TP UP-AT Panel Printer User Manual
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1. Value for both m and n ranges among 32 and 255 The value of subscript k ranges among 1 and 32 the maximum number of characters that can be replaced is 32 The character NUL adds in the last to indicate the end of the command Please refer to ESC amp and amp ESC commands ESC Restore the font character Format ASCII ESC Decimal Hy 27 58 Hexadecimal 1B 3A 42 Explanation The command restores the original character of Font which has been replaced with the user defined character set by ESC command However the user defined character is still in RAM and can be called back by the ESC command Using the following BASIC program can observe the effect of ESC amp ESC and ESC commands 10 LPRINT CHR 27 W CHRS 2 Enlarge in V and H 20 LPRINT CHR 27 amp CHR 65 ESC amp command 30 LPRINT CHR amp H02 CHR amp H7C CHR amp H40 40 LPRINT CHR amp HC0 CHR amp H40 CHR amp HO00 50 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 65 CHR 65 CHR 0 ESC command 60 LPRINT CHR 65 Print defined character 70 LPRINT CHR 27 5 ESC command 80 LPRINT CHR 65 Restore the font character The printout of running the program in TP UP PN printer is shown below p A Graphics commands ESCK Bit map printing Format ASCII ESC K nl n2 datas Decimal 27 75 nl n2 data Hexadecimal 1B 4B nl n2 datas Explanation The value n1 and n2 form a 16 bit number W with n1 as the low byte and n2 as the hig2. 40 98 90 91 91 9E 40 40 20 18 07 00 i LF rail IB OOM C EE LULE 1 OWL L JIBBLULL Be ULIL L AJOL L E COE EERO CEB 10100 ee WCCO UL CCELA UUL EL CMCCEL cee e an eae I EE JJ E algal m E AS zaz EE i eae aa oa rE CE Mr LL LIL a pe BASIC program for inverse printing 10 FOR E 1 TO 2 20 RESTORE 120 30 LPRINT CHR 27 W CHR E enlarge in W amp H 40 LPRINT CHR 27 1 CHR 0 line spacing 0 50 FOR J 1 TO 2 42 60 LPRINT CHR 27 K CHR 16 CHRS 0 ESC K command 70 FOR I 1 TO 16 80 READ D LPRINT CHRS D enter 16 bytes of data 90 NEXTI LPRINT enter CR 00 NEXT J LPRINT LPRINT 10 NEXT E END 20 DATA amp HCO0 amp H30 amp H08 amp H04 30 DATA amp H04 amp H72 amp H92 amp H12 40 DATA amp H12 amp H32 amp H04 amp H04 50 DATA amp H08 amp H30 amp HCO amp H00 60 DATA amp H07 amp H18 amp H20 amp H40 70 DATA amp H40 amp H98 amp H90 amp H91 80 DATA amp H91 amp HIE amp H40 amp H40 90 DATA amp H20 amp H18 amp H07 amp H00 Printout on TP uP AT fa eee ESC print curving graph lines Format ASCII p ESC mnl n2 nk CR Decimal j 27 39mnl n2 nk 13 Hexadecimal g 1B27mnl n2 nk0D Explanation This command is designed to print curving graph lines along the paper feed vertically The value m is the number of lines and should be within the range 1 to t
3. replace the paper scroll Disconnect the power supply if the printer works abnormally Don t press the ribbon cassette too strongly when replace it Because it will cause damage easily Don t add the lube to the mechanism head Contact your vender if there is abnormity Never pull out the CMOS chip Don t add the ink to the ribbon or will cause damage Use the power supply specified or it will do harm to the printer 44 Chapter 5 Specifications Printing method directed impact dot matrix Printing mechanism 4 6 pin shuttle Design specially for install in the vertical panel of the apparatus or devices It is easy to control with 36 compatible ESC commands or 16 TPUP 16 TPUP 40 printing commands Character sets 2 ASCII character sets 448 characters total and 32 user defined characters Level one level two Chinese characters GB 2312 1980 6763 Chinese characters total Characters size standard 5 X 7 Bit map graphics 6 X 8 User defined characters 6 X 8 Chinese characters 12 X 12 or 15X 16 Line space 1 255 dot lines Interface 8 bit parallel interface Interface port 26 PIN flat plug Control commands 36 compatible ESC commands or 16 TPUP 16 TPUP 40 control commands Only TPUP ATI6 and TPUP AT40 Buffer 30 5K bytes Button SEL Select the online offline state Button LF feeding paper Indicator green online red offline n
4. All characters including blank ones are underscored except meet the command of turning off underline The BASIC program for observing the effect of ESC command is shown below 20 LPRINT TP 30 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 1 Turn underline on 40 LPRINT UPT UPAT prints underline 50 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 0 Turn underline off 60 LPRINT TP The printout of running the program in TP UP AT printer is shown below TPUPTTF ESC Turn overscore on off Format ASCII ESC n Decimal 27 43 n Hexadecimal 1B 2B n Explanation Overscoring is turned on if n 1 and turned off if n 0 All characters including blank ones are overscored The BASIC program for observing the effect of ESC command is shown below 20 LPRINT TP 30 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 1 Turn overscore on 40 LPRINT UPT UPAT prints overscore 50 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 0 Turn overscore off 60 LPRINT TP The printout of running the program in TP UP AT printer is shown below TPUPTTP ESC 6 Select Font 1 Format ASCII ESC 6 43 Decimal s 27 54 Hexadecimal 1B 36 Explanation All characters in use will be from Font 1 after issuing this command There are two sets of fonts available in TP UP AT printers Font 1 is selected when power on or ESC command is active ESC 7 Select Font 2 Format ASCII ESC 7 Decimal 27 55 Hexadecimal 1B 37 Explanation All characters in use will come from Font 2 after issuing this command Re
