Microcom - Windows printer driver

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

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

Updates:

• Valid parameter choices are 200ECC
  
  Column x row options:
  10X10
  12X12
  14X14
  16X16
  18X18
  20X20
  22X22
  24X24
  26X26
  32X32
  36X36
  40X40
  44X44
  48X48
  52X52
  64X64
  72X72
  80X80
  88X88
  96X96
  104X104
  120X120
  132X132
  144X144
  8X18
  8X32
  12X26
  12X36
  16X36
  16X48
  
• When printing MSI barcode the value for X dimmension (barcode width) has been one number higher as it should be. This is corrected now.
• PDF417 didn't work on selected Microcom LDS1 printers.
  Maxicode is disabled.
• Default value for Always use default settings is not correct when instaling it the driver with a configuration file attached.

Driver version 4.4.53

Updates:

• Selecting the paper type "Continuous" should disable the input boxes for gap, black line / blowhole length, and registration offsets.  Not doing this does not cause any serious problem, but deactivating these controls will make it more apparent to the user that registration is not being detected.
  When you define a stock in an LDS2 driver, there is an unnecessary input box for "Black line/blow-hole length" on the "Define Stock" form.  This control is always inactive, because it is never used.  This input is not needed because the value should be placed in the input box for "Gap length", as it is on the driver's "Advanced Setup" tab.
  

• Driver reports an error : "An unhandled win32 exception occurred in explorer if .drs file path is too large (over 80 characters). This is corrected now.

  
  
   

Driver version 4.4.52

What's new:

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

Updates:

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

• The following translations :
  - "Black line/blow-hole:"
  - "Feed length:"
  were not updated corretly for languages:
  -CHI
  -HUN
  -POL
  -RUS
  -SCH
  -JAP
  -TAI
  -KOR

Driver version 4.4.51

Updates:

• Driver uses incorrect DPS values for 428M model. This causes the print speed to use always the slowest speed by default. The 428M uses the same DPS values of the 424M 300DPI (0-13) and not as the model 400 (20-40) printer. This is corrected now.

• There are missing values in speed drop-down menu for printers 424M 300dpi and 428M.
  This is corrected now.
• Black line detection does not work on some LDSI models, because the driver is sending the incorrect LCB.  The driver uses an LCB value of 3.  The reflective sensor is an option on a product like model 466. The 466 uses a transmissive black line detection, which requires an LCB value of 1.
  Now it is corrected that models 322M,400,412 and 466 use 1 for LCB but the models 324m,424M,224,424 and 428M uses 3 for LCB parameter.
• The drivers are using incorrect values for the LSX parameter in the label header.  This value is then used to calculate incorrect values for XB parameters in field definitions.  Some drivers XB parameters are off by as many as 26 dots. 
  This is corercted now and the driver use the correct "Actual Size" for the LSX value in each header.
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  For "OCR B" font the driver sends wrong TCI parameter. Driver sends 7, but it should 1. This is corrected now.
• Rotated embedded fonts (Dixon) are using wrong CGN.  When the driver has embedded fonts that are rotated, the driver uses a CGN that is 1 too high. This is corrected now.
• 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. 
• 2D barcode called Data Matrix did not work till now, because there ware missing some barcode parameters. This is corrected or updated now and for this barcode besides position and data also canfiguration type, encoding type, and module width are sent.
  
• Unit commands ^D564 and ^D565 are now send before start script command  ^A, like it is correctly.
• Printing from word can produce negative coordinates
• Dispense mode options od Advanced setup dialog does not have "Default" check box anymore.
  For Retraction delay the default value is always 0 but for Dispense distance it depends on printer type (26 or 13 mm)
• Microcom LDS1 300dpi printers like 224, 424, 324M, 424M and 428M uses wrong font representation data. They ware the same as for 200dpi. This is corrected now so the WYSIWYG is good now.
  
• Corrected default barcode height.

Driver version 4.4.50

What's new:

• Printer specific information is added to the stock information for Microcom printers drivers. Users can now store media settings and paper type to stocks.
• Printer specific information is added to the stock information for Microcom printers drivers. Users can now store media settings and paper type to stocks.

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

What's new:

• Retraction delay for Microcom X26 printers is now sent in tenths of seconds instead of seconds.

