Printronix M4LWG User Manual

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M4L Mobile Printer

Administrator’s Manual

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TableofContents

Product Introduction

Printer Features .................................................................................................................................. 8

Standard Features General Specifications Print Specifications Media Specifications LCD Display Installing the Belt Clip and Battery Charging the Battery Loading the Media Loading Media in Peel-Off Mode Loading Fan-fold/External Media Connecting the Printer Cable Communications Wireless Communication with Bluetooth Wireless Communication with WiFi Power-On Utilities Media Sensor Calibration Self Test and Dump Mode Printer Initialization Self Test Dump Mode Printer Defaults

Start the Configuration Utility ..................................................................................................... 25

Setting Bluetooth by Configuration Utility ................................................................................... 27

Setting WiFi by Configuration Utility ........................................................................................... 28

Using the LCD to Set the Printer ................................................................................................ 29

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Using the LCD to Set the Printer ...................................................................................................... 31

Printer Setup for EPL2 ...................................................................................................................... 31

Sensor ............................................................................................................................................... 33

Serial Comm. .................................................................................................................................... 34

Wireless LAN .................................................................................................................................... 35

Bluetooth ........................................................................................................................................... 35

Date Time ......................................................................................................................................... 35

Display .............................................................................................................................................. 36

File Manager ..................................................................................................................................... 36

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Diagnostics ....................................................................................................................................... 37

Print Config ....................................................................................................................................... 37

Dump Mode ...................................................................................................................................... 37

Battery ............................................................................................................................................... 37

Printhead........................................................................................................................................... 37

Display Languages ........................................................................................................................... 38

Service .............................................................................................................................................. 38

Contact Information

Printronix Customer Support Center Printronix Supplies Department Corporate Offices

Communication Statements .............................................................................................................. 48

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Product Introduction

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Introduction

Printronix® has been the global leader in industrial printing solutions for over 30 years, earning a reputation for designing and manufacturing leading edge products and delivering them to market with unsurpassed service and support.

The M4L is a comfortable, light-weight printer capable of working with any mobile receipt printing application where you need quick, simple receipts on demand. Our M4L is designed for a rough life, inside the IP54-rated environmental case to resist dust and water and with its rubbe r overmold design prepared to take up to a five foot fall and keep printing. These small and light printers can be worn comfortably for a full shift, without interfering with the user’s tasks. Use USB, Bluetooth, optional 802.11 b/g/n Wireless or serial to connect to a mobile computer or even a smart phone and produce clear easy-to-read receipts hour after hour

To print label formats, please refer to the instructions provided with your labeling software; if you need to write the custom programs, please refer to the ZPL/CPCL programming manual that can be found on the accessories CD-ROM or on PRINTRONIX website at http://www.printronix.com.

Applications

 Portable point of sale  Retail item marking, markdowns, shelf labeling & shelf talkers  Labels for shipping & receiving  Inventory control  Cross-docking  Pick, pack & apply operations  Print pick tickets  Logistics receipts

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Printer Features

Standard Features

Your M4L offers the following standard features:

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Standard Feature

Direct thermal printing Black mark reflective sensor (center position , black mark in back side)

Gap transmissive sensor (Fixed, center of offset 2.75 mm to right from center) 203 Print Density 203 Print Density

Cover open sensor Label Taken sensor 4 operation buttons (On/off, menu, info, and feed) 2 LEDs for printer status and battery status USB 2.0 (full speed) interface Class 2 Bluetooth 2.1 module 32 MB SDRAM memory 16 MB FLASH memory Micro SD card reader for memory expansion up to SDHC 4G (max.) DC 7.2V/5800 mAh Li-ion rechargeable battery Real time clock Powerful 32 bit 200 MHz RISC processor Zebra® CPCL and Zebra® ZPL emulation languages support Internal 8 alpha-numeric bitmap fonts

Internal Monotype Imaging® true type font engine with one CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed scalable font

Fonts and bar codes can be printed in any one of the four directions (0, 90,180, 270 degree) Downloadable fonts from PC to printer memory Downloadable firmware upgrades

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Bar code, graphics/image printing

