Honeywell PM42 User manual

PM42
Mid-Range Printer
User Manual

ii PM42 Mid-Range Printer User Manual
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Contents
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Contents
Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Product Service and Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Send Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
1 About the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About the PM42 Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Printer Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
About the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About the Ready-to-Work Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About the Print Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About the Navigation Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About the Ready Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About the Onscreen Keypads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
About the Printer Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About Printer Command Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About Fingerprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About Direct Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About IPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About ZSim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About DSim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About Smart Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How to Set the Printer Command Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Set the Command Language from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Set the Command Language from the Printer Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Printer Options and Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Set Up the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About Tear-Off Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Load Media for Tear-Off Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Load Media from an External Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
About Ribbon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Load Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Connect the Printer to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Print a Test Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
How to Create and Print Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3 Connect the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About Printer Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Install Printer Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
How to Connect the Printer to Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connect the Printer with a Serial Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connect the Printer with a USB Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connect the Printer with an IEEE 1284 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connect the Printer to an Ethernet Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
About the USB Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connect a USB Storage Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4 Configure the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
About the Printer Configuration Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
How to Configure the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configure the Printer from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Restrict Access to the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configure the Printer from the Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configure the Printer with PrintSet 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
How to Configure the Printer with Programming Commands. . . . . . . . . . . 37
How to Configure the Printer with SmartSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
About Printer Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Save a Printer Profile from the Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Load a Printer Profile from the Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Save a Printer Profile from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Load a Printer Profile from the Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
How to Load a Printer Profile with Programming Commands . . . . . . . . . . 40
How to Upload Files to the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Upload Files from the Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
How to Set Up a USB Storage Device to Upload Files to the Printer. . . . . 42
Upload Files from a USB Storage Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Export a Configuration File to a USB Storage Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Import a Configuration File from a USB Storage Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Change the Background Image for the Ready Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Create Menu Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Customize the Printer Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5 Troubleshoot the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Contact Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
About Printer System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
About Printer Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
View Printer Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Check Printhead Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
About Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Set Error, Warning, and Information Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
About Maintenance Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Set Maintenance Alerts from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Set Maintenance Alerts from the Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
How to Configure Error Alert Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configure Error Alert Notifications from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . 52
Configure Error Alert Notifications from the Web Page. . . . . . . . . 52
Maintenance and Error Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Problems and Possible Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to Restore Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Restore Default Settings from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Restore Default Settings from the Printer Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Restore Default Settings with a Hardware-Based Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
How to Upgrade the Printer Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Download the Printer Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Upgrade Firmware from the Printer Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Upgrade Firmware from a USB Storage Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6 Maintain the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
How to Clean the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Clean the Printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Clean the Media Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
How to Clean the Exterior of the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Replace the Printhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Replace the Platen Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
How to Adjust the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Adjust Ribbon Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adjust the Printhead Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Adjust the Printhead Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjust the Label Gap and Black Mark Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
A Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
RS-232 Serial Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
USB Device Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
USB Host Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Ethernet Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
B Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Default Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Serial Port Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Ethernet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Media Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Print Quality Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
General System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Manage I/O Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Manage Services Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
C Print Labels with INPrint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
About the INPrint Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Print INPrint Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Predefined INPrint Label Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Customer Support
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Support > Service and Repair. Contact your service center to obtain a
Return Material Authorization number (RMA #) before you return the
product.
To obtain warranty or non-warranty service, return your product to
Honeywell (postage paid) with a copy of the dated purchase record.
Limited Warranty
For warranty information, go to www.honeywellaidc.com and click
Resources > Warranty.
The limited duration of the warranty for the PM42 printer is as follows:
•The duration of the limited warranty for printers is one year.
•The duration of the limited warranty for the printhead is six months.
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Warning: Moving parts are exposed when the cover is open. Make
sure the cover is closed before you operate the printer.
Warning: The printhead/motor may be hot. Allow the printhead/
motor to cool.
Warning: Do not put your fingers inside the print mechanism when
the power is on.
Warning: The tear bar contains sharp edges. Keep fingers and
other body parts away from the tear bar.
Caution: Read and review the warnings in this manual carefully
before connecting the printer.
Caution: Observe all safety and accident prevention regulations
applicable to your specific region and application.
Caution: Do not spray the printer with water. If you are using a host
to clean the premises in an industrial environment, remove the
printer or protect it carefully from spray and moisture.
Caution: You must implement both hardware and software safety
precautions to prevent the possibility of undefined system states.
Caution: You must make sure that dangerous conditions cannot
occur under any circumstances, even for a brief period of time.
Caution: Carefully read the warning text on the envelope before
using a cleaning card.
Caution: To reduce the risk of electric shock or fire, keep the cover
closed and turn off the printer when not in use. No user-serviceable
parts inside.

