TSC PRINTRONIX ML240 Series User manual

ML240 Series
Industrial Barcode Printers
User Manual
Series Lists:
ML240/ML340
ML240P/ML340P
Thermal Transfer
Direct Thermal

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Copyright Information
© 2021 TSC Auto ID Technology Co., Ltd.
The copyright in this manual, the software and firmware in the printer described are owned by TSC Auto ID Technology Co., Ltd.
All rights reserved.
CG Triumvirate is a trademark of Agfa Corporation. CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed font is under license from the Monotype
Corporation. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Information in this document is subject to change without
notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of TSC Auto ID Technology Co. No part of this manual may be
reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, for any purpose other than the purchaser’s personal use, without the
expressed written permission of TSC Auto ID Technology Co.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Product Specification.......................................................................................................................................................................................2
1.1.1 Product standard feature.......................................................................................................................................................................2
1.1.2 Printer Optional Features ......................................................................................................................................................................5
1.2 Printer Specifications...................................................................................................................................................................................6
1.3 Print Specifications ......................................................................................................................................................................................6
1.4 Ribbon Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................................7
1.5 Media Specifications....................................................................................................................................................................................7
2. Operation Overview...........................................................................................................................................................................................8
2.2 Printer Overview ..........................................................................................................................................................................................9
2.2.1 Front View.............................................................................................................................................................................................9
2.2.2 Interior View ........................................................................................................................................................................................10
2.2.3 Rear View............................................................................................................................................................................................11
2.3 Front Panel Control....................................................................................................................................................................................11
2.3.1 LED Indication and Keypads ...............................................................................................................................................................12
2.3.2 Power-on Utilities ................................................................................................................................................................................14
3. Setup...............................................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.1 Setting up the printer..................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.2 Loading the Ribbon....................................................................................................................................................................................16

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3.3 Loading the Media .....................................................................................................................................................................................18
3.4 Loading the Fanfold/External Media...........................................................................................................................................................20
3.5 Loading Media in Peel-off Mode (Option for ML240P Series).....................................................................................................................21
3.6 Loading Media in Cutter Mode (Option) .....................................................................................................................................................22
4. Knob Adjustment.............................................................................................................................................................................................23
4.1 Print Head Pressure Position Adjustment Knob .........................................................................................................................................23
4.1 Ribbon Tension Adjustment Knob..............................................................................................................................................................24
4.2 Mechanism Fine Adjustment to Avoid Ribbon Wrinkles..............................................................................................................................25
5. TSC Console...................................................................................................................................................................................................27
5.1 Start TSC Console.....................................................................................................................................................................................27
5.2 Setup Ethernet Interface............................................................................................................................................................................29
5.3 Set WiFi and Add to TSC Console Interface ..............................................................................................................................................31
5.4 Initialize the Printer WiFi Setting ................................................................................................................................................................34
5.5 TPH Care...................................................................................................................................................................................................35
5.6 Printer Function .........................................................................................................................................................................................36
5.7 Setting Post-Print Action............................................................................................................................................................................37
6. LCD Menu Function.........................................................................................................................................................................................38
6.1 Enter the Menu ..........................................................................................................................................................................................38
6.2 Menu Overview..........................................................................................................................................................................................39

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6.3 Setting .......................................................................................................................................................................................................40
6.3.1 TSPL...................................................................................................................................................................................................41
6.3.2 ZPL2 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................43
6.4 Sensor.......................................................................................................................................................................................................46
6.5 Interface.....................................................................................................................................................................................................47
6.5.1 Serial Comm........................................................................................................................................................................................48
6.5.2 Ehernet................................................................................................................................................................................................49
6.5.3 Wi-Fi....................................................................................................................................................................................................50
6.5.4 Bluetooth.............................................................................................................................................................................................51
6.6 Advanced...................................................................................................................................................................................................52
6.7 File Manager..............................................................................................................................................................................................54
6.8 Diagnostic..................................................................................................................................................................................................55
6.9 Favorites....................................................................................................................................................................................................56
7. TroubleShooting..............................................................................................................................................................................................57
8. Maintenance....................................................................................................................................................................................................60
9. Angency Complicance and Approvals .............................................................................................................................................................62
10. Revise History...............................................................................................................................................................................................71

