2. PREPARATION
Fitting/Connecting the Battery Pack:
For safety, the Battery Pack is supplied discharged and disconnected. Before use, the Battery must be
connected (see below) and fully charged.
1. Remove the screw from the Battery Compartment Door.
2. Push down, and slide back the Battery Compartment Door.
3. Fit the Battery Pack Connector taking care to insert it correctly.
4. Fit the Battery Pack ensuring wires are correctly routed and not trapped,
Fitting the Belt Clip / Wall Mounting Bracket
1 - Remove the two “Breakouts” using a small Screwdriver.
2 - Insert the Bracket into the four Locating Holes.
3 - Slide the Bracket forward until it Clicks into position.
Connecting the AC Battery Charger:
1. Plug the AC Battery Charger into a suitable Mains Outlet Socket and Insert the Jack Plug
into the Power Connector at the Rear of the Printer. The LED will Flash Orange to show
that the Printer is on charge.
Fully charging the Battery Pack takes about 15 hours with the Trickle Charger. N.B. It is
recommended that the charger is disconnected after the battery is fully charged.
Loading Labels:
1. Slide the Lid Release Button forwards until the Lid springs open.
2. Unwind the first Label from the roll and Insert the Roll into the Printer.
3. Close the Lid down, and the Labels are loaded.
Pressing the feed button when the printer is idle advances labels at typically 50mm per second, depending on
the battery voltage. However, the feed button has several additional functions:
A single press and release of the button:
•In idle or spooling mode, advances labels.
•In sleep mode, wakes up the printer into idle mode.
"Double-clicking" the button:
•In idle mode, prints a demo/test message including the firmware version, encoded calibration data,
and the full character set.
•In spooling mode, exits spooling mode and prints any stored data.
3. OPERATION
Modes Of Operation:
The TEST n TAG PRO has three operating modes, when not actually printing:
"Idle Mode": ready to accept data, but no data are in the buffer awaiting printing, and the
printer motor is not running;
“Sleep Mode": effectively switched off and awaiting either a press on the feed button, connection
of the external charger, or some external data to exit sleep mode and enter idle mode;
"Spooling Mode": active, but storing data for later printing.
The LED is off in sleep mode.
No hardware power switch is fitted. Power control is automatic. To save power, the printer enters sleep
mode after a period of inactivity.
Idle Mode:
In idle mode, the printer is ready to receive data, which will be printed as soon as complete lines or graphics
patterns are decoded. It responds to the feed button in the normal way, and can also produce a
demonstration print (see below). Power consumption is such that a fully-charged battery pack would last over
10 hours, but the printer will normally switch from idle mode into sleep mode when there is no activity,
extending battery life.
Sleep Mode:
In sleep mode, power consumption is negligible, but data stored in the buffer is lost.
The printer will never enter sleep mode when:
A charger is connected.
Data is being received.
The printer may be woken up from sleep mode as follows:
By pressing the paper feed button.
By connecting the external battery charger.
Via RS-232 by the host.
