TSC MX240 User Manual

MX240 SERIES – Industrial Thermal Transfer Bar Code Printer

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KEY FEATURES

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Heavy duty die-cast aluminum design

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Fast 536 Mhz processor

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Faster print speed - up to 14 ips

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4.3” color LCD with 6-button menus
and touch panel operation

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Available in 203 dpi, 300 dpi and 600 dpi

resolutions

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128 MB Flash and 256 MB SDRAM memory

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600 meter ribbon capacity

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TSPL-EZ™ firmware for plug-n-play ease

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USB host interface for stand-alone application

APPLICATIONS

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High Volume Printing

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Work In Process

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Compliance Labeling

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Inventory Management

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Shipping/Receiving

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Asset Management

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Electronics & Jewelry Labeling

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MX240 SERIES – Industrial Thermal Transfer Bar Code Printer

PRINTER MODEL MX240 MX340 MX640

Resolution 8 dots/mm (203 DPI) 12 dots/mm (300 DPI) 24 dots/mm (600 DPI)
Printing method Thermal Transfer & Direct Thermal
Max. print speed 356 mm (14”)/second 305 mm (12”)/second 152 mm (6”)/second
Max. print width 104 mm (4.09”)
Max. print length 25,400 mm (1,000”) 11,430 mm (450”) 2,540 mm (100”)
Enclosure Die-cast based print mechanism and frame/Aluminum cover with large clear media view window

Physical dimension

Weight 18 kg (39.68 lbs)
Label roll capacity 203.2 mm (8“) OD
Ribbon 600 meter long, max. OD 90 mm,1“ core (ink coated outside/inside)
Ribbon width 40 ~ 115 mm
Processor 32-bit RISC CPU

Memory

Interface

Power

• 128 MB Flash memory

• 256 MB SDRAM

• SD Flash memory card reader for Flash memory expansion, up to 32 GB

• RS-232

• Centronics

• USB 2.0

• Internal Ethernet, 10/100 Mbps

• USB host * 2 (front side) * 2 (rear side, factory option), for scanner or PC keyboard

• GPIO (dealer option)

• Bluetooth (user option)

• External 802.11 b/g/n wireless (user option)

Internal universal switching power supply

• Input: AC 100-240V, 3.0A, 50-60Hz

• Output: DC 24V, 8.33A, 200W

LCD 16 bits Color, 480 x 272 pixel, with back light, Resistive Touch Screen
Operation switch, button 1 power switch, 6 operation buttons (Menu, Pause, Feed, Up, Down, Select)

• Gap transmissive sensor (position adjustable)

Sensors

• Black mark reective sensor (position adjustable)

• Head open sensor

• Ribbon end sensor

• Ribbon encode sensor

Real time clock Standard

Internal fonts

Bar code

• 8 alpha-numeric bitmap fonts

• Monotype Imaging

• 1D bar code

Code 39, Code 93, Code128UCC, Code128 subsets A.B.C, Codabar, Interleave 2 of 5, EAN-8, EAN-13, EAN-128, UPC-A,

UPC-E, EAN and UPC 2(5) digits add-on, MSI, PLESSEY, POSTNET, RSS-Stacked, GS1 DataBar, Code 11, China Post

• 2D bar code

PDF-417, Maxicode, DataMatrix, QR code, Aztec

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true type font engine with one CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed scalable font

Font and barcode rotation 0, 90, 180, 270 degree
Printer language TSPL-EZ
Media type Continuous, die-cut, black mark, fan-fold, notched (outside wound)
Media width 20 ~ 114 mm (0.78“ ~ 4.49“)
Media thickness 0.076 ~ 0.305 mm (2.99 ~ 12.01 mil)
Media core diameter 76.2 mm (3”)
Label length 3 ~ 25,400 mm (0.1“ ~ 1,000”) 3 ~ 11,430 mm (0.1“ ~ 450“) 3 ~ 2,540 mm (0.1“ ~ 100“)

Environment condition

Safety regulation FCC Class B, CE Class B, C-Tick Class B, UL, cUL, TÜV/safety, CCC
Environmental concern Comply with RoHS, WEEE

• Windows labeling software CD disk

Accessories

Limited warranty

Factory options

Dealer options

User options

• Quick start guide

• USB cable

• Power cord

• Printer: 2 years

• Print head: 25 km (1 million inches) or 12 months which comes rst

• Platen: 50 km (2 million inches) or 12 months which comes rst

• Internal rewinding kit (include internal rewind & label redirect front panel)

• USB host (rear side), for scanner or PC keyboard

• Peel-off kit (include internal rewind & peel off module)

• Regular cutter (full cut guillotine cutter)

• Heavy duty cutter (full cut rotary cutter)

• GPIO interface

• Bluetooth module (serial interface)

• 802.11 b/g/n wireless module (serial interface)

• KP-200 Plus keyboard display unit

• KU-007 Plus programmable smart keyboard

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300 mm (W) x 393 mm (H) x 510 mm (D)

11.81“ (W) x 15.47“ (H) x 20.08“ (D)

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(Compatible to EPL, ZPL, ZPL II)

Operation: 5 ~ 40°C, 25 ~ 85% non-condensing
Storage: -40 ~ 60°C, 10 ~ 90% non-condensing

TSC® is a trademark of TSC Auto ID Technology Co., Ltd.
TSC Auto ID Technology Co., Ltd. is an ISO 9001/14001 registered company.
© 2014 TSC Auto ID Technology Co., Ltd.
Product models and Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Contact your TSC sales representative for specific information.

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