Intermec DSim User Manual
User's Guide
DSim
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Contents
What Is the DSim?........................................................................ 5
Loading the DSim on Your Printer ............................................... 5
Configuring the DSim .................................................................. 6
Understanding the Configuration Commands............................. 13
Navigating the DSim Configuration Menu..................... 6
Configuring the DSim for the First Time........................ 7
Using the Configuration Menu....................................... 8
279/110 Prodigy+......................................................... 13
559/220 Allegro............................................................ 13
635/250 Prodigy........................................................... 13
Allow Dmax Tuning..................................................... 13
Allow XOR Mode......................................................... 13
Alternate Codes ............................................................ 14
Calibrate....................................................................... 14
Code 128 Alphanumeric............................................... 14
Code 128 Numeric....................................................... 14
Column Offset.............................................................. 15
Cutter........................................................................... 15
Factory Defaults............................................................ 15
Form Stop Position....................................................... 15
Hex Dump Mode ......................................................... 16
Input Port..................................................................... 16
Label Length................................................................. 16
Label Width.................................................................. 16
Log to Card .................................................................. 17
LTS .............................................................................. 17
Media Darkness............................................................ 17
Media Type .................................................................. 17
Optimize Bar Code Magnification................................ 17
Optimize Batch............................................................. 18
Optimize Centronics..................................................... 18
Optimize Image Magnification ..................................... 18
Override Speed ............................................................. 18
Paper Type ................................................................... 19
Pixel Mode ................................................................... 19
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Print Configuration Label .............................................19
Print Mode ...................................................................19
Print Speed ...................................................................20
Print Start Position........................................................ 20
Redo Configuration ...................................................... 20
Reset Level .................................................................... 20
Reset Tuning.................................................................20
Row Offset.................................................................... 21
Save Current ................................................................. 21
Simulation Resolution...................................................21
Standard Codes............................................................. 21
Symbol Set.................................................................... 21
Top of Form (TOF) Offset ........................................... 22
Units............................................................................. 22
Use Last Saved ..............................................................23
Troubleshooting the DSim.......................................................... 23
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What Is the DSim?
The DSim is a Datamax Simulation program that allows you
to use your legacy Datamax printer and Intermec 3100 and
4000 printer programs on an Intermec EasyCoder 501XP,
601XP, F2, or F4 printer with the Fingerprint v7.32 or later
programming language. All you need to do is download the
DSim program onto your printer, configure a few settings, and
start sending Datamax commands.
Loading the DSim on Your Printer
1 Turn off your printer.
2 Insert the DSim card in the PC card slot on the back of your
printer. The card should slide easily into place.
F4 printer
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DSIM003.eps
PC card
slot
DSim card
Make sure you insert the card properly by looking
at the arrows on the card. Do not use force to insert
the card.
Attention: Assurez-vous que vous insérez la carte
correctement en regardant les flèches sur la carte.
N’employez pas la force pour insérer la carte.
3 Turn on your printer.
The download process starts automatically. Your printer
screen will display a series of messages including
“Initializing,” “Updating,” “Formatting C,” and “Copying
Files.”
4 Turn off the printer and remove the DSim card when the
screen prompts you.
Configuring the DSim
The first time you turn on your printer after loading the DSim
program, you will be prompted to go through a series of
configuration screens to optimize the printer settings. After
setting your initial configuration, you can access the DSim
Configuration menu at any time by pressing Setup and entering
the password (1138).
Navigating the DSim Configuration Menu
While you are going through the DSim Configuration menu,
use the following table to help you navigate.
Key Description
Setup Open and close the DSim or Fingerprint menu
DSim password: 1138
Fingerprint password: 8311
F1 Cancel input
Back one level in the menu
F2, F3 Select ON or OFF, YES or NO
F3 In online mode: displays communication parameters
F4 Move up one level in the menu
F5 Move down one level in the menu
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Navigating the DSim Configuration Menu (continued)
Key Description
Enter Accept input
Select the item in the menu
Feed Feed one label
Pause Pause
C Backspace, select ON or OFF, YES or NO
. (Period) Sign, switch between + and -
Configuring the DSim for the First Time
After you power on your printer, the DSim menu automatically
steps you through the Initial Setup Configuration menu.
To configure the DSim for the first time
1 Turn on your printer.
The printer steps through an initialization process that ends
with the printer displaying “Starting Up Please Wait!” on the
screen before it tries to find the media. Once the printer finds
the media length, the first Configuration menu item appears:
Initial Setup
<Enter>=Start
2 Press Enter and step through the Initial Setup Configuration
menu changing any incorrect values. You can view an
illustration of the Initial Setup Configuration menu on
page 9.
When you are through setting the values, the printer prints a
configuration label and prompts you to save the
configuration. The Ready light now turns on and the printer
screen displays a message similar to the following message:
DSIM X.XX
Serial
You are now in DSim Online mode.
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3 Start sending Datamax commands to the printer.
Using the Configuration Menu
You need to update configuration commands when you perform
functions such as changing media.
To access the Configuration menu
1 Press Setup.
2 Enter the password. The default password is 1138.
For help locating the command you want to change, see the
foldout Configuration Command Menu. See the section
“Understanding the Configuration Commands” later in this
guide for the description and parameters of these commands.
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