Oki OKIPOS X400 User manual

Copyright © 2008 Oki Data Americas, Inc. All rights reserved.
X400 Setup Guide P/N 59309601 Revision 1.0
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and
up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control.
The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other
manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it.
Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute
endorsement by Oki.
While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful
as possible, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or
completeness of the information contained herein.
Copyright © 2008 Oki Data Americas, Inc. Tous droits réservés.
X400 Guide d’installation N° réf. 59309601 N° réf. 1.0
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relativement à l’exactitude et à l’intégrité de l’information contenue dans les présentes.
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FCC WARNING
Ythe
sible for compliance could void your authority to operate the
T ect to
e received,
T
e
radio
H is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
If
he
try to correct the interference by one or more of the
- o an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
ou are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by
party respon
equipment.
his device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subj
the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interferenc
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
his equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits ar
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
owever, there
installation.
this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, t
user is encouraged to
following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment int
the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

AC power cord with ferri te core must be used for RF interference suppression.

Table of Contents
1. What You Get........................................................................................2
...7
..7
r type......................................................9
. Using the Printer.................................................................................10
4.1 Printing a self-test label ..............................................................10
4.2 Feeding blank labels
4.3 Label reprint................................................................................11
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4.6 Printing labels .............................................................................12
ands ..........................13
r Specif .14
2. Safety Precautions.................................................................................3
2.1 Markings and symbols..................................................................3
3. Setup ..................................................................................................
3.1 Loading labels or tags...................................................................7
3.2 Loading ribbon............................................................................
3.3 Selecting the label senso
4
...................................................................10
4.4 Sending data to the printer
4.5 Resetting the printer....................................................................
4.7 Controlling the printer using direct comm
5. Printe ications.........................................................................

1. What
2
You Get
Thank you for purchasing the OKIPOS X400. To provide outstanding
customer services worldwid her worldwide
ubsidiaries, value-added resellers and system integrators. Should you require
nce, yo
that
OKIPO
Power Supply
uick
CD-RO
e, OKI Data operates through
s
any assista
Please verify
u may contact any of these parties.
your package contains all these items:
S X400 Printer
90 Watt
User’s Guide
M
Q
Safety/Warranty/Regulatory Guide

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ty P2. Safe recautions
safety precautions about printer operation are explained toI this sec
printer.
n tion,
ensure proper care and usage. Please read these carefully before using your
2.1 Markings and symbols
g sy
u ter co rm
yourself and others. Please read the explanations carefully to be
zed with their meanings.
The followin
se the pr
or injury to
familiari
mbols or markings are used in this quick guide so that you
rrectly which helps to prevent any damage to property, hain
information that, if ignored or
applied incorrectly, creates
This symbol indicates
the
danger of death or serious
personal injury.
applied correctly, creates the
possibility of personal injury or
This symbol indicates
information that, if ignored or
property damage.
Symbol Example
thing you should take
absolute care when doing. The cautions are indicated
The triangle ( ) indicates some
concretely within the symbol. The symbol on the left
indicates caution with electric shock.
A diagonal line with a circle ( ) indicates something
you should not do. The symbol on the left indicates you
should not try to take the unit apart.

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A black circle ( something you need to do.
The symbol on the left indicates you should unplug the unit
from the wall outlet.
) indicates
Liquids
Do not place any containers with water or chemicals, such
as flower vases or cups, as well as small metallic objects
neat the printer. If any of these should fall into the printer,
immediately turn off the power and contact your nearest
er. Continued use creates the danger
te
dealer or service cent
of fire or electrical shock.
rForeign Mat
Do not drop or insert metallic or flammable objects into the
ontact your nearest dealer or service center.
Continued use creates the danger of fire or electrical shock.
ropping and Damage
openings on the printer (such as outlets for cables). If any of
these should fall into the printer, immediately turn off the
power and c
D
Should the printer ever fall or otherwise becomes damaged,
immediately turn off the power and contact your nearest
dealer or service center. Continued use creates the danger of
fire or electrical shock.

