CAB Windows Printer Drivers
LATEST VERSION 10.6.8August 7, 2024
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Version
August 7, 2024
10.6.8
Supported printers
Installation guides
Tested on
Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11 | 8.1 | 10 | 11
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022
Release Notes
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.
- RFID tag data can be used for input data in text or barcode elements.
- Prninst no longer uninstalls printers with “/” slash character when updating other printers.
- Improved Network discovery for CAB printers.
- Added block offset for user data on RFID.
- Added RFID setting for Antenna placement.
Supported Printers
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Release Notes
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.
- RFID tag data can be used for input data in text or barcode elements.
- Prninst no longer uninstalls printers with “/” slash character when updating other printers.
- Improved Network discovery for CAB printers.
- Added block offset for user data on RFID.
- Added RFID setting for Antenna placement.
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.
- RFID encoding is supported on CAB printers.
- Ribbon/Print head saving option added for for XD Q4/300 and XD Q4.2/600 printers.
- Printer's user interface language is no longer changed when storing a label with date to the printer.
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.
10.5.3
- CAB XD Q4.2 600DPI now properly prints graphic images.
- Modified drivers are again recognized by NiceLabel LMS storage.
10.5.2
- Corrected downloading of fonts on printers that limit file names to 8 characters.
- Fixed write error when deleting downloaded font.
- 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.
10.4.2
- Corrected ribbon saving function for dual color printers.
- New printer models supported: Squix 8.3 series, XC Q4, XC Q6.3, XD Q4, XD Q4.2, AXON 1.1, AXON 1.2
10.3.2
- Fixed graphics stitching overlap or stitching gap problems on large labels.
- Larger graphics no longer get cut on 600dpi printers.
- Unicode variable names are supported.
- Fixed issue with cancel before print delay not being disabled when cancel before print is not turned on.
- Label width and height can be set to “use settings set on the printer”. Both settings remain editable so the user can set label size correctly for design purposes.
10.2.2
- Fixed crash of driver when document name longer than 260 characters
10.1.2
- Fixed graphics positioning on some 300 dpi printers.
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
- Improve driver functionality in case controlling peel off operation offset on the printer.
8.7.0
- Fixed graphic printing on 600dpi models. Fixed cancel before print option not working on SQUIX printer models with latest firmware. Fixed issue with printer status not being shown correctly on SQUIX models with latest firmware. Driver is signed with updated certificate. Changed timestamp server to avoid "unknown certificate" issue on some OS systems.
8.5.0
- Fixed issue where "cancel before print" option caused extended delays in printing.
- Communication with the printer is working now also when port monitor logging is enabled on non English Windows OS.
8.4.0
- Removed mention of uploading firmware from from Send File action.
- Create class that is capable of - stopping a service - starting a service Verify that service is correctly stopped Do we want to kill the service in case of timeout?
8.3.2
- Fixed slow UI operation when using VPN connected printer.
- Fixed driver crash when using LPR port and export driver settings.
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
- Updated minimum label width and height information for all models with correct values.
8.2.4
- CAB Hermes Q and CAB PX Q series are supported in NiceLabel driver.
8.2.0
- Driver stability was improved and memory usage was optimized.
8.0.50
- User can now use Reload to upload entire list of virtual fonts to printer again, instead uploading each virtual font individually.
- Procedure for updating printers is improved in Prninst application that all settings for all users are correctly preserved.
- Prninst application automatically detects printer(s) connected to local network.
- Status "Feeding" is no longer classified as an error but as a informational status.
- CAB printers support also backfeed option.
8.0.23
- GS1 Datamatrix is printed with correct rows and columns value.
8.0.22
- Fixed print spooler crash using latest driver's language monitor.
- CAB printers cannot print rounded rectangles as internal element.
8.0.21
- Driver Maintenance, Settings and Support actions are working also with printer name longer than 32 characters.
8.0.20
- Initial Version 8 release: Redesigned and updated User Interface. Added and improved Print Preview to be shown on more panels. Added new Tool options for easier Maintenance, Setup and Support. Added options for sending files or commands to the printer. Added possibility to toggle Status Checking during printing. Fixed in-corrections when displaying driver on High-DPI monitors.