5. Parts listeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerereeereeeeeeeeeeereeeereesereeseeseesenees 47 Appendix 1 The valid character cOdes e 000s 48 Appendix 2 Printing command codess sses eeseeee00 50 Appendix 3 TP P16 and PP p P 40 printing command Brief introduction TPUP AT is a new type panel mounting impact dot matrix printer The special features of this printer are small in size light in weight easy to operate and connect It has high quality and beautiful appearance It can be used in wide range of applications particularly it is very easy to mount on the instrument panel and make it one integrated mass Characteristics UP AT has the following features beside the features high quality and easy to operate It has mechanism for easy paper loading Easy to cut paper with the new type metal cutter Paper end detect Built in level 1 amp 2 GB 2312 1980 Chinese character fonts Can use low level signal to initialize the printer Power supply adapter DC5V 2 0A average It is compatible with the TPUP A panel mounting mini printer Chapter 1 Installation Unpackingeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeereeeeeseeeereeeereeserereeeereeseneeeeneeseneeeeeereeee 5 Install the printer eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereereeeereeseeeeeeeeeeeeseoeeseneesereeseeneee 7 Install the ribbon cassetteeseseeseeeseesesessessesseseesessessessecseseeee Loading papercssrs rsssrrsssessesessesessessasensessnsessnsensessssesseseseeeee 3 Test the printer eeeeeeeeeeeereeeere
6. TPUP AT series are shown as bellow TPUP AT16 EPSON ERC 05 TPUP AT40 EPSON ERC 09 TPUP AT24 EPSON ERC 09 or ERC 22 If it is needed to replace the ribbon cassette refer to install the ribbon cassette in chapter 1 Troubleshooting The printer can t print Make sure the printer is connected to the power supply properly The indicator is whether light or not and make sure the printer is online Make sure the printer is connected to the computer properly Try to use the self test if the printer still can not print If the self test list is correct the malfunction may be caused by the computer software or the interface cable Contact the vender if the self test is abnormal Print out is unclear or asymmetric Check whether the ribbon cassette is installed correctly or not Refer to the chapter 1 The ribbon cassette may be too old replace it with a new one If the print out is fragmentary the printer head error may happen Please contact your vender Don t try to replace the printer head by yourself 43 Printer stop printing It may run out of the paper Paper jam may occur Maybe the ribbon is jammed The indicator turn red It indicates no paper It is needed to replace a new paper scroll Refer to the chapter 1 Don t connect to the power supply if leave the printer unused for a long time Check whether wastepaper is stick to the mechanism head or nor if so clean it when you
7. CII 5 ESC V n Decimal H 27 86 n Hexadecimal A 1B 56 n Explanation The height of character or graphics will be n times higher than normal one The value of n should range in 1 4 the default value is n 1 that is normal height without enlarging This command should issue at the beginning of a line For observing the enlarging effect please use following BASIC program 10 FOR I 1 TO 3 From 1 to 3 times 20 LPRINT CHR 27 V CHR 1 ESC V command 43 30 LPRINT TP Print string 40 NEXT I The printout of running the program in TP UP AT printer is shown below I IP TP Note This command is active just after issuing ESC W SOH n 1 command ESC W Enlarge width amp height Format ASCII ESC W n Decimal 27 87 n Hexadecimal 1B SE h Explanation The printing width and height will be n times bigger than normal one The value of n should range among 1 to 4 The default value is n 1 that is normal width and height without enlarging For observing the enlarging effect of ESC W command please run following BASIC program 10 FOR I 1 TO 3 From 1 to 3 times 20 LPRINT CHR 27 W CHRS 1 ESC W command 30 LPRINT TP Print string 40 NEXT I The printout of running the program in TP UP AT printer is shown below TP TP TP ESC Turn underline on off Format ASCII ESC n Decimal 27 45 n Hexadecimal 1B 2D n 42 Explanation Underline is turned on if n 1 and turned off if n 0
8. D OE m nl n2 n6 mn OD m nl n2 enm Se 02 En En En n De De m Rep the ect character set n n 01 arge width n times n 1 4 arge height n times n 1 4 arge width amp height n times 4 ine the line length to n dots ine he character code by nl n6 lace the character n with user defined character n Feed paper to next horizontal tab Ver Res cle Iss 20H Inv Inv Car tical tab jumps n lines tore the font character and an the buffer ue the blank character code hen carriage retune alid alid riage return 06 end command Print character m n times print the bit map with the data nl nm Remark 00 commands is newly increased commands 2 TP P 40 command codes Command codes Format Explanation Hexadecimal Decimal Hexadecimal 50 51 2002 03
