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	Guidance of Thermal Printer Driver for Windows 2000/XP/Vista
                                                                    2008.05.23
                                                     Fujitsu Component Limited

        Copyright(c) 2001-2008 Fujitsu Component Limited.  All right reserved.
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1. General
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 This document is applied for thermal printer drivers shown below.

     FTP629U   (432pixels)   Ver 2.0.0.0
     FTP639U   (576pixels)   Ver 2.0.0.0
     FTP639UB  (640pixels)   Ver 2.0.0.0

  OS : Windows 2000 SP1 or later, Windows XP or Windows Vista
  These drivers work under OS language selection of both English and Japanese.

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2. Typical characteristics of this printer driver
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  * Paper length selection free (1/2Letter length, Letter length, Legal length,
    and many other selectable length including user definition).
       Attention : Paper width is fixed with each driver.
  * Selecting paper to use, printing energy is controlled automatically to fit
    each thermal paper sensitivity. Otherwise printing energy is adjustable as
    you wish for the paper of your own. 
  * Paper cutter working condition is selectable(No Cut / Page Cut / Document
    Cut).

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3. Driver installation process
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  3-1. Before installation
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    1) This driver set is supplied in ZIP type file style having the name
       shown below.

         File name : 6x9UV200.zip

    2) Unzip the file and there created 7 files. 
       Relation between folder name and driver set is as below.  

     Folder name : Drvlist.txt
                   FTP6x9U.cab
                   FTP6x9U.INF
                   FTPCtrlDLL_API_eng.pdf
                   FTPCtrlDLL_API_jp.pdf
                   ReadmeE.txt
                   ReadmeJ.txt

    3) Please prepare the original OS installation disc because sometimes
       Windows system might require it in driver installation process.

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  3-2. Installation process
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   Please follow the steps shown below to install the driver.
   Some steps might be skipped because of own pc setting, go on to the next
   step without care in that case.

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   Windows 2000
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   1) Copy all files of Driver into Floppy disk, and set it in drive.
   2) Connect PC and Printer with USB cable, set the power ON.
   3) Message "Found New Hardware Wizard" displayed.
      Click "Next"button.
   4) Select "Display a list of the known driver for this device so that I can
      choose a specific driver".
   5) Select [Printers] from the list of Hardware types. Click "Next"button.
   6) Message"Add Printer Wizard "displayed. Click "Have disc"button.
   7) Display where install disc is placed shall be shown, and designate pass
      where Driver file located. 
      Click "OK"button after designation.
   8) Driver name which shall be installed is displayed in box called "Printers:".
      Select the driver corresponding to the printer and click "Next"button.
   9) "Update Driver Warning" is displayed. Click "Yes"button and go ahead with
      installing. 
  10) Start installing device driver. Click "Next"button.
  11) Message "Digital Signature Not Found" is displayed. Click "Yes"button and
      go ahead with installing.
  12) Click "Finish"button.
  13) When asked system CD-ROM Windows, set CD-ROM and designate the point to
      be placed.
  14) When installed normally, printer in printer folder shall be added.

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   Windows XP
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   1) Copy all files of Driver into Floppy disk, and set it in drive.
   2) Connect PC and Printer with USB cable, set the power ON.
   3) Message "Found New Hardware Wizard" displayed.
      Select "Install from a list or specific location"and click "Next"button.
   4) Select "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install" and click 
      "Next"button. 
   5) Select [Printers] from the list of Common Hardware types. Click "Next"
      button.  
   6) Message "Add Printer Wizard"displayed. Click "Have disc"button.
   7) Display where install disc is placed shall be shown, and designate pass
      where Driver file located.
      Click "OK"button after designation.
   8) Driver name which shall be installed is displayed in box called "Printers:".
      Select the driver corresponding to the printer and click "Next"button.
   9) Start installing hardware. Click "Next"button.
      Click "Continue Anyway"button. And start installing.
  10) Click "Finish"button.
  11) When asked system CD-ROM Windows, set CD-ROM and designate the point to
      be placed.
  12) When installed normally, printer in printer folder shall be added.

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   Windows Vista
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   1) Copy all files of Driver into Floppy disk, and set it in drive.
   2) Connect PC and Printer with USB cable, set the power ON.
   3) Message "Found New Hardware" displayed.
      Click "Locate and install driver software (recommended)"button.
      When "User Account Control" displayed, click "Continue"button.
   4) Click "I don't have the disc. Show me other options."button. 
   5) Click "Browse my computer for driver software (advanced)"button.
   6) Click "Browse..."button. Display where install disc is placed shall be shown,
      and designate pass where Driver file located.
   7) Click "Next"button.
   8) Select the driver corresponding to the printer and click "Next"button.
   9) Start installing hardware.
      Click "Install this driver software anyway". And start installing.
  10) Click "Close"button.
  11) When asked system disc Windows, set disc and designate the point to
      be placed.
  12) When installed normally, printer in printer folder shall be added.