Updates:

• Some UI bugfixes are implemented for Microcom drivers:
  - the default value for barcode height is 0.5 instead of 0,5
  - some misspelled words are corrected (?blow-hole? instead of ?blowhole?, ?black line? instead of ?blackline?, ?length? instead of ?lenght?)
• 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.
• Barcodes weren't printed from windows applications (Word, Wordpad...). This is fixed now.

Driver version 4.3.74

Updates:

• The following bugs are fixed in Microcom printers drivers: - SPG calculation was incorrect if the page was set to landscape - Setting Dispense Mode to "None" didn't disable LPD sensor and cutter - Dispense distance was sent on incorrect place in print stream
• There has been a bug in the driver part which handles graphic elements on Microcom printer and could cause a driver crash. This is corrected now.

Driver version 4.3.73

What's new:

• Microcom 428M model is supported now.

Driver version 4.3.72

Updates:

• Sometimes a print stream is not send to the printer, and it stays stuck in the spooler

Driver version 4.3.63

Updates:

• Port monitor crashed when setting up port details (IP and port number)

Driver version 4.3.60

Updates:

• Barcode fonts vanished instead of being imported.

Driver version 4.3.59

Updates:

• Microsoft Vista operating system is not mentioned in the text file that is distributed with the driver.
• Stocks were not imported if user didn't view the stocks dialog beforehand

Driver version 4.3.57

Updates:

• Odd byte wide graphics on LDS1 printers can produce garbled graphics

Driver version 4.3.56

Updates:

• Barcode ratio values are not shown in Barcode Fonts dialog. This only happens when you are editing existing barcode font.

Driver version 4.3.55

Updates:

• Spooler crashed during the installation, if there were any printers allready installed on the system.

Driver version 4.3.54

Updates:

• While installing a printer driver on certain systems the spooler crashed.
• "delete" button was enabled even if the barcode/command fonts list was empty. This is fixed now.
• Export of barcode fonts didn't work properly unless user clicked on barcode fonts tab before exporting them. This is fixed now.
• Increased timeouts for better printer status response times
• Slow printing occurred when a Not Accessible printer was found on a network. Printer status was also not received immediately.

Driver version 4.3.53

Updates:

• Status for printers (that use bidirectionaal communication) was not correct when the printer was not physicaly connected to the computer. Status was changing between Not Accessible and Ready

Driver version 4.3.51

What's new:

• Driver can now override the default document settings of some applications with driver default settings (set up in printer spooler)

Driver version 4.3.07

Updates:

• After viewing the Help file CHM file was locked and because of that reboot was needed to complete the installation. New version of driver will not lock the CHM any more and because of that reboot is not needed.
• Certain Graphics on LDS1 printers are not compressed correctly producing garbled results

Driver version 4.3.06

What's new:

• Barcode fonts and command fonts are now stored in registry.

Updates:

• Because of problems when using landscape, positioning was changed on Microcom LDS1.
• Printing did not work on nonbidirectional printers. Printer Error was displayed the whole time

Driver version 4.3.05

Updates:

• Printing did not work when bidirectional was enabled

Driver version 4.3.04

What's new:

• New Port monitor is added to the distribution
• On Windows Vista there is warning displayed if user doesn't have appropriate permissions to create (or write to) certain driver files.
• Old HLP help file format was exchanged for new CHM file format.

Updates:

• When user changed printer's port, the printing was no longer possible until reboot.
• Port monitor now uses correct (64 bit) interface file on 64bit systems.
• Installation did not go through when upgrading from old printer driver, if the user had the driver connected to the Advanced Port Monitor (LAN)
• Bug fixed, where some changes on stocks updated default umprintable area values.
• Wrong positions for some graphics on Microcom printers

Driver version 4.3.03

Updates:

• Spooler crashed, if user had multiple bidirectional printers using the same port, while using a status monitoring application

Driver version 4.3.02

Updates:

• Stocks were not imported properly or were not shown immediately after import.

Driver version 4.3.01

What's new:

• Korean language added.

Updates:

• Driver does not show all stocks in 'Stocks' combo box on 'Options' dialog. Missing stocks have heights that are near the maximum printer's limit.

Driver version 4.3.00

Updates:

• Changed window handling so that port monitor setup windows can appear on Vista

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