TVS electronic RP-3180 User's Manual
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1. _ bmp file information Normal C Double width width lt 576 bit must be less than 576 x Double ft gt 2304 The height C hei C Quadrupl a hould be in multiple of 8 height Uso me i 2 i should be in multiple o height lt 2304 bit bits in bmp file Monochrome Bmp file size Note The imageswill be savedinto the flash memory of printer Any new downloadoperation will overwritethe former image Please use RP 3180 printer driverto set theimage printing mode RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 30 10 2 Setting Printer Properties The printer driver software can be found from CD disk packaged with printer 1 Install the printer driver software The printer driver should be installed according to following steps Goto Printersand Faxes folder click Add aprinter Click next accordingto the direction of installation Click have disk to find amp open inffile of printer driver See Pic 10 2 1 And then startto install the printer software See Pic 10 2 2 Add Printer Wizard Install Printer Software The manufacturer and model determine which printer software to use Install From Disk ae Locate File Look in TVS Printer RP 3180 osem Tvsthermalgo File name TVSThermaiso ooo Files of type Set Pic 10 2 1 Add Printer Wizard Install Printer Software The manufacturer and model determine which printer software to use In2. MANUAL REVISION V8 1 RP 3180 MINI Thermal Printer USER S MANUAL TVS Electronics Limited NOTICE You must use the supplied adapter only It is dangerous to useother adapters Make sure the printer power is off before plug or unplugthe cable if BS CS x Avoid external impact when 8 operating do notfall the printer a down and avoid vigorously impact Please don t place theprinterin g humidity or dusty space excessived g e humidity and dustmay damage it 2 Do not plugor unplug with your hands wet You can beelectrocuted Do not putfoods or drinkson the IJD printer in case thatsplash into d the printer OK Avoid magnetic objects near the printer The print headhas a hightemperature after work Pleasedon t touch the G4 print head ortouch the motor shell DP s Y he N y in case scalded Don t use tweezers knife screwdriver or other hard objects touch the heating piece for the heating piece willbe hurt eternally gt OD O Do not putprinter on unstable surface Y INTRODUCTION The RP 3180 Thermal Printeris designed foruse with electronicinstruments such as system ECR POS banking equipment computer peripheral equipment etc The main features of the printer are as follows 1 High speed printing 180mm persecond max Low noisethermal printing RS 232 Parallel USB in
3. NOTE Be sure touse paper rollsthat meet the specifications Do not use paperrolls that havethe paper gluedto the core because the printer cannot detect the paper endcorrectly NOTE Do not openthe print cover while the printeris operating This may damagethe printer NOTE When closing thecover press the centerof printer cover firmly to preventpaper miss loading RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 05 Make surethat the printeris not receiving data otherwise datamay be lost 3 2 Removing Jammed Paper 1 Turn the printer off and pressthe cover openbutton 2 Remove jammed paper reinstall the roll and close the cover 3 If paperis caught inthe cutter andyou cannot openthe printer cover open the cutter coveras shown inA 4 Open the cutter cover 5 Turn the knob as shown inB Until the cutter blade tothe normal position 6 Close the cutter cover 7 Open the printer cover andremove the jammed paper NOTE Do not touchthe print head because it canbe very hotafter printing 3 3 Cleaning the Print Head Turn off the printer open the paperroll cover and cleanthe thermal elements of the printhead with acotton swab moistenedwith an alcoholsolvent ethanol methanol orlPA Recommends cleaning thethermal head periodically generally every 3 months to maintainreceipt print quality NOTE After printing the print head canbe very hot Be careful notto touch it andt