9. HIP TP UP AT Panel Printer User Manual The contents of this manual include how to use and operate the UP AT printer Please read this manual carefully before you use the printer then operate the printer step by step as the manual describes The section with the symbol in common use is the notice The section in the pane is most important you should pay attention to it Introduction About Each Chapter Chapter 1 unpacking assemble and test the printer Chapter 2 how to operation the printer Chapter 3 introduces the control commands Other chapters include the troubleshooting function select maintenance and appendix in the end The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice Q Never connect to the AC 220V power supply The symbol in common use in this book Q Warning must do follow it or will cause damage Caution must do carefully insure the printer v work properly Note give you important and useful message Contents Brief introductiop sesseeeseeseeseesseesseeeseeeeeeseescesoeesoeesosesosesesoessoe 4 Chapter 1 Installationcs ss sessesessesseseseesescensesensesensesene 5 Chapter 2 Operation eeeeeeeeeeeereeeereeeeereeeereesereeeeeeeeeeseesesene 18 Chapter 3 Printing control CommMands rr r 7 0 23 Chapter 4 Daily maintenancer s r rs reesseserseseeeeseeseseonensees 43 Chapter 5 Specificationseeeeeeeeeeeeereereeeereeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeesene 45 Chapter 6
10. MP mode Keep pushing the button SEL then connect the printer to the power supply the printer will enter the HEX DUMP mode 3 Button LF When the printer is offline push the button LF the printer will feed paper Push button LF again the printer will stop feeding 4 Self test mode After connect to the power supply if the indicator is green push the button SEL to turn off it Push button LF then push button SEL immediately the printer will enter the self test mode Exit the self test mode 1 After print out the self test list completely the printer will exit the self test mode automatically 2 Push button SEL the printer will exit the self test mode when printer printing the self test list JUMP functions UP AT has four JUMP they mark respectively with J1 J2 J3 J7 and you can realize some functions by setting them JUMP icon JUMP state Function Select ESC commands Not insert the short circuit Jl piece Insert the short circuit piece Select UP commands Not insert the short circuit Select ASCII characters piece printing mode Select Chinese characters printing mode J2 Insert the short circuit piece 42 B Not insert the short circuit Select printing by the piece contrary direction Insert the short circuit piece Select pimtng by ane normal direction Insert the short circuit piece Select the 12 X 12 Chinese y between PIN1 and PIN2 character font Insert the shor
11. OmmMands gt sss sssesssessseesssssssssssssssssscsssssssssesssesens 22 Select printing directijop eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseseee 22 Select Chinese characters printing mode 22 Select the Chinese character 50 11 Re eee 40 Panel operation Indicator and buttons The panel of TPUP AT has an indicator and two buttons respectively mark with SWL LF 4 Indicates J 14 SEL bution LP teste Figure 12 1 Indicator N o o o When the indicator turn red indicates printer is offline with no paper or printer detect the black mark Indicator turn green indicates printer is online When the indicator turn orange indicates the printer is online with no paper Indicator turn off indicates the printer is offline or printer is busy Button SEL 1 Online offline state The printer enters online state automatically after connect to the power supply or exit the self test mode The indicator turn green Push the button SEL the indicator turn off the printer go into the offline state Push the button SEL again the indicator turn green printer is online again Notice The printer will not receipt the data when it is offline 41 2 How to pause when printer is printing Push the button SEL when the printer is printing the printer will pause and enter the offline mode after it print the previous row The printer will continual to print the rest when push the button SEL again 3 Enter the HEX DU
12. beginning side of next page Formatting Commands ESC C Set page length Format ASCII ESC C n Decimal 27 67 n Hexadecimal 1B 43 n Explanation Set page length with n character lines The value of n should be in the range 0 255 The page length will be defined as 256 lines if n 0 The default value is n 40 ESC N Set bottom margin Format ASCH ESC N n Decimal 27 78 n Hexadecimal 1B 4E n Explanation Set bottom margin into n lines The value of n should be in 0 255 The default value is n 0 The bottom margin means the numbers of space lines from the last printable line on one page to the first printable line of next page For instance if set bottom margin is 3 lines then issue the following code sequence ASCI ESC N ETX Decimal 27 738 3 Hexadecimal 1B 4E 03 The BASIC program sending above code sequence is below PRINT CHR 27 N CHR 3 ESC O Cancel bottom margin Format ASCH ESC O Decimal 27 79 Hexadecimal 1B 4F Explanation Set bottom margin to 0 line It means that printer will prints one by one line without space lines between two continual pages 42 ESCB Set vertical tabs Format ASCII ESC B onl n2 n3_ NUL Decimal g 27 66 nl n2 mB 0 Hexadecimal 1B 42 nl n BD 00 Explanation The vertical tab position is defined as nl n2 and etc All its values must be limited to the range of page length set by ESC C command The character NUL added at last indicates the end of
