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    System Administrator's Guide Pathfinder Printer ® 6057 ©201 1 Avery Dennison Corp. All rights reserved. TC6057SA Rev . AC 7/12 28028 0 04/18/07 7512 653258 $15.50 32232 SALE $25.00 58523 4 9 PEARL EARRINGS 99565 $200.00 04/18/07 8 7512 45453 9[...]

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    Each product and progra m carries a respective writ ten warranty, the only warranty on whic h the customer can rely. Aver y Dennison rese rves the rig ht to make c hanges in th e product, th e programs, an d their availabi lity at any time and withou t notice. Alth ough Avery Dennison has made every effort to pr ovide complete and accurat e informa[...]

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    Table of Contents i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Introduct ion ................................................................................................................... ..............1-1 Using This M anual .............................................................................................................. ......1-1 Audienc e .............[...]

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    ii Table of Contents Using Printe r Diagnos tics...................................................................................................... .......6-1 Error R eporti ng ................................................................................................................ ........6-1 Accessing Printe r Diagno st ics ............[...]

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    INTRODUCTION 1 The Pathf inder® 6057 printer prin ts, scans b ar codes, c ollects dat a, and communicate s with other de vices. The printer operates on a Microsoft® Windows-based CE platform. Note: Before you be gin, review the safety informati on in the Regul atory Compl iance do cument included wi th your printe r. Using This Manua l Following [...]

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    To Access the Start Menu , t ouch the Em erald key. Reading the Task Bar The Task Ba r has the f ollowing indica tors: Icon Description Wired/Wireless Connection Wireless Signal Strength Battery Status Task Bar Emerald Key Using the In put Panel Input Panel Diamond Key 1-2 System Administr ator’s Guide[...]

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    To access the printer’s input panel , touch the Diamond ke y. Key(s) Descript ion Accepts data or menu selection. Closes any open wind ows. or Displays uppe r-case or lowe r-case alphabe tic input p anel. Displays numeric in put panel. Displays special character and s ymbol input panel. Entering Data Using the Input Panel When prompted to enter d[...]

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    1-4 System Administr ator’s Guide[...]

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    ADMINISTRA TIVE T OOLS 2 Use these too ls to  set the date and time, time zone, an d Internet time  identify and trac k your printers  change the Power and In put Panel pro perties  lock t he syst em to r estric t user acce ss  change the PC connection  add user noti fication eve nts  test the speake r  view the Syste m prop[...]

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    Setting the Time Zone 1. Touch the Emerald key to acce ss the Start Men u, select Sett ings, Control Pa nel, and Date/Time Properties. 2. Touch the Time Zone tab. 3. Choose yo ur time zo ne from t he drop down list . 4. Place a checkmark in the box if you want y our printer ’s time setting to automat ically adju st when daylight savings chan ges [...]

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    Administrative Tools 2-3 s. Touc h the Diamon d key to s how the input panel i f it does n ot y appear. ns to select the interval at which your printer co rresponds wi th the dates. Note: xisting server address . Touch Remove to remove ist of serve rs. 4. Touch Add to add a new Internet t ime serve r. 5. Enter the server addres automa ticall 6. Tou[...]

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    Importing/Exporting Asset Tracking Files Use Import to retrieve an asset t racking ba ckup file (. XML extens ion) from your PC or server. Use Export to create a back up file ( 2-4 System Administr ator’s Guide Asset Tracking Labe l .XML extensio n) of the asset tracking info rmation. the root of the printer. T ouch the Device icon on the desktop[...]

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    There are sev eral ways to “wake up” th e printer:  touch the display (first touch “wakes up” th e printer; tou ch the display again to perf orm the action shown on the display, for example, OK .) This is recommended for User or System Idle mode.  touch a key (first touc h “wakes up” the printer; touch the key agai n to perform th[...]

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    3. Select the Power Scheme to change: Battery Power or AC Power. AC Power is used when the printer is con nected to the 6054 Network Control Mod ule with the 6055 Docking Module. 4. Select the User Idle time. In User Idle time, the displa y goes dim after the sp ecified amount of user ina ctivity time . 5. Select the System Idle time. In System Idl[...]

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    Large Key s Small Keys 2. Check if you want to use g estures for Space , Backspa ce , Shif t and Enter wh en using the Keyboard input panel. 3. Touch OK to return to the Inpu t Panel Properti es windo w. 4. Check to allow applica tions to ch ange the inp ut panel st ate. 5. Touch OK to return to the Con trol Panel. AlphaNumSip Options 1. Select the[...]

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    Using the System Lockdown Option The System Lockdow n option passwo rd protects a ccess to the Sta rt Menu or any un specifie d applications . The Syste m Administra tor selects whic h applications are accessi ble when the system is lo cked. To make an app lication acc essible, add i t to the list . Applicat ions not list ed are not acc essible. Re[...]

