Intermec PB3 User Manual

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PB3 Mobile Printer User’s Guide
The PB3 is compatible with the XSim printer language, as well as with 
a subset of ESC/P commands. For more information, see one of these 
manuals:
Intermec’s Printing Resource Kit provides tools for developing mobile 
printing solutions for the PB3. For more information, visit 
 and choose 
Products > Applications & 
Software > Developer Library > Developer Resource Kits.
Installing Printer Firmware
When you install printer firmware, you also need to configure your 
printer hardware. Before getting started, make sure that:
your printer is set to serial mode (all DIP switches are off).
the paper roll is properly seated on your printer.
your printer is connected to your host PC with a serial cable.
Communications LED is on (green).
you have the Tera Term application installed on your host PC. 
Tera Term is a free, open-source terminal emulator program 
available from the Internet.
you have the Tera Term macro 
ConfigurationHardwareInformationTTMacro.ttl installed on 
your PC. You can download the macro from the PB3 downloads 
page from the Intermec web site at 
www.intermec.com
.
To install firmware and configure printer hardware
Note: You can also download SDKs from 
help develop mobile printing solutions for certain language sets:
PrinterCE SDK
PrinterCE.NetCF SDK
PocketHTMLprint SDK
Use only firmware files provided by Intermec.