13. d diene 2833 icar 28 38 1C 26 FS amp Enter Chinese characters ESC mal n2 nk CR printing mode 28 46 1C 2E FS Exit Chinese characters fice eel printing mode Turn Hexadecimal Dump 10 11 12 13 14 20 Printing on off 27 45 1B 2D ESC n Turn underline on off 127 DEL Delete the last character Set page length Print and n dot lines feed 50 51 Appendix 3 mini printer commands of TP P 16 and TP u P 40 1 TP p P 16 command codes Explanation Command codes Format Hexadecimal Decimal Hexadecimal 00 0 00 n 01 1 01 02 2 02 03 3 03 04 4 04 05 5 05 06 6 06 m nl n2 n6 OD 07 7 07 m nl n2 nm oD 08 8 08 09 9 09 n OA 0 OA 0B 1 0B 0c 2 0c 0D 3 oD 0E 4 0E n OF 5 OF m nl n2 nm OD Select character set 1 or 2 n 01 02 rint all the user defined characters rint 2 blank rint 3 blank rint 4 blank rint 5 blank Define the character code m by nl n6 OD indicate he end Print mcurving graph lines in he position nl nm Select the list printing mode Define the line length to n dots Carriage return Print 11 blank Print 12 blank Carriage return end the command Print the character before OE n times print the bit map with the data nl nm 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OA 0B 0C OD OE OF 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OA OB 0C O
14. d sae T2 Ground 20 Ground 7777 14 Ground 21 Ground 7777 16 Ground 22 Ground TF 18 Ground 23 Ground 20 Ground 24 Ground 7 22 Ground 25 Ground 7 24 Ground 2 Connect the printer to the J4 jack in the printer control board with the 26 pin interface cable 3 Then connect the cable to the computer The pin assignment of the parallel port is shown in Table as bellow Computer 25 pin Dire UP AT Description plug ctio n 1 Strobe pulse ais Strobe pulse 2 Data bit 0 ah 3 Data bit 0 3 Data bit 1 SSS Data bit 1 4 Data bit 2 TEAMAJ Data bit 2 5 Data bit 3 rerig Data bit 3 6 Data bit 4 u Data bit 4 7 Data bits eae Data bit 5 8 Data bit6 amp 15 Data bit 6 9 Data bit7 aA Data bit 7 10 To confirm aa T9 Confirmed pulse 11 Busy 21 Busy High level indicate Busy 12 No paper 54 23 No paper High level indicate no paper 13 To select 4 25 To select Pull up to HIGH level indicate online 14 NC 16 Timing chart for the parallel connection is as figure 11 Figure 11 17 Chapter 2 Operation Panel operationeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeesereesereesereeseeseeeeeeeesseneeseneeseseree O Initialize the printer eeeeeeeeeeereeeereesereeseereeeereeeeseoeesereeseeeeseeneeseneeesneneeseneesenee 2 Select the character seteeeseseeeeeereeeeeeeeecceceeeceeccoeceecccoosoeecsoeee 2 User defined characters eseseseseeeseeseseeeeeeeeseseeeseesescsseesesceeee 2 Select the C
15. e on from the paper exit on the top of printing mechanism Push the button SEL to stop feeding Lay down the mechanism head Push back the mechanism head to the position shown by the label affixed to the mechanism head and then lock the mechanism head Close the frontal cover 23 Please loading paper as the steps described above Make sure push the mechanism back to the exact position shown by the label 14 Test the printer After install the printer completely you should use the self test function to check the printer before you use it Self test method In the state that the printer has connect with the power supply if the indicator is green push button SEL turn off the light push button LF then push button SEL immediately the printer will enter self test mode Self test will print out all the valid characters in the character sets The self test list is shown as bellow If the self test list is incorrect it need to check the printer and confirm the power supply is specified or not 15 Connect to the computer Parallel interface The steps connect to the computer is described as bellow 1 Make sure you have turned off the printer and the computer 5 Error 4 Error Pull up to HIGH level indicate on error 6 Initialize the 6 Initialize the Low level indicate printer printer initialize the printer 7 NC 8 Ground 7 10 Ground 9 Groun
16. eeereeeeeeeeeeereeesereesereeseneeseeeeeesee 5 Connect to the COMPU Ersessrerrreerrrerereessecsercseseesesesesensesosseoee 16 Unpacking Checking the parts Make sure no parts are missing or damaged when you unpack the box Parts list 1 Connected cable 2 Fastness frame 3 Screws 3 X 25mm four 4 Manual a Power supply line 6 Paper scroll Fastness frame cable power supply line Figure 1 Install the printer Install the printer to the proper position Before you install the printer you should consider the following Set the printer near the control machine so that the cable can connect properly The thickness of the installation panel should be in the range 1 0 10 0mm Too thick or too thin will cause ricketiness e Make room for examine and repair the printer Don t put it in the sun or in the place too hot moist or dusty Don t connect the printer computer system with other high power machine in the same circuit e Make sure the printer apart from the interferential source It is a preferable installation sketch map is shown as bellow Figure 2 Confirm the installation size TPUP AT printer overall dimension is show as below in order to install the printer in the vertical panel of the machine according to the configuration Figure 3 it is needed to open a hole on vertical panel on the apparatus or devices 57 0 10mm 103 0 10mm Figure 3 Figure 4 Installatio
