Vann) i etitiiog User’s Manual Thermal Barcode Printers GP-3120TL Proficient in Commercial POS Receipt Printers. Introduction... 1.1 Safety Warning 1.2 Note . General Information ... 2.4 Introduction 2.2 Main Features .. . Printer Parts ... . Paper Roll Installation ... . Specification 5.1 Specification Table . Setting Up the Printer 6.1 Unpacking 6.2 Power Cable Connection 6.3 Data Cable Connection 6.4 Media Installation . Power On Utilities .... 74 Self-Test 7.2 Gap Sensor Calibration 7.3 Hexadecimal Dumping 7.4 Skip AUTO.BAS 7.5 Printer Initialization . Indicators and Buttons.. 8.1 Indicators 8.2 Buttons “ . Maintenance ... 9.4 Printer Cleaning 12 Thermal Barcode Printers1. Introduction ‘Thanks for choosing our new thermal label printer GP-3120TL. This product provides reliable performance and high printing quality at economic price. With powerful functions and easy operation design, GP-3120TL is your best choice of thermal label printer. & caution, NOTE & caution: MusT COMPLY, OTHERWISE HUMAN GET HARM AND DEVICES DAMAGE. & NOTE: IMPORTANT INFOMATION AND TIPS FOR PRINTERS OPERATION. SAFETY WARNING PLEASE READ THE BELOW WARNINGS AND NOTES CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE PRINTER. 1.1 SAFETY WARNING & cauTION: THE PRINT HEAD IS A HEATED PART, PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE PRINT HEAD AND OTHER PARTS AROUND IT IN AND AFTER THE PRINTING PROCESS. & caution: Do NOT TOUCH THE PRINT HEAD AND PLUG-IN PARTS TO AVOID PRINT HEAD DAMAGE. & caUTION: D0 NOT TOUCH THE PAPER TEAR-OFF KNIFE TO AVAOD GETTING HARM. 1.2. Safety Notice: * Don't touch the printer head with anything. * Don't touch the cutter blade. * Don't bend the power cord excessively or place any heavy objects onto it * Don't use the printer when it is out of order. This can cause a fire or and electrocution. * When connecting or disconnecting the plug, always hold the plug but not the cord * Keep the desiccant out of children's reach. * Use only approved accessories and do not try to disassemble, repair or remodel it by yourself. * Install the printer on the stable surface. Choose firm, level surface where avoid vibration. * Don't let water or other foreign objects into the printer. * Don't connect a telephone line into the peripheral drive connector. * We recommend that you unplug the printer from the power outlet if no use it for a long period Thermal Barcode Printers2. General Information 2. Introduction GP-3120TL is designed for real-time and batch label printing, which is applicable in the field of transportation, logistics, post, retail sale, and etc. The printer can be connected with other equipment with USB interface cards, . It supports different paper media, including thermal paper roll, thermal label paper and sticker paper. The printer provides direct thermal printing at selectable printing speed of 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 inches per second. It accepts roll feed, die-cut and fan-fold labels. All common bar code formats are available. Font and bar codes can be printed in 4 directions and in 1 to 10 times enlargement size. High performance and efficiency of label printing save your time! 2.2 Main Features @ Built-in power adapter. © Support thermal paper roll, thermal label paper and sticker paper. © Support printing media width from 20mm to 80mm. @ Auto paper adjusting function @ Auto temperature control for durable printing © Module design for different application. 3. Printer Parts 4 Top Cover 2+ Base housing 3+ Top Cover Open Button 4- Backing Paper Opening 5 Label Opening _6- Feed Button 7- Pause Button 8 Error Indicator 9+ ONLINE/POWER Indicator Thermal Barcode Printers10 Ser ~~ (Hi 2) 10- Power 11- Power Jack 12- USB Interface (BH 3) (EB 4) 13-PrintHead 14-Paper Roll 15-Label Guide 16- Paper Presence Sensor 17- Paper Roll Spindle _18- Light Transmission Sensor Light Source Thermal Barcode Printers @-4. Paper Roll Installation (1) Insert the paper roll spindle into a paper roll, and place the paper roll into the printer. Fixing tab on the paper roll spindle should be inside the internal paper roll mount. Adjust, the paper roll spindle position with the paper roll mount. © Press the top cover open button and the top cover lift. Cos aD “Op, © @ Insert the paper roll spindle into the paper roll, and adjust the spindle position to make it in the center of the paper roll - @ Thermal Barcode PrintersPlace the paper roll into the internal paper roll mount. Please make sure the paper printing side face up as shown in the below photo. xX. wW D (1 8) Thermal Barcode Printers5. Specification 5.1 Specification Table Parameter Printing method | Dect Thoma Py width Max.76mm_ Print emery Brana FLASH a Printhead | rma Sentve Resistance Pi head Paper detection Photoelectricity sensor Inertaco vse, Bar code CODE128, EAN128, ITF, CODE39, CODE93, FE Se ee