- During printer driver installation and uninstallation the Unicode printer names are fully supported.
- Improved displaying of Network discovered printers while sorting and graying already installed printers during printer driver installation.
- Minimized the frequency of displaying the splwow64 thunking spooler (SplWow64) message during printer installation.
- Upgraded uninstall of Ports and Port Monitors when printer removing the printer driver.
- During printer driver installation additional fields Location and Comment can be set.
8.0.0
- Edited by ZTestEngineer on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 9:50 PM (UTC+2) Read the note for bug 31821 and learned that Applicator options are only available for ZT600 and ZD411 and ZD421 printers. Testing with those printers demonstrates that this fix is working. ^JJ0,0,l,f,d,e was generated. Edited by ZTestEngineer on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 9:30 PM (UTC+2) Unable to verify fix as the "Applicator Options" is not displayed in the UI. See attached screen shot Operation mode -> Applicator options -> Start signal print -> Level mode generates incorrect value.
7.8.40
- Generation of unique job and graphic names is corrected.
7.8.32
- Fixed memory leak when printing graphics.
7.8.30
- Fixed issue with duplicate IDs when using a Text Box with internal fonts and multiple lines.
- Solved issue with driver crash or settings not saved after updating more than than one printer using the same driver model.
- Removed MACH 4 300DPI K model from distribution.
- XD printer models can print up to 2000mm and not just 1000mm.
- Added "top marker" option to SQUIX models.
- Extended darkness span on EOS models from -10 to +20.
- Added CAB EOS5 203 and 300 dpi printer models.
- Print optimisation is set to none for all printers except colour and double sided printers.
- Improved Advanced TCP/IP port stability and information when logging is enabled.
- Button "Open printing preferences" is added to the last installation page. By clicking on this button installer opens printing preferences of recently installed printer.
7.8.23
- CAB driver does not send negative coordinate if element is out of the print area in label design.
7.8.22
- Unprintable area behaviour and backward compatibility was corrected.
- Media type change on stock dialog did not change corresponding picture immediately.
- Fixed issue with labels being horizontally offset on Squix M models
- Operation type "None" no longer enables perforation actions.
7.8.20
- Improved status checking from NiceLabel to show the latest possible value.
- Added Printer Rotation option.
- Cutter on CAB is working now also with condition for variable change from NiceLabel.
7.8.12
- Newly created network port name has fixed prefix LAN_.
7.8.11
- When connection is made made to port 1024 port monitor will read responses from port 1025
- Fixed printing substitution fonts from some applications.
7.8.10
- Combination of always use driver settings and stocks is now working.
- Number of copies (quantity) now works from custom applications that do not use print dialog.
- Added support for operation mode "None" which is also the default value.
- Improved CAB driver stability if barcode data is empty.
- Removed mirror option from colour printers. Removed label rotation command from colour printers.
- The number of printers selected for uninstallation is now shown correctly.
- Counters with leading zeros works now properly when recalling from keyboard.
- Changed graphic ID calculation so there could be over 99 graphic elements on the label.
- Graphic elements are printed with store/recall functionality also after printer is restarted.
- Maximum media width is larger than maximum print width for all CAB models. Positioning (center/left) for SQUIX and MACH4S printer models is corrected.
- Store to printer option now works correctly also with graphic elements on the label.
- Counter settings are preserved when a message is recalled.
- Fixed some settings not working on the printer.
- Fixed batch cut from Windows applications.
- Fixed issue with print optimisation where previous data stayed on label in when the data entry was empty.
- Fixed incorrect printout when printing from Windows applications (GDI)
- Barcode RFID Read and Print functionality is working now for all 1D barcodes.
7.8.7
- Extended available port numbers in Advanced TCP/IP port from 32000 to 65535.
7.8.5
- Missing Japanese translation of "Use legacy calendar print command".
7.8.4
- Solved issue with driver crash or settings not saved after updating more than one printer using the same driver model.
7.8.1
- Driver now correctly cuts from applications that use ResetDC.
- Printing bar code fonts from Excel files, created on Japanese systems should now work.
- Elements on double side and double color printers are now positioned correctly on all pages.