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    Locking the USB Ports The printer c ontains two USB ports. T he smaller USB port is th e Device Port , which is us ed to connect t he printer to a PC. Th e larger po rt is the Ho st Port, which is us ed to trans fer data wi th a flash drive . 1. Touch the Emerald key to acce ss the Start Men u, select Settings , Control Panel , and System Lo ckdown[...]

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    4. Select h ow to conn ect to the p rinter. 5. Touch OK to return to th e PC Connection pr operties wind ow. 6. Touch OK to return to the Con trol Panel. Adding Notification Events Review how to enter data usi ng the input panel be fore continuing. See “ Entering Da ta Using the Input Panel ” for more information. 1. Touch the Emerald key to ac[...]

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    5. Touch the Priority and Sound tab and set the Prio rity and select the A udio File, if necessary. 6. Touch OK . 7. Touch Test . 8. Select t he new Event (shown as DATA W AIT in the sc reen below). 9. Touch Start/Stop . The LED and s ound setti ngs play fo r the select ed notificat ion. 10. Touch Start/Stop to stop th e test. 11. Touch OK to retur[...]

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    Testing the Speaker 1. Touch the Emerald key to acce ss the Start Men u, select Settings , Control Panel , and Speaker Test . 2. Touch Run Test . While the test is pe rformed, you hear a tone sounded at each frequen cy (200 Hz – 6400 Hz). The freq uencies are displayed for each tone as they are played. 3. Touch OK to return to the Con trol Panel.[...]

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    Viewing the Printer’s Software Version 1. To view info rmation about the pri nter including API versi on, print engin e firmware version, etc. touch t he Home key an d then Select About . 2. You see the About window. Use you r finger to scroll th rough the informatio n. Touch Print to print labels containing this informa tion. 3. Touch Done when [...]

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    Bootloader & Factory Default Using the Control Panel The boot opti on within the printer’s control panel allo ws you to perform one of three diffe rent functions. Reset – Interrupts the CPU and rebo ots the printer (s oft reset). Reset to Bootload er – Reboots the printe r and pauses at the boo tloader screen. This optio n is only used wh[...]

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    USING THE SUMMIT CLIENT UTILITY 3 Use this chap ter to conf igure the 8 02.11b/g wi reless (radio) card settings. The Summit SDC-CF 10G1 802.11 g wireless car d operates at spe eds of up to 11Mb ps in 802.11b mod e and 54Mbps in 802.11g mode on any wirele ss-compat ible networ k. You can use the printe r in Ad-Hoc (pee r-to-peer) or Inf rastructu r[...]

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    Finding a Network Review how to enter data usi ng the input panel be fore continuing. See “ Entering Da ta Using the Input Panel ” for more information. The printe r searches for available networ ks and lists the SSIDs, signal strength, and en cryption . You can conn ect to an exis ting network prof ile if you h ave the requ ired network secu r[...]

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    5. Touch Sc an. A list of available networ ks appears. 6. Select th e network y ou need, th en touch Con figure. 7. Touch Yes. SCU creates a profile fo r the selected ne twork. Creating a Profile The default profile doe s not have a n SSID or security set tings. It can only c onnect to an access point that broadcas ts its SSID and is not secu red. [...]

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    4. Specif y the Radio settings including SSID, TX po wer, Radio mode, aut hentication and encrypti on, along wit h any necessa ry credentials. a. Touch sett ing b. Tou ch inside the inpu t box. c. Touch the d iamond key t o display the input panel i f it does not automatically appear. d . Ente r the info rmation. e. Touch the diamond key to hide th[...]

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    3. Touch th e Global tab. 4. Scroll down the Pr operty menu until you see Adm in Password. 5. Select Admin Pa ssword. Touch the Value box. Enter t he new p asswor d. 6. Touch Commit to save your changes. Note: Make a not e of the pa ssword if yo u change i t. The Admin password restric ts all access to wireless setting s. Using the Summit Client Ut[...]

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    3-6 System Administrat or’s Guide[...]

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    USING BLUET OOTH 4 Bluetooth ® is a way to wirelessly communicate betw een devices. Your device must be Bluetooth ® enab led (contain a Bluetooth chip) to use Blueto oth technology. The Bluetoot h- enabled print er has a line-of-sight ra nge of approximate ly 3,280 feet (1 km). It can connect to a PC or other Bluetooth-ena bled device, Mic rosoft[...]

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    2. Touch Scan. A list of d iscoverable Bluetooth® devices appear i n the box. 3. Select the dev ice you want to pair w ith. 4. Touch Pair . 4-2 System Administrat or’s Guide[...]

