BIXOLON SPP-R400, Windows Driver Manual

Page 1: ...Windows Driver Manual SPP R400 Mobile Printer Rev 1 03 http www bixolon com ...

Page 2: ...per Size 27 5 1 2 Paper Type 28 5 1 3 Copies 28 5 2 Document Settings 29 5 2 1 Send Commands 30 5 2 2 Line Feed 30 5 2 3 Form Feed 30 5 3 Other Settings 31 5 3 1 Graphic Printing 31 5 3 2 Bluetooth Stack for Windows 31 6 Windows Driver Specifications 32 6 1 Fonts 32 6 2 Special Functions 34 6 3 Barcodes 35 6 4 Two Dimensional Barcodes 35 7 Use of Windows Driver 36 7 1 Use of Visual Basic 36 7 1 1 ...

Page 3: ... 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 Server 2003 32bit 64bit Microsoft Windows Embedded For Point Of Service Microsoft Windows VISTA 32bit 64bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32bit 64bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 64bit Microsoft Windows 7 32bit 64bit Mi...

Page 4: ...4 Windows Driver Installation 4 1 Installing on Windows XP Server 2003 4 1 1 Via Serial Port or Bluetooth 1 Double click the Windows Driver installation file 2 Click Next 3 Select a COM port to be used and then click Next ...

Page 5: ... 7 In the Ports tab click Configure Port Pass this step if you are using Bluetooth 8 If you select a serial port match the communication settings to those of the printer The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self test Pass this step if you are using Bluetooth 9 Refer to 5 3 in this document and then change the default value for serial and Bluetooth communicatio...

Page 6: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 6 10 Click Print Test Page and check printing status Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally ...

Page 7: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 7 4 1 2 Via USB Port 1 Double click the Windows Driver installation file 2 Click Next 3 Select USB and then click Next ...

Page 8: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 8 4 When the following message box appears click Continue Anyway 5 Click OK 6 Turn off the printer and then turn it on ...

Page 9: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 9 7 When the New Hardware Wizard appears for the installation of the Windows Driver select the option as shown below and click Next 8 Click Next ...

Page 10: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 10 9 When the following message box appears click Continue Anyway 10 Click Finish ...

Page 11: ...11 Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS Control Panel Printers and Faxes 12 Click Print Test Page and check printing status Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally ...

Page 12: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 12 4 1 3 Via WLAN Port 1 Double click the Windows Driver installation file 2 Click Next 3 Select Wireless LAN 4 Enter the IP address and port number and then click Next ...

Page 13: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 13 5 When the following message box appears click Continue Anyway 6 Click Yes to reboot the PC 7 Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS Control Panel Printers and Faxes ...

Page 14: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 14 8 In the Ports tab click Configure Port 9 Match the communication settings to those of the printer ...

Page 15: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 15 10 Click Print Test Page and check printing status Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally ...

Page 16: ... Rev 1 03 16 4 2 Installing on Windows VISTA Sever 2008 7 8 4 2 1 Via Serial Port or Bluetooth 1 Double click the Windows Driver installation file 2 Click Next 3 Select a COM port to be used and then click Next ...

Page 17: ... Device and Printers 7 In the Ports tab click Configure Port Pass this step if you are using Bluetooth 8 Match the communication settings to those of the printer The communication settings of the printer can be performed by conducting a self test Pass this step if you are using Bluetooth 9 Refer to 5 3 in this document and then change the default value for serial and Bluetooth communication ...

Page 18: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 18 10 Click Print Test Page and check printing status Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally ...

Page 19: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 19 4 2 2 Via USB Port 1 Double click the Windows Driver installation file 2 Click Next 3 Select USB and click Next ...

Page 20: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 20 4 When the following message box appears click Install 5 Click OK 6 Turn off the printer and then turn it on The printer driver will be installed automatically ...

Page 21: ...e printer properties window in the Windows OS Control Panel Hardware and Sound Device and Printers 8 Click Print Test Page and check printing status Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally ...

Page 22: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 22 4 2 3 Via WLAN Port 1 Double click the Windows Driver installation file 2 Click Next 3 Select Wireless LAN 4 Enter IP address and port number and then click Next ...

Page 23: ...400 Rev 1 03 23 5 When the following message box appears click Install 6 Click Yes to reboot the PC 7 Open the printer properties window in the Windows OS Control Panel Hardware and Sound Device and Printers ...

Page 24: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 24 8 In the Ports tab click Configure Port 9 Match the communication settings to those of the printer ...

Page 25: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 25 10 Click Print Test Page and check printing status Proper installation of the driver is indicated if the test page is printed normally ...

Page 26: ...ws Driver Settings The following functions can be configured after installing the Windows driver 5 1 Paper 1 Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS 2 In the General tab click Preferences 3 Click the Paper tab ...

Page 27: ...r width length and a paper name If the specified paper name already exists on the system you can update the paper width length Valid Paper Width 25 4 mm 104 mm Valid Paper Length 25 4 mm 3276 mm You can choose the new paper size on the Paper Size combo box after adding a paper size Delete button Deletes the paper size selected in the list Save button Adds a new paper size or update the paper size ...

