UBI EasyCoder 101 User manual

UBIWindows Driver – Installation Instructions
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INTRODUCTION
UBI Windows Driver
Installation Instructions
Edition 2, April 1994
Article No. 1-960329-01
TheUBIWindowsDrivermakesitpossibletouseanUBIEasyCoder
101, 201 II, 501 or 601 printer for producing printouts from most
programs run under Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later versions. The
EasyCoder printer must be fitted with either an EasyPak Start-Up
program or UBI Shell (version requirements, see note).
You can edit your labels in word-processing programs like MS
Word, in desktop publishing programs like Aldus Pagemaker, in
spreadsheet programs like MS Excel, or in drawing programs like
CorelDraw.OruseWindowsbuilt-infacilitiesWrite,Notepad,and
Paintbrush.
Itiseasytogetstarted.JustinstalltheUBIWindowsDriverin your
PC and connect the printer to a parallel communication port. Then
youarereadytoprintbymeansoftheprintfacilitiesintheprogram
you will use.
The UBI Windows Driver is delivered on a 3.5" floppy disk and
contains driver routines for EasyCoder 101, EasyCoder 201 II,
EasyCoder501,and EasyCoder 601withvariousprinthead densi-
ties.(ThedriverforEasyCoder71isdeliveredonaseparatefloppy
disk).
License and Copyright:
ThefloppydiskshouldbelabelledwiththeUBIlogotypeprinted
infourcolours,whichindicatesthatthefloppydiskisanoriginal,
authorized copy from UBI. The program is protected by copy-
right.
The license is for use on one single computer at a time. You are
allowed to make copies for backup purpose only.
Informationinthismanualissubjecttochangewithoutpriornotice
anddoesnotrepresentacommitmentonthepartofUBIPrinterAB.
©Copyright UBI Printer AB, 1994.All rights reserved.Published
in Sweden.
EasyCoder, LabelShop and EasyPak are trademarks of United
Barcode Industries (UBI).
CentronicsisaregisteredtrademarkofCentronicsDataComputer
Corp.
Corel Draw is a trademark of Corel Systems Corporation
Microsoft,MS,andMS-DOSareregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoft
Corporation.
Pagemaker is a registered trademark of Aldus Corporation.
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
UBI Windows Driver v. 1.4 requires
the following types of configuration
EPROMs to be installed in the printer:
EasyCoder 101, 201 II, 501 & 601
EasyPak 790,072,03 –>
EasyPak Enhanced 790,073,03 –>
UBI Shell 790,070,03 –>
UBI Shell Enhanced 790,071,03 –>
EasyCoder 101, 201 II, 501, 601
Installation Disk
Add printer in Control Panel
Serial number:1-020002-01-XXXX
© - Copyright UBI Printer AB 1994
Windows
Printer Driver
Version 1.4
Coloured
Logotype

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❑Open Microsoft Windows.
❑In the “Main” window the “Program Manager”, open the
“Control Panel” option by double-clicking the icon.
❑In the “Control Panel” window,openthe“Printers” option
by double-clicking the icon.
❑The “Printers” window shows the printer drivers already
installed1.Toinstallanewdriver,clickthe“Add>>”button.
Control Panel icon
List of installed drivers
Printers icon
Continued!
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
Add button
1/. If an earlier version of the UBI
WindowsDriverfortheprintermodelin
question already is installed, remove it
before installing the new version:
• If the printer driver is set as “Default
Printer”,setanotherprinterasdefault.
• Selectthe printerdrivertoberemoved
and click the “Remove” button.

