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2.3.3 Testmediafeed

1. Turnontheprinter,andpresstheFEEDbuttontofeedalabel.

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2. Flipthemediaandtearitalongtheedgeofthetopcover.

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2Getstarted Mediatypes

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2.4 Mediatypes

Yourprintersupportsvariousmediatypes,includingnon‐continuousmedia,

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MediaTypeLooksLikeDescription

Non‐Continuous

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Non‐continuousmediaisthetypicalmediafor

barcodeprinting.Labelsandtagsaremadeof

variousmaterials,suchaspaper,fabricor

cardstock,andareseparatedbygaps,holes,

notchesorblackmarks.Manylabelsare

self‐adhesivewithliners,whilesomeare

linerless.

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MediaTypeLooksLikeDescription

FanfoldMediaFanfoldmediaisincontinuousform,butitcan

beusedasnon‐continuousmedia,becauseits

labelsareseparatedbyfolds.Somefanfold

mediaalsohasblackmarksorliners.

3PrinteroperationMediasensorcalibration

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3 Printeroperation

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutprinteroperation.

3.1 Mediasensorcalibration

Youwillwanttheprintertoworkproperlybeforestartingyourprintjobs.To

dothis,youneedtocalibratethemediasensor.WSprintersprovide

transmissiveandreflectivesensorcalibration.Takethefollowingstepsto

usethem.

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1. Makesurethemediaisproperlyloaded,theprintmoduleisclosed,and

theprinter’spowerswitchissettotheOFFposition.

2. PressandholdtheFEEDbutton,andturnontheprinter.

3. Bothstatuslightsglowsolidorangeforafewseconds.Next,theyturnto

greenshortly,andthenturntoothercolors.Dooneofthefollowingto

selectthesensor:

 Ifyouwanttocalibratethetransmissivesensor,whenLED1turnsto

greenandLED2turnstored,releasetheFEEDbuttonimmediately.

 Ifyouwanttocalibratethereflectivesensor,whenLED1turnstogreen

andLED2turnstoorange,releasetheFEEDbuttonimmediately.

4. PresstheFEEDbutton.Themediacalibrationiscompleteafterthe

printerfeeds3‐4labelsandstops.

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3Printeroperation Selftest

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3.2 Selftest

Theprintercanrunaselftesttoprintaconfigurationlabel,whichhelpsyou

understandcurrentsettingsoftheprinter.

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1. Turnofftheprinter.

2. PressandholdtheFEEDbutton,andturnontheprinter.

3. Bothstatuslightsglowsolidorangeforafewseconds.Next,theyturnto

greenshortly,andthenturntoothercolors.WhenLED1turnstoorange

andLED2turnstogreen,releasetheFEEDbutton.

4. PresstheFEEDbuttontoprintaconfigurationlabel.

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Yourconfigurationlabelshouldlooklikethis:

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3Printeroperation Resetyourprinter

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3.3 Resetyourprinter

Byresettingyourprinter,youcanreturnyourprintertothestateitwasin

whenyoureceiveit.Thiscanhelpyousolvesomeproblemscausedby

settingschangedduringtheprinting.

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Dothefollowingtoresetyourprinter:

1. Turnofftheprinter.

2. PressandholdtheFEEDbutton,andturnontheprinter.

3. Bothstatuslightsglowsolidorangeforafewseconds.Next,theyturnto

greenshortly,andthenturntoothercolors.Whenbothlightsturnto

red,releasetheFEEDbuttonimmediately.

4. PressandholdtheFEEDbuttonfor3secondsandreleaseit.Bothstatus

lightsblinkredthreetimes,andturntosolidorangeforafewseconds.

Aftertheprinterisreset,LED2goesoutwhileLED1turnstosolidgreen.

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ImportantInstep4,ifyoudonotholdtheFEEDbuttonlongenough,

LED2willblinkorangethreetimeswhileLED1goesout.Itmeansthe

printerisnotreset.

3Printeroperation Mediasensing

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3.4 Mediasensing

WSprintersoffertwotypesofmediasensor:transmissiveandreflective.

Theyareusedfordetectingspecificmediatypes.

3.4.1 Transmissivesensor

Thetransmissivesensorisfixedandplacednearthecenteroftheprinthead.

Itisusedfordetectinggapsacrosstheentirewidthofthelabel.

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3.4.2 Reflectivesensor

Thereflectivesensorismovablewithintheentirewidthofthemedia.It

detectsgaps,notchesandblackmarksnotlocatedatthecenterofthe

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Flipthemediasotheblack‐marksideisfacingdowntoalignwiththesensor.

