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- Page 1 LabelWriter 400 Series Printers Technical Reference Manual Includes LabelWriter 400, LabelWriter 400 Turbo, LabelWriter Twin Turbo, and LabelWriter Duo Printers...
- Page 2 © 2002-2008 Sanford, L.P. All Rights Reserved. LabelWriter and DYMO are registered trademarks of Sanford, L.P. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Legal Notice: Sanford, L.P. has used reasonable efforts to ensure that the information provided by Sanford, L.P.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents About the LabelWriter 400 Series Printers ................. 7 The Print Head ........................ 7 Printer Commands and Control ..................8 Print Data ........................8 Data Synchronization ...................... 8 Label Positioning ......................9 Top-of-Form Sync ......................9 Label Length ........................9 Label-Movement Commands .................. - Page 4 <syn> – Print Data ....................24 <esc> C – Set Tape Type ..................24 <esc> E – Cut Tape ....................25 <esc> A – Get Status ....................25 Appendix C Debugging Printer Output ................. 27 LabelWriter 400 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 4...
- Page 5 NOTE The purpose of this manual is to serve as a reference to knowledgeable developers wishing to communicate directly with the LabelWriter printer without the use of printer drivers. Because the printer is a raster-based printer, this is not a simple task, and Sanford, L.P. reserves the right to limit development support for such implementations.
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Page 7: About The Labelwriter 400 Series Printers
80° C. Printing resumes when the print head cools to 55° C. The DYMO LabelWriter Duo printer initially shipped with a 96-dot print head for the tape-printing mechanism. This has been replaced with a 128-dot print head. -
Page 8: Printer Commands And Control
<etb>, the data compression of the bit pattern. It is important to note that the n values which follow <syn> or <etb> characters are interpreted only as graphical data. This means that LabelWriter 400 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 8... -
Page 9: Label Positioning
additional <syn>, <etb>, or <esc> characters will be treated as print line data, representing pixels to print, until the required number of bytes for the print line are received. The character received by the printer after the last data character should be an <esc> character, denoting a command sequence, or a <syn>... -
Page 10: Label-Movement Commands
“n” Lines command is executed only one time per instance and must be re-issued each time a skip is desired. The Status Byte The LabelWriter printer reports a status byte with several bits dedicated to reporting its current state. LabelWriter 400 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 10... -
Page 11: Optimization Of Throughput
Barcode and Graphics Print Mode For better accuracy of dot placement and sizing, the LabelWriter 400 series printers incorporate a feature which allows the host computer to specify a slower, Barcode and Graphics print mode. This mode may improve print quality of smaller barcodes and some graphic images. -
Page 12: Power Requirements
100 – 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 1.6 Amps Output voltage 24 VDC, 2.5Amps PCB Input Power All LabelWriter 400 series printers have an input voltage of 24 VDC, +/- 5%. Their power requirements are as follows. LabelWriter 400 and 400 Turbo Printers Input current (idle) 0.040 Amps... -
Page 13: Connector (Jp2)
(there is a 2200µF filter capacitor at the input). After power is removed, allow seven seconds for this circuit to reset before re-applying the input voltage. Connector (JP2) DC jack, 5.5 mm O.D. x 2.5 mm I.D. Center Positive Copyright © 2006, DYMO Corporation Page 13... -
Page 14: Usb Printer Interface
USB Printer Interface The LabelWriter 400 series printers all communicate with the host computer using a full- speed USB 2.0 interface. This interface also operates with USB Version 1.1 or later. The printers implement the standard USB Printer Class Device interface for communications (see http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass/). -
Page 15: Printer Commands
Printer Commands All LabelWriter 400 series printers implement the same basic commands. The LabelWriter Twin Turbo printer implements one additional command, the Roll Selection command, and the LabelWriter Duo printer implements an additional, but similar, set of commands that are specific to printing on continuous-length tapes (see Appendix B). -
Page 16: Esc> L Nl N2 Set Label Length
<esc> q n Select Roll (Twin Turbo printer Only) 1B 71 ? n specifies the roll to print on, where: 30 (ASCII ‘0’) = Automatic selection 31 (ASCII ‘1’) = Left roll 32 (ASCII ‘2’) = Right roll LabelWriter 400 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 16... -
Page 17: Esc> A Get Printer Status
Note: This command is acted upon when it is received. <esc> f 1 n Skip "n" Lines 1B 66 1 ? n = the number of lines to skip This command skips over the next “n” lines on the label. Copyright © 2006, DYMO Corporation Page 17... -
Page 18: Esc> V Return Revision Letter/Number
<esc> c Set Print Density Light This command sets the strobe time of the printer to 75% of its standard duty cycle. LabelWriter 400 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 18... -
Page 19: Esc> D Set Print Density Medium
300 x 300 dpi printing. <esc> z Set print resolution to 203x300 This command changes the step resolution of the printer to 203 dpi giving a printing resolution of 203 x 300 dpi. Copyright © 2006, DYMO Corporation Page 19... - Page 20 LabelWriter 400 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 20...
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Page 21: Appendix A Data Compression
However, the sum of the pixels must be equal to the Bytes-per-Line variable multiplied by 8. No error checking is done on the incoming data and unexpected results will occur if the above caution is not observed. Copyright © 2006, DYMO Corporation Page 21... - Page 22 LabelWriter 400 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 22...
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Page 23: Appendix B Printing To The Labelwriter Duo Tape Printer
Printing to the LabelWriter Duo Tape Printer Command Language The DYMO tape printers use a subset of the LabelWriter command language described earlier in this manual. Due to the nature of printing on tapes, some tape-specific commands have been added. -
Page 24: Syn> - Print Data
Black on yellow Black on gold Black on green Black on fluorescent green Black on fluorescent red White on clear White on black Blue on white or clear Red on white or clear LabelWriter 400 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 24... -
Page 25: Esc> E - Cut Tape
CASSETTE – Cassette Presence Bit This bit detects if a tape cassette is inserted. It will return a value of 1 if a cassette is inserted, and a 0 if no cassette is inserted. Copyright © 2006, DYMO Corporation Page 25... - Page 26 LabelWriter 400 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 26...
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Page 27: Appendix C Debugging Printer Output
After performing these steps, whenever you print, you will be prompted to enter a file name and the output will be redirected to this file. Use the DYMO Label Software to print a variety of labels and examine the resulting files using a hex editor; use this manual to decrypt the data.
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