Avery Dennison Windows Printer Drivers
Download Loftware’s Free Avery Dennison Printer Driver to print from any Windows application. Optimize printer performance by using Loftware Cloud to design your barcode and RFID labels and tags and your coding and marking messages easily, ready to print.
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Version
November 22, 2024
10.6.11
Supported printers
Installation guides
Tested on
Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022
Release Notes
10.6.11
- Fixed simultaneous printing and status checking which caused the printer spooler to stop working.
Supported Printers
Can’t find your model?
Check under end of life drivers.
Release Notes
10.6.11
- Fixed simultaneous printing and status checking which caused the printer spooler to stop working.
10.6.10
- Fixed the issue of stopping printing due to "No connection" error when printing on multiple printers simultaneously.
10.6.9
- Fixed wrong position of printed variable fields on first print after printer restart.
- The installation of a network printer has been corrected, ensuring that the network port number is now correctly set.
- Adding an existing printer model to a different port no longer causes the printer installation to fail.
- Minimized usage of memory consumption in the Print Spooler windows service.
10.6.8
- Unidirectional printer drivers are now installed on LAN port without error message.
- Fixed installation issue preventing printers being installed on USB port.
- Printer network discovery now works on servers with multiple network adapters.
- Corrected driver update procedure, no longer removing printers that do not match case sensitive printer name.
10.6.7
- Printer installation wizard now shows correct port choices when installing the driver.
10.6.6
- Stabilized driver Port monitor and Language monitor memory consumption.
- Stabilized memory consumption in the windows environment when sending data to printer.
- Redesigned installation process in the installation utility wizard. Added logging functionality to the installation utility.
10.6.0
- Update port monitor functionality to prevent possible memory consumption.
- This is initial release of Loftware printer driver, rebrand from NiceLabel printer driver family.
10.5.2
- Driver core stabilization by improving memory and heap allocations.
- Redesigned the self extracting driver package users download from the internet web page.
- Stabilized driver's communication component.
10.5.0
- Printer options resolution, darkness and speed are now correctly merged when changing printer models.
- Stabilized communication interface between the driver and the Label Design application.
- Removed limitation of loaded driver packages on Server 2008 and Server 2016 system.
- Corrected status response when multiple status queries are requested at the same time.
10.2.2
- Fixed crash of driver when document name longer than 260 characters
10.0.5
- Custom commands are now present in the print stream.
10.0.0
- Fixed problems in case user set different HDPI and VDPI in landscape orientation.
- Menu for using settings from printer or driver is redesigned and improved.
- Added capability to set all printer supported parameters to be controlled by the printer.
- Added support for web based printer management.
- Change the print preview so when the label is too long the end of the label is visible.
8.8.0
- Fixed issue when printing from DB and first record is empty. Impinj Monza R6 RFID tags can be permanently locked now.
8.6.3
- Driver is signed with updated certificate. Changed timestamp server to avoid "unknown certificate" issue on some OS systems.
8.6.1
- Updated link for download NiceLabel software.
8.5.0
- Communication with the printer is working now also when port monitor logging is enabled on non English Windows OS.
8.3.1
- Improved performance Driver initialisation time was decreased for up to 30%.Smaller file footprint Driver file size was reduced for up to 60%.Improved installation utility PrnInst better supports multi user environments. Driver upgrade procedure was improved for installations with large number of printers.
8.3.0
- RFID successfully encoded also when prinitng multiple labels from DB. Printing from database with different text lengths now works correctly. Fixed euro sign, $ and '_' on internal fonts. For known limitations on these characters see driver help.
8.2.3
- Additional media type option is added for center black marks. User can select cutter mode to cut or not before first printed tag. Cutter is working correctly also for batch printing and in case header + main label is used. Skip index value correction solves issue printing empty labels between.
8.2.00
- This is completely new driver release, based on new driver platform.
Version
November 22, 2024
10.6.11
Installation guides
Tested on
Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022
Supported Printers
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Version
November 15, 2022
5.5.0
Supported printers
Installation guides
Tested on
Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2012
Release Notes
5.5.0
- Updated driver package information and driver user interface look with new branding.
Supported Printers
Can’t find your model?
Check under end of life drivers.
Release Notes
5.5.0
- Updated driver package information and driver user interface look with new branding.
5.1.16.6498
- Minimum media height for SNAP 500,600,700 printers is 0,5 inch (12,7 mm).
5.1.16.6444
- SNAP 500 600dpi printers are supported.
5.1.15.6474
- Port monitor crashed print spooler on the second print when using Advanced TCP/IP. This is fixed now.
5.1.13.6232
- Fixed issue with DNS IP resolution not working when printer network name is longer then 25 characters.
5.1.11.5971
- Fixed About dialog issue with garbage after name for printers with name >= 32 chars.
5.1.11.5791
- Fixed NiceLabel crash when changing the printer on Label Setup>Printer dialog and then disabling "Use advanced printer driver interface".
5.1.10.5729
- Internal counter can be used as data on all barcodes.
5.1.10.5692
- When updating drivers which have already defined their own stocks, barcode fonts or command fonts, PrnInst application failed with message box "List index out of bounds". This is fixed now.
5.1.09.5549
- Installer ends if user choose "don't install..." option in Windows warning dialog.
5.1.08.5456
- All multi printhead printer drivers are now represented as true color driver to the operating system. This setting effect in printing one element in more than one color.For this feature working you need NiceLabel version 6.3.1 or later.
5.1.08.5063
- Fixed issue where editing a stock causes an error message.
5.1.07.5417
- Head offset added.
5.1.07.5169
- Fixed print head selection commands on SNAP 2-1 printerDisabled ability to change color for print heads that are not supported.
5.1.07.4926
- Printer Install Wizard supports silent installation of Port Monitor modules.
5.1.06.4925
- Wrong characters were send for some Nafta symbols internal font. This is corrected now.
5.1.06.4818
- New languages supported are: Danish, Hebrew, Slovak and Portuguese (Brazil). Portuguese language is removed.
5.1.06.4815
- Language monitor will now retry sending data to printer 3 times before reporting an error to spooler.
5.1.06.4800
- PrnInst utility quits driver installation if user doesn't trust the publisher.
5.1.05.4788
- Driver settings are now correctly updated after being imported.
5.1.05.4643
- Add Snap 500 2-1 printer model.
5.1.04.5100
- PrnInst didn't not work on folders with long path name. Current version support paths up to 260 (MAX_PATH) characters.
5.1.03.4633
- Help file was updated with a note that some applications can lock the driver and prevent it from being updated by a new version.
5.1.03.4625
- Variable text used within text box element in labeling software has wrong position on all pages except the first page. This is corrected now so on every page correct coordinates are send. To make this working user needs to enable option "Relative object positioning" on "Advanced setup > Other" driver's dialog.
5.1.02.4522
- Implemented support for internal counter inside Datamatrix 2D code.
5.1.02.4472
- On Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 users were not able to change language settings. Now they can change language settings if they have administrative rights.
5.1.02.4378
- Microsoft Access was reporting wrong paper names when custom stocks are defined in driver. Now it works OK.
5.1.02.4371
- After leaving an edit field the values in it are now correctly checked according to their specified minimum/maximum values and displayed in correct format for the selected measurement unit.
5.1.01.4360
- Prevent occasional labeling software crash when loading labels created with NiceLabel drivers older than version 4.6.16.
5.1.01 4402
- Add a line stating the requirements needed for asian fonts to be printed correctly by the driver.
5.1.00.4354
- Cutter functionality corrected for printing from Windows applications and cutter set to cut every n labels.
