Toshiba B-SX5T manuale d’uso

TEC Thermal Printer B-SX4T/SX5T SERIES Document No. EO10-33013B Original Jan., 2003 (Revised Feb., 2003 ) Jan., 2006 ) Product Descri p tion PRINTED IN JAPAN[...]

EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22, 2009) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. OUTLINE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 1 1.1 PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 1 1.2 DESCRIPTION OF MODEL NUMBER -------------------------------[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jan 22, 2009) 1.1 PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS 1- 1 1. OUTLINE 1.1 PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS 1) Various bar codes, characters and graphic data can be printed using both thermal transfer and thermal direct methods. This printer can also print writable character s and logos at designated coordinates by using a graphic co[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 18, 2006) 1.3 APPEARANCE AND DIMENSIONS (APPROXIMATE) 1- 2 1.3 APPEARANCE AND DIMENSIONS (APPROXIMATE) 1.3.1 Front View/Rear View Front View Rear View 1.3.2 Operation Panel LCD Message Display When the power is turned on and it is ready to print, ON LINE is displayed. POWER LED (Green) Lights when the powe[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.4 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 1- 3 1.4 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 1) Printing method ................... Thermal direct printing or thermal transfer printing 2) Print head [B-SX4T: 4 inches] (1) Total number of dots ...... 832 dots (3) Effective print width ....... 104.0 mm (2) Dot density ..................... 8 dots/mm (4) Thermal pit[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.4 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 1- 4 8) Magnification of bar code  UPC/EAN/JAN/CODE93/128/PDF417 ......... Up to 6 modules can be automatically calculated using 1-module width designation (1 to 15 dots). Dots/Module Bar code 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Min. Module Width (mm) 0.25 0.38 0.50 0.63 – – – UPC-A/E EAN8/13 JAN8/13 Magnification[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.4 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 1- 5 12) White or black background all types of characters are available. 13) Character rotation ........................... 0 ° , 90 ° , 180 ° , 270 ° 14) Character strings rotation ............... 0 ° , 90 ° , 180 ° , 270 ° 15) Type of line (1) Horizontal line (2) Vertical line (3) Slant lin[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jan. 22, 2009) 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS 1- 6 (3) Auto cut mechanism (Option) When the cutter module is installed, the backing paper of the label stock or tag paper is cut individually (stop and cut). 18) Power supply QQ model: AC100 ~ 120 V ± 10%, 50/60Hz QP/CN model: AC220 ~ 240 V ± 10%, 50Hz QM model[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jan. 22, 2009) 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS 1- 7 Specification of t he MAIN4 PC Board Hardware Softw are Model Flash ROM RAM Kanji ROM (IC7) Kanji Font Registry area size Program area size B-SX5T-TS22-QM-R 16MB → 32MB B-SX4T-GS20-QM-R 8MB → 16MB SP40II-R 8MB → 16MB None B-SX5T-TS22-CN-R 16MB → 32MB B[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS 1- 8  XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3) protocol + READY/BUSY (DTR) protocol • When initialized after power on, this printer becomes ready to receiv e data and converts the DTR signal to "High" level (READY). The printer sends an XON code (11H). • When the free area in the receive buffer are 1[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS 1- 9 l Interface circuit  Input circuit  Output circuit  Signal level Input voltage: "H" .. +3V~ + 15V Output voltage: "H" .. +6V ~ +13V "L" ... –3V~ – 15V "L" ... –6V ~ –13V (2) Centronics interface c Data input method: 8-bit parallel (DA[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS 1-10 (3) Expansion I/O interface (B-SX4T: Option) Interface circuit  Input circuit There are six input circuits, and each input is a current loop using a photo-coupler. The anode of the photo-coupler is connected to common pin COM1 in each of the six circuits. Each cathode is independent. The[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS 1-11 (4) USB c Standard: Conforming to Rev. 1.1 d Transfer type: Control transfer, Bulk transfer e Transfer rate: Full speed (12M bps) (5) Network interface (LAN, PCMCIA) c Constitution: • PCMCIA board + LAN card • 10 Base-T or 100 Base-TX LAN board d Protocol: TCP/IP e Network specification[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS 1-12  Feed gap sensor (Transmissive sensor) This sensor detects the difference in potential between the backing paper and the label to find the print position of t he label. The feed gap sensor is lo cated at 8 mm to the right of the black mark sensor. Side detection (max.) Center detection ([...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS 1-13 (5) Slit sensor (Transmissive sensor) This sensor detects the rotation count of the ribbon shaft and the ribbon motors. The ribbon motors torque works to take up slack in the ribbon and is dependent on the detected count. The slit sensor is a photo coupler combining an LED and a transistor.[...]