4. e If n isoutside of the specified range the printer stops command processing and processes the following dataas normal data In standard mode e If disoutside of the specified range the printer only feeds paper and processes the following data asnormal data e If the horizontal size exceeds printing area the printer only feeds the paper e This command feedsas much paperas is requiredto print the bar code regardless ofthe line spacing specified by ESC 2 or ESC 3 e This command is enabled only whenno data existsin the print buffer When data existsin the printbuffer the printer processes the data followingm as normaldata e After printing barcode this command sets the print position to the beginning of theline In page mode e This command develops bar code datain the print buffer but does not print it After processing barcode data thiscommand moves the print positionto the rightside dot ofthe bar code e If disout of the specified range the printer stops command processing and processes the following dataas normal data In this case the data buffer positiondoes not change e If bar code width exceeds the printing area the printer does not print the barcode but movesthe data buffer position to the left side out of theprinting area FS qn xL xH yLyH d1 dk 1 xL xHyL yH d1 dk n FS pnm Name Print NV bitimage Format ASC II FS p m m Hex 1C 70 n m Decimal 28 112n m Range 1 lt n lt 4 0 lt m SB 4
5. 10 Chapter 7 Specification Printing method Dot density Printing width Characters per line Character size Number of characters Print speed Paper feed speed Line spacing default Character structure Paper roll single ply Interface compatible Receive buffer Power supply Life MTBF MCBF Temperature Humidity Overall dimensions Weight mass Thermal line printing 203 dpixX 203 dpi 8X8 dots mm 72mm 2 83 576 dot positions 48 default or 72 1 25 X 3 00 mm Alphanumeric characters 95 Approx 150 mm s 5 9 s max 47 2 ps max 3 18 mm 1 8 feed 35 5lps max 4 23 mm 1 6 feed at24 V 28 C 82 F densitylevel 1 Speed is adjusted automatically depending onthe voltage applied andheadtemperature Approx 180 mm s continuous paper feed 4 23 mm 1 6 12x24o0r 9x17 Size Width 79 6mm 0 5 mm 3 13 0 02 Maximum outside diameter 83 mm 3 26 Paper roll spool diameter Inside 12 mm 0 47 Outside 18 mm 0 71 RS 232C Bi directional parallel USB OPTION 28KB 24 VDC 10 Mechanism 15 000 000 lines Thermal head 100 million pulses 100km Autocutter 1 500 000 cuts 360 000 hours 52 000 000 lines Operating 5C 45 C 41 F 113 F Storage 10 C 50 C 14 F 122 except for paper Operating 10 to90 RH Storage 10 to90 RH exceptfor paper 145 W X192 D X142 H mm Approximately 2kg RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 11 Chapter 8 PR
6. all characters e When some charactersin a line are double or more height allthe characters on theline are alignedat the baseline e GS can also selectcharacter size However the setting of the last received command iseffective e Emphasized mode iseffective for alphanumericand Kanji All print modes except emphasized mode is effective only for alphanumeric N 0 GS n2 d1 dk Select bit image mode ASCII ESC m n1 n2 di dk Hex 1B 2A m ni n2 d1 dk Decimal 27 42 m ni n2 d1 dk m 0 1 32 33 0 lt n1 lt 255 0 lt n2 lt 3 0 lt d lt 255 Selects a bit image mode using mfor the numberof dots specified by n1 n2 x 256 Set a bitto 1 to print a dot or set abit to Oto not print a dot d indicates the bit image data The modes selectable by m are asfollows Vertical Direction Horizontal Direction Number Dot Density Dot Density Number of Data of pots i i K Mode 1 32 24 dot single density ni n2x256 ni n2x 256 ni n2x 256 x3 8 dot single density 8 dot double density a E 33 24 dot double density n1 n2x 256 x3 dpi dots per25 4 mm 1 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 14 Details e If the values of m is out of the specified range n1 and data following are processedas normal data e The n1 andn2 indicate thenumber of dotsof the bitimage in the horizontal direction The number ofdots is calculatedby n
7. and horizontaldirections are basedon the character orientation e When characters areenlarged with differentsizes on oneline all the characters onthe line is aligned at the baseline e The ESC command can alsoturn double width and double height modes on oroff However the setting ofthe last received command is effective Default n 0 See Also ESC RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 22 GS n1 n2 d1 d n1x n2 x 8 Name Format Range Description Define downloaded bitimage ASCII GS pil n2 d1 d n1x n2 x8 Hex 1D 2A ni n2 d1 d n1x n2 x8 Decimal 29 42 ni n2 d1 d n1x n2 x8 1 lt n1 lt 255 1 lt n2 lt 48 n1 x n2 lt 1536 0 lt d lt 255 Defines a downloaded bit image usingthe number of dots specified by n1 and n2 n1 specifies thenumber of dotsin the horizontaldirection n2 specifies thenumber of dotsin the vertical direction e Details e The number ofdots in the horizontal direction isn1 x 8 in the vertical direction itis n2 x8 e f n1 xn2 is outof the specifiedrange this commandis disabled e The d indicates bit image data Data d specifies abit printed to 1 and not printedto 0 e The downloaded bitimage definition iscleared when 1 ESC is executed 2 Printer isreset or the power is turned off e The following figure shows the relationship between the downloaded bit imageand the printed data n1 x8 dost dn2 2 14 MSB dn2 2 1 n2x8dost Po