5.1.00.4306
- Solved problem with multi-thread printing (sometimes the stream is not correct).
5.0.03.4212
- SNAP 500 and SNAP 700 printer models can print up to 635mm long labels (no stack).SNAP 600 can print up to 352mm long labels.
5.0.00.4197
- Driver help for barcode font "y dimension" updated.
5.0.00.3897
- All the drivers are now digitaly signed to allow installation on Windows 8.
4.6.78.3840
- In some rare cases driver crashed when printing a Code128 barcode. This is corrected now.
4.6.76.3790
- Fixed occasional Spooler crash when printing Word document with very long filename.
4.6.76.3782
- Advanced Port monitor can now be added by using Windows Add New Port Type option.
4.6.76.3763
- Port monitor now reconnectes to printer after lost connection
4.6.74.3714
- Numeric GS1Databar barcode types no longer have data size requirements
4.6.69.3612
- Driver update didn't preserve settings for all installed printers. This is fixed now.
4.6.66.3658
- In some case of printing big graphics (color on 64-bit OS for example) the graphic elements could be missing. This is corrected now.
4.6.66.3436
- Obsolete monitor.inf files were removed from drivers that still had them
4.6.66.3392
- 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.
4.6.65.3360
- Printer error detailes were missing while printing. The status reporting issue was limited to NicePrintQueue, Enterprise Print Manager(EPM) and NiceLabel.:p
4.6.64.3290
- Advanced TCP/IP port monitor now supports connections to names as well as IP addresses.
4.6.63.3224
- Rotation option on userinterface and QR and MicroQR barcode font rotation now work correctly
4.6.62.3190
- Spooler crash when changing printer port while printing was fixed.
4.6.62.3156
- Custom settings for unprintable now work correctly
4.6.60.3049
- I2of5 barcode could be send without CD, so in this case internal counter could be used for barcode data.
4.6.59.3002
- Printer ports are now properly shown in Options dialog.
4.6.59.2995
- Changed font for Chinese Windows to SimHei.
4.6.52.2867
- Driver sends ~D command also when variable value is empty.
4.6.51.2800
- Czech, Lithuanian and Ukrainian languages are now supported also in all NiceDrivers.
4.6.50.2773
- 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.
4.6.49.2747
- PrnInst utility was updated so that long INF file structure is supported.
4.6.49.2611
- When trying to preinstall drivers on Windows 7, user got an "Environment incorrect" error message. This is corrected now.
4.6.43.2445
- 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.
4.6.41.2368
- New Paxar printer models supported:SNAP 700 (one or two print heads).
4.6.41.2367
- New printer models:Paxar SNAP 700 1-0Paxar SNAP 700 1-1
4.6.41.2364
- Fixed occasional driver crash when printing extremely large graphics
4.6.41.2361
- Page preview icons in "Advanced Dialog" corrected.
4.6.37.2258
- Uninstall of printer with Printer Install Wizard did not work on Windows 2003 (x64) system
4.6.22
- Build number is now part of version information in About dialog
4.6.15
- Start Page and Start Page (data) custom escapes didn't print if graphics were set to direct print
4.6.14
- Added gap offset to sensor type settings
4.6.01
- Added Rotation to parsed text in command fonts
4.6.00
- Printing process was stopped during heavy duty printing.
4.5.50
- The driver is updated in a way that in case of selection option "Eject page & Extend and Cut" the last batch is marked with different flagging type. Unfortunately the user can not select the flagging type but we have set the Medium flagging type (~XFM).
4.5.42
- Driver print speed optimization
4.5.39
- PrnInst showed login window, even if the user running the application was administrator.
4.5.37
- PrnInst can now be moved to any position (second monitor) and it will stay there. It will not jump back to its original position.
- There was a bug in the driver because barcode human readable has been always printed no matter what user has selected in labeling software. This is corrected now, so there is no human readable if it is selected so in labeling software. User can select human readable below or at the top of barcode now.
4.5.34
- Postnet barcode fonts can no longer have their width changed.
4.5.14
- All Paxar printers had the same minimum label height limitation. This is changed now to:SNAP models has 23mm, 636 and 656 have 13mm and 676 has 16mm minimum label height.If user would set smaller label the paper would jam between the knife and auxiliary feed.
4.5.12
- 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".
4.5.11
- Printer Install Wizard uninstallation of driver doesn`t remove all of the files from the SYSTEM32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\ folder.
4.5.09
- 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
- Fixed printing of internal elements with graphics
4.5.07
- Added support for custom printer name after silently installing a printer driver from command line (/INSTPRN; /INSTMULTPRN)
- Snap 600 and Snap 700 Paxar printer models are supported.
4.5.06
- Printer Installation Wizard will be able to automaticly remove all jobs when updating printer
4.5.05
- Printer Install Wizard can start an application specified in the command line, after it closes.
4.5.04
- Added ability to extend pages in batch when using labeling software
- Fixed issues with Tail and Header labels
4.5.03
- 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?"
- 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.
4.5.02
- PrnInst didn't set printer attributes correctly. This is fixed now.
4.5.01
- Turkish language added
4.5.00
- - 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)
4.4.73
- Uninstall of driver package failed when running a 64bti system.
4.4.69
- 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'.
- 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.
4.4.64
- Removed Help button as no help is available.
- New Japanese translation for Printer Install Wizard
4.4.63
- When user starts Printer Install Wizard the application is shown but without focus
- Changed default number for cutting to 1 label instead of 0.
4.4.60
- Changed file info for Printer Install Wizard
- Default value for Always use default settings is not correct when instaling it the driver with a configuration file attached.
4.4.52
- DLL files for user interface translation did not include version info data.
- Labels transfered from different systems now retain their driver settings.
4.4.51
- 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.
4.4.50
- 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.
4.4.30
- - support for preinstall on all supported platforms
4.4.01
- 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.
4.4.00
- 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.
- 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.
4.3.72
- Sometimes a print stream is not send to the printer, and it stays stuck in the spooler
4.3.63
- Port monitor crashed when setting up port details (IP and port number)
4.3.60
- Barcode fonts vanished instead of being imported.
4.3.59
- 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
4.3.56
- Barcode ratio values are not shown in Barcode Fonts dialog. This only happens when you are editing existing barcode font.
4.3.55
- Spooler crashed during the installation, if there were any printers allready installed on the system.
4.3.54
- 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.
4.3.53
- 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
4.3.51
- Driver can now override the default document settings of some applications with driver default settings (set up in printer spooler)
- From now on user will be able to print graphics on two ways with Paxar printer: - direct print (default) - store graphics (download graphics and recall)
4.3.07
- 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.
4.3.06
- Barcode fonts and command fonts are now stored in registry.
- Export to Pocket' option in labelling software does not work on some printers.
- Printing did not work on nonbidirectional printers. Printer Error was displayed the whole time
4.3.05
- Paxar windows driver supports also 2 internal printer fonts for using care symbols. (PCM International Care and Nafta Symbols)
- Printing did not work when bidirectional was enabled
4.3.04
- 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.
- 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.
4.3.03
- Spooler crashed, if user had multiple bidirectional printers using the same port, while using a status monitoring application
4.3.02
- Stocks were not imported properly or were not shown immediately after import.
4.3.01
- Korean language added.
- 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.
4.3.00
- Changed window handling so that port monitor setup windows can appear on Vista
Version
November 15, 2022
5.5.0
Installation guides
Tested on
Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2012
Supported Printers
Release Notes
5.5.0
- Updated driver package information and driver user interface look with new branding.