1. OUTLINE EO10-33013B 1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS 1-14 (7) Rewind full sensor (Transmissive sensor) This sensor detects that the built- in rewinder is full when winding backing paper or printed media onto the take-up spool. It is positioned at 316.4 mm (Tr side) and 272 mm (LED side) from the platen. A rewinder full status is detect ed when the[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B 2.1 MEDIA 2- 1 2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS Information regarding the supply specifications contained in Product Description is essential to service engineers. Detail specifications and other information on the media and ribbon are described in Supply Manual by model. It is issued by and sent from TOSHIBA TEC H.Q (S[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B 2.1 MEDIA 2- 2 76.2 mm 10.0 ~ 1500.0 mm 2.0 ~ 10.0 mm Black Mark Min.12 mm 3 00~1 1 20m m Print Side Label Max. 200.0 2 .0~20.0 mm Backing P aper Label 1.5 mm 1.5 mm 10.0 ~ 1500.0m m NOTES: 1. To ensure print quality and print head life use only TOSHIBA TEC specified media. 2. The media length s pecifications fo[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B 2.1 MEDIA 2- 3 Printing Area Printing Area Cut P osition 1.0 m m 2 mm 2 mm 1.0 m m 1.5 mm 1.5 mm 1.5 mm 1.5 mm Black Mark < Non Print Area > 3) Relationship between the head effective print width and paper. [B-SX4T] [B-SX5T] NOTE: The specifications differ depending on the issue mode. For details, refer to[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B 2.2 RIBBON 2- 4 2.2 RIBBON No. Item Specification 1 Shape Spool type B-SX4T 41 to 112 mm 2 Width B-SX5T 41 to 134 mm 3 Max. length 600 m 4 Max. OD ø 90 mm 5 Back treatment Coated Material Cardboard 6 Core Shape See the following figures. 7 Leader tape Polyester film (Opaque), 300 ± 5 mm long 8 End tape Polyest[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B 2.3 CARE AND HANDLING OF THE MEDIA AND RIBBON 2- 5 2.3 CARE AND HANDLING OF THE MEDIA AND RIBBON • Do not store the media and ribbon for longer than the manufactures recommended shelf life. • Store media rolls on the flat end, do not store them on the curved sides as this might flatten that side causing erra[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.4 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-9704-RFID-U1-US/EU-R, H1-QM-R) 2- 6 2.4 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (fo r B-9704-RFID-U1-US/EU-R, H1-QM-R) 2.4.1 General Description The RFID supplies are RFID tag (wireless IC tag) inlays designed to be converted into tag and label applications. [...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.4 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-9704-RFID-U1-US/EU-R, H1-QM-R) 2- 7 2.4.3 Location of RFID Tag The location of an RFID tag on a label influences on the accuracy of writing data on the RFID tag. It is impossible to define the one best location for every RFID tag on labels becau[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.4 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-9704-RFID-U1-US/EU-R, H1-QM-R) 2- 8 (2) X-ident’s ISO 18000-6B Tag It is recommended to locate the vertical center of an RFID tag in the area 40mm ± 5mm from a leading edge of a label and the horizontal center with the horizontal center of th[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.4 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-9704-RFID-U1-US/EU-R, H1-QM-R) 2- 9 5) Cutter When an RFID label or tag is used in cut issue mode, care must be taken not to cut an antenna of the RFID tag or an IC chip in order not to damage the cutter. 6) Static Electricity When printing is p[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.4 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-9704-RFID-U1-US/EU-R, H1-QM-R) 2-10 10) Strip Issue Stripping performance in strip issue mode depends on the type of glue, tag, and backing paper. For some RFID supplies used, an issue may not be performed properly in strip issue mode. 11) Cauti[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.5 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU -R) 2-11 2.5 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU-R) 2.5.1 General Description The RFID supplies are RFID tag (wireless IC tag) inlays designed to be converted into tag and label applications. Printers, which [...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.5 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU -R) 2-12 (1) UPM Raflatac’s Rafsec Short Dipole 2 Tag It is recommended to locate the vertical center of an RFID tag at 35 mm ± 3 mm from a leading edge of a label and align the horizontal center with the horizontal center[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 29, 2008) 2.5 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU -R) 2-13 2.5.4 Short-pitch Tag A short-pitch tag kit is supplied with the B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU-R to enable the RFID kit to encode short-pitch tags properly. When the short-pitch tag kit is attached to the printer, the write f[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.5 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU -R) 2-14 3) Roll-type RFID Supplies When RFID supplies are to be rolled, roll hardness must be concerned. Although it depends on the type of glue, tag, and backing paper, RFID-tag embedded labels tend to stay rolled. Especial[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.5 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU -R) 2-15 7) Printing on Bump (Chip/Antenna) Area Embedding RFID tags in labels creates bumps in a chip/ante nna area in the labels, causing incomplete printing. Especially, in the areas 5 mm from and left and right sides of t[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.5 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU -R) 2-16 10) Caution for minimum label pitch length When short-pitch media is used, data may be written on a next RFID tag instead of the target RFID tag. As the location, where data is to be written, differs among RFID tag t[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 2.5 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU -R) 2-17 2.5.6 Improvement of Writing Accuracy As RFID tags use wireless technologies, writing data on the RFID tag may fail depending on environment and characteristics of the RFID tags. In order to improve the accuracy of w[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Feb. 6, 2009) 2.6 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R) 2-18 2.6 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R) 2.6.1 General Description The RFID supplies are RFID tag (wireless IC tag) inlays designed to be conv erted into tag and label applications. Printers, which are equ[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jul. 15, 2008) 2.6 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R) 2-19 (1) Avery Dennison AD-222 Tag It is recommended to locate the vertical center of an RFID tag at 35 mm ± 3 mm from a leading edge of a label and align the horizontal center with the horizontal center of the label. 35 mm [...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jul. 15, 2008) 2.6 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R) 2-20 (2) Alien Squiggle Tag It is recommended to locate the vertical center of an RFID tag at 35 mm ± 3 mm from a leading edge of a label and align the horizontal center with the horizontal center of the label. 35 mm ± 3 mm[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jul. 15, 2008) 2.6 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R) 2-21 2.6.4 Short-pitch Tag A short-pitch tag kit is supplied with the B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R to enable the RFID kit to encode short-pitch tags properly. When the short-pitch tag kit is attached to the printer, the write field w[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jul. 15, 2008) 2.6 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R) 2-22 2.6.5 Cautions for using RFID Tags 1) Lift-up of Print Head An RFID tag chip or the thermal head may be damaged when the thermal head passes over the chip. This can be prevented by using the ribbon saving module (standar[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jul. 15, 2008) 2.6 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R) 2-23 7) Printing on Bump (Chip/Antenna) Area Embedding RFID tags in labels creates bumps in a chip/ante nna area in the labels, causing incomplete printing. Especially, in the areas 5 mm from and left and right sides of the R[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jul. 15, 2008) 2.6 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R) 2-24 10) Caution for minimum label pitch length When short-pitch media is used, data may be written on a next RFID tag instead of the target RFID tag. As the location, where data is to be written, differs among RFID tag types[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Jul. 15, 2008) 2.6 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-US-R) 2-25 2.6.6 Improvement of Writing Accuracy As RFID tags use wireless technologie s, writi ng data on the RFID tag may fail depending on environment and characteristics of the RFID tags. In order to improve the accuracy of wri[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22, 2009) 2.7 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-CN -R) 2-26 2.7 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-CN-R) 2.7.1 General Description The RFID supplies are RFID tag (wireless IC tag) inlays designed to be converted into tag and label applications. Printers, which are equ[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22, 2009) 2.7 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-CN -R) 2-27 (1) Omron Wave tag It is recommended to locate the vertical center of an RFID tag at 38 mm ± 3 mm from a leading edge of a label and align the horizontal center with the horizontal center of the label. [Printer settings[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22, 2009) 2.7 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-CN -R) 2-28 2.7.4 Short-pitch Tag A short-pitch tag kit is supplied with the B-SX704-RFID-U2-CN-R to enable the RFID kit to encode short-pitch tags properly. However, an adjustment will be necessary for each type of short-pitch tags[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22, 2009) 2.7 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-CN -R) 2-29 7) Printing on Bump (Chip/Antenna) Area Embedding RFID tags in labels creates bumps in a chip/ante nna area in the labels, causing incomplete printing. Especially, in the areas 5 mm from and left and right sides of the R[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22, 2009) 2.7 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-CN -R) 2-30 10) Caution for minimum label pitch length When short-pitch media is used, data may be written on a next RFID tag instead of the target RFID tag. As the location, where data is to be written, differs among RFID tag types[...]

2. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22, 2009) 2.7 SPECIFICATION OF RFID TAG (for B-SX704-RFID-U2-CN -R) 2-31 2.7.6 Improvement of Writing Accuracy As RFID tags use wireless technologies, writing data on the RFID tag may fail depending on environment and characteristics of the RFID tags. In order to improve the accuracy of writi[...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22, 2009) 3. OPTIONAL KIT 3- 1 3. OPTIONAL KIT Applicable Model Option Name Type B-SX4T/5T- QQ/QP B-SX4T/5T-QM-R Use B-4205-QM O X Swing cutter module B-4205-QM-R X O B-8204-QM O X Rotary cutter module B-8204-QM-R X O This cutter module uses a swing or rotary cutter. It cuts backing paper of labels an[...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B 3.1 CUTTER MODULE: B-4205-QM/QM-R (Swing Cutter), B-8204-QM/QM-R (Rotary Cutter) 3- 2 3.1 CUTTER MODULE: B-4205-QM/QM-R (Swing Cutter), B-8204-QM/QM-R (Rotary Cutter) This compact cutter module uses a built-in swing/rota ry cutter. The specification is provided below: Cutter Type B-4205-QM/QM-R B-8204-QM/QM-R Cut method [...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B 3.5 PCMCIA INTERFACE BO ARD: B-9700-PCM-QM/QM-R 3- 3 3.5 PCMCIA INTERFACE BOARD: B-9700-PCM-QM/QM-R The PCMCIA Interface board allows use of the following ATA card, LAN card, or flash memory card when connected to the CPU PC board. • Number of slots: Type II slot - 2 slots Type Maker Description Remarks ATA Card San Di[...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Feb. 15,2007) 3.9 RFID MODULE: B-9704-RFID-U1-US /U1-EU/U1-EU-R/H1-QM/H1-QM-R 3- 4 3.9 RFID MODULE: B-9704-RFID-U1-U S/U1-EU/U1-EU-R/H1-QM/H1-QM-R Installing this module enables the printer to write data on an RFID tag as well as to print on the surface of RFID supplies. The three RFID module types are di[...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22,2009) 3.10 RFID MODULE: B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU/US-R 3- 5 3.10 RFID MODULE: B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU/US/CN-R Installing this module enables the printer to write data on an RFID tag as well as to print on the surface of RFID supplies. Applicable model: (1) This optional device is in tended for the follow[...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B (Revision Date: May 22,2009) 3.10 RFID MODULE: B-SX704-RFID-U2-EU/AU/US-R 3- 6 To use this device, printer firmware V4.7 or great er is required. Upgrade the firmware to V4.5 or greater, if necessary. For the downloading procedur e, refer to Section 7 PROGRAM DOWN LOAD. Note that a RAM clear needs to be performed after d[...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 3.11 Wireless LAN Board: B-9700-WLAN-QM-R 3- 7 3.11 Wireless LAN Board: B-9700-WLAN-QM-R  Hardware Specification Item Specification Wired LAN part Connected to a wi red LAN port of the printer. Transfer mode Conforming to IEEE802.11a Orthogonal Frequency-Di vision Multiplexing (OFDM) Cha[...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 3.11 Wireless LAN Board: B-9700-WLAN-QM-R 3- 8  Country code As available frequency bands are different from c ountry to country, be sure to set a country code before installing a wireless LAN module in a u ser’s printer. Also, ask an end user t o confirm a country code. Use of a wirel[...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 3.11 Wireless LAN Board: B-9700-WLAN-QM-R 3- 9 NOTE : MAC address can be checked by using “arp -a” comm and on MS-DOS Prom pt. <Example> The following screen shows an example of exec uting an arp –a command on MS-DOS Prompt. After wireless LAN board (default IP address: 192.168.[...]

3. OPTIONAL KIT EO10-33013B (Revision Date: Apr. 24, 2008) 3.11 Wireless LAN Board: B-9700-WLAN-QM-R 3- 10 <Downloading the firmware> LED Status LAN status LED1 LED2 LED3 Blink at the same time Firmware is being overwritten. <Error> LED Status LAN status LED2 Blink Wired LAN error LED3 Blink Wireless LAN error  Certification The wire[...]