Intermec Mobile PB3 - Manual (Page 32)

22 PB3 Mobile Printer User’s Guide
The PB3 is compatible with the XSim printer language, as well as with
a subset of ESC/P commands. For more information, see one of these
manuals:
• XSim Programmer’s Reference Manual
• ESC/P Programmer’s Reference Manual
Intermec’s Printing Resource Kit provides tools for developing mobile
printing solutions for the PB3. For more information, visit
www.intermec.com and choose Products > Applications &
Software > Developer Library > Developer Resource Kits.
Installing Printer Firmware
When you install printer firmware, you also need to configure your
printer hardware. Before getting started, make sure that:
• your printer is set to serial mode (all DIP switches are off).
• the paper roll is properly seated on your printer.
• your printer is connected to your host PC with a serial cable.
• Communications LED is on (green).
• you have the Tera Term application installed on your host PC.
Tera Term is a free, open-source terminal emulator program
available from the Internet.
• you have the Tera Term macro
ConfigurationHardwareInformationTTMacro.ttl installed on
your PC. You can download the macro from the PB3 downloads
page from the Intermec web site at
www.intermec.com .
To install firmware and configure printer hardware
Note: You can also download SDKs from www.fieldsoftware.com to
help develop mobile printing solutions for certain language sets:
• PrinterCE SDK
• PrinterCE.NetCF SDK
• PocketHTMLprint SDK
Use only firmware files provided by Intermec.