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Continued!
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS, cont'd.
❑In the “List of printers”, select the “Install Unlisted or
Updated Printer” option, then click the “Install” button.
❑By default, the “Install Driver” window will select the
directory “A:\ ”. Insert the UBI Windows Driver floppy disk
in drive A and click the “OK” button.
❑A list of EasyCoder printer drivers will appear. In the “List
of printers”, browse through the list and select the appropri-
ate driver for your UBI EasyCoder printer (in this case
EasyCoder 201 II 8 dot/mm). Then click the “OK” button.
Select
Install button
OK button
Select a printer
OK button

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STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS, cont'd.
Continued!
❑If the UNIDRV.DLL file installed in your PC is newer than the
versionincludedintheUBIWindowsDriver,adialogueboxwill
appear:
Always answer “No”. Else, problems may occur when using
other types of printers.
❑The “Printers” window will be displayed again, now with
the selected EasyCoder printer added to the list of installed
printers.
You should now set up the driver in regard of paper size,
paper source, and orientation. Click the “Setup...” button.
Setup button

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Continued!
❑This window allows you to specify a number of parameters
for the driver you have selected:
•Resolution is information only and shows the printhead
density for the selected printer:
6 dots/mm = 153.9 dpi
8 dots/mm = 203.2 dpi
12 dots/mm (11.81 dots/mm) = 300 dpi
•Paper Size: The size is expressed as Width ×Height in
millimetres. When you click the “Paper Size” scroll box, a
numberof predefined label sizes suitablefor the selectedtype
of printer driver will appear.
You can also set up your own size by clicking the “User
DefinedSize...”option.Inthiscase,anewwindowwillappear:
Specifyunitofmeasure,widthandlength,thenclickthe“OK”
button.
Note: To change an already defined paper size, first click
“User Defined Size...” in the Setup window and when the
scroll box appears, click the “User Defined Size...” option in
the scroll box.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS, cont'd.
Resolution
Paper Size

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STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS, cont'd.
Continued!
•PaperSourceadaptsthepaperfeedtothetypeofpaperloaded
in the printer. Select one of the following alternatives:
- Labels (dispensing) peel-off operation
- Labels (tear off)
- Tickets with gap
- Tickets with mark requires black mark sensor
- Variable length strip
•Orientation: Decides the direction of the print image.
Portraitmeansthatalineoftext,thatappearsnormallyonthe
screen, will be printed across the label, but upside down and
running from right to left.
Landscape means that a line of text, that appears normally on
the screen, will be printed along the label, with the first
character of the line printed first.
•Copies: Presets the number of copies to be printed. You can
bypassthissetupwhenorderingtheprintingintheapplication
program.
Landscape Portrait
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❑The“Options...”buttonallowsyoutoopenanotherwindow,
where you can specify more parameters:
•Dithering determines how detailed graphic images will
appear in your printouts.
•Intensity Control allows you to controlling the darkness
of printed graphics.
•Print Quality allows you the select print speed. There are
two options: Normal and High.
•Paper Quality allows you to adapt the printer to the type
of thermal paper or thermal transfer ribbon you intend to
use, see list in Appendix 1. Which options will be listed
depends on which driver you have selected.
Note: If you select direct thermal paper for a printer fitted
with transfer ribbon, or vice versa, an error will occur at
printing.
❑Ifyouwantinformationonthesoftware,clickthe “About...”
button.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS, cont'd.
Continued!
Dithering
Intensity Control
Print Quality
About button
Paper Quality