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About the Printer
This chapter introduces the PM42 printer and describes
printer features and basic printer operation.

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About the PM42 Printer
The PM42 printer is a rugged label printer that include integrated
Ethernet, RS-232, and USB interfaces. The printer includes these
features:
•Print speeds of up to 10 ips (406 dpi printhead) and 12 ips (203 and
300 dpi printhead)
•USB host port to connect storage devices, scanners, or keyboards
•USB device port to connect to a desktop PC
•Support for these printer programming languages: Fingerprint,
Intermec Printer Language (IPL), Direct Protocol, DSim, ZSim, and
Smart Printing.
Printer Features
Use these illustrations to familiarize yourself with the printer features.
PM42 Front View
User interface
Mediacover
Print button

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PM42 Internal View
PM42 Back View
Printhead lever
Gap sensor adjustment wheel
Ribbon takeup
Ribbon supply
Mediahanger
Dancer guide
Edge guide
On/off switch
Ethernet port
RS-232 serial port
USB device port
USB host port
AC Power

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About the Front Panel
The front panel includes the Ready-to-Work indicator, the Print button,
navigation buttons, and a screen.
PM42 Front Panel
About the Ready-to-Work Indicator
The Ready-to-Work indicator turns on when the printer is ready to print.
PM42
Screen
Navigation
buttons
Ready-to-Wor
k
indicator
Print button
Ready-to-Work Indicator Status
Status Description
On Printer is ready for a print job.
Blinking Printer is not ready for a print job.
Off Printer is turned off, not communicating, or not ready to print.
For example, the printer may still be starting up, or a
firmware upgrade is underway.

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About the Print Button
Use the Print button to start and stop print jobs and feed media.
About the Navigation Buttons
Use the navigation buttons to move through the screen.
Print Button Behavior
Printer State Print Button Behavior
Starting •Press the Print button to enter Calibration mode.
•If the printhead is lifted, press the Print button to
restore default settings.
Ready •Press the Print button to advance media.
•Press and hold the Print button for more than two
seconds to perform a test feed.
•If the print key feature is enabled, press the Print
button to reprint the last print job.
Printing Press the Print button to stop or pause printing. The
printer will stop after it completely prints one label.
Paused Press the Print button to resume printing.
Error Press the Print button to advance media if possible.
Navigation Buttons
Button Description
Menu/Home button. Toggles between the Ready screen and
the Main Menu. If you create menu shortcuts, the Main Menu
is replaced by the Quick Choices menu. The Main Menu
appears as the first item in the Quick Choices list. For help,
see “Create Menu Shortcuts” on page 45.
Directional pad. Use the arrow buttons ( , , , or ) to
highlight an item on the screen. Press the Enter ( ) button
to select the highlighted item or save settings in a menu or
list.
Back button. Returns to the previous menu or page, or stops
a running Fingerprint application.

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About the Ready Screen
After the printer completes the startup process, the Ready screen
appears. By default, the screen displays the printer command language.
You can customize the screen to display different kinds of information.
Ready Screen
The status bar at the top of the screen displays information and status
icons.
Information and Status Icons
Icon Description
Printer Information. Select this icon to view basic printer
information.
Connectivity. Blinks when data is moving through a wired
connection to the printer.

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About the Main Menu
The Main Menu contains features to help you configure and manage
your printer.
Note: The printer cannot print while the Main Menu is on the screen.
Main Menu Items
Item Description
Programs. Lists the programs installed on the printer. This list
includes utility programs provided as part of the printer firmware,
as well as programs you installed on the printer. The Programs
menu item only appears if the printer command language is set
to Fingerprint.
Settings. Lets you view and change printer settings.
Tools. Lets you print test labels, manage a connected USB
storage device, restore printer default settings, save and load
printer profiles, and configure menu item shortcuts.
Wizards. Lists the wizards you can use to configure printing,
communications, and calibration.

