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	Guidance of Thermal Printer Driver for Windows 10/11 x64
                                                                    2024.05.09
                                                     FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED

        Copyright(c) 2024 FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED.  All right reserved.
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1. General
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 This document is applied for thermal printer drivers shown below.

      Driver set number: FTP21760006G
      Driver set name  : FTP21760006G_62HWSL000V400

  OS : Windows 10 x64
       Windows 11 x64
  These drivers work under OS language selection of both English and Japanese.

  Printer model : FTP-62HWSL000 series

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2. Typical characteristics of this printer driver
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  * Paper length selection free (1/2Letter length, Letter length, Legal length,
    and many other selectable length including user definition).
       Attention : Paper width is fixed with each driver.
  * Selecting paper to use, printing density is controlled automatically to fit
    each thermal paper sensitivity. Otherwise printing density is adjustable as
    you wish for the paper of your own. 

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3. Driver installation process
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  3-1. Before installation
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    1) This driver set is supplied in ZIP type file style having the name
       shown below.

         File name : FTP21760006G_62HWSL000V400.zip

    2) Unzip the file and there created 6 files. 
       Relation between folder name and driver set is as below.  

     Folder name : Driver.cab
                   FTP62H.INF
                   ftp62h.cat
                   FTPI62H_FTP21760006G.INI
                   ReadmeE.txt
                   ReadmeJ.txt

    The root certificate DigiCert Trusted Root G4 is required to verify 
    the digital signature of this software.
    If DigiCert Trusted Root G4 is not installed on your PC, please 
    download and install DigiCert TrustedRootG4.crt from the URL below, 
    and then install this software.

    https://www.digicert.com/kb/digicert-root-certificates.htm#roots

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  3-2. Installation process
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   Please follow the steps shown below to install the driver.
   Some steps might be skipped because of own pc setting, go on to the next
   step without care in that case.


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    Windows 11
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   1) Open "Settings" app and select "Bluetooth & devices".
   2) Select "Printers & scanners".
   3) Click "Add device" to the right of "Add a printer or scanner".
      After a while, when "Add Manually" appears, click it.
   4) Select"Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings" and 
      click "Next" button.
   5) System requires to select the port that the printer is connected to.
      After select it (ex."COM1:"), click "Next". 
   6) Click "Have disk..."button. Display where install disk is placed shall be shown,
      and designate pass where Driver file located.
   7) Click "Next"button.
   8) Select the driver corresponding to the printer and click "Next"button.
   9) Set the "Printer name:" box, so answer to it. Then click "Next". 
      Clisk "Yes" butotn.
  10) Start installing hardware.
      Click "Install" button. And start installing.
  11) Click "Finish"button.



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    Windows 10
    Windows 8.1
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   1) Open "Devices and Printers" folder. 
      ("Control Panel" --> "Devices and Printers")
   2) Click "Add a printer" button and start "Add Printer" wizard.
   3) Click "The printer that I want isn't listed".
   4) Select"Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings" and 
      click "Next" button.
   5) System requires to select the port that the printer is connected to.
      After select it (ex."COM1:"), click "Next". 
   6) Click "Have disk..."button. Display where install disk is placed shall be shown,
      and designate pass where Driver file located.
   7) Click "Next"button.
   8) Select the driver corresponding to the printer and click "Next"button.
   9) Set the "Printer name:" box, so answer to it. Then click "Next". 
      Clisk "Yes" butotn.
  10) Start installing hardware.
      Click "Install" button. And start installing.
  11) Click "Finish"button.
  12) When installed normally, printer in printer folder shall be added.

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    Windows 7
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   1) Open "Devices and Printers" folder. 
      ( "Start" button --> "Devices and Printers")
   2) Click "Add a printer" button and start "Add Printer" wizard.
   3) Click "Add a local printer" button.
   4) System requires to select the port that the printer is connected to.
      After select it (ex."COM1:"), click "Next". 
   5) Click "Have disk..."button. Display where install disk is placed shall be shown,
      and designate pass where Driver file located.
   6) Click "Next"button.
   7) Select the driver corresponding to the printer and click "Next"button.
   8) Set the "Printer name:" box, so answer to it. Then click "Next". 
   9) Start installing hardware.
      Click "Install". And start installing.
  10) Click "Finish"button.
  11) When installed normally, printer in printer folder shall be added.

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4. Driver uninstallation process
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  You can uninstall this printer driver when you don't need it anymore.