- Labels with multi-line elements failed to print because of duplicated ids. This is fixed now.
- Print Test Page button functionality was improved.
- Maximum barcode height limitation is extended for Code39,Code93, UPCA, UPCE, EAN13, EAN8 and Code128.
- Copyright info on About info changed from 2017 to 2018.
- Labels on SQUIX models are center positioned.
7.8.0
- Corrected printout for print test page option. Printed text was not using correct size.
- In case of LAN port the printer is now installed on the recently created port.
7.7.1
- Fixed issue with positioning alignment between internal printer elements(text, lines, bar codes) and graphics.
- Fixed variable graphic printing in GDI (disabled nice interface) mode.
- Labels for two colour/side printers designed outside of NiceLabel now correctly use the right part of the label for the second print head.
7.7.0
- Bidirectional status was added to driver export settings.
- Printer Installation Wizard language compatibility fixed.
- Corrected job status when driver cannot establish a connection with the printer.
- Characters from several different character sets like cyrillic or greek are now printed correctly from Windows applications.
- Updating driver preserves correct stock (paper) names.
Version
August 7, 2024
10.6.8
Installation guides
Tested on
Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11 | 8.1 | 10 | 11
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022
Supported Printers
Release Notes
5.5.0
- Updated driver package information and driver user interface look with new branding.
5.2.00.7083
- MACH1 and MACH2 models have also advanced setup dialog in the driver.
5.2.00.6834
- New CAB SQUIX 4.3, SQUIX 6.3, SQUIX 2 and MACH4 printers are released.
5.1.16.6787
- Advanced TCP/IP port can no longer be added if no port name or IP address is entered.
5.1.16.6786
- Removed timeout for TCP/IP connection closure to prevent multiple connections from same printer.
5.1.16.6690
- Fixed issue with Advanced TCP/IP port incorrectly handling multiple connections to same printer which could result in jobs being stuck in spooler or even data loss.
5.1.16.6673
- MACH1 200DPI, MACH1 300DPI, MACH2 200DPI and MACH2 300DPI printers are added into NiceLabel printer driver distribution.
5.1.16.6619
- USB reset problem was fixed.
5.1.16.6612
- Fixed issue with V5 port monitor not being installed with new PrnInst
5.1.16.6546
- CAB SQUIX printers are added into CAB NiceLabel driver distribution.
5.1.16.6511
- Fixed spooler crash when printing from NiceLabel 2017 to a printer using Advanced TCP/IP port.
5.1.16.6479
- CAB printer supports also rectangular Datamatrix code.
5.1.16.6468
- Additional RTC format (DD) is supported on CAB printers.
5.1.15.6474
- Port monitor crashed print spooler on the second print when using Advanced TCP/IP. This is fixed now.
5.1.15.6363
- Additional offset value between first and second printhead is send as 0 if there is no offset. In this case previous settings are overwritten.
5.1.15.6308
- Three new CAB printer models are supported in NiceLabel driver: Hermes+ 2L 300DPI, Hermes+ 2R 300DPI, XD4T 300DPI.
5.1.14.6285
- Unique graphic name (when storing label layout to printer) does not include space character anymore.
5.1.13.6232
- Fixed issue with DNS IP resolution not working when printer network name is longer then 25 characters.
5.1.13.6223
- Enabled "Legacy label size" option to allow sending page and offset sizes in mm exactly as entered without any conversions.
5.1.13.6196
- DD.MM.YY and DD.MM.YYYY (without space before year) are new printer RTC formats on DPL printers.
5.1.13.6139
- Print speed settings were updated for CAB printers MACH 4/600, Hermes+ 4L/200 and Hermes+ 4R/200.
- Added support for new printer model CAB Hermes C 6L 300DPI.
5.1.13.6136
- Fixed issue with exported labels not loading graphics correctly.
5.1.11.5971
- Fixed About dialog issue with garbage after name for printers with name >= 32 chars.
5.1.11.5952
- New RTC date formats supported (MM - 2 digits for Month, YY - 2 digits for Year, YYYY - 4 digits for Year, JJJ - 3 digits for day of year, MM.YYYY - 2 digits for Month and 4 digits forYear, YYJJJ - 2 digits for Year and 3 digits for day of year).
