Dymo Costar 400 User Manual

LabelWriter SE300 User Manual Dymo-CoStar Corp. 599 W. Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT 06830-6092

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A-96 ESC * Reset to Defaults Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, “^027*The printer is reset twice^010^012^027@"

A-97 ESC J Feed n Sublines Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, “^027*First Line^010^027J^203One inch";PRINT #1

A-98 ESC X Set Horizontal Starting Position Example OPEN "COM1:9600,n,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, “^027*^029t^030^029V1";PRINT #1

A-99 GS RS Set Inverse Print Mode Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, “^027*Normal ";PRINT #1, “^029^030Invers

A-100 GS L Set Feed Length Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, “^027*";PRINT #1, “^029t^036^029V^001";PRIN

A-101 GS d Feed n Text Lines Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, “^027*This is Line 1^010";PRINT #1, “^029d^00

A-102 GS q Print UPC/EAN Checksum Example OPEN "COM1:9600,n,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, “^027*^029t^037^029V^004";PRINT #1, “^029

A-103 It is recommended that you print out the source code and study it. Examples of how to create the most common labels are provided for your con

B-105 Appendix B Troubleshooting The LabelWriter SE300 printer was designed to give long and trouble-free service, requiring very little maintenanc

4-7 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Host RS-232 Settings In order for the host computer to communicate with the LabelWriter SE300 printer, the communicat

B-106 2. Dirt, dust, ink and so on will more than likely be attracted to the exterior of your printer. Use the lint-free cloth to wipe the exterior

B-107 Clearing Label Jams If you find labels jammed in the LabelWriter, follow these steps to remove them. 1. Tear off any labels that have been f

B-108 1. If a label roll is not already loaded, load a roll as described in Chapter 1. Make sure to use 2 inch wide labels for the test. 2. Be cer

B-109 •= The on/off light will also flash when the printer comes to the end of a label roll. Load a new roll of labels and the light should stop fl

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C-111 Appendix C Printer Configuration Menu The LabelWriter SE300 printer has a Printer Configuration Menu built into its firmware. Through this m

C-112 You should see the following on your screen: Dymo LabelWriter SE300Serial Number xxxxxxxxFirmware Version SE300K00Printer Configuration MenuTy

D-113 Appendix D Printer Specifications This appendix covers hardware specifications of the LabelWriter SE300 printer. Hardware Specifications This

D-114 Average Life: 2 million lineal inches (over 31 miles) Print head is replaceable Printing Method: Direct thermal Speed: Approx. 2" per

D-115 Bar codes: Codabar Code 3 of 9 Code 128-A Code 128-B Code 128-C Code 128-Auto EAN-8 EAN-13 EAN-13 + 2 EAN-13 + 5 EAN/UPC Auto Interleaved 2

4-8 Cabling RS-232 Signal Levels The serial interface uses standard RS-232 signal levels as shown in Table 2-1. Table 2-1. RS-232 signal levels.

D-116 tell it to stop sending data. When there is again room (that is, space for approximately 30 percent more characters in the buffer), the printe

E-117 Appendix E Labels This appendix describes the labels that are available for your LabelWriter SE300 printer. Dymo-CoStar is constantly adding

E-118 Label Description # of labels per roll Part # Size W x L Media Labels (cont’d): White 3-1/2” Diskette (removable) 400 30331 2-1/8”x2-3

F-119 Appendix F Warranty and Service One (1) Year Limited Warranty Dymo-CoStar warrants the LabelWriter SE300 printer against defects in material

F-120 Dymo-CoStar Service Center RA#XXX-XXXX (place your RA# here) 84 Commerce Road Stamford, CT 06902 We will repair the defects covered under warr

G-121 Appendix G Character Codes Below is a list showing the ASCII codes from 1 to 127. The list shows the ASCII characters and names, and the corr

G-122 Space space 32 20 0010 0000 ! exclamation pt. 33 21 0010 0001 " quotation mark 34 22 0010 0010 # number sign 35 23 0010 0011 $ dollar sig

G-123 J capital J 74 4A 0100 1010 K capital K 75 4B 0100 1011 L capital L 76 4C 0100 1100 M capital M 77 4D 0100 1101 N capital N

G-124 t lowercase t 116 74 0111 0100 u lowercase u 117 75 0111 0101 v lowercase v 118 76 0111 0110 w lowercase w 119 77 0111 0111 x

Index-125 Index Numeric 20h-FFh (Printable characters), 37 A ASCII character codes, 123 characters, 83 values, 11 B bar codes objects, 19 POSTNET,