5.3.6
- Corrected driver functionality when "Printer default" option is selected for media type.
- Two new RTC formats are supported: YYJJJ and YY/JJJ. Previous format YYJJJYhhmmss is replaced with corrected YYJJJhhmmss and needs to be selected again on the existing label format.
5.3.04.7372
- EPC and UserData field on EPC Gen2 512 RFID tag can be locked/permanent locked separately and are not sync to the same value on MPCL printers.
5.3.03.7355
- QR code position is improved for EasyPlug printers.
5.3.03.7329
- RTC format YYD3HHMMss renamed into YYJJJHHMMss for correct preview in NL2019.
5.3.03.7315
- Added new RTC format (year + day in year + hour + minute + sec) to EasyPlug printers.
- MPCL printers support QR code, Datamatrix, GS1 Datamatrix as internal element.
5.3.00.7166
- All ADTP2 printer models support RFID.
5.2.00.7047
- Driver sends correct command syntax in case of permanent lock for RFID chip.
5.2.00.7043
- Easyplug printers can now use more than 8 internal counter per label design.
- User does not need to insert the whole EPC field data for EPC Gen2 512 bits tag.
5.2.00.7006
- MPCL printer models with support for RFID Gen2 tags can now actually encode 512bits and not just 96bit with EPC Gen2 512bit RFID tag. User needs to insert all 64bytes (512 bits) of data for EPC field.
5.2.00.7003
- Avery ADTP2 printer models are added into NiceLabel driver.
5.2.00.6989
- Driver sends now also distance of RFID antenna from label edge.
- RFID Gen2 240bit tag is now correctly locked.
5.2.00.6875
- EPC(class1) Gen2 240bit tag is encoded correctly now.
5.2.00.6867
- Cutter function is improved for MPCLII printers.
5.1.16.6769
- MPCL II printer goes into error state when variable label size (label length) has been using. This is corrected now.
5.1.16.6718
- Added option to enable/disable fixed graphic optimization.
5.1.16.6706
- Optimised printing of fixed graphics.
5.1.16.6678
- MPCL printers could get into error state if printed text is longer than 30 characters. This is fixed now.
5.1.16.6664
- ADTP1 printer supports also center tag edge and center die cut paper types.
5.1.16.6570
- "Use printer settings" option is now available on MPCL II printer models.
- "Liner take-up" option is enabled for ADPT1 printer models.
5.1.16.6528
- Printout is correct now on MPCL II printers also when printing from database and some filed in record is empty.
5.1.16.6522
- Commands for paper type selections Edge aperture and Tag edge aperture have been updated for ADTP1 models.
5.1.16.6511
- Fixed spooler crash when printing from NiceLabel 2017 to a printer using Advanced TCP/IP port.
5.1.16.6498
- Minimum media height for SNAP 500,600,700 printers is 0,5 inch (12,7 mm).
5.1.16.6444
- SNAP 500 600dpi printers are supported.
5.1.15.6474
- Port monitor crashed print spooler on the second print when using Advanced TCP/IP. This is fixed now.
5.1.15.6408
- Label size and element positions on MPCLII printers are sent just on first page. With this change the printout is faster without pause between labels.
5.1.15.6390
- Internal counter on MPCLII printers is supported also on barcode element.
5.1.15.6386
- Encoding data into specific block number on RFID HF tags is now working properly for EasyPlug printers.
5.1.15.6376
- Datamatrix barcode WYSIWYG is now OK also for Ratio different than "Auto".
5.1.14.6275
- 9855 and ADTP1 printer models can print over 20 inch long labels in case printer's memory is reallocated.
5.1.13.6241
- Double cut combo is extended with all decimal values between 0 and 5. This will effect on all created labels with double cut option, and user need to set correct value again. Before this update, decimal values ware just under 0.5 mm.
5.1.13.6232
- Fixed issue with DNS IP resolution not working when printer network name is longer then 25 characters.
5.1.13.6225
- Avery 64-06 RFID, 64-08 RFID, ALX 734 PMA, ALX 735 PMA, ALX 736 PMA, ALX 925 RFID, ALX 926 RFID, AP 5.6 200dpi, AP 5.6 300dpi, DPM-05 RFID and DPM-06 RFID printer uses now Avery NiceLabel specific font names and no more Avery Dennison. Because of this change the internal fonts for these printers will need to be selected again on previously stored label files.
5.1.13.6196
- DD.MM.YY and DD.MM.YYYY (without space before year) are new printer RTC formats on DPL printers.
5.1.13.6185
- Double cut combo is extended with values from 0.1 - 0.4 mm. This will effect on all created labels with double cut option, and user need to set correct value again. Before this update, 0.5 mm was minimal value.
5.1.12.6057
- Avery ADTP1 printers are supported.
5.1.11.5971
- Fixed About dialog issue with garbage after name for printers with name >= 32 chars.
5.1.11.5948
- New RTC date formats supported (MM.YYYY - 2 digit for Month and 4 digits for Year, YJJJ - 1 digit for Year and 3 digits for Day of Year ).
5.1.11.5791
- Fixed NiceLabel crash when changing the printer on Label Setup>Printer dialog and then disabling "Use advanced printer driver interface".
5.1.10.5853
- Two additional RTC formats (week number, day of week) are supported for EasyPlug printers.
5.1.10.5729
- Internal counter can be used as data on all barcodes.
5.1.10.5711
- Font WYSIWYG is improved for 300dpi MPCL printer models.
5.1.10.5692
- When updating drivers which have already defined their own stocks, barcode fonts or command fonts, PrnInst application failed with message box "List index out of bounds". This is fixed now.
5.1.09.5689
- RTC offset value is now the same for text and barcode data. RTC offset is working also when using GS1 -128 barcode.
5.1.09.5549
- Installer ends if user choose "don't install..." option in Windows warning dialog.
5.1.08.5474
- On Easy Plug group H printers, real time clock used on barcode element is now refreshed every 5 seconds. Text element is already working in the same way. Before this update user needs to use alternate escapes (new firmware required).
5.1.08.5217
- ITF-14 barcode is added as printer's internal barcode.
5.1.08.5063
- Fixed issue where editing a stock causes an error message.
5.1.07.5417
- Head offset added.
5.1.07.5275
- Avery printers supports RTC offset also on 1D barcode element, not just on text elements.
5.1.07.5186
- Monarch printer models can set print adjustment now from -450...450 dots. Before this correction the limitation was +/-99 dots.
5.1.07.5169
- Fixed print head selection commands on SNAP 2-1 printerDisabled ability to change color for print heads that are not supported.
5.1.07.5089
- Avery Dennison printers have some new RTC pictures for internal Date.
5.1.07.4926
- Printer Install Wizard supports silent installation of Port Monitor modules.
5.1.06.4925
- Wrong characters were send for some Nafta symbols internal font. This is corrected now.
5.1.06.4877
- New printer model SNAP 500 2-1 has been added to printer driver distribution.
5.1.06.4818
- New languages supported are: Danish, Hebrew, Slovak and Portuguese (Brazil). Portuguese language is removed.
5.1.06.4815
- Language monitor will now retry sending data to printer 3 times before reporting an error to spooler.
5.1.06.4800
- PrnInst utility quits driver installation if user doesn't trust the publisher.
5.1.05.4788
- Driver settings are now correctly updated after being imported.
5.1.05.4643
- Add Snap 500 2-1 printer model.
5.1.04.5100
- PrnInst didn't not work on folders with long path name. Current version support paths up to 260 (MAX_PATH) characters.