Page 28: ...data length Ticket print in fixed length even the print data is short The default setting is Receipt Receipt Receipt allows flexible paper length according to the data length Ticket Ticket print in fixed length even the print data is short 5 1 3 Copies The number of Copies is set to 1 by default You can set this value to a range of 1 to 255 ...

Page 29: ...SPP R400 Rev 1 03 29 5 2 Document Settings 1 Open the Printer Properties window for the corresponding OS 2 In the General tab click Preferences or Printing Preferences 3 Click the Document Settings tab ...

Page 30: ...ument Start Page Addition of command at the beginning of the page End Page Addition of command at the end of the page End Doc Addition of command at the end of the document For more information on the hexadecimals that can be entered in Start Doc Start Page End Page and End Doc refer to the Control Commands Manual 5 2 2 Line Feed Enter a number between 0 and 99 for adding blank lines at the end of...

Page 31: ...ressed image data using RLE Run length encoding to the printer Select Direct Print compressed if you want to print faster This printer does not support Direct Print compressed 5 3 2 Bluetooth Stack for Windows This option affects the print speed if Bluetooth is used for communication If you have installed a Bluetooth stack driver provided by Toshiba IVT Broadcom or other company select a provider ...

Page 32: ... 6 FontB1x2 FontB1x2 Ext FontB1x2 255 FontB1x2 9x34 12 FontB2x1 FontB2x1 Ext FontB2x1 255 FontB2x1 18x17 6 FontB2x2 FontB2x2 Ext FontB2x2 255 FontB2x2 18x34 12 FontB2x4 FontB2x4 Ext FontB2x4 255 FontB2x4 18x68 24 FontB4x2 FontB4x2 Ext FontB4x2 255 FontB4x2 36x34 12 FontB4x4 FontB4x4 Ext FontB4x4 255 FontB4x4 36x68 24 FontB4x8 FontB4x8 Ext FontB4x8 255 FontB4x8 36x136 48 5 FontB8x4 FontB8x4 Ext Fon...

Page 33: ... Page 1252 Character size dot 12 x 24 double height Sizes point 17 2 FontA1x2 Ext IBM expansion Character code support Code Page 437 Character size dot 12 x 24 double height Sizes point 17 3 FontA1x2 255 Buyer exclusive code support User Code Page Character size dot 12 x 24 double height Sizes point 17 ...

Page 34: ...rints LF 0 x 0A 7 Prints CR 0 x 0D i Prints double sized color image saved in the 00 address j Prints double sized color image saved in the 01 address k Prints double sized color image saved in the 02 address l Prints double sized color image saved in the 03 address m Prints double sized color image saved in the 04 address p Does not add HRI characters to the barcode q Adds HRI characters in Font ...

Page 35: ...ITF 18 35 5 53 71 Numeric 0 9 UPC A 18 35 5 53 71 Numeric 0 9 UPC E 18 35 5 53 71 Numeric 0 9 Code93 18 35 5 53 71 ASCII CODE 0 127 Code128 18 35 5 53 71 ASCII CODE 0 127 1 Sample Use Select Code39 and Size 18 and then enter 1234 The barcode corresponding to 1234 is printed 2 When Using Code128 Select Code128 and Size 18 and then enter B1234 The barcode corresponding to 1234 is printed When using ...

Page 36: ...OLON SPP R400 Windows Driver For Each prnPrinter In Printers If prnPrinter DeviceName BIXOLON SPP R400 Then Set Printer prnPrinter Exit For End If Next 7 1 2 Test Printing The following code is an example of the printing of Arial Test via the Windows font and FontA1x1Test via the printer font Print in Windows font Printer FontSize 9 Printer FontName Arial Printer Print Arial Test Print in printer ...

Page 37: ...de Printer FontSize 18 Printer FontName JAN8 EAN Printer Print 1234567 Printer EndDoc 7 1 4 Two Dimensional Barcode Printing The following code is an example of the printing of the PDF417 two dimensional barcode Print Two dimensional Codes Printer FontSize 8 5 Printer FontName PDF417 Printer Print Print Test PDF417 Printer EndDoc ...

Page 38: ...e printer BIXOLON SPP R400 Select Paper Size Orientation and Margins After selecting Page Settings from the File tab select the paper size orientation and margins 7 2 2 Text Printing Use the Windows Driver of the printer to run a test 1 Select the desired font from the Font menu FontA1x1 2 Select the desired font size 8 5 3 Enter the text to be printed in WordPad 4 Click the Print button in the to...

Page 39: ...rinting Use the Windows Driver of the printer to print the barcode 1 Select the desired barcode from the Font menu Code128 2 Select the desired font size 18 3 Enter A123456789012 in WordPad 4 Click the Print button in the toolbar to print ...

Page 40: ...ndows Driver of the printer to print the two dimensional barcode 1 Select the desired two dimensional barcode from the Font menu PDF417 2 Select the desired font size 8 5 3 Enter Two dimensional Codes Test PDF417 in WordPad 4 Click the Print button in the toolbar to print ...