Pinnacle Technology Aclas PP8X Assembly instructions

PP8X Printer
Driver Installation
Instruction
Pinnacle Technology Corp.

CONTENTS
1BT Device Installation............................................................................. 1
2Printer Driver Installation........................................................................ 6
3How to Know the Connecting Port........................................................ 10
4How to Configure Port........................................................................... 12
5Parameter Setting................................................................................... 17
6Download Logo ..................................................................................... 18

1BT Device Installation
This method is suitable for windows XP/VISTA OS.
Notes: If there is a need to connect the PP8X printer to the PC, users may buy
an Aclas BT dongle as the following picture shows.
The advantage of the Aclas BT dongle is: it could quickly find the surrounding
BT devices that will be matched with rather than costing a long time to search the
device.
If you will connect the PP8X printer to the PC, insert this dongle into the USB
port of PC. The lower right corner of screen will show the icon . At the same
time, the icon will appear at the control panel as the following picture:
Notes: If the blue tooth icon doesn’t appear in either of the above two places,
it’s possible that the applied USB port is defective or the operation system of
the PC does not have the configuration of blue tooth.

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Double click the
Bluetooth icon.
Choose „Control Panel‟in
the start menu.

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Then press „Switch key‟and „Paper feed key‟at the same time to make the blue
tooth device in searching mode while the blue tooth light (green) on the printer is
glittering quickly.
Double click the blue tooth icon , and then you‟ll see the following
interface:
Click this button to
add device.
Select this item

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Select this item
Click „Next‟
Click „Next‟
Choose the printer that
you want to add.

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Choose this item
Input the default
passkey „0000‟.
Click „Next‟
Here shows the
connecting port.
Click „Finish‟

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2Printer Driver Installation
Connect the PP8X to PC, and run the attached CD-disk. Please double click the
file „Aclas printer.exe‟to install the printer driver.
Click „Next‟
Click „Next‟

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Click „Next‟
Click „Browse‟to select
the destination location.
Click „Install‟
Here shows the
destination location.

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Click‘Install’
Click „Next‟

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Finally, click „Finish‟ to finish printer driver installation.
Click „Finish‟

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3How to Know the Connecting Port
After installing the driver, you can follow the steps below to know which port is
connected.
Double click the icon .
Here shows the BT
device you have installed
Choose this item.

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Here shows the
connecting port.
Choose the „COM Ports‟mode.

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4How to Configure Port
It is necessary to configure the port. Enter „properties‟interface first to
configure port.
If your PC is installed with Windows XP system, please follow the below steps
to enter „properties‟interface
Click „Printers and
Faxes‟in start menu.

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If your PC is installed with Vista system, please follow the below steps to enter
„properties‟interface.
Click „Printers‟after
choosing „Settings‟in start
menu.
Right click the printer icon, and
choose the item „Properties‟.

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Note: If you are a common user, please choose ‘properties’through the item
‘run as administrator’as the window below:
Right click the printer
icon, and then choose the
item „Properties‟.
Click this item.
Choose the item
„Properties‟.

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After entering „properties‟interface, you can configure port. The port
configuration steps of PC with Windows XP system and PC with Vista system are
the same. Take the port configuration steps of PC with Windows XP system for
example:
Note: If you could find the connecting port that known in chapter 3, please
restart your computer.
2.Choose the port (please
refer to chapter 3 for details.
1.Choose the
item „Ports‟.
3.Click „Apply‟.

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Choose this item.
Click it to print the test
page and then click „OK‟.

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5Parameter Setting
In the disk, you can find the software „PP8_Enduser.exe‟ in the file „PC-SW‟,
double click to open it. Here, you can use the software to set printer parameter.
Note: please use the connection cable (9D4P) to download parameter via
RS232 port.
Note:
①The available baud rate for this printer is 9600, 19200, 38400, 115200.
②‘Download Parameter’: After set the parameter, press ‘F7’ on the keyboard,
and then choose the file in the Parameter file folder.
Download parameter
Set PP8 Bluetooth name
Choose printer‟s baud rate
Change printer‟s baud rate
Choose RS232
Choose „BT‟.

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6Download Logo
In the disk, you can find the software “PrintLogo.exe”in the file “Logo Download”,
double click to open it. Here, you can use this software to download logo.
Notes:
Logo Index: this is to set the place of logo storing in the printer. There are 10 places
for users to choose.
Print logo: Users could print the logo by click this button.
Clear logo: this is to clear all logos that have set in the printer.
Please use the connection cable (9D4P) to download logo via RS232 port.
1.Choose RS232
2.Click this button
to open logo.
3.Choose logo index.