Bixolon - Windows printer driver

Driver version 5.1.01.4360

Updates:

• Fixed possible labeling software crash issue when loading older labels.

Driver version 5.1.00.4326

Updates:

• Fixed issue where Cancel before print could not be set back to "No".

Driver version 5.1.00.4306

Updates:

• Solved problem with multi-thread printing (sometimes the stream is not correct).

Driver version 5.0.03.4204

What's new:

• Bixolon SLP-T400II and SLP-T403II printers are removed from the distribution list because they have not been released at all.
  Bixolon SLP-TX400, SLP-TX403, SRP-770III, SLP-DX420 and SLP-DX423 models are supported now.
  

Driver version 5.0.00.4197

Updates:

• Driver help for barcode font "y dimension" updated.

Driver version 5.0.00.4051

What's new:

• Bixolon printers SLP-D420 and SLP-D423 have only direct thermal option.

Driver version 5.0.00.3897

What's new:

• All the drivers are now digitaly signed to allow installation on Windows 8.

Driver version 4.6.78.3840

Updates:

• In some rare cases driver crashed when printing a Code128 barcode. This is corrected now.

Driver version 4.6.76.3790

Updates:

• Fixed occasional Spooler crash when printing Word document with very long filename.

Driver version 4.6.76.3782

Updates:

• Advanced Port monitor can now be added by using Windows Add New Port Type option.

Driver version 4.6.76.3763

Updates:

• Port monitor now reconnectes to printer after lost connection

Driver version 4.6.74.3714

Updates:

• Numeric GS1Databar barcode types no longer have data size requirements

Driver version 4.6.69.3612

Updates:

• Driver update didn't preserve settings for all installed printers. This is fixed now.

Driver version 4.6.67.3530

What's new:

• Following models added to distribution: SLP-T400II and SLP-T403II.

Driver version 4.6.66.3658

Updates:

• In some case of printing big graphics (color on 64-bit OS for example) the graphic elements could be missing. This is corrected now.

Driver version 4.6.66.3436

Updates:

• Obsolete monitor.inf files were removed from drivers that still had them

Driver version 4.6.66.3392

What's new:

• Removed warning message for special ports, when installing printer driver with Printer Installation Wizard.
  
  If connected to standard Windows TCP/IP port then show warning message.

Driver version 4.6.65.3360

Updates:

• Printer error detailes were missing while printing. The status reporting issue was limited to NicePrintQueue, Enterprise Print Manager(EPM) and NiceLabel.

  
  

Driver version 4.6.64.3290

What's new:

• Advanced TCP/IP port monitor now supports connections to names as well as IP addresses.

Driver version 4.6.64.3249

What's new:

• Max speed for SLP-D420 is 7"/s and max page width is 116mm.

Driver version 4.6.63.3226

Updates:

• Text background is now transparent by default. Added option to change text background transparency.

Driver version 4.6.63.3224

Updates:

• Rotation option on userinterface and QR and MicroQR barcode font rotation now work correctly

Driver version 4.6.62.3190

Updates:

• Spooler crash when changing printer port while printing was fixed.

Driver version 4.6.62.3156

Updates:

• Custom settings for unprintable now work correctly

Driver version 4.6.59.3002

Updates:

• Printer ports are now properly shown in Options dialog.

Driver version 4.6.59.2995

What's new:

• Changed font for Chinese Windows to SimHei.

Driver version 4.6.59.2994

What's new:

• Implemented support for RLE graphics compression.

Driver version 4.6.59.2987

What's new:

• Two new Bixolon printers are supported:
  SLP-D220
  SLP-D223
• Default and maximum media size information has been changed for all Bixolon printer models. User can print now to 1000mm long labels with 200dpi printers and to 440mm long lables with 300dpi models (except SRP 770 model, where limitation is 300mm).

