Qoltec 50242 Bedienungsanleitung

USER GUIDE

THERMAL PRINTER

MODEL: 50242

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Table of Contents 
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 
1 Safety warnings................................................................................................................................................................ 3 
2 Safety notice....................................................................................................................................................................... 3 
General information ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3 
1 Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 
2 Main features ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 
Printer parts......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 
Paper roll installation...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 
Specification......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 
1 Specification table.................................................................................................................................................................... 6 
Setting up the printer ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 
1 Unpacking..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 
2 Power cable connection....................................................................................................................................................... 7 
3 Data cable connection........................................................................................................................................................... 7 
4 Media installation..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 
Power on utilities.............................................................................................................................................................................. 8 
1 Self-test ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 
2 Gap sensor calibration........................................................................................................................................................... 8 
3 Dump mode................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 
4 Skip AUTO.BAS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 
5 Printer initialization ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 
Indicators and buttons................................................................................................................................................................... 9 
1 Indicators ................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 
2 Buttons....................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 
Maintenance..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 
1 Printer cleaning....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 
 
 
 

1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing out thermal label printer. This product has high printing quality and performance at

economic price. Thermal printer is easy in use and has powerful functions.

CAUTION, NOTE

CAUTION: CAUTIONS MUST BE OBEYED TO AVOID MINOR INJURY TO YOURSELF, DAMAGE TO

EQUIPMENT, OR LOSS OF DATA.

NOTE: IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND TIPS FOR PRINTERS OPERATION.

1.1 Safety warnings

Please read the below warnings and notes carefully before using the printer.

CAUTION: DO NOT TOUCH THE THERMAL HEAD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS DURING USE OR

IMMEDIATELY AFTER USE. AFTER PRINTING, THE THERMAL HEAD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS CAN

BE VERY HOT.

CAUTION: DO NOT TOUCH THE PRINTER HEAD AND PLUG-IN PARTS TO AVOID DAMAGE OF THE

THERMAL HEAD.

CAUTION: DO NOT TOUCH THE PAPER TEAR-OFF KNIFE TO AVOID GETTING HARM.

1.2 Safety notice

•Do not damage the thermal head by touching it with your fingers or any hard object.

•Do not touch the cutter blade.

•Do not bend the power cord excessively or place any heavy objects onto it.

•Do not use printer when it is out of order. This may cause a fire or/and electrocution.

•Always hold the plug , not the cord when connecting or disconnecting the plug.

•Keep the desiccant out of children’s reach.

•Use only approved accessories and do not try to disassemble, repair or remodel it by yourself.

•Install the printer on the stable surface. Choose firm, flat surface to avoid vibration.

•Do not let water or other foreign objects into inside of the printer.

•Do not connect a telephone line into peripheral drive connector.

•We recommend to unplug the printer from the power outlet if no use it for long period.

2. General information

2.1 Introduction

Thermal label printer is designed for real-time batch label printing, which is applicable in the field of

transportation, logistics, post, retail sale etc. The printer can be connected to other equipment with various

interface cards, such as: parallel, serial, USB and LAN. It supports different paper media, including thermal

paper roll, thermal label paper and sticker paper.

The printer provides direct thermal printing at selectable printing speed of 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 inches per

second. It accepts roll feed, die-cut and fan-fold labels. All common bar code formants are available.

Font and bar codes can be printed in 4 directions and in 1 to 10 times enlargement size. High performance and

efficiency of label printing save your time.

2.2 Main features

•Support thermal paper roll, thermal label paper and sticker paper.

•Support printing media width from 16 mm to 82 mm.

•Auto paper adjusting function.

•Auto temperature control for durable printing.

•Module design for different application.

3. Printer parts

1 –top cover

2 –base housing

3 –top cover open button

4 –backing paper opening

5 –label opening

6 –feed button

7 –pause button

8 –error indicator

9 –online/power indicator

10 –power switch

11 –power jack

12 –cashdrawer jack

13 –parallel interface

14 –USB interface

15 –serial interface

16 –printer head

17 –paper roll

18 –label guide

19 –paper presence

sensor

20 –peel-off roller

lever

21 –light

transmission sensor

light source

22 –paper roll spindle

23 –light

transmission sensor

receiver

24 –peel-off spindle

25 –peel off

roller

4. Paper roll installation

1. Insert the paper roll spindle into a paper roll, and place the paper roll into the printer. Fixing tab on the

paper roll spindle should be inside the internal paper roll mount. Adjust the paper roll spindle with the

paper roll mount.

