Manual SRP-350plusII Windows Driver English Rev 1 04
Manual SRP-350plusII Windows Driver English Rev 1 04
Manual SRP-350plusII Windows Driver English Rev 1 04
SRP-350plusII
Thermal printer
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SRP-350plusII
■ Table of Contents
1. Manual Information ............................................................................................................. 3
2. Operating System (OS) Environment ................................................................................. 3
3. Windows Driver Preparation ............................................................................................... 3
4. Windows Driver Installation ................................................................................................ 4
4-1 Installing on Windows XP / Server 2003 ........................................................................... 4
4-1-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port ................................................................................... 4
4-1-2 Via USB Port .............................................................................................................. 7
4-1-3 Via Ethernet Port ........................................................................................................ 9
4-2 Installing on Windows VISTA / Server 2008 / 7 / 8 / Server 2012 / 10 ............................ 12
4-2-1 Via Serial Port or Parallel Port ................................................................................. 12
4-2-2 Via USB Port ............................................................................................................ 15
4-2-3 Via Ethernet ............................................................................................................. 17
5. Windows Driver Settings .................................................................................................. 20
5-1 Layout ............................................................................................................................ 20
5-1-1 Paper Size ............................................................................................................... 21
5-1-2 Paper Type .............................................................................................................. 22
5-1-3 Copies...................................................................................................................... 23
5-1-4 Color ........................................................................................................................ 23
5-1-5 Image Rotation......................................................................................................... 23
5-1-6 Crop Function .......................................................................................................... 23
5-1-7 Orientation ............................................................................................................... 23
5-2 Document Settings ......................................................................................................... 24
5-2-1 Send Command ....................................................................................................... 25
5-2-2 Cash Drawer / Internal Beep .................................................................................... 25
5-2-3 Line Feed ................................................................................................................. 25
5-2-4 Paper Cut ................................................................................................................. 25
5-3 NV Image ....................................................................................................................... 26
5-4 Barcode .......................................................................................................................... 27
5-4-1 1d Barcode .............................................................................................................. 28
5-4-2 2d Barcode .............................................................................................................. 29
5-5 Utility .............................................................................................................................. 30
5-5-1 VMSM ...................................................................................................................... 31
5-5-2 NV Image Download ................................................................................................ 31
5-5-3 Special Font Edit Utility ............................................................................................ 31
5-5-4 Journal Viewer ......................................................................................................... 32
5-5-5 Text Macro ............................................................................................................... 33
5-5-6 Image Macro ............................................................................................................ 34
6. Windows Driver Specifications ........................................................................................ 36
6-1 Printer fonts .................................................................................................................... 36
6-2 Special functions ............................................................................................................ 38
7. Use of Windows Driver ..................................................................................................... 40
7-1 Use of Visual Basic ........................................................................................................ 40
7-1-1 Windows Driver Selection ........................................................................................ 40
7-1-2 Text Printing ............................................................................................................. 40
7-1-3 Barcode Printing ...................................................................................................... 41
7-2 Use of WordPad ............................................................................................................. 42
7-2-1 WordPad Environment Settings ............................................................................... 42
7-2-2 Text Printing ............................................................................................................. 42
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1. Manual Information
This Windows Driver Installation Manual provides information on installation, detailed
specifications, and usage of the printer’s Windows Driver according to PC operating
system (OS).
We at BIXOLON maintain ongoing efforts to enhance and upgrade the functions and
quality of all our products. In following, product specifications and/or user manual content
may be changed without prior notice.
* Serial and Parallel printer port do not work on Windows 10 version 1511 (OS Build
105860.104) specific. We recommend you to install the latest Windows 10 update
through Windows Update before installing Windows Driver.
You can download and install the Windows Update in the Update & security tab of the
Settings menu ( > Settings > Update & security > Windows Update).
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2) Click Next.
3) Select BIXOLON SRP-350plusII and a COM or LPT port to be used, and then click
Next.
