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4. Communications ................................................................ 37
Interfaces and Requirements ................................................ 37
USB Interface Requirements ............................................ 37
Serial (RS-232) Interface Requirements ...........................38
Parallel Interface Requirements .......................................38
Serial and Parallel Cabling Requirements.........................38
Communicating with Printer .................................................39
Installing a Plug and Play printer driver (for USB only) ....39
Installing a Printer Driver (for other interfaces except USB)
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5. Troubleshooting ................................................................. 53
LED Diagnosis ........................................................................53
Printer Status ........................................................................56
Transmission Problems ......................................................... 57
Recovery ................................................................................ 57
Printer Maintenance .............................................................58
Cleaning Print Head...............................................................59
Cleaning Roller ......................................................................61
Cleaning Media Compartment ..............................................61
6. Product Specification ......................................................... 62
General Specification ............................................................62
Fonts, Barcodes, and Graphics Specification ........................64
Printer Programming Language SDPL ..............................64
Printer Programming Language SEPL ...............................65
Printer Programming Language SZPL ...............................66
Interface Specification ..........................................................68
USB Interface ....................................................................68
Serial Interface .................................................................69
Parallel (Centronics) Interface .......................................... 70
Auto Polling ...................................................................... 70