SPRT SP-T5 Portable Dot Matrix Printer User's Manual
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1. Notice When selected double height or double width mode double size characters are printed e When both double height and double width modes are selected quadruple size characters are printed When some characters in a line are double or more height all the characters on the line are aligned at the baseline ESC can also turn on or off underline mode However the setting of the last received command is effective ESC can also select character size However the setting of the last received command is effective This command is effective for both alphanumeric and Chinese character 26 Default n 0 Reference ESC ESC 4 22 GS n Name Enlarge character Format ASCII GS n Hexadecimal 1D 21 n Decimal 29 33 n Description N indicate responsed bdouble height double width information 0 1 2 3 Double height 45 6 7 Doublewicth ofofo je o opo t j1 ojojoj2 jt o ojoj2 4 2 3 ESCMn Name Select font Format ASCII ESC M n Hexadecimal 1B 4D n Decimal 27 TT n Description n20 1 16 17 18 19 0 ANK 6x12 ANK 8x16 Chinese 12x12 Chinese 16x16 BIG5 12x12 Optional BIG5 161x16 Optional 4 2 4 ESC n Name Select cancel underline Format ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1B 2D n Decimal 27 45 n Description n Description Cancel underline Select underline 1 dot width DEM Select underline 2 dot width Reference2. Wire RS 232 Wireless IrDA Bluetooth Power Specification Battery 1500mAh 7 4V Power Adaptor 12V 1 5A Battery Duration 30m continuous printing 25 density Environment Specification Operation 10 C 50 C 20 8096 Temperature Humidity Charging 5C 35C 20 80 Temperature Humidity Storage 20 C 60 C 5 95 Temperature Humidity Chapter 3 Operation 3 1 Using Preparation 3 1 1 Battery Installation 3 2 Operation Specification EE O O O MODE FEED POWER d 3 2 1 Printer On Off The printer is powered on by pressing the power button for about 1 second the power indicator is on with blue color when the printer is on If press the power button for about 1 second again the printer will be turned off all the indicators are off when the printer is off Notice If the power indicator is on with green color it indicates the printer is in standby status 3 2 2 Self test The self test checks the printer s current settings status and whether the printer has any problems Turn on the power while holding down the FEED button the self test begins The printer is ready to receive data as soon as it completes the self test 3 2 3 Paper Feeding When the printer works normally hold down FEED button the paper feeding begins and stops when hold down FEED button again 11 3 2 4 Paper Tearing After each receipts is finished printing it needs to tear off the paper along the tear bar
3. 31 Format ASCII ESC nL nH Hexadecimal 1B 5C nL nH Decimal 27 92 nL nH Range 0 lt nL lt 255 0 s nHs 1 Description Sets the print starting position based on the current position by using the horizontal or vertical motion unit This command sets the distance from the current position to n nL nH x 256 horizontal motion unit Notice Any setting that exceeds the printable area is ignored The print starting position moves from the current position to N x horizontal motion unit 4 3 4 ESC2 Name Select default line spacing Format ASCII ESC2 Hexadecimal 1B 32 Decimal 27 50 Description Set the current character line spacing as the default one 6 dot spacing Notice The height of the character is not included by the 6 dot spacing Reference ESC 3 4 3 5 ESC 3n Name Set line spacing 32 Format ASCII ESC3 n Hexadecimal 1B 33 n Decimal 27 51 n Range 0 lt n lt 255 Description Set n vertical dot spacing as the character line spacing Default n 30 Reference ESC 2 Example A A E dot spacing EEE Should input the command 1B 33 1E 4 3 6 ESC SP n Name Set character spacing Format ASCII ESC SPn Hexadecimal 1B 20n Decimal 27 32n Range 0 n 255 Description Set n horizontal dot spacing as the characters right spacing exclude the character s height Notice When in the double width mode the character s right spacing is two times to the