4-9 Chapter 3 Programming Overview and Notes About This Chapter This chapter covers all the points that need to be understood in order to program t

Index-126 ESC U (Set font to 10 cpi command), 52 ESC V (Return firmware revision command), 53 ESC W (Wrap data command), 54 ESC X (Set horizontal st

Index-127 O objects, 14 bar code, 19 graphic, 20 line, 20 text, 18 ordering labels, 119 P platen release lever, 5 portrait print mode, 16 POSTNET b

Index-128 Set font to double wide command (SO), 18, 31 Set horizontal start position command (ESC X), 12, 17, 55 Set inverse print mode command (GS

4-10 a decimal value of 27.) With this information, you can construct the following program to print ‘Hello World’ in a 7-characters-per-inch font.

4-11 Similarly, a parameter cannot be given a value of 32 (for example) by sending the ASCII character represented by ‘3’ and the ASCII character r

4-12 Below is a graphical representation of how this works. To send a value under 256 to a command that takes the n1 n2 parameters, simply send th

4-13 Font Statistics The table below lists the statistics for the 5 internal fonts the LabelWriter supports. Height and Width are expressed in term

4-14 EL Mode The LabelWriter SE300 command sets includes the entire command set of the LabelWriter EL, as well as the ASCII commands that will be di

4-15 Portrait Mode On power-up, the LabelWriter is set for portrait printing. In portrait mode, text characters travel out of the printer from the

ii Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer Name: Dymo-CoStar Corporation 599 West Putnam Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830 Phone: 203-661-9700 Fax: 203-661-15

4-16 After a landscape page is printed, the LabelWriter will remain in landscape mode. If more objects are sent to the LabelWriter, a new landscape

4-17 Text Objects A text object is simply a line of printable characters. A text object is created whenever the LabelWriter receives a printable ch

4-18 attributes of the bar code, such as height and width, can be set using other commands. The set bar code height command (GS h) specifies the hei

4-19 Bar codes that are too long to fit within the printable area of a label are truncated. This usually results in an unreadable bar code being pr

4-20 Chapter 4 LabelWriter Command Reference About This Chapter This chapter describes the commands you can use to program your LabelWriter SE300 pr

4-21 SE300 Commands Alphabetical List NAME DESCRIPTION PAGE HT Horizontal Tab 26 LF Line Feed 27 FF Form Feed 28 CR Carriage Return 29 SO Set

4-22 NAME DESCRIPTION PAGE GS US Cancel Inverse Print Mode 60 GS * n1 n2 t h w d1…dm Landscape Mode Graphics 61 GS A n1 n2 Bar Code Start Posit

4-23 SE300 Commands by Function Position Control HT Horizontal Tab 24 LF Line Feed 27 FF Form Feed 28 CR Carriage Return 29 ESC J n Feed n Subl

4-24 Bar Codes GS A n1 n2 Bar Code Start Position 62 GS W Thin Thick Set Bar Code Element Width 68 GS h n Set Bar Code Height 70 GS k n m d1…d

4-25 hexadecimal, and decimal values for each command are also provided. See Appendix A for examples (in the BASIC computer language) of how the co

iii Table of Contents CHAPTER 1... 1 UNPACKING THE PRINTER...

4-26 HT Horizontal Tab DESCRIPTION Moves cursor position to next multiple of eight single-width characters. Note that double-width characters count

4-27 LF Line Feed DESCRIPTION Prints the current line of text and advances the text position to the beginning of the next line. Note that the linef

4-28 FF Form Feed DESCRIPTION Prints the contents of the text buffer and advances the print media. The distance the media will advance depends on tw

4-29 CR Carriage Return DESCRIPTION Prints the current line of text and advances the text position to the beginning of the next line. Note that the

4-30 SO Set Font to Double Wide DESCRIPTION Causes all the text that follows the command on the same line to be printed as double-wide characters.

4-31 DC4 Cancel Double Wide Mode DESCRIPTION Cancels double-wide text printing and returns the text to normal. SEE ALSO SO ESC W EXPRESSION ASCI

4-32 SYN EL Mode Graphics DESCRIPTION Provided for LabelWriter EL compatibility. SYN is a synchronization character used to encode EL bitmap prin

4-33 d1…dn = n bytes of bitmap print data (max 56 bytes for SE300 print heads). EXAMPLE For an example of this command’s usage, see Appendix A, pag

4-34 ETB EL Mode Compressed Graphics DESCRIPTION Provided for LabelWriter EL compatibility. The ETB command is a synchronization character used t

4-35 required to form a print image. Refer to the description of the SYN command for more information on printing bitmap data. SEE ALSO SYN ESC B E

iv INTERIOR MAINTENANCE...106 CLEARING LABEL JAMS ...

