Tsc Pex-2000 series User manual

PEX-2000 Series

Industrial Barcode Printers

User Manual

Series Lists:

PEX-2260L

PEX-2260R

PEX-2360L

PEX-2360R

◼Direct Thermal

◼Thermal Transfer

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Table of Content 
Table of Content ..............................................................................................................................................................................................1
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................................................................5
1 Product Specification...................................................................................................................................................................................6
Operation Overview.........................................................................................................................................................................................9
1 Unpacking and Inspection............................................................................................................................................................................9
2 Print Engine Orientation.............................................................................................................................................................................10 
3 Checking the Installation Space.................................................................................................................................................................11 
4 Printer Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................14 
4.1 Front View..........................................................................................................................................................................................14 
4.2 Interior View.......................................................................................................................................................................................15 
4.3 Rear View...........................................................................................................................................................................................16 
5 Operator Control........................................................................................................................................................................................17 
5.1 LED Indication and Keypads ............................................................................................................................................................17 
Setup..............................................................................................................................................................................................................20 
1 Setting up the Printer.................................................................................................................................................................................20 
2 Loading the Ribbon....................................................................................................................................................................................21 
3 Loading the Media .....................................................................................................................................................................................23 
4 Loading Media in Peel-off Mode.................................................................................................................................................................27 
5 Setting up the RFID (Option)......................................................................................................................................................................30 
5.1 Reference Notes................................................................................................................................................................................30 

 
 

5.2 RFID Calibration ................................................................................................................................................................................32 
TSC Console..................................................................................................................................................................................................33 
1 Start TSC Console.....................................................................................................................................................................................33 
2 Set Ethernet Interface................................................................................................................................................................................35 
3 Set Wi-Fi Interface.....................................................................................................................................................................................37 
4 Initialize the Printer Wi-Fi Setting...............................................................................................................................................................40 
5 TPH Care...................................................................................................................................................................................................41 
6 Printer Function .........................................................................................................................................................................................42 
7 Setting Post-Print Action............................................................................................................................................................................43 
8 Setting RFID..............................................................................................................................................................................................44 
LCD Menu Function.......................................................................................................................................................................................46 
1 Menu Overview..........................................................................................................................................................................................46 
2 Setting .......................................................................................................................................................................................................47 
2.1 TSPL...................................................................................................................................................................................................48 
2.2 ZPL2 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................50 
2.3 SBPL (Only available on EZS version firmware).............................................................................................................................53 
3 Sensor.......................................................................................................................................................................................................54 
4 Interface.....................................................................................................................................................................................................55 
4.1 Serial Comm ......................................................................................................................................................................................56 
4.2 Ethernet..............................................................................................................................................................................................57 
4.3 Wi-Fi ...................................................................................................................................................................................................58 
4.4 Bluetooth ...........................................................................................................................................................................................59 
4.5 GPIO...................................................................................................................................................................................................59 

 
 

4.6 GPIO-DB25 (Option/ Available on EZS Version firmware)..............................................................................................................65 
4.7 RFID (Option).....................................................................................................................................................................................69 
5 Advanced...................................................................................................................................................................................................75 
6 File Manager..............................................................................................................................................................................................77 
7 Diagnostic..................................................................................................................................................................................................78 
8 Favorites....................................................................................................................................................................................................79 
GPIO Command Settings..............................................................................................................................................................................81 
1 SET GPO...................................................................................................................................................................................................81 
2 SET GPI ....................................................................................................................................................................................................83 
Applicator I/O Interface (DB15F) Circuit Diagram.............................................................................................................................................88 
Applicator I/O Interface (DB25F/ Option) Circuit Diagram 
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................89 
RFID Setting Commands...............................................................................................................................................................................93 
1 RFID ON/OFF............................................................................................................................................................................................93 
2 RFID ERROR ............................................................................................................................................................................................94 
3 RFID RETRY.............................................................................................................................................................................................95 
4 RFID RETRYERROR ON/OFF..................................................................................................................................................................96 
5 RFID POSITION ........................................................................................................................................................................................97 
6 RFID POWER............................................................................................................................................................................................98 
7 RFID COUNTRESET.................................................................................................................................................................................99 
8 RFID READ/WRITE.................................................................................................................................................................................100 

8. Troubleshooting..........................................................................................................................................................................................106

8.1 Common Problems..................................................................................................................................................................................106

8.2 Printing Adjustments................................................................................................................................................................................109

Moveable Printhead Pressure Adjustment.............................................................................................................................................109

Ribbon Tension Adjustment....................................................................................................................................................................110

Ribbon Peeling Angle Adjustment..........................................................................................................................................................111

Tear Bar Angle Adjustment .....................................................................................................................................................................112

8.3 RFID Errors Message ..............................................................................................................................................................................113

9. Maintenance.................................................................................................................................................................................................116

10. Agency Compliance and Approvals.........................................................................................................................................................118

Revision History..............................................................................................................................................................................................127

1. Introduction

Thank you very much for purchasing TSC bar code printer.

TSC’s innovative PEX-2000 Series print engine incorporates a robust die cast construction designed for years of reliability, ease of

use, and cost-conscious serviceability. The PEX combines a precision print mechanism with high performance electronics to

produce labels at up to 14 inches per second, the fastest in its class.

Designed for ease of integration, the PEX features a bolt-compatible construction with a commonly used GPIO interface and an

easy to use color display. The PEX offers simple integration into both new and existing label application installations. It is ideal for

manufacturing and logistic applications where high speed and high demand label printing is required.

