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-====== Installing a Datamax E Class DMX-E-4204 Printer ======+====== Installing a DATAMAX e Class DMX-e-4204 Printer ======
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 ====== Install The Windows Printer Driver ====== ====== Install The Windows Printer Driver ======
- First you will need to install a Windows printer driver for this printer, which you can download direct from Datamax's web site.+ First you will need to install a Windows printer driver for this printer, which you can download direct from DATAMAX's web site.
  
 ftp://ftp.datamaxcorp.com/Window%20Printer%20Drivers/Seagull ftp://ftp.datamaxcorp.com/Window%20Printer%20Drivers/Seagull
  
-Any of the available drivers should work. Datamax_7.1.6_M-0.exe was the one I used for testing purposes, so I know that that one will work. Do not connect the printer until the drivers are installed. Once they are installed you can connect the USB cable to the printer, and then to an available USB port on your computer. +Any of the available drivers should work. DATAMAX_7.1.6_M-0.exe was the one I used for testing purposes, so I know that that one will work. Do not connect the printer until the drivers are installed. Once they are installed you can connect the USB cable to the printer, and then to an available USB port on your computer. 
  
-*NOTE: This printer MUST be connected through a USB port. In testing we discovered that if it is connected through the parallel port it would not work correctly. Also DataMmax's configuration utility would not communicate with the printer until it was connected through USB.+*NOTE: This printer MUST be connected through a USB port. In testing we discovered that if it is connected through the parallel port it would not work correctly. Also DATAMAX's configuration utility would not communicate with the printer until it was connected through USB.
  
 ====== Set Up Driver In System Five ====== ====== Set Up Driver In System Five ======
-Next you will need to go into System Five and in the Navigator, go to Setup Tools - Printing Options, and Printer Setup. Find the Datamax printer in the left hand window and click on it once to highlight it. Now in the right hand window, put a check mark in the check box next to Default Label Printer, and Barcode Printer. Click Exit at the top of the screen to exit this window.+Next you will need to go into System Five and in the Navigator, go to Setup Tools - Printing Options, and Printer Setup. Find the DATAMAX printer in the left hand window and click on it once to highlight it. Now in the right hand window, put a check mark in the check box next to Default Label Printer, and Barcode Printer. Click Exit at the top of the screen to exit this window.
  
 System Five is now set up to work with your printer. System Five is now set up to work with your printer.
datamax_dmx-e-4204_printer_setup.txt · Last modified: 2021/04/19 21:39 (3 years ago) by kturner