Intermec PB40A User manual

PB40A

Quick Start Guide

4inchBeltPrinter

Bluetooth

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Packing List

Checktoensurethatyoureceivetheseitems:

SIntermecRPB40A0B140 Printer (4 inch thermal belt printer

with Bluetooth)

S1 roll of paper (in printer)

SBattery Pack (installed)

SCompliance Insert

SWarranty Card

Common Accessories List

Cable Part Number

Data Cable (Hirose to RJ-11) 226-469-002

Power Adapters Part Number

Universal. AC Adapter, 12 volt DC 851-060-104

Cigarette Lighter Adapter, 12 volt 320-066-133

Supplies Part Number

Replacement Li-Ion 7.2V 1.35 mAh Battery 320-081-122

Thermal paper 130’/roll, 50/case 320-081-011

Cleaning Card 320-066-013

PB40A Printer Quick Start Guide

Getting Started

Charge indicator

Self-Test button

Battery packs

RJ-11 port

DC power jack

IrDA window (side panel)

Paper tear bar

Card reader

Read LED

Paper

release lever

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Charging the Lithium Ion Batteries

SThe printer battery charges in about 3 hours.

LED Battery Indicators

LED State of Charge Action

Solid Red In Progress Waiting for green LED

Green Complete Remove Charger

Slow Red Flashing Low Temperature or

battery is disconnected

Change environment or

connect battery

Fast Red Flashing High Temperature Change environment

Slow Red and Orange

Flashing

Low Voltage Wait for solid red

Fast Red and Orange

Flashing

High Voltage Wait for solid red

Slow Orange Flashing Timeout Restart charge

Fast Orange Flashing Internal Error Remove battery to pow-

er down completely and

reconnect. Or unplug

from charging source,

wait 15-20 seconds and

reconnect.

Beep Indicator

Number of Beeps Indicates

One Printer has come out of sleep mode

Two Printer is out of paper

Three Battery is low

One long beep No program in printer, only boot code

Determining Current Battery Power

To determine the current charge on the battery pack, print out a

self test by pressing and holding the red self-test button for four

seconds. If the battery is good, you will see the abbreviation for

the word “GOOD” next to the Battery voltage print out.

PB40A Printer Quick Start Guide

This printer has a built in low battery detector. When the print-

er’s battery voltage is low, the printer beeps three times, indicat-

ing a Low Battery Warning. This only happens if the printer is

awake.

Paper Loading

Out of Paper

ThePB40APrintersoundstwoquickbeepswhenitrunsoutof

paper. If the printer is out of paper, the printer suspends opera-

tion until paper is present and the lever is down. The printer

continues to communicate with the mobile computer as long as

it does not “time out.” Once the printer restarts, it finishes the

rest of the print job from where it left off.

Removing Paper Core from your PB40A Printer

1 Unsnap the latch and lift up the cover.

2 Wrap your index finger around the empty paper core and pull

up. The paper rod will snap out.

3 Remove the empty paper core and discard.

Paper Loading

Standard Paper

If you are using standard paper, you can load the paper auto-

matically or manually. Experiment to find out which method is

best for you.

Linered Labels

If you are using linered paper, it is best to use the manual paper

loading method.

Automatic Paper Loading

1 Press the red self test button to wake the printer.

2 With the loose, clean edge of the paper coming from the bot-

tom of the roll, insert the edge of the paper between the roller

and the platen.

3 Push the button again while the printer is awake causes the

mechanism to feed about 1” of paper.

4 Insert the paper into the paper well with it resting on the pa-

per rod clips.

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Manual Paper Loading

1 Lift up the paper release lever. This takes the pressure off the

platen. Make sure you have a clean edge on the new paper

roll.

2 Take the edge of the paper and fold it 45 degrees.

3 Insert the tip of the paper between the roller and the platen.

4 Push on the paper until the tip is peeking out the other side.

(If it seems too tight to insert the tip, lift up the paper release

lever and turn the gear to advance the paper).

