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User ’ s Guide EasyC oder PD4 Bar C ode Label P rinter.
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Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide iii FCC Notice (Unit ed States of Americ a) W ARNING is equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions manual, may cause interference to radio communications.
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Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide v Contents C ontents Before Y ou Begin ......................................................................... viii Safety S ummary ............................................................ viii Safety I cons .
vi Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Contents 4 Loading Media T ear-Off (Straight-through) ......................................................... 20 P eel-Off (Self-strip) ...................................................................
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide vii Contents A T echnical Data T able of T echnical Data ................................................................ 70 B Media Specifications Media R oll Size ............................................
viii Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Before Y ou Begin Before Y ou Begin is section provides y ou with safety information, technical support information, and sources for additional product information. S af ety Summar y Y our safety is extr emely important.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide ix Before Y ou Begin S af ety Icons is section explains how to identify and understand dangers, warnings, cautions, and notes that are in this document. Y ou may also see icons that tell you when to follow ESD pr ocedures.
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Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 1 1 Intr oduc tion is chapter introduces the EasyCoder PD4 printer . e chapter covers the follo wing topics: • Description of EasyCoder PD4 • Safety .
2 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 1—Introduction Description of EasyCoder PD4 e EasyCoder PD4 is a basic-performance thermal transfer/direct ther- mal label printer suitable for medium-duty industrial applications.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 3 Chapter 1—Introduction S afety Warnings • Read this manual carefully befor e connecting the printer . • M oving parts are exposed when the side door is open, so ensure that the door is closed before you operate the printer .
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Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 5 2 Installation is chapter explains how to unpack and install the EasyCoder PD4 printer and also describes the printer’ s various parts in detail.
6 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 2—Installation Unpacking the Printer Before you install the printer , examine the package for possible damage or missing parts: • Open the box and lift the printer out. • Check that the printer has not been visibly damaged during transpor - tation.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 7 Chapter 2—Installation Front Vie w At the front of the printer are the display windo w , the control lamps, and the control keys. ese features allo w the operator to control and set up the printer manually as described later in this chapter .
8 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 2—Installation Rear Vie w e rear plate contains the On/Off switch, the A C power cor d socket, and various interface connectors and slots.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 9 Chapter 2—Installation Media Compar tment e media compartment is cover ed by a side door that completely encloses the print mechanism and media compartment. It can be opened 180° to provide full access to the media compartment.
10 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 2—Installation Print Mechanism e print mechanism features either an 8 dot/mm (203.2 dots/inch) or 11.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 11 Chapter 2—Installation Connec tions P ow er 1 Place the printer on a lev el surface, near an AC outlet. Y ou should be able to easily access the printer to load media and to remo ve the print - out. 2 Both the printer and the host computer must be switched off while they are being connected.
12 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 2—Installation Controls and Indic ators e EasyCoder PD4 has several ways of communicating directly with its operator: • ree control lamps, • a graphic display window with background illumination, • three control keys, • and a beeper .
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 13 Chapter 2—Installation K ey Functions Mode Feed k ey Pause k ey Cancel k ey Startup P rint test label or Enter Dump M ode (press >3 sec.
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Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 15 3 Star ting Up is chapter explains how to start up the printer after installation or after having been switched off.
16 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 3—Starting Up Switching On the Printer Before switching on the printer , make the necessary connections, and check that the printhead is engaged (in the lower position). S witch on the power using the On/Off switch on the r ear plate.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 17 Chapter 3—Starting Up Direc t Mode e Direct M ode is the normal idle mode, where all commands from external ports are interpreted and normal control key actions ar e per - formed.
18 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 3—Starting Up Printing a T est L abel An easy way to check that the printer is working and find out how it is presently set up is to print a test label. e test label can also be used to check the printout quality .
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 19 4 Loading Media is chapter explains how to load the printer with media, that is labels, tickets, tag, or strips, as well as transfer ribbon, for the foll.
20 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 4— Loading Media T ear- O ff (S traight-through) e EasyCoder PD4 can print on labels, tickets, tags, and continuous stock in various forms. is section describes the case when the media is torn off manually against the printer’ s tear bar .
