Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer Technical Reference
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LabelWriter® 450 Series Printers Technical Reference Manual Includes LabelWriter 450, LabelWriter 450 Turbo, LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo, and LabelWriter 450 Duo Printers - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 2
damages (including but not limited to lost profits, loss of data or damage to hardware or software) arising from your use or inability to use the information in this manual, even if Sanford, L.P. has been informed of the possibility of such damages. LabelWriter 450 Series Technical Reference - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 3
Table of Contents About the LabelWriter 450 Series Printers 7 The Print Head ...7 Printer Commands and Control ...8 Print Data ...8 Data Synchronization...8 Label Positioning ...9 Top-of-Form Sync ...9 Label Length ...9 Label-Movement Commands 10 Form Feed Command ( E 10 Short Form Feed - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 4
Duo Tape Printer 23 Command Language ...23 B - Dot Tab ...23 D - Bytes per Line...23 - Print Data ...24 C - Set Tape Type ...24 E - Cut Tape...25 A - Get Status...25 Appendix C Debugging Printer Output 27 LabelWriter 450 Series Technical Reference Manual - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 5
manual is to serve as a reference to knowledgeable developers wishing to communicate directly with the LabelWriter printer without the use of printer drivers. Because the printer is a raster-based printer, this is not a simple task, and Sanford, L.P. reserves the right to limit development support - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 6
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The LabelWriter 450 series printers (LabelWriter 450, 450 Turbo, 450 Twin Turbo, and 450 Duo) are high-performance, low-cost printers used for printing mailing labels, postage, file folder labels, bar code labels, and more. The printers have a 57 mm wide, 300-dpi print head and a 63 mm wide paper - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 8
bit pattern. It is important to note that the n values which follow or characters are interpreted only as graphical data. This means that LabelWriter 450 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 8 - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 9
length variable every time the printer is reset by a power-on reset or a software reset. When the label length variable is set to any negative 2 byte integer value (0x8000-0xFFFF), it allows for the use of continuous form paper. In the continuous form mode, the Form Feed command ( E) is changed - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 10
bits dedicated to reporting its current state. The host requests the status byte from the printer by issuing an ESC A command. The bits in the returned status byte are described below: Bit 0 (Ready Bit) This bit is always returned as a 1. LabelWriter 450 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 10 - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 11
accuracy of dot placement and sizing, the LabelWriter 450 series printers incorporate a feature which allows the host computer to specify a 300 x 600 dpi Barcode and Graphics print mode. In Barcode and Graphics mode, the printer steps half as far when printing each dot line than it does in 300 - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 12
All LabelWriter 450 series printers have an input voltage of 24 VDC, +/- 5%. Their power requirements are as follows. LabelWriter 450 and 450 Turbo Printers Input current (idle) Input current (typical) Input current (max.) 0.040 Amps 1.75 Amps 3.3 Amps based on printing a shipping label (30256 - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 13
LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo Printer Input current (idle) Input current (typical) Input current (max.) 0.026 Amps 0.975 Amps (text only) 3.3 Amps based on printing a shipping label (30256) with a maximum-size filled rectangle, after print head temperature increases above ambient temperature. At - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 14
IDs Each printer has a unique Product ID, as shown in the table below. Printer Model Product ID (Hex) DYMO LabelWriter 450 0x0020 DYMO LabelWriter 450 Turbo 0x0021 DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo 0x0022 DYMO LabelWriter Duo 0x0023 LabelWriter 450 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 14 - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 15
Commands All LabelWriter 450 series printers implement the same basic commands. The LabelWriter Twin Turbo printer implements one additional command, the Roll Selection command, and the LabelWriter Duo printer implements an additional, but similar, set of commands that are specific to printing on - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 16
only between labels on a multiple label print job. q n Select Roll (Twin Turbo printer Only) 1B 71 ? n specifies the roll to print on, where: 30 (ASCII '0') = Automatic selection 31 (ASCII '1') = Left roll 32 (ASCII '2') = Right roll LabelWriter 450 Series Technical Reference Manual Page - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 17
jam) 1 Top of form 2 Not used 3 Not used 4 Not used 5 No paper 6 Paper jam 7 Printer error (jam, invalid sequence, and so on) Note that printer ready is returned as 03h (Ready and Top of form). @ Reset Printer lB 40 This command resets all parameters (Dot Tabs, Line Tabs, Bytes - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 18
printing mode. i Barcode and Graphics Mode (300x600 dpi) This command instructs the printer to print in 300 x 600 dpi Barcode and Graphics mode. This results in lower speed but greater positional and sizing accuracy of the print elements. LabelWriter 450 Series Technical Reference Manual - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 19
to 87.5% of its standard duty cycle. e Set Print Density Normal This command sets the strobe time of the printer to 100% of its standard duty cycle. g Set Print Density Dark This command sets the strobe time of the printer to 112.5% of its standard duty cycle. © 2002-2008 Sanford - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 20
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Data Byte Layout Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Function Pixel color Value White = 0 Black = 1 Examples: 00h = 1 white pixel 80h = 1 printed pixel 0Fh = 16 white pixels FFh = 128 printed pixels (Number of pixels to print)-1 0..127 The data is handled by the printers on a line-by-line basis, so - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 22
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language described earlier in this manual. Due to the nature of printing on tapes, some tape-specific commands have been added. The LabelWriter Duo printer has a 128-dot print head. All LabelWriter Duo printers support 6-mm, 9-mm, 12-mm, 19-mm and 24-mm tape cartridges. B - Dot Tab The Dot - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 24
to fill the current bytes-per-line setting. The LabelWriter Duo tape printer only supports SYN print data. Compressed printing, using the ETB command, is not supported. C - Set Tape Type This or clear 12 Red on white or clear LabelWriter 450 Series Technical Reference Manual Page 24 - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 25
label. A - Get Status This command obtains the current printer status, such as the tape size inserted, the error bits, and other bits. This command returns eight status bytes (the LabelWriter Duo printer is stalled or a tape is jammed. Printing is unable to continue without user interaction. - Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo Label Printer | Technical Reference - Page 26
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drivers do with known data patterns. To do this: 1. Install the label printer on a Windows PC according to the instructions. Use the DYMO Label Software application to verify that the printer works. 2. From the Start menu, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 3. Right-click on the LabelWriter
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