8. eeeee 5 3 2 Removing Jammed Pape cccec cece e cece ee i 6 3 3 Cleaning the Print Head cecccec cee eeeeeeeeeeeneeanneeeneeeee 6 Chapter 4 The selftest 0 00 00 cece e eerren 7 Chapter 5 Hexadecimal Dumping annee 7 Chapter 6 DIP Switch Functions 8 Chapter 7 Interface 000 cce ec cee crete neetenteesn neti nee 9 Chapter 8 Specification 0 0 0 0 cece reer r irere erener 11 Chapter 9 PRINT CONTROL COMMAND l 12 9 1 Command Liste cass a aidai iia ARAA 12 9 2 Descriptions OF Each Hem oo ccc cece cce ee eeeeeneteneeeeaieeeeneeeens 13 923 Control Command Serier iE ai EE AR E E 13 Chapter 10 Printer Driver 1 29 10 1 How touse Logo Download Tool ssseeeeererrererrrer rn 30 10 2 Setting Printer Properties occ cece eeee ee eeeeeeeeenneeee nee 32 Chapter 1 Setting up the Printer 1 1 Unpacking Your printer box shouldinclude these items If any items are damaged or missing please contactyour dealer forassistance Roll paper Operator s Manual AC Adapter Power cord 1 2 Installing the printer Avoid locationsin direct sunlightor subject to excessive heat Avoid using or storing the printer in places subject to excessive moisture Do not useor store the printer in adusty or dirtyarea Avoid places subject to intense vibrationor shock Choose a stableand flat place for proper useof the printer Make sure thatthere is enoughspace around theprinter so thatit can be
9. it e When n 0 the printerfeeds the paperto cutting position n x vertical motion unit and cuts it e The paper feedamount is calculated using the vertical motion unit y However the valuecannot be lessthan the minimum horizontal movement amount and it mustbe in evenunits of the minimum horizontal movementamount RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 24 GS v Om xL xHyL yH d1 dk Name Format Range Description Details Example Printing of raster bit image ASC II GS v 0 m xL xH yL yH d1 dk Hex 1D 76 30 m xL xH yL yH d1 dk Decimal 29 118 48 m xL xH yL yH d1 dk O lt mK lt 3 48 lt m lt 51 0 lt xL lt 255 0 lt xH lt 255 0 lt yL lt 255 0 lt yH lt 8 0 lt d lt 255 k xL xH x 256 x yL yH x256 however k 0 Prints raster bitimages in mode m Dot Density in Dot Density in m Mode Name Vertical Direction Horizontal Direction ORMAL MODE 203 DPI 203 DPI 1 49 DOUBLE WIDTH MODE 203 DPI 101 DPI 2 50 DOUBLE HEIGHT MODE 101 DPI 203 DPI 3 51 QUADRUPLE SIZE MODE 101 DPI 101 DPI e xL xH specify the number ofdata in horizontal direction of the bit image to xL xHx 256 bytes e yL yH specify the number of data in vertical direction of the bit image to yL yHx 256 bytes e In STANDARD MODE this commandis valid onlywhen there isno print data inthe print buffer e Any of the print modes Character size emphasis double strike invert
10. m n1 n2 m 0 0 lt ni lt 255 0 lt n2 lt 255 The signals specifiedby n1 and n2 are outputto the connector pin specified by m ESC Name Initialize printer Format ASCII ESC Hex 1B 40 Decimal 27 64 Description Clears the datain the printbuffer and resetsthe printer modeto the mode that wasin effect whenthe power wasturned on Details e The data inthe receive bufferis not cleared e The macro definitionis not cleared e The NV bitimage data isnot cleared e The data ofthe NV usermemory is notcleared ESC An Name Set line spacing Format ASCII ESC A n Hex 1B 41 n Decimal 27 65 n Range 0 lt n S255 Description Sets the linespacing to nx vertical orhorizontal motion unit Details e The line spacingcan be setindependently in standardmode and in page mode e In standard mode the vertical motionunit y isused e The maximum paperfeed amount is 1016 mm 40 Even if a paper feed amountof more thani1016 mm 40 isset the printer feeds the paperonly 1016 mm 40 Default Approx 4 23mm 1 6 See Also ESC 2 ESC D Name Select character Double height mode Format ASCII ESC D Hex 1B 44 Decimal 27 68 Description Select character Double height mode RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 16 ESC Hn Name Format Range Description Select character Double height mode ASCII ESC H n Hex 1B 48 n Decimal 27 72 n 1 lt n lt 8 Select character Double height mode E