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5. ClickLetmechoosemyownpasskey.Thedefaultkeyis0000.After

enteringthekey,clickNext.

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successfulmessage.TakeanoteoftheoutgoingCOMportandclick

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box,clicktheCOMPortstabtoseethevirtualCOMportassignedto

yourprinter.

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7. Useanythird‐partyapplicationtotransmitdatatotheprinter,suchas

HyperTerminal.WhenyousetupaconnectioninHyperTermi nal,

choosetheCOMportyouobtainedinthepreviousstep,soyoucanuse

Bluetoothtocommunicatewithyourprinter.

4Maintenance Cleaning

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4 Maintenance

Thischapterdescribesroutinecleaningprocedure.

4.1 Cleaning

Tomaintainprintqualityandprolongtheprinter’slife,youneedtoperform

someroutinemaintenance.Dailymaintenanceshouldbedoneforhigh

volumeprinting,andweeklyforlowvolumeprinting.

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CautionAlwaysturnofftheprinterbeforecleaning.

4.1.1 Printhead

Itisessentialtokeepprintheadcleanifyouwantthebestprintquality.We

stronglyrecommendthatyoucleantheprintheadwhenyouloadanew

mediaroll.Iftheprinterisoperatedincriticalenvironment,ortheprint

qualitydeclines,youneedtocleantheprintheadmorefrequently.

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Keepinmindthesethingsbeforeyouclean:

￭ Keepthewaterawayincaseofcorrosiononheatingelements.

￭ Ifyoujustfinishprinting,waituntiltheprintheadcoolsdown.

￭ Donottouchtheprintheadwithbarehandsorhardobjects.

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Cleaningsteps:

1. Moistenasoftclothoracottonswabwithethylalcohol.

2. Gentlywipetheprintheadinonedirection.Thatis,wipeitonlyfromleft

torightorviceversa.Donotwipeback‐and‐forth,incasedustordirt

attachestotheprintheadagain.

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ImportantPrintheadwarrantybecomesvoidifprinthead’sserial

numberisremoved,altered,defected,ormadeillegible,underevery

circumstance.

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4.1.2 Mediahousing

Useasoftclothtocleanthedust,dirtordebrisbuiltupontheMediaRoll

Holders,MediaGuidesandmediapath.

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1. Moistenasoftclothwithethylalcohol.

2. WipetheMediaRollHolderstocleandust.

3. WipetheMediaGuidestocleandustanddirt.

4. Wipethemediapathtocleanpaperdebris.

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4.1.3 Sensor

Mediasensorsmaynotbeabletodetectthemediacorrectlyifitbecomes

dirty.

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1. Moistenasoftclothoracottonswabwithabsoluteethylalcohol.

2. Gentlybrushsensorstoremovethedustaway.

3. Useadryclothtocleantheresidue.

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4.1.4 Platenroller

Theplatenrollerisalsoimportantforprintquality.Dirtyplatenrollermay

damagetheprinthead.Cleantheplatenrollerrightawayiftheadhesive,

dirtordustaccumulatesonit.

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1. Moistenasoftclothwithabsoluteethylalcohol.

2. Gentlywipetheplatenrollertoremovethedustandadhesive.

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5Troubleshooting Printerissues

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5 Troubleshooting

Thischapterprovidestheinformationaboutprinterproblemsandsolutions.

5.1 Printerissues

Theprinterwon’tturnon

￭ DidyouattachtheACpowercord?

￭ Makesurethepowersupply’sconnectorisinsertedintotheprinter

powerjack.

￭ Checkthepowerconnectionfromthewallsockettotheprinter.Test

thepowercordandthesocketwithotherelectricaldevices.

￭ Disconnecttheprinterfromthewallsocket,andconnectitagain.

Theprinterturnsitselfoff

￭ Turnontheprinteragain.

￭ Makesurethepowersupply’sconnectorandthepowercordare

properlyplugged.

￭ Makesurethepowersupplyandthepowercordarenotdamaged.

￭ Usetheapplicablepowersupply.

￭ Iftheprinterkeepsturningitselfoff,checkthesocketandmakesureit

hasenoughpowerfortheprinter.

Theprinterdoesnotfeedthemediaout

￭ Themediaisnotloadedcorrectly.SeeSection2.3,“LoadingMedia”to

reloadthemedia.

￭ Ifthereisapaperjam,clearit.

5Troubleshooting Mediaissues

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5.2 Mediaissues

Themediaisout

￭ Loadanewmediaroll.

