Meteor BRAVA, SOUND 110 Operating Instructions Manual

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METEOR

SOUND 110

Direct ther mal and ther mal tra nsfer

BR AVA

Dir ect ther ma l

Meteor s.r .l.
Via Delle Macchine 24
30038 Spinea VE
Ita ly

Tel. [phone]
Fax [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: www.meteorbarcode.it

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1. PRODUCT DESCRI PT I ON

This label printer is a high-performance, low-cost direct thermal/thermal transfer labeling system. Its user-friendly design and
affordable price set a new standard for the Desktop Label Printer in retail, office and industrial applications.

The printer is designed with the most efficient memory management technology -

True Speed

and prints at a speed of 2 ~ 3 inches
per second. When bundled with its smart printer driver, the user can easily print out bar codes, texts and graphics from any editing
application (e.g. CodeSoft, BarTender) under Windows 95, 3.1 and NT. All popular bar codes and fonts are resident in the printer
memory to handle versatile applications.

The solidly designed mechanism allows quick and easy media(paper) and ribbon loading. The optional Dispenser and Cutter
provide the alternatives of fan-fold label and continuous paper handling.

This printer is a compact, highly integrated, high performance and high resolution on-site labeling system.

The User’s Manual will help you understand basic operations of the printer such as setup, installation, configuration and
maintenance. Before reading the manual you should first identify your printer model.

Gener a l Pr int er Specifications

Specification Mod el BRAVA Mod el SOUND Model SOUND

300 DPI

Print method Direct thermal Direct thermal and thermal transfer
Resolution 203 DPI

(8 dots/mm)

300 DPI

(12 dots/mm)
Maximum print
width

4.2 in. (107 mm) 4.10 in. (104 mm)

Maximum print
length

43 in. (1090 mm)

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29 in. (736 mm)

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Maximum print
speed

2 inches (50.8 mm)

per second

3 inches (76.2 mm)

per second

2 inches (50.8 mm)

per second
Onboard RAM 512 K bytes 2 M bytes
Media type I. Direct thermal:

paper or vinyl, vinyl, visible light and infrared scannable
label, tag stock, butt cut or die cut, with various adhesives.

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II. All above media, plus thermal
transfer paper or vinyl labels and tags,
butt cut or die cut, with various

adhesives.

Maximum label
roll diameter

4 in.(102mm) outside diameter, 1 in.(25.4mm) inside

diameter
Label indexing Black stripe and gap
Ribbon types Wax, Wax/resin and Resin
Ribbon size OD 1.45 in. (37 mm); ID 0.5 in. (12.7mm)
Interface RS-

232 serial and Centronics parallel ports, auto polling for

both ports

Dimension W7.3 in. x D10.9 in. x H6.0 in.

(W186 mm x D278 mm x H153mm)

Weight 1.7 kg (3.74 lbs) 1.9 kg (4.1 lbs)

FCC class B FCC class AElectrical
CE, UL and CUL approved. Input 19 VAC or 24 VDC (min.

2.5 A), 50/60 Hz

Operating
temperature

40° ~ 140°F (5° ~ 38°C)

Storage
temperature

-40° ~ 140°F (-40° ~ 60°C)

Humidity 15~85% RH
Windows driver for Win 95, 98, NT4, 2000, XP

Rotation 0o, 90 o, 180 o and 270 o , 4 direction rotations

Fonts, Bar Codes a nd Grap h ics

The specifications of fonts, bar codes and graphics depend on the printer emulation. The emulation is a printer programming
language, through which the host can communicate with your printer. There are two printer programming languages for models
204/214/314, they are PPLA and PPLB.

Printer Programming Language A, PPLA

Specification Model BRAVA Model SOUND Model SOUND

300 DPI

General fonts 7 alpha-numeric fonts, OCR A and OCR B
ASD smooth fonts 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 18 points 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,

and 18 points
Symbol sets for
smooth fonts

USASCII, UK, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish,

and Danish/Norwegian

Courier fonts 8 symbol set (PC, PC-A, PC-B,

EAMA-94, Roman8, Legal, Greek and

Russian)

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Soft fonts Downloadable PCL fonts
Font expandability 1x1 to 24x24
Bar code types Code 39, Code 93, Code 128/subset A,B,C, Codabar,

Interleave 2 of 5, UPC A/E/2 and 5 add-on, EAN-8/13,
UCC/EAN-128, Postnet, Plessey, HBIC, Telepen and FIM.
MaxiCode and PDF417 (2D symbologies).

Graphics PCX, BMP, IMG and HEX formats

Printer Programming Language B, PPLB

Specification Model BRAVA Model SOUND Model SOUND

300 DPI

General fonts 5 fonts with different point sizes

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Symbol sets
(Code pages)

8 bits: code page 437, 850, 852, 860, 863 and 865.
7 bits: USA, British, German, French, Danish, Italian,

Spanish, Swedish and Swiss.
Soft fonts Downloadable soft fonts
Font expandability 1x1 to 24x24
Bar code types Code 39(checksum), Code 93, Code 128/subset A,B,C,

Codabar, Interle

ave 2 of 5(checksum), Matrix 25, UPC A/E

2 and 5 add-on, EAN-8/13, Code 128UCC, UCC/EAN,

Postnet, German Postcode.

MaxiCode and PDF417 (2D symbologies).
Graphics PCX and binary raster

Optiona l Accessor ies

♦ Serial(RS232) cable
♦ External media stacker (for media roll with max. 8-inch OD)
♦ Dispenser
♦ Cutter
♦ Flash memory
♦ Font board
♦ Extension RAM

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(0.5M for models Sound/Brava and 1M for models Sound/Brava 300 DPI)

Notes:

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Since this printer uses band buffer technology the maximum print length
depends on the printout contents. If you just print texts or bar codes the maximum length can be more than 30 inches, whereas
if you print many gra phics the maximum can be about 10 inches in length under standard 512K RAM.

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The dispenser, cutter, expansion RAM and flash memory options are all

installed at factory.
As the extension RAM, font board and flash modules use the same connector
they cannot function simultaneously.

Unpacking and Inspection

This printer is packed in a heavyweight carton and custom recyclable foam for environmental protection. Inspect the shipping
carton and contact the carrier directly to report any suspected damage.

Consider the following when unpacking:

♦ The container should stay right-side up.
♦ Lift the printer out of the box carefully.
♦ Remove the accessory items.
♦ Set the printer on a solid, flat surface. Inspect the shipping container and printer for any damage that may have occurred

during shipping.

Verify that you have the following materials when unpacking:

a. Printer
b. User’s and technical reference manual
c. Media spindle (with paper guide)
d. Power adapter (AC to AC)
e. Driver CD rom for Windows 95/98/NT4/Win2000/XP.