11. 1 n2 x 256 e If the bitimage data inputexceeds the numberof dots tobe printed on aline the excess data is ignored e d indicates the bit image data Seta corresponding bitto 1 toprint a dot orto 0 tonot print adot e After printing abit image the printer returns tonormal data processing mode e This command isnot affected by print modes emphasized double strike underline character size or white black reverse printing except upside down printing mode ESC 2 Name Select default linespacing Format ASCII ESC 2 Hex 1B 32 Description Details See Also ESC 3 n Name Format Range Description Details Default See Also Decimal 27 50 Selects approximately 4 23mm 1 6 spacing The line spacing can be setindependently in standard mode and in page mode ESC 3 Set line spacing ASCII ESC 3 n Hex 1B 33 n Decimal 27 51 n O lt SnS 255 Sets the linespacing to nx vertical orhorizontal motion unit e The line spacingcan be setindependently in standardmode and in page mode In standard mode the vertical motionunit y isused The maximum paperfeed amount is 1016 mm 40 Even if apaper feed amount of more than 1016mm 40 is set the printer feedsthe paper only 1016 mm 40 Approx 4 23mm 1 6 ESC 2 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 15 ESC 9 m n1 n2 Name Format Range Description Generating the specified pulses ASCII ESC 9 m n1 n2 Hex 1B 39 m n1 n2 Decimal 27 57
12. 7 86 mi n2 d1 dk 0 lt n1 n2 lt 65535 n1 n2 numberof dot linesin the vertical direction n1 represents theleast significant byteand n2 representsthe most significant byte umber of dotlines n2 x 256 n1 Ignored when n1 n2 0 Enter the image data following n1 and n2 Theamount of image data is asfollows Amount of image data n2 x 256 n1 x 72 bytes The data followingn1 and n2is printed outentirely as image data Enter the datafrom the leftmostof the top dot line tothe bottom dot line f you specify bit image withoutentering CR orLF after inputting characters for arangenot exceeding oneline the characters of hat line andthe bit image are overlapped when printed out Atthis ime all modificationsto characters arevalid Note thatthe characters are notnormally printed outwhen overlapped unlessa value more thanthe character heightis specified byn2 x n1 You can not overlap bit images with stamps or rulerlines If you specify bit images thestamp or theruler line issuspended After the bit image is complete the print out of stamps orruler line restarts ESC W xLxH yL yHdxL dxH dyLdyH Name Format Range Description Details Defining the printarea in pagemode ASC II ESC W xL xH yl yH dxL dxH dyL dyH Hex 1B 57 xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH Decimal 27 87 xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH 0 xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH 255 except for dxL dxH 0 or dyL dyH 0 Defines the locationand size ofthe print area Horizo
13. 8 Sm S51 Description Prints a NVbit image nusing the mode specified by m a Mod Vertical Horizontal 26e Dot Density Dot Density 0 48 Normal 203 DPI 203 DPI 1 49 Double width 203 DPI 101 DPI 2 50 Double heigh 101 DPI 203 DPI 3 51 Quadruple 101 DPI 101 DPI N is thenumber of the NV bit image M specifies the bit image mode RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 27 Name Define NV bitimage Format ASC II FS q n xLxH yL yDd1 dk 1 Hex 1C 71 n xLxHyL yD d1 dk 1 Decimal 28 113 nn xLxHyL yD d1 dk 14 Range 1 lt n lt 4 0 lt xL lt 72 xH 0 0 SyL S255 0 SyL S1 when 1 lt yL yH x 256 lt 288 0 lt d lt 255 k xL xHx 256 x yL yH x 256 x8 Total defined dataarea 2Mbits 256K bytes Description Define the NVbit image specified by n e N specifies thenumber of thedefined NV bit image e XL xH specifies xL xH x 256 x8 dots inthe horizontal direction for the NVbit image youare defining e YL yH specifices yL yH x 256 x 8 dotsin the verticaldirection for the NVbit image youare defining Example When xL 64 xH 0 yL 96 yH 0 768 dots x 8 dots yL YH x 256 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 28 Chapter 10 Printer Driver 10 1 How to use Logo Download Too RP 3180 receipt printer supports Store Logo printing You can download max four imagesinto printer andselect which oneto print onreceipt 1 2 Install the driver for LogoDownload Tool on Computer Run Logo Download T
