Brady BBP11 Quick Start Guide

Printer Overview

Quick Installation Guide

Open / Close the Top Cover

Ribbon access
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er

Top cover open
lever

LED indicator

Feed button

SD card socket

Ethernet interface

Media view window

Parallel/LPT

interface

USB
interface

Fan-fold paper
entrance chute

Power switch

Power jack
so

cket

Serial/COM
interface

(1) Open the printer top cover by pulling

the grey tabs located on each side
towards the front of the printer, then
lift the top cover to the maximum
open angle.

Loading the Ribbon

(2) A top cover support at the rear of the

printer will engage with lower inner
cover to hold the printer top cover
open.

(3) Hold the top cover and press the

top cover support to disengage the
top cover support with lower inner
cover. Gently close the top cover.

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Printhead

Top cover

ia holder

Med

Black mark sensor

Ribbon rewind hub

Ribbon supply hub

Gap sensor
(receiver)

Top cover support

Gap sensor
(transmitter)

Media holder
loc

k switch

Ribbon rewind gear

(1) Open the printer’s top cover by

pulling the grey top cover open
levers located on each side of the
printer and lifting the top cover to the
maximum open angle.

(2) Open the ribbon access cover. (3) Insert the ribbon right side onto the

supply hub. Align the notches on
the left side and mount onto the
spokes.

* Loading Path for Ribbon

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Platen roller

Media guide adjustment knob

Media guides

(4) Stick the ribbon onto the ribbon

rewind paper core and insert the
paper core onto the rewind hub.

(5) Turn the ribbon rewind gear until the

ribbon plastic leader is thoroughly
wound and the black section of the
ribbon covers the print head. Close
the ribbon access cover and the top
cover.

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Loading the Media

(1) Open the printer top cover by

pulling the grey tabs located on
each side towards the front of the
printer, then lift the top cover to the
maximum open angle.

(2) Separate and hold open the media

holders.

(3) Place the roll between the holders

and close them onto the core.
Press down the media holder lock
switch to hold the label roll firmly.

Button Functions

(1) Feed labels

When the printer is ready, press the button to feed one label to the beginning of next label.

(2) Pause the printing job

When the printer is printing, press the button to pause a print job. When the printer is paused the LED will blink green.
Press the button again to continue the printing job.

Diagnostic Tool

The Diagnostic Utility is a toolbox that allows users to explore the printer's settings and status; change printer settings;
download graphics, fonts, and firmware; create printer bitmap fonts; and to send additional commands to the printer.
Using this convenient tool, you can explore the printer status and settings and troubleshoot the printer.

Note: This utility works with printer firmware V6.00 and later versions.

Start the Diagnostic Tool:

(1) Double click on the Diagnostic tool icon to start the software.
(2) There are four features (Printer Configuration, File Manager, Bitmap Font Manager, Command Tool) included in the

Diagnostic utility.

Features tab

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(6) Disengage the top cover support

and close the top cover gently.

(4) Place the paper, printing side face

up, through the media sensor and
place the label leading edge onto
the platen roller.

(5) Move the media guides to fit the label

width by turning the guide adjuster
knob.

* Loading Path for Media

(7) Use “Diagnostic Tool” to set the media sensor type and calibrate the selected sensor. (Start the “Diagnostic tool” 

Select the “Printer Configuration” tab  Click the “Calibrate Sensor” button ) Please refer to the diagnostic utility quick
start guide for more information.

Note:
Please calibrate the gap/black mark sensor when changing the media.

Interface

Printer functions

Printer setup

Printer Status

(3) The detail functions in the Printer Function Group are listed as below.

Function Description

Factory Default
Dump Text To activate the printer dump mode.

Configuration Page Print printer configuration.
RTC Setup Synchronize printer Real Time Clock with PC.

Calibrate Sensor
Reset Printer Reboot the printer.

Print Test Page Print a test page.
Ignore AUTO.BAS Ignore the downloaded AUTO.BAS program.

Ethernet Setup

* For more information and features about this printer, please refer to the User’s Manual inside the CD disk.

Initialize the printer and restore the settings to
factory default.

Calibrate the sensor specified in the Printer
Setup group media sensor field.

Setup the IP address, subnet mask, gateway for
the on board Ethernet.

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