cus, CPOST, MSI, MSIC, PLESSEY, ITF14, EAN14 Bar code Ent Fonraioronta Graphics Internal font ‘Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean Graphics downloaded into FLASH and DRAM Media type Continuous, sticker, fan-fold, etc Media Media diameter Max. 100mm, Media core diameter} Min. 25mm Power | Input av 062A Environment condition Storage 40 ~ 55% 93%RH (40°C ) paysieal | Dlametor 2 x Ha) x 55m Sa oan ma The printer supports both continuous and non-continuous paper. © Continuous type: Paper roll © Non-continuous typ 1) Label roll; 2) Sticker paper. Qe: Thermal Barcode Printers6 . Setting Up the Printer 6.1 Unpacking Please unpack the printer package, and inspect the parts according to the packing list. If any parts are missing or damaged, please contact the customer service of your purchased reseller or distributor. 6.2 Power Cable Connection 10) 1) Make sure the printer power switch is OFF; 2) The printer power jack is a 3-pin socket and for 220V DC power input. Please plug the DC cord connector into the printer's power jack properly 220V DC Acaution: I When connecting or disconnecting the plug, always hold the plug but not the cord. Avoid pulling the power cord, otherwise any damages may cause a fire or electrocution. Avoid placing the power cord around other over heated equipment to prevent power cord melting, which may cause a fire or electrocution. I We recommend that you unplug the printer from the power outlet if no use it for a long period 6.3 Data Cable Connection 1) Make sure the printer power switch is OFF. 2) Plug the USB cable connector into the printer's interface properly. 3) Plug the other end of the data cable with the host computer. Acaution: 1 Please do not plug the data cable when the printer power is ON. 6.4 Media Installation To install the sticker paper and label roll, please refer'4. Paper Roll Installation’. 7. Power On Utilities There are five power-on utilities to set up and test printer hardware. These utilities are activated by pressing FEED button and PAUSE button. TA, Self-Test To start the printer self-test, please follow the below steps, 1. Tum off the printer power. 2. Make sure the paper roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed. 3. Press the FEED button and turning on the printer power simultaneously. When the self-test paper (chart 21) comes out, release the FEED button. Thermal Barcode Printers9 Self-test Page Sample: SELFTEST. Self-test Mode Ha 11) MODEL: GP3120TL Model name VERSION: V1.0. Firmware version INTERFACE: USB... .Interface type SPEED: 4. Print speed DENSITY: 7. Print darkness SIZE. 76mm, 60mm Paper width GAP: Omm, Omm Gap distance CODE PAGE: 437 Code page MILAGE (m) ; 44, 7999998... REFERENCE: 0mm, 0mm. Printed mileage (meter) Reference offset Print direction Label print offset, aper tear-off offset Printer functions SET PEEL: OFF... SET TEAR: ON. SET HEAD: ON, SET PRINTKEY: OFF, SET REPRINT: OFF... SET KEY1 (FEED) : ON, SET KEY2 (PAUSE) ; ON. .Peel-off mode Tear-off mode .CoVer opening sensor Press & print function ‘Auto reprint function Feed button function button function .Pause button function TAIWANESE BIG5: TST24.BF2.. Taiwanese CHINESE GB2312, TSS24.BF2 Chinese KOREAN KSC5601: K. Korean DRAM FILE: O FILE (S) FLASH FILE: FILE (8) SECTOR SIZE: 4 kB Numbers of download files PHYSICAL DRAM 2048 KBYTES i it Physical & available AVAILABLE DRAM: 1024 KBYTES FREE memory space PHYSICAL FLASH 2048 KBYTES AVAILABLE FLASH 1024 KBYTES FREE 7.2 Gap Sensor Calibration Gap sensor sensitivity should be calibrated at the following conditions 4. Abrand new printer 2. Label stock changed 3. Printer initialization Thermal Barcode PrintersThis function is to reset the label gap sensor sensitivity when the printer power is tuned on. User needs to start the calibration of the gap sensor sensitivity after loading a different type of label roll or the printer is initialized. Please follow the steps below to calibrate the gap sensor: A. Through Driver Property: Set label paper dimension, label gap in Driver Property, click Apply and then print a label, after printing, printer will calibrate the label automatically, label parameter will be written into memory. B. Through sending commands: Write label paper dimension and gap into program and then print a label, printer will calibrate the label paper automatically. 7.3 Dump mode Please follow the steps below: 1. Tum off the printer power. 2. Make sure the label roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed. 3. Press and hold on the PAUSE button, then turn on the printer power. When the POWER indicator (blue light) and ERROR indicator (red light) light simultaneously, release the buttons. The printer is changed to Dump Mode and print as below chart. * NOW IN DUMP MODE * SELFTE @A 53 45 4C 46 54 45 ST 53 54 OD 0A 12) QB Note: Printer will not print if data is not more than one piece of label, and need to press FEED button to force the printer to print it out, 7.4 Skip AUTO.BAS User can download an auto execution file (AUTO.BAS) to flash memory. Printer will run the AUTO.BAS program immediately when tuming on printer power. The AUTO.BAS program can be interrupted by the power-on utility. Please follow the steps below to skip the AUTO.BAS: 4. Turn off the printer power. 