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Abnormal Conditions
Continued use of the printer while it is emitting smoke or
strange odor, creates the danger of fire or electrical shock.
ately turn off the power and contact your nearestImmedi
dealer or service center for repairs. Do not try to service the
printer by yourself.
Disassembly
Never try to take the unit apart or modify it in any way.
Doing so creates the danger of fire
Contact your nearest dealer or servor electrical shock. ice center for repairs.
AC Adapter
Should the p
(internal wir
Use only the specified voltage. Using a different voltage may
create the danger of fire or electrical shock.
, damage or modify the power cord. Also, never
e danger of fire or electrical
ower cord ever become seriously damaged
ing exposed or shorted), contact your nearest
dealer or service center. Continued use of such a cord creates
y, excessively bend, twist, or pull the power cord.
o creates the danger of fire or electrical shock.
Never cut
place heavy objects on, set fire to or pull the power cord, as it
can damage the cord and create th
shock.
the danger of fire or electrical shock.
Never modif
Doing s

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Location
Do not locate the printer in areas subjected to high humidity or
dew. If dew forms inside the printer, immediately turn the power
and do not use it until it has dried up. Continued use creates the
danger of electrical shock.
Power
Do
Never operate the power switch, replace the battery pack
unplug the AC adapter or battery charger with wet hands.or
ing so creates the danger of electrical shock.
Thermal Head and Stepping Motor
The thermal head gets very hot after printing. Take care when
replacing labels after printed and when cleaning to avoid
being burned.
the thermal head with bare hands may
e when replacing labels or cleaning to
avoid injury.
urns or electric shock.
Touching the edge of
cause injury. Take car
Do not try to replace the thermal head by yourself. Doing so
creates the danger of injury, b
Cutter (Optional)
han
This part contains a blade. Take care to avoid cutting your
for a long time
ds.
Not using the printer
AC a
Remove the battery pack from the printer and unplug the
Maintenance and Cleaning
dapter from the wall outlet if you do not plan to use the
printer for a long time

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printer.
3. Setup
For safety during maintenance and cleaning, please ensure
the battery pack and the AC adapter are removed from the
3.1 Loading labels or tags
1. Lift the top cover.
2. Press the two print head releases down to unlock the print head module.
. Unwrap the new media, and unwind a few labels from the roll. Labels
should be wound face-in for the best results.
. Slide the center justified paper guides apart until the label roll drops down
between them.
. Place media roll in the paper tray such that the media unwinds from the
bottom of the roll toward the front of the printer. The label image surface
must face up as it passes under the print head.
. Move the purple paper guides in place to fix the label position.
. Lift the print head and slip the free end of the media under the print head
and slide it out the through the front paper exit.
. Lower the printer head and press it down firmly until it locks securely on
both sides.
. Close the top cover.
0. Wait until the ERROR stops blinking and becomes OFF. Press the FEED
button to feed a label or to resume printing.
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4
5
6
7
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3.2 Loading ribbon

The OKIPOS X400 thermal tran
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sfer printer transfers ink from a ribbon to the
1. ift the top cover.
and unwind 4” from the roll. The end of the
a take-up core.
f the supply core and the take-up core.
fit on the corresponding nibs on both the supply and
. Place the left notch of take-up core into the nib of left take-up spindle.
right notch of take-up core into the nib of right take-up spindle.
core
ver
. Place the right end of the supply core into the right spindle, lining up the
Note:
on over the print head without any
to ensure there are no ribbon wrinkles.
11. Lower the print head and press it firmly until it locks securely on both
sides.
label to produce an image.
L
2. Press the two print head releases down to unlock the print head module
and expose the ribbon supply spindles.
3. Unwrap the new ribbon
ribbon is attached to
4. Observe the notches on both end o
These notches must
take-up spindles.
5. Roll several turns of ribbon on the take-up core. The coated side of the
ribbon must be on the outside of the take-up roll.
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7. Place the
8. Pull the ribbon on down the over the print head and insert the supply
onto the left supply spindle, making sure the notches in the core fit o
the nibs.
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notches with the spindle nibs.
Make sure the (coated) dull side of the ribbon is to the outside where it
will be in contact with the label media.
10. Turn the take-up spindle to pull the ribb
slack. Check