Supported bar code Supported image

1D bar code 2D bar code

Code 128 subsets A, B, C; Code 128UCC; EAN 128; Interleave 2 of 5; Code 39; Code 93; EAN-13; EAN-8; Codabar; POSTNET; UPC-A; UPC-E; EAN and UPC 2(5) digits; MSI; PLESSEY; China Post, ITF-14; EAN14; Code 11; TELPEN; PLANET, Code 49; Deutsche Post Identcode; Deutsche Post Leitcode; LOGMARS

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CODABLOCK F mode; DataMatrix, Maxicode, PDF-417; Aztec; MicroPDF417; QR code; RSS Barcode (GS1 Databar)

BITMAP; BMP; PCX (Max. 256 color graphics

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Code page

Codepage 437 (English-US) Codepage 869 (Greek 2) Codepage 1258 (Vietnam) Codepage 737 (Greek)

Codepage 850 (Latin-1) Codepage 852 (Latin-2) Codepage 932 (Japanese) Codepage 855 (Cyrillic) Codepage 949 (Korean)

Codepage 857 (Turkish) Codepage 1250 (Latin-2) ISO-8859-5: Cyrillic Codepage 860 (Portuguese) Codepage 1251 (Cyrillic) ISO-8859-6: Arabic Codepage 861 (Icelandic) Codepage 1252 (Latin-1) ISO-885 9-7: Greek Codepage 862 Hebrew) Codepa ge 1253 (Greek) ISO-8859-8: Hebrew

Codepage 863 (French Canadian)

Codepage 864 (Arabic) Codepage 1255 (Hebrew) ISO-8859-10: Nordi c Codepage 865 (Nordic) Codepage 1256 (Arabic) ISO-8859-15: Latin-9 Codepage 866 (Russian) Codepage 1257 (Baltic) UTF-8

Codepage 950 (Traditional Chinese Codepage 936 (Simplified Chinese)

Codepage 1254 (Turkish) ISO-8859-9: Turkish

ISO-8859-1: Latin-1 (Western European) ISO-8859-2: Latin-2 (Central European) ISO-8859-3: Latin-3 (South European) ISO-8859-4: Latin-4 (North European)

General Specifications

Physical dimensions 160 mm (W) x 191.6 mm (H) x 79 mm (D) Mechanism Plastic with rubber over molded Weight 0.945 kg (w/o battery)

Single Unit Charger (optional)

Power

Environmental condition

Battery Spec

Charging capability

Input: AC 100-240V Output: DC 12V 1A Operation: -10 ~ 50˚C (14 ~ 122˚F) Storage: -40 ~ 60 ˚C (-40 ~ 140˚F)

Relative humidity: 10 ~ 90% non-condensing IP54 w/ IP54rated environmental case

Drop 1.5m (5ft) Drop 1.8m (6.5ft) w/ IP54-rated environmental case Charging time: 5 hr

Standby mode (Bluetooth): up to 32 hr Standby mode (Wi-Fi): up to 18 hr Printing: one label per 2 minutes,

Density 3 26 780 Density 8 21 650 Internal charging capability (battery-in) Single Unit Charger (optional) External charging capability (battery-out)

Condition Endurance (hr) 4" x 6" Labels

Chargingstations(4bayorsinglebay)(optional)

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Print Specifications

Print head resolution (dots per inch/mm)

Printing method Direct thermal Dot size 0.125 x 0.125 mm (width x length) (1 mm = 8 dots) Print speed Max. 4 ips (100 mm/sec) (inches per second) 2,3 ips for Peel-Off mode Max. print width 4.09” (104 mm) Max. print length 90” (2286 mm)

Printout bias

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Media Specifications

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Media roll capacity Max. 2.65” (67.3 mm) OD Media core diameter 0.5 ~ 1” (12.7 mm ~ 25.4 mm) ID core

Print Specifications

203 dots/inch (8 dots/mm)

Vertical: 1 mm max. Horizontal: 1 mm max.