Driver version 4.6.55.2915

What's new:

• Datamatrix barcode font had disabled rotation 180 and 270 degree. This is corrected now so user can select any rotation.
  Barcode fonts I2of5, Code93, Code39 had disabled x dimension by default. This option was enabled just in case of checking combo for ratio. This is now corrected so user can change x-dimension anytime.
  Mils representation of x dimension was not initial updated when you open dialog for barcode font. This is corrected now and works initial.
  Codabar barcode supports now all 3 ratios (1:2, 1:3, 2:5)

Driver version 4.6.54.2886

Updates:

• When printing from Windows applications there has been wrong positioning in combination of orientation. This is corrected now.

Driver version 4.6.52.2866

What's new:

• On Advanced Setup dialog you can find now "Position adjustment" section with settings for "Black mark offset" and "Tear-off/cutter offset"
• Code128A,Code128B,Code128C and Code128AutoA are new supported barcode fonts. With labeling software you can use just first three subsets.

Driver version 4.6.51.2800

What's new:

• Czech, Lithuanian and Ukrainian languages are now supported also in all NiceDrivers.
  
  

Driver version 4.6.50.2773

Updates:

• When printing from standard Windows application (like Microsoft Word) and using page rotation (Landscape and/or rotate 180), positions of graphic were shifted relative to internal elements.
  Shift size depends on page dimensions, shift direction depends on rotation.
  

Driver version 4.6.49.2747

What's new:

• PrnInst utility was updated so that long INF file structure is supported.

Driver version 4.6.49.2611

Updates:

• When trying to preinstall drivers on Windows 7, user got an "Environment incorrect" error message. This is corrected now.

Driver version 4.6.45.2528

Updates:

• All Bixolon printer models have max. print width set to 104mm.

Driver version 4.6.43.2445

What's new:

• User is now able to change administrator settings without reopening driver properties dialog as an elevated user. A click on the shielded button and entering the credentials is all that is needed.

Driver version 4.6.41.2364

Updates:

• Fixed occasional driver crash when printing extremely large graphics

Driver version 4.6.41.2361

What's new:

• Page preview icons in "Advanced Dialog" corrected.
  

Driver version 4.6.37.2258

Updates:

• Uninstall of printer with Printer Install Wizard did not work on Windows 2003 (x64) system

Driver version 4.6.22

What's new:

• Build number is now part of version information in About dialog

Driver version 4.6.01

Updates:

• Added Rotation to parsed text in command fonts

Driver version 4.6.00

Updates:

• Printing process was stopped during heavy duty printing.

Driver version 4.5.42

What's new:

• Driver print speed optimization

Updates:

• Default darkness value is 14 for all Samsung-Bixolon models except for SRP-770II and SRP-770.

Driver version 4.5.41

Updates:

• PnP ID's corrected for SLP-T403 RFID model.

Driver version 4.5.39

Updates:

• PrnInst showed login window, even if the user running the application was administrator.

Driver version 4.5.37

Updates:

• PrnInst can now be moved to any position (second monitor) and it will stay there. It will not jump back to its original position.

Driver version 4.5.34

Updates:

• Postnet barcode fonts can no longer have their width changed.

Driver version 4.5.12

Updates:

• User can select Automatic or Manual options for Job removing using keyboard in Printer Install Wizard
• Fixed labeling software crash when turning off "Use Advanced printer driver interface".

Driver version 4.5.11

Updates:

• Printer Install Wizard uninstallation of driver doesn`t remove all of the files from the SYSTEM32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\ folder.

Driver version 4.5.09

Updates:

• Electonic Article Survailance was always disabled on Rfid printers
• Fixed printing of Datamatrix and QR barcode font with more then 255 character data
• Added automatic termination character for Maxicode barcode font data

Driver version 4.5.07

What's new:

• Added support for custom printer name after silently installing a printer driver from command line (/INSTPRN; /INSTMULTPRN)

Driver version 4.5.06

What's new:

• Printer Installation Wizard will be able to automaticly remove all jobs when updating printer

Driver version 4.5.05

What's new:

• Printer Install Wizard can start an application specified in the command line, after it closes.