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1. Introduction
Thank you very much for purchasing TSC bar code printer.
The new high-performance ML240 Series, which have sleek design can deliver the cleanest and high quality barcodes. It features a
die-cast aluminum print mechanism housed in a very strong yet lightweight cabinet. This new design results in a more durable
printer that is suited for your most heavy-duty demand cycles.
There are four models available with ML240 and ML240P series. The ML240/ ML240P series prints at 203 dpi series are at speeds
up to 6 inches per second, ML340/ ML340P series provides higher 300 dpi resolution at speeds up to 5 inches per second, which
makes it ideal for printing very small 2D barcodes, graphics, fine print, and other ultra-high-resolution images.
This manual provides the essential information and clear instructions for operating MB240 series. To print label formats, please refer
to the instructions provided with your labeling software.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 at
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

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1.1 Product Specification
1.1.1 Product standard feature
Model
ML240
ML340
ML240P
ML340P
Resolution
203 dots/inch
(8 dots/mm)
300 dots/inch
(12 dots/mm)
203 dots/inch
(8 dots/mm)
300 dots/inch
(12 dots/mm)
Printing
method
Thermal transfer & direct thermal
Mechanism
High quality die-cast aluminum design
LCD display/
Operation
buttons
2 operation buttons (Pause and Feed)
3 colors LED for notification light bar
2 operation buttons (The meaning of the buttons will vary
depend on the UI footer.)
4 navigational keys
3 colors LED for notification light bar
Processor
32-bit RISC high performance processor
Memory
8MB Flash memory
16MB DRAM
128MB Flash memory
64MB DRAM
Interface
USB 2.0 (High speed mode)
USB 2.0 (High speed mode)
Internal Ethernet (10/100 Mbps)
RS-232 (Max. 115,200 bps)
USB host: barcode scanner, PC keyboard, and USB
storage device
Sensors
Gap transmissive sensor (Position adjustable, 5mm
→ 88mm)
Black mark reflective sensor (Position adjustable,
0mm →81.7mm)
Gap transmissive sensor (Position adjustable, 5mm →
88mm)
Black mark reflective sensor (Position adjustable, 0mm →
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Ribbon end sensor
Head open sensor
Ribbon end sensor
Head 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
Supported
code page
Codepage 437 (English - US)
Codepage 737 (Greek) -
Codepage 850 (Latin-1)
Codepage 852 (Latin-2)
Codepage 855 (Cyrillic) -
Codepage 857 (Turkish)
Codepage 860 (Portuguese)
Codepage 861 (Icelandic) -
Codepage 862 (Hebrew) -
Codepage 863 (French Canadian)
Codepage 864 (Arabic) -
Codepage 865 (Nordic)
Codepage 866 (Russian) -
Codepage 869 (Greek 2) -
Codepage 950 (Traditional Chinese)
Codepage 936 (Simplified Chinese)
Codepage 932 (Japanese)
Codepage 949 (Korean)
Codepage 1250 (Latin-2)
Codepage 1251 (Cyrillic)
Codepage 1252 (Latin-1)
Codepage 1253 (Greek)
Codepage 1254 (Turkish)
Codepage 1255 (Hebrew) -
Codepage 1256 (Arabic)
Codepage 1257 (Baltic)
Codepage 1258 (Vietnam)
ISO-8859-1: Latin-1 (Western European)
ISO-8859-2: Latin-2 (Central European)
ISO-8859-3: Latin-3 (South European)

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ISO-8859-4: Latin-4 (North European)
ISO-8859-5: Cyrillic
ISO-8859-6: Arabic
ISO-8859-7: Greek
ISO-8859-8: Hebrew
ISO-8859-9: Turkish
ISO-8859-10: Nordic
ISO-8859-15: Latin-9
UTF-8
Supported bar
code
1D bar code
2D bar code
Code128 subsets A.B.C, Code128UCC,
EAN128, Interleave 2 of 5, Code 39,
Code 93, EAN-13, EAN-8, Codabar,
Standard 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5,
POSTNET, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN and
UPC 2(5) digits add-on, MSI, PLESSEY,
China Post, ITF14, EAN14, Code 11,
TELPEN, PLANET, Code 49, Deutsche
Post Identcode, Deutsche Post
Leitcode, LOGMARS, RSS-Stacked,
GS1 DataBar.
CODABLOCK F mode, DataMatrix,
Maxicode, PDF-417, Aztec,
MicroPDF417, QR code, RSS
Barcode (GS1 Databar), TLC 39,
RSS
Command set
TSPL-EZDTM
Font & bar
code rotation
0, 90, 180, 270 degree
Others
Standard industry emulations right out of the box including Eltron® , Datamax® and Zebra® language support
Built-in Monotype True Type Font engine
Downloadable fonts from PC to printer memory

