Sato LP 100R User Manual

PCL LP 100R Printer Driver Manual

For printer model:

LP 100R Laser

Table of Contents

Before You Start ........................................................................................................................ 3

About the SATO PCL LP 100R Driver ....................................................................................... 4

Manage the Driver ................................................................................................................. 5

Printer Driver Installation ........................................................................................................... 6

Where to Find the Driver ........................................................................................................ 6

Installing the LP 100R Driver ................................................................................................. 6

Manage or Add a Port. ............................................................................................................ 10

LPR Port .............................................................................................................................. 12

Test Page ................................................................................................................................ 13

Upgrading the LP 100R Driver ................................................................................................ 14

Manually Remove the Driver ............................................................................................... 15

Using the LP 100R Driver ........................................................................................................ 16

Information Panel ................................................................................................................. 16

Managing Printer Settings ....................................................................................................... 17

Displaying Printer Preferences ............................................................................................ 17

Driver Version .......................................................................................................................... 19

Printer Properties .................................................................................................................... 20

See What’s Printing ................................................................................................................. 21

Mange Printer Status and Jobs ........................................................................................... 22

Matching the Driver and Printer settings ................................................................................. 23

Emulation ................................................................ ............................................................. 23

Paper Source ....................................................................................................................... 23

Orientation ........................................................................................................................... 24

Resolution ............................................................................................................................ 24

Paper Size ........................................................................................................................... 24

Custom Form Sizes ................................................................................................................. 26

Manage Custom Forms ....................................................................................................... 28

Modify a Form Definition ...................................................................................................... 29

Create a New Form Definition ............................................................................................. 30

Delete a Form Definition ...................................................................................................... 30

Customizing the LP 100R Printer Driver ................................................................................. 31

General Properties ............................................................................................................... 31

Ports Tab ............................................................................................................................. 32

Advanced Tab ...................................................................................................................... 33

Printing from the Application ................................................................................................... 34

SATO LP 100R Printer Settings .............................................................................................. 35

Emulation ................................................................ ............................................................. 35

Form size ............................................................................................................................. 35

Resolution ............................................................................................................................ 35

Emulation settings ................................................................ ................................................... 35

Extended Margins ................................................................................................................ 35

PCL Idle Delay ..................................................................................................................... 35

Resolution Support .............................................................................................................. 35

Communications ...................................................................................................................... 36

LPR Queue Name ............................................................................................................... 36

Differences / Advantages ........................................................................................................ 36

Before You Start

A printer driver is a software that sends data created on a computer (documents and illustrations) to the printer using native printer language commands. The LP 100R Printer Driver Manual (hereinafter, "this manual") describes how to obtain and install the printer driver for the LP 100R (hereinafter, "the product"). The manual also explains how to configure various settings after installing the printer driver and how to uninstall and update the printer driver.

Printer Driver Screenshots Used in This Manual

This manual mainly uses screenshots of the printer driver for the product captured on Windows 10. Therefore, the screen layout may differ depending on the OS that you are using.

Limitation of Liability

Specifications and contents in this manual are subject to change without notice.

Trademarks

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countries.

 All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Copyrights / Other Matters

About the SATO PCL LP 100R Driver

Created for the SATO LP 100R laser printer, this is a Microsoft Windows 8 and above-certified Type 3 (GDI) PCL printer driver. The driver is suited for both 32 and 64-bit Windows Operating Systems.

A replacement for the predecessor SATO PCL driver, the SATO PCL LP 100R driver with the improved interface, allows the Printer Preferences critical settings; Form size, Resolution, and Orientation to be configured directly from the print dialog of the Windows application. See more details at Manage Printer

settings (pg 17).

SATO also offers a Type 4 (XPS). The differences and advantages of each type of driver is discussed at the end of this manual. The identification and management of drivers in general is clarified in the next section.

Manage the Driver

The printer type and version can be found in the Windows Print Management utility. From the detailed view of Print Management (located in Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools), you can view the details and manage the printer driver.

You can also view and manage the properties of the drivers, the forms, the ports and the printer instances from the print management console

Printer Driver Installation

Where to find the driver

The LP 100R Driver, along with the latest SATO-Logic controller software, is available on the SATO America website: https://www.satoamerica.com/resources/software/laser-driver-and-software

Installing the LP 100R Driver

The driver is distributed as an executable, which will extract and launch the installer. Locate and launch the “SATO PCL LP 100R driver setup-x.x.x. exe” file to begin the Windows driver installation.

You should use this procedure to update the existing instance of the driver with a later version. NOTE: Do not use with “Add a printer” option unless you have added the driver files separately. You will need to have the printer on your network and know the IP address of the LP 100R printer before

beginning the driver setup. Launch the installer with administrator rights.

When the Setup Wizard launches, follow the prompts in the appropriate dialog box:

When first installing or during an upgrade (after the previous version has been removed), you will see a dialog box to select the model. Choose the SATO PCL LP 100R on the list. Select Next > to continue.

You will need to define the data communication connection in which the printer will receive data. You will need to know the IP address of the LP 100R printer.

If the printer is set to an IP, powered up and connected, Select the IP from the drop-down and choose Next > to continue.

If the connection has not been defined, you can select Add Network Port…. If you are adding an LPR port, Create a new port, and then after the printer installation is complete, go to

the port settings in the printer properties and define the LPR port.

To add a network connection, enter the IP address, and follow the prompt.

After adding a network port, you will be returned to the dialog box to select the printer’s connection. Select the connection and continue by selecting Next >.

You will receive confirmation the printer is about to be installed.

Select next to continue.

The progress bar will indicate the installation progress.

When complete select exit.

Congratulations! You have now successfully installed the SATO PCL LP 100R v3 Printer Driver and may now use it to print from Windows applications.

Open the printer in Printers and Devices. A test print to confirm can be sent from the General tab of the Printer Properties. You can travel to Devices and Printers to view the newly installed printer’s settings.

Manage or add a port.

Use the port settings in Print Server Properties to manage the port settings.

To add a port, select the Add Port button. Select Standard TCP/IP port and New Port … button.

This will launch the Add Standard TCPIP Printer Port wizard.

Follow the wizard entering the IP address. You may edit Port Name to reflect something more meaningful.

Be sure the printer IP is configured, powered up, and connected. Select Next > to continue Select Finish to complete the add port wizard.

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