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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Thermal Printer DPP-350 User Manual[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 2 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Legal notice The Bluetoot h ® word mark and logos a re owned by the Bluetoot h SIG, Inc. and any use of such mark s by Infinit e Peripheral s is under l icense.[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 3 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Content s Contents ............................................................................................... 3 Technical Data ..................................................................................... 4 Box Contents [...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 4 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 T echnical Dat a Feature Specifications Printing method Line thermal dot printing Printing speed 60mm/sec at 8.5V driv e Print Width 72mm Dot density 8dots/mm (203 dpi) Resident fon ts A: 12 x 24 dots B : 9 x 16 dots Loadable fonts C[...]

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    Box Content s Your IPC DPP-350 comes with the fo llowing items listed below: Item Part Number Descriptions Image 1 DPP-350xx DPP-350 Thermal printer 2 - AC charger 3 - 1 Roll of thermal paper 4 - User's manual Table 2 Software ( Drivers & SDK ): Because of the continually evolving Driver & S DK to support new mobile devices, Drivers &a[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 6 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Comp atible Devices The DPP-350 (Ser ial & USB) / DPP-350 (Bluetooth ® ) po rtable thermal printer is des igned specifically for use w ith most PDA & Smartphone devices. The DPP-350 can be used in a variety of applications w[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 7 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Getting S t arted The I PC DP P-3 50 a llows you to p rint er infor ma tion from yo ur PDA & Smartphone. Before us ing the DPP-350 thermal printer the battery should be properly charged. The following Quick Start guide will help [...]

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    About Y our DPP-350 ♦ DPP-350 left view Serial RS232 Power On/Off Switch Magnetic Card Reade r Paper Feed Paper Cover Lever Figure 1 ♦ DPP-350 right view Charging L ED Smart Card Reader (Opt ional) Reader LED Charger In put ON/OFF & Error LED Mini USB Port Figure 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcpr[...]

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    Charging the DPP-350: The DPP-350 uses a Lithium Ion rechargeab le battery pack. Before first use, the DPP- 350 battery pack should be c harged for at least 4 hours. To prevent elect rical damage to the DPP-350 and/or battery pack, please use approved AC Charger only. S Sol olid RED = charging id GREEN = fully charged (~4 hrs.) A C Charge r Figure [...]

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    S tatus & Operating Modes The DPP-350 uses LEDs to indicate various conditions of operat ion. This may be charging, active or on line, battery low conditions. Th e following explains these conditions and L ED indication. Figure 4 ON/OFF & Error LED Charging LED Line Feed Button Power Button Printer Status Solid GREEN = Battery at fu ll char[...]

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    Loading Paper The DPP-350 uses a drop-and-load design making paper loading easy and trouble free. To load paper, simply lift up the paper cover latch and drop in the new roll as shown in the st eps below. 1. Lift the paper cover latch to un lock the paper cover as shown in the figure on the right. Figure 5 2. Lift the paper cover. 3. Drop in the ne[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 12 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Power On Self-test The DPP350’s LF switch/button is used for entering various printe r modes. These modes can be used to assist developers in debugging problems related to programming and communi cation. The following explain how [...]

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    Self-test The DPP-350 has a bu ilt-in test pattern that shows the printer’ s current configuration as we ll as the various resident p rinter fonts. The self-test can also be used as a troubleshooting tool to determine printing problems or battery level. The steps below show how the self-test is printed activated. • Resident font sizes • Chara[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 14 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Dip Switch Settings The DPP-350 is des igned to use differen t methods of communications. Care must be taken to ensure that the DIP Switches are not changed from its default factory configuration unless required. ♦ DIP SWITCH SETT[...]

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    DIP Switch Location Figure 9 DIP Switch Figure 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 15 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 16 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Memory Switch Settings The DPP350 uses nonvolatile memory for storing some of the prin ter d efa ult con figu rat ion . The following table show s the available options. Memory Switch Options Memory Switch (see command refere nce GS[...]

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    Setting Memory Switch ♦ MEMORY SWITCH SETTINGS: Step #1: Make sure the pr inter is OFF (STATUS LED is OFF) before performing step #2. Step #2: Press and ho ld the line feed button (LF). While pressing the (LF) button, press a nd hold the (ON) button until the status LED display solid RED. Step #3: Release the (ON) button and count (2) Beeps or un[...]

