Oki LE810 ACCESSORY INSTRUCTION GUIDE

LE810DT

RT322

User’s Guide

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LE810DT User’s Guide

P/N 59320201

Revision 1.2

April, 2010

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Note

The appearance of your printer may differ somewhat
from the illustrations in this manual, depending on the
model you purchased.

Contents _________________________

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

General Printer Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Printer Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Printer Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Site Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Interface Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

USB / RS232C / IEEE Models . . . . . . . 9

Ethernet (LAN) Models . . . . . . . . . . 10

USB Only Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connect to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Media Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Loading Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Roll-Type, with Liner Fed to Rewinder

Shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Roll-Type, Front Exit with Liner Attached 20

Fanfold Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Operational Mode Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Tear-off Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Continuous Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Dispense Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Environmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Print Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Sensing Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Character Font Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Bar Code Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Printer Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Basic Configuration Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Normal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Advanced Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Counters Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Test Print Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Default Setting Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Hex Dump Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Menu Definition Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Normal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Advanced Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Counters Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Test Print Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Default Setting Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Hex Dump Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Test Label Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Sample Test Print Label . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Removing Debris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Cleaning the Print Head and Platen . . . . 47

Cleaning the Printer Housing . . . . . . . . . 48

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Introduction

About This Manual

This manual uses special information boxes. Examples of these boxes and the type
of information provided in each, are below.

Warning!
Provides information that, if unheeded, may

result in personal injury.

Caution!
Provides information that, if unheeded, may

result in equipment damage.

Attention!

Provides information that is deemed of special
importance but will not result in personal injury or
product damage if unheeded.

Note

Provides helpful hints to assist in performing the tasks
at hand.

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General Printer Description

The LE810DT printer comes in several configurations which can differ by

• Connection ports on the back of the printer

• Default print mode

• Internal path for print media

Note

The appearance of your printer may differ somewhat
from the illustrations in this manual, depending on the
model you purchased.

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Printer Components

1 Operator Panel
2 Print Assembly
3 Platen Roller
4 Dispenser Latch
5 Print Head Latch
6 Rewinder Shaft (only present on some models)
7 External Media Slot
8 Media Holder

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Operator Panel

1 LCD Display
2 Status LED

- Illuminates green when online and turns off when offline.

- Blinks green when receiving data or the buffer is near full.

- Illuminates or blinks red when detecting a printer error.

3 LINE button

- Press to switch back and forth between online and offline state.

- Press to scroll through menu options.

- Press to initiate other special functions as indicated later in this manual.

4 FEED button

- Press to advance the label media.

- Press to select menu options.

- Press top initiate other special functions as indicated later in this manual.

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Installation

Parts Identification

1 CD-ROM
2 Power Cable
3 USB Cable (included only on models equipped with a USB port)
4 Printer (front view)

Printer Installation

Site Location

• Place the printer on a solid flat surface, away from hazardous materials.

• Make sure it is within operational distance of the host, based on interface
specifications.

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Interface Connection

USB / RS232C / IEEE Models

1. Locate the interface connection ports on the back of the printer.

1: USB

2: Serial (RS-232C)

3: IEEE Parallel

2. Connect the appropriate cable to the interface port, then connect it to the
computer.

USB

RS232C

IEEE

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Ethernet (LAN) Models

1. Locate the Ethernet port on the back of the printer.

2. Plug a 10/100Base T Category 5 Ethernet cable (not supplied) into the Ethernet
port on the printer and then into the computer.

USB Only Model

1. Locate the USB port on the back of the printer.

2. Plug the USB cable supplied with the printer into the USB port on the printer,
then into the USB port on the computer.

USB

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Connect to Power

1. Connect the power cable to the power socket on the back of the printer, then
connect it to a 120-volt, grounded power outlet.

2. Turn the printer on.

3. Set the interface option in the configuration menus of the operator panel. Refer
to the Configuration unit of this manual to configure the printer for host
computer interfacing.

Note

Multiple interface options may display in the printer’s
LCD menus, the desired option must be chosen.

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Media Selection

Caution
The media width should be equal to, or just

narrower than, the print head. Using media that
does not cover the print head will allow the
platen roller to tread on it and wear it out. The
media edge will also wear a groove in the platen
roller affecting print quality.

Both roll-type and fanfold media can be used with the printer. To use fanfold
media, you may need to remove the access plate on the back of the printer as
described under Loading Media, Fanfold Type.

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Loading Media

Roll-Type, with Liner Fed to Rewinder Shaft

With roll-type media loaded this way, the liner (1) automatically separates from the
media and is pulled back into the printer and wrapped around the rewinder shaft
(2). The self-adhesive label (3) without its liner moves out the front of the printer
for pickup and direct application. The printer will not print another label until the
printed label is removed.

1. Lift up the Top Access Cover.

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2. Open the printer front door: push down on the green dispenser latch (1) to
release the door, then swing it open (2).

3. Open the Print Head Assembly by rotating the Head Latch (1) counter clockwise.

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4. Pull the green Media Supply Guide (1) out as far as it will go, then angle the
label roll over it and push the roll back against the printer housing. Push the
Media Support Guide back in until it fits snugly against the media roll (2).

5. Locate the metal Outside Media Guide (1) under the print path and slide it
toward you as far as it will go.

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6. Push in on the bottom of the Outside Media Guide (1) to move the top out of the
way while you are loading the media.

7. Slide the media into the print path, making sure it goes under the Media
Hold-Down (1) and under the Sensor Assembly (2) Push it against the back of
the printer.

Attention!

If the media does not go under the Sensor Assembly,
the printer will not recognize that media is loaded.

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