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1.1.2 Printer Optional Features
The printer offers the following optional features.
ML240/ ML340
ML240P/ ML340P
User option
Factory option
User option
Dealer option
Factory option
KP-200 Plus keyboard display unit
V
Internal Bluetooth 4.2 MFi module in front panel
V
V
Wi-Fi module without slot-in housing
V
Wi-Fi module with slot-in housing
V
Regular guillotine cutter module
(Max. print speed: 4 ips/ Media thickness: 0.06 ~
0.28 mm/ Media type: receipt, tag, and label liner w/o
glue)
V
Peel off module
V
Cutter tray
V
Note:
1. Option for either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth only, not coexistence.
2. Except for the linerless cutter, all TSC regular/heavy duty/care label cutters DO NOT cut on media with glue.

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1.2 Printer Specifications
Model
ML240
ML340
ML240P
ML340P
Physical dimensions
248 (W) x 245 (H) x 330 (D) mm
Weight
7.4 kg
7.6 kg
Power
Auto sensing power supply (20% print ratio)
Input: AC 100-240V, 1.5A, 50/ 60Hz
Output: 60W
Environmental condition
Operation: 5˚C ~ 40˚C (41 ~ 104˚F),
25%~85% non-condensing
Operation: 0˚C ~ 40˚C (32 ~ 104˚F), 25%~85%
non-condensing
Storage: -40˚C ~ 60˚C (-40 ~ 140˚F), 10%~90% non-condensing
Environmental
concern
Comply with Energy Star 2.0, REACH, RoHS, and WEEE
1.3 Print Specifications
Print Specifications
203 dpi models
300 dpi models
Print head resolution
(dots per inch/mm)
203 dots/inch
(8 dots/mm)
300 dots/inch
(12 dots/mm)
Printing method
Thermal transfer and direct thermal
Dot size
(width x length)
0.125 x 0.125 mm
(1 mm = 8 dots)
0.084 x 0.084 mm
(1 mm = 12 dots)
Print speed
(inches per second)
1, 2, 3,…6 ips
Up to 6 ips
1, 2, 3,…5 ips
Up to 5 ips
Max. print width
108 mm (4.25”)
105.7 mm (4.16”)
Max. print length
ML240: 110” (2,794 mm)
ML240P: 1000” (25,400 mm)
ML340: 40” (1,016 mm)
ML340P: 450” (11,430 mm)
Printout bias
Vertical: Max. 1 mm.
Horizontal: Max. 1 mm

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1.4 Ribbon Specifications
Ribbon outside diameter
Max. 81.3 mm O.D.
Ribbon capacity
450 meter long
Ribbon core
1” (25.4 mm)
Ribbon width
40 mm ~ 110 mm (1.57” ~ 4.33”)
Ribbon wound type
Ink coated inside/ outside wound
1.5 Media Specifications
Media roll capacity
5.5” O.D; 1” or 1.5” I.D core
Media core diameter
1” or 1.5” (25.4 mm or 38.1 mm) I.D. core
Media type
Continuous, die-cut, black mark, fan-fold, and notch
Media wound type
Outside wound
Media width
20 mm ~ 118 mm (0.79” ~ 4.65”)
20 mm ~ 114.3 mm (0.79” ~ 4.5”) for peeler/ cutter mode
Media thickness
0.06 mm ~ 0.19 mm
Label length
5 mm ~ 25,400 mm (203 dpi series)
5 mm ~ 11,430 mm (300 dpi series)
Label length (peeler mode)
25.4mm ~ 152.4mm (1” ~ 6”)
Label length (cutter mode)
25.4~2,794 mm (1” ~ 110”) for 203dpi series
25.4~1,016 mm (1” ~ 40”) for 300dpi series
Black mark
Min. 8 mm (W) x Min. 2 mm (H)
Gap height
Min. 2 mm