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7) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. The communication settings of
the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test.
※ Skip this step if you selected a LPT port.
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8) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is
indicated if the test page is printed normally.
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2) Click Next.
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4) Click OK.
5) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. The printer driver will be installed automatically.
7) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is
indicated if the test page is printed normally.
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2) Click Next.
4) Enter the IP address and port number, and then click Next.
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9) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is
indicated if the test page is printed normally.
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2) Click Next.
3) Select BIXOLON SRP-350plusII and a COM or LPT port to be used, and then click
Next.
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7) Match the communication settings to those of the printer. The communication settings of
the printer can be performed by conducting a self-test.
※ Skip this step if you selected a LPT port.
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8) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is
indicated if the test page is printed normally.
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2) Click Next.
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4) Click OK.
5) Turn off the printer and then turn it on. The printer driver will be installed automatically.
7) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is
indicated if the test page is printed normally.
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2) Click Next.
4) Enter the IP address and port number, and then click Next.
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9) Click Print Test Page and check printing status. Proper installation of the driver is
indicated if the test page is printed normally.
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5-1 Layout
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Paper size of 80 x 3276 mm is selected by default, and the following sizes can be selected.
80 40 mm 80 160 mm 80 3276 mm
80 80 mm 80 200 mm
80 120 mm 80 297 mm
If a custom paper size is required, click “…” to add or update a custom paper size. Click
Save after specifying the paper width/length and a paper name. If the specified paper
name already exists on the system, you can update the paper width/length.
You can choose the new paper size on the Paper Size combo-box after adding a paper
size.
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You can choose Receipt or Ticket as paper types. Receipt allows flexible paper length
according to the data length. Ticket print in fixed length even the print data is short. Default
setting is “Receipt”.
Receipt : Receipt allows flexible paper length according to the data length.
Ticket : Ticket print in fixed length even the print data is short.
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5-1-3 Copies
Copies are printed by specifying the copy count. The copy count is set to 1 by default. Set
this value bigger than 1 to set the number of copies to print. The value should be within the
range of 1 to 255.
5-1-4 Color
The Color is set to Monochrome by default. Select Color if you are using two color
thermal paper (i.e. Red & Black).
Image rotation is available for image data only and available in “Monochrome” mode.
Rotation for printer fonts or barcode fonts is not supported. The color type will be changed
to “Monochrome” mode automatically if this function is used in the color mode.
This function crops the upper and lower end of the printing area by the specified number. It
helps reduce the margin at the top and bottom when there is excessive margin. The value
should be within the range of 0 to 255.
5-1-7 Orientation
Printing orientation can be set to Portrait (which is the default) or Landscape. It is not
possible to use printer fonts (device fonts) and barcode fonts in landscape.
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The Windows driver serves to receive the content for print from an application and send it
to the printer. The “Send Commands” function allows for the addition of desired commands
at the start or end of the print content.
For more information about the hexadecimals that can be entered in “Start Doc”, “Start
Page”, “End Page” and “End Doc”, refer to the Commands Manual.
To open a cash-drawer before printing, tick “Open before printing #1” or “Open before
printing #2”.
To open a cash-drawer after printing, tick “Open after printing #1” or “Open after printing
#2”.
To make a beep sound when printing, tick “Beep sound before printing” or “Beep sound
after printing”.
It is possible to set the number of line feeds between 0 and 99 for adding blank lines at the
end of printing.
Paper can be cut at the end of each page or each document (job).
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5-3 NV Image
The position to print NV image stored in the printer can be set at the beginning and/or end
of the document and beginning and end of each page. Also, there are two commands for
NV Image printing. Take care of selecting one of the two commands because NV images
cannot be printed depending on the selected command.
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5-4 Barcode
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5-4-1 1d Barcode
Windows driver supports one-dimensional barcode fonts as shown in the following table.
Barcodes can be printed on the printer by using following font names.