2 4 3 1 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 21 Chapter 4—Loading Media Open the side door . Place the media roll onto the media supply roll post and align the media to the printer's center section. T ear- O ff , cont. Pull out the printhead lever and flip it counterclockwise a quarter of a turn.
7 5 6 8 22 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 4—Loading Media T ear- O ff , cont. Route the media between the two label feed rods and under the moveable sensor to the tear bar . Align the edge guide with the media roll . Av oid placing the guide so it breaks the rotation of the roll.
9 10 11 12 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 23 Chapter 4—Loading Media Align the media with the center section and adjust the label feed guide. F lip the guide back so it snaps to the rear label feed rod and close the printhead. Close the side door .
13 24 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 4—Loading Media Press the F eed key to advance the media and adjust the media feed. T ear- O ff , cont.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 25 Chapter 4—Loading Media P eel- O ff (S elf-strip) e EasyCoder PD4 can print on labels, tickets, tags, and continuous stock in various forms. is section describes the case when self-adhesive labels are separated from the liner immediately after printing.
1 2 4 3 26 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 4—Loading Media Install the media as described for T ear- Off operation #1 to #6 earlier in this chapter .
7 5 6 8 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 27 Chapter 4—Loading Media P eel- O ff , cont. Put back the front c over and secure it with the screw . Optionally , press the lower part of the label taken sensor to flip it open. When in use, the label taken sensor should be in a horizontal position.
9 10 28 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 4—Loading Media Press the F eed key to adv ance the media and adjust the media feed. Close the side door .
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 29 Chapter 4—Loading Media Thermal T ransfer Printing e EasyCoder PD4 can print on labels, tickets, tags, and continuous stock using either direct thermal printing on special heat-sensitive media or thermal transfer printing using a special ink-coated ribbon.
A B 2 4a 3 1 30 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 4—Loading Media Open the side door . Ink facing outward on ribbon roll: Route the ribbon as illustrated and stick it to the take-up core . Load a fr esh ribbon roll onto the ribbon supply shaft (A) and an empty ribbon core onto the ribbon rewind shaft (B).
6 4b 5 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 31 Chapter 4—Loading Media Ink facing inw ard on ribbon roll: Route the ribbon as illustrated and stick it to the take-up core . Ribbon Load, cont . Check that the ink position lever above the ribbon supply hub is in correct position.
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Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 33 5 Prin ting is chapter describes how the operator can control the printing. Additionally , it describes the v arious parameters that are accessible in the Setup M ode to configure the printer for the user ’ s specific require - ments.
34 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 5—Printing Controlling the Printing e printing is initiated from the host computer , but the operator can control batch printing, that is, the printing of multiple labels. P rinting can only be performed when the printer is in the Direct M ode (see Chapter 3).
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 35 Chapter 5—Printing Setup Methods e EasyCoder PD4 can be set up using two methods: • U sing ESim Commands is method support all setup parameters and uses various ESim com - mands transmitted from the host computer to the printer .
36 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 5—Printing Setup Options Note Media T ype Direct ermal Default ermal T ransfer Density (see note on the next page) 1 (lightest image) .
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 37 Chapter 5—Printing N ote: Do not use a higher density setting than requir ed for your media and application.
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Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 39 6 Options is chapter describes the options available for the EasyCoder PD4 printer . e options can be factor y installed, field-installed by an authorized service tech - nician, or installed by a trained operator .
40 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 6—Options Stripper and Internal Rewinder Installation Instructions 1 Remo ve the screw that holds the front co ver . Remove the front co ver . 2 Open the side door and remo ve the rewinder option co ver plate, which is held by two Phillips screws.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 41 Chapter 6—Options 3 Remo ve the U-shaped clip and attach the rewinder unit to the center section using the four screws included in the kit. 4 Plug in the cable from the rewinder switch into the front one of the two connectors in the center section.
42 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 6—Options Cutter Installation Instructions 1 Remo ve the screw that holds the front co ver . Remove the front co ver . 2 Open the side door and remo ve the tear bar , which is held by two Phillips screws.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 43 Chapter 6—Options 3 Attach the cutter mechanism to the printer using the two Phillips screws and washers included in the kit.
44 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 6—Options 5 Attach the cutter cov er onto the cutter mechanism by first connecting the hooks on the back side of the cover o ver the cutter mechanism and then locking the cover with the scr ew at the bottom.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 45 7 T r oubleshooting is chapter lists various possible cases of inferior printout quality , describes possible causes, and sug - gests remedies.