4. ESC 4 2 5 ESC En Name Select Cancel bold font print Format ASCII ESC E n Hexadecimal 1B 45 n Decimal 27 69 n Description When the lowest bit of n is 0 cancel bold font print When the lowest bit of n is 1 select bold font print 4 2 6 ESC Gn Name Select cancel overprinting Format ASCII ESC E n Hexadecimal 1B 45 n 28 Decimal 27 69 n Description When the lowest bit of n is 0 Select overprinting When the lowest bit of n is 1 cancel overprinting 4 2 7 GS Bn Name Select cancel reverse print Format ASCII ESC B n Hexadecimal 1D 42 n Decimal 29 66 n Description If n 1 select reverse print n 0 cancel reverse print Default set n 0 4 2 8 ESC Vn Name Select cancel character rotation Format ASCII ESC c n Hexadecimal 1B 56 n Decimal 27 86 n Description n 0 Cancel rotation 29 4 3 Print setting commands 4 3 1 ESC nL nH Name Set absolute print position Format ASCII ESC nl nH Hexadecimal 1B 24 nL nH Decimal 27 36 nL nH Range OsnLs255 0snH lt 256 Description Sets the distance from the beginning of the line to the position at which subsequent characters are to be printed The distance from the beginning of the line to the print position is nL nH x 256 vertical or horizontal motion unit inches Notice Settings outside the specified printable area are ignored Reference ESC 4 3 2 ESC D n1 n2 nk NULL Na
5. Please don t use too much strength Otherwise the paper will be pulled out from the paper case 3 2 5 Battery Using and Charging When the battery is low the power indicator blinks with red color and the buzzer rings 3 times if the printer is in sleeping mode the printer will cut off power after the buzzer rings 3 times In this case you must charge the battery by using the adaptor The charging method is as following turn off the printer connect the adapter to the power socket with 220V 50HZ then plug the power charging cable to the power socket of the printer so the power charging begins during the course of power charging the FEED indicator goes green and becomes dark when the charging is over Notice it would better not turn on the printer during the course of charging power lest the charging time goes longer moreover be sure not to use the printer to print when the battery is charging Charging battery method The T5 uses a Lithium rechargeable battery pack Before first use the battery pack should be charged for at least 4 hours To prevent electrical damage to the printer and or battery 12 pack please use approved AC DC adapter only During charging the FEED Jindicator is green and when the battery is charged fully the FEED indicator is turned off automatically 3 3 Printer Interface Connection 3 3 1 RS 232 Serial Interface The standard accessories for T5 printer include DB 9 serial interface cabl
6. explosion or damage to the printer Don t put the battery into the fire or water don t disassemble or modify the battery don t be short circuit otherwise may result in injury or fire even explosion If the printer would not be used for a long time be sure to take off the battery otherwise the battery may leak liquid which is corrosive if improper operation causes battery leak and the liquid is spattered on the skin or clothes please wash it with water if spattered in the eyes please rinse them with water thoroughly and see a doctor Please do not open the paper case cover when it is printing or just when printing is over do not touch the print head with hand or body overheat may cause scald Notes on Using Be sure not to print continuously over 1 meter otherwise may cause damage to the print head Water or other liquid should not spill into the printer also the printer should not be appeared in the rain or else may cause printer damage Please do not open the paper case cover when it is printing otherwise the printer may work improperly If print with serial interface should not unplug the interface cable in the course of printing or else some printing data may be lost When print in Ir or IrDA mode be sure the Ir window of the host equipment face rightly the Ir window of the printer the distance should be within the range of 80mm and the angle should be within the range of 30 When print with Bluetooth inter
7. is forbidden d means the image data 1 print O not print use this command to define the downloaded bit image use command GS n to print the downloaded bit image n the following circumstances clear the definition of downloaded bit image 1 run ESC Q command 2 printer is reset and the power is off 4 4 3 GS n Name Print downloaded bit image Format ASCII GS n Hexadecimal 1D 2F n Decimal 29 47 n Description n 36 0 roma Bi Double height Double width Double height amp width 4 4 4 FSP n Name Print prestored bit image Format ASCII FSP n Hexadecimal 1D 50 n Decimal 29 80 n Description 0 lt n lt 9 Print prestored bit image the number of image is 1 lt n lt 9 Note The command is invalid when the number of bit image has not been defined The command is not affected by the print mode bold font overlapping underline etc If the width of bit image is more than one line the content which is outside the line will not be printed Upload the bit image should use specified tool thus the bit image will not be lost unless it is covered by new image 4 5 User defined character commands 4 5 1 ESC n Name Select cancel user defined character set Format ASCII ESC n 37 Hexadecimal 1B 25 n Decimal 27 37 n Range 0 lt n x 255 Description Select or cancel user defined character set When n LSB 0 cancel user defined character set When n LSB 1 select u
