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DPP-350
Thermal Printer
User Manual
Infinite Peripherals, Inc.
www.ipcprint.com
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DPP-350 User Manual v1.09
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Legal notice The Bluetooth ® word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Infinite Peripherals is under license. Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DPP-350 User Manual v1.09
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Contents Contents............................................................................................... 3 Technical Data..................................................................................... 4 Box Contents....................................................................................... 5 Compatible Devices ............................................................................ 6 Getting Started ............................................................
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Technical Data Feature Specifications Printing method Line thermal dot printing Printing speed 60mm/sec at 8.5V drive Print Width 72mm Dot density 8dots/mm (203 dpi) Resident fonts A: 12 x 24 dots B: 9 x 16 dots Loadable fonts C: 12 x 24 dots D: 9 x 16 dots Font A, C – 48 Characters per line Printing columns Font B, D – 64 Characters per line Logo 1 Black & White BMP format ( 1-bit per pixel) Registration Size: 576 x 248 Memory 1 Mega bit Flash memory Resident EAN
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Box Contents Your IPC DPP-350 comes with the following items listed below: Item Part Number Descriptions Image 1 DPP-350xx DPP-350 Thermal printer 2 - AC charger 3 - 1 Roll of thermal paper 4 - User's manual Table 2 Software ( Drivers & SDK ): Because of the continually evolving Driver & SDK to support new mobile devices, Drivers & SDK are distributed online and is available for download at our website indicated below. For details on using the DPP-350 Drivers & SD
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Compatible Devices ® The DPP-350 (Serial & USB) / DPP-350 (Bluetooth ) portable thermal printer is designed specifically for use with most PDA & Smartphone devices. The DPP-350 can be used in a variety of applications where Printing / Card Reading is required. User Notes: Compatibility depends on the type of communication method ® “Serial / USB / Bluetooth ” your PDA or Smartphone supports and the availability of DPP-350 driver for your device. • Determine the method o
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Getting Started The IPC DPP-350 allows you to printer information from your PDA & Smartphone. Before using the DPP-350 thermal printer the battery should be properly charged. The following Quick Start guide will help to get your DPP-350 ready for use. Quick Start: Where to find more Steps What to do Purpose information Charge the The Lithium Ion DPP-350 battery pack rechargeable should be fully 1 Charging Battery, Page 9 battery pack as charged before recommended in use to
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About Your DPP-350 ♦ DPP-350 left view Paper Cover Lever Power On/Off Switch Paper Feed Serial RS232 Magnetic Card Reader Figure 1 ♦ DPP-350 right view Charging LED ON/OFF & Error LED Reader LED Mini USB Port Charger Input Smart Card Reader (Optional) Figure 2 Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DPP-350 User Manual v1.09
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Charging the DPP-350: The DPP-350 uses a Lithium Ion rechargeable battery pack. Before first use, the DPP-350 battery pack should be charged for at least 4 hours. To prevent electrical damage to the DPP-350 and/or battery pack, please use approved AC Charger only. Solid RED = charging Solid GREEN = fully charged (~4 hrs.) AC Charger Figure 3 Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Status & Operating Modes The DPP-350 uses LEDs to indicate various conditions of operation. This may be charging, active or online, battery low conditions. The following explains these conditions and LED indication. Charging LED Line Feed Button Power Button ON/OFF & Error LED Figure 4 Printer Status Solid GREEN = Battery at full charge Charging LED Solid RED = Battery charging Power ON Flashing once per second = Low battery Low / No Paper Status LED Flash
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Loading Paper The DPP-350 uses a drop-and-load design making paper loading easy and trouble free. To load paper, simply lift up the paper cover latch and drop in the new roll as shown in the steps below. 1. Lift the paper cover latch to unlock the paper cover as shown in the figure on the right. Figure 5 2. Lift the paper cover. 3. Drop in the new roll of thermal media (Stand Paper or Labels) as shown in the figure on the left. Be
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Power On Self-test The DPP350’s LF switch/button is used for entering various printer modes. These modes can be used to assist developers in debugging problems related to programming and communication. The following explain how to access the various operating modes. Step #1: Make sure the printer is OFF (On-line LED is OFF) before performing step #2. Step #2: Press and hold the line feed button (LF). While pressing the (LF) button, press the (ON) button
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Self-test The DPP-350 has a built-in test pattern that shows the printer’s current configuration 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 printed activated. • Resident font sizes • Characters per line • Text formatting • Resident character set • Resident barcode symbols • Printer’s Configuration
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Dip Switch Settings The DPP-350 is designed to use different methods of communications. Care must be taken to ensure that the DIP Switches are not changed from its default factory configuration unless required. ♦ DIP SWITCH SETTINGS: The printer has two absolutely different operation modes. They are determined by the state of switch Sw2: • OFF ESC/POS mode • ON Hex Dump mode These two modes have absolutely different list of commands that are both described below. As the d
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DIP Switch Location Figure 9 DIP Switch Figure 10 Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DPP-350 User Manual v1.09
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Memory Switch Settings The DPP350 uses nonvolatile memory for storing some of the printer default configuration. The following table shows the available options. Memory Switch Options Memory Switch 1000000010 (see command reference GS command) BAUD RATE 115200 bps POWER OFF TIME 10 minutes PRINT DENSITY 100% CHARACTER TABLE WESTERN (1252) Table 7 Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Setting Memory Switch ♦ MEMORY SWITCH SETTINGS: Step #1: Make sure the printer is OFF (STATUS LED is OFF) before performing step #2. Step #2: Press and hold the line feed button (LF). While pressing the (LF) button, press and hold the (ON) button until the status LED display solid RED. Step #3: Release the (ON) button and count (2) Beeps or until the next solid RED LED is displayed. Release LF button and follow the instruction printed. Not
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Memory Switch Details ♦ SW1: Enable/Disable buzzer. ♦ SW2: Execute Carriage Return as Line Feed. ♦ SW3: Disable Line Feed command. ♦ SW4-7: Reserved for future features. ♦ SW8: Prevents others from discovering printer when set to ENABLE. Must be set after pairing is completed. ♦ SW9: Allow the use of USB port for communications. ♦ SW10: (OFF) set USB as the host mode. Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Pa
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Pairing Info Details ♦ BAUD RATE: Default is 115200 ♦ AUTO OFF TIME: Default is 5 minutes ♦ PRINT DENSITY: Default is 100% ♦ CHARACTER TABLE: Default is WESTERN (1252) ♦ PAIRING INFO: DEFAULT is (SAVE = No) Notes: When saving pairing information, the printer remembers Bluetooth information of the last device connected (paired) to the printer. Saving pairing info prevents the printer from asking for passkey upon initialization. The process for using this option is describe
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Communication Configuration The following default configurations are used for the different communication methods. ♦ Bluetooth: Memory Switch Options Memory Switch ( 1 thru 10 ) 1000000010 (see page 16, 17, 18) Physical Switch Options DIP Switch (1, 2, 3 ,4) OFF, OFF, OFF, ON (see page 14) Table 8 ♦ USB: Memory Switch Options Memory Switch ( 1 thru 10 ) 1000000010 (see page 16, 17, 18) Physical Switch Options DIP Switch (1, 2, 3 ,4) OFF, OFF, OFF, ON (see page 14)
