Installing this printer driver allows you to use the standard print functionality found in most Windows applications.
You can create a printer queue with the following procedure.
As soon as the printer queue is created, you are able to change the printer settings. Change the printer settings with the following procedure.
You can configure different printer functions according to each printer queue.
The available functions in SP700 printer driver are as the following. Click the function names link for detailed descriptions.
Other Functions |
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Paper Size |
Two-Color Printing |
Print Quality |
Device Fonts |
The 'Device Settings' tab of your printer queue's properties window contains many different settings. Open the 'Device Settings' tab with the following procedure.
The description of the contents for each function listed below.
Three kinds of 'Paper Type' setting allow you to print variable-length 'Receipt', fixed-length 'Tickets', or 'Black Mark' delimited pages.
Use the 'Receipt' option if your print jobs vary in length and you want them cut immediately following the last line.
(You may set your receipt paper size at Paper Size)
Use the 'Ticket' option if your want your print jobs to have a consistent length that you set via Paper Size.
The paper will be cut when it reaches your set value.
Use the 'Black Mark' option if you want the printer to cut the paper based on black marks.
When the error occurs, you can handle the unprinted data which has already been sent to the printer as below.
If you want to cancel the unprinted data after the recovery from the error,
select 'Clear Data By Document' and check 'Enable bidirectional support' box at the 'Ports' tab of 'Printer properties'.
If you want to print the unprinted data continuously after the recovery from the error,
select 'Store Data' and uncheck 'Enable bidirectional support' box.
Setting this feature to 'Enable' will cause the printer to feed until it detects the next nearest black mark position at power on.
The 'Page Cut Type' setting controls how all of the pages of your print job are cut, except the last page.
If you do not want the pages of your document to be cut, choose the 'No Cut' option.
When you want your print job to be full cut, choose the 'Cut'.
The 'Document Cut Type' setting controls how the last page of your print job is cut.
If you do not want your print job to be cut, choose the 'No Cut' option.
When you want your print job to be full cut, choose the 'Cut'.
Sets the document feed operation after printing.
If you do not want your print job to be feed, choose the 'No Feed' option.
When you want your print job fed to the tear bar , choose the 'Tear Bar' option.
Sets the print method.
If you want to perform bidirectional printing (the normal setting), choose the 'Bidirectional' option.
If you want to prioritize print quality over print speed, choose the 'Unidirectional' option to print in a single direction.
Configure the 'Reverse Print' setting to 'Enable' to print upside-down.
Configure the 'Page Top Logo' setting to one of the 'Print Logo n' options to print a logo that has been stored in the printer.
Any logo that you choose here will be printed at the top of each page of the document.
By configuring it to the 'No Logo Printed' option, the logo will not be printed at the top of each page.
Before starting this setting, you must register your logo into your printer. For details, please refer to Logo Store Help for Printer Utility.
Configure the 'Page Bottom Logo' setting to one of the 'Print Logo n' options to print a logo that has been stored in the printer.
Any logo that you choose here will be printed at the bottom of each page of the document.
By configuring it to the 'No Logo Printed' option, the logo will not be printed at the bottom of each page.
Before starting this setting, you must register your logo into your printer. For details, please refer to Logo Store Help for Printer Utility.
Your printer can control two different types of external peripherals, either a 'Buzzer' or a 'Cash Drawer'.
If you do not have an external peripheral connected to your printer, you can ignore this setting and its options.
(This configuration will be ignored.)
The printer can activate the external peripheral connected to circuit number 1 at various times during document printing.
Choose the 'Document Top' option to activate your peripheral unit 1 before printing begins.
Choose the 'Page Top' option to activate your peripheral unit 1 before the printing of each page begins.
Choose the 'Page Bottom' option to activate your peripheral unit 1 after the printing of each page has completed.
Choose the 'Document Bottom' option to activate your peripheral unit 1 only once after printing completes.
The 'Document Top' / 'Document Bottom' options are available only when the external peripheral type is configured to 'Cash Drawer'.
The printer can activate the external peripheral you've connected to circuit number 2 at various times during document printing.
Choose the 'Document Top' option to activate your peripheral unit 2 only once before printing begins.
Choose the 'Page Top' option to activate your peripheral unit 2 before the printing data for each page is received.
Choose the 'Page Bottom' option to activate your peripheral unit 2 after the printing data for each page is received.
Choose the 'Document Bottom' option to activate your peripheral unit 2 only once after the printing data is received.
Because the printer controls peripheral unit 2 in real time, the commands are executed when data is received regardless of the printing timing.
