WPL205 DIRECT THERMAL BAR CODE PRINTER USER’S MANUAL © 2007 Wasp Technologies
Table of Contents COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ..................................................................................................................1 COMPLIANCES .....................................................................................................................................1 2. Getting Started .......................................................................................................................2 2.1 Unpacking and Inspection ........................................
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1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the WASP WPL205 Direct Thermal Bar Code Printer. This printer provides both thermal transfer and direct thermal printing at user-selectable speeds of: 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 or 5.0 inches per second. It accepts roll feed, die-cut, and fan-fold labels for thermal transfer and direct thermal printing. All common bar codes formats are available. Fonts and bar codes can be printed in 4 directions, 8 alphanumeric bitmap fonts and a build-in true type font capability.
2.3 Printer Parts 2.3.1 Front View Clear Window Top Cover LED Indicator Feed Button Label Opening Top Cover Open Lever Backing Paper Opening Front Panel 2.3.2 Rear View 1. USB Interface 2. Centronics Interface 3. RS-232C DB-9 Interface 4. Power Jack 5. Power Switch 6.
3 Setup 3.1 Setting Up the Printer 1. Place the printer on a flat, secure surface. 2. Make sure the power switch is off. 3. Connect the printer to the computer with the Centronics or USB cable. 4 Plug the DC power cord into the power jack at the rear of the printer, and then plug the AC power cord into a properly grounded receptacle.
3.2 Loading Label Stock 1. Insert a 1” label spindle into a paper roll (If your paper core is 1 inch, remove the 1.5 inch core adapter from the fixing tab). Label Roll 1.5” Core Adapter Fixing Tab Printing Side Face up 1” Label Spindle 2. Open the printer’s top cover by releasing the yellow top cover open levers located on both sides of the printer and lifting the top cover. 3. Place a roll of paper into internal paper roll mount. 4.
6. Close the printer top cover slowly and make sure the cover locks levers securely. Note: Failure to securely close and lock the cover will result in poor print quality. 3.3 Peel-Off Installation Assembly (Option) 1. Open the top cover. 2. Unscrew the 6 screws in the lower inner cover.
3. Turn the printer upside down. 4. Unscrew the 2 screws in the lower inner cover. Remove the screw Remove the screw 5. Remove the screw at memory card cover. Screw 6. Hold the lower cover and lift up the top cover opening levers to separate the lower inner cover from the lower cover.
Lower inner cover Lower cover 7. Thread the harness red connector through the cable hole at the front side of the lower inner cover. Plug the red peel-off module harness connector at location JP17 on the main board. Place the lower inner cover on the lower cover. Install the peel-off module to the lower inner cover slot. Peel-off module assembly Install one side first and install another side 8. Gently push peel-off panel to lock to the lower inner cover. 9.
3.4 Loading Label for Peel-off Mode (Option) 1. Open the peel-off module by pulling it out. Peel-off Roller Peel-off Panel 2. Thread the label, printing side facing up, through the label guides and place it on top of the platen. 3. Thread the label through the liner opening, which is beneath the roller. 4. Adjust the black center-biased label guides by turning adjustment knob to fit the edge of the label backing. Adjustment Knob Roller Peel-off panel 5. Push the peel-off panel back to the printer. 6.
3.5 External Label Roll Mount Installation (Option) 1. Attach an external label roll mount on the bottom of the printer. 2. Install a roll of label on the external label roll mount. Label External Label Roll Mount 3. Feed the label to the external label feed opening through the rear label guide. External Label Feed Opening Rear Label Guide 4. Open the printer top cover by pulling the top cover open levers. 5.
4. Power on Utilities There are six power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware. These utilities are activated by pressing FEED button and by turning on the printer power simultaneously. The utilities are listed as below: 1. Gap/Black Mark sensor calibration 2. Gap/black mark sensor calibration, Self-test and Dump mode 3. Printer initialization 4. Black mark sensor calibration 5. Gap sensor calibration 6. Skip AUTO.BAS 4.
4.2 Gap/Black Mark Calibration, Self-test, Dump Mode While calibrating the gap/black mark sensor, the printer will measure the label length, print the internal configuration (self-test) and then enter the dump mode. Follow the steps as below. 1.Turn off the power switch. 2. Press and hold the Feed button while turning the power back on. 3. Release the button when LED becomes amber and blinking. (Any amber will do during the 5 blinks).
Self-test The printer will print the printer configuration after gap/black mark sensor calibration. The self-test printout can be used to check if there is any dot damage on the heater element, printer configurations and available memory space.
