Infinite Peripherals Printer PP 55 User Manual
PP-55  
Getting Started Manual  
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Getting Started  
The IPC PP-55 allows you to print information from your PDA or Smartphone. This  
Getting Started Manual provides you with a short list of tasks to get your PP-55 up  
and running. For more in depth explanation, consult the full user’s manual on the  
enclosed CD ROM or can be downloaded at:  
http://www.ipcprint.com/support/downloads/mobility/supdw_thermpp55d.asp  
Quick Start:  
Where to find  
more information  
Steps  
What to do  
Charge the PP-55  
rechargeable battery pack as  
recommended in this manual.  
Purpose  
The Lithium Ion battery pack  
should be fully charged before  
Charging Battery,  
Page 6 in User’s  
used to ensure long battery life. manual  
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Different device types such as  
Palm, PocketPC, and  
BlackBerry require different  
software to run the  
PP-55.  
Installing PrintSuite,  
Page 12 in User’s  
manual  
Install Print Software onto PDA  
and Desktop.  
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Loading Paper,  
Page 7 in User’s  
manual  
Load PP-55 print media  
(Thermal Paper)  
PP-55 requires Thermal paper  
for printing.  
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About Your PP-55  
♦ PP-55 Overall View  
Paper cover  
Battery cover  
Device carrier  
♦ Control Panel  
Battery  
charge LED  
indicator  
ON/OFF LED  
indicator  
ON/OFF  
and Paper Feed  
button  
Adapter inlet  
Serial / USB Port  
♦ Battery recharge  
To recharge the battery, plug AC/DC  
adapter supplied with printer and  
charge until the red battery charge  
indicator turns to green.  
NOTE: With a fully charged  
battery, PP-55 can print  
out more than 5000 inches  
of (alpha numeric) data.  
Prolonged periods of storage can  
cause a drop in the power of the  
printer’s rechargeable battery!  
Adapter inlet  
Figure 1  
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Charging Battery  
Charging PP-55:  
The PP-55 uses a Lithium Ion rechargeable battery pack. Before first use, the PP-  
55 battery pack should be charged for at least 4 hours.  
To prevent electrical damage to the printer and/or battery pack, please use approved  
AC/DC adapter only.  
AC Adapter  
Adapter inlet  
Figure 2  
Charging PP-55 & PDA:  
The PP-55 has a built-in charging circuit to enable the charging of PDA device while  
in the PP-55’s cradle. PDA charging only occurs when the external AC/DC adaptor  
is connected to PP-55 adapter inlet.  
Solid RED = charging  
Solid GREEN = fully charged (~4 hrs.)  
Figure 3  
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Loading Paper  
The PP-55 uses a drop-and-load design making paper loading easy and trouble  
free. To load paper, simply remove the paper cover and drop in the new roll as  
shown in the steps below.  
Make sure that the paper is placed in the printer as shown in step 2 below.  
Open paper cover holder with both  
fingers and remove the remaining  
part of the old paper roll.  
Place the paper  
roll and cover in  
position.  
Make sure that the pa-  
per is fed out from the  
printer at a right angle  
If not pull paper verti-  
cally by hand.  
Press with both  
fingers to click cover  
of shell in place.  
Figure 4  
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Compatible Mobile Devices  
The PP-55 portable thermal printer is designed specifically for use with the world’s  
most popular PDA devices.  
The PP-55 can be used in a variety of applications where hardcopy printouts are  
required.  
End Users –  
for printing Emails, HTML pages, Graphics files, Clipboard data,  
text only files, Screen Captures, and more.  
Manufacturers – for shipping & receiving goods, date and time printing, inventory  
control and W.I.P. management.  
Distributors –  
POS –  
for marking prices, sales receipts, route deliveries.  
for mobile sales receipts and credit card verifications in POS  
application.  
The following is a list of devices that the PP-55 currently supports.  
Compatible products:  
PDA  
Device  
Operation System  
(OS)  
Device Type  
(for attachment)  
No.  
1
2
3
4
Tungsten C, W, Zire 71  
Tungsten T, T2  
Palm  
Palm  
Palm  
Palm  
Device Type #3  
Device Type #4  
Device Type #1  
Device Type #1  
Treo 180, 270, 300, 600  
Kyocera 7135  
HP iPAQ 3800, 3900,  
4200, 5100, 5400,  
5500, 2200  
5
Pocket PC  
Device Type #1  
6
7
8
Samsung i700  
Pocket PC  
BlackBerry  
BlackBerry  
Device Type #1  
Device Type #1  
Device Type #5  
RIM 957, 5810, 6200,  
6510, 6700, 7700  
RIM 7200, 7510  
Table 2  
Devices are added continually. For updates on supported device, visit our  
web site at www.ipcprint.com  
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Attaching Mobile Device  
The PP-55 has several versions designed to be used with specific devices.  
See section on compatible products to make sure your device will work with  
the PP-55.  
Care must be taken to ensure that the PP-55 cradle connector and PDA  
connector are not accidentally damaged. The figures below show how to  
attach the different device to the printer and how to remove the device from  
the printer.  
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Attaching Mobile Device  
Figure 6  
Device Type #5  
Figure 7  
Although the PP-55 cradle is designed to hold the device in place, this does  
not prevent the device from accidentally slipping out if the printer is held in  
the position below.  
Figure 8  
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Installing Print Software  
The PP-55 comes with software package used for printing from your handheld  
device. Also included in the software package are Printer Driver and SDKs  
(Software Development Kits) for several IDE (Integrated Development Environment).  
