Intermec 4630 Manuale utente

P/N 063879-002

User’s

Manual

4630 and 4830 Bar Code Printers

IntermecCorporation

6001 36th Avenue West

P.O. Box 4280

Everett, WA 98203-9280

U.S. technical and service support: 1-800-755-5505

U.S. media supplies ordering information: 1-800-227-9947

Canadian technical and service support: 1-800-687-7043

Canadian media supplies ordering information: 1-800-267-6936

Outside U.S. and Canada: Contact your local Intermec service supplier.

The information contained herein is proprietary and is provided solely for the purpose of allowing

customers to operate and/or service Intermec manufactured equipment and is not to be released,

reproduced, or used for any other purpose without written permission of Intermec.

Information and specifications in this manual are subject to change without notice.

1997 by Intermec Corporation

The word Intermec, the Intermec logo, JANUS, IRL, TRAKKER, Antares, Duratherm, Precision

Print, PrintSet, Virtual Wedge, and CrossBar are trademarks of Intermec Corporation.

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

Throughout this addendum, trademarked names may be used. Rather than put a trademark

(or ) symbol in every occurrence of a trademarked name, we state that we are using the names

only in an editorial fashion, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of

infringement.

The software contained in the printer and the accompanying materials are copyrighted.

Unauthorized copying of the software, including software that has been modified, merged, or

included with other software, or the written materials is expressly forbidden without the prior

written consent of Intermec. All right, title, and interest in all copies of this software are and shall at

all times remain the sole and exclusive property of Intermec. Customer may be held legally

responsible for any copyright infringement that is caused or encouraged by its failure to abide by

these terms.

Manual Change Record

This page records the changes to this manual, which was originally released as

version 001.

Version Date Description of Change

002 5/97 Information has been updated to correspond with

the printer firmware upgrade. The manual has also

been formatted to 8.5 x 11 inches.