Driver version 4.5.03

What's new:

• Status monitor is able to detect port conflicts, when two printer drivers are using the same port for bidirectional communication with the printer.
  Also when user will delete or install a new printer to the system, Status Monitor will detect the change by itself.

Updates:

• When you disable the option "Use advanced printer driver interface" (in File -> Label Setup -> Printing tab) labeling software will crash with the error "GDI Failure, OK to continue?"

Driver version 4.5.02

Updates:

• PrnInst didn't set printer attributes correctly. This is fixed now.

Driver version 4.5.01

What's new:

• Turkish language added

Driver version 4.5.00

What's new:

•  - write MMF to alternative location (research)
   - update MemMaster to store files to this location
   - update driver to read from new location (make sure that the update will be backward compatible)

Driver version 4.4.73

Updates:

• Uninstall of driver package failed when running a 64bti system.

Driver version 4.4.69

What's new:

• Checkbox "Enable bidirectional support" (Printer properties -> Ports) can now be unchecked automatically during driver installation, corresponding to the flag "Bidirectional" in .inf file.
  Bidirectional=0  =>  checkbox is unchecked.
  Bidirectional=1  =>  checkbox is checked.
  If this information is ommited, Bidirectional=1 is assumed.

Updates:

• Labelling software can now recall variables with more than 31 characters of data.

• When you click on the Help button in About dialog help is opened, but it is not linked to any page.

• Help on About dialog opens help page with contents 'This program cannot display the webpage'.

Driver version 4.4.64

Updates:

• Removed Help button as no help is available.

• New Japanese translation for Printer Install Wizard

Driver version 4.4.63

Updates:

• When user starts Printer Install Wizard the application is shown but without focus

• Changed default number for cutting to 1 label instead of 0.

Driver version 4.4.60

What's new:

• Changed file info for Printer Install Wizard
• Bixolon RFID printers are supported now:
  SLP-T400 RFID
  SLP-T403 RFID

Updates:

• Default value for Always use default settings is not correct when instaling it the driver with a configuration file attached.

Driver version 4.4.54

What's new:

• Rfid unlocking option functionality was added to rfid printers

Driver version 4.4.52

What's new:

• DLL files for user interface translation did not include version info data.

• "Barcode Fonts" dialog for MaxiCode barcode now supports "Mode" setting.

Updates:

• Labels transfered from different systems now retain their driver settings.

• RFID dialog (Advanced -> Immediate) has enabled "Get"  and "Read" buttons even if user doesn't have enaugh permissions ( not Admin in Vista etc. )
  

Driver version 4.4.51

What's new:

• Added Rfid functionality for Bixolon Samsung printers

Updates:

• Increased lenght for filename and path in import and export of settings.
• POSTNET barcodes have a fixed height and width, but the interface allows the user to change these dimensions. 

Driver version 4.4.50

Updates:

• Import and export didn't work if filename and path exceeded the length of 80 characters while windows support 256 character lengths
  
• Click on "Stocks" panel caused error if stock list was empty. This is fixed now.

Driver version 4.4.30

What's new:

• - support for preinstall on all supported platforms

Driver version 4.4.01

Updates:

• EndDocument escape was sent even when there was no StartDocument.
• If driver gets no separator character description for decimal number from the OS, driver puts a "+" or "," string as default character. The result was seen for page size (example)
  Now the dot character "." is set for default separator in this case.
  

Driver version 4.4.00

What's new:

• Invalid stocks are now marked. User can open the Stock properties dialog and press OK to fix the problem (which is usually stock dimension). Stock size will be automatically adjusted.

Updates:

• UI for commands fonts works now properly also in Japanese language.
• In some rare cases streams sent to the printer had an extra "0" added in it.

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