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4. Driver uninstallation process
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   You can uninstall this printer driver when you don't need it anymore.

   1) Select driver to be un-installed from printer folder.
   2) When click "Delete" key and asked confirmation, reply "Yes".
   3) Select "Server Properties" in "File" pull down menu, and click "Drivers" tab.
   4) Select driver to be un-installed from driver list.
   5) When click "Delete" key and asked confirmation, reply "Yes".

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5. Setting of Printer features 
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    1) Select the driver in "Printers" folder.
    2) Right-click the driver, then select "Printing Preferences". And open 
       "Properties" dialog.
    3) Click "Advanced..." button, then open "Advanced Options" dialog.

    -- Print settings --
       * Quality
           Select the paper that you use. Printing energy is controlled automatically
           to fit each thermal paper sensitivity.
           If you select 'Custom', "TYPE" item is available.

       * TYPE
           Select the print mode set by the print quality.  
           For more information about "Quality" and "TYPE" settings,  see the
           "Product specification > Commands specification > GS E+n".

       * Energy Adjustment
           Adjust energy when printing.

       * Page Mode
           [OFF] :
              The blank of document end is deleted, and the following page is printed
              continuously.
           [ON] :
              The paper is printed according to paper size setting.

       * Auto Div
           [OFF] :
               Automatic division print mode is canceled.
           [ON] :
              Automatic division print mode is set.
           For more information about "Auto Div" settings,  see the
           "Product specification > Commands specification > GS E+n".

       * Print Mode
           [High-speed collective image printing] :
             This mode specifies the High-speed collective image printing.
           [Bit image printing] :
             This mode specifies prints the bit image printing.

       * Print Speed
           [Low] :
              The printing speed becomes low.
           [Medium] :
              The printing speed becomes medium.
           [High] :
              The printing speed becomes high.
           [Ultra High] : 
              The printing speed becomes ultra high.(Only [High-speed batch image printing] is selected.)


    -- Paper Feed settings --
       * Start of document
           You can customize the paper feed lines at start of document.
           The unit is a dot-line (1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 255.

       * Start of page
           You can customize the paper feed lines at start of page.
           The unit is a dot-line (1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 255.

       * End of page
           You can customize the paper feed lines at end of page.
           The unit is a dot-line (1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 255.

       * End of document
           You can customize the paper feed lines at end of document.
           The unit is a dot-line (1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 255.


    -- Paper Cut settings --
       * Paper Cut
           [None] :
              The cutter is not used.
           [Page Cut] :
              The cutter works page by page.
           [Document Cut] :
              The cutter works only at the end of document.

       * Cutting Method
           [Full Cut] :
              Cutting the paper completely.
           [Partial Cut] :
              Cutting other than center part of paper.

       * Cut Feed lines
           The user can adjust the feed lines before the paper cut.
           The unit is a dot-line (1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 255.


    -- Mark Detection settings --
       * Mark Detection
           [None] :
              The printer does not detect the mark.
           [Each page] :
              The printer detects the mark page by page, and feeds the paper up
              to the mark position.
           [Each document] :
              The printer detects the mark only at the end of document, and feeds
              the paper up to the mark position.
         When Each page or Each document is selected, [Cut Feed lines] becomes invalid. 

       * Mark Feed lines
           You can adjust the paper feed lines after the mark detection.
           The unit is a dot-line(1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 63.

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6. Caution
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  6-1. You can make original length of paper using "Server Properties" in the menu
       displayed by clicking the right button of a mouse in a printer folder.
       Available range is from 10mm to 3200mm, and paper width is fixed to the
       value shown below.

           FTP629U  ...   5.41 cm    (Print head : 432 pixels)
           FTP639U  ...   7.21 cm    (Print head : 576 pixels)
           FTP639UB ...   8.01 cm    (Print head : 640 pixels)

  6-2. This printer driver is monochromatic only, so actual color or gray scale
       printing data is changed to some dot pattern data of "Dither" method by
       OS. Sometimes small size letters or graphics having small area with
       light "Dither" pattern might look as to be not printed.
  6-3. Thermal printer is using print head of 203 DPI(dots per inch) printing
       density and has pixels shown above.  Some small dot data that is shown
       in display having more number of pixels might be canceled from printing
       data by OS.
  6-4. In the case printing direction is set as "Landscape" and  "Page Mode" is
       "Off" state,  blank area of right hand side edge of last page is neglected.
       If you need paper feed for this blank area, please set "Page Mode" to be
       "On" state.
  6-5. Please do not change driver setting (paper selectionand so on) when printing
       is in process.
  6-6. This printer does not support your computer's sleep or hibernation mode.
       Do not switch the computer to sleep mode or hibernation mode during 
       printing as this may cause a printing error.