Dump mode The printer will enter dump mode after printing printer configuration. In the dump mode, all characters will be printed in 2 columns as shown below. The left side characters are received from your system and right side data are the corresponding hexadecimal value of the characters. It allows users or engineers to verify and debug the program. ASCII Data Dump mode printout Note： Turn off and on the power switch to reset the printer for normal printing.
4.3 Printer Initialization Printer initialization is used to clear DRAM and restore printer settings (with the exception of ribbon sensitivity) to defaults. Printer initialization is activated by the following procedures. 1. Turn off the power switch. 2. Press and hold the Feed button while turning the power back on. 3. Release the button when LED turns green after 5 amber blinks. (Any green will do during the 5 blinks).
4.4 Black Mark Sensor Calibration Set black mark sensor as media sensor and calibrate the black mark sensor. Follow the steps below. 1. Turn off the power switch. 2. Press and hold the Feed button while turning the power back on. 3. Release the button when LED turns green/amber after 5 green blinks. (Any green/amber will do during the 5 blinks).
5. Maintenance 5.1 Cleaning Use one or more of the following supplies: Cotton swab Lint-free cloth Vacuum 100% ethanol The cleaning process is described below: Printer Part Printer Head Method 1. Always turn off the printer before cleaning the print head. 2. Allow the printhead to cool for a minimum of one minute. 3. Use a cotton swab and 100% ethanol to clean the print head surface. Platen Roller 1. Turn the power off. 2.
6. Troubleshooting This section lists the common problems that you may encounter when operating the printer. 6.1 LED Status LED Status / Color Printer Status Solution Number Off off 1 Solid Green on 2 Flash Green Paused 3 Flash Red Stopped 4 1. No power. Turn on the power switch. Check if the green LED is lit on power supply. If it is not lit on, power supply is broken. Check both power connection from the power cord to the power supply and from the power supply to the printer power jack. 2.
6.2 Print Quality Continuous feeding labels The printer setting may go wrong. Please do the Initialization and Gap/Black Mark Calibration. No print on the label Is the label loaded correctly? Follow the instructions in Loading the Paper. Poor print quality Top cover is not closed properly. Close the top cover completely. Clean the thermal print head. Adjust the print density setting.
7. Specifications 7.1 Printer Specifications Item Specifications Mechanism Resolution 203 dpi. Max. Print Width 108 mm. Max. Print Length 1000 mm ( 39” ). Printing Speed 2, 3, 4 and 5 ips selectable. 2, 3 ips selectable with peeler function. Printing Method Direct thermal printing. Enclosure Structure Double-walled plastic. Dimension Standard Model: 240mm (L) x 200mm (W) x 164mm (H) Operation Panel One push switch, and one indicator LED (Green, Orange, Red colors).
Command Set WPL Environment Temperature: 5℃ ~ 40℃. Operation Relative Humidity: 25% ~ 85% (Non Condensing). Temperature: -40℃ ~ 60℃. Storage Relative Humidity: 10% ~ 90% (Non Condensing). 7.2 Label Stock Specifications Item Specification Type Label (Continuous , Die-cut , Fan-fold). Wound Type Outside wound. Width 20mm ~ 112mm (0.79” ~ 4.4”). Length 10mm ~ 1000mm (0.4” ~ 39”). ( for peel and cutter ) 25.4mm ~ 1000mm (1” ~ 39”). Thickness 0.06mm ~ 0.19mm (max.
8. LED and Button Operation 8.1 LED LED Color Green/ Solid Description This illuminates that the power is on and the device is ready to use. Green/ Flash This illuminates that the system is downloading data from PC to memory and the printer is paused. Amber This illuminates that the system is clearing data from printer. Red / Solid This illuminates printer head open, cutter error. Red / Flash This illuminates a printing error, such as paper empty, paper jam, or memory error etc. 8.
Gap/Black Mark Sensor 1.Turn off the power switch. Calibratio, Label Length 2. Hold on the button then turn on the power switch. Measurement, Self Test and enter Dump 3. Release the button when LED becomes amber and blinking. (Any amber will do during the 5 blinks). The LED color will be changed as following order.
Gap Sensor Calibration 1. Turn off the power switch. 2. Hold on the button then turn on the power switch. 3. Release the button when LED turns red/amber after 5 green/amber blinks. (Any red/amber will do during the 5 blinks). The LED color will be changed as following: Amber red (5 blinks) green/amber (5 blinks) Skip AUTO.BAS amber (5 blinks) green (5 blinks) red/amber (5 blinks) solid green 1. Turn off printer power. 2. Press the FEED button and then turn on power. 3.
