TSC DA200 Series, DA300 Series User Manual

USER’S

MANUAL

DA200/ DA300 Series

Direct Thermal Bar Code Printer

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Agency Compliance and Approvals

EN 55022, Class A EN 55024 EN 60950-1

This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

FCC part 15B, Class A ICES-003, Class A

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A

digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not

installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction manual, may

cause harmful interference with radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense.

This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conform à la norme NMB-003 du

Canada.

AS/NZS CISPR 22, Class A

GB 4943.1 GB 9254, Class A GB 17625.1

此为 A 级产品，在生活环境中，该产品可能会造成无线电干扰，

在这种情况下，可能需要用户对干扰采取切实可行的措施。

Energy Star for Imaging Equipment Version 2.0

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BIS

13252 (Part 1)

Wichtige Sicherheits-Hinweise

1. Bitte lesen Sie diese Hinweis sorgfältig durch.

2. Heben Sie diese Anleitung fűr den späteren Gebrauch auf.

3. Vor jedem Reinigen ist das Gerät vom Stromentz zu trennen. Verwenden Sie keine Flüssig-oder Aerosolreiniger. Am besten eignet sich ein angefeuchtetes Tuch zur Reinigung.

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4. Die Netzanschluß-Steckdose soll nahe dem Gerät angebracht und leicht zugänglich sein.

5. Das Gerät ist vor Feuchtigkeit zu schűtzen.

6. Bei der Aufstellung des Gerätes ist auf sicheren Stand zu achten. Ein Kippen oder Fallen könnte Beschädigungen hervorrufen.

7. Beachten Sie beim Anschluß ans Stromnetz die Anschlußwerte.

8. Dieses Gerät kann bis zu einer Außentemperatur von maximal 40℃ betrieben werden.

CAUTION :

Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.

“VORSICHT”

Explosionsgefahr bei unsachgemäßen Austaush der Batterie. Ersatz nur durch denselben oder einem vom Hersteller empfohlenem ähnlichen Typ. Entsorgung gebrauchter Batterien nach Angabren

des Herstellers.

CAUTION : Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the

user's authority to operate the equipment.

CAUTION :

HAZARDOUS MOVING PARTS, KEEP FINGER AND OTHER BODY PARTS AWAY.

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Contents

1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Product Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Product Features .......................................................................................................................... 2

1.2.1 Printer Standard Features ................................................................................................ 2

1.2.2 Printer Optional Features ................................................................................................. 3

1.3 General Specifications ................................................................................................................. 5

1.4 Print Specifications ....................................................................................................................... 5

1.5 Media Specifications .................................................................................................................... 5

2. Operations Overview .......................................................................................................................... 7

2.1 Unpacking and Inspection ............................................................................................................ 7

2.2 Printer Overview ........................................................................................................................... 8

2.2.1 Front & rear ........................................................................................................................ 8

2.2.2 Interior View ....................................................................................................................... 9

2.3 LED and Button Function ........................................................................................................... 10

2.3.1 LED Indication ................................................................................................................. 10

2.3.2 Regular Button Function ................................................................................................ 10

3. Setup ................................................................................................................................................ 11

3.1 Setting up the Printer .................................................................................................................. 11

3.2 Loading the Media ...................................................................................................................... 12

3.2.1 Loading the Roll Labels ................................................................................................. 12

3.2.2 Loading External Media .................................................................................................. 14

3.2.3 Loading Media in Peel-off Mode (Option) ..................................................................... 16

3.2.4 Loading Media in Cutter Mode (Option)........................................................................ 17

3.2.5 Loading Media in Linerless Cutter Mode (Option) ....................................................... 18

3.3 Install the Adapter for 1.5” Paper Core (Option) ........................................................................ 19

4. Power-on Utilities.............................................................................................................................. 20

4.1 Gap/Black Mark Sensor Calibration ........................................................................................... 21

4.2 Gap/Black Mark Calibration, Self-test and Dump Mode ............................................................ 22

4.2.1 Self-test ............................................................................................................................ 23

4.2.2 Dump mode ..................................................................................................................... 25

4.3 Printer Initialization ..................................................................................................................... 26