14. INT CONTROL COMMAND 8 1 Command List No Command Description Hexadecimal Code Page 1 LE Printing and paper feed lt 0A gt 3 2 CR Back to printing lt 0D gt 3 3 ESC Select print mode lt 1B gt lt 21 gt lt n gt 3 4 ESC Specifying the bitimage mode lt 1B gt lt 2A gt lt m gt lt n1 gt lt n2 gt d1 dk 4 5 ESC2 Specifying 1 6 inch line feed rate lt 1B gt lt 32 gt 5 6 ESC3 Setting line feedrate of minimumpitch lt 1B gt lt 383 gt lt n gt 5 7 ESC9 Generating the specified pulses lt 1B gt lt 39 gt lt m gt lt n1 gt lt n2 gt 6 8 ESC Initializing the printer lt 1B gt lt 40 gt 6 9 ESCA Set line spacing lt 1B gt lt 41 gt lt n gt 6 10 ESC D Select character Double heightmode lt 1B gt lt 44 gt 6 11 ESCH Select character Double heightmode lt 1B gt lt 48 gt lt n gt z 1AE SCN Select character Double heightmode lt 1B gt lt 49 gt T 13 Esc Printing cue feeding paper in Sinwehns cas 7 minimum pitch 14 ESCL Selecting page mode lt 1B gt lt 4C gt 7 15 ESC V Printing bit image lt 1B gt lt 56 gt lt n1 gt lt n2 gt d1 dk 8 16 ESC W Defining the printarea in pagemode ee ee ae ie 8 17 ESC X Select character Double width mode lt 1B gt lt 58 gt lt n gt 9 18 ESCd oin ing and feedingthe paper by ENS 20 n lines 19 ESC I Full cut lt 1B gt lt 69 gt 20 20 Esc j rating aun feeding paper in ZIBS
15. SC Name Select character Double height mode Format ASCII ESC Hex 1B 49 Description ESC Jn Name Format Range Description Decimal 27 73 Select character Double height mode Print and feed paper ASCII ESC Jn Hex 1B 4An Decimal 27 74n 0 n 255 Prints the datain the printbuffer and feedthe paper nx vertical or horizontal motionunit Details e After printing iscompleted this commandsets the printstarting position to the beginning of theline e The paper feedamount set bythis command doesnot affect the values set by ESC 2o0r ESC 3 e In standard mode the printer usesthe vertical motionunit y e The maximum linespacing is 1016mm 40 When the setting value exceeds the maximum it isconverted to the maximum automatically ESC L Name Select page mode Format ASCII ESC L Hex 1B 4C Description Details Decimal 27 76 Switches from standard mode to page mode e This command is enabled only when processed at the beginning of a line instandard mode e This command hasno effect inpage mode e The following commandis not availablein page mode Print raster bit image GS vO e The printer returnsto standard modewhen power isturned on the printer is reset or ESC is used RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 17 ESC V n1 n2 d1 dk Name Format Range Description Details Printing bit image ASCII ESG V mi n2 d1 dk Hex 1B 56 nt n2 d1 dk Decimal 2
16. ands LF Name Print and linefeed Format ASCII LF Hex OA Decimal 10 Description Details See Also CR Name Format Description Prints the datain the print buffer and feeds one line basedon the current line spacing This command sets the print positionto the beginning of the line ESC 2 ESC3 Print and carriagereturn ASCII CR Hex oD Decimal 13 When automatic linefeed is enabled this command functionsthe same as LF When automatic line feed is disabled this command isignored Details e Sets the printstarting position tothe beginning ofthe line e The automatic line feed is ignoredwith a serialinterface model See Also LF ESC N Name Select print mode s Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 21 n Decimal 27 33 n Range 0 lt n lt 255 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 13 Description Details Default See Also 1 ESC m ni Name Format Range Description Selects print mode s using n as follows Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Default font 1 Undefined 2 Undefined 3 Undefined Off 00 0 Double height mode notselected 4 On 10 16 Double height mode selected Off 00 0 Double width mode notselected g On 20 32 Double width mode selected 6 Undefined 7 Undefined e When both double heightand double width modesare selected quadruple size characters are printed e The printer canunderline