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    5. Enter a PIN. Touch the diamon d key to d isplay the in put panel if i t does n ot automaticall y appear. 4. To uch OK. A message box a ppears to tell you th at the de vices are succe ssfully pai red. 6. Touch OK . Using Bluetooth 4-3[...]

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    4-4 System Administrat or’s Guide[...]

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    5 USING W A VELINK A V ALANCHE Starting th e Utility 1. To start the Wavelink Avalanche ut ility, from the Start Menu , select Programs , Wavelink Avalanche . 2. Enter the ad ministrator password. Touch the diamond key to display the input panel if it does not automatically appea r. The defaul t password is SYSTEM . The password is ca se- sensitive[...]

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    5-2 System Administrat or’s Guide[...]

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    6 USING PRINTER DIAGNOSTICS Use printer diag nostics to  check machine totals  print diag nostic labe ls  perform sensor test s  perform a print head dot resistan ce test  check the input panel’s functiona lity. Error Reporting During normal print er operation, you ma y receive an er ror message. When an error occu rs, a message ap[...]

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    Accessing Printe r Diagnostics 1. Touch the Home key and then sele ct Printer Diag . 2. Decide which of th e following tes ts to perform:  For Machine Totals, see “ Checking Machine To tals ” for more information.  For Diagnost ic Labels, see “ Prin ting Diagnostic La bels ” for more information.  For Stock Registrati on, see “ C[...]

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    Printing Diagnostic Labels Using Printer Diagno stics 6-3 M06057STD Dia ostics Info gn 00000 7.534V (60 PH Dot Re sist Avg: 358 Bad Dot Count: 0 Service Packs None PE Version V1.1 (AK) Total Inches: 00000490 Hi-Energy Inches: 000 Battery: %) Settings Diag nostics Info Sensor: Black Mark St ock Offset: 0 Contrast: 0 vailable nostics Info IP Address:[...]

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    Label with voids Select: The follow ing label prints: Gray Scale Label The gray scale test checks th e uniformity of the printi ng. The printed sa mple should be unif ormly gray acro ss the supply. If you see voids, especially on the edges, ke ep the sample and call Service. Serial Quality La bel A label prints bar codes for you to scan to check th[...]

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    Checking the Sto ck Registration If you Calibrate Stock , there is no need to calibrate the senso r. 1. Load the supp ly for non-peel mode as shown below. 2. Select Stock Regis tration from th e Printer Diagnostics window. 3. Select the sens or to calibrate (eit her Black Mark or On-De mand). Th e black mark sens or is used with black mark supplies[...]

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    6. For on-demand supp lies, make sure you calibrate ov er paper – lay the supply across the paper path as shown . 7. Close the supply cov er, then to uch Calibrat e Sensor to calibrate th e On-Demand sensor. The printe r feeds one or two labels to calibr ate the on-demand sensor. When the calibration is success ful, a message appears: “On Deman[...]

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    For the On-Dem and sensor , the range is betwe en 0 and 5.0. When you ho ld a label over the sensor, the valu es change on the display. Whe n the sensor is blocked by a label, the value is at the hig h end of th e range. When the sen sor is not blocked, the value is ze ro or close to ze ro. On-Demand Sensor 4. The value li sted for PH Temperature i[...]

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    6-8 System Administrat or’s Guide Testing the Printhead 1. Select Printhead Dot Re sistance from the Print er Diagnostics windo w to perform the printhead d ot resistance te st. 2. The print head test che cks for do t resistance. The dot resis tance test checks each dot on the printhead. Use you r finger to sc roll through the dot valu es. The va[...]

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    CONFIGURING THE SCANNER 7 Use scanner confi guration to  set the scanner op erating mod e, trigger mode, and scanner timeou t  select the .wav file for successful and unsuccessful scans  enable and disab le each spe cific bar code. Setting Scanner Options 1. Touch the Home key and then select Scanner Config . Note: Touch Restore to Default[...]

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    4. Touch General . 5. Set the Scanner Operatin g Mode : Momentary, Co ntinuous, or Compat ible. The default is compatib le. Momentary The scanner is on when the trigge r is pressed and go es off when the trigge r is released. Continuous The scanne r is always on. A goo d scan causes the sca nner to reset and continue scanning. To save batt ery life[...]

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    8. Set the AIM Du ration , whic h is the duration of the ai ming beam when the scanne r is activated. The ra nge is 0.0 - 9.9 seconds in .1-secon d increments (0 disables th e AIM feature) . The defaul t is 0. 9. Set the Linear Security , which is how many times to scan the same ba r code to determine a successful read. The range is 1 – 4 . Th e [...]

