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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Thermal Printer DPP-250 User Manual[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 2 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 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-250 User Manual v1.01 Content s Contents ............................................................................................... 3 Technical Data ..................................................................................... 4 Box Contents [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 4 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 T echnical Dat a Feature Specifications Printing method Line thermal dot printing Printing speed 60 mm/s (480 dots/sec) at 8.5 V Print Width 48 mm / 384 dots p er line Resolution 203 dpi (8 x 8 dots/mm) Dot pitch Horizontal – 0.125[...]
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Box Content s Your IPC DPP-250 comes with the fo llowing items listed below: Item Part Number Descriptions Image 1 DPP-250xx DPP-250 Thermal printer 2 - AC charger 3 - 1 Roll of thermal paper 4 - User's manual 5 - RS-232 interface cable Table 2 Software ( Drivers & SDK ): Because of the continually evolving Driver & S DK to support new[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 6 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Comp atible Devices The DPP-250 (Ser ial & USB) / DPP- 250 (Bluetooth ® ) portab le thermal printer is des igned specifically for use w ith most PDA & Smartphone devices. The DPP-250 can be used in a variety of applications [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 7 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Getting S t arted The I PC DP P-25 0 al lows y ou to prin ter info rma tion from you r PDA & Smartphone. Before us ing the DPP-250 thermal printer the battery should be properly charged. The following Quick Start guide will help [...]
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About Y our DPP-250 ♦ DPP-250 left view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 8 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Paper Cover Latch Online / Error LED Paper Feed Paper Cover Lever Mini USB Port Charger In put Power On/Off Switch Figure 1 ♦ DPP-250 right view Bluetooth Co nnectio n LED Battery Level LED[...]
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Charging the DPP-250 The DPP-250 uses a Lithium Ion rechargeab le battery pack. B efore first use, the DPP-250 battery pack should be charged for at least 12 hours. To prevent elect rical damage to the DPP-250 and/or battery pack, please use approved AC Charger only. ♦ DPP-250 Charging LED Flashing Figure 3 ♦ DPP-250 Full Charge . . . . . . . .[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 10 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 S tatus & Operating Modes The DPP-250 uses LEDs to indicate various conditions of operation. This may be charging, active or on line, battery low cond itions. Th e following explains these conditions and L ED indication. LED Fun[...]
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Loading Paper The DPP-250 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. Slide the paper cover latch to unlock the paper cover as shown in the figure on the right. Figure 5 2. Lift the paper cover latch to open the [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 12 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Diagnostic Information The DPP250’s LF switch/button is used for entering various printer modes. These modes can be used to assist developers in debugging problems related to programming and communi cation. The following explain h[...]
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Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 13 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 The DPP-250 has a built- in test pattern that shows the printer’s current configurat ion as well as the various resident pr inter fonts. The self-test can also be used as a troubleshooting tool to determine printing prob[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 14 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Dip Switch Settings The DPP-250 is des igned to use different m ethods 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 # 1 - Remove b attery cover # 2 - Remove b attery Figure 9 DIP Switch Figure 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 15 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 16 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Memory Switch Settings The DPP350 uses nonvolatile memory for storing some of the prin ter d efau lt conf igur atio n. The fo llowing table shows 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 pre ssing 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) Beep s or [...]
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Memory Switch Details ♦ SW1: Enable/Disable buzzer. ♦ SW2: - ♦ SW3: - ♦ SW4-7: R eserved for future features. ♦ SW8: Prevents others from discovering printer when se t to ENABLE. Must be set after pairing is comple ted. ♦ SW9: Allow the use of USB port for communications. ♦ SW10: (OFF) set USB as the host mode . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint.com Page 19 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 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 TAB 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-250 User Manual v1.01 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-250 is des igned to use different m ethods of communications. Care must be taken to ensure that the DPP-250 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-2 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 ex planation on how to [ Pair ] your Bluetooth ® DPP-250 to PDA & Smartphones. BlackBerry Devices: Add Device or Pairing Bluetooth ® peripherals to BlackBerry devices require the use of the device Bluetooth ® manager. Image on the right shows a t[...]
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Loading Drivers Loading DPP-250 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 ers ion only) The DPP-250 has a bu ilt-in magnetic card reader. Th e card reader inco rpor ates a (3 )-t rack magn etic read hea d req uiri ng a s ing le swipe to read field data from all three tracks. Ca Magnetic Strip ( Face this direction ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infinite Peripherals, Inc. www.ipcprint[...]
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Smart Card Reader (SC V ersion only) The DPP-250 ha s a built- in smart card reader ( optiona l). The s mart card reader is designed to read information stored embedded on smart chips and process the information using device side software. Card Insert Direction Smart Chip ( Face this direction ) Figure 14 When placing the card into the read er, the[...]
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Replacing Battery To replace the battery in the DPP-250 thermal pr inter follow the steps below. Steps: 1. Turn over the DPP-250 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 27 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Developing Solution Integrati ng the DPP-25 0 into your mobile soluti on requires the use of the DPP-250 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 28 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 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 29 DPP-250 User Manual v1.01 Cont act Information National Sales H eadquarters : Infinit e Peripherals, I nc. 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@ip cpri[...]