Media Specifications

Media type Media wound type Outside wound

Media width 2” ~ 4.41” (50.8 mm ~ 112 mm) Media thickness 0.0020”~0.0065” (0.055 mm ~ 0.165 mm) Label length 0.500”~90” (12.7 mm ~ 2286 mm) Label length (peeler mode) 1” ~ 6” (25.4 ~ 152.4 mm)

External fan-fold media Black mark Min. 0.3150” (8 mm) (W) x 0.0785” (2 mm) (H)

Gap height Min. 0.0785” (2 mm)

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Continuous, die-cut, gap/black mark, External fan- fold, receipt

Stack height: 2.75” (70 mm) Page length: 6” ~ 12” (152 mm ~ 305 mm)

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Note:

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Printer Overview

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1. LCD Display

2. Feed

3. Menu

4. Power On/Off

5. Info Setting

6. Battery Status Indicator

7. Error Indicator

8. Media Cover Release Latch

9. Peel-off Sensor

10. Printhead

11. Media Holder Lock Lever

12. Media Holder

13. Media Cover

14. Platen Roller

15. Label Peeler Cover

16. Tear/Peeler Bar

1 The media sensor position is selectable by factory adjustment. Please refer to this figure for default settings.

(Default – center position)

2 For LCD panel, please refer to section 2.3.2 for more details

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1. Belt Clip

2. Li-ion Battery

3. Battery Open Clasp

4. External Label Entrance Slot

5. Hanger for Shoulder Strap

6. USB Interface

7. Micro SD Card Socket

8. Power Jack

Note: Recommended Micro SD card specification

SD card spec

V1.0, V1.1 MicroSD 128 MB Transcend, Panasonic V1.0, V1.1 MicroSD 256 MB Transcend, Panasonic V1.0, V1.1 MicroSD 512 MB Transcend, Panasonic V1.0, V1.1 MicroSD 1 GB Transcend, Panasonic V2.0 SDHC CLASS 6 MicroSD 4 GB Transcend

The DOS FAT file system is supported for the SD card.

SD card

capacity

Approved SD card

manufacturer

Folders/files stored in the SD card should be in the 8.3 filename format

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LCD Display

Keys Function

−Display the printer information

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−Button for setting LCD configuration menu

−Enter the printer configuration menu

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−Button for setting LCD configuration menu

−Press and hold for 2-3 seconds to turn on the printer

−Press and hold for 2-3 seconds to turn off the printer

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−Button for setting LCD configuration menu

−Ready status: Feed one label

−Printing status: Pause the print job

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−Button for setting LCD configuration menu

LEDs Status Indication

Off Printer is ready

−Media cover is open

−Out of memory

−Clean data

Error

Red (solid)

−Printer is busy

Red (blinking)

−No paper

−Paper jam

Off Printer power is turned off

−Printer power is turned on

−Battery is full charged

Power

Green (solid) Green (blinking) Low battery

Amber (solid) Battery is charging

LCD Indication

Printer has been connected with cable

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Bluetooth devices have been paired

Wi-Fi device has been connected

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Battery capacity %

Note: Refer to Section 6 for additional LCD Display details

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Printer Setup

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Installing the Belt Clip and Battery

Insert the Belt Clip first Insert the left side to install the battery on the underside of the printer, and then push the right side

of the battery down until the clasp locks

DO NOT throw the battery in fire. DO NOT short circuit the contacts. DO NOT disassemble the battery. DO NOT throw the battery in municipal waste

CAUTION: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only

with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions

Battery Safety Warning:

Charging the Battery

It takes 5 hours to fully charge the battery before first time usage. The lifetime of the battery is 300 charge/discharge cycles.

After installing the battery into the printer open the interface cover and plug the Charger power cord into the printer power jack Plug the Charger into a compatible power outlet

Note: Switch OFF printer power prior to plugging the power cord into the printer power ja ck

Do not remove the battery from the printer while it is charging or you will need to re-plug the charger into the power outlet

When the battery is charging, the color of the Power LED Indicator is solid amber. The battery is fully charged when the Power LED Indicator turns from amber to green

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Loading the Media

Open the printer media cover by pressing down on the media cover release latch.