5.1.04.4501
- EasyPlug RFID printers are able to encode now also EPC(class1) Gen2 - 240bit RFID tags.
5.1.03.4633
- Help file was updated with a note that some applications can lock the driver and prevent it from being updated by a new version.
5.1.03.4625
- Variable text used within text box element in labeling software has wrong position on all pages except the first page. This is corrected now so on every page correct coordinates are send. To make this working user needs to enable option "Relative object positioning" on "Advanced setup > Other" driver's dialog.
5.1.02.4522
- Implemented support for internal counter inside Datamatrix 2D code.
5.1.02.4472
- On Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 users were not able to change language settings. Now they can change language settings if they have administrative rights.
5.1.02.4378
- Microsoft Access was reporting wrong paper names when custom stocks are defined in driver. Now it works OK.
5.1.02.4371
- After leaving an edit field the values in it are now correctly checked according to their specified minimum/maximum values and displayed in correct format for the selected measurement unit.
5.1.01.4360
- Prevent occasional labeling software crash when loading labels created with NiceLabel drivers older than version 4.6.16.
5.1.01 4402
- Add a line stating the requirements needed for asian fonts to be printed correctly by the driver.
5.1.00.4354
- Cutter functionality corrected for printing from Windows applications and cutter set to cut every n labels.
5.1.00.4306
- Solved problem with multi-thread printing (sometimes the stream is not correct).
5.1.00.4303
- Corrected cutter quantity issue of number 203.
5.0.03.4212
- SNAP 500 and SNAP 700 printer models can print up to 635mm long labels (no stack).SNAP 600 can print up to 352mm long labels.
5.0.03.4192
- QR barcode is supported on DPL printers.Prefix and suffix enabled for counters.
5.0.03.4183
- Date offset is now supported on RTC for DPL printers. Offset is set in days.The limitation is one RTC variable with offset on the label.Offset does not work with time variable because of printer firmware limitation.
5.0.00.4197
- Driver help for barcode font "y dimension" updated.
5.0.00.4041
- Added new paper type option for Monarch printer
5.0.00.4001
- Maximum printable area set to 3276.7 mm.
5.0.00.3957
- Printers that had maximum print length 3000mm and are 305dpi, are now limited to maximum print length of 2770mm.
5.0.00.3897
- All the drivers are now digitaly signed to allow installation on Windows 8.
4.6.78.3840
- In some rare cases driver crashed when printing a Code128 barcode. This is corrected now.
4.6.76.3790
- Fixed occasional Spooler crash when printing Word document with very long filename.
4.6.76.3782
- Advanced Port monitor can now be added by using Windows Add New Port Type option.
4.6.76.3766
- When doing Export to SAP from labeling software the line with variable definition should not be present, like it is when doing Export to printer.This is corrected now.
4.6.76.3763
- Port monitor now reconnectes to printer after lost connection
4.6.74.3714
- Numeric GS1Databar barcode types no longer have data size requirements
4.6.72.3650
- Avery AP 4.4. 300 DPI max print speed is 15cm/s.
4.6.72.3647
- German translation for Tear Off Distance was Abrißabstand, which was wrong. We corrected this translation to Abrisskante.
4.6.71.3637
- Same variable name was used multiple times if RFID HF tag was used. This is corrected now.
4.6.69.3612
- Driver update didn't preserve settings for all installed printers. This is fixed now.
4.6.69.3608
- Rotation of RFID Tag Text on label didn't work. This is corrected now.
4.6.69.3581
- DPL Vector fonts (CG Times, CG Triumvirate) printed from other Windows applications and not from labeling software were positioned wrong. This is corrected now.
4.6.69.3578
- When printing to many text fields printer run out of memory. This is corrected now.
4.6.67.3555
- RTC is now supported inside EAN-128 barcode on EPL printers.
4.6.67.3549
- Monarch printer display error for internal font which data exceed 30 characters. This is corrected now.
4.6.67.3537
- RFID Read and Store waits infinitely for printer to respond with the data.
4.6.66.3658
- In some case of printing big graphics (color on 64-bit OS for example) the graphic elements could be missing. This is corrected now.
4.6.66.3436
- Obsolete monitor.inf files were removed from drivers that still had them
4.6.66.3392
- 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.
4.6.65.3360
- Printer error detailes were missing while printing. The status reporting issue was limited to NicePrintQueue, Enterprise Print Manager(EPM) and NiceLabel.:p
4.6.64.3298 Beta
- QR barcode wasn't printed. This is fixed now.
4.6.64.3290
- Advanced TCP/IP port monitor now supports connections to names as well as IP addresses.
4.6.63.3224
- Rotation option on userinterface and QR and MicroQR barcode font rotation now work correctly
4.6.62.3190
- Spooler crash when changing printer port while printing was fixed.
4.6.62.3156
- Custom settings for unprintable now work correctly
4.6.62.3153
- Added support for the following printer models: AP 5.6 200DPI, AP 5.6 300DPI, ALX 734 PMA, ALX 735 PMA and ALX 736 PMA
4.6.62.3152
- Avery 64-04 RFID printer model is supported now.
4.6.61.3131
- Labels with variable text and/or barcode fields were not handling prefix and suffix on variables. The problem occurs only when using export variant "For Standalone" or "For Standalone - To File". This is corrected now.Update has been done also on special character handling, when export to printer is used on Avery printers. Some characters like "#" needs to be handled different, so driver needs to send "##" to the printer to print "#" character. This has been working fine already when printing directly to the printer, or using export to printer with fixed text on the label. But when user use the variable on the label with data "#", then this special handling did not work. Now this is corrected and # could be printed also when export to printer is used.:p
4.6.61.3089
- Printing did not work the first time when printer was turned on. User had to retry printing.
4.6.60.3059
- Following models added to distribution: Avery SNAP 500, Avery SNAP 600, Avery SNAP 700, Avery 611, Avery 636 and Avery 676.
4.6.60.3049
- I2of5 barcode could be send without CD, so in this case internal counter could be used for barcode data.
4.6.59.3002
- Printer ports are now properly shown in Options dialog.
4.6.59.2995
- Changed font for Chinese Windows to SimHei.
4.6.57.2975
- Problems with Datamatrix barcode on Avery printers corrected: Variables were not used when exporting to printer, character printed incorrectly.
4.6.52.2867
- Driver sends ~D command also when variable value is empty.
4.6.52.2829
- In old driver peel and dispense option didn't work if label present sensor check box wasn't checked. This is corrected now. If user selects peel or dispense, label present sensor check box is automatically checked.
4.6.51.2800
- Czech, Lithuanian and Ukrainian languages are now supported also in all NiceDrivers.
4.6.50.2773
- 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.
4.6.49.2747
- PrnInst utility was updated so that long INF file structure is supported.
4.6.49.2611
- When trying to preinstall drivers on Windows 7, user got an "Environment incorrect" error message. This is corrected now.
4.6.48.2718
- Cut on last element is available only if no sensor is selected.
4.6.48.2709
- If user selected batch cut (cut at the end) the printout was not OK. This has been corrected and it looks the command for cycle cutter did not work correctly: Because of that it has been removed.
4.6.46.2541
- Direct print option added as one of graphic options (Advanced setup > Other).
4.6.46.2533
- When encoding RFID Gen2 tags, incopmlete data was written to User Data field if the length of data was an odd number
4.6.43.2522
- Fixed Rfid Read and Store functionality to work on LPT interface
4.6.43.2463
- Combined variables in ean128 barcode are now sent correctly when using alternate escape
4.6.43.2445
- 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.
