advanced button Select the desired setting...

Page 12: ...ution 72 x 72 Supported paper size BCD display size Supported paper source BCD 2line mode Supported print Quality Brightness 20 Brightness 40 Brightness 60 Brightness 100 The Windows Driver of BCD Ser...

Page 13: ...not entail the printing of the character a Character Special Function a Clear screen CLS b Clear 1st line CAN for 1st line c Clear 2nd line CAN for 2nd line d Screen is always lighting e Screen is bl...

Page 14: ...milar to normal INI file format Section Name Key_1 Data_1 Key_2 Data_2 Specify the Customer Display name as the section name E g BCD 1000 Specify each key in a hexadecimal character code corresponding...

Page 15: ...of the selection of the BIXOLON BCD 1000 Windows Driver For Each prnPrinter In Printers If prnPrinter DeviceName BIXOLON BCD 1000 Then Set Printer prnPrinter Exit For End If Next 7 1 2 Text displaying...

Page 16: ...pecial function character to blink the screen e Screen is blinking at 10x50msec intervals f Screen is blinking at 20x50msec intervals g Screen is blinking at 40x50msec intervals h Screen is blinking a...

Page 17: ...stomer display BCD Series Select Paper Size Orientation and Margins After selecting Page Setup from the File menu select the paper size orientation and margins 7 2 2 Text displaying Use the Windows Dr...

Page 18: ...7 3 Enter e in Wordpad 4 Click the Print button in the toolbar to print Clicking on Print will cause screen to be blinked at 10x50msec intervals By changing the character that you input at Step 3 you...

Page 19: ...BCD Series Rev 2 06 19 7 2 4 Cleaning the screen 1 Select FontControl from the Font menu 2 Set the font size to 7 3 Enter a in Wordpad 4 Click the Print button in the toolbar to print...