Rongta Technology RP80 User manual

User manual
Contents
CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................1
1、INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................2
2、OBTAIN PRINTER IP .............................................................................................................................2
3、CONNECT THE PRINTER ......................................................................................................................2
1、CONNECT DIRECTLY THROUGH ETHERNET CABLE ........................................................................................2
2、CONNECT THROUGH NETWORK DEVICE....................................................................................................2
4、MODIFY THE PARAMETERS.................................................................................................................3
1、PAGE SET UP.......................................................................................................................................3
2、CHECKING THE INTERFACES....................................................................................................................3
3、CHECKING PRINTER STATUS ....................................................................................................................3
4、SETTING THE PARAMETER OF ETHERNET INTERFACE ....................................................................................4

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1、Introduction
Welcome to use RP80 thermal printers. The Ethernet parameters of the printers
not only could be updated by the WINDOWS utility software that we offered, but
also could be updated through the browser (i.e. IE/Firefox). (Note: only for
RP80USE、RP80W printer currently)
2、Obtain printer IP
Connect the printer with power adapter, press the FEED buttons, and then open
the power switch, waiting for 1 to 2 seconds, and the printer would print the demo
page automatically, find the IP address on the demo page. The default IP is
192.168.1.87.
3、Connect the printer
1、Connect directly through Ethernet cable
192.168.1.xx RJ45----------------- Ethernet cable-----------------RJ45 192.168.1.XX
Set the IP of printer and computer to be of the same network segment. i.e. .:
192.168.1.xx
For example,printer: 192.168.1.87，computer：192.168.1.123
2、Connect through Network device
192.168.1.xx-----------------------------Router-----------------------------192.168.1.xx

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Set the IP of printer and computer to be of the same network segment. i.e.:
192.168.1.xx
For example,printer：192.168.1.87，router：192.168.1.1，computer：192.168.1.123
4、Modify the parameters
1、Page set up
Open the browser, such as Internet explorer, enter the printer IP address, as
shown in figure 1, and then press enter.
Figure 1
2、Checking the interfaces
Enter the web page, the user could see the related information of printer
interface , as shown in figure 2.
Figure 2
3、Checking printer status
Click Printer status links on the left, check the printer status:
1、Cover is open
2、Cutter error

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3、Paper end
4、Paper near end
5、Printer Off-Line
As shown in figure 3.
Figure 3
1、Click Printer Test Page and the printer would print a test page
2、Click Refresh to check the updated status of the printer.
4、Setting the parameter of Ethernet interface
Click Configure Interface link, and then enter the page of settings for the Ethernet
interface, as showed in figure 4.

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Figure 4
Enter new parameters, as showed in figure 5, New IP: 192.168.1.86, then click Save.
Figure 5
A dialog box popup, as showed in figure 6, choose OK.
Figure 6

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Click Reboot on the left to restart the printer, a dialog box popup, choose OK. As
showed in figure 7
Figure 7
Click YES, then showed as figure 8.
Figure 8
Waiting for a few seconds, the printer gives out a hoot, which indicates that the
printer has finished restarting and the modified program is over now.
If the user would like to continue modifying, enter new IP in the browser, and repeat
operating the above steps, as showed in figure 9.
Figure 9