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 SP500 printer driver are as the following. Click the function names link for detailed descriptions.
Other Functions |
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Paper Size |
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.
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 cut partially, choose the 'Partial Cut'.
When you want your print job to be fully cut, choose the 'Full 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 cut partially, choose the 'Partial Cut'.
When you want your print job to be fully cut, choose the 'Full 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.
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 'Document Bottom' option to activate your peripheral unit 1 only once after printing completes.
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 '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 ’Document Bottom’ is chosen.
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'.
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 SP500 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 SP500 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 |
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.
SP500
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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