46 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 7— T roublesho oting Error Handling When an error occurs, the Error LED goes solid or flashing r ed and the beeper emits two beeps.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 47 Chapter 7— T roublesho oting Error Suggested action e P ower control lamp does not shine and the LCD display (if any) shows no message after the power .
48 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 7— T roublesho oting P rintout not in desired position Check for bad settings in the application or ESim command errors Check if label gap sensor .
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 49 Chapter 7— T roublesho oting Clearing Media Jam in C utter T o clear a media jam inside the cutter mechanism, follow the instructions below: 1 At media jams and cutter malfunctions, switch off the pow er to the printer .
50 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 7— T roublesho oting Entering the Dump Mode In the D ump Mode, the printer prints all r eceived ASCII characters including control characters (ASCII 00-31 decimal). ere is automatic line-wrapping and if a label becomes completely filled, the dump contin - ues on a new label.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 51 8 Maintaining the Pr inter is chapter describes how the operator can maintain the printer . Regular maintenance is important for the printout quality and for the life of the printhead. e chapter covers the follo wing topics: • P rinthead cleaning • External cleaning • P rinthead replacement.
52 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 8—Maintaining the Printer Printhead Cleaning Cleaning the printhead on a regular basis is important for the life of the printhead and for the printout quality .
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 53 Chapter 8—Maintaining the Printer Clean the printhead dot line..
54 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 8—Maintaining the Printer External Cleaning Always unplug the pow er cord befor e cleaning the printer .
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 55 Chapter 8—Maintaining the Printer Printhead Replacement e printhead is subject to wear both from the direct thermal media (or ribbon) and from the rapid heating and cooling process during printing. us, the printhead will require periodic r eplacement.
56 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 8—Maintaining the Printer Media Jams Should a media jam occur in the print mechanism, proceed this way to clear it: • Always switch off the power befor e starting to clear the jammed media. • Raise the printhead and pull out the media.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 57 9 A djustments is chapter describes how the operator can adjust the printer . e chapter covers the following topics: • P rinthead balance adjustment.
58 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 9—Adjustments Printhead Balance Adjustment e printer is factory-adjusted for full-size media width. When using media less than full width, it is recommended that you adjust the posi - tion of the printhead balance box es so the printhead gets an even pr essure across the media.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 59 Chapter 9—Adjustments Printhead Pressure Adjustment e pressure of the thermal printhead against the platen r oller is factor y- adjusted.
60 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 9—Adjustments Printhead Dot Line P osition Adjustment When using thick or stiff media, the printhead needs to be moved for- ward so the dot line becomes exactly aligned with the top of the platen roller .
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 61 Chapter 9—Adjustments 5 T urn both screws at the front of the printhead carefully clockwise a quarter of a turn at a time (a full turn corresponds to 0.
62 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 9—Adjustments Label G ap S ensor P osition Adjustment e label gap/black mark sensor is a photoelectric sensor that controls the printer’ s me.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 63 Chapter 9—Adjustments Label G ap S ensor Calibration e label gap sensor will need to be calibrated and the media feed adjusted at the following occasions: • After media load when the printer is used for the first time.
64 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 9—Adjustments Ribbon T ension Adjustment If ribbon wrinkling occurs during printing, push the knob at the end of the ribbon supply hub inwards (1) and rotate it clockwise to incr ease the breaking force (2).
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 65 Chapter 9—Adjustments Ribbon Shield Adjustment Ribbon wrinkling can also be avoided using the ribboon shield mecha- nism. e ribbon shield mechanism is located on the thermal printhead, and has two adjustable screws A and B shown belo w .
66 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Chapter 9—Adjustments Switching E dge Guide As standard, the EasyCoder PD4 is fitted with a lo w edge guide on the media supply roll post. e low edge guide makes it simple to fit a media supply roll on the post, but it only guides the core of the roll.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 67 Chapter 9—Adjustments Be careful to flip the high edge guide straight up befor e closing the side door , or the guide could be damaged.
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Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 69 A T echnical Data is appendix lists the technical data for the printer . Please note that Intermec r eserves the right to change without prior notice and that this information does not represent a commitment on the part of I ntermec.