Pull the media holders apart far enough to fit the width of the label roll you are installing

Place the roll, printing side face-out, between the media holders and insert hub into the core. Pull out enough paper above the printhead

Press down on both sides of the media cover to ensure it is closed correctly. Note: Calibrate the gap/black mark sensor when changing media using the Configuratio n Utility –

Printer Function – Calibrate Sensor

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Loading Media in Peel-Off Mode

Load Media as defined in Loading the Media section on previous page

Remove 1 ~ 2 die cut labels from the liner

Press down on both sides of the media cover to ensure it is closed correctly. Note: Calibrate the gap/black mark sensor when changing media using the Configuratio n Utility –

Printer Function – Calibrate Sensor

Route the liner under the label peel cover as shown

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Pull the liner tightly

Push the label peel cover toward the front of the printer until it covers the plate roller

Press down on the label peel cover to lock it in place

Note: Calibrate the gap/black mark sensor when changing media using the Configuratio n Utility – Printer Function – Calibrate Sensor

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Loading Fan-fold/External Media

Open the printer media cover by pressing down on the media cover release latch. Pull the media holders apart far enough to fit the width of the Fan-fold media you are installing

Push down each media holder lock lever to secure the media holders in place

Route the media, printing side out, through the bottom external label slot

Press down on both sides of the media cover to make sure it is closed correctly Note: Calibrate the gap/black mark sensor when changing media using the Configuration Utility –

Printer Function – Calibrate Sensor

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Connecting the Printer

The printer must establish communication with a host terminal which sends the data to be printed. There are three ways to connect the M4L series:

 By an USB cable between the printer and its host terminal  By a Bluetooth short-range radio if Bluetooth is installed and enabled.  By a Wireless LAN per 802.1 b/g/n (Option)

Cable Communications

Open the interface cover and connect the printer to the computer/smart phone (host terminal) with USB cable (USB to USB or USB to RS-232)

Wireless Communication with Bluetooth

Power on the printer Open the Bluetooth device for host terminal to scan for printer’s Bluetooth device. Connect the Bluetooth devices. The Bluetooth icon will display in the LCD panel if devices have been paired.

Printer Bluetooth default

You can find this info from configuration (self-test) page,

Address

Name BT-SPP PIN 0000

Note: Please refer to Setting Bluetooth by Configuration Utility in section 5 to change the name and PIN by Configuration Utility or refer to Bluetooth in section 6 to change the name and PIN directly

Please refer to Power On Utilities section for how to print the selftest.

Wireless Communication with WiFi

You should set the WLAN settings via the cable when first setting up the printer. Please refer to

Setting WiFi be Configuration Utility in section 5 to set up the WiFi module. Please refer to Wireless LAN in section 6 to set up the WLAN settings

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There are three power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware. These utilities are activated by pressing the FEED key then turning on the printer power key simultaneously and releasing the FEED key when the desired utility function displays on the LCD panel to initiate that utility.

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Power-On Utilities

Use the following steps to initiate different power-on utilities: Turn off the printer power using the power key

Press and hold the FEED key then while still pressing the FEED key press and hold down the power key

Release the power key when the “Error” LED turns red.

Note: At this time continue to press down on the FEED key

After the printer beeps twice, wait until the desired utility displays on the LCD and then release the FEED key to initiate that utility. The order that the utilities appear on the LCD are described below:

Power On Utilities The LCD will change as follows:

LCD

Release Feed key for different functions

Calibrate.....

(5 dots) (5 dots) (5 dots)

Media sensor

calibration

SelfTest.....

Media sensor

calibration, self-test

and dump mode

Initialize.....

Printer initialization

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Media Sensor Calibration

Use the following steps to calibrate the media sensor: Turn off the printer using the Power key Press and hold down the Feed key then, while still holding down the Feed key, press and hold

down the Power key Release the Power key when the Error LED turns red continuing to hold down the Feed key When the printer beeps twice release the Feed key . The LCD will display “Calibrating…..”. The printer will move media, calibrate the gap/black mark sensor sensitivity and then stop with

“Ready” displayed on the LCD.

Note: If the Feed key is held down after the printer beeps twice, with “Self Test” displayed, it will perform a Calibrate followed by a Self Test where it prints a Configuration Page and then ends in Dump mode.

Self Test and Dump Mode

Use the following steps to perform Self Test: Turn off the printer using the Power key Press and hold down the Feed key then, while still holding down the Feed key, press and hold

down the Power key Release the Power key when the Error LED turns red continuing to hold down the Feed key When the printer beeps twice wait until “Self Test” displays on the LCD then release the Feed key The printer will calibrate the sensor, print a Configuration Page of its internal settings and then

enter Dump mode Note: To exit Dump mode and return the printer back to normal print mode, turn off/on the printer

power or press the Feed key. The LCD will display “Ready”.