Therefore, the peripheral may be activated at an unintended time when ’Page Top', ’Page Bottom’, or ’Document Bottom’ is chosen.
The 'Document Top' / 'Document Bottom' options are available only when the external peripheral type is configured to 'Cash Drawer'.
If you've connected a cash drawer as your external peripheral, you can control its activation pulse width via this setting.
Different cash drawers require different pulse widths, choose from the available options until your cash drawer opens reliably.
As external peripheral 2, the pulse width of your cash drawer is fixed to '200 milliseconds'.
If you've connected a buzzer to peripheral circuit 1, you can control how long it will sound each time it is activated via this setting.
Choose the time period that best suites your application; longer for more attention or shorter for less intrusion.
If you've connected a buzzer to peripheral circuit 1, you can control the length of time between tones via this setting.
This setting can control the length of time between tones. Shorter for rapid sequences or longer for more spaced sequences.
If you've connected a buzzer to peripheral circuit 1, you can configure the number of times your buzzer sounds per activation.
Regardless of the number of tones you've configured, you can stop the buzzer by pressing the 'FEED' button on the printer.
If you've connected a buzzer to peripheral circuit 2, you can control how long it will sound each time it's activated via this setting.
Choose the time period that best suites your application; longer for more attention or shorter for less intrusion.
If you've connected a buzzer to peripheral circuit 2, you can control the length of time between tones via this setting.
This setting can control the length of time between tones. Shorter for rapid sequences or longer for more spaced sequences.
If you've connected a buzzer to peripheral circuit 2, you can configure the number of times your buzzer sounds per activation.
Regardless of the number of tones you've configured, you can stop the buzzer by pressing the 'FEED' button.
This driver provides you several Pre-defined Paper Sizes.
You can also create custom paper sizes with User-defined Paper Size using the Windows Printer Queue.
Each paper size is defined to be a specific width and height which denotes the printable area. You need not apply any margins to your documents.
The paper size(s) that include the word 'Receipt' in their name are intended for variable length print jobs, like receipts;
when using this paper size be sure to choose the 'Receipt' option of the Paper Type setting.
Your paper size configuration may be changed according to the current configuration of the applications you are using.
If there is not any paper size configuration within your application, please use the following setting.
Within Windows there are three different settings associated with your paper size choice. It is best to set these all to the same option.
The pre-defined paper sizes which are provided by the SP700 driver are shown below.
Configuration Value | Default Value | Printing Width | Length |
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63mm x 200mm | 63mm | 200mm | |
63mm x Receipt | ○ | 63mm | 3,000mm |
60mm x 200mm | 60mm | 200mm | |
60mm x Receipt | 60mm | 3,000mm | |
48mm x 200mm | 48mm | 200mm | |
48mm x Receipt | 48mm | 3,000mm | |
45mm x 200mm | 45mm | 200mm | |
45mm x Receipt | 45mm | 3,000mm | |
Star Matrix 76mm x A4 | 63mm | 297mm | |
Star Matrix 3inch x Letter | 63mm | 11inch |
To create user-defined paper sizes, you can use the Windows Printer Queue function and follow the procedure below.
Paper Sizes which are provided by the SP700 Printer Driver are as following.
The user-defined paper size is in the following range.
Paper Width | Minimum Value | 25.4mm |
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Maximum Value | 63mm | |
Paper Height | Minimum Value | 25.4mm |
Maximum Value | 3276.7mm |
Your printer supports two-color print.
To enable two-color printing you must put a two-color ribbon into the printer and make the correct settings following the procedures below.
It is recommended that you configure the same value in 2 locations.
This printer driver provides the ability to change the Print Quality in order to change the print resolution.
The following is the procedure.
You may select from the following options.
Configuration Value | Default Value | Details |
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170 x 144 dots per inch | * | Print 170dpi (Width) 144dpi (Height). |
170 x 72 dots per inch | Print 170dpi (Width) 72dpi (Height). | |
85 x 72 dots per inch | Print 85dpi (Width) 72dpi (Height). |
Your printer supports a range of printer resident fonts. These fonts are built into your printer and are selectable from within your application.
Using device fonts, you can get both high printing quality and high printing speed. The control font allows you to control various aspects of the printers behaviour, with specific behaviours mapped to specific characters printed using the control font.
Click Hereto open another help page describing these fonts in greater detail.
SP700
Windows XP SP3 or later (32bit only)
Windows Vista (32bit/64bit)
Windows 7 (32bit/64bit)
Windows 8 (32bit/64bit)*
Windows 8.1 (32bit/64bit)*
* For details, see the Installation Manual.
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