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❑Click the “OK” button to return to the “Options” window.
❑Click the “OK” button again to return to the “Setup” win-
dow.
❑Then click the “OK” button a third time to go back to the
“Printers” window.
❑In the “Printers” window, click the “Connect”button and a
new window will be displayed:
❑Select the parallel port(LPT1or LPT2) to which you intend
toconnect theprinter. Accept the default valuesfor timeouts
and activate the option “Fast Print Direct to Port”. Then
click the “OK” button. You can now exit the Control Panel.
❑Turn off both the printer and the computer and fit a cable
betweenthe36-pCentronicsconnectorontheprinterandthe
selected parallel communication port on the computer.
❑Start up the printer and select the Windows Driver option in
the printer's start-up program (EasyPak Start-Up or UBI
Shell) as described in the User's Manual. Check that the
printer is loaded with the desired type of media.
Refertothechapter“UsingtheUBIWindowsDriver”onnextpage
forinstructionsonhowtoproducelabelsfromprogramsrunningin
Windows.
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❑Start up your computer with MS Windows and open the
program from which you want to print your labels.
❑If the program provides facilities for setting up the page size
and/or margins, enter the same width and length as those
selected when the printer driver was set up. Check that
marginsdonotrestricttheprintableareamorethanintended.
If the page setup, the printer driver setup, and the actual size
ofthelabels(orcorrespondingmedia)match,youwillgetthe
bestcontrolof thefinalprintout, whichshouldcorrespond to
what you see on the computer screen.
❑Print your labels according to the instructions for the pro-
gram in use. There will be little or no difference between
printing on an EasyCoder printer and on e.g. a laser printer.
Ifyouhaveorderedabigbatchoflabels,youcantemporarily
hold the printing by pressing the “Pause” button on the
printers keyboard (if any). Resume the printing by pressing
“Pause” again.
Incase of problems using theUBI Windows Driver,please refer to
the list of possible error conditions in Appendix 2.
USING THE UBI WINDOWS DRIVER

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DIRECT THERMAL PAPERS
Supplier Type Quality Setup option Notes
Appleton T1062A Smudgeproof UBI DT 110
T0972 Smudge proof UBI DT 120
T0972IR Smudgeproof UBI DT 120 IR-readable
T0980 Polytherm Smudge proof RICOH 120 LCS Synthetic
Blümberg T1968SN Standard UBI DT 110
FassonU.S. 90HC Smudgeproof UBI DT 110
Jujo AP62KM-A Standard UBI DT 110
TP62KM-A Standard RICOH 120LAB/LAM
TP62KM-A6 Standard UBI DT 110
TP63KS Standard UBI DT 120 Semitopcoated
Kanzaki KPT-86H Smudge proof RICOH 120LAB/LAM
KPT-86RS Smudgeproof UBI DT 120 IR-readable
KPT-86S Smudgeproof KANZAKI 86S
Kanzan KL-36B Smudgeproof RICOH 120LAB/LAM
KL-46B Smudge proof UBI DT 120
Ricoh 120LCS Smudge proof RICOH 120 LCS
120LAB/LAM Smudgeproof RICOH 120LAB/LAM
130LAB/LAM Smudgeproof RICOH 130LAB/LAM
130IAB Smudgeproof UBI DT 110 IR-readable
130NA Smudgeproof UBI DT 220 Tag150 g/m2
130LEB-E Standard UBI DT 110
Smith& McLaurin T903 Standard RICOH 120LAB/LAM
T953 Standard UBI DT 110
Tomoegawa LPB-70BT Smudge proof UBI DT 120
UBI Economy Standard UBI DT 110
Premium Standard UBI DT 120 Semitopcoated
Premium SmudgeProof UBI DT 110 Topcoated
AllBrands Specialsetup for dark printout UBI DT 110+ 15%moreenergy to printhead
(notsuited for bar code printing) UBI DT 110++ 30%more energy to printhead
APPENDIX 1: PAPER AND RIBBON OPTIONS
The list of paper or ribbon setup options is unique for each printer
model/printhead density combination and contains a selection
from the options presented in the lists below. Also refer to “Paper
Quality” on page 7.
THERMAL TRANSFER RIBBONS (Length 450 metres ≈1.475ft.,Width 58, 88, or 110mm (2.3, 3.5, or 4.3inches)
Supplier Type 58 mm wide 88 mm wide 110 mm wide Receiving paper quality Setup option
UBI GeneralPurpose 1-970645-20 1-970645-10 1-970645-01 Vellum UBI GP 10
MattCoated UBI GP 11
HighPerformance 1-970646-21 1-970646-11 1-970646-02 MattCoated UBI HP 20
SemiGloss White UBI HP 21