   1) Windows 11:
        Open "Settings" app -> "Apps" -> "Installed apps"
      Windows 7, 8.1, 10
        Open "Programs and Features" from Control Panel.
   2) Double-click "FTP-62HWSL000 FTP62H Uninstaller".
      When "User Account Control" displayed, click "Continue"button.
   3) Click "Start Uninstall".
   4) When message "Uninstall was successful" is displayed, uninstall is completed.

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5. Setting of Printer features 
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    1) Select the driver in "Printers" folder.
    2) Right-click the driver, then select "Printing Preferences". And open 
       "Properties" dialog.
    3) Click "Advanced..." button, then open "Advanced Options" dialog.

    -- Print settings --
       * Quality
           Select the paper that you use. Printing energy is controlled automatically
           to fit each thermal paper sensitivity.
           If you select 'Custom', "TYPE" item is available.

       * TYPE
           Select the print mode set by the print quality.  
           For more information about "Quality" and "TYPE" settings,  see the
           "Product specification > Commands specification > GS E+n".

       * Print Density
           Adjust density when printing.
           The unit is percent, the allowable range is from 0 to 200.

       * Remove bottom margin of page
           [Last page only] :
              Remove the bottom margin of the last page.
           [Each page] :
              Remove the bottom margin of each page.
           [None] :
              The paper is printed according to paper size setting.

       * Auto Div
           [OFF] :
               Automatic division print mode is canceled.
           [ON] :
              Automatic division print mode is set.
           For more information about "Auto Div" settings,  see the
           "Product specification > Commands specification > GS E+n".

       * Pitch Mode
           [Half Pitch] :
             Half pitch print mode is set.
           [Normal Pitch] :
             Normal pitch print mode is set.
           For more information about "Pitch Mode" settings,  see the
           "Product specification > Commands specification > GS E+n".

       * Print Mode
           [High-speed collective image printing] :
             This mode specifies the High-speed collective image printing.
           [Bit image printing] :
             This mode specifies prints the Bit image printing.

       * Print Speed
           You can customize the print speed.
           The unit is mm per second, the allowable range is
           from 5 to 120.


    -- Paper Feed settings --
       * Start of document
           You can customize the paper feed lines at start of document.
           The unit is a dot-line (1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 255.

       * Start of page
           You can customize the paper feed lines at start of page.
           The unit is a dot-line (1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 255.

       * End of page
           You can customize the paper feed lines at end of page.
           The unit is a dot-line (1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 255.

       * End of document
           You can customize the paper feed lines at end of document.
           The unit is a dot-line (1mm = 8dot-lines), the allowable range is
           from 0 to 255.


    -- Mark Detection settings --
       * Mark Detection
           [None] :
              The printer does not detect the mark.
           [Each page] :
              The printer detects the mark page by page, and feeds the paper up
              to the mark position.
           [Each document] :
              The printer detects the mark only at the end of document, and feeds
              the paper up to the mark position.

       * Mark Detection Length
           You can adjust the mark detection length.
           The unit is cm, the allowable range is from 1 to 127.

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6. Caution
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  6-1. You can make original length of paper using "Server Properties" in the menu
       displayed by clicking the right button of a mouse in a printer folder.
       Available range is from 10mm to 3200mm, and paper width is fixed to the
       value shown below.

           FTP-62HWSL000  ...   4.80 cm    (Print head : 384 pixels)

  6-2. This printer driver is monochromatic only, so actual color or gray scale
       printing data is changed to some dot pattern data of "Dither" method by
       OS. Sometimes small size letters or graphics having small area with
       light "Dither" pattern might look as to be not printed.
  6-3. Thermal printer is using print head of 203 DPI(dots per inch) printing
       density and has pixels shown above.  Some small dot data that is shown
       in display having more number of pixels might be canceled from printing
       data by OS.
  6-4. In the case printing direction is set as "Landscape", the right margin 
       of the page is removed by "Remove bottom margin of page".
       If you need paper feed for this blank area, please set 
       "Remove bottom margin of page" to be "None" state.
  6-5. Please do not change driver setting (paper selectionand so on) when printing
       is in process.
  6-6. This printer does not support your computer's sleep or hibernation mode.
       Do not switch the computer to sleep mode or hibernation mode during 
       printing as this may cause a printing error.
  6-7. Printer settings can not be changed from "Modern UI". When printer settings 
       was changed from "Control Panel", these settings can be used on "Modern UI".
  6-8. Please do not connect more than one FTP-62HWSL000 series printer to PC.