The following steps explain installing the PP-55 print software.  
1).  
PP-55 software package must be installed onto the PC before it  
can be loaded onto a specific device.  
2). Using the device PC sync manager, device specific print utilities must  
be installed onto the device.  
The print software installation program “PrintSuite.EXE” can be found on the CD  
that is supplied with the PP-55 or at our developer web site at:  
http://www.ipcprint.com/support/downloads/mobility/supdw_thermpp55.asp  
For detailed information on print software installation please refer to the PP-55  
User’s Manual on the CD or download it from the developer site indicated  
above.  
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Printer Status & Operating Modes  
The PP-55 uses LEDs to indicate various conditions of operation. This may be  
charging, printing, out of paper or error conditions. The following explains these  
conditions and LED indication.  
ON/OFF LED  
Feed Button  
Charging LED  
Printer Status  
Solid GREEN = Battery at full charge  
Battery Charging LED  
ON/OFF LED  
Solid RED = Battery charging  
Solid GREEN = Power ON  
Solid RED = Low battery  
Slow Blinking = High temperature error  
Fast Blinking = Printer out of paper  
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The PP-55’s paper feed switch/button is used for entering various printer modes.  
These modes can be used to assist developers in debugging problems related to  
programming and communication. The following explain how to access the various  
operating modes.  
Operation Modes  
Short Push  
N/A  
Paper feed  
1 - beep  
2 - beeps  
3 - beeps  
4 - beeps  
5 - beeps  
Self-test  
Hex dump  
Push and Hold - release  
after the number of  
beeps  
Reserved – For factory use only  
Reserved – For factory use only  
Reserved – For factory use only  
Table 4  
Note: Care must be taken when entering operating modes to prevent the  
clearing of factory preset configuration information.  
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Magnetic Card Reader (MS Version only)  
The PP-55MS has a built-in magnetic card reader. The card reader  
incorporates a (3)-track magnetic read head requiring a single swipe to read  
field data from all three tracks.  
Magnetic Card Reader  
Reader Activation  
(Indicator)  
Figure 9  
The magnetic read head faces towards the PDA cradle. When placing the  
card into the reader, the magnetic strip must be facing away from the PDA’s  
cradle as show in the figure below. Keep the edge of the card flat on the  
inner base of the reader to ensure that the magnetic strip passes over the  
read head evenly.  
Magnetic surface  
(Direction)  
Figure 10  
Developer Notes:  
Integrating the magnetic card reader feature into an application requires the  
use of the PP-55 SDK’s. For detailed information on integrating the card  
reader feature, refer to the User’s Manual for your specific device type.  
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Barcode Reader (MS BC Version only)  
The PP-55MS BC offers a version with built-in barcode reader. The barcode  
reader incorporates a linear image scan head and is capable of reading 1D  
barcodes.  
Barcode Reader  
Figure 11  
The effective reading distance of the PP-55 barcode reader is approximately  
10 cm. To scan a barcode, position the read head as close to the barcode  
label as possible. Activate the scanner then slowly pull back the unit  
increasing the distance between the barcode and read head until the  
barcode has been read by the scanner.  
Effective Reading  
Distance (~10 cm)  
Figure 12  
Developer Notes:  
Integrating the barcode reader feature into an application requires the use of  
the PP-55 SDK’s. For detailed information on integrating the barcode  
reader feature, refer to the User’s Manual for your specific device type.  
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Troubleshooting  
If you’re having a printing problem refer to the table below for possible causes.  
Item  
Problem  
Possible Cause  
Thermal media is specially coated  
on outside of roll. Remove paper roll  
and reload properly. See section  
“Loading Paper” for details on  
loading paper.  
Paper feeds after issuing a print job  
but no printed text visible on paper.  
1
Paper cover not installed properly.  
See section “Loading Paper” for  
details on replacing paper cover.  
Printer out of paper.  
On-line LED blinks fast  
continuously.  
2
Paper not properly loaded. See  
section “Loading Paper” for details  
on loading paper.  
Battery level low. Recharge battery  
pack.  
Text and/or graphics are printed  
very light.  
3
4
Thermal media not imaging  
correctly. Verify that you are using  
the recommended thermal media.  
Palm Device – PrintManager  
Printer icon battery shows low or  
Verify Control Panel configuration  
set to PP-55 and 115200 BPS. See  
no voltage but PP-55 battery is fully section “Control Panel” for details on  
charged.  
changing configuration.  
Strange characters are printed  
when printing.  
Serial communication speed (Baud  
Rate) not same as PDA.  
5
6
7
Battery voltage low. See section on  
charging battery pack.  
On-line LED always solid RED  
Printer stops responding to print  
and paper feed commands.  
Remove battery for 5 seconds and  
reconnect battery.  
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Contact Information  
National Sales Headquarters:  
Infinite Peripherals, Inc.  
1340 Reynolds Avenue  
Suite 101  
Irvine, CA 92614  
Toll Free:  
Phone:  
Fax:  
866-278-7860  
949-222-0300  
949-222-0375  
www.ipcprint.com  
[email protected]  
Midwest Sales Office:  
East Coast Sales Office  
Technical Support:  
Infinite Peripherals, Inc.  
625 W. University Drive  
Suite C  
Arlington Heights, IL 60004  
Phone:  
Fax:  
847-818-1260  
847-818-1287  
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[email protected]  
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700-76 Broadway, #136  
Westwood, NJ 07675  
Phone:  
Fax:  
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866-247-1935  
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Phone:  
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