4.4 Set Black Mark Sensor as Media Sensor and Calibrate the Black Mark Sensor ..................... 27

4.5 Set Gap Sensor as Media Sensor and Calibrate the Gap Sensor ........................................... 27

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4.6 Skip AUTO.BAS ........................................................................................................................ 28

5. Diagnostic Tool ................................................................................................................................. 29

5.1 Start the Diagnostic Tool ............................................................................................................ 29

5.2 Printer Function .......................................................................................................................... 30

5.3 Setting Ethernet by Diagnostic Tool (Option) ............................................................................. 31

5.3.1 Using USB interface to setup Ethernet interface ......................................................... 31

5.3.2 Using RS-232 interface to setup Ethernet interface .................................................... 32

5.3.3 Using Ethernet interface to setup Ethernet interface.................................................. 33

6. Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................ 36

6.1 LED Status ................................................................................................................................. 36

6.2 Print Problem .............................................................................................................................. 37

7. Maintenance ..................................................................................................................................... 38

Revise History ....................................................................................................................................... 39

1. Introduction

1.1 Product Introduction

Thank you very much for purchasing TSC bar code printer.

The DA200 Series of direct thermal desktop printers are ideal for a wide variety of applications including product marking, point of sale, retail, small office, shipping labels, and other labeling and tag applications at the best price anywhere.

The DA200 Series is a perfect combination of affordability with a durable and reliable design. With a cost that

can’t be beat, the DA200 series offers both 203 and 300 dots per inch print resolution with printing speeds up

to a fast 5 inches per second. The large 60 watt power supply produces high quality printed labels, even at its fastest print speeds.

For easy loading, the DA200 employs a user-friendly double-wall clamshell design with a large five-inch (outside diameter) center-biased media bay. The spring-loaded label roll holder makes loading simple. Topof-form sensing – by gap, black mark, or notch – is standard. The printer also comes with a head-open sensor.

The DA200 has plenty of memory with 128 MB Flash & 64 MB SDRAM that can be used for easy storage of fonts, international character sets and graphics, and it supports, “right out of the box,” a fully compatible set of

standard industry emulations, including Line Mode, Eltron® and Zebra® languages, making it easy to replace old installed hardware.

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 TSPL/TSPL2 programming manual that can be found on the accessories CD-ROM or on TSC website at http://www.tscprinters.com.

− Applications

 Small Parcel Shipping  Mail Room Address and Routing Labels  Shipping & Receiving  Entertainment and Transportation Ticketing  Retail Point-of-Sale  File-Folder Labeling

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1.2 Product Features

1.2.1 Printer Standard Features

The printer offers the following standard features.

Product standard feature

Direct thermal printing

Gap transmissive sensor (Fixed, center of offset to right 4 mm from center)

Black mark reflective sensor (Fixed, center of offset to right 4 mm from center)

Head open sensor

1 operation button

1 LED with 3 colors

USB 2.0 (High speed mode) interface

32-bit RISC high performance processor

64 MB DDR2 SDRAM memory

128 MB Nand Flash memory

Eltron

EPL and Zebra

ZPL emulation languages support

Internal 8 alpha-numeric bitmap fonts

One Monotype Imaging® CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed scalable font

Built-in Monotype True Type Font engine

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

BITMAP, BMP, PCX (Max. 256 colors graphics)

Code128 subsets A.B.C, Code128UCC, EAN128, 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, ITF14, 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)

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Code page

 Codepage 437 (English - US)  Codepage 737 (Greek)  Codepage 850 (Latin-1)  Codepage 852 (Latin-2)  Codepage 855 (Cyrillic)  Codepage 857 (Turkish)  Codepage 860 (Portuguese)  Codepage 861 (Icelandic)  Codepage 862 (Hebrew)  Codepage 863 (French Canadian)  Codepage 864 (Arabic)  Codepage 865 (Nordic)  Codepage 866 (Russian)  Codepage 869 (Greek 2)  Codepage 950 (Traditional Chinese)  Codepage 936 (Simplified Chinese)  Codepage 932 (Japanese)  Codepage 949 (Korean)  Codepage 1250 (Latin-2)  Codepage 1251 (Cyrillic)  Codepage 1252 (Latin-1)  Codepage 1253 (Greek)  Codepage 1254 (Turkish)  Codepage 1255 (Hebrew)  Codepage 1256 (Arabic)  Codepage 1257 (Baltic)  Codepage 1258 (Vietnam)  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)  ISO-8859-5: Cyrillic  ISO-8859-6: Arabic  ISO-8859-7: Greek  ISO-8859-8: Hebrew  ISO-8859-9: Turkish  ISO-8859-10: Nordic  ISO-8859-15: Latin-9  UTF-8

