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User’s Manual
Portable Printer
PP-55
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PP-55 User’s Manual Version 2.05
Contents
Technical Data .............................................................................. 2
Getting Started.............................................................................. 3
About Your PP-55 ......................................................................... 4
Charging Battery.......................................................................... 5
Printer Status & Operating Modes................................................ 6
Loading Paper............................................................................... 7
Running Self-test.......................................................................... 8
Compatible Mobile Device.......................................................... 9
Compatible products: ................................................ 9
Attaching Mobile Device............................................................ 10
Installing PrintSuite onto PC ..................................................... 12
Palm OS Devices ........................................................................ 16
Loading Device Software (PalmOS) ......................... 17
Loading Device Manually (PalmOS) ....................... 18
Software Compatibility (PalmOS)..........................19
Print Manager (PalmOS).......................................... 20
Verify Printer Connected (PalmOS)......................... 21
Configuration (PalmOS)............................................ 22
General Settings (PalmOS)...................................... 23
Printer Setup (PalmOS)............................................. 24
Printing (PalmOS).................................................... 25
Date Book (PalmOS) ................................................. 26
Address Book (PalmOS) ......................................... 27
Memo Pad (PalmOS) ............................................... 28
To-Do List (PalmOS) ................................................. 29
Fonts (PalmOS)............................................................30
Logos (PalmOS)...........................................................31
Other Options (PalmOS) ........................................... 32
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Logo Manager (Windows) ......................................... 33
Font Manager (Windows) .......................................... 34
Developing Solution (for Palm)................................. 35
Pocket PC Devices....................................................................... 36
Loading Device Software (PocketPC) ............... 37
Software Compatibility (PocketPC)........................ 40
Verify Printer Connected (PocketPC).................... 41
PrintManager (PocketPC).....,................................... 43
PrintManager Features (PocketPC)........................... 44
Screen Capture (PocketPC)...................................... 45
Barcode Printing (PocketPC)..................................... 47
Magnetic Card Reader(PocketPC)............................ 49
Barcode Reader (PocketPC)....................................... 50
Document Printing (PocketPC).................................. 51
Developing Solution (PocketPC).............................. 53
BlackBerry OS Devices............................................................... 54
Loading Device Software (BlackBerry).................... 55
Software Compatibility (BlackBerry) ...................... 58
Printing Contacts (BlackBerry)............................... 59
Printing Messages (BlackBerry)............................... 60
BlackBerryMail Options (BlackBerry)................... 62
Developing Solution (BlackBerry)....................... 63
Magnetic Card Reader.............................................................. 64
Barcode Reader.......................................................................... 65
Smart Card Reader......................................................................66
Installing Developer Tools.......................................................... 67
Troubleshooting ....................................................................... 69
Contact Information................................................................... 70
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Technical Data
Printing method: Line thermal dot printing
Printing speed: 50 mm per second
Dot density: 8 dot/mm, 203 dpi - Horizontal and Vertical
Resident fonts: A - 12 x 24 B - 9 x 16
Loadable fonts: C - 12 x 24 D - 9 x 16
Printing columns: Font A, C - 32 columns
Font B, D - 42 columns
Logo Registration: 1 Black & White BMP format ( 1-bit per pixel)
Size: 384 x 240
Memory: RAM 1Mbit
Resident Barcodes: EAN13, EAN8, UPCA, UPCE, Code39,
Code93, Code128, Interleave 2 of 5,
Codebar, PDF417
Communications: Serial RS232, Optional 2 x USB Master/Slave
Magnetic Card Reader: 3 track head, ISO7811
1D Barcode Reader: Symbol Linear Image Scanner
Power supply: AC adapter - 9V @ 1000 mA
Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery -
7.4V @ 2000 mAh
Battery capacity: ~ 4 Rolls (Alpha-numeric data)
Environment: Operating temp. -10°C to 45°C @ 10 to 90 % RH
Storage temp. -25°C to 70°C @ 10 to 90 % RH
Reliability: 50 Million pulses
50 km
Dimensions: L - 195 mm, H - 50 mm, W - 87 mm
Weight: 390 grams including battery and paper roll
Thermal paper: Roll 57.5 ± 0.5 mm wide
40 mm O (~ 80 feet)
Thickness 0.06 ~ 0.10 mm
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Getting Started
The DATECS PP-55 allows you to print information from your PDA or
Smartphone. This Getting Started Manual provides you with a short list of
tasks to get your PP-55 up and running. For more in depth explanation, con-
sult the full user’s manual on the enclosed CD ROM or : http://www.datecs.bg
Quick Start:
Steps What to do Purpose Where to find
more information
1
Charge the PP-55
rechargeable battery pack
as recommended in this
manual.