(1) Press the top cover open buton

and the top cover lift

Paper roll

Press the top cover open button and the

top cover lift.

(2) Insert the paper roll spindle into the paper roll and adjust the spindle position to make it in the center

of the paper roll.

(3) Place the paper roll into the internal paper roll mount. Please make sure that the paper printing side

face up as shown in the below picture

5. Specification

5.1 Specification table

Parameter

Printing method

Direct thermal

Resolution

203 dpi

Print width

16 –82 mm

Print speed

Max. 127mm/s | Min. 50.8mm/s

Memory

Dram: 2M | Flash: 2M (XP-330B)

Dram: 4M | Flash: 4M (XP-350B)

Printer head temperature

sensor

Thermal sensitive resistance

Printer head position sensor

Micro switch

Paper direction sensor

Photoelectricity sensor

Interface

Parallel | RS-232 | USB | LAN

RS-232 + USB + LAN

Bar code

Font

Graphics

Bar code

CODE128 | EAN128 | ITF | CODE39 | EAN13 |

EAN13+2 | EAN13+5 | EAN8 | EAN8+2 |

EAN8+5 | CODABAR | POSTNET | UPC-A |

UPCA+2 | UPCA+5 | UPC-E | UPCE+2 | UPC-

E+5 | CPOST | MSI | MSIC | PLESSEY | ITF14 |

EAN14

Internal font

From 0 to 8

Simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese and Korean

Enlargement & rotation

1 to 10 times enlargement in both directions

00, 900, 1800, 2700rotation

Graphics

Mono PCX and BMP files can be downloaded into

FLASH and DRAM

Media

Media type

Continuous, sticker, fan-fold etc.

Media width

16 mm ~ 82 mm

Media diameter

Max. 80 mm or outer label paper roll

Media core diameter

Min. 25 mm

Paper off mode

Tear off and peel off

Power

Input

24VDC | 2.5A

Environment condition

Work

5 ~ 450C | 20 –80%RH

Storage

-40 ~ 550C, ≤93%RH (400C)

Physical dimension

Diameter (L x W x H)

214.50 x 134 x 147 mm

220 x 148 x 150 mm

Weight

1.5 kg

1.44 kg

The printer supports both continuous and non-continuous paper:

a) Continuous type: paper roll

b) Non-continuous type:

•Label roll,

•Sticker paper.

6. Setting up the printer

6.1 Unpacking

Please unpack the printer package and inspect the parts according to the packing list. If any parts are missing

or damaged, please contact the customer service of your reseller or distributor.

6.2 Power cable connection

1. Make sure that printer power switch is in OFF position.

2. The printer power jack is a 3-pin socket and for 24V DC power input. Please plug the DC cord

connector into the printer’s power jack properly.

CAUTION:

•Avoid pulling the power cord, otherwise any damages may cause a fire or electrocution.

•Avoid placing the power cord around other overheated equipment to prevent power cord melting,

which may cause a fire or electrocution.

6.3 Data cable connection

1. Make sure that the printer power switch is in OFF position.

2. Plug the data cable connector into the printer’s interface properly.

3. Plug the other end of data cable with the host computer.

CAUTION:

•Please do not plug the data cable when the printer power is ON.

6.4 Media installation

To install the sticker paper and label roll, please refer to chapter 4 “Paper roll installation”.

7. Power on utilities

There are five power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware. These utilities are activated by pressing

FEED button and PAUSE button.

7.1 Self-test

To start the printer self-test, please follow the below steps:

1. Turn off the printer power.

2. Make sure that the paper roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed.

3. Press the FEED button and turn on the printer power simultaneously. When the self-test paper

comes out, release the FEED button.