17. efault is n 1 User Defined Character Commands ESC amp Define user defined character Format ASCII i ESC amp m nl n n6 Decimal p 27 38 m nl m n6 Hexadecimal A 1B 26 m nl n2 n6 Explanation The command allows user to define a user defined character The parameter m is the code of this character The value of the code ranges among 32 and 255 Parameter n1 n2 n6 are the structure code of the character The character is composed of 6X8 dot matrix that is 6 dot columns by 8 dot lines One byte of the data corresponds to one column of the character The MSB of the byte is at top of the column Refer to following structure 43 User defined characters are stored in RAM but they will be lost when power off If several ESC amp commands used the identical value of the m only the last m would be available The number of the user defined character is able up to 32 Please refer to ESC and ESC commands ESC Replace with user defined character Format ASCII ESC ml nl m n2 mk nk NUL Decimal 27 37 ml nl m2 n2 mk nk 0 Hexadecimal 1B 25 ml nl m2 n2 mk nk 00 Explanation This command can replace the character n of current fonts with user defined character m the user defined character m will be printed after issuing the command which is substitute for the character n in current fonts m1 m2 mk are codes of user defined character nl n2 nk are codes of characters in current fonts and will be replaced
18. f the ribbon cassette narrow end then lift the right end and take out the cassette Figure 7 Put the left end of the new cassette slightly on the axle Meanwhile keep the left end little higher than the left Figure 8 If find the right end has not fallen to the axle completely please press the knob of the cassette and make it slowly turned clockwise as shown by the arrow You can press down the left end of the cassette only after lay the right end down to the axle deep enough Now check the ribbon if or not it is tight and keeps on the inside of the cassette Turn the knob clockwise again when find the ribbon on the outside of the cassette 5 Push back the mechanism head and lock it 23 6 Finally close the cover of the printer Please replace the ribbon as the steps described above Loading paper The steps of loading paper is described as follows 1 2 3 Unlock the frontal cover and open it Push the button on the top right corner to release the mechanism head Lift the mechanism slightly Figure 9 Take out the paper scroll Put the new paper scroll to the paper roller then insert it by the direction shown as figure 10 to the track Connect to the power supply Push the SEL button let the printer in offline state SEL indicator is off Push button LF let the printer into feeding paper state 22 11 12 13 Put the paper edge to the entry let it enter the mechanism head Let the paper com
19. fer to command ESC 6 SO Select double width printing Format ASCII SO Decimal 14 Hexadecimal R 0E Explanation All characters will be printed with double width as normal one in the current line after issuing the command Carriage Return or DC4 commands can terminate SO command However normal and width enlarging characters can be mixed in the same line DC4 Cancel double width printing Format ASCII DC4 Decimal B 20 Hexadecimal 14 Explanation Cancel the double width printing in one line selected by SO command This command does not cancel enlarging mode selected by ESC U and ESC W commands ESCI Turn reverse printing on off Format ASCI ESC i n Decimal 27 105 n Hexadecimal 1B 69 n Explanation 42 If n 1 then turn on the reverse printing If n 0 turn off it Reverse printing is white on black as in a photographic negative Normal printing is black in white It is selected when power on or issue ESC command The BASIC program for reverse printing is as follows 10 LPRINT CHR 27 i CHR 1 Turn reverse printing on 20 LPRINT ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO The printout of running the program in TP UP AT printer is shown below ADULTE FGHUKLMNU ESC c Turn inverse printing on off Format ASCII ESC c n Decimal 27 99 n Hexadecimal 1B 63 n Explanation If n 1 then turn inverse printing on If n 0 turn it off Reverse printing is usual in wall mounted printer so that the printout is easy to read The d
20. h byte This number W represents the width of a graphic W should be in the range 1 to the maximum number of dots per line which varies with the model of printer used This command prints graphics with W X 8 dot matrix The width of such graphics is W dot and the height is 8 dots Each column has 8 dots and can be represented by a byte 8 bits The MSB of the byte corresponds to the uppermost dot of the column 1 black 0 white The data are the bytes of relative columns in the graphics The number of bytes should equal W Example To print the special graphics shown below ESC K command is used This example is 43 16X16 dot matrix 16 columns and 16 rows and should be divided into two parts upper amp lower for printing The line spacing should be set 0 by using the command ESC 1 n So nl 16 and n2 0 that is W 16 for each 8 rows There are all together 32 bytes of data The data in hexadecimal are 07 18 20 40 40 98 90 91 91 9E 40 40 20 18 07 00 CO 30 08 04 04 72 92 12 12 32 04 04 08 30 CO 00 notice that if the TP uP AT is set in non inverse printing mode by using command ESC c NUL hexadecimal 1B 63 00 data sequence is shown above the data is sent beginning from the most upper 8 rows of the graphic Otherwise in inverse printing data is sent beginning from the lower 8 rows Data sequence of this example changes to CO 30 08 04 72 92 12 12 32 04 04 08 30 CO 00 07 18 20 40
