These instructions will help ensure that your printer is set up to work correctly
with LDMS.
Procedure
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Open the printer settings from the Windows Start menu.
These are typically found in .
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Right click the icon for your printer, and click Printing preferences.
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Expand the Paper/Output settings, and click Properties text
to Paper Size.
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In the Paper Size box, select the appropriate paper size.
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In the Devices and Printers window, right click the LabXpert icon, and click
Properties.
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On the Ports tab, enter the following settings:
- Bits per second
- 115200
- Data bits
- 8
- Parity
- None
- Stop bits
- 1
- Flow control
- Xon/Xoff
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Configure the printer to accept input from your LDMS computer.
Important: This step must be completed every time the printer is turned on.
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On the printer, press the Menu button.
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Press the Next button three times.
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Press the PC button.
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In LDMS, set the printer as your label printer.
What to do next
After the printer is set up, you should print a set of test labels to ensure that it is
working correctly.