12. Close the top cover.
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3. Wait until the ERROR no more blinks and becomes OFF, press the FEED1
button to feed a label or to resume printing.
3.3 Selecting the label sensor type
gap or notch label sensing. The
sensing method use by the printer must match to the media being used. If you
p these
ng
nter using direct commands, you must
OKIPOS X400 printers can use Eye-mark,
are using label printing software, it should provide a mean to set u
parameters. See your software documentation for details. If you are writi
your own software or controlling the pri
use printer commands to set up the printer mode and sensing method.

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4. Using the Printer
4.1 Printing a self-test label
ting a self-test label checks the printer’s overall opPrin erability. To run a self-
st, confirm that the printer is loaded and connected to AC power and no print
. Turn off the power.
3. Turn on the power.
de.
normal operation only you restart the printer.
te
jobs are in process. Then:
1
2. Press and hold the FEED button.
4. After the printer starts printing release the FEED button.
5. After the self-test label finishes printing, the printer will enter dump mo
To return to normal operation, you should restart your printer.
Important!
The printer will be in hex dump mode after printing the self-test label. It
cannot print normal labels in hex dump mode. The printer will return to
4.2 Feeding blank labels
To feed a label, press the FEED button if no image is in the printer buffer. To
clear the printer image buffer you press and hold the FEED button for about 5
seconds and release the FEED button.

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4.3 Label reprint
If the last label printed has not been cleared from the printer buffer, pressing
the FEED button causes the last printed label to be reprinted.
4.4 Sending data to the printer
To print labels using data sent from a host computer or terminal:
1. onnect the host and printer serial or parallel ports together using a
orrectly wired interface cable.
2. you are using the serial port, confirm that the host and printer are using
e same communication parameters.
3. onfirm that the POWER indicator is lit and the ERROR indicator is off.
4. end your data to the printer.
C
c
If
th
C
S
4.5 Resetting the printer
Some commands with parameters can be saved in the printer. They are in non-
volatile memory, E2PROM, they can be kept permanently unless they are
changed by other commands with different parameters. To reset the parameters
to factory settings, follow the procedure below.
. Install ribbon and media.
. Turn on the printer.
1
2

3. Press and hold the FEED button fo
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r about 30 seconds until the printer
starts printing.
e button.
rint a and enter dump
ter for
dicator sta ill change. Do not
ndicator is lit up.
4. Release th
5. The printer will p test label mode.
6. Restart the prin
Note:
normal printing.
While holding the FEED button, the in tus w
be concerned even if ERROR i
4.6 Printing labels
To print labels, the host co
e using the Label Gallery printing
n the C puter and software control the
. Yo , start your label
follo
act
X
he CD-ROM and dows printer
installation instructions.
mputer sends commands to the printer via the serial
or parallel communication port. If you ar
software supplied o D-ROM, the com
entire printing process u only need to set up the printer
printing program, and w its instructions. If you are using another vendor
the softwsoftware package, cont are supplier or manufacturer if you
encounter difficulties. If you want to print labels from another Windows
application, the OKIPOS 400 Windows Printer Driver must be installed. It is
found in t must be loaded using the standard Win

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4.7 Controlling the printer using direct commands
uce labe r.
mands . ou can write command files
ext editor progr ncluding the control
You can also prod ls by sending commands directly to the printe
control the prSimple ASCII com inter Y
using any t am that can output ASCII text (i
codes).