7.2 Gap sensor calibration

Gap sensor sensitivity should be calibrated at the following conditions:

1. A brand new printer.

2. Label stock changed.

3. Printer initialization.

This function is to reset the label gap sensor sensitivity when the printer is turned on. User needs to start the

calibration of the gap sensor sensitivity after loading a different type of label roll or when the printer has been

initialized.

Please follow the steps below to calibrate the gap sensor:

1. Turn off the printer power.

2. Make sure the label roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed.

3. Press and hold on the PAUSE button, then turn on the printer power. The printer will automatically

calibrate the gap sensor sensitivity and save the gap length into DRAM. Then release the PAUSE

button.

7.3 Dump mode

Please follow the steps below:

1. Turn off the printer power.

2. Make sure the label roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed.

3. Press and hold on the PAUSE button and FEED button, then turn on the printer power. When the

POWER indicator (blue light) and ERROR indicator (red light) light simultaneously, release both

buttons. The printer is changed to dump mode and is printing as below chart:

7.4 Skip AUTO.BAS

User can download an auto execution file (AUTO.BAS) to flash memory. Printer will run the AUTO.BAS program

immediately when turning on printer power. The AUTO.BAS program can be interrupted by the power-on

utility.

Please follow the steps below to skip the AUTO.BAS:

1. Turn off the printer.

2. Press and hold on the PAUSE button, then turn on the printer power. When the POWER indicator

(blue light) dims and ERROR indicator (red light) light, release both buttons. The printer skips running

the AUTO.BAS program. Then the POWER indicator lights.

7.5 Printer initialization

Printer initialization is used to clear DRAM and restore printer settings to defaults. Please do the gap sensor

sensitivity calibration after the printer initialization.

Please follow the steps below to initialize the printer:

1. Turn off the printer power.

2. Press and hold on the PAUSE button and FEED button, then turn on the printer power. When the

POWER indicator (blue light) lights and ERROR indicator (red light) dims, release both buttons. The

printer DRAM is cleared and printer settings are restored to defaults.

8. Indicators and buttons

The printer has:

1. Two indicators:

a) POWER indicator in blue light b) ERROR indicator in red light

2. Two buttons:

a) PAUSE b) FEED

8.1 Indicators

Item

Indicators status

Descriptions

POWER indicator is ON

ERROR indicator is OFF

Printer is powered on and in normal mode

POWER indicator flashes slowly (640ms)

ERROR indicator is OFF

Printer is paused

POWER indicator flashes fast (160ms)

ERROR indicator is OFF

Printed label is peeled-off but not taken off

POWER indicator is OFF

ERROR indicator flashes slowly (640ms)

Paper cover is opened

POWER indicator is OFF

ERROR indicator flashes slowly (640ms)

Paper shortage or gap sensor calibrated error

POWER indicator flashes fast (160ms)

ERROR indicator flashes fast (160ms)

Printer overheated protection is activated. After 1 minute, the printer

will check again the temperature of printer head. If the temperature is

right, printer resumes working.

8.2 Buttons

Item

Function

Description

Feed

Press the FEDD button when POWER indicator is on and ERROR indicator is off. It feeds the label to

the beginning of the next label.

Pause

Press the feed button during printing to suspend it

Self-test

1. Turn off the printer power

2. Make sure that the paper roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed.

3. Press the FEED button and turn on the printer power simultaneously. When the self-test

paper comes out, release the FEED button.

Gap sensor

calibration

1. Turn off the printer power.

2. Make sure that the paper roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed.

3. Press and hold on the PAUSE button, then turn on the printer power. The printer will

automatically calibrate the gap sensor sensitivity and save the gap length into DRAM. After

that release the PAUSE button.

Dump mode

1. Turn off the printer power.

2. Make sure that the paper roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed.

3. Press and hold on the PAUSE button and the FEED button, then turn on the printer power.

When the POWER indicator (blue light) and ERROR indicator (red light) light simultaneously,

release both buttons. The printer is changed to dump mode.

9. Maintenance

9.1 Printer cleaning

To ensure the best printing quality, please proceed this maintenance section to keep your printer in good

condition and to extend its life.

Please use one of the following material to clean the printer:

•Cotton swab

•Lint-free cloth

•Vacuum / blower brush

•100% ethanol

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