Printer Initialization

Printer initialization is used to clear DRAM and restore printer settings to defaults. Use the following steps to perform printer initialization: Turn off the printer using the Power key Press and hold down the Feed key then, while still holding down the Feed key, press and hold

down the Power key Release the Power key when the Error LED turns red continuing to hold down the Feed key When the printer beeps twice wait until “Initialize” displays on the LCD then release the Feed key The LCD will display “Initializing…..” followed by “Ready”. The printer will restore printer settings to defaults (see Printer Defaults)

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Self Test

Printer will print the Configuration Page after media sensor calibration. Self-test printout can be used to verify printer configurations and available memory space. The printhead test pattern can verify if any printhead heater elements (dots) are damaged.

Note: The Self-test printout requires 4” paper/label width.

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Dump Mode

Printer will enter dump mode after printing Configuration Page. In dump mode, all characters will be printed in 2 columns as shown. The left side characters are received from your system and right side data are the corresponding hexadecimal value of the characters. It allows users or engineers to verify and debug the program.

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Hex decimal data related to left column

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Note:

Dump mode requires 4” paper/label width. Exit Du m p m od e b y t urning of f / on the power or by pressin g the FEED key. The LCD will show

“Ready” for normal printing operation.

Printer Defaults

Printer configuration will be restored to defaults as below after initialization.

Parameter Default setting

Speed 50.8 mm/s ec (2 ips) Density 8 Media Width 4” (101.5 mm) Media Height 4” (101.5 mm) Sensor Type Gap sensor Print Direction 0 Reference Point 0,0 (upper left corner) Gap Offset 0 Post-P rint Acti on Tear mode Serial Port Settings 9600 bps, none parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit Code Page 850 Country Code 001 Clear Flash Memory No

Note: When printer initialization is done, calibrate the gap or black mark sensor before printing or attempting any Self tests.

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PRINTRONIX’s Configuration Utility is an integrated tool incorporating features that enable you to explore a printer’s settings/status; change a printer’s settings; download graphics, fonts and firmware; create a printer bitmap font; and send additional commands to a printer. With the aid of this powerful tool, you can review printer status and setting in an instant, which makes it much easier to troubleshoot problems and other issues.

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Configuration Utility

Start the Configuration Utility

Double click on the Configuration Utility icon to start the software. There are four features (Printer Configuration, File Manager, Bitmap Font Manager, Command

Tool) included in the Configuration Utility

FeaturesTab

Printer Functions

PrinterStatus

Interface

PrinterSetup

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Connect the printer and computer with a USB cable. Note: The printer connects with the computer via USB to USB cable or USB to RS-232 cable

(option). Select the printer interface connected with bar code printer

USB to USB cable USBtoRS-232 cable

The default interface setting is USB interface. If USB interface is connected with printer, no other settings need to be changed in the interface field.

Click the “Printer Function” button to setup. The detail functions in the Printer Function Group are listed as below.

Function Description

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

RTC Setup Synchronize printer Real Time Clock with PC Factory Default Initialize the printer and restore the settings to factory default. Reset Printer Reboot printer Print Test Page Print a test page

Configuration Page

Dump Text To activate the printer dump mode. Ignore AUTO.BAS Ignore the downloaded AUTO.BAS program Exit Line Mode Exit line mode. Password Setup Set the password to protect the settings Active Emulation Select ZPL/EPL/TSPL or CPCL emulation

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

Print printer configuration

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Setting Bluetooth by Configuration Utility

Connect the printer and computer with a USB cable. Note: The printer connects with the computer via USB to USB cable or USB to RS-232 cable

(option). Turn the printer power on using the Power key Open Configuration Utility and set interface (default setting is USB)

USB to USB cable USBtoRS-232 cable

The default interface setting is USB interface. If USB interface is connected with printer, no other settings need to be changed in the

interface field. Select “Wireless” tab and click on “Built-in wireless module” item. Enter the new BT Local Name or BT PIN Code in the editor. Press “Set” button to set the new BT name or BT PIN code of the printer. Press “Get” button to get back the settings. Make sure the Bluetooth module settings are set

properly

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Setting WiFi by Configuration Utility

Connect the printer and computer with a USB cable. Note: The printer connects with the computer via USB to USB cable or USB to RS-232 cable

(option). Turn the printer power on using the Power key Open Configuration Utility and set interface (default setting is USB)

USB to USB cable USBtoRS-232 cable

The default interface setting is USB

interface. If USB interface is

connected with printer, no other

settings need to be changed in the

interface field.

