TSC PRINTRONIX AUTO ID Setting Printer Parameters Automatically with Job Instruction Manual
- June 2, 2024
- TSC PRINTRONIX AUTO ID
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TSC PRINTRONIX AUTO ID Setting Printer Parameters Automatically with Job
Instruction Manual
Introduction
In today ’s rapidly expanding supply chain world, automation can assist with productivity, speed results, and reduce errors. Sometimes automation requires significant investment of capital and an overhaul of processes. Yet sometimes automation can be accomplished for free and with minimal effort.
This Tech Tips discusses a powerful automation hack that is simple and free. It allows you to send printer parameters along with the print job to ensure that your printer is optimized for the job. All without any printer operator intervention.
Background
TSC Printronix Auto ID printers are standards in highvolume label production
typically found in shipping docks, warehouses, and manufacturing locations.
Their rugged construction and legendary reliability help ensure maximum
printer life and minimal issues. In addition to their robust design, they also
provide significant flexibility in operation through a wide range of settings
including label alignment adjustments, thermal printhead temperature
adjustments, label presentation options, and data stream compatibility
settings, to name just a few.
These settings can be stored together as a configuration file. Up to eight
configuration files may be saved and stored in the printer to provide
flexibility in job setup.
Loading the configuration file before a print job ensures that the printer is
optimized for that job. This is a simple step at the printer operator panel;
however, it would be optimal to have the configuration file loaded at the
beginning of every job automatically, so the operator didn’t have to
intervene. We’ve made this easy to do.
Steps
In this example we will be using BarTender to create a template and send the print configuration information as part of the job.
The label template is basic. It is simply a list of barcode examples and different x-dimension sizes demonstrating the significant space savings that 2D barcodes can provide on a label:
Example of a 1D Barcode 10-mil
**Example of a 1D Barcode 5-mil
**
**Example of a 2D barcode at 20-mil
**
**Example of a 2D barcode at 15-mil
**
**Example of a 2D barcode at 10-mil
**
Example of a 2D barcode at 5-mil
Once the label is created, we select File-Print which brings up the following dialog box:
Now let’s add in the printer commands
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Press Document Properties
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Press Advanced Options
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Press User Commands
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Input the PTX_SETUP commands desired: (For a full list of possible PTX_SETUP commands, please see 258745M_PTX_ADMIN_T8.pdf. [WHERE CAN THE USER FIND THIS MANUAL?] In this case we are going to use the following to load Configuration 2 for this job.
a Press Start of Job
b Type: !PTX_SETUP
c CONFIG-LOAD;4
d PTX_END
e Press Apply
f Press OK
g Press OK on the next menu
h Press Print on the Print menu to execute the job. -
Be sure to save the template. Your added commands will be saved with the job.
Next time you run the job, printing the job will set the printer automatically into Configuration 2. If desired, you can also add commands at the end of the job to reset the configuration to Configuration 1 or another configuration as desired.
You can also provide a print job number adding additional information if you are using PXML to capture real-time information about the device status, job status, and grading data from barcodes if using ODV.
Summary
Automating printer setup commands in the job itself can help reduce operator
intervention and ensure the printer is optimized for the particular form or
job.
The setup is easy and can be done through standard label softwar
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