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    Memory Switch Details ♦ SW1: Enable/Disable buzzer. ♦ SW2: Execute <CR> Carriage Return as <LF> Line Feed. ♦ SW3: Disable <LF> Line Feed command . ♦ SW4-7: Reserved for future fea tures. ♦ SW8: Prevents others from discovering printer when se t to ENABLE. Must be set after pairing is comple ted. ♦ SW9: Allow the use of[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 19 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Pairing Info Details ♦ BAUD RA TE: Default is 115200 ♦ AUTO OFF TIME: Default is 5 minutes ♦ PRINT DENSITY: Default is 100% ♦ CH AR ACT ER T AB L E: Default is WESTERN (1252) ♦ PAIRIN G INFO: DEFAULT is (SAVE = No) Notes: [...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 20 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Communication Configuration The following default configurations are used for the d ifferent communication methods. ♦ Bluetooth: Memory Switch Options Memory Switch ( 1 thru 10 ) (see page 16, 17, 18) 1000000010 Physical Switch Op[...]

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    Connecting Device The DPP-350 is des igned to use differen t methods of communications. Care must be taken to ensure that the DPP-350 USB or Serial connector and P DA & Smartphone connector are not accidentally damaged. The figures be low show how to attach the different device to the DPP-3 50. ♦ Serial / USB ( Cabled ) Version: • Connect t[...]

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    Bluetooth ® Setup Adding New Bluetooth ® Device to PDA or Smartphones The following is a brief explanatio n on how to [ Pair ] your Bluetooth ® DPP-350 to PDA & Smartphones. BlackBerry Devices: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 22 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Add Device or Pairing Bluetooth[...]

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    Loading Drivers Loading DPP-350 drivers for you’re PDA o r Smartphones. BlackBerry Devices: Blackberry Desktop Manager shown i n the figure on the right is used to load third party software on to your device. Plea se revie w your devic e’s docu mentati on on how to use the Application Loader Option to load software on to your device. Windows Mo[...]

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    Magnetic Card Reader (MS V ersion only) The DPP-350 has a bu ilt-in magnetic card reader. Th e card reader inco rpor ate s a ( 3)- trac k ma gnet ic r ead h ead requ iri ng a sing le swipe to read field data from all three tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 24 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 M[...]

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    Smart Card Reader (SC V ersion only) The DPP-350 ha s a built-in smart card reader (optional). Th e smart card reader is designed to read information stored embedded on smart chips and process the information using device side software. Smart Chip ( Face this direction ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprin[...]

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    MIF ARE Reader (MF V ersion only) The DPP-350 has a built- in MIFARE reader (opt ional). The MIFARE reader is designed to read information stored embedded on MIFARE contact less cards or tags and process the information using device side software. Place the MIFARE card close to the pr inter facing the front of the prin ter a s sh own in th e fig ur[...]

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    Replacing Battery To replace the battery in the DPP-350 thermal p rinter follow the steps below. Steps: 1. Turn over the DPP-350 and p lace on a flat surface. Rotate the (2) locking levers as shown in the figure on the right. Figure 15 2. Lift the battery cover as showed in the figure on the right. Figure 16 3. Lift the battery as shown in the figu[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 28 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Developing Solution Integrati ng the DPP-35 0 into your mobile soluti on requires the use of the DPP-350 PDA & Sm artphone SDK. The SDK incorporates API specific to developing printing a pplications and using the integrated Magn[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 29 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 T roubleshooting If you’re having problems capturing signatures refer to t he table below for possible causes. Item Probl em Possible Cause Thermal media is specially coated on outside of roll. Remove paper roll an d reload proper[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 30 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Federal Communications Commission Federal Communi c ations Commission (FCC) St atement 15.21 You are cauti oned that cha nges or modif ications n ot expressly approved by the part respons ible for compli ance could v oid the user’[...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 31 DPP-350 User Manual v1.09 Cont act Information National Sales H eadquarters : Infinite Per ipherals, Inc . 1340 Reynolds Av enue Suite 101 Irvine, CA 92614 Toll Free: 866-2 78-7860 Phone: 949-222-030 0 Fax: 949-222-037 5 www.ipcprint.com Mobile Sales@ ipcpri[...]