Select “Wireless” tab and click on “Built-in wireless module” item. Enter the new WLAN settings in the editor. Press “Set” button to set the new settings to the printer. The Wi-Fi icon will be shown in the LCD panel if the device has been connected. Print out the self-test page to confirm if it’s connected with the correct settings. Remove the cable to print data to test

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The M4L has an LCD panel to further enhance its capabilities to meet the demands of a wide range of printing solutions. This includes an LCD control panel, 4 keys and 2 LED status indicators.

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LCD Menu Function

Using the LCD to Set the Printer

Press the “M” key to display the function menu screen as shown below

Use the 4 keys at the sides of the LCD to scroll, select, enter or return from the menu. The icon functions are listed below.

Icon Function

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Display printer information

Enter setting menu Power switch Scroll up

Scroll down Return to previous menu

Enter to next menu Enter setting mode Exit setting mode

Save the selected settings and return to prev i ous menu

Select Alter to OFF Alter to ON

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Example: To change the Speed setting, follow the steps below:

Press “M” key to enter the Main menu. Press key to enter the “Setup” item.

Press button to enter the “Print Setup” item. Select the “TSPL2” item. Enter the “Speed” setting mode.

At this status, you can scroll up or scroll down to select the value of print speed. Then press the key to save the selected value into the printer. Press key to go back to “Ready mode”.

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Using the LCD to Set the Printer

There are 5 categories for the main menu. You can easily set the settings of the printer without connecting it to a computer. Please refer to the following sections for more details.

Printer Setup for EPL2

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Item Description Default

Density

Print Speed

Tear Off

Print mode

Print Width This item is used to s e t pr i nt wi d t h . Th e a v a il a b l e va lue is from “0” to “9 ”. 812

List Fonts

List Images

List Formats

List Setup This feature is used to print current printer configuration to the label. N/A Control Prefix This feature is used to set control prefix character. N/A Format Prefix This feature is used to set format prefix character. N/A

Delimiter Char This feature is used to set delimiter character. N/A

Use this item to setup printing darkness. The available setting is from 0 to 30, and

the step is 1. You may need to adjust your density base d on se lecte d media .

Use this item to setup print speed. The each increase or decrease is 1 ips. Available

This item is used to fine tune media stop location. Available setting value is from

This item is used to set the print mode. There are 2 modes as below,

Printer Mode Description

Tear Off Mode

Peeler Mode Enable the Label Peel Off mode

This feature is used to print current printer available fonts list to the label. The

fonts stored in the printer’s DRAM, Flash or optional memory card.

This feature is used to print current printer available images list to the label. The

images stored in the printer’s DRAM, Flash or optional memory card.

This feature is used to print current printer available formats list to the label. The

formats stored in the printer’s DRAM, Flash or optional memory card.

This option is used to set the action of the media when you turn on the printer.

setting is from 1 to 6.

“+” to “-” or “0” to “9”.

Next label top of form is aligned to the print head

burn line location

Tear Off

N/A

Selections Description

Media Power

Head Close

Label Top

Left Position

This option is used to set the action of the media when you close the printhead

This option is used to adjust print position vertically on the label. The range is -

This option is used to adjust print position horizontally on the label. The range is -

Feed Printer will advance one label

Calibration

Length Printer will determine length and feed label

No Motion Printer will not move media

Selections Description

Feed Printer will advance one label

Calibration

Length Printer will determine length and feed label

No Motion Printer will not move media

Printer will calibrate the sensor levels, determine

length and feed label

Printer will calibrate the sensor levels, determine

length and feed label

120 to +120 dots.

9999 to +9999 dots.

No Motion

Note: If printing from enclosed software/driver, the software/driver will send out the commands, which will overwrite the settings set from the LCD panel

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Sensor

Item Description Default

This item is used to set the media sensor type and calibrate the

Auto Calibration

Manual Setup

Threshold This item is used to fix the calibrated sensor sensitivity. Auto Maximum Length This item is used to set the max. Calibrate length. 152

Advanced

selected sensor. Printer will feed 2 to 3 gap labels to calibrate the sensor sensitivity automatically.