8. SPRT P SP T5 Portable Dot Matrix Printer om tos 4 M S c n N VA F T Y V ES x S User s Manual Content COMO WM ee EE 2 Operating Drecautons a 5 Notes on Safety o etre essei eed ok Mean EU v aue 5 Klee EE Tee DE 6 Notes on Handling 7 Chapter 1 Outer Appearance and Accessories 7 1 1 Outer Appearance ii 7 1 2 Standard Accessories aa 8 Chapter 2 General Specifications 8 Chapter 3 Operation i 10 3 1 Using Preparation ii 10 3 1 1 Battery Installation 10 3 1 2 Paper Installation 10 3 2 Operation Specification a 11 3 2 1 Printer Om OFff s tette dcos 11 SZ 2 SOU CSE ROS eee 11 3 2 3 Paper Feeding 11 3 2 4 Paper Tearing d 12 3 2 5 Battery Using and Charging 12 3 3 Printer Interface Connection 13 3 3 1 RS 232 Serial Interface 13 3 3 2 IrDA Interface as soto er teen etnies 15 3 3 3 Bluetooth Interface 16 3 4 Other FUNCHIONS iii 17 3 4 1 Sleeping Mode Abu 17 3 4 2 Paper End Alarming 17 3 4 3 Black Mark die e ettet 18 3 5 Indicators and Buzzer 18 3 6 Print
9. an change the printer name and password by using Setting Tools 3 3 3 1 Bluetooth Pairing The method for the pairing between T5 BT with the host device is 1 Turn on the printer 2 Host device searches for the outer Bluetooth device 3 If there are other Bluetooth devices please select T5 Bluetooth Printer 4 Putin password 1234 5 Pairing finished Notice If the printer name has been changed please be sure not turn on more than one printer otherwise it will be difficult to justify which printer been paired 3 3 3 2 Binding of Address Binding once the printer remembers the device s address it only can connect with the device and can t connect with others So in this case if the printer needs to connect with other device user can delete the remembered address No binding in this case the printer can be searched or paired by any other device So when the printer needs to connect with a fixed device it would be better bind address 3 4 Other Functions 3 4 1 Sleeping Mode Sleeping the printer will fall after at least 3 seconds without usage into sleep and the status indication becomes green also the printer can be awaken by sending command 0x00 then send data the time spacing is about 2ms 3 4 2 Paper End Alarming When the paper is run out the buzzer of the printer will ring 2 times informs the user to load paper 3 4 3 Black Mark If user uses ready printing black mark to localize the receipt
10. as LF Notice Sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line 4 1 6 ESC Jn Name Print and feed paper Format ASCII ESC J n Hexadecimal 1B 4A n Decimal 27 74 n Description Feed paper for n vertical dot spacing Range 0 lt n x 255 one vertical dot spacing is 0 125mm below is the same Reference ESC d 4 1 7 ESC dn Name Print and feed paper n lines Format ASCII ESC d n Hexadecimal 1B 64 n Decimal 27 100 n Range 0 lt n x 255 Description Print the data in the buffer and feed paper for n 24 lines Notice Set the beginning of the line as the printing position by this command Reference ESC J 4 1 8 HT Name Horizontal tab Format ASCII HT Hexadecimal 09 Decimal 9 Description Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab position Notice Horizontal tab positions are set with ESC D This command is ignored unless the next horizontal tab position has been set Reference ESC D 4 2 Character Setting Commands 4 2 1 ESC n Name Select print mode Format ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1B 21 n Decimal 27 33 n Description Select print mode s using n as follows 25 6 12 0 8 16 1 Undefined Undefined Cancel bold font Select bold font Cancel double height mode Select double height mode Cancel double width mode Select double width mode Undefined Cancel underline mode Select underline mode