Thepaperisjammed

￭ Opentheprinterandclearthejammedpaper.

￭ MakesurethepaperisheldproperlybytheMediaGuides.

Theprintingpositionisnotcorrect

￭ Didyouusethecorrectmediatypeforprinting?

￭ Themediaisnotloadedcorrectly.SeeSection2.3,“LoadingMedia”to

reloadthemedia.

￭ Themediasensorneedstobecalibrated.SeeSection3.1,“Media

SensorCalibration”tocalibratethesensor.

￭ Themediasensorisdirty.Cleanthemediasensor.

Nothingisprinted

￭ Themediaisnotloadedcorrectly.SeeSection2.3,“LoadingMedia”to

reloadthemedia.

￭ Theprintdatamightnotbesentsuccessfully.Makesuretheinterfaceis

setcorrectlyintheprinterdriver,andsendtheprintdataagain.

Theprintqualityispoor

￭ Theprintheadisdirty.Cleantheprinthead.

￭ Theplatenrollerisdirty.Cleantheplatenroller.

￭ Adjusttheprintdarkness,orlowertheprintspeed.

￭ Themediaisincompatiblefortheprinter.UseSATO‐approvedmedia

rollinstead.

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5Troubleshooting Otherissues

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5.3 Otherissues

Therearebrokenlinesintheprintedlabel

￭ Theprintheadisdirty.Cleantheprinthead.

AnerroroccurredwhenwritingdatatotheUSBmemory

￭ DidyouinserttheUSBdrive?

￭ MakesuretheUSBdriveispluggedtightlyintotheport.

￭ TheUSBdrivemightbebroken.Replaceitwithanotherone.

TheprinterisunabletosavefilesduetoinsufficientUSB

memory

￭ DeletethefilesonyourUSBdrivetofreesomespace,orreplaceyour

USBdrivewithanemptyone.

Theprintheadtemperatureisextremelyhigh

￭ Theprintheadtemperatureiscontrolledbytheprinter.Ifitisextremely

high,theprinterwillstopprintingautomatically,untiltheprintheadis

cooldown.Afterthat,theprinterwillresumeprintingautomatically,if

thereisanyunfinishedprintjob.

Theprintheadisbroken

￭ Contactyourlocaldealerforassistance.

6Specifications Printer

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6 Specifications

Thischapterprovidesspecificationsfortheprinter.

6.1 Printer

ModelWS408DT

PrintmethodDirectThermal

Resolution203dpi(8dots/mm)

MediaAlignmentCentered

OperationModeStandard:Continuousmode,Tear‐offmode

Sensor

MediaSensor:GapSensor(Transmissive,Fixed)

I‐MarkSensor(Reflective,Movable)

HeadOpenSwitch

PrintSpeed

2,3,4,5,6inches/sec

(50.8,76.2,101.6,127,152.4mm/sec)Default:5onches/sec

2&3ipsforpeeloffmode

PrintDarknessDarknesslevel–SZPL:0~30

Default–SZPL:SD15

MaxPrintableAreaLength999mmxWidth108mm

Non‐PrintableAreaPitchDirection‐Top: 1mm,Bottom:1mm(excludingliner)

WidthDirection‐Left:1mm,Right:1mm(excludingliner)

PrintRatioAverageprintratiowithin15%orless(wholeprintlayoutarea)

Fullwidthwith1mmpitchisrequired

InterfaceUSB(TypeAandTypeB),Ethernet,Bluetooth

OnboardMemory

StandardMemory(FlashROM):16MB

UserMemory:3MB

StandardMemory(SDRAM):32MB

ExternalMemoryUSB:Max16GB

Panel2LED,1Button

LED1stLED:RedandGreen(VariousCombinations:Orange)

2ndLED:RedandGreen(VariousCombinations:Orange)

FontStandard:SeetheSZPLCommandReference

6Specifications Media

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6.2 Media

PropertiesDescription

MediaSizeContinuousMode

Length:8mm~997mm

Width:22.4mm~115mm(includingliner25.4~118mm)

Tear‐OffMode

Length:30mm~997mm

Width:22.4mm~115mm(includingliner25.4~118mm)

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MaxRollDiameterSize:127mm(5inches)

MaxRollDiameterSizeforExternalMediaStand:203.2

mm(8inches)

MediaTypeDirectThermalLabel

DirectThermalTag

RollPaper(InsideWoundorOutsideWound)