17. dwith the basiccalculation pitch y e When the horizontal starting position vertical starting position printing area width and printing areaheight are definedas X Y Dx and Dy respectively the printing area is setas shown inthe figure below X Y Dx A Dy Print area Paper Feed Direction X Dx 1 Y Dy 1 e This printable areafor this printeris approximately 72 2 mm 512 180 in the horizontal direction and approximately 117 3 mm 1662 360 in the vertical direction XL XH yL yH 0 dxL 0 dxH 2 dyL 126 dyH 6 Select character Double width mode ASCII ESC X n Hex 1B 58 n Decimal 27 88 on 1 lt nS lt 8 Select character Double width mode RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 19 ESC dn Name Print and feedn lines Format ASCII ESC d n Hex 1B 64 n Decimal 27 100 n Range 0 lt n S255 Description Prints the datain the printbuffer and feedsn lines Details e This command setsthe print starting position to the beginning of the line e This command doesnot affect theline spacing setby ESC 2 or ESC 3 e The maximum paperfeed amount is 1016 mm 40 If the paper feed amount nx line spacing of more than1016 mm 40 is specified the printerfeeds the paperonly 1016 mm 40 See Also ESC 2 ESC3 ESC Name Full cut Format ASCII ESC i Hex 1B 69 Description Decimal 27 105 Cut the paper fully Details e During cutting printingand paper feedingis stopped e This comma
18. e of the logo on bottom of a doc Normal Pic 10 2 4 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 32
19. eGAS cas 20 minimum pitch 21 ESCM Partial cut lt 1B gt lt 6D gt 21 22 ESCp Generating the specifiedpulses lt 1B gt lt 70 gt lt m gt lt n1 gt lt n2 gt 21 23 ESC M Select character fonts lt 1B gt lt 4D gt lt n gt 21 24 GS Select character size lt 1D gt lt 21 gt lt n gt 22 25 GS Defining the download bit image lt 1D gt lt 2A gt lt n1 gt lt n2 gt d1 dk 23 26 GS Printing the downloadedbit image lt 1D gt lt 2F gt lt m gt 23 A 1 lt 1D gt lt 56 gt lt m gt ER aS Outing iie paper 2 lt 1D gt lt 56 gt lt m gt lt n gt E 28 GSvo Printing of raster bit image Se dame 25 29 GSh Specifying the heightof the barcode lt 1D gt lt 68 gt lt n gt 26 ne 1 lt 1D gt lt 6B gt lt m gt d1 dk lt NUL gt 30 GS k Printing the barcode Ova So ie eel cle 26 31 FS p Print NV bitimage lt 1C gt lt 70 gt lt n gt 27 32 FSq Define NV bitimage lt 10 gt lt 71 gt lt n gt 28 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 12 8 2 Descriptions of Eachltem Name Format Range Description Details Default Example The name ofthe command The code sequence Gives the allowable ranges for the arguments Describes the command s function Describes the usage of the commandin detail Gives the defaultvalues if any for the command parameters Gives examples ofhow to usethe command Hex indicates the hexadecimal equivalents Decimal indicates the decimal equivalents 8 3 Control Comm
20. ing underlining back to white reversing etc does not affect the rasterbit image e If the printarea specified by GS L and GS W isnarrower than a minimum width the print area forthat line onlyis extended tothe minimum width The minimum width isone dot in NORMAL MODE m 0 48 and DOUBLE HEIGHT MODE m 2 50 and2 dots in DOUBLE WIDTH MODE m 1 49 and QUADRUPLE SIZE MODE m 3 51 e Any part ofdata that is out of the print area isonly read and discarded in unitsof dot e The setting of ESC a Aligning characters are alsovalid for the raster bit image e If this commandis executed during macro definition the macro definition is suspended and the processing of the command starts The macrois left undefined e d denotes defined data Dots to be printed are specifiedas 1 and those notto be printedas 0 When xL xH x256 64 XL xH x 256 x 8 dot 512 dot gt hocks YL yH x 256 dot 716 5 4 3 2 11 0 MSB LSB RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 25 GS hn Name Format Range Description Details See Also Define downloaded bitimage ASCII GS h n Hex 1D 68 n Decimal 29 104 n 1 lt SnS lt 255 Selects the heightof the barcode n specifies thenumber of dotsin the vertical direction 162 GS k 1 GS km d1 dk NUL 2 GS km n d1 dn Name Format Range Description Details Print the barcode 1 ASCII GS V m d1 dk N
21. nd isvalid only whenan auto cutter is connected ESC jn Name Print and feedpaper Format ASCII ESC j n Hex 1B 6A n Decimal 27 106 n Range 0 lt n lt 255 Description Details Prints the datain the printbuffer and feedthe paper nx vertical or horizontal motionunit After printing iscompleted this command sets the printstarting position to the beginning of the line The paper feedamount set bythis command doesnot affect the values set by ESC 2or ESC 3 In standard mode the printer usesthe vertical motionunit y The maximum line spacing is 1016mm 40 When the setting value exceeds the maximum it isconverted to the maximum automatically RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 20 ESC m Name Format Description Details ESC p m n1 n2 Name Format Range Description Partial cut ASCII ESC m Hex 1B 6D Decimal 27 109 Cut the paper partially e During cutting printing and paper feedingis stopped e This command isvalid only whenan auto cutter isconnected Generating the specified pulses ASCII ESC p m n1 n2 Hex 1B 70 m n1 n2 Decimal 27 112 m ni n2 m 0 0 lt n1 lt 255 0 lt n2 lt 255 The signals specifiedby n1 and n2 are output to the connector pin specified by m ESC Mn Name Select character fonts Format ASCII ESC M n Hex 1B 4D n Decimal 27 77 n Range n 0 1 48 49 Description Details Selects character fonts N Func