11. e one end is D model standard serial interface socket connected to host computer the other end is PS 2 socket connected to printer When connect the serial interface if it works normally then the printer stops to received data from Bluetooth or IrDA interface The specification of serial interface of T5 as below Data Transfer Serial Synchro Mode asynchronous Handshaking Hardware RST CTS or Xon Xoff optional Signal Level RS 232 Baud Rate 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200bps optional Data Bit 7 bit 8 bit optional Parity Odd Even None optional Stop Bit 1 bit The ex factory default setting is 13 Baud rate 9600bps Handshaking hardware Data Bit 8 bit Parity none User can change the settings by using the Setting Tool Definition for the PS 2 socket 6 1 2 r 0 Cl 1 TXD send data 2 DTR ready signal 3 RXD receive data 4 RTS when the signal is MARK means printer is busy can t receive data when the signal is SPACE means the printer is ready to receive data 5 GND ground 6 NC no connection Notice The pin of NC is kept for our other usage developers please don t use this pin if making connecting line otherwise the printer might be not used normally or damaged 14 When prints large quantities of data the handshaking need to be used When using Bluetooth and IrCOMM developers need not to consider handshaking When use Raw Ir can not use hardware control When t
12. er Setllig EE 19 Chapter 4 Printing Control Command 19 41 summary sic aoc orm e Mte corio ted eaten 19 4 1 Basic Control CommandSs 21 411 ESC O citm iaia 21 12 EE 22 Dat PR n ER p EE 23 4 1 5 EE ees 24 Gab SGI Nl m 24 AL ESC AN EE 24 d da EEE EE 25 4 2 Character Setting Commands 25 42 AMES CASA EE 25 422 GS I EE 27 125 ESC Muse 27 4 24 ES DEEN 28 e ESC EN WEE 28 42 6 ESC GO E 28 AZT C dodi Pm 29 42 90 ESG V Nicola 29 4 3 Print setting COMMAaNdS 30 3 4 9 1 E9C S DLE WE sd utate E 30 4 3 2 ESC D n1 n2 nk NULL 30 4 3 3 ESCAnL nbl ee 31 4 34 EE 32 435 ESC EE 32 43 0 E SG OE E 33 4 3 GS TALEN ei 34 43 9 ESC Sane 34 4 4 Graphic Image print commands 35 4 4 1 ESC m n1 n2 d k 35 e Ee e HEET 36 AAS TI anm DAT S NE LR Nu 36 444 FSP EE 37 4 5 User defined character commands 37 4 WEE 37 4 5 2 ESC amp y c1 c2 x1 d1 d y x1 xk d1 d y 13 c RE 38 Operating Precautions This section presents important information intended to ensure safe and effective use of the printer Please read the following carefully Notes on Safety Be sure to use the specified battery and power source provided by our company Connection to an improper power source may cause fire
13. face the communication distance should be within 10 meters otherwise the printer doesn t print or prints rubbish codes Too high 45 C or too low 5 C temperature and too high 85 Jor too low 20 relative humidity both effect the print quality The print paper in poor quality or stored for too long time also may reduce the print quality even damage the printer Be sure to use up the electricity of the battery before charge it as it can ensure the using life of the battery Notes on Handling The printer should be placed in such an environment that the temperature is between 20 C and 60 C and the relative humidity is between 596 and 95 If the printer will be stored for a long time pleas be sure to take out the battery otherwise may damage the battery and printer Chapter 1 Outer Appearance and Accessories 1 1 Outer Appearance EN 1 2 Standard Accessories Power Adaptor 1 unit Rechargeable Li ion Battery 1 unit Testing Paper 1 roll Environmental Case 1 unit Shoulder Strap 1 unit Interface Cable 1 unit Chapter 2 General Specifications Model SP T5 Physical Specification 112x98x66 L WsH Weight 306g Paper roll excluded Paper Diameter 60mm Printing Specification Printing Method Impact Dot Matrix Paper Width 58 0 5mm Dot line 240dots 0 06 0 085mm 50 km Built in Character Set English ASCII 8x8 12x12 Chinese GB18030 16x16 12x12 Interface Specification
14. he printer was controlled by hardware follow below method to connect the host and the printer Printer Host RXD TXD RTS CTS GND GND When the printer was controlled by software follow below method to connect the host and the printer 3 3 2 IrDA Interface The hardware of T5 with infrared port printer is compatible with IrDA1 1 IICOMM protocol is one of the sub protocol of IrDA and widely used in portable devices RAW Ir data transmission mode can be connected to the devices with raw infrared port for printing while IICOMM mode can be connected to the devices with IICOMM protocol for printing RAW Ir can work under 9600bps 19200bps 38400bps 57600bps 115200bps the baud rate of RAW Ir is same to 15 that of serial interface