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About the Onscreen Keypads
When you select a setting that requires you to type characters, an
alphanumeric or numeric keypad appears.
Alphanumeric Keypad Numeric Keypad
To access the extended numeric keypad, select the 123 key on the
alphanumeric keypad.
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Extended Numeric Keypad

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About the Printer Wizards
The printer wizards can help you quickly configure printing and
communications settings.
Printing Wizards
Name Description
Media Setup Select media and printing type (DT or TTR), media
width, length, and X-margin, Start and Stop Adjust
values, and print speed.
Print Quality Prints a series of labels to test print quality.
Loading Media Shows how to load media.
Loading Ribbon (TTR printers only) Shows how to load a roll of ribbon.
Communications Wizard
Name Description
Line Analyzer Logs all incoming data on all communications
channels and saves the data to a log file.
Calibration Wizards
Name Description
Media Calibrates the label stop sensor and displays current
print settings.
Date & Time Calibrates date and time settings, such as time zone.
Lets you set the date and time and specify the format.

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About Printer Command Languages
A printer command language is a set of instructions that controls printer
functions:
•Configure the printer.
•Return the status of the printer.
•Control peripheral devices.
•Format a label or receipt for printing.
The printer supports these command languages and language simulator
support options:
•Fingerprint (default)
•Direct Protocol
•IPL (Intermec Printer Language)
•ZSim (Zebra Programming Language, ZPL, command language
simulator)
•DSim (DPL command language simulator)
•Smart Printing
About Fingerprint
Fingerprint is a BASIC-inspired general purpose printer language. Use
Fingerprint to design custom label formats and write printer application
software. If you plan to run Smart Printing applications directly on the
printer, without connecting to a PC, select Fingerprint as your printer
command language. For more information, see the Fingerprint
Command Reference.
About Direct Protocol
Direct Protocol (DP) is a subset of Fingerprint that uses a more intuitive
English-like syntax. This flexible host-based printer command language
can also be used with Smart Printing applications. Direct Protocol lets
you combine predefined layouts and variable data to create labels,
tickets, and tags. If you are using bar code software, like BarTender,
select Direct Protocol as your printer command language.

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About IPL
IPL (Intermec Printer Language) is a host-based printer command
language. Use IPL to design, modify, and download label formats; write
printer application software; and configure the printer. If you are sending
IPL label files to the printer, select IPL as your printer command
language. For more information, see the IPL Command Reference.
About ZSim
ZSim (ZPL command language simulator) interprets Zebra™ programs
(ZPL II or later) without requiring any host programming changes. If you
are sending ZPL label files to the printer, select ZSim as your printer
command language. For more information, see the ZSim Command
Reference.
About DSim
DSim (DPL command language simulator) interprets Datamax™ data
streams without requiring any host programming changes. If you are
sending DPL label files to the printer, select DSim as your printer
command language. For more information, see the DSim Command
Reference.
About Smart Printing
Smart Printing refers to the ability of the printer to independently run
printing operations without being connected to a host computer. If you
are running printer-based applications written in C#, select Smart
Printing as your printer command language.
How to Set the Printer Command
Language
Use one of these methods to change the printer command language:
•Main Menu
•Printer Web page
•PrintSet 5. For help, see “Configure the Printer with PrintSet 5”
on page 37.

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Set the Command Language from the Main Menu
You can use the Settings option from the Main Menu to change the
printer command language.
1From the Main Menu, select Settings > System Settings > General.
2Press to scroll down to Command Language.
3Press or to select a different command language.
4Press to save your changes.
If you are prompted to enter a password for DSim or ZSim, the
password is 1138. To return to the Fingerprint menu system from
DSim or ZSim, the password is 8311.
Set the Command Language from the Printer Web
Page
To set the command language from the printer web page, you need to
turn on the printer and connect to your Ethernet network.
1Make sure that the printer has media and ribbon (if necessary)
installed.
2On your PC, open a Web browser.
3In the Location or Address bar, type the printer IP address and
press Enter. The printer web page appears.
4Click Login. The Login page appears.
5Type your Username and Password and click Login. The default
username is itadmin and the default password is pass.
6Click the Configure tab.