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    5. Touch the Priority and Sound tab. 6. Set the Prio rity if multiple events try to control the LED at the same time. A higher or eq ual number interrupt s a lower nu mber. Use 0 for most applications , unless you need to over ride the system events (e rror, low batt ery, etc.). The range is 0 – 254 . The defaul t is 0. 7. Use Browse to select th[...]

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    5. Touch th e Page 2 tab at the top of the wi ndow to contin ue. 6. Enable each bar code you need to scan Coupon Code Allows the scanner to scan UPCA, U PCA+2, UPCA+5, and UPCA/EAN-128 bar codes. Note: Se t Supplemen tal to Auto to use this option. UPCE to UPCA Tells the scanner to convert UPCE bar codes to a UPCA form at before ret urning the d at[...]

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    Configuring Code 39 Bar Codes 1. To configure Cod e 39 settings, select Code 39 from the Scanner Config uration w indow. Code 39 Allows the scanner to scan Code 39 b ar codes. Transmit CD Tells the scanner to return the check dig it with the data when a Code 39 bar code is scanned. Code32 Prefix Allows the scanner to scan Code 32 Prefix bar codes. [...]

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    Configuring I 2 o f 5 Bar Codes 1. To confi gure I 2of5 settings, sel ect I 2 of 5 from the Scanne r Configurat ion window. I 2of5 Allows the scanner to scan I 2of5 bar codes. Transmit CD Tells the scan ner to re turn the chec k digit w ith the data when an I 2of5 bar code is scann ed. Convert to EAN13 Tells the scanner to convert 14-character I 2o[...]

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    Configuring Codabar Bar Codes 1. To configure Codab ar settings, select Codaba r from the Scanner Configurat ion window. 2. Enable eac h bar code you need to scan. Codabar Allows the scanner to scan Codabar bar cod es. NOTISEdit Tells the scanner to s trip the start and stop characters from scanned Codabar bar codes. CLSIEdit Tells the scanner to s[...]

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    Configuring D 2of5 Bar Codes 1. To confi gure D 2of5 settin gs, select D 2of5 from the S canner Configurat ion window. 2. Enable eac h bar code you need to scan. D 2of5 Allows the scanner to scan D 2of5 bar codes. Lengths Sets the length(s) for D 2of5 bar codes. Variable, specifies that D 2of5 bar codes can be any length. Note: Specifying a range o[...]

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    7-10 System Administrator’s Guide Scannable Bar Codes vs . Printable Bar Codes This chapte r defines t he unique set o f bar code o ptions for each b ar code. Bar code s are separated into one-dimen s ional and two-d imensional ca tegories. 1D Bar Codes 2D Bar Codes Codabar Code 16K Code 39 Code 93 Code 128 Interleaved 2of5 MSI UPCA, UPCE, EAN Da[...]

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    Using Scanner Dia gnostics Use scanne r diagnostics to view a bar code’s type and data in a b ar code. 1. Touch th e Home key and then select Scanner Diag . 2. Scan a bar code b y pressing the trigger or selec ting Star t Scanning . You see th e bar code’s type an d data. 3. Touch OK to return to t he desktop . Setting 2D Scann er Options (Fac [...]

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    Configuring Da ta Matrix 1. Select Data Matrix from page 2 of the Scanner Con figuration wind ow. 2. Set the In verse Data Matrix. 3. Set the Mirrored Data Matrix. 4. Touch OK to save all the settings and ret urn to the Scanner Con figuration wi ndow. 7-12 System Administrator’s Guide[...]

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    Configuring Maxicode 1. Select Maxicode from page 2 of the Scanner Configurat ion window. 2. Touch OK to save all the settings and ret urn to the Scanner Con figuration wi ndow. QR Code 1. Select QR Code fro m page 2 of the Scanne r Configuratio n window. 2. Set the Invers e QR Code setting . 3. Place a checkm ark beside Micro QR Code if you are us[...]

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    7-14 System Administrator’s Guide[...]

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    Index A-1 INDEX B Bar Codes ......................... 5-4 Codabar ......................... 5-8 Code 128 ....................... 5-7 Code 39 ......................... 5-6 Code 93 ......................... 5-9 D 2of5 ............................ 5-9 I 2of5 ............................. 5-7 MSI................................ 5-8 Printable ..........[...]

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    A-2 System Administrat or’s Guide W wireless 802.11g.......................... 3-5 Wireless ............................ 3-1 Card .............................. 3-1 default password ..... 3-3, 3-4 Network ......................... 3-3 Profile ............................ 3-4 Settings ......................... 3-1 Summit ..........................[...]

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    28028 0 A very Dennison 170 Monarch Lane Miamisburg, OH 45342 1-800-543-6650 (In the U.S.A.) 1-800-387-4740 (In Canada) www .monarch.com[...]