GoDEX EZ1100Plus User Manual

EZ1000 PLUS BARCODE PRINTER

USER MANUAL

P/N

: EZ1000 Plus

: 920-012411-04

USER MANUAL

VERSION
ISSUE DATE

: Rev. C
: 2013.07.24

FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
FOR AMERICAN USERS

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the l imi ts f o r a C LA SS A digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in
a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment
in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at own expense.

EMS AND EMI COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
FOR EUROPEAN USERS

This equipment has been tested and passed with the requirements relating to
electromagnetic compatibility based on the standards EN 55022:2006/A1:2007 Class A,
EN61000-3-2:2006/A2:2009, EN 61000-3-3:2008 and EN55024:1998/A1:2001/A2:2003(IEC
61000-4-2:2001 ED. 1.2 series. The equipment has also been tested and passed in
accordance with the European Standard EN55022 for both radiated and conducted
emissions limits.

EZ PLUS SERIES
TO WHICH THIS DECLARATION RELATES
IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS

IEC 60950-1:2005(2nd Edition)+Am 1:2009, GB4943.1-2011 GB9254-2008 (Class A)
GB17625.1-2003, EN 55022:2006/A1:2007 Class A, EN61000-3-2:2006/A2:2009, EN
61000-3-3:2008 and EN55024:1998/A1:2001/A2:2003, IEC 61000-4-2:2001 series, UL
60950-1, 1st Edition, 2007-10-31, CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1-03, 1st Edition, 2006-07, CFR 47,
Part 15

WARNING

This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio
interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

此为Class A产品，在生活环境中，该产品可能造成无线电干扰，在这种情况下，可能需要用户对
其干扰采取切实可行的措施。

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Safety instructions

Please read the following instructions carefully.

1. Keep the equipment away from humidity.

2. Before you connect the equipment to the power outlet, please check the
voltage of the power source.

3. Make sure the printer is off before plugging the power connector into the
power jack.

4. It is recommended that you connect the printer to a su rge pro tector to prevent
possible transient overvoltage damage.

5. Be careful not to get liquid on the equipment to avoid electrical shock.

6. For safety and warranty reasons, ONLY qualified service personnel should open
the equipment.

7. Do not repair or adjust energized equipment under any circumstances.

CAUTION

Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced
Replace only with the equivalent type recommended by the manufacture.
Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Only use with power supply adapter model: WDS060240P (9A).

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could
void the user's au thority to operate the equipment.

SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

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1. BARCODE PRINTER ..................................................................... 1

1-1. Box content ............................................................................................. 1

1-2. Specifications .......................................................................................... 1

1-3. Interfaces ................................................................................................. 3

1-4. Getting to know your printer ................................................................ 5

2. PRINTER SETUP ............................................................................. 7

2-1. Loading the ribbon ................................................................................ 7

2-2. Loading the label roll ............................................................................. 9

2-3. Installing the label supply hub ............................................................ 10

2-4. Preparing for tag printing .................................................................... 11

2-5. Connecting the printer to the host computer ................................. 12

2-6. Installing the driver ............................................................................... 13

3. OPERATOR PANEL..................................................................... 15

3-1. FEED button ........................................................................................... 15

3-2. LED indicators ........................................................................................ 15

3-3. Label size calibration ........................................................................... 15

3-4. Self test ................................................................................................... 16

3-5. Error alerts .............................................................................................. 17

4. ACCESSORIES ........................................................................... 18

4-1. Installing the label dispenser ............................................................... 18

4-2. Installing the cutter ............................................................................... 21

4-3. Installing the Ethernet module ............................................................ 23

4-4. Installing the WLAN module ................................................................ 25

4-5. Installing the CF card adap ter ........................................................... 29

4-6. Instructions for using the CF card ....................................................... 30

5. MAINTENANCE AND ADJUSTMENT .......................................... 31

5-1. Cleaning the print head ...................................................................... 31

5-2. Adjusting the print head pressure ...................................................... 31

5-3. Adjusting the print line ......................................................................... 32

5-4. Adjusting the cutter .............................................................................. 32

5-5. Troublesh ooting .................................................................................... 33

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Model

EZ1100 Plus

Print Method

Thermal Transfer / Direct Thermal

Resolution

203 dpi (8 dot/mm)