4.6.43.2408
- Supported new communication protocol for RFID encoding
4.6.43
- Wrong parameter was used for some RFID tags causing printer to display error.
4.6.41.2364
- Fixed occasional driver crash when printing extremely large graphics
4.6.41.2361
- Page preview icons in "Advanced Dialog" corrected.
4.6.37.2258
- Uninstall of printer with Printer Install Wizard did not work on Windows 2003 (x64) system
4.6.34.2269
- Time format hh:mm:ss is not supported.
4.6.33.2236
- All 1D barcodes on EPL printer do not have limitation for maximum height set to 600dots anymore. Limitation is now set to 1200 dots.
4.6.30.2157
- Media Type selection enabled on printers without display and disabled on printers with display.
4.6.24
- Support for concatenation on EasyPlug (Avery) printers.With this option several declared variables can be concatenated when label is exported to printer.
4.6.22
- Build number is now part of version information in About dialog
4.6.15
- Start Page and Start Page (data) custom escapes didn't print if graphics were set to direct print
4.6.14
- DPL printers have ability to print inverse text. This option is supported now also in NiceDrivers.
- Added gap offset to sensor type settings
- Macros 05 and 06 on Datamatrix are now supported on printer models with ZPL and DPL printer language.
- DPL printer will print unlimited labels quantity with quantity command of 9999.
4.6.04
- Printing internal Maxicode and PDF-417 now works.
- The internal date/time fields could only be used with the internal fonts Datamax1 and Datamax2. When you used any other internal font (including CG Times), the internal date/time didn't get printed. This is corrected now.
- WYSIWYG for internal fonts is corrected for DPL printers.
4.6.03
- EPL printers can use option "KDU Repeat Prompt" when exporting label format to printer memory and using recall with KDU keyboard. With this option enabled, user will have to enter variable value on KDU keyborard on every recall. Option can be found on Advanced setup > Miscellaneous dialog.
4.6.01
- Postnet barcodes has wrong expansions and are printed too big. This is corrected now and WYSIWYG is OK.
- Added Rotation to parsed text in command fonts
4.6.00
- Printing process was stopped during heavy duty printing.
- Barcode height is corrected for non-203 dpi printers.
- International characters in "Scalable YN100" font corrected
4.5.50
- The driver is updated in a way that in case of selection option "Eject page & Extend and Cut" the last batch is marked with different flagging type. Unfortunately the user can not select the flagging type but we have set the Medium flagging type (~XFM).
4.5.42
- Driver print speed optimization
4.5.39
- PrnInst showed login window, even if the user running the application was administrator.
- EAN and UPC barcodes always include descender bars and can not be disabled. Now EAN or UPC barcode can be printed without human readable.
- E.A.S. is only supported for Philips I-Code SLIWhen Rfid tag field is locked, user is obligated to enter Access codeNew Rfid tag types added: Alien Higgs-3; NXP U-Code G2; NXP U-Code G2XL; NXP U-Code G2XM
4.5.38
- Corrected plug and play ID's for models AP 4.4, AP 4.4 300DPI and AP 5.4 200DPI RF.
4.5.37
- PrnInst can now be moved to any position (second monitor) and it will stay there. It will not jump back to its original position.
- Word documents no longer produce errors on printer.
- There was a bug in the driver because barcode human readable has been always printed no matter what user has selected in labeling software. This is corrected now, so there is no human readable if it is selected so in labeling software. User can select human readable below or at the top of barcode now.
4.5.35
- Incorrect RFID command sequence. Lock command was positioned incorrectly.
4.5.34
- Postnet barcode fonts can no longer have their width changed.
4.5.30
- EPL printers sent cut offset in all cases (c commands). This is corrected now.
4.5.21
- Date offset for more than 12 monthsAlternate escapes corrections: - inverse fonts - vector font dimensions - font and barcode rotation - 2D barcodes (PDF417, MaxiCode, Datamatrix, QR) - exported hardware counters
4.5.14
- User can use RTC offset from labeling software but the driver will send just offset in minutes for TIME format and days offset for DATE format. Hour/second/month/year offsets are ignored from the GUI.
4.5.13
- Datamatrix barcode can get negative coordinate in print stream, and also the size and WYSIWYG is not ok. This is corrected now.
4.5.12
- 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".
- Some Avery printers have option for enabling peripheral devices connected to the printer with immediate command.Possible options are:None,Cutter,Rewinder,Tear-off edge,Dispenser,Intern Rewinder,Tear-off +sensor,TCSAP4.4 and AP4.5 models support all options, but 64-0x models support just first four peripheral devices (Cutter,Rewinder,Tear-off edge,Dispenser).
4.5.11
- Printer Install Wizard uninstallation of driver doesn`t remove all of the files from the SYSTEM32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\ folder.
- Datamatrix barcode can be expanded to 60 dots.X and Y expansion size should be identical for Datamatrix barcode!x-expansion for 1D barcodes can be set to 25 max and not just to 16 on H-class models.
4.5.10
- Addition of QR barcode support on printers supporting Alternate Escape Sequence when Alternate Escapes are enabled.
- UCC/EAN128 barcode now produces correct command on EPL printers.
- Fixed Date Time offset to correctly send offset times.
- PDF417 and Datamatrix 2D barcodes supports now also x-expansion size 1 (before 3 was the minimum x expansion factor)WYSIWYG for PDF417 height is corrected now. Before it was printed higher as it was displayed in labeling software.
4.5.09
- Wrong DPI was set for printer Avery AP4.4 300 DPI printer.
- Barcodes in labeling software with prompted contents are not exported correctly to the printer.
- Electonic Article Survailance was always disabled on Rfid printers
- When using EPC(class 1) Gen2 96bit there are some missing parameters(number of retries, missing end of command #G).
- Fixed printing of Datamatrix and QR barcode font with more then 255 character data
- Added automatic termination character for Maxicode barcode font data
- Fixed printing of internal elements with graphics
4.5.08
- New advanced setup options for Avery printers are:1. Enable liner take-up option (button)2. Enable tear-off handling (button) > renamed into "Enable tear off + sensor"3. Dispense Position (edit field):p
4.5.07
- Added support for custom printer name after silently installing a printer driver from command line (/INSTPRN; /INSTMULTPRN)
- The date offset for real time clock is not sent by the driver when EasyPlug extensions are used. This is corrected now and it wolks also for extensions.
4.5.06
- Printer Installation Wizard will be able to automaticly remove all jobs when updating printer
4.5.05
- Printer Install Wizard can start an application specified in the command line, after it closes.
- Cutter option is disabled on Monarch 9416 models.
4.5.04
- Added ability to extend pages in batch when using labeling software
- Fixed issues with Tail and Header labels
4.5.03
- Cut never option was not working on Monarch printers. This is fixed now.
- Cutter settings on Advanced Settings dialog are not working correctly.
- 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?"
- 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.
4.5.02
- PrnInst didn't set printer attributes correctly. This is fixed now.
4.5.01
- Turkish language added
4.5.00
- New setting Printer default. If set, then printer will not send some settings from Options and Advanced Setup tab. This feature is useful for printers with LCD display where user would like to set printer parameters (speed, darkness...) manually.
- - 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)
4.4.73
- Uninstall of driver package failed when running a 64bti system.
4.4.69
- 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'.
- 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.
4.4.67
- Avery printer should not enable or disable the RFID EAS bit by deafult.
4.4.66
- Added support to enable E.A.S. (Electronic Article Surveilance) when encoding to Rfid tags
4.4.65
- Swiss Bold fonr WYSIWYG is bad.