5 Grab the tip and pull it through until the paper is straight.

6 Push down the paper release lever and insert the paper into

the paper well with it resting in the paper rod clips.

7 Press the red button while the printer is on and it will feed

paper. You will need about 2 inches of paper coming out of

the mechanism.

8 Lowerthecoverwhileplacingtheextrapaperthoughthetear

bar.

9 Close Latch Cover and tear off extra paper.

PB40A Printer Quick Start Guide

Printer Self Test

Push the red button and hold for about four seconds to print a

self test. Below is an explanation of the print-out.

Self Test Print-out Explanation

Test Item Description

F/W Ver The internal software version (4.26 for printer, 1.09

or greater for card reader)

Timeout The seconds between printing and sleep mode.

Baud Rate The speed at which the printer receives data.

Parity Odd, Even, or None

Data Bits Matches with computer sending data to printer.

Handshake The way the printer handles flow control from host.

Burn Adj Amount of heat used to print on the thermal paper.

Beeper May be turned On or Off.

Batt Volt Current voltage of the battery pack.

Batt Temp Temperature of the battery.

Flash/RAM 1Megor4MegFlash/1Megor4MegRAM

Boot Version Boot sector firmware.

Prnhd Temp Temperature of print head (between 0 and 50 de-

grees).

Infrared Not available at this time.

Device Name Type of device (i.e. 4t for 4 inch thermal printer)

Device Nickname Shows user name for printer.

Available Fonts “LOC” shows whether a font is Resident (R) or

Downloaded (D). “CPI” shows characters per inch.

“DESCRIPTION” describes the font. “NAMES”

give the “Easy Print” name, the Line Printer name,

and the hexadecimal equivalent of that name.

Available Graphics “LOC” shows whether a font is Resident (R) or

Downloaded (D). “CPI” shows characters per inch.

“DESCRIPTION” describes the graphic.

“NAMES” give the “Easy Print” name, the Line

Printer name, and the hexadecimal equivalent of that

name.

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Self Test Print-out Explanation (continued)

DescriptionTest Item

Available Bar Codes All supported barcodes are displayed. “DE-

SCRIPTION” describes the graphic. “NAMES”

give the “Easy Print” name, the Line Printer name,

and the hexadecimal equivalent of that name.

Card Reader Option Shows the current Card Reader configuration.

Battery Pack Removal

Note:Ensure that you have your ESD wrist strap

connected to the ESD static free mat before placing

yourprinteronthematandbeginremovingthebat-

tery pack.

1 Remove the four screws securing the printer mechanism.

Screws (4)

(two on each side)

2 Lift the printer mechanism out of the case. One way to do

this is to turn the printer case on its side and gently tap

the bottom of the case to remove the board assembly. Be

careful not to pull on the cluster of black wires running

fromtheinsideoftheprintercasetotheprintermecha-

nism assembly.

PB40A Printer Quick Start Guide

3 Set the printer assembly down to view the underside of

printer mechanism and battery compartment.

Battery pack

compartment

Battery

pack

cable

Printer assembly

wire cluster

4 Remove the four screws securing the battery cover. Avoid

contact with the printer control board unless the board is

grounded.

Battery cover screws

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5 Gently disconnect the keyed battery pack connector (with

the black and red wires) from the board assembly. You

may find that you have to wiggle the connector a bit to

remove it from the connector.

5b 5a

Keyed battery

pack connector

Keyed battery

pack cable

Underside of battery

compartment

6 Once the cover is removed gently tap the cover in your

hand or lift up on one of the battery retaining foam strips

to separate the battery pack from the cover.

7 Insert the new battery pack into the battery cover.

8 Reinstall the battery cover.

9 Reconnect the keyed battery cable. Routing the battery

packwiresisveryimportant.

SThe wires must not be pinched or crimped when reinserting

the printer mechanism into the printer case.

10 Reposition the battery pack assembly on the printer

mechanism.

11 Replace the four screws to secure the battery pack cover to

the printer mechanism.

SInstall the screws enough so they are fully seated but not any

further or you will strip the screw holes in the printer case.

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