70 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix A— T echnical Data Printing P rint T echnique Direct ermal/ermal T ransfer P rinthead Resolutions 8 dots/mm (203.2 dpi) or 11.81 dots/mm (300 dpi) 1 P rint Speed (variable) 50.8 to 152.4 mm/sec.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 71 Appendix A— T echnical Data Asian F onts Asian fonts can be downloaded: GB 2312-80 Chinese Big5 level 1 & 2 KS X 11001:1992 JIS X0208:12977 Chinese Chinese Kor ean J apanese Built-in bar code symbolo - gies (standard) 34 Phy sical Measures Dimensions (W x L x H) 276 × 454.
72 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix A— T echnical Data Data Interfaces Serial 1 x RS-232 + 1 x USB P arallel Y es Acc essories and Options Integral Self-strip U nit with Liner T ake.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 73 B Media Specifications is appendix specifies the physical measures for vari- ous types of media..
74 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix B—Me dia Specifications Media Roll Size Core Diameters: 38 to 76.2 mm (1.5 to 3 inches) Width: Must not pr otrude outside the media. e media must be wound up on the core in such a way that the printer can pull the end free.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 75 Appendix B—Me dia Specifications Media Non-Adhesiv e Strip ⇐ a ⇒ Media Width Maximum: 118.0 mm (4.65 inches) Minimum: 25.
SELF-ADHESIVE STRIP 76 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix B—Me dia Specifications Self-Adhesiv e Strip ⇐ a ⇒ Media Width (including liner) Maximum: 118.0 mm (4.65 inches) Minimum: 25.0 mm (1.00 inches) ⇐ b ⇒ Liner e liner must not extend more than a total of 1.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 77 Appendix B—Me dia Specifications Self-Adhesiv e Labels ⇐ a ⇒ Media Width (including liner) Maximum: 118.0 mm (4.65 inches) Minimum: 25.0 mm (1.00 inches) ⇐ b ⇒ Liner e backing paper must not extend more than a total of 1.
a b c e SELF-ADHESIVE LABELS b d FEED DIRECTION 78 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix B—Me dia Specifications.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 79 Appendix B—Me dia Specifications Tickets with Gaps ⇐ a ⇒ Media Width Maximum: 118.0 mm (4.65 inches) Minimum: 25.0 mm (1.00 inches) ⇐ b ⇒ Copy Length Maximum: 8 dots/mm (203.2 dpi) 1270 mm (50 inches) 11.
80 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix B—Me dia Specifications a TICKETS & TAGS FEED DIRECTION b e d c.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 81 Appendix B—Me dia Specifications Tickets with Black Mark ⇐ a ⇒ Media Width Maximum: 118.0 mm (4.65 inches) Minimum: 25.0 mm (1.00 inches) ⇐ b ⇒ Copy Length Maximum: 8 dots/mm (203.2 dpi) 1270 mm (50 inches) 11.
a TICKETS WITH MARKS c FEED DIRECTION e d f b 82 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix B—Me dia Specifications.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 83 C Inter fac es is appendix describes the interface connectors found on the printer’ s rear plate. It co vers the follow - ing topics: • RS-232 interf.
84 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix C—Inter face RS -232 Inter face Protocol Default setup: Baud rate: 9600 Char . Length 8 bits P arity: N one S top bits: 1 Handshaking: X ON/XOFF and R TS/CTS T o change the RS-232 interface settings, see Chapter 5, “Printing.
Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 85 Appendix C—Inter faces USB Inter face is printer supports USB v1.1 (also called USB 2.0 full speed). T o use the USB interface for printing from a PC, you need a special Intermec USB printer driver installed in your PC.
86 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix C—Inter face Parallel Int er face Handshake: DSTB connects to the printer , BUSY connects to the host Interface cable: P arallel cable compatible.
D F irm ware Upgrading is appendix describes how to upgrade the printer with a new firmware version. Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide 87.
88 Intermec EasyCoder PD4—User’ s Guide Appendix D—Firmware Upgrading Requirements T o upgrade the printer’ s firmware via a cable connection from a PC run- ning MS W indows, you will need the follo wing: • e Intermec EasyCoder PD4 Config T ool.
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