- Export label to printer works now correctly also for prompted variables,
- Added support for bidirectional communication with Avery printers.
- EPL printers support now also day offset for internal printer clock.It is possible to use internal date & time also on barcode element from now on.
4.4.64
- Removed Help button as no help is available.
- Export to printer didn't work properly. There was a wrong slot number in the exported print stream.
- Maximum barcode height is limited to page height.
- New Japanese translation for Printer Install Wizard
- RLE Compressed graphics are no longer cut for optimization
4.4.63
- Downloaded fonts allways print in the same size, even if you resize them.
- DL of graphics on LPT port doesnt work correctly, when printing you get an empty screen
- When user starts Printer Install Wizard the application is shown but without focus
- Changed default number for cutting to 1 label instead of 0.
- WYSIWYG for Monarch internal fonts was pretty bad. This is improved now and it looks OK.Swiss font was the important one, because it was totaly wrong before.
4.4.62
- EAN128 barcode can now include one or more Real Time Clock fields.
- Rfid read and print functionality was disabled on avery rfid models
- Added byte by byte read and print support for rfid functionality
- Missing memory field parameter value when using Read and Print functionality
- Barcodes with Date (or Time) fields in labelling software print printer's escape characters instead of printing date (or time). For example ^Y/^M/^D instead of 07/12/31.
4.4.60
- Changed file info for Printer Install Wizard
- Default value for Always use default settings is not correct when instaling it the driver with a configuration file attached.
4.4.52
- DLL files for user interface translation did not include version info data.
- Rfid Read and print does not work on Avery printers for Gen2 tags
- Missing Read and Print of Unique ID on Philips I-Code SLI
- Labels transfered from different systems now retain their driver settings.
- Plug & Play ID's were changed for several printers.
- When using printer template export in File->Export menu of labelling application you get the following error: "An error occured during printer template export".This problem applies to EasyPlug and Labelpoint printers, templates that use "Variables" field and labels with variable Unicode fonts.
4.4.51
- Command for checking printer status was updated.
- 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.
4.4.50
- 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.
4.4.30
- - support for preinstall on all supported platforms
4.4.01
- Avery Philips SLI Rfid tag starting position is now set to zero
- 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.
4.4.00
- 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.
- UI for commands fonts works now properly also in Japanese language.
- On Argox PPLB printers FNC characters, present in barcode data for Code128 are ignorred now. There is unknown command how to encode this characters into Code128.
- Store/recall printing is not working on PPLA printers
- In some rare cases streams sent to the printer had an extra "0" added in it.
- Character widths for EasyPlug internal fonts corrected
- When user selected landscape or landscape + rotate 180, printout was wrong. This is corrected now.
4.3.74
- Incorrect Croatian translation is used in the Advanced Setup dialog box for Punch offset. Punched hole is media type with holes used to determine a new label.
4.3.73
- Added functionality so the user can Read and Store Rfid data
4.3.72
- Added bidirectional communication with Avery printers.
- Sometimes a print stream is not send to the printer, and it stays stuck in the spooler
4.3.70
- Some drivers now support Export/Recall type of printing from labelling application.
- Media type selection (direct thermal, thermal transfer) is added into Datamax advanced setup dialog. User will find this option in secondary dialog which can be opened by button "Other".
- Barcodes with prefix/suffix are not printed correctly
4.3.64
- Corrected Philips ICode SLI Rfid tag length and block locking
- Avery Philips I-Code SLI correction. First 4 blocks are not reserved any more.
4.3.63
- Printing labels with internal barcodes that use hardware counters together with check digit is now possible on some printers.
- Port monitor crashed when setting up port details (IP and port number)
- There has been done some improvement of WYSIWYG for #YN fonts. The character width data are now more accurate then before.
- Following two models added to Monarch distribution: 9855 RFMP 203 dpi, 9855 RFMP 300 dpi
4.3.62
- Punch offset is now not sent by default. Older labels have punch offset enabled only if the value is not 0.
4.3.61
- When UCC128 barcode font was used in the document, FNC1 was sent to the pritner although Avery Dennison printers generate FNC1 automaticly.
- Page lenght was not correct for the TTK 300dpi models.
4.3.60
- Barcode fonts vanished instead of being imported.
- When you use "File->Export->Export to Printer" and "For Standalone" method printer displays an error and does not print. This happens when label contains internal barcodes and printer with EasyPlug language is used.
4.3.59
- 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
4.3.56
- Barcode ratio values are not shown in Barcode Fonts dialog. This only happens when you are editing existing barcode font.
4.3.55
- Cut position control is always available now, but the command is sent just when the cutter is used. With this control user can change the cut position for max. +/-30 dots.
- Spooler crashed during the installation, if there were any printers allready installed on the system.
- Fixed barcode positions so interpretation is visible and outside of barcode.
4.3.54
- While installing a printer driver on certain systems the spooler crashed.
- When using RLE compression graphics can come out too large.
- "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.
- Graphics are in some cases larger then they need to be making label size incorrect.
- Increased timeouts for better printer status response times
- Barcodes with '"' character on EPL printers are not printed.
- Slow printing occurred when a Not Accessible printer was found on a network. Printer status was also not received immediately.
4.3.53
- On some printers cutter setting in Advanced dialog is ignored. Bug appeared in version 4.1.25.
- 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
4.3.51
- Driver can now override the default document settings of some applications with driver default settings (set up in printer spooler)
- When using 'Export to Printer' command in labelling software, terminator character ('#G') is missing. This applies to EasyPlug printers with 'alternate escapes' enabled.
- From now on user will be able to print graphics on two ways with Paxar printer: - direct print (default) - store graphics (download graphics and recall)
4.3.50
- Downloaded TrueType fonts can now be recalled in Unicode format.
- First four blocks cannot be written in Philips I-Code SLI tag.
4.3.07
- 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.
4.3.06
- Barcode fonts and command fonts are now stored in registry.
- Corrected darkness settings for 9850 printers.
- Export to Pocket' option in labelling software does not work on some printers.
- Printing did not work on nonbidirectional printers. Printer Error was displayed the whole time
4.3.05
- Paxar windows driver supports also 2 internal printer fonts for using care symbols. (PCM International Care and Nafta Symbols)
- Printing did not work when bidirectional was enabled
4.3.04
- 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.
- 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.
- Avery Stocks have a negative or an extremely huge value in the unprintable area editbox
4.3.03
- Spooler crashed, if user had multiple bidirectional printers using the same port, while using a status monitoring application
4.3.02
- Stocks were not imported properly or were not shown immediately after import.
4.3.01
- Korean language added.
- 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.
4.3.00
- Corrected max label height for following printers: ALX 924, ALX 925, ALX 926, ALX 925 RFID, ALX 926 RFID, AP 7.t 200 dpi, AP 7.t 300 dpi, DPM - 04, DPM - 05, DPM - 06, DPM - 05 RFID, DPM - 06 RFID, TTX 600 200 dpi, TTX 350 200 dpi, TTX 350 300 dpi, TDI 6. Speed settings were corrected for 64-05 RFID. For DPM - 06 RFID max. material width was corrected.
- Changed window handling so that port monitor setup windows can appear on Vista
Version
November 14, 2022
5.5.0
Installation guides
Tested on
Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2012
Supported Printers
Release Notes
5.5.0
- Updated driver package information and driver user interface look with new branding.
5.3.04.7372
- EPC and User Data field from EPC Gen2 512 RFID tag can be locked/permanent locked separately and are not sync to the same value.
