Intermec EasyCoder PF4i - Description of EasyCoder PF4 i Compact Industrial

Chapter
1
—
Introduction
Description
of
EasyCoder
PF4i
Compact
Industrial
TheEasyCoderPF4iCompactIndustrialisasturdyindustrialther-
maltransferprinterwithaprintheadresolutionof8dots/mm=203.2
dot/inch(standard)or11.81dots/mm=300dpts/inch(option)anda
maximumprintwidthof104mm(4.095inches)or105.7mm(4.161
inches)respectively.Itoffersalargenumberofusefulfeatures,suchas:
·FlashmemorySIMMsforfirmware,fonts,barcodes,andapplication
programs
·Built-inCompactFlashmemorycardadapter
·Built-inRS-232andUSBinterfaces
·Provisionforextrainterfaceboardsincludingwiredandwireless
EasyLANconnections
·Keyboardanddisplaywithbacklightforimproveduserinterface.
Alargenumberoffactory-installedorfield-installableoptionsareavail-
able,sotheprintercanbecon
fi
guredforawiderangeofapplications.
SeeChapter9andAppendixAformoreinformation.
TheEasyCoderPF4iCompactIndustrialsupportstheuniqueandflex-
ibleIntermecFingerprintv8.20programminglanguage,whichallowsthe
userorthird-partydevelopertocreatecustom-madeapplicationpro-
gramsandlabelformatsinaBASIC-likeenvironment.
TheprinterisalsodesignedtoworkwiththeIntermecDirectProto-
colprogramminglanguage,theIntermecInterDriverandIntermec
Labelshop.TheInterDriverallowsyoutoprintlabelsfromstandardMS
Windowsapplications,forexampleMicrosoftOf
fi
ce.
TheEasyCoderPF4iCompactIndustrialsupports15scaleableUni-
codeTrueTypeandTrueDocfontsasstandard.Additionalfontscanbe
downloadedintotheprinter’sFlashmemory,orbepluggedinusinga
CompactFlashcard.TheUnicodestandardallowstheuseofspecialchar-
actersforvariouslanguagesincludingnon-Latinfonts,suchasArabic,
Cyrillic,Chinese,Japanese,Korean,Hebrew,andsimilar.
AversionofEasyCoderPF4iCompactIndustrial,thatsupportsthe
IntermecProgrammingLanguage(IPL),isdescribedinaspecialUser’s
Guide.
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