TSC tag printers

Setting Up

1. Download the latest TSC Tag Printer Driver from here (scroll to the bottom, click the TSC link).
2. Run through the installer
3. Once the printer is created, open up the properties of the printer
   1. On the General tab, click Printing Preferences...
   2. On the Page Setup tab click the Edit... button
   3. Change the Label Size: Width to 4.00 and Height to 5.50
   4. Click OK
   5. Select the radio next to Portrait 180°
   6. Click the Stock tab
   7. Select Labels With Marks from the Type: drop down
   8. Change Mark Height: to 0.25in
   9. Click OK
   10. In the Tag Printer properties dialog, click the Advanced tab
   11. Click the Printing Defaults... button
   12. Repeat steps 3.2 through 3.9
4. In ITrack, go to Edit > Options
5. On the Printers tab, select Tag from the Printer Type dropdown
6. Select the Tag printer that was just setup, from the Printer Name dropdown
7. Open a part on the Part screen and print a tag
8. Confirm that everything is fine and dandy

Problems/Solutions

Tags print to light to be read

A problem that has been experienced before is that tags are printing out to light and the information on the tag can't be read.

To fix this issue:

1. Open up the tag printer's properties
2. Go to the General tab and hit the Printing Preferences button
3. The Printing Preferences dialog appears, go to the Options tab
4. Change the print speed to 2.00in/sec and the darkness to 15
5. Click Ok
6. Make the same changes in the Printing Defaults on the Advanced tab
7. There is sometimes an issue where the print speed won't save
8. Reopen the Printing Preferences (General tab) and Printing Defaults (Advanced tab) dialog
9. Check the Options tab to make sure that the Print Speed is 2.00in/sec
10. If it has gone back to 4.00in/sec, see the section below titled Removing and reinstalling TSC tag printer drivers

Removing and reinstalling TSC tag printer drivers

1. Take note of the port that the tag printing is using Properties > Ports (tab)
2. Remove the delete the printer
3. In the Printers windows go to File > Server Properties > Drivers (tab) > find the tag printer in the list, select it and hit Remove...
4. If you get an error about not being able to remove the driver, hit the properties button and take note of the driver path.
5. Delete the directory you took note of in the previous step.
6. Repeat the steps in the Setting Up section above.
7. Tell everyone how awesome you are.