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5. Printer Specifications
OKI POS X400TT OKI POS X400DT
Print Method Thermal Transfer/Direct
Thermal Direct Thermal
Max Ribbon Length 100m NA
Max Ribbon Roll
Diameter 38mm (1.50”) NA
Carbon Ribbon Inner 12.8mm (.50”) NA
Core Diameter Outer 18.4mm (.72”) NA
Weight (including power) 3.67kg 3.63kg
Common Specifications
Print Head Density 8 dot/mm (203dpi)
Print Speed 25.4mm/sec(1ips), 50.8mm/sec(2ips),
76.2mm/sec(3ips), 101.6mm/sec(4ips)
Media Continuous paper, Paper Label, Vinyl Label, Tag
Media Width 108mm (4.3”)
Max Roll Diameter 127mm (5”)
Label Roll Core Diameter 25.4mm (1”)
Max Print Width 104mm (4.1”)
Max Print Length 1270mm (50”)
Min Label Length 10mm (.39”)
Min Inter-Label Gap 2mm (.08”)
Max Inter-Label Gap 25.4mm (1”)
Media Sensing
(Left side, adjustable) See-through sensor for die-cut gap or notched media;
Reflective sensor for Eye-mark; Continuous
Material
Interface Ports 9-pin RS232 Serial & 36-pin Centronics
Baud rate 9600, 19200 & 38400 bps
Flow Control Xon/Xoff and RTS/CTS protocols
Memory 2MB total RAM; 2MB flash memory

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Barcodes Supported UPC, EAN8/13, EAN128, Code39, Code93, MSI,
I25, M25, Postnet
Bookland, Code 128, UCC 128, Codabar,
MaxiCode, PDF417
Barcode Rotations
Barcode Ratios 0o; 90o; 180o; 270o 1:2; 1:3; 2:5
Fonts
Text Rotation
Compatible with all OKI Data CL printers Code
Page 858,
Others available. U;S; M; WB; WL; XU; XS; XM;
XB; XL; OCR-A/B;
Outline Font (50 ~ 999 dots)
0o; 90o; 180o; 270o
Graphic Formats
Graphic Rotation OKIPOS Hex/Binary; PCX; Raster & BMP Formats
0o; 90o; 180o; 270o
Electrical 110/220 VAC±10%, 50/60 HZ
Size (L x W x H) 255mm (10.0”) x 196mm (7.7”) x 190mm (7.5”)
Environment
Operating : 4 ~ 38oC (30 ~ 80 RH, non condensing) Storage : -20 ~ 50oC (25 ~ 85 RH, non condensing)
Approvals CE, FCC class A, TUV, UL/cUL, CCC
Accessories Dispenser; RS232C Interface Cable; Cutter
Additional Memory 2MB, 4MB additional flash memory

AVERTISSEMENT DE LA FCC
Soyez avisé que tout changement ou toutemodification non expressément autorisé par
la partie responsable de la conformité peut annuler la permissiond'utiliser l'équipement.
Cet appareil a été déclaré conforme à la partie 15de la réglementation FCC. L’utilisation
de cet appareil est autorisée seulement aux conditions suivantes : (1) il ne doitpas
produire d’interférences et (2)l’utilisateur del’appareil doitêtre prêt à accepter toute
interférence radioélectrique reçue, même si ces interférences sontsusceptibles de
compromettre le fonctionnement de l’appareil.
À l’issue des tests dont il a faitl’objet, cet appareil a été déclaré conforme aux normes
des appareils numériques declasse B conformément à lapartie 15 de la régle mentation
FCC. Ces normes sontdestinées à assurer un niveau de protection adéquat contre les
interférences dansles installations résidentielles. Cet appareil produit, utilise et peut
émettre des fréquences radioélectriqueset, s’il n’est pas installé ou utilisé
conformément aux directives, peut brouiller les ondes radio ou télévision.
Toutefois, il est impossible de garantir qu’aucune interférence ne se produira dans une
installation particulière.
Si cet équipement brouille la réception des ondes radio et télévision, ce que vous pouvez
déterminer en éteignant et en rallumant l’équipement, nous vous encourageons à
prendre l’une ou plusieurs desmesures correctives suivantes :
- Réorientez ou déplacez l’antenne réceptrice.
- Éloignez l’appareil du récepteur.
- Branchez l’appareil sur une autre prise ou un autrecircuit que celui du récepteur.
- Demandez conseil auprès du revendeur de l’appareil ou d’untechnicien
radio/télévision expérimenté.