In case “Auto Calibration” cannot apply to the media, please use “Manual Setup” function to calibrate the sensor manually. Please

Note: You can open the media cover to move the paper but have to close the media cover for each scan.

This item is used for pre-printed paper. If this advanced function is turned “ON” then you can setup the min. paper and max. gap/black mark size.

N/A

OFF

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Serial Comm.

Item Description Default

Baud Rate This item is used to set the RS-232 baud rate. 9600 Parity This item is used to set the RS-232 parity. None Data Bits This item is used to set the RS-232 Data Bits. 8 Stop Bit(s) This item is used to set the RS-232 Stop Bits. 1

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Wireless LAN

Item Description Default

This item is used to set the operating mode of wireless local area networks to connect devices to the networks.

Operating Mode

Scan AP This item is used to scan the access point devise N/A DHCP

Bluetooth

Note: Infrastructure mode requires the use of an access point for this

communication to take place. Ad hoc mode involves connecting a computer directly to another computer.

This item is used to ON or OFF the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) network protocol.

Infrastructure

Item Description Default

Local Name This item is used to set the local na me for Bluetooth. PIN Code This item is used to set the local PIN code for Bluetooth.

Date Time

Item Description Default

Date This item is used to set the date. (ex: 2013-05-30) Time This item is used to set the time. (ex: 19:20:02)

BT-SPP

N/A N/A

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Display

Item Description Default

Contrast This item is used to set the contrast for the display. 50 Backlight T h i s i t e m is us e d to se t th e backlight time for the d i spl a y. 10 Seconds

File Manager

This feature is used to check the printer available memory and file list.

Item Description

DRAM

FLASH

CARD

Use this menu to show available memory space and run (.BAS) the files saved in the printer DRAM memory.

Use this menu to show available memory space and run (.BAS) the files saved in the printer Flash memory.

Use this menu to show available memory space and run (.BAS) the files saved in the printer MicroSD card memory.

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Diagnostics

Print Config

This feature is used to print current printer configuration to the label. On the configuration printout, there is a print head test pattern, which is useful for checking if there is any dot damage on the printhead heater elements. Please refer to Self Test in Chapter 4 for more details.

Dump Mode

Captures the data from the communications port and prints out the data received by printer. In Dump mode, all characters will be printed in 2 columns. (Please refer to Dump Mode in Chapter

4) The left side characters are received from your system and right side data are the corresponding hexadecimal value of the characters. It allows users or engineers to verify and debug the program.

Note: Dump mode requires 4” paper/label width.

Battery

This feature is used to check the printer battery voltage

Printhead

This feature is used to check the printer temperature, resistance and bad dots for the printhead.

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Display Languages

Is option is used to setup languages on LCD display

Service

This feature is used to restore printer settings to defaults. Please refer to Printer Defaults in Chapter 4.

Note: When printer initialization is done, calibrate the gap or black mark sensor before printing or attempting any Self Tests.

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The following guide lists the most common problems that may be encountered when operating this bar code printer. If the printer still does not function after all suggested solutions have been invoked, please contact the Printronix Customer Support Center for assistance.

Problem Possible Cause Recovery Procedure

Power indicator does not illuminate

Not Printing

No print on the label

The printer status from the Configuration Utility or LCD shows “Head Open”.

The printer status from the Configuration Utility or LCD shows “Out of Paper”..

The printer status from the Configuration Utility or LCD shows “Paper Jam”.

The printer status from LCD shows "Strong light. Press FEED to print."

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Trouble Shooting

* The battery is not properly installed. * Reinstall the battery correctly. * The battery is out of power. * Power the printer on. * The battery is dead. * Charge the battery.

* Check if interface cable is well connected to the interface connector.

* Check if wireless or Bluetooth device settings match between the host and printer.

* The port specified in the Windows driver is not correct.

* Labels are not loaded correctly. * Media may be installed wrong side out. * The wrong type paper/labels are

installed.

* The printer media cover is open or is not closed properly.

* The printer has run out of media. * Install new media.. * The media is installed incorrectly. * Media sensor is not calibrated.