Print Speed

4 IPS (102 mm/s)

Print Width

4.25” (108 mm)

Min. 0.16” (4 mm)**
Max. 68” (1727 mm)

Memory

4MB Flash (2MB for user storage) ; 8MB SDRAM

Sensor Type

Adjustable reflective sensor. Fixed transmissive sensor, central aligned

Types: Continuous form, gap labels, black mark sensing, and punched

Core diameter: 1”, 1.5”, 3” (25.4 mm, 38.1 mm, 76.2 mm)

Types: Wax, wax/resin, resin

Core diameter: 1” (25.4 mm)

EZPL, GEPL (Godex Eltron® Printer Language), GZPL (Godex Zebra®
Printer Language)

Label design software: QLabel-IV (for EZPL only)
Driver & DLL: Windows 2000, XP and Vista

Bitmap fonts: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, 30, 16X26 and OCR A & B

Scalable fonts 90°, 180°, 270° rotatable

Bitmap fonts 90°, 180°, 270° rotatable, single characters 90°, 180°, 270°

horizontal and vertical directions

1. Barcode printer

1-1. Box content

Please check that all of the following items are included with your printer:

 Barcode printer
 Power cord
 AC adapter
 USB cable
 Parallel cable (Centronics)
 Label stock
 Label supply hub
 Label guide plates (set of 2)
 Ribbon
 Ribbon hubs (set of 2)
 Cleaning card
 Quick reference guide
 CD (with QLabel label software / user manual)

1-2. Specifications

Print Length

Media

Ribbon

Printer Language

Software

Resident Fonts

hole; label length set by auto sensing or programming
Width: 1” (25.4 mm) Min. - 4.64” (118 mm) Max.
Thickness: 0.003” (0.06 mm) Min. - 0.01” (0.25 mm) Max.
Label roll diameter: Max. 5” (127 mm)

Length: 981’ (300 m)
Width: 1.18” Min - 4.33” (30 mm - 110 mm) Max
Ribbon roll diameter.: 2.67“ (68 mm)

Bitmap fonts 90°, 180°, 270° rotatable, single characters 90°, 180°, 270°
rotatable
Bitmap fonts 8 times expandable in horizontal and vertical directions

Download Fonts

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rotatable
Asian fonts 90°, 180°, 270° rotatable and 8 times expandable in

2

Scalable fonts 90°, 180°, 270° rotatable

1-D Bar codes:

Bearer Bars, EAN 8 / 13 (add on 2 & 5), Codabar, Post NET, EAN 128, DUN

Code, RPS 128 and GS1 DataBar

2-D Bar codes:
PDF417, Datamatrix code, MaxiCode, QR code and Micro QR code

CODEPAGE 437, 850, 851, 852, 855, 857, 860, 861, 862, 863, 865, 866, 869,

Unicode (UTF8, UTF1 6 )

Resident graphic file types are BMP and PCX, other graphic formats are
downloadable from the software

Serial port: RS-232 (DB-9)
Parallel port: Centronics 36-pin

Two bi-color status-LEDs: Ready, Status
Control key: FEED

Power

Auto Switching 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz

Operation temperature: 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C)
Storage temperature: -4°F to 122°F (-20°C to 50°C)

Operation: 30-85%, non-condensing.
Storage: 10-90%, non-condensing.

Agency

Approvals

Length: 11.2” (285 mm)
Width: 8.9” (226 mm)

Weight

6 lbs (2.72Kg), excluding consumables

Rotary Cutter

802.11 b/g wireless print server (default off; disables USB when in use)

*Specifications are subject to change without notice. All company and/or product names

etc. Godex is pleased to

non-standard materials for minimum height printing capability.

Code 39, Code 93, Code 128 (subset A, B, C), UCC/EAN-128 K-Mart,
UCC/EAN-1 28, UPC A / E (add on 2 & 5), I 2 of 5, I 2 of 5 with Shipping

Barcodes

Code Pages

Graphics

Interfaces

Control Panel

Environment

Humidity

14, HIBC, MSI (1 Mod 10), Random Weight, Telepen, FIM, China Postal

737
WINDOWS 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255

USB port (default on)

CE(EMC), FCC Class A, CB, cUL, CCC

Dimension

Options

are
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
** Minimum print height specification compliance can be dependent on non-standard

material
variables such as label type, th ickness , spac ing, l in er c ons tru ction,

test

Height: 6.8” (171 mm)

Label Dispenser (peel)
External label roll holder for 10” (250 mm) O.D. label rolls
External label rewinder
CF card adapter with real time clock (max. 1GB CF card)
Ethernet 10/100Mbps print server (default off; disables USB when in use)

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Interface
cable

Pinout

:

See below

Pin No.