5.2.00.7047
- Driver sends correct command syntax in case of permanent lock for RFID chip.
5.2.00.7043
- Easyplug printers can now use more than 8 internal counter per label design.
5.1.16.6769
- MPCL II printer goes into error state when variable label size (label length) has been using. This is corrected now.
5.1.16.6764
- Added 9419 printer models.
5.1.16.6718
- Added option to enable fixed graphic optimization.
5.1.16.6706
- Optimised printing of fixed graphics.
5.1.16.6678
- MPCL printers could get into error state if printed text is longer than 30 characters. This is fixed now.
5.1.16.6570
- "Use printer settings" option is now available on MPCL II printer models.
5.1.16.6528
- Printout is correct now on MPCL II printers also when printing from database and some filed in record is empty.
5.1.16.6511
- Fixed spooler crash when printing from NiceLabel 2017 to a printer using Advanced TCP/IP port.
5.1.15.6474
- Port monitor crashed print spooler on the second print when using Advanced TCP/IP. This is fixed now.
5.1.15.6408
- Label size and element positions on MPCLII printers are sent just on first page. With this change the printout is faster without pause between labels.
5.1.15.6390
- Internal counter on MPCLII printers is supported also on barcode element.
5.1.15.6331
- TSPL printers support also alphanumeric printer counters.
5.1.14.6275
- 9855 and ADTP1 printer models can print over 20 inch long labels in case printer's memory is reallocated.
5.1.13.6232
- Fixed issue with DNS IP resolution not working when printer network name is longer then 25 characters.
5.1.11.5971
- Fixed About dialog issue with garbage after name for printers with name >= 32 chars.
5.1.11.5791
- Fixed NiceLabel crash when changing the printer on Label Setup>Printer dialog and then disabling "Use advanced printer driver interface".
5.1.10.5711
- Font WYSIWYG is improved for 300dpi MPCL printer models.
5.1.10.5692
- When updating drivers which have already defined their own stocks, barcode fonts or command fonts, PrnInst application failed with message box "List index out of bounds". This is fixed now.
5.1.09.5549
- Installer ends if user choose "don't install..." option in Windows warning dialog.
5.1.08.5063
- Fixed issue where editing a stock causes an error message.
5.1.07.5186
- Monarch printer models can set print adjustment now from -450...450 dots. Before this correction the limitation was +/-99 dots.
5.1.07.4926
- Printer Install Wizard supports silent installation of Port Monitor modules.
5.1.06.4818
- New languages supported are: Danish, Hebrew, Slovak and Portuguese (Brazil). Portuguese language is removed.
5.1.06.4815
- Language monitor will now retry sending data to printer 3 times before reporting an error to spooler.
5.1.06.4800
- PrnInst utility quits driver installation if user doesn't trust the publisher.
5.1.05.4788
- Driver settings are now correctly updated after being imported.
5.1.04.5100
- PrnInst didn't not work on folders with long path name. Current version support paths up to 260 (MAX_PATH) characters.
5.1.03.4633
- Help file was updated with a note that some applications can lock the driver and prevent it from being updated by a new version.
5.1.02.4472
- On Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 users were not able to change language settings. Now they can change language settings if they have administrative rights.
5.1.02.4378
- Microsoft Access was reporting wrong paper names when custom stocks are defined in driver. Now it works OK.
5.1.02.4371
- After leaving an edit field the values in it are now correctly checked according to their specified minimum/maximum values and displayed in correct format for the selected measurement unit.
5.1.01.4360
- Prevent occasional labeling software crash when loading labels created with NiceLabel drivers older than version 4.6.16.
5.1.01 4402
- Add a line stating the requirements needed for asian fonts to be printed correctly by the driver.
5.1.00.4354
- Cutter functionality corrected for printing from Windows applications and cutter set to cut every n labels.
5.1.00.4306
- Solved problem with multi-thread printing (sometimes the stream is not correct).
5.0.05.4297
- Gap / Black mark length and offset size is now limited to 1 inch.
5.0.02.4065
- Printer reports error when printing RFID tag.This is fixed now.
5.0.00.4197
- Driver help for barcode font "y dimension" updated.
5.0.00.4041
- Added new paper type option for Monarch printer
5.0.00.4013
- Wrong narrow bar width value (Monarch call it density selector) was used for 300 dpi models on UPC and EAN barcodes. Printer reports an error 033. This is corrected now.
5.0.00.3908
- Maximum print width for Monarch 9485 is 48mm. Before correction the limitation was 51mm and printer with firmware older than 05.6 report format header error. This is corrected now.
5.0.00.3897
- All the drivers are now digitaly signed to allow installation on Windows 8.
4.6.78.3887
- There was no speed unit displayed on Monarch printers GUI. This is corrected now.Corrected PnP ID for 9906 models.
4.6.78.3840
- In some rare cases driver crashed when printing a Code128 barcode. This is corrected now.
4.6.77.3821
- New Monarch 9485, Monarch 9688 203dpi and Monarch 9688 300dpi printers were added to the printer driver distribution.
4.6.76.3806
- Monarch 9906 printers supports also RFID Gen2 tag encoding. Other RFID printers (Monarch 9855) support just one RFID 96bit tag.
4.6.76.3795
- Maximum expansion for QR barcode is greater then 10 which was previous limitation. It is set to 99 now for TSPL printers.
4.6.76.3790
- Fixed occasional Spooler crash when printing Word document with very long filename.
4.6.76.3782
- Advanced Port monitor can now be added by using Windows Add New Port Type option.
4.6.76.3763
- Port monitor now reconnectes to printer after lost connection
4.6.74.3714
- Numeric GS1Databar barcode types no longer have data size requirements
4.6.69.3612
- Driver update didn't preserve settings for all installed printers. This is fixed now.
4.6.69.3578
- When printing to many text fields printer run out of memory. This is corrected now.
4.6.67.3549
- Monarch printer display error for internal font which data exceed 30 characters. This is corrected now.
4.6.66.3658
- In some case of printing big graphics (color on 64-bit OS for example) the graphic elements could be missing. This is corrected now.
4.6.66.3436
- Obsolete monitor.inf files were removed from drivers that still had them
4.6.66.3392
- 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.
4.6.65.3370
- Added safe graphic printing option as a solution to graphics printing over each other on TSPL printers.
4.6.65.3360
- Printer error detailes were missing while printing. The status reporting issue was limited to NicePrintQueue, Enterprise Print Manager(EPM) and NiceLabel.:p
4.6.65.3315
- Liner take-up mode added for Monarch 9906 models.
- Function codes (FNC) enabled.
- Tilde character wasn't supported on Monarch printers. This is corrected now.
4.6.64.3290
- Advanced TCP/IP port monitor now supports connections to names as well as IP addresses.
4.6.63.3224
- Rotation option on userinterface and QR and MicroQR barcode font rotation now work correctly
4.6.62.3190
- Spooler crash when changing printer port while printing was fixed.
4.6.62.3172
- Support for PDF417, QR, MaxiCode and Datamatrix barcode added.
4.6.62.3156
- Custom settings for unprintable now work correctly
4.6.59.3002
- Printer ports are now properly shown in Options dialog.
4.6.59.2995
- Changed font for Chinese Windows to SimHei.
4.6.52.2841
- Added 9906 printer models.Added internal date/time field support
4.6.51.2800
- Czech, Lithuanian and Ukrainian languages are now supported also in all NiceDrivers.
4.6.50.2773
- 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.
4.6.49.2747
- PrnInst utility was updated so that long INF file structure is supported.
