Printronix M4LWG User Manual
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M4L Mobile Printer
Administrator’s Manual
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TableofContents
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
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
Printer Features
Standard Features
Your M4L offers the following standard features:
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
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
CODABLOCK F
mode; DataMatrix,
Maxicode, PDF-417;
Aztec; MicroPDF417;
QR code; RSS
Barcode (GS1
Databar)
BITMAP; BMP; PCX
(Max. 256 color
graphics
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
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
Chargingstations(4bayorsinglebay)(optional)
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
Media Specifications
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)
Continuous, die-cut, gap/black mark, External fan- fold,
receipt
Stack height: 2.75” (70 mm)
Page length: 6” ~ 12” (152 mm ~ 305 mm)
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
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The DOS FAT file system is supported for the SD card.
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SD card
capacity
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Approved SD card
manufacturer
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Folders/files stored in the SD card should be in the 8.3 filename format
LCD Display
Keys Function
−Display the printer information
−Button for setting LCD configuration menu
−Enter the printer configuration menu
−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
−Button for setting LCD configuration menu
−Ready status: Feed one label
−Printing status: Pause the print job
−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
Bluetooth devices have been paired
Wi-Fi device has been connected
Battery capacity %
Note: Refer to Section 6 for additional LCD Display details
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Printer Setup
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
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
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
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
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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