1.2.2 Printer Optional Features

The printer offers the following optional features.

Product option feature

User

option

Dealer option

Factory

option

Peel-off module

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Guillotine cutter (full cut or partial cut)

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Linerless cutter kit

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Real time clock

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USB host, for scanner or PC keyboard

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Internal Ethernet

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RS-232 (Max. 115,200 bps)

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1.5” adapter

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KP-200 Plus keyboard display unit (option with RS-232)

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KU-007 Plus programmable smart keyboard (option with RS-232)

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External wireless 802.11b/g/n connectivity (option with RS-232)

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External Bluetooth connectivity (option with RS-232)

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1.3 General Specifications

General Specifications

Physical dimensions

195 mm x 172 mm x 165 mm

Note : 195 mm x 178.5 mm x 165 mm (incl. open lever)

Mechanism

Plastic with double-walled clamshell design

Weight

1.5 kg

Power

External universal switching power supply Input: AC 100-240V, 50-60Hz Output: DC 24V, 2.5A, 60W

Environmental condition

Operation: 5 ~ 40˚C, 25~85% non-condensing

Note : Peeler mode & Linerless mode : 40˚C/ 45%

Storage: -40 ~ 60 ˚C, 10~90% non-condensing

Environmental concern

Comply with RoHS, WEEE

1.4 Print Specifications

Print Specifications

203 dpi models

300 dpi models

Print head resolution (dots per inch/mm)

203 dots/inch

(8 dots/mm)

300 dots/inch (12 dots/mm)

Printing method

Direct thermal

Dot size (width x length)

0.125 x 0.125 mm (1 mm = 8 dots)

0.084 x 0.084 mm

(1 mm = 11.8 dots)

Max. print speed (inches per second)

127 mm (5”)

102 mm (4”)

2,3 ips for peeler mode

Max. print width

108 mm

105.7 mm

Max. print length

90” (2286 mm)

Printout bias

Vertical: max. 1 mm

Horizontal: max. 1 mm

1.5 Media Specifications

Media Specifications

Media roll capacity

127 mm (5“) OD

Media core diameter

1” (1.5”) ID core

Note : 1.5’’ adapter

Media type

Continuous, die-cut, black mark, External fan-fold, receipt, Linerless label (w/ linerless kit)

Media wound type

Outside wound

Media width

19 mm ~ 114 mm (0.7”~ 4.5”)

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Media thickness

0.055 mm ~ 0.19 mm (2.16 ~ 7.48 mil)

Label length

10 mm ~ max. for normal printing 1” ~ 6” for peeler mode & linerless mode 1” ~ max. for cutter mode

Gap height

Min. 2 mm

Black mark height

Min. 2 mm

Black mark width

Min. 16 mm

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2. Operations Overview

2.1 Unpacking and Inspection

This printer has been specially packaged to withstand damage during shipping. Please carefully inspect the packaging and printer upon receiving the bar code printer. Please retain the packaging materials in case you need to reship the printer.

Unpacking the printer, the following items are included in the carton. If any parts are missing, please contact the Customer Service Department of your purchased reseller or distributor.

 One printer unit  One Windows labeling software/ Windows driver CD disk  One quick installation guide  One USB port cable  One power cord  One power supply

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2.2 Printer Overview

2.2.1 Front & rear

1. Top cover open lever

2. LED indicators

3. Feed/Pause button

4. External label entrance chute

5. Power switch

6. Power jack socket

7. USB interface

8. USB host (option)

9. Ethernet interface (option)

10. RS-232 interface (option)

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