Microcom 466 - Manual (Page 7)

466 Operators Manual
Introduction
The Model 466 is a Direct Thermal or Thermal Transfer label printer with a high resolution (832
dots or 8 dots/mm), 4.09 inch wide print head. Through the use of dual processors, the printer
has the ability to handle a wide variety of labeling tasks.
The resident Label Design Software (LDS) is a powerful and easy-to-use package that allows
you to create personalized label formats. It can be driven from a PC, mini-computer,
mainframe, and most special purpose computers.
Among many other features, LDS supports downloadable graphics and fonts, multiple serial
numbering, and flexible character kerning. It offers many font sizes and all popular bar code
symbologies. Graphic images can be printed or stored in the printer's memory for future use.
Bitmapped Fonts, bar codes, and graphic images can be multiplied in size and printed in
0,90,180,270 degree rotations. Once the labels are designed, they can be stored in the printer
for high speed access.
The 466 is capable of printing on most types of label or fax stock. It offers operation in a
tag/tear, peel-and-dispense, or cut-off mode. It can handle blow-hole, black-line, label gap, and
continuous stock.
Many printer applications use the same label format, but change the data on every label. This
is not a problem for the 466 printer. Data may be changed without down-loading the same
fixed format, or fixed data fields, time after time. This, along with a greatly increased
communication speed, increases data access time and productivity.
Microcom also offers a line of software packages which allow quick and easy on-screen label
designing, along with database capabilities.