21. he maximum number of dots per line See Section 1 7 In a horizontal dot line there are m intersections of m curving graph lines The value nl n2 nk represent the position of these m intersections The number of nk must equal m Each nk must fall within the maximum number of dots per line The last CR Carriage Return lets printed out with respective nk values m curves will appear in the printout Example To print out graph lines of the five equations Y1 50 40 EXP 0 01 X SIN X 10 43 Y2 50 40 EXP 0 01 X SIN X 10 Y3 50 Y4 50 40 EXP 0 01 X Y5 50 40 EXP 0 01 X Program with BASIC language as below 10 FOR X 0 TO 150 print 150 dot lines 20 Y INT 40 EXP 0 01 X 30 YY INT Y SIN X 10 40 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 39 CHRS 5 ESC command m 5 50 LPRINT CHR 50 Y Y CHR 50 Y Y CHR 50 60 LPRINT CHR 50 Y CHR 50 Y CHR 13 70 NEXT X Printout on TP uP A Initialization commands ESC Initialize printer Format ASCII ESC Decimal 27 64 Hexadecimal i 1B 40 Explanation Reset printer to clear print buffer 42 restore default values select Font 1 de select user defined characters Data control commands CR Carriage Return Format ASCII CR Decimal 13 Hexadecimal 0D Explanation When a Carriage Return is sent to the printer any data in the buffer is printed and paper is fed one line CAN Cancel line Format ASCII CAN Decimal 24 Hexadecimal A 18 Explanation This com
22. his command All the setting base on ESC D can be cancel by the form ESC D NUL of this command HT command executes the horizontal tab For example set three positions of horizontal tab separately in column 2 9 and 14 You can send following command ASCII ESC D STS HT SO NUL Decimal i 27 68 2 9 14 O Hexadecimal i 1B 44 02 09 OE 00 Its BASIC program is 10 LPRINT 1234567890123456 Scalar 20 LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 2 CHR 9 CHR 14 CHR 0 ESC D command Explanation Feed paper to the position of the next vertical tab set by ESC D If no horizontal tab setting before or if the current position equals or exceeds the last position of horizontal tab HT command will be no action 30 LPRINT CHR 9 HT command 40 LPRINT HT1 Print string 50 LPRINT CHR 9 HT command 60 LPRINT HT2 Print string 70 LPRINT CHR 9 HT command 80 LPRINT HT3 Print string The printout of running this program in TP UP AT is as follows HT1 HT2 HT3 12345678901 23456 HT Horizontal tab Format ASCI HT Decimal 9 Hexadecimal 09 42 ESC f Print blank character or lines Format ASCII ESC fm n Decimal 27 102 m n Hexadecimal i 1B 66 m n Explanation If m 0 ESC f NUL n command prints n blank characters The value of n should be in the range of printing width specified by the model of printer refer to chapter 5 If m 1 ESC f SOH n command prints n blank lines The value of n should range among 0 a
23. hown as the illustration one is 12x12 dot matrix the other is 15x16 dot matrix You can select the Chinese character font by setting J7 It will select the 12x12 dot matrix font by short circuit the PIN1 and PIN2 It will select the 15x16 dot matrix font by short circuit the PIN2 123456 and PIN3 MSB a LSB 02H 40H User defined characters save in the RAM it will vanish after disconnect to the power supply Select the commands TP UP AT16P and TP UP AT40P both provide the ESC commands and compatible commands You can choose the commands by setting the J1 Insert the short circuit piece select the compatible commands or the ESC commands will be selected The ESC commands had been selected at ex factory Refer to the appendix 2 As the TP UP AT24 it just has the ESC commands Select printing direction TP UP AT16P and TP UP AT40P both have two printing directions You can select the printing direction by setting the J3 Insert the short circuit piece select the normal printing direction or the contrary direction will be selected Select Chinese characters printing mode TP UP AT16P and TP UP AT40P both have two characters printing modes one is the ASCII characters printing mode the other is the Chinese characters printing mode You can select the characters printing mode by setting the J2 Insert the short circuit piece select the Ch
24. ine Feed Format ASCII 4 LF Decimal 10 Hexadecimal 0A Explanation 42 Print data of current line in buffer and feed one line Only feed one line if data buffer is empty ESC J Print and n dot lines feed Format ASCII ESC Joon Decimal 27 74 n Hexadecimal 1B 4A n Explanation Print and line feed n dot lines forward The value of n is 1 255 Print the data of buffer if it exists The printer will print the data then feed the paper If the buffer is empty the printer will feed one character line then feed n dot lines The line spacing may be changed after use enlarging character command ESC V or ESC W ESC 1 Set n dot lines spacing Format ASCI ESC 1 n Decimal 27 49 n Hexadecimal 1B 31 n Explanation Set n dot lines spacing for future Line Feed command The v hngtiOrnges between 0 and 255 Usually set n 0 before using ESC K command to print bit map graphics Normally set n 3 at text printing mode Default value is n 3 Example Observe the effect of the command by following BASIC program 10 FOR I 1 TO 11 STEP 2 20 LPRINT CHR 27 1 CHRS I ESC 1 set line spacing 30 LPRINT LINE SPACING CHR 10 Print string and Carriage Return 40 NEXT I A printout of above program on TP AT is below LINE SPACING LINE SPACING LINE SPACING LINE SPACING LINE SPACING LINE SPACING FF Form Feed Format ASCII FF 43 Decimal 12 Hexadecimal 0C Explanation Feed paper to the