Contents

Before You Begin xv

Warranty Information xv

Safety Summary xv

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes xvi

About This Manual xvii

Other Intermec Manuals xviii

Getting Started

Getting to Know Your Printer 1-3

Preparing the Printer for Installation 1-4

Plugging in the Printer 1-5

Opening and Closing the Printer 1-5

Choosing the Print Mode and Media 1-6

Loading Fanfold Media 1-6

Loading Roll-Fed Media 1-7

Loading Thermal Transfer Ribbon 1-8

Printing a Configuration Test Label 1-9

Connecting the Printer to Your System 1-10

Connecting the Printer to a PC Serial Port 1-10

Connecting the Printer to a PC Parallel Port 1-11

Connecting the Printer to a Network 1-11

Connecting the Printer to an AS/400 1-11

Connecting the Printer to a Mainframe 1-12

Cabling in Noisy Electrical Environments 1-12

Configuring the Serial Ports 1-13

Verifying Printer Communications With Your System 1-14

4630 and 4830 Bar Code Label Printers User’s Manual

Operating and Configuring the Printer

Using the Control Panel 2-3

Reading the Display 2-3

Using the Control Panel Keys 2-4

Understanding the Indicator Lights 2-4

Using the Menu Panel 2-5

About the Printer Menus 2-5

Operator and Install Menus 2-6

Service Menu 2-7

Configuration Menu 2-8

Tips for Using the Control and Menu Panels 2-9

Setting Security Levels 2-9

Setting the Dark Adjust 2-10

Using the X and Y Forms Adjust 2-11

Adjusting the Label Rest Point 2-12

Printing the Buffer Contents 2-13

Adjusting the Media Sensor 2-13

Adjusting the Printer for Different Width Media 2-14

Removing Thermal Transfer Ribbon 2-16

Adding Additional Memory 2-16

Increasing Image Memory 2-17

Using the Media Rewind Hub 2-17

Using the Self-Strip Assembly 2-18

Using the Cutter 2-20

Routing Media Through the Heavy-Duty Cutter 2-20

Routing Media Through the 4630 Standard Cutter 2-20

Enabling the Cutter 2-21

Testing Cutter Operation 2-21

Changing Printer Configuration Settings 2-22

Changing the Label Configuration Settings 2-23

Setting the Media Alert 2-24

Contents

vii

Printing Configuration Test Labels 2-26

Restoring the Printer Default Configuration 2-27

Maintaining the Printer

Inspecting the Printer 3-3

Components to Maintain 3-3

Cleaning the Printer 3-4

Cleaning the Printhead 3-4

Cleaning the Drive Roller and the Tear Bar 3-5

Cleaning the Media Path 3-6

Cleaning the Heavy-Duty Cutter Assembly 3-7

Cleaning the 4630 Standard Cutter Assembly 3-8

Cleaning the Printer Cover 3-8

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Checklist 4-3

Printer Operation Problems 4-4

Print Quality Problems 4-5

Communications Problems 4-6

Error Messages 4-6

Error Codes 4-11

Using the Print Tests 4-12

Printing Data Sent From the Host 4-13

Increasing Available Memory 4-14

Print Quality 4-14

Media Selection 4-14

Print Speed 4-15

Formats 4-15

Dark Adjust 4-15

Printhead Aging 4-15

4630 and 4830 Bar Code Label Printers User’s Manual

viii

Designing Labels Using IPL Commands

Using Label Formats 5-3

Storing Label Formats 5-3

Designing and Creating a Label Format 5-3

Defining Label Design Fields 5-8

Bar Code Fields 5-8

Human-Readable Fields 5-9

Downloading User-Defined Fonts 5-9

Lines and Boxes 5-12

Graphics 5-14

Editing Label Formats and Working With Fields 5-15

Editing Existing Fields 5-16

Deleting Fields 5-17

Positioning Fields 5-18

Rotating Fields 5-19

Scaling Fields 5-19

Magnifying Fonts and Character Fields 5-20

Magnifying Bar Code Fields 5-20

Designing Pages 5-21

Creating User-Defined Graphics 5-21

Creating User-Defined Fonts 5-24

Label Format Example 5-27

Intermec Printer Language Commands

Command Set Summary 6-3

Listing IPL Commands by Name 6-4

Listing IPL Commands by Command Syntax 6-8

Listing Printer Commands by Function 6-12

Immediate Commands 6-12

Program Mode Commands 6-12

Print Mode Commands 6-16

Immediate Commands 6-19

Abort Print Job 6-19

Error Code, Request 6-19

Contents

Label and Gap Length, Transmit 6-19

Remaining Quantity and Batch Counts, Transmit 6-20

Reset 6-20

Status Dump 6-20

Status Enquiry 6-20

Print Mode Commands 6-21

Alphanumeric Field Separator 6-21

Batch Count, Set 6-22

Clear All Data 6-22

Clear Data From Current Field 6-22

Command Terminator 1 6-22

Command Terminator 2 6-22

Configuration Parameters, Transmit 6-23

Cut 6-23

Data Shift – International Characters 6-23

Field, Select 6-23

Field Decrement, Set 6-24

Field Increment, Set 6-24

First Data Entry Field, Select 6-24

Font, Transmit 6-24

Form Feed 6-25

Format, Select 6-25

Format, Transmit 6-25

Increment/Decrement, Disable 6-25

Memory Usage, Transmit 6-26

Next Data Entry Field, Select 6-26

Numeric Field Separator 6-26

Options Selected, Transmit 6-26

Page, Select 6-27

Page, Transmit 6-27

Print 6-27

Printhead Parameters, Transmit 6-27

Program Mode, Enter 6-27

Program Number, Transmit 6-28

Quantity Count, Set 6-28

Start/Stop Characters, Print 6-28

Test and Service Mode, Enter 6-28

User-Defined Characters, Transmit 6-28

User-Defined Tables, Transmit 6-29

Warm Boot 6-29

Configuration Commands 6-30

Auto-Transmit 1, Enable 6-30

Auto-Transmit 2, Enable 6-30

4630 and 4830 Bar Code Label Printers User’s Manual

Auto-Transmit 3, Enable 6-31

Auto-Transmit 1, 2, and 3, Disable 6-31

Control Panel Access Permission, Set 6-31

Cutter, Enable/Disable 6-31

Dark Adjust, Set 6-32

End-of-Print Skip Distance, Set 6-32

IBM Language Translation, Enable/Disable 6-32

Intercharacter Delay, Set 6-33

Label Rest Point, Adjust 6-33

Label Retract, Enable/Disable 6-33

Label Retract Distance, Set 6-34

Label Stock Type, Select 6-34

Maximum Label Length, Set 6-34

Message Delay, Set 6-34

Online/Offline on Power Up 6-35

Postamble, Set 6-35

Preamble, Set 6-35

Print Speed, Set 6-35

Printer Language, Select 6-36

Self-Strip, Enable/Disable 6-36

Top of Form, Set 6-36

TTR/Direct Thermal Media Grade, Select 6-37

Program Mode Commands 6-37

Bar Code, Select Type 6-38

Code 39 6-39

Code 93 6-39

Interleaved 2 of 5 6-39

Code 2 of 5 6-40

Codabar 6-40

Code 11 6-40

Code 128 6-41

UPC/EAN 6-41

HIBC Code 39 6-42

Code 16K 6-43

Code 49 6-43

POSTNET 6-43

PDF417 6-43

Code One 6-45

Maxicode 6-48

HIBC Code 128 6-50

Bar Code Field, Create/Edit 6-50

Bitmap Cell Height for Graphic or UDF, Define 6-51

Bitmap Cell Width for Graphic or UDF, Define 6-51

Bitmap User-Defined Font, Clear/Create 6-52

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