4.6.49.2611
- When trying to preinstall drivers on Windows 7, user got an "Environment incorrect" error message. This is corrected now.
4.6.47.2576
- Darkness range corrected for Monarch 9460.
4.6.46.2533
- Fixed issue with labels designed wider then maximum print width which could cause printer to print graphics incorrectly.
4.6.44.2503
- YOffset did not work OK when it was used continuous paper type. The label was cut and printed on wrong position (too soon).X and Y offset can not be negative.
4.6.44.2472
- Fixed problem with barcode Code39 when exporting to keyboard.
4.6.43.2464
- Negative offset values are now sent correctly for TSC printer models.
4.6.43.2445
- 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.
4.6.43
- There is one additional button (Run as administrator) on the printer's language dialog when current user has insufficient rights to change dialog's language.
4.6.41.2364
- Fixed occasional driver crash when printing extremely large graphics
4.6.41.2363
- Switching to PCX download now works
4.6.41.2361
- Page preview icons in "Advanced Dialog" corrected.
4.6.41
- Correction on Advanced tab dialog for Chinese language.
- New export variants added to TSC driver.
- Printing internal clock improvement.
- Offsets sent in mm will not be sent as they were entered in driver interface
- FONT 0 added to TSC driver.
4.6.37.2305
- Partial Cut option was not stored on Advenced setup dialog. This is corrected now.
4.6.37.2258
- Uninstall of printer with Printer Install Wizard did not work on Windows 2003 (x64) system
4.6.26
- Export to printer functionality is added for TSPL printers.
4.6.22
- Build number is now part of version information in About dialog
4.6.01
- Added Rotation to parsed text in command fonts
4.6.00
- Printing process was stopped during heavy duty printing.
4.5.42
- Driver print speed optimization
4.5.39
- PrnInst showed login window, even if the user running the application was administrator.
- EAN and UPC barcodes always include descender bars and can not be disabled. Now EAN or UPC barcode can be printed without human readable.
4.5.38
- Addded printers Monarch 9844 203dpi, Monarch 9844 300dpi, Monarch 9854 203dpi, Monarch 9854 300dpi, Monarch 9864 203dpi, Monarch 9864 300dpi and Monarch 9430.
- TSPL printers now support also SHIFT command which can be used to fine-tune the entire label up or down from its current position.
4.5.37
- PrnInst can now be moved to any position (second monitor) and it will stay there. It will not jump back to its original position.
4.5.34
- Postnet barcode fonts can no longer have their width changed.
4.5.14
- Corrected DPI setting for Monarch 9493 printer
4.5.12
- Partial cut option is enabled on some TSPL models. With this option the label won't back feed when it is cut off.
- 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".
- There was wrong command sequance present in print stream when setting tear off/peel off/ cutter option. This is corrected now.There was added also cutter functionality of "Partial" cutter into some TSPL models.
4.5.11
- Printer Install Wizard uninstallation of driver doesn`t remove all of the files from the SYSTEM32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\ folder.
4.5.09
- Electonic Article Survailance was always disabled on Rfid printers
- Reintroduced Cutter option for M09416TT3, M09416TT2,M09416 XL,9416 203dpi and 9416 300dpi models and disabled Batch cut option
- Fixed printing of Datamatrix and QR barcode font with more then 255 character data
- Added automatic termination character for Maxicode barcode font data
4.5.08
- Rfid block size was not sent correctly in some cases when printing labels and encoding RFID
4.5.07
- Added support for custom printer name after silently installing a printer driver from command line (/INSTPRN; /INSTMULTPRN)
4.5.06
- Printer Installation Wizard will be able to automaticly remove all jobs when updating printer
4.5.05
- Printer Install Wizard can start an application specified in the command line, after it closes.
- Cutter option is disabled on Monarch 9416 models.
4.5.03
- Cut never option was not working on Monarch printers. This is fixed now.
- Cutter settings on Advanced Settings dialog are not working correctly.
- 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?"
- 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.
4.5.02
- PrnInst didn't set printer attributes correctly. This is fixed now.
4.5.01
- Turkish language added
4.5.00
- New Monarch Sierra Sport 4 printer added.
- New Monarch printer models is supported: Monarch 9493 (Sierra Sport 4).
- - 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)
4.4.73
- Uninstall of driver package failed when running a 64bti system.
4.4.69
- 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'.
- 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.
4.4.68
- Monarch XL models have enabled cutter and backfeed option. Those options ware disabled before.
4.4.65
- Swiss Bold fonr WYSIWYG is bad.
- Add new Monarch printers:- MO9416TT300 XL- MO9416M XL- MO9416TT XL
4.4.64
- Removed Help button as no help is available.
- New Japanese translation for Printer Install Wizard
- USB PnP ID's are added into .INF file for following Monarch printers:9416 XL 203dpi9416TT2 XL 203dpi9416TT3 XL 300dpi
4.4.63
- When user starts Printer Install Wizard the application is shown but without focus
- Changed default number for cutting to 1 label instead of 0.
- New Monarch printer models:M09416 XL 203dpiM09416TT2 XL 203dpiM09416TT3 XL 300dpi
- WYSIWYG for Monarch internal fonts was pretty bad. This is improved now and it looks OK.Swiss font was the important one, because it was totaly wrong before.
4.4.60
- Changed file info for Printer Install Wizard
- Default value for Always use default settings is not correct when instaling it the driver with a configuration file attached.
4.4.52
- DLL files for user interface translation did not include version info data.
- Labels transfered from different systems now retain their driver settings.
4.4.51
- 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.
4.4.50
- 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.
4.4.30
- - support for preinstall on all supported platforms
4.4.01
- 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.
4.4.00
- 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.
- 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.
- When user selected landscape or landscape + rotate 180, printout was wrong. This is corrected now.
4.3.72
- Sometimes a print stream is not send to the printer, and it stays stuck in the spooler
4.3.63
- Port monitor crashed when setting up port details (IP and port number)
- Following two models added to Monarch distribution: 9855 RFMP 203 dpi, 9855 RFMP 300 dpi
4.3.60
- Barcode fonts vanished instead of being imported.
4.3.59
- 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
4.3.56
- Barcode ratio values are not shown in Barcode Fonts dialog. This only happens when you are editing existing barcode font.
4.3.55
- Spooler crashed during the installation, if there were any printers allready installed on the system.
4.3.54
- 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.
4.3.53
- On some printers cutter setting in Advanced dialog is ignored. Bug appeared in version 4.1.25.
- 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
4.3.51
- Driver can now override the default document settings of some applications with driver default settings (set up in printer spooler)
4.3.07
- Backfeed control packet is sent only on printers that support it. Fonts are now limited to different printers. For EAN and UPC barcodes expansion 3 was sent to printer(300dpi), now expansion 4 is sent. Graphics 2D barcodes are now used.
- 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.
4.3.06
- New Printer: Monarch 6039
- Barcode fonts and command fonts are now stored in registry.
- Corrected darkness settings for 9850 printers.
- Export to Pocket' option in labelling software does not work on some printers.
- Printing did not work on nonbidirectional printers. Printer Error was displayed the whole time
4.3.05
- Printing did not work when bidirectional was enabled
4.3.04
- 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.
- 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.
4.3.03
- Spooler crashed, if user had multiple bidirectional printers using the same port, while using a status monitoring application
4.3.02
- Stocks were not imported properly or were not shown immediately after import.
4.3.01
- Korean language added.
- 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.
4.3.00
- Changed window handling so that port monitor setup windows can appear on Vista
Version
November 14, 2022
5.5.0
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Tested on
Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2012