25. inese characters printing mode or the ASCII characters printing mode will be selected The ASCII characters printing mode had been selected at ex factory Select the Chinese character font TP UP ATI6P and TP UP AT40P both have two Chinese character fonts The 42 43 Chapter 3 Printing Control Commands Summary TP UP AT panel mounted impact dot matrix printer provides 40 kinds of printing control commands The commands provide the functions described as following 1 Defining the format 2 Enlarge character printing 3 Printing dot matrix graphics 4 Selecting character set 5 User defined characters 6 Printing Chinese 7 Others Printing control commands includes byte control commands ESC control commands FS control commands ESC control commands begin with the codes ESC and there is other codes follow ESC FS control commands begin with the codes FS and there is other codes follow FS TP UP AT control commands were designed base on the IBM and EPSON printers So the control commands are compatible with most other printers The format of each printing commands is illustrated below Printing Command Format ASCI the sequence in standard ASCII characters Decimal the sequence in decimal numbers Hexadecimal the sequence in hexadecimal numbers Explanation description of the command Example Some examples are listed to illustrate the command for better understanding Paper Feeding Commands LF Print and L
26. mand cancels all text in the print buffer preceding this code back to the previous Carriage Return It does not cancel any control code sequences issued in that line DEL Delete character Format ASCH B DEL Decimal 127 Hexadecimal 7F Explanation The previous character in the buffer is deleted unless that character has already been printed This command will not remove control codes NUL Null Format ASCII NUL Decimal 0 Hexadecimal 00 Explanation NUL is used as the final code in some commands such as ESC B ESC D and ESC NUL command is ignored by printer when used alone Hexadecimal Dump Printing Command 43 ESC Turn Hexadecimal Dump Printing on off Format ASCII 3 ESC n Decimal 2734n Hexadecimal B 1B22n Explanation Hexadecimal Dump print mode is turned on if n 1 and turned off if n 0 If you execute programs or list program in Hexadecimal Dump print mode all data sent from the host computer will be printed out in hexadecimal Example When the following 4 data are sent from the host computer after the command ESC 10 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 34 CHR 1 20 LPRINT CHR 0 CHR 27 A CHR 24 The printout reads 00 1B 41 18 Printing in the Hexadecimal Dump mode is performed only when the printer is in the buffer full state 42 Chapter 4 Daily maintenance Replace ribbon cassette It needs to replace when the print out is too weak The models of the ribbon cassette used by the
27. n method 12 Insert the printer to the hole in front of panel put fastness frame on the printer from the back of it then screw down the screws Considering the installation panel we recommend you use the metal panel thickness should be in the range 1 0 2 0mm plastic panel thickness should be in the range 2 0 10 0mm Too thick or too thin will cause ricketiness Figure 5 Install the printer as the cutline Connect to the power supply The power supply voltage of the TPUP AT should be in the range SV 0 25V DC the current is about 2 0A 13 TPUP AT provides a power supply line with polarity protection mechanism It can connect directly to the TPUP AT J5 jack in the printer control board The power supply line has two lines the red one should connect to the positive polarity the white one should connect to the negative polarity Don t connect to the wrong polarity The voltage of the power supply must be in the permissive range Or the permanent damage will occur Install the ribbon cassette The printer has a ribbon cassette loaded at ex factory but cassette needs to replace since it has been used for a period of time If you prepare to replace the cassette you can do as the following steps l Make sure power off the printer 2 Unlock the frontal cover and open it 3 Push the button on the top right corner to release the mechanism head Figure 6 22 4 Lift the left end o
28. nd 255 For instance Print 6 blank characters in one line you can send following command ASCII ESC f NUL ACK Decimal a 27 102 0 6 Hexadecimal 1B 66 00 06 Another instance is printing 6 blank lines You can send the follows ASCII ESC f SOH ACK Decimal 27 102 1 6 Hexadecimal J 1B 66 01 06 ESC Q Set right margin Format ASCH ESC Q n Decimal i 27 8l n Hexadecimal i 1B 51 n Explanation The value of n should be in 0 to the range of printing width specified by the model of printer Seeing at chapter 5 The default value is n 0 that is no right margin The position is absolutely set by this command so it is not affected by ESC U and ESC W character enlarge commands If reach to the right margin set by the command printer would add Carriage Return and Line Feed automatically For example to set right margin into 6 you can send following command ASCI ESC Q ACK Decimal 27 81 6 Hexadecimal 1B 51 06 43 The BASIC program for the above example is shown as follows 10 LPRINT 123456789012345678901234 20 LPRINT CHR 27 Q CHR 6 ESC Q command 30 LPRINT 12345678901234567890 1234567890 1234567890 The printout of running the program in TP UP AT printer is shown below 7890 901234567890123456 123456789012345678 123456789012345678901234 ESC 1 Set left margin Format ASCII ESC I n Decimal F 27 108 n Hexadecimal 1B 6C n Explanation The value of n should be in 0 to the range of printing wid