Notice 1 To use the T5 s infrared port a computer or Personal Digital Assistant PDA with IR port is required 2 Position a PDA conforming to the specifications in point not more than 50 centimeter away from the printer s infrared port Make sure the two ports are in front of each other with an angle of not more than 30 on the four side 3 3 3 Bluetooth Interface PDA Laptop and other communication devices with Bluetooth can drive T5 BT to print by the Bluetooth interface T5 BT is compatible with Bluetooth 2 0 protocol Power grade is CLASS 2 effective communication distance is 10 meters The name of the printer is T5 Bluetooth Printer the initial password is 1234 users c
15. ined character is y x x bytes Setting the printing dot s corresponding bit is 1 or non printing dot s one is O The user defined characters will be deleted in the following situation 1 Carry out ESC Q 2 Printer reset or power turn off Default Built in character set Reference ESC 40
16. me Sets horizontal tab positions Format ASCII ESCD n1n2n3 NULL Hexadecimal 1B 44 n1n2n3 00 Decimal 27 68 n1n2n3 0 Description n specifies the column number for setting a horizontal tab position from the beginning of the line k indicates the total number of horizontal tab positions to be set 30 The horizontal tab position is stored as a value of character width x n measured from the beginning of the line The character width includes the right side character spacing and double width characters are set with twice the width of normal characters This command cancels the previous horizontal tab settings When setting n 8 the print position is moved to column 9 by sending HT Up to 32 tab positions k 32 can be set Data exceeding 32 tab positions is processed as normal data Transmit n k in ascending order and place a NUL code 0 at the end e When n k is less than or equal to the preceding value n k 1 tab setting is finished and the following data is processed as normal data ESC D NUL cancels all horizontal tab positions The previously specified horizontal tab positions do not change even if the character width changes The character width is memorized for each standard and page mode Default The default tab positions are at intervals of 8 characters columns 9 17 25 for font A 12 24 Reference HT 4 3 3 ESC VnL nH Name Set relative printing position
17. normal spacing When the characters are enlarged their right spacing also will be enlarged accordingly 33 Default n 0 4 3 7 GS L nL nH Name Set left margin Format ASCII GSL nLnH Hexadecimal 1D 4C nL nH Decimal 29 76 nLnH Range 0 lt nL lt 255 0 lt nH lt 255 Description The position set by this command is absolute position Set n horizontal dot spacing as the characters left spacing nL nH are n s LSB and MSB N nL nH x 256 Default n 0 that means there is not any left margin 4 3 8 ESC an Name Set alignment Format ASCII ESCa n Hexadecimal 1B 61 n Decimal 27 97 n Description 0 Align left Align right 34 4 4 Graphic Image print commands 4 4 1 ESC m n1 n2 d k Name Set bit image mode Format ASCII ESC mnl n2 d k Hexadecimal 1B 2A m n1 n2 d k Decimal 27 42 mnl n d k Range m 7 0 1 32 33 Q lt n1 lt 255 0 lt n2 lt 3 Q lt d lt 255 Description Selects a bit image mode using m for the number of dots specified by n1 and n1 as follows m Vertical Dot Horizontal Number SNR E 24 dot Mode 35 4 4 2 GS x y d Name Define downloaded bit image Format ASCII GS x y d Hexadecimal 1D 2A Decimal 29 42 Description Use appointed bit number by x and y to define the downloaded bit image x 8 is the dot number of horizontal y 8 is the dot number of vertical Note If x y is off limit then the command
18. nter may print wrong data H printer is not in standby mode when received this command the command would be ignored We suggest users to send this command before print data at anytime After the printer awakened the printing commands are according with the commands before the printer standby 4 1 3 FF Name Print and return to standard mode in page mode Format ASCII FF Hexadecimal OC Decimal 12 Description Prints the data in the print buffer collectively and 22 returns to standard mode Notes The buffer data is deleted after being printed The printing area set by ESC W is reset to the default setting This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line e f the printer is in black mark mode the printer will feed line to the position of black mark after the buffer data printed If there isn t black mark the printer will feed line 30cm then stop H the printer is not in black mark mode it will only pint buffer data won t feed line Reference LF CR ESC d ESC J 4 1 4 LF Name Print and feed line Format ASCII LF Hexadecimal OA Decimal 10 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds one line based on the current line spacing Notice This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line 23 4 1 5 CR Name Print and carriage return Format ASCII CR Hexadecimal OD Decimal 13 Description The command functions the same