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APPENDIX 2: ERROR CONDITIONS
Unexpected Printout
Appearance The printed label does not contain all of the information you
expected, only part of the label is printed, or the printout is not
situated where you intended.
•In“ControlPanel\Printers\Setup”checkthattheprinterdriver's
setup in regard of paper size corresponds with the actual size of
thelabels,tickets,tags,orstrip.Incaseof“UserDefinedSize...”,
makesurethatyouhaveenterednewvalues,asthedefaultvalues
are very small (10 x 10 mm).
•In “Control Panel\Printers\Setup” also check that the printer
driver'ssetupinregardofpapersourcecorrespondstothetypeof
media actually used, i.e. labels (dispensing), labels (tear off),
ticketwithgap,ticketswithmark,orvariablelengthstrip.Incase
ofticketswithmark,checkthattheprinterisprovidedwithablack
mark sensor.
• Iftheprinterisprovidedwitha< Feed >key,pressitafewtimes
tocheckthatthepaperfeedworksproperlyandthatasinglelabel,
ticket, or portion of strip is fed out each time the key is pressed.
• If the error still remains, check the adjustment of the label stop
sensor or black mark sensor as described in the Technical
Description for the printer model in question.
MEMORY OVERFLOW
The RAM memory is too small to handle the information received
from the computer.
• The selected Paper Size may be too large for the available
memory. Select a smaller size and try again. In case of “User
Defined Size...”, also check that you have entered the correct
values and selected right unit of measure.
• Enter the UBI Fingerprint's immediate mode and check if there
are any large programs or files in the RAM memory (FILES
"ram:").Ifnecessary,makebackupcopiesonyourcomputerand
then delete the files (KILL) from the printer's memory. See UBI
Fingerprint Programmer's Manual.
• The same result can be achieved by using the “Clear RAM
Memory” option in UBI Shell, see the Technical Description.
After rebooting, you will have to reselect the UBI Windows
Driver in UBI Shell.
• Atemporarysolutionmaybetoreducethesizeoftheimagebuffer
in the printer's setup mode. Refer to the Technical Description.
Thesizeoftheimagebufferis not criticalaslongasyouonlyuse
the UBI Windows Driver.
Error Message Appears in
Printer's Display
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Error Message Appears in
Printer's Display, cont'd.
APPENDIX 2: ERROR CONDITIONS, cont'd.
MEMORY OVERFLOW, cont'd.
• The number or size of the printer's RAM packages may be too
small.AddanotherpairofRAMpackagesoruseRAMpackages
with larger capacity. Refer to the Technical Description and to
your local UBI distributor.
FIELD OUT OF LABEL
Thiserrormayoccurwhentheprinterreceivesaprintimagelarger
thanthesizeofthelabels.See“UnexpectedPrintoutAppearance”,
paragraph 1 on previous page.
• Adjust the size of the document and print it again. It is not
necessary to clear the error message.
RIBBON LOADED
Thiserrorcanonlyoccurinprintersequippedforthermaltransfer
printing. The printer has been set up for direct thermal printing in
“Control Panel\Printers\Setup\Options\Paper Quality”, but is
loaded with transfer ribbon.
• Remove the transfer ribbon or change the setup to a transfer
ribbon (e.g. UBI GP 10/11 or UBI HP 20/21).
OUT OF PAPER OUT OF RIBBON
The printer is out of paper or transfer ribbon.
• Load a new supply of paper or transfer ribbon. If another type of
paper or ribbon is used, the printer's setup must be changed in
“Control Panel\Printers\Setup\Options\Paper Quality”.
• In “Control Panel\Print Manager”, you can see if there are any
labels waiting to be printed.
ERROR IN PRINT SETUP
The UBI Windows Driver installed in your PC is a newer version
than the corresponding program installed in your printer.
• UpdatetheprinterbyfittinganewsetofConfigurationEPROMs.
Consult your local UBI distributor.