This document provides an easy reference for operating the PEX-2000 series. TSC printers include the Windows labeling software

for creating your label template. For system integration, the TSPL/TSPL2 printer programming manual or SDKs can be found on

TSC website : https://www.tscprinters.com.

Applications ◼Work In Process

◼Product Marking

◼Compliance Labeling

◼Industrial-Duty Printing

◼Packing

◼Order Fulfillment

◼Shipping/Receiving

◼Inventory Management Retail

◼Product Label

◼Event Ticketing

1.1 Product Specification

Item

Printer

6-INCH: PEX-2260L/ PEX-2260R

6-INCH: PEX-2360L/ PEX-2360R

Print resolution

8 dots/mm (203 DPI)

12 dots/mm (300 DPI)

Printing method

Thermal transfer and direct thermal

Max. print speed (6-INCH)

356mm (14”)/ second

305mm (12”)/ second

Max. print width

6-INCH: 168mm (6.61”)

Max. print length

6-INCH: 14,732mm (580“)

6-INCH: 6,604mm (260“)

1st print position from label

(includes liner, if any) edge

2.4mm +/-0.5

Label (includes liner, if any)

edge from mainframe

13.2mm

Enclosure

Die-cast based print mechanism

Dimension

6-INCH: 245mm (W) x 300mm (H) x 450mm (D)

Weight

Net weight: 14.35kg (31.64 lbs)

Gross weight: 17.35kg (38.25 lbs)

Carton Dimension

6-INCH:401mm x 365mm x 573mm

Ribbon capacity

600m long, max. O.D. 90mm, 1-in. core (ink coated outside or inside)

Ribbon width

6-INCH: 76mm ~ 180mm (3” ~ 7.1")

Processor

32-bit RISC high performance processor (BGA 536Mhz)

Memory

◼512MB Flash memory

◼512MB DDR2 RAM memory

◼USB device memory (FAT32)

◼Micro SD card reader for memory expansion, up to 32GB

Interface

◼RS-232 (Max. 115,200 bps )

◼USB 2.0 (High speed mode)

◼Internal Ethernet 10/100 Mbps

◼USB host *2 (front and rear side), connecting USB storage device

◼GPIO (DB15F) + Centronics

Power

Auto sensing power supply (20% print ratio)

◼Input: AC 100-240V, 4-2A, 50-60Hz

◼Output: DC 5V, 5A; DC 24V, 7A; DC 36V, 1.4A; Total 243W

LCD display

◼Multi-language selectable

◼3.5” IPS QVGA color display

◼1 status indicator

Operation switch, button

◼6 operation buttons (Menu, Pause/Feed, Up, Down, Left, Right)

Sensors

◼Gap transmissive sensor (Position adjustable, 1 mm ~ 98 mm)

◼Black mark reflective sensor (Bottom or Top black mark sensor switchable and

position adjustable, 5 mm ~ 92 mm)

◼Ribbon end sensor (transmissive)

◼Ribbon encoder sensor

◼Head open sensor

◼Media cover open sensor

◼Label holder cover open sensor

Internal font

◼8 alpha-numeric bitmap fonts

◼One Monotype Imaging® CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed scalable font

◼Built-in Monotype True Type Font engine

Bar code

1D bar code

Code 11, Code 39, Code 49, Code 93, Code128UCC, Code128 subsets A.B.C,

Codabar, Standard 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Interleave 2 of 5, EAN-8, EAN-13, EAN-14,

EAN-128, ITF14, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN and UPC 2(5) digits add-on, MSI, PLESSEY,

PLANET, POSTNET, RSS-Stacked, GS1 DataBar, China Post, Telepen, LOGMARS

2D bar code

PDF-417, Micro PDF 417, Maxicode, DataMatrix, QR code, Aztec, TLC 39, RSS

Font & bar code rotation

0, 90, 180, 270 degree

Command set

TSPL-EZD (compatible to EPL, ZPL, ZPL II, DPL); Option for TSPL-EZS (compatible

to EPL, ZPL, ZPL II, SBPL)

Media type

Continuous, die-cut, black mark, fan-fold, notch

Media wound type

Outside wound

Media width (Label and

Liner)

6-INCH: 50.8mm ~ 180mm (2“ ~ 7.09“)

Media thickness (Includes

liner, if any)

Standard (Default):

0.076 mm ~ 0.305 mm (2.99 mil ~ 12.01mil)

RFID Tag:

0.076 mm ~ 1.2 mm (2.99 mil ~ 47.2mil), lift up the front gap sensor wall when

thickness > 0.9mm

Label length (peel-off mode)

6-INCH:

25.4mm ~ 152mm (1” ~ 6”)

Label exit angle (peel-off

mode)

Angle adjustable: 15°

Media Pull-in/pull out force

⚫The maximum unwind force: 940g

⚫The maximum rewind force: 1,840g

The pulling forces in the label web must be applied evenly.

Gap height

Min. 2mm (0.79”)

Black mark height

Min. 2mm (0.79”)

Black mark width

Min. 8mm (0.31”)

RFID

RAIN UHF Passive (GS1 EPC Gen2 v2 / ISO 18000-63)

Fixed Position Antenna Standard

Minimum Label/Tag Pitch 0.625” (15.9mm)

RTC and Buzzer

Standard

Environment condition

Operation: -5 ~ 45°C, 25 ~ 85% non-condensing

Storage: -40 ~ 60°C (-40 ~ 140˚F), 10 ~ 90% non-condensing

Accessories

◼Quick start guide

◼USB port cable

◼Power cord

Dealer option

◼Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac with Bluetooth 4.2 combo module

◼GPIO (DB25F)

◼UHF RFID

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