FanfoldPaper

6Specifications Barcode

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6.3 Barcodes

ProgrammingLanguageSZPL

OneDimensionalBarCodeUPC‐A

UPC‐E

JAN/EAN

CODE39

CODE93

CODE128

GS1‐128(UCC/EAN128)

CODABAR(NW‐7)

ITF

Industrial2of5

MSI

UPCadd‐oncode

POSTNET

GS1DataBarOmnidirectional

GS1DataBarTruncated

GS1DataBarStacked

GS1DataBarStackedOmnidirectional

GS1DataBarLimited

GS1DataBarExpanded

GS1DataBarExpandedStacked

TwoDimensionalBarCodeQRCode

PDF417(includingMicroPDF)

DataMatrix(ECC200)

GS1DataMatrix

MaxiCode

CompositeSymbolEAN‐13Composite(CC‐A/CC‐B)

EAN‐8Composite(CC‐A/CC‐B)

UPC‐AComposite(CC‐A/CC‐B)

UPC‐EComposite(CC‐A/CC‐B)

GS1DataBarComposite(CC‐A/CC‐B)

GS1DataBarTruncatedComposite

(CC‐A/CC‐B)

GS1DataBarStackedComposite

(CC‐A/CC‐B)

6Specifications Barcode

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ProgrammingLanguageSZPL

GS1DataBarExpandedStacked

Composite(CC‐A/CC‐B)

GS1DataBarExpandedComposite

(CC‐A/CC‐B)

GS1DataBarStackedOmnidirectional

Composite(CC‐A/CC‐B)

GS1DataBarLimitedComposite

(CC‐A/CC‐B)

GS1‐128Composite(CC‐A/CC‐B/CC‐C)

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6Specifications Bluetooth

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6.4 Bluetooth

PropertiesBluetoothI/F

StandardBluetooth2.1+EDRorlater

EnableDeviceWSSeries

OperatingTemperature41°F(5°C)~104°F(40°C)

StorageTemperature‐4°F(‐20°C)~140°F(60°C)

OperatingHumidity25~85%Non‐condensingR.H

StorageHumidity10~90%Non‐condensingR.H

ConnectionFormOnlyone‐to‐oneconnectionis

supported.

SupportProfileSerialPortProfile(SPP)

PINcodeissupported.

ClassofRadioTransmissionCLASS2

TransmissionMethodBi‐directional(Half‐duplex)

FlowControlCreditbasedflowcontrol

OperatingModeSlaveMode

TransmissionDistance3m(360degrees)

SRModeinPage/InquiryScanningR1ScanInterval1.28sec.

ScanWindow22.5msec.

RFFrequencyRange2402~2480MHz

NominalOutputPower+4dBm(2.51mW)MAX

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6Specifications Ethernet

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6.5 Ethernet

PropertiesDescription

PortRJ‐45

Speed10Base‐T/100Base‐T(AutoDetecting)

ProtocolARP,IP,ICMP,UDP,TCP,HTTP,DHCP,

Socket,LPR,IPv4,SNMPv2

ModeTCPServer/Client,UDPClient

TechnologyHPAuto‐MDIX,Auto‐Negotiation

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6.6 Electricalandoperating

environment

PropertiesRange

PowerSupplyVoltage:AC100V~240V±10%(fullrange)

Frequency:50Hz‐60Hz±5%

PowerConsumption60W

TemperatureOperating:5°C~40°C

Storage:‐40°C~60°C

HumidityOperating:25%RH~85%RH(non‐condensing)

Storage:10%RH~90%RH(non‐condensing)

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6.7 Physicaldimension

DimensionSizeandWeight

SizeW183.8xD222.6mxH166mm

WeightApprox.1.76kg

6Specifications Interfaces

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6.8 Interfaces

ThissectionprovidesinformationaboutIOportspecificationsforthe

printer.

6.8.1 USB

TherearetwocommonUSBconnectors.Typically,typeAisfoundonhosts

andhubs;typeBisfoundondevicesandhubs.Thefigurebelowshowstheir

pinouts.



TypeATypeB



PinSignalDescription

1VBUS+5V

2D‐ Differentialdatasignalingpair‐

3D+Differentialdatasignalingpair+

4GroundGround

6Specifications Interfaces

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6.8.2 Ethernet

TheEthernetusesRJ‐45cable,whichis8P8C(8‐Position8‐Contact).The

figurebelowshowsitspinout.

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PinSignal

1Transmit+

2Transmit‐

3Receive+

4Reserved

5Reserved

6Receive‐

7Reserved

8Reserved

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