2. Press and hold on the PAUSE button and FEED button, then tum on the printer power. When the POWER indicator (blue light) dims and ERROR indicator (red light) lights, release both buttons. The printer skips running the AUTO.BAS program. And then the POWER indicator lights. Thermal Barcode Printers7.5 Printer Initialization Printer initialization is used to clear DRAM and restore printer settings to defaults. Please do the gap sensor sensitivity calibration after the printer initialization. Please follow the steps below to initi 1, Tum off the printer power. 2. Press and hold on the PAUSE button and FEED button, then turn on the printer power. When the POWER indicator (blue light) lights and ERROR indicator (red light) dims, release both buttons. The printer DRAM is cleared and printer settings are restored ize the printer: to defaults. 8. Indicators and Buttons The printer has two indicators (POWER indicator in blue light and ERROR indicator in red light) and two buttons (PAUSE and FEED). 8.1 Indicators: Item | Indicators Status Descriptions 1 | POWER indicator is ON Printer is powered on and in normal print mode, ERROR Indicator is OFF 2 | POWER indicator flashes slowly (640ms) | Printer is paused ERROR indicator is OFF 3. | POWER indicator flashes fast (160ms) | Printed label is peet-off but not taken off. ERROR indicator is OFF 4 | POWER indicator is OFF Printer cover is opened. ERROR indicator flashes fast (160ms) 5 | POWER indicator is OFF Paper shortage or gap sensor calibrated error. ERROR indicator flashes slowly (640ms) 6 | POWER indicator flashes fast (160ms) | Printer overheated protection is activated. ERROR indicator flashes fast (160m) | after 1 minute, the printer will check again the temperature of print head. If the temperature gets right, printer resumes working. 8.2 Buttons Item| Functions 1 | Feed Press the FEED button when POWER indicator is on and ERROR indicator is off. It feeds the label to the beginning of the next label 2 | Pause Press the feed button during printing and the printing job is. suspended 3. | Selftest 4. Tum off the printer power. 2. Make sure the paper roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed, 3, Press the FEED button and tuming on the printer power simultaneously. When the self-test paper comes out, release the FEED button. Thermal Barcode Printers4 | Gap sensor calibration | set label specification in driver property or by sending commands, then print a label, printer will automatically calibrate the label paper. 5 | Dump mode 41. Tum off the printer power. 2. Make sure the label roll is installed correctly and the printer top cover is closed 3. Press and hold on the PAUSE button and FEED button, then tum on the printer power. When the POWER indicator (blue light) and ERROR indicator (red light) light simultaneously, release both buttons, The printer is changed to Dump Mode. 9. Maintenance 9.1 Printer Cleaning To ensure the printing quality, please proceed this maintenance section to keep your printer in good conditions and extend its life. Please use one of following material to clean the printer: Cotton swab Lint-free cloth Vacuum / Blower brush 100% ethanol The cleaning process is described as following Printer Part Method Print Head 4. Tum off the printer power before cleaning the print head. 2. Allow the print head to coo! for at least one minute, 3. Use a cotton swab and 100% ethanol to clean the print head surface. Platen Roller | 1. Tum off the printer power. 2, Rotate the platen roller and use a cotton swab or lint-free cloth to wipe it thoroughly with 100% ethanol Exterior Wipe it with water-dampened cloth. Interior Use a vacuum or blower brush to clean the dust. Note: I Always tur off the printer power before cleaning the printer. Do not touch print head by hand, Tweezers is not allowed to use for cleaning, otherwise the print head, platen roller or sensor may be damaged. lM Please use 100% ethanol. DO NOT use medical alcohol, gasoline or acetone, which may damage the print head and platen roller. I Do the sensor calibration after cleaning the sensors. 1 Only turn on the printer and resume printing job after the ethanol volatilized. Thermal Barcode PrintersA warnine All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Gainscha (Hong Kong) International Limited. The company reserves the tights of modifications of manufacture technology, assembly, software and hardware without notice. Contact your franchiser if you need further information about the product.