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".
5.1.10.5692
- 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.
5.1.08.5621
- Printers with CAB programming language support additional RTC format YYMMDD.
5.1.08.5063
- Fixed issue where editing a stock causes an error message.
5.1.07.5277
- Changed texts in about dialogue to better fit in assigned areas.
5.1.07.5271
- Removed graphic cutting as part is graphic optimization.
5.1.07.5195
- Top of form adjustment maximum value changed from 9.9mm to 99mm.Enabled image optimization by default for XC printer models.
5.1.07.5176
- Fixed missing comma between tear off and label backfeed commandsFixed issue with driver putting "out of memory" text in stream.
5.1.07.4926
- Printer Install Wizard supports silent installation of Port Monitor modules.
5.1.06.4985
- CAB A4+T 300dpi and CAB A4+T 600dpi printers are added into CAB NiceLabel driver distribution.
5.1.06.4897
- Downloaded TTF, Vector fonts (Swiss, Monospace) on CAB language printers have now correct position on the label. Before the correction text was positioned to the bottom line instead to the base line of text field.
5.1.06.4818
- New languages supported are: Danish, Hebrew, Slovak and Portuguese (Brazil). Portuguese language is removed.
- CAB vector fonts (Swiss 721, Monospace 821) support font scaling.
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.
5.1.05.4644
- CAB printers support now also third variant of Export to printer function from labeling software.Besides "Store to Printer" and "Store to File" options, now also "Store to printer (Unlimited print)" is available. Recall of this format will print unlimited quantity of labels.
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.
5.1.02.4486
- When printing large print jobs with many pages, after some time all graphics ware missing due to memory full. The driver is optimized now, so variable graphic elements use the same ID on every next page.This is true for faster "store graphic" printing type that is selected on driver's advanced setup dialog. If "direct print" is used there is no problem, but printing is slower.:p
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.
5.1.00.4326
- Fixed issue where Cancel before print could not be set back to "No".
5.1.00.4306
- Solved problem with multi-thread printing (sometimes the stream is not correct).
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.
5.0.02.4116
- Fixed issue with labels after the first one having incorrect date/time data when using internal date/time.
5.0.02.4105
- Datamatrix barcode is no longer printed too small on 300 dpi models
5.0.00.4197
- Driver help for barcode font "y dimension" updated.
5.0.00.3976
- Added vertical graphic optimization to allow ribbon saver to work on color printers.
5.0.00.3897
- All the drivers are now digitaly signed to allow installation on Windows 8.
5.0.00
- Update solves problems when printing color images with transparent color from Windows applications (for instance PNG image with transparent color). We tested several Word applications, but the problem was observed only with Word 2007 (with all updates installed). The symptom is that images were converted in one color and that colors were not converted correctly (usually all colors were converted to one color - black).
4.6.78.3865
- ASCII characters under 32 needs special handling on CAB printers. Before this change printer goes into error state in case of using such characters for data (CR/LF is the most common). This is fixed now.
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.
4.6.76.3764
- Empty graphics are no longer sent when "Force graphic optimization" switch is turned on.
4.6.76.3763
- Port monitor now reconnectes to printer after lost connection
4.6.76.3760
- Horizontal print offset for color printers is now available for both print heads
4.6.76
- Cancel before print commands are no longer sent if bi-direcitonal printing is disabled
4.6.75.3753
- Expanded speed range for EOS1 EOS2 and EOS4 printer models up to 15cm/sExpanded speed range for PX4 200 DPI models up to 30cm/s
4.6.75.3745
- Printer driver can cancel jobs that are currently printing before starting with new print job.
4.6.74.3733
- Added support for QR bar code
4.6.74.3714
- Numeric GS1Databar barcode types no longer have data size requirements
4.6.73.3699
- CAB printer supports now unlimited print quantity. Before this update 9999 was maximum quantity.
4.6.72.3662
- Applicator option added to Godex printers. Option enabled only on EZ-2xxx Plus and EZ-6xxx Plus series.
4.6.72.3647
- German translation for Tear Off Distance was Abrißabstand, which was wrong. We corrected this translation to Abrisskante.