22. ntal start point xL XH x 256 x basic calculation pitch inches Vertical start point yL yH x256 x basic calculation pitch inches Horizontal length dxL dxHx 256 xbasic calculation pitch inches Vertical length dyL dyH x 56 x basic calculation pitch inches When standard modeis selected thiscommand only executes the internal flagging ofthe printer without affecting the printingin standard mode If the horizontal start point orvertical start pointis out ofthe printable area thiscommand is canceledand the next data is handled as normaldata RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 18 Default ESC X n Name Format Range Description e f the horizontallength or verticallength is 0 this command is canceled and thenext data ishandled as normal data e If the horizontal start point horizontal length is greater than the horizontal printable area the horizontal printable area horizontal start point is taken asthe horizontal length e lf the vertical start point vertical length is greater thanthe vertical printable area the ertical printable area vertical start point is taken asthe vertical length e Fractions resulting fromcalculations are correctedwith the minimum pitch ofthe mechanism andthe remainder are omitted e The horizontal start point and horizontallength are calculated with the basic calculationpitch x Thevertical start pointand vertical length are calculate
23. o let itcool before youclean it Donot damage theprint head by touchingit with yourfingers or any hard object RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 06 Chapter 4 The selftest The self test checks whether the printer has any problems If the printer does not function properly contact your dealer 1 Make sure paper roll has been installed properly 2 Turn on the power while holding down the FEED button The selttest begins 3 The printeris ready toreceive data whenit completes the self test Chapter 5 Hexadecimal Dumping This feature allows experienced users tosee exactly what data is comingto the printer This can beuseful in finding software problems Whenyou turn on the hexadecimal dump function the printer prints all commandsand data in hexadecimal format alongwith a guidesection to helpyou find specific commands To use the hexadecimal dump function follow these steps 1 Make surethat there isa roll paper inthe printer 2 After youmake sure thatthe printer is off 3 Turn on the power while holding down the online button the printer enters the hexadecimal dump mode 4 Run anysoftware program thatsends data tothe printer The printer will print all the codes it receivesin a two columnformat The firstcolumn contains the hexadecimalcodes and thesecond column givesthe ASCII characters that correspondto the codes RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 07 Chapter 6 DIP Switch Functions There is aDIP Switch onthe bottom of printe
24. ool 3 Select thecorrect connected portof printer The default port is LTP1 4 Click Openfile to selecta image NOTE The image mustbe Monochrome BMP file The Size of Monochrome BMP filemust be lessthan 576x2304 dots The height shouldbe in multiple of 8 dotsin Monochrome BMP file Ne Na a a Herewith strongly recommendto use Microsoft Paint Too to edit image file Otherwise the printerwill be failedto download or print A Logo DownLoad Tool loj x Preview m Port Select Port LPT Bps 2800 z WALMART o OpenFile Download Bmp bares i go ee Monochrome Bmp file size Normal C Double width width lt 576 bit must be less than 576 x Double fi x 2304 The height height Quadruple height 22 Pee sani should be in multiple of 8 bits in bmp file RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 29 ol Click download bmp and waitthe printer to save the data After the printer download theimage successfully you canpreview the image onthe frame andthe bmp fileinformation as well Click PrintBmp button tocheck the printing effect There are fourPrinting Mode options Normal Double width Double height and Quadruple The default modeis Normal printing 8 Select 1 to download thefirst image Select 2 to download the secondimage Select 3 to download the thirdimage Select 4 to download the fourthimage O N Printer Mode