If you want to change the default value of 1d barcode properties, select a Font Name and
Type of one-dimensional barcode, and then click Properties. Click OK after changing the
values of properties.
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5-4-2 2d Barcode
Windows driver supports two-dimensional barcode fonts as shown in the following table.
Barcodes can be printed on the printer by using following font names.
If you want to change the default value of 2d barcode properties, select a Font Name and
Type of two-dimensional barcode, and then click Properties. Click OK after changing the
values of properties for PDF417 and QR Code.
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5-5 Utility
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5-5-1 VMSM
The purpose of FontControlA font is not for text printing. It is used to define the printer
command, assign the defined printer command to a specific ASCII character, and send it
to the printer. The range of ASCII code that the command can be assigned is from 0x20 to
0x7F, and the command can be easily assigned using this utility.
2) Select an ASCII code character and enter the print command. All values should be
entered in hexadecimal number format.
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Journal is a function to save a copy of printed receipts. Copies can be saved without using
journal printer with this function. Journal saves each printed document in a file and the
saved file can be viewed by using this utility.
1) Tick Enable Journal to run Journal Viewer, and then click Journal Viewer.
2) Click Search to set search condition, and then enter Start Date and End Date.
4) Select the file to print from the list and click Print to send the data stored in the file to
the printer.
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Text Macro is a utility to replace specific text with other text for printing. This function can
be used only when using printer fonts and it has no effect when using Windows fonts.
Detailed instructions are shown below.
1) Tick Enable Text Macro to run Text Macro, and then click Text Macro.
2) Click Add Item, enter the texts in Change-Text and in Replace Text, and click OK.
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Image Macro is a utility to replace specific text with an image for printing. This function can
be used only when using printer fonts and it has no effect when using Windows fonts.
Detailed instructions are shown below.
1) Tick Enable Image Macro to run Image Macro, and then click Image Macro.
2) Click Add Image, select a bitmap file (*.bmp), and click Open.
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3) Enter the image name to be added to the list, select a dithering type, and click OK.
4) Click Add Text Key, enter the keyword text to be replaced with an image in Change-
Text, select one of the added items from the list, and click OK.
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This Windows driver supports various printer fonts (device fonts) in the following table.
Printing using these fonts is faster than using Windows fonts provided by the operating
system.
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1) FontA1x2
- ANSI Character code support (Code Page 1252)
- Font size (dot): 12 x 48 (Double height)
- Font size (point): 19
2) FontA1x2 [Ext.]
- IBM expansion Character code support (Code Page 437)
- Font size (dot): 12 x 48 (Double height)
- Font size (point): 19
3) FontA1x2 [255]
- Buyer exclusive code support
- Font size (dot): 12 x 48 (Double height)
- Font size (point): 19
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This Windows driver supports the special functions as shown in the following table.
Select FontControl font first and use the characters in the table to use the special
functions. Take care as this function is not for printing general texts.
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1) Example
Select FontControl font and send 6 for “LF” (Line Feed) operation (instead of printing
character “6”).
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This section contains example codes to control the printer using Windows driver with
Visual Basic. Sample programs are included in the CD.
The following example code explains how to select “BIXOLON SRP-350plusII” Windows
driver.
Exit For
End If
Next
The following example code explains how to print texts using Windows fonts and printer
fonts (device fonts).
Printer.EndDoc
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The following example code explains how to print the barcode (JAN8 (EAN)).
Printer.FontName = "Barcode4"
Printer.Print "1234567"
Printer.EndDoc
The following example code explains how to print the 2D barcode (PDF417).
Printer.FontName = "2D-Code1"
Printer.Print "Print Test PDF417"
Printer.EndDoc
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Launch WordPad, set the printing related options as follows, and test the printer with
WordPad.
- Select printer
Select “Print” from the “File” menu, and select the printer (BIXOLON SRP-350plusII).
Print the text from WordPad using the Windows driver of the printer.
2) Select the point size from the point selection box (9.5).
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