4.6.69.3612
- Driver update didn't preserve settings for all installed printers. This is fixed 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.
4.6.67.3524
- Barcode verification options were added to printer driver.
4.6.67.3516
- New image optimization option added to printer driver.
4.6.67.3488
- Barcodes on Postek printers will be printed as graphic elements by default. The reason is that internal barcodes do not correctly print human readable text.
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.
4.6.64.3257
- Gap value maximum increased to maximum printer supported value (1 meter)
4.6.63.3224
- Rotation option on userinterface and QR and MicroQR barcode font rotation now work correctly
4.6.62.3204
- Cut offset 1 does not get disabled when "cut every" is selected
4.6.62.3190
- Spooler crash when changing printer port while printing was fixed.
4.6.62.3187
- Cutting after specific number of labels now works from all software.
4.6.62.3156
- Custom settings for unprintable now work correctly
4.6.62.3142
- When doing "Export to printer", user must enter variable values and print quantity at once!! But the label format should be just stored to the printer, and then when recalling the label the variable value and print quantity needs to be entered.
- When doing Export to Printer now user have to variants: Export to Printer and Export to File. Exporting to file needs the printer connected to port FILE and in this case the label file is different and could be used then on printer's memory slot CF or USB for recall format.
4.6.61.3091
- Cutting and perforation should now work correctly when using variable data in labels.
4.6.59.3036
- Implementation of color printer driver and two color separation.
- Printers with CAB programming language support now also internal counters on barcode elements.
4.6.59.3029
- New RTC formats for CAB printers:DD.MM.YYYY, DD.MM.YY, MM.DD.YYYY, MM.DD.YY
4.6.59.3025
- Added support for double sided printing from NiceLabel for CAB XD4 printer.
4.6.59.3002
- Printer ports are now properly shown in Options dialog.
4.6.59.3001
- Descender bars are always present on EAN and UPC barcodes.
4.6.59.2995
- Changed font for Chinese Windows to SimHei.
4.6.57.2946
- Graphic positioning to allow centering with stream optimization providing safe graphic printing is turned on
4.6.55.2911
- Printer's internal counter did not work if you export the label to the printer. This is corrected now and counter works also with recall from memory card.But user have to know that it is important how to use variable names with old firmware. The firmware version older than 3.01 have a limitation of variable name length to 8 digits. This limitation is true also for all Apollo printers and any firmware. Printers with firmware after 3.01 can use variable names with 32 digits.
4.6.52.2847
- Printer's internal Real Time Clock did not work if you use stored label in memory card. When user try to do a variable date and export it to the printer, the variable works as prompt. This is corrected now.
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.
4.6.52.2819
- When user export label format to printer, it is prompt now every time for quantity number. Before this change the format has been printed unlimited (9999) if you select the label format from memory card.
4.6.51.2800
- Czech, Lithuanian and Ukrainian languages are now supported also in all NiceDrivers.
4.6.50.2784
- Graphic positioning when using database for graphical data is now correct providing user turns on "safe graphics printing"
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.
4.6.48.2710
- Tear Off mode enabled on all printers.
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.
4.6.48
- PDF417 code was not able to rotate. This is supported now.Also positioning of rotated 2D codes is corrected. (PDF417, Datamatrix)
4.6.44.2506
- New CAB printer models:A6+ 200DPI PX4.3/L 200DPIPX4.3/R 200DPIPX4.3/L 300DPIPX4.3/R 300DPIPX6/L 200DPIPX6/R 200DPIHermes+ 2L 600DPIHermes+ 2R 600DPIHermes+ 4L 200DPIHermes+ 4R 200DPIHermes+ 4L 300DPIHermes+ 4R 300DPIHermes+ 4L 600DPIHermes+ 4R 600DPIHermes+ 4.3L 200DPIHermes+ 4.3R 200DPIHermes+ 4.3L 300DPIHermes+ 4.3R 300DPIHermes+ 6L 200DPIHermes+ 6R 200DPIHermes+ 6L 300DPIHermes+ 6R 300DPIXC4/300XC6/300
4.6.44.2498
- Batch cut with variable data and/or true type counters now works correctly
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.