29. o paper orange online no paper off offline Model and its parameters Model Characters line Character size Density l Speed 5X7 mm dots line lines second UP AT16 16 1 8X2 5 96 1 0 UP AT24 24 1 7X2 4 144 17 UP AT40 40 1 1X2 4 240 0 4 45 Paper scroll Paper width 44 5 0 5mm only TPUP AT 16 57 5 0 5 mm except TPUP AT16 Paper thickness 53 64g m Outside diameter 40mm max Inside diameter 8 5mm min Ribbon cassette TPUP AT16 EPSON ERC 05 TPUP AT40 EPSON ERC 09 TPUP AT24 EPSON ERC 09 or ERC 22 Overall dimension 112mm w X 65mm h X 88mm d Weight about 350g exclude the paper scroll Power supply DC 5V 5 average current 2 0A peak value 3A Under condition Temperature 0 40 C Relative humidity 0 80 46 DOMS L SE Chapter 6 Parts list Connected cable Fastness frame Screws 3 X 25mm four Manual Power supply cable Paper scroll 47 Appendix 1 The valid character codes The number of the valid character codes is from 00H to OFFH The section ooH 1FH is used for command codes the section 20H OFFH is used for character codes The character codes are made up of two character sets Each character set is from 20H to OFFH p274 387 a aney 4TEPoe sl If SFLATEKS 1 4PFLI1 1 ted Poa et th sl 5FRa 70 48 49 Appendix 2 Printing command codes EA o aed aera EA E BEN 27 37 1B 25 ESC m1 n1 mk nk NUL Replace with user define
30. t circuit piece Select the 15 X 16 Chinese between PIN2 and PIN3 character font Explanation PIN1 of J7 is near the white cirque the functions explanation of JUMP you can refer to the specified chapter in this manual Initialize the printer The contents of initialization including Select the default value of the command codes including 1 line space 3 dot lines 2 Page length 40 character lines 3 Original length 4 The vertical table and horizontal table values are 0 5 The left width and right width are limited within 0 6 The multiple of the characters and graphics will be zoomed in is 1 Four methods initialize the printer 1 Make use of the software Send the command ESC to the printer from the computer realize the initialization 2 Realize the initialization by self test 3 Connect to the power supply to initialize the printer 4 Initialize the printer by the initialization cable of the parallel interface Select the character set There are two character sets built in the TPUP AT Character set 1 will be selected after the printer is initialized or connect to the power supply Character set 2 will be selected after the printer receives the command ESC 7 The character codes of character set 1 and character set 2 you can refer to the appendix 1 User defined characters Characters compose of the 6X8 dot matrix Per column make up of one byte 43 data The highest bit is on the top S
31. th specified by the model of printer The default value is n 0 that is no left margin The position is absolutely set by this command so it is not affected by ESC U and ESC W character enlarge commands For instance to set left margin into 6 you can send following command ASCII ESC 1 ACK Decimal 2T 108 6 Hexadecimal 1B 6C 06 The BASIC program for the above example is shown below 10 LPRINT 123456789012345678901234 Scalar 20 LPRINT CHR 27 1 CHR 6 ESC command 30 LPRINT 12345678901234567890 1234567890 1234567890 The printout of running the program in TP UP PN printer is shown below 7890 901234567890123456 123456789012345678 123456789012345678901234 42 Character Setting Commands ESC U Enlarge width Format ASCII A ESC U n Decimal 27 85n Hexadecimal 1B 55 n Explanation The width of character or graphics will be n times wider than normal one The value of n should range in 1 4 The default value is n 1 that is normal width without enlarging For observing the enlarging effect of ESC U command please run following BASIC program 10 FOR I 1 TO 3 From 1 to 3 times 20 LPRINT CHR 27 U CHR 1 ESC U command 30 LPRINT TP Print string 40 NEXT I 50 LPRINT CHR 13 CR command The printout of running the program in TP UP AT printer is shown below PTPTPR Note This command is active just after issuing ESC W SOH n 1 command ESC V Enlarge height Format AS
32. the command All the vertical tab position can be canceled by ESC B NUL command VT command executes the vertical tab and feed paper to the position of next vertical tab For example set three positions of vertical tab separately in line 2 5 and 8 You can send following command ASCII ESC B STX ENQ BS NUL Decimal 2 66 2 5 8 0 Hexadecimal 1B 42 02 05 08 00 Its BASIC program is 10 LPRINT CHR 27 B CHR 2 CHR 5 CHR 8 CHR 0 ESC B command 20 LPRINT CHR 11 VT command 30 LPRINT VTAB1 Print string 40 LPRINT CHR 11 VT command 50 LPRINT VTAB2 Print string 60 LPRINT CHR 11 VT command 70 LPRINT VTAB3 print string The printout running this program in TP UP AT is as follows VTAB3 VTAB2 VTABI VT Vertical tab Format ASCI VT Decimal 11 Hexadecimal 0B Explanation Feed paper to the position of the next vertical tab set by ESC B Note if no vertical tab setting before or the current position equals or exceeds the last position of vertical tab VT command only feeds paper one line same as LF command 43 ESC D Set horizontal tabs Format ASCII ESC D onl n n3_ NUL Decimal 27 68 nl n2 B 0 Hexadecimal 1B 44 nl n2 3B 00 Explanation The horizontal tab position is defined as nl n2 and etc All its values must be limited to the range of printing width based on the model of printer refer to chapter 5 The character NUL added at last indicates the end of t
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