NCTS NBP3 Bluetooth Thermal Label Printer Instructions

Instructions Manual

NCTS NBP3 Bluetooth Thermal Label Printer

NOTICE

Please read this manual carefully before using the printer!

Notice of Safety

Be sure to use the specified battery and power supply provided by our company. Otherwise it may cause fire, explosion or damage printer, meanwhile, the battery also may be damaged.

Don’t put battery into the fire, don’t disassemble or heat the battery, don’t be short circuit, it may cause fire, explosion or damage printer, meanwhile, the battery also may be damaged.

If the printer would not be used for a long time, be sure to take off the battery, otherwise the battery may leak liquid which is corrosive liquid, if improper operation causes battery leak liquid, and it paste in the skin or clothes, please rinse it by clean water, if paste in the eyes, please rinse them thoroughly by clean water and see a doctor. Please do not open the paper case cover when it is printing or just when printing is finished, do not touch the printer head with hand or body, overheat may cause scald.

Notice of Using

Don’t make the printer printing receipt longer than 1m, it might damage the printer.

Water or other liquid should not be spilled into the printer, also the printer should not be appeared in the rain, or else may cause printer damage.

Please do not open the paper case cover when it is printing, otherwise the printer may work improperly. If printer is using USB connection to work, should not unplug the USB cable, or else some printing data may be lost. When printer is using USB connection to work, the distance of communication should be within 10 meters, otherwise the printer doesn’t print or prints rubbish codes. Too high（45℃）or too low（5℃） environment temperature and too high (85％) or too low (20％) environment humidity both effect the printing quality. The printer paper roll with poor quality or stored for too long time also may reduce the printing quality even damage the printer. Under the black mark detecting mode, the printer requires that the pre-printed black mark is accordant with the printing rule of black mark (please refer to details in Chapter 4.2), otherwise the black mark can not be detected correctly. Be sure to use up the power of the battery before charge up it, as it can ensure the using life of the battery.

Notice of Storing

The printer should be placed in such an environment that the temperature is between-20℃ and 60℃, and the relative humidity is between 5% and 95%. If the printer will be stored for a long time, please be sure to take out the battery, otherwise may damage the battery and printer.

Normal thermal paper receipt can’t be kept too long, if you need to keep the receipt for a long period, please choose long-term effective thermal paper. The thermal paper should be keep away from high temperature environment and point-blank sunshine, please store it where is away from light if it have been open.

Chapter 1: Outer Appearance and Model No.

Outer Appearance

Model No.

NBP3   Support USB and Bluetooth Interface

Chapter 2: Characteristic Specification

Printing Specification

Other Specification

• Paper Loading Method: drop-in easy loading
• Black Mark Location: available
• Paper End Detection: when paper is out, the ERROR Indicator will constant on lighting. Meanwhile, the buzzer will ringing.
• Printing Control Command: ESC/POS compatible command set (refer to).
• Power Supply: 2200mAh rechargeable polymer lithium battery.
• Low Power Alarm: when the battery is low, the power indicator blinks with red color; if the voltage is lower than 6.2V , the printer will turn off power.
• Sleeping: the printer will fall after at least 5 seconds without usage into sleep, and can be awaken by pressing 【FEED】 button or sending data to it.
• Battery Charging: quick charging, it will be fully charged about 1-3 hours;
• Battery Duration: under 25% printing density, at least 200 meters; the standby time is over 5days. (These parameters are just for reference. Long term usage will cause the capacity decline, and can not ensure the time of printing.

Chapter 3: Operation Method

Using Preparation

Battery Installation

Paper Roll Installation

Basic function usage

Switch On

The printer is powered on by pressing the power button one second; the power indicator is on with green color whenever the printer is on.

Notice: when the battery is almost exhausted, you must charge the battery by using the adaptor. The method of charging the battery, please refer to 3.2.5.

Switch Off

The printer is off after hold down the power button one second. All the indicators are off whenever the printer is off.

Self-test

When the printer is off, holding down the FEED button then turn on the power button . After hearing buzzer ring, the self-test begins.

Paper Feeding

When the printer works normally, hold down 【FEED】button, the paper feeding begins, and stops when stopped holding the【FEED】button. When the printer works in black mark mode, hold down【FEED】button, the printer begins to feed paper and stops at the position of black mark. If the paper is not black mark paper, the printer stops automatically after feeds paper for 30cm.

Battery Charging

The battery will run out after a period of usage. When it nearly runs out, if the printer is used to print data, printer will give a alarm through the battery red indicator flashing; if the printer is sleeping, printer will turn off automatically. At this time, user needs to charge up the battery

The charging method is as following: connecting the adapter to the power socket with 220V, 50HZ, then plug the power charging plug to the power socket of the printer, so the power charging begins. During the course of power charging, the charger indicator goes green when the charging is full. It takes about 3 hours to charge up the battery.

Using the printer during the course of charging power will make the charging time go longer.

Printer Setting

Users can set more parameters by using the specified〈NBP3 Setting Tools〉software through computer. The setting includes: Black mark, language、font、printing density、Bluetooth device name and password (only NBP3) etc. The setting method please refer to the < NBP3 Setting Tools Software Help>, offered with the software together.

Printer Interface Connection and Printing

USB Connection

USB interface of NBP3 is Mini-USB interface. The printer USB belongs to secondary device type (DEVICE), the outer appearance and pins are as below picture:

Bluetooth Connection

Handheld device, laptop and other information terminal devices with Bluetooth can drive NBP3 to print by the Bluetooth interface. NBP3 portable printer is compatible with Bluetooth2.0/4.0 standard.  effective communication distance is 10meters. The initial name of the printer is NBP3 Bluetooth Printer, the initial password is ‘1234’. Users can change the printer name and password by using< NBP3 Setting Tools> software. Please see the details in help file of < NBP3 Setting Tools>.

Before working, NBP3Portable Thermal Printer need to be pairing with primary device matching begins with the host device. Usual matching course is as below:

1. Switch on printer;
2. Host device searches for the outer Bluetooth device;
3. If there are other Bluetooth devices, please select NBP3 Printer;
4. Enter the password ‘1234’;
5. Pairing finished.
   Please see details in primary device Bluetooth function instruction for reference.

Notice:
If user doesn’t change the device name, during pairing, pls do not switch on other printers, otherwise, it will be difficult to identify which printer is paired successfully.

Chapter 4: Other Information

Command Programming Manual