* Media sensor is not set properly. * Calibrate the media sensor. * Make sure media size is set properly. * Set media size correctly. * A label may be stuck inside the printer

mechanism. * The Peel-off sensor can’t work in strong

lighted areas.

* Replace with a new battery.

* Reset the wireless device settings.

* Select the correct printer port in the driver.

* Follow the instructions in loading the media.

* Use direct thermal type paper/labels.

* Close the media cover correctly.

* Follow the instructions for loading roll or fanfold media.

* Calibrate the media sensor.

* Remove the stuck label from inside the printer mechanism.

* Move the printer to a proper place to print in peel-off mode.

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Problem Possible Cause Recovery Procedure

* Delete unused files in the memory. * The max. number of DRAM is 256 files.

Can’t downloading the file to memory (FLASH / DRAM/CARD)

Poor Print Quality

Missing printing on the left or right side of label

Gray line on the blank label

Irregular printing

* The max. user addressable memory space

* The selected memory space is full.

* Media is loaded incorrectly * Reload media correctly. * Dust or adhesive accumulation on the

print-head. * Print density (darkness) is not set

properly. * Print speed is not set properly.

* Printhead element is damaged.

* Too small of label width size is setup. * Set the correct label width size. * The print-head is dirty. * Clean the print-head. * The platen roller is dirty. * The printer is in Hex Dump mode. Dump

mode is displayed on the LCD panel.

of DRAM is 2048KB. * The max. number of FLASH files is 256 files. * The max. user addressable memory space

of FLASH is 14336KB.

* Clean the print-head.

* Clean the platen roller. * Adjust the print density (darkness) and print

speed. * Run the printer self-test and check the print-

head test pattern for dots missing in the pattern.

* Change to a proper media roll.

* Clean the platen roller. Please refer to Maintenance Chapter

* Turn the printer off and on to exit dump mode.

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This section discusses how to maintain your printer.

Printer

PrintHead

1. Use one of following materials to clean the printer.

 Cotton swab or authorized Printronix Thermal Printhead Cleaning Pen (203502-002)  Lint-free cloth  Vacuum / Blower brush  100% Ethanol or 99.7% Isopropyl Alcohol

2. The cleaning process is as follows:

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Maintenance

Method Interval

1. Always turn off the printer before cleaning the print head.

2. Allow the printhead to cool for a minimum of one minute.

3. Use a cotton swab or thermal printhead cleaning pen and 100% Ethanol or 99.7% Isopropyl Alcohol to clean the print head surface.

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Clean the printhead prior to installing a new label roll.

1. Turn the power off.

Platen Roller

Tear/Peel Bar Sensor Use compressed air or vacuum Clean monthly

Exterior Wipe it with a damp cloth Clean as needed Interior Brush or vacuum Clean as needed

2. Rotate the platen roller and wipe it thoroughly with 100% ethanol alcohol or

99.7% isopropyl al a lint-free cloth. Use a lint-free cloth with 100% ethanol

alcohol to wipe the Tear/Peel bar.

Clean the platen roller when changing a new label roll

Clean as needed

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Contact Information

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Contact Information

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Printronix Customer Support Center

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IMPORTANT Please have the following information available prior to calling the Printronix Customer Support Center:

 Model number  Serial number (located on the back of the printer)  Installed options (i.e., interface and host type if applicable to the problem)  Configuration printout (Press CONFIG on the control panel, then press  ENTER)  Network test page if Ethernet is enabled.  Is the problem with a new install or an existing printer?  Description of the problem (be specific)  Good and bad samples that clearly show the problem (faxing or emailing of these samples

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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. 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. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

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CableCommunications ChargingtheBattery ConnectingthePrinter

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Index

MediaSpecifications,9

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Power‐OnUtilities PrintConfig,35 PrintSpecifications PrinterDefaults PrinterInitialization PrinterSetupforEPL2,29 Printhead,36

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DateTime,33 Display,34 DisplayLanguages,36 DumpMode

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FileManager,34

InstallingtheBeltClipandBattery

LCDDisplay LoadingFan‐fold/ExternalMedia LoadingMediainPeel‐OffMode LoadingtheMedia

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MediaSensorCalibration

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L

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SelfTest

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U

UsingtheLCDtoSetthePrinter,27,29

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WirelessCommunicationwithBluetooth WirelessCommunicationwithWiFi WirelessLAN,33

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