Function

Data source

1

36

/Strobe

/Select-in

Computer / printer

Computer / printer

Default
settings

Baud rate 9600, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, XON/XOFF protocol
and RTS/CTS

DB9 socket

DB9 plug

---

1 1

+5V, max 500mA

RXD

2 2

TXD

TXD

3 3

RXD

DTR

4 4

N/C

GND

5 5

GND

DSR

6 6

RTS

RTS

7 7

CTS

CTS

8 8

RTS

RI

9 9

N/C

Computer

Printer

1-3. Interfaces

Parallel port
Handshaking

: DSTB is sent to the printer, BUSY to the host computer
: Parallel cable compatible with IBM computers

2–9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19–30
31
32
33
34–35

Data 0-7
/Acknowledge
Busy
/Paper empty
/Select
/Auto-Linefeed
N/C
Signal Gnd
Chassis Gnd
+5V, max 500mA
Signal Gnd
/Initialize
/Error
Signal Ground
N/C

Serial port

:

RS232 housing (9-pin to 9-pin)

Computer
Printer
Printer
Printer
Printer
Computer / printer

Computer
Computer / printer
Printer

【

Note】 The total current to the parallel and serial ports may not exceed 500 mA.

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Connector type

:

Type B

UART1 wafer

Ethernet module

N.C

1 1

N.C

TXD

2 2

RXD

RXD

3 3

TXD

CTS

4 4

RTS

GND

5 5

GND

RTS

6 6

CTS

E_MD

7 7

E_MD

RTS

8 8

CTS

E_RST

9 9

E_RST

+5V

10 10

+5V

GND

11 11

GND

+5V

12 12

+5V

UART2 wafer

Add-on module

+5V

1 1

+5V

CTS

2 2

RTS

TXD

3 3

RXD

RTS

4 4

CTS

RXD

5 5

TXD

GND

6 6

GND

USB port

Pin No. 1 2 3 4

Function VBUS D- D+ GND

Internal interface

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2

1

3

4

5

6
7

8

1.

Release buttons for opening the printer cover

2.

Printer cover

3.

Label supply hub

4.

Ribbon feed mechanism

5.

Print mechanism

6.

Ribbon rewind hub and empty ribbon core

7.

Release catches (left/right)

8.

Front cover

2

1
3

4

5

1.

LED indicator (READY)

2.

LED indicator (STATUS)

3.

FEED button

4.

CF card slot cover

5.

Screws for adjusting the print head pressure (left/right)

1-4. Getting to know your printer

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4

5

1

3

2

1.

Ribbon supply hub

2.

Label guides

3.

Platen roller

4.

Print line adjustment

5.

Label sensor

1

2

5

4
6

7

3

1.

Feed slot for continuous labels

2.

On/off switch

3.

Ethernet port (optional)

4.

USB port

5.

Parallel port

6.

Serial port (RS-232)

7.

Power jack

* Ports and interfaces vary depending on the model.

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Thermal transfer
printing (TTP)

Requires a ribbon for transferring a printed image to a medium.

Direct thermal
printing (DTP)

Does not require a ribbon, only thermal paper.

1. Place the printer on a

2. Release and lift the

3. Remove the ribbon

2. Printer setup

This printer supports the following printing methods:

Please check which printing method you are using and alter the settings accordingly in
the printer driver, and/or software.

2-1. Loading the ribbon

flat surface. Open
the printer cover by
pressing the release
buttons on both sides
of the printer housing
and lift the cover.

print mechanism.

hub

at the back.

4. Place the ribbon on
the hub at the back
and replace the
ribbon hub.

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5. Pass the ribbon under

7. Close the print

the print head.

6. Wind the ribbon onto
the rewind core,
attaching it with the
adhesive strip at the
end of the ribbon.
Wind the ribbon 2–3
times around the
core.

mechanism. Ensure
the release catches
click into place.

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