4-36 20h - FFh Printable Characters DESCRIPTION These characters, while not part of an escape (command) sequence, will be printed using the current

4-37 ESC * Reset to Defaults DESCRIPTION Returns the printer to its power-up condition, clears all buffers, and resets all character attributes. T

4-38 ESC @ Reset to Power-up Condition DESCRIPTION Returns the printer to its power-up condition, clears all buffers, and resets all character attr

4-39 ESC A Return Printer Status DESCRIPTION Provided for LabelWriter EL compatibility. ESC A is identical to the GS S command described in this

4-40 ESC B Set Dot Tab DESCRIPTION Provided for LabelWriter EL compatibility. ESC B defines the left-hand starting position for the placement of E

4-41 ESC D Set Bytes per Line DESCRIPTION Provided for LabelWriter EL compatibility. This command defines the number of bytes in a single line o

4-42 ESC E Form Feed DESCRIPTION Prints the contents of the text buffer and advances the print media. The distance the media will advance depends o

4-43 ESC F 1 Feed Sublines DESCRIPTION Provided for LabelWriter EL compatibility. Note that this command functions identically to the ESC J comm

4-44 ESC J Feed n Sublines DESCRIPTION Feeds n number of sublines (n/203 inch). This command causes the printer to print data stored in the buffer

4-45 ESC L Set Feed Length DESCRIPTION Provided for LabelWriter EL compatibility. See the GS L command for information.

1-1 Chapter 1 Installing Hardware This chapter explains how to set up your new LabelWriter hardware for optimum performance. Read this chapter car

4-46 ESC M Set Font to 12 cpi DESCRIPTION Changes to the 12 cpi normal font. The cell dimension is 32H x 16W. This is the default font. Fonts may o

4-47 ESC P Set Font to 16 cpi DESCRIPTION Changes to the 16 cpi mini font. The cell dimension is 24H x 12W. Fonts may only be changed at the begi

4-48 ESC Q Set Top Margin DESCRIPTION Provided for LabelWriter EL compatibility.

4-49 ESC S Set Font to 20 cpi DESCRIPTION Changes to the 20 cpi micro font. The cell dimension is 16H x 10W. Fonts may only be changed at the beg

4-50 ESC T Set Font to 7 cpi DESCRIPTION Changes to the 7 cpi headline font. The cell dimension is 56H x 28W. Fonts may only be changed at the beg

4-51 ESC U Set Font to 10 cpi DESCRIPTION Changes to the 10 cpi headline font. The cell dimension is 32H x 20W. Fonts may only be changed at the

4-52 ESC V Return Firmware Revision DESCRIPTION Returns six ASCII characters (REV. E) that represents the firmware revision of the of the LabelWrit

4-53 ESC W Wrap Data DESCRIPTION Causes the characters n1 and n2 to be echoed back to the host. As soon as n1 is received by the printer, the prin

4-54 ESC X Set Horizontal Starting Position DESCRIPTION This command is used in landscape printing to set a new offset from the left margin from wh

4-55 ESC Y Set Vertical Starting Position DESCRIPTION This command is used in landscape printing to set a new offset from the top margin from whic

1-2 thermal print head to specially treated labels to print. The only supplies you will ever need to replace with this printer are labels. Connecti

4-56 ESC a Return Hardware Status DESCRIPTION Provided for LabelWriter EL compatibility. See also the GS S command. ESC y Set 203 x 203 dpi DES

4-57 GS DC2 Set Font to Double Height DESCRIPTION Causes the current font to be printed at twice its normal height. The double-height setting will

4-58 GS DC3 Cancel Double Height DESCRIPTION Cancels the double-height characters and returns to normal size. This command must be sent at the begi

4-59 GS RS Set Inverse Print Mode DESCRIPTION Causes all the data that follows the command and appears on the current line to be printed as invers

4-60 GS US Cancel Inverse Print Mode DESCRIPTION Cancels the inverse print mode (white on black) and returns text back to its normal attributes for

4-61 GS * Landscape Mode Graphics DESCRIPTION Prints a graphic image (in landscape mode only). EXPRESSION ASCII GS * n1 n2 t h w d1…dm Decimal 2

