Microcom 322M - Manual (Page 13)

322M Operator’s Manual
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Introduction
The Model 322M is a high performance Direct Thermal open frame printer that is
economically sized and priced to fit everyone’s budget. The extensive list of standard
features combined with an easy to operate and maintain design provides continuous and
reliable printing at true high volume throughput. The Model 322M comes equipped with a
high resolution (575 dots, 8-
dots/mm) thermal printhead with a print width of 2.83”.
The resident Label Design Software (LDS) is a powerful and easy-to-use control language
that allows the creation of custom label formats. The software is ASCII text based and can
be interfaced to PC’s, mini-computers, main frames and other special purpose machines.
The LDS uses thermal dots as the unit of measure. All commands and parameters, unless
noted otherwise, should be entered using dots. The conversion values for the printer are 8
dots per millimeter, 203 dots per inch or 0.0049” per dot. For example: To enter the width
of a label that is 2” wide, the value entered would be 406 (2” X 203 = 406).
Among many other features, LDS supports downloadable graphics and fonts, serial
numbering, flexible character spacing, reverse video, resident fonts and many of the most
popular bar code symbologies. Bitmapped fonts, bar codes, and graphic images can be
multiplied in size in the X and Y directions while being printed in 0, 90, 180, and 270 degree
rotations. Graphic images and custom designed label formats can also be stored in the
printer’s memory for high-speed access and greater throughput performance.
The Model 322M is capable of printing on most types of labels, pre-print tickets, fax papers,
and tag stocks. The printer is also capable of detecting many registration marks such as:
media that contain die-cut, blow-hole, black-line sense marks and continuous rolled stock as
well. The printer also provides three different cutter types, which include a full guillotine,
full/partial guillotine and rotary cutter. These cutter options provide a means of cutting
media of varying thickness to handle even the most demanding applications.
Many printer applications use the same label format, but change the data on every label.
This is not a problem for the 322M printer. Data may be changed without downloading the
same fixed format or fixed data field, time after time. This, along with the available serial
communication speeds, increases data access time and productivity providing the user with
high performance for a low cost.
Contact Microcom Corporation regarding the availability of Windows
® drivers and
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) software packages that allow quick and easy
on-screen label designing.