The Lithium Ion battery pack
should be fully charged before
used to ensure long battery life.
Charging Battery,
in User’s manual.
2Install Print Software onto
PDA and Desktop.
Different device types such as
Palm, PocketPC, and
BlackBerry require different
software to run the PP-55.
Installing PrintSuite,
in User’s manual
3Load PP-55 print media
(Thermal Paper)
PP-55 requires Thermal paper
for printing.
Loading Paper,
in User’s manual.
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About Your PP-55
PP-55 Overall View
Control Panel
Battery recharge
Paper cover Battery cover Device carrier
ON/OFF LED
indicator
Battery
charge LED
indicator
ON/OFF
and Paper Feed
button
Adapter inlet
NOTE: With a fully charged bat-
tery, PP-55 can print out
more than 5000 inches of
(alpha numeric) data.
Prolonged periods of storage can
cause a drop in the power of the
printer’s rechargeable battery!
To recharge the battery, plug AC/DC
adapter supplied with printer and
charge until the red battery charge
indicator turns to green.
Serial / USB Port Adapter inlet
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Charging Battery
Charging PP-55:
The PP-55 uses a Lithium Ion rechargeable battery pack. Before first use,
the PP-55 battery pack should be charged for at least 4 hours.
To prevent electrical damage to the printer and/or battery pack, please use
approved AC/DC adapter only.
Charging PP-55 & PDA:
The PP-55 has a built-in charging circuit to enable the charging of PDA
device while in the PP-55’s cradle. PDA charging only occurs when the
external AC/DC adaptor is connected to PP-55 adapter inlet.
AC Adapter
Adapter inlet
Solid RED = charging
Solid GREEN = fully charged (~4 hrs.)
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Printer Status & Operating Modes
The PP-55 uses LEDs to indicate various conditions of operation. This
may be charging, printing, out of paper or error conditions. The following
explains these conditions and LED indication.
The PP-55’s paper feed switch/button is used for entering various printer
modes. These modes can be used to assist developers in debugging prob-
lems related to programming and communication. The following explain
how to access the various operating modes.
Note: Care must be taken when entering operating modes to prevent the
clearing of factory preset configuration information.
ON/OFF Led
Feed Button
Charging LED
Battery Charging LED
Solid GREEN = Battery at full charge
Printer Status
Solid RED = Battery charging
Solid GREEN = Power ON
Solid RED = Low battery
ON/OFF LED
Slow Blinking = High temperature error
Fast Blinking = Printer out of paper
Short Push N/A Paper feed
Operation Modes
1 - beep Self-test
2 - beeps Hex dump
Reserved – For factory use only
Push and Hold - release
after the number of
beeps Reserved – For factory use only
5 - beeps Reserved – For factory use only
3 - beeps
4 - beeps
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Loading Paper
The PP-55 uses a drop-and-load design making paper loading easy and
trouble free. To load paper, simply remove the paper cover and drop in the new
roll as shown in the steps below.
Make sure that the paper is placed in the printer as shown in step 2 below.
Open paper cover holder with both fingers
and remove the remaining part of the old
paper roll.
Place the paper
roll and cover in
position.
Press with both fingers to click cover
of shell in place.
Make sure that the paper is fed
out from the printer at a right
angle If not pull paper verti-
cally by hand.
WRONG
WRONG
RIGHT
12
34
90°
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Running Self-test
The PP-55 has a built-in test pattern that shows the printer's current config-
uration as well as the various resident printer fonts. The self-test can also be
used as a troubleshooting tool to determine printing problems or battery
level. The steps below show how the self-test is activated.
Step #1: Make sure the On-line LED is OFF
before performing step #2.
Step #2: Press and hold the paper feed button in for
one beep. Release the feed button after the
first beep. The printer should start printing
the internal test pattern
Resident font sizes
Number of characters per line
Text formatting
Resident character set
Resident barcode symbols
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