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4-63 GS A Starting Position of Bar Code DESCRIPTION Defines the distance from the left where the first bar code will print. The distance is repre

4-64 GS L Set Feed Length DESCRIPTION Sets the distance the print media will advance upon receipt of a form feed (FF or ESC E) command. The distanc

4-65 GS S Return Printer Status DESCRIPTION Returns a single status byte. The printer status is determined by testing the individual bits within t

1-3 3. If you have a 9-pin serial port on your computer, attach the 9-pin connector; if you have a 25-pin serial port, attach the 25-pin connector

4-66 GS T Select Line Wrap/Truncate Modes DESCRIPTION Determines how to handle a text wrap condition. A text wrap condition occurs when text extend

4-67 GS V Set Print Orientation DESCRIPTION Causes the LabelWriter to print the data stored in the print buffer and then change to the selected o

4-68 GS W Set Bar Code Element Width DESCRIPTION Selects the horizontal size of a bar code element. The “Thin” parameter represents the thickness o

4-69 GS d Feed n Text Lines DESCRIPTION Prints the contents of the buffer and feeds n number of text lines. This command has the same effect as li

4-70 GS h Set Bar Code Height DESCRIPTION Defines the height of the bars (in dots) for bar codes. The height is defined in n/203 inch increments. F

4-71 GS k Print Bar Code DESCRIPTION Prints a bar code at the current position in the current orientation. The n parameter selects the symbology t

4-72 Character Value Bar Code Selected n = 0 POSTNET n = 1 reserved n = 2 EAN/UPC Auto m = 6 UPC - E m = 7 EAN-8 m = 8 invalid m = 9

4-73 GS l Draw Line in Landscape Mode DESCRIPTION Draws a line in landscape mode. The thickness of the line is determined by the bit set by the bi

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1-4 Figure 1-3. Loading labels onto the label spool. 7. Make sure that the power cord is connected. Turn on the printer. The green power light will

4-76 GS q Print UPC/EAN Checksum DESCRIPTION Prints the checksum digit for the specified bar code. The checksum digit is printed in the current fon

4-77 GS t Set Characters per Line in Landscape DESCRIPTION Creates an internal memory buffer to store landscape text and bar codes until a form fe

4-78 GS u Set Characters per Line in Portrait DESCRIPTION Creates an internal memory buffer to store portrait text and bar codes. The size of the b

4-79 GS w Set Bar Code Module Width DESCRIPTION Selects the horizontal size of a bar code module. The parameter n represents the thickness of the

4-80 GS x Print MaxiCode Bar Code DESCRIPTION As the standards for MaxiCode are subject to change contact Dymo-CoStar for information regarding the

4-81 GS ~ Enter Debug Mode DESCRIPTION Prints the received printer codes either as a Hex or ASCII dump. This allows you to debug print problems. T

4-82 The Caret Feature Some environments do not allow the user to send the full range of ASCII characters. The Caret feature is used to resolve diff

A-83 Appendix A Command Examples Code Examples Below are examples of code written in BASIC showing how many of the LabelWriter commands are used. H

A-84 SO Set Font to Double Wide Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "*";PRINT #1, "Normal &q

A-85 20h - FFh Printable Characters Example OPEN "COM1:9600,n,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "*";PRINT #1, "Prin

1-5 Figure 1-5. Labels loaded, ready to print. 10. Close the cover and your LabelWriter printer is ready to print labels. Replacing a Label Roll To

A-86 ESC D Set Bytes per Line Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "*";PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "B

A-87 ESC P Set Font to 16 cpi Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "*";PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "

A-88 ESC X Set Horizontal Starting Position Example OPEN "COM1:9600,n,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "*";PRINT #1, CHR

A-89 GS DC3 Cancel Double Height Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "*";PRINT #1, CHR$(27); &qu

A-90 GS A Starting Position of Bar Code Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "*";PRINT #1, CHR$(29

A-91 GS V Set Print Orientation Example OPEN "COM1:9600,n,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "*";PRINT #1, CHR$(29); &quo

A-92 GS k Print Bar Code Example OPEN "COM1:9600,n,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "*";PRINT #1, CHR$(29); "t"

A-93 GS u Set Characters per Line in Portrait Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, CHR$(29); "T"; CHR$(3);P

A-94 Caret Feature Code Examples Below are examples of code written in BASIC (Using the caret feature) showing how many of the LabelWriter commands

A-95 DC4 Cancel Double Wide Mode Example OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1PRINT #1, “^027*Normal ^014Wide^020Normal^010^012”;Examp