4.6.41.2364
- 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.
4.6.30.2157
- Media Type selection enabled on printers without display and disabled on printers with display.
4.6.22
- Build number is now part of version information in About dialog
4.6.18
- Added ability to enter negative "Top to bottom offset" for XD4 models.
4.6.15
- Added options to turn off print optimization on printers using CAB printer language
4.6.14
- DPL printers have ability to print inverse text. This option is supported now also in NiceDrivers.
- Macros 05 and 06 on Datamatrix are now supported on printer models with ZPL and DPL printer language.
- For some commands Orientation parameter (landscape/portrait) was ignored and this should not happen, because width and height are related with orientation setting. This is corrected now and correct dimmensions are sent to the printer.
- DPL printer will print unlimited labels quantity with quantity command of 9999.
4.6.13
- Added new date/time options when using printer clock on CAB printers.
4.6.11
- Corrected printing of SSCC-18 barcode with variable data
4.6.09
- French translation have been updated for CAB driver language and also for some general driver dialogs.
4.6.08
- Following printers added: A2+ 300DPI K, A4+ 200DPI K, A4+ 300DPI K, A4+ 600DPI K, PX4/L 200DPI, PX4/R 200DPI, PX4/L 300DPI, PX4/R 300DPI, PX4/L 600DPI, PX4/R 600DPI, PX6/L 300DPI, PX6/R 300DPI, Hermes A2/L 300DPI, Hermes A2/R 300DPI, Hermes A2/L 600DPI and Hermes A2/R 600DPI.E4 200dpi and E4 300dpi were changed to E4 200DPI and E4 300DPI.
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.
4.6.01
- 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
- When continuos paper is used command Q0001,0 is not correct. It should be Q{page_height},0.
4.6.00
- Printing process was stopped during heavy duty printing.
- Barcode height is corrected for non-203 dpi printers.
4.5.42
- Driver print speed optimization
4.5.40
- Database fed empty elements from Labeling software are now printed correctly
- Offsets on CAB printers for perforation before/after label and cutting before label now allow negative values (-9.9mm - 9.9mm)
4.5.39
- XD Printer models can no longer change "Forced optimization" and "Ignore position" settings
- PrnInst showed login window, even if the user running the application was administrator.
4.5.38
- Following models added to distribution: E4 200dpi and E4 300dpi.
- Added correct PnP IDs for A4+M printer models
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
- Fixed issue with forced optimization in non labeling software.
- Fixed issue with barcode fonts causing protocol error
- Added explanation for "Forced optimized printing" option
4.5.13
- Internal elements now get filtered out when not using labeling software and forcing optimization
- Fixed issue with printing from word using forced optimization
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
- Added A2+ 600 dpi printer model
- Fixed command sequence for export to printer
- Printer Install Wizard uninstallation of driver doesn`t remove all of the files from the SYSTEM32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\ folder.
- Corrected PnP ID for A4 600 dpi printer model
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
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.
4.5.04
- Fixed Advanced TCP/IP port to handle leading 0 in IP.
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
- Moved perforation commands in stream to avoid protocol errors
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.
- Added possibility of optimized printing of graphics from all windows software
- Fixed printer error when printing different pages from windows software
- Added 50mm/s speed option to A2+/300
- - 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.
4.4.71
- Driver now sends driver settings only at the start of the print
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
- Optimized driver printing
4.4.67
- Fixed IMG compression for wide graphics
4.4.65
- Export label to printer works now correctly also for prompted variables,
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.
- New Japanese translation for Printer Install Wizard
4.4.63
- New Printers added: MACH4 300DPI K, D4+ 300DPI, AM4+ 300DPI, AM4+ 600DPI
- 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.
4.4.62
- Added new cutter commands to support new PCU4 cutter unit.
- Added new options to some printers: ingnore label position, ignore paper end, top side same as bottom, single buffer mode, top to bottom offset
- Command "c" (immediate cut) is not recomended and therefore it is disabled.
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.
Version
November 21, 2022
5.5.0
Installation guides
Tested on
Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11 | 8.1 | 10 | 11
Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2012 | 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022