19. please be sure to abide by the following black mark ready printing regulation when print the black mark otherwise the black mark can t be recognized by the printer The black mark ready printing regulation Print position as the following figure shows the black mark should be printed on the right of the word side Width range 218mm Height range 4mmsheights6mm Reflectivity to infrared ray lt 10 the reflectivity of the other parts of the paper black mark width to infrared ray gt 65 3 5 Indicators and Buzzer There are three indicators for T5 printer they are POWER MODE and FEED the POWER and MODE indicators are blue the FEED indicator is red Indicator Status Buzzer Solid blue right Working order Beep when power on off Solid blue right Sleep mode Blue blinking Battery low right power 7 Red blinking Sukor paer Beep once every two left seconds Solid blue Charging middle 3 6 Printer setting Users can set the printer by using the T5 Setting Tools software provided by us The settings include serial baud rate RAW IR baud rate Bluetooth device name and password etc Regard to the setting method please refer to the T5 Setting Tools Chapter 4 Printing Control Command 4 1 Summary T5 offers ESC POS print command set FS Chinese print commands Each command is described in following format Printer printing commands ESC Q Initialize printer NULL Awaken prin
20. ser defined character set Notice When cancel user defined character set auto select built in character set e n only LSB is available Default n 0 Reference ESC amp ESC 4 5 2 ESC amp y c1 c2 x1 d1 d y x1 xk d1 d y xk Name Define user defined character Format ASCII ESC amp yc1c2 x1 d1 d y x1 xk d1 d y xk Hexadecimal 1B 26 y c1 c2 x1 d1 d y x1 xk d1 d y xk Decimal 27 38 yc1c2 x1 d1 d y x1 xk d1 d y xk Range y 3 font A 12 x 24 y 2 font B 8x 16 32s c1 lt c2 lt 126 x 12 font A 12 x 24 x 8 font B 8x 16 0s d1 d y x xk x 255 Description Define user defined character y specify the vertical byte number when define the 38 characters of font A y 3 when define the characters of font B y 2 c1 specify the code of initial character c2 specify the code of terminal character x specify the vertical byte number when define the characters of font A x lt 12 when define the characters of font B xs8 k c2 c1 1 Notice The code range of defined character from lt 20 gt H to lt 7E gt H Can define the continuous codes for several characters When only one character is needed c1 c2 dis the dot data of the character Please refer to the following br bb b5 b4 b3 b2 bl bU 8x16 User defined Character 39 d y x 12x24 User defined Character Defining the data of user def
21. ter 19 Print and return to standard mode in 4 1 3 FF Print and feed line Print and carriage return 4 1 6 ESC Jn Print and feed paper for n put EU de 4 1 7 ESCdn Print and feed paper for n CT Ba Horizontal tab Print Unicode Character Character setting commands Set print mode Set character size Set character font Select cancel underline print Select cancel bold font print ESCGn Select cancel overprinting Select cancel reverse print 4 2 8 ESCVn Select cancel character rotation Print setting commands ESC nL nH Set absolute print position 4 3 2 ESC D n1 n2 nk Set horizontal tab position NULL 20 ESC mnLnH Setbit image di d 4 GS xy d1 dk Define downloaded bit image User defined character commands ESC Select cancel user defined character set 4 5 ESC amp y c1 Define user defined keiers character set 4 1 Basic Control Commands 4 1 1 ESC Name Initialize printer Format ASCII ESC Q Hexadecimal 1B 40 Decimal 27 64 Description Clear the data in the print buffer Restore the default of each print command 21 Notice If not restore to ex factory setting the default setting won t be changed 4 1 2 NULL Name Awaken printer Format ASCII Null Hexadecimal 00 Decimal 0 Description Awaken printer Notice After use this command to awaken the printer it needs at least 20 milliseconds to send data to printer otherwise pri
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