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2. Operation Overview
Please carefully inspect the packaging and printer upon receiving the bar code printer. Please retain the packaging materials in
case you need to reship the printer.
Unpacking the printer, the following items are included in the carton.
1 printer unit
1 quick installation guide
1 power cord
1 USB interface cable
1 Windows labeling software/Windows driver CD disk
If any parts are missing, please contact the Customer Service Department of your purchased reseller or distributor.

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2.2 Printer Overview
2.2.1 Front View
1. LED indicator
2. Front panel buttons
3. Media view window
4. Paper exit chute
5. Media cover handle
2
4
1
5
3
ML240 Series
ML240P Series
2
5
1
6
3
4
1. LED indicator
2. LCD display
3. Front panel buttons
4. Media view window
5. Paper exit chute
6. Media cover handle

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2.2.2 Interior View
1. Ribbon rewind spindle
2. Print head pressure position adjustment knob
3. Print head release lever
4. Ribbon supply spindle
5. Label roll guard
6. Label supply spindle
7. External label entrance chute
8. Damper
9. Print head
10. Platen roller
11. Label guide
12. Black mark sensor (shown as↓)
13. Gap sensor (shown as ▽)
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10
11
7
5
1
2
3
4
6
8
13
12
ML240/ML240P Series

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2.2.3 Rear View
1. External label entrance chute
2. Power switch
3. USB interface (High speed mode)
4. USB host
5. RS-232 interface
6. Slot-in Wi-Fi interface (Option)
7. Ethernet interface
8. Power cord socket
Note: The interface picture here is for reference only. Please refer to the product specification for the interfaces availability.
1
4
3
2
1. External label entrance chute
2. Power switch
3. USB interface (High speed mode)
4. Power cord socket
ML240 Series
ML240P Series
1
7
3
2
4
5
6

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2.3 Front Panel Control
2.3.1 LED Indication and Keypads
LED color indication:
Color
Meaning
(Green)
Solid: Power is on and ready to be used.
Flash :System is downloading data or printer is paused.
(Amber)
System is clearing data.
(Red)
Solid - Printer head open, cutter error.
Flash - Printing error, such as paper empty, paper jam, ribbon empty, or memory error etc.
Keypads (ML240 Series):
Keypads form
Item name
Function
Pause Key
Pause/ Resume the printing process.
Feed Key
Advance one label.

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Keypads (ML240P Series):
Main Page Icon (ML240P Only)
Keypads form
Item name
Function
Select keys
Feed, Pause, Comfirm, Cancel.
Navigational keys
Select / Navigate.
Icon
Indication
Wi-Fi device is ready (option).
Ethernet is connected.
Bluetooth device is ready (option).
Remaining amount of ribbon(m).
Security lock.
Enter the menu.
Enter cursor (be marked in green) located option.
Feed button (advance one label).

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2.3.2 Power-on Utilities
Power-on Utilities provides the basic functions and can be activated by below procedures:
Turn off the power > Hold right side select keys > Open the power > Release the button depending on the the color of the LED.
ML240 Series: power down and hold the right side of the Select Keys to restart the printer.
Sequences of the settings:
LED Colors
Functions
Amber
Red
(5 blinks)
Amber
(5 blinks)
Green
(5 blinks)
Green /
Amber
(5 blinks)
Red /
Amber
(5 blinks)
Solid
green
1. Sensor Calibration
(Gap / black mark
sensor)
Release
2. Self-Test
(And enter dump mode)
Release
3. Factory Default
Release
4. Bline Calibration
Release
5. Gap Calibration
Release
6. READY
(Skip AUTO.BAS)
Release

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3. Setup
3.1 Setting up the printer
1. Place the printer on flat surface.e
2. Make sure the printer is power off.
3. Connect the printer to the computer with the provided USB cable.
4. Plug in the power cord.
Note: Please switch OFF the printer before plugging in the power cord to printer power jack.