25. po d T LSB dn2 GR2 2 seek ccc d2xn2x8 See Also GS GS m Name Print downloaded bitimage Format ASCII GS m Hex 1D 2F m Decimal 29 47 m Range O lt m lt 3 48 lt mS lt 51 Description Prints a downloaded bit image usingthe mode specified by m Modes that canbe selected by m are shown below RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 23 Vertical Direction Horizontal Direction 0 48 203 DPI 149 101 DPI 2 50 203 DPI 3 51 101 DPI Details e When data existin the printbuffer this command isignored e When a downloaded bit image hasnot been defined this command is ignored e A portion ofa downloaded bitimage exceeding oneline length is not printed e A downloaded characterand a downloaded bit image cannotbe defined simultaneously See Also GS 1 GS Vm 2 GS Vmn Name Select cut modeand cut paper Format 1 ASCII GS V m Hex 1D 56 m Decimal 29 86 m 2 ASCII GS V m n Hex 1D 56 m n Decimal 29 86 m n Range 1 m 1 49 2 m 66 0 lt n lt 255 Description Performs the specified paper cutting Details Print mode Partial cut one point left uncut Feeds paper cuttingposition nx vertical motion unit and cuts the paper partially one point left uncut For 1 and 1 e This command iseffective only processedat the beginningof a line For 1 e Only the partialcut is available there is no full cut For 2 e When n O the printerfeeds the paperto the cutting position and cuts
26. r It is easyto change some functions of the printer through setting DIP pins to On or Off The default setting for all DIP pins are ON Position Note Changes in DIP switch settings are recognized only when the printer power is turnedon or whenthe printer isreset by usingthe interface Ifthe DIP switch settingis changed afterthe printer poweris turned on the change does not effectuntil the printeris turned onagain or isreset On ott DP ME 1 No ml mh mi Mis mic ml mis DIP No ON OFF Function On amp On 96000bps DIP1 amp DIP2 On amp Off 19200bps Baud Rate select Off amp On 38400bps Off amp Off 115200bps DIP3 On Beeper enable Beeper enable disable Off Beeper disable DIP4 On Print Density Light Print Density Off Print Density Dark DIP5 On Auto cutter enable Auto cutter enable disabl Off Auto cutter disable DIP6 On Font 12x24 Default font size select Off Font 9x17 DIP7 Reserved Reserved RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 08 Chapter 7 Interface RS 232C Cable Connection PRINTER SIDE 25P F G 1 HOST SIDE 9P T F G DSR 6 DTR 20 TXD 2 3 TXD RXD 3 PED CR 2 RXD 7 RTS 8 CTS 6 DSR 4 DTR S G 7 Interface Connector Serial Interface RS 232 Pin No Signal name siIojajA jojn FG TxD RxD RTS CTS DSR SG DTR Drawer Connector Direction Output Inpu
27. st computer POS ECR 2 Plug theinterface cable connectorinto the printer s interface connector then tighten the screws on both sides of the connector In case ofthe parallel interface squeezethe wire dipson the printertogether until they lock in placeon both sides of the connector 3 Plug the drawer cable intothe drawer kick out connector onthe back ofthe printer next tothe interface connector Do notconnect a telephoneline to the drawer kick out connector otherwise the printer andthe telephone line may be damaged 4 Turn on the Printer and Host computer POS ECR A WARNING When connecting ordisconnecting the powersupply from the printer make sure thatthe power supplyis not pluggedinto an electrical outlet Otherwise you may damage the power supply or the printer If the powersupply s rated voltage and youroutlet s voltage do not match contact yourdealer for assistance Do not plugin the power cord Otherwise youmay damage the power supply orthe printer RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 04 Chapter 3 Installing the roll paper 3 1 Installing or Replacing the Paper Roll Open the paper roll coverby pressing the cover open button Remove theused paper rollcore if thereis one Insert the paper roll as shown Be sureto note the correct direction thatthe paper comes off the roll Pull outa small amountof paper as shown Then close the cover Oak WNDM Incorrect Correct
28. stall From Disk Insert the manufacturer s installation disk and then make sure that the corect drive is selected below Co _ Cancel Copy manufacturer s files from H ATVS Printer RP 3180 Pic 10 2 2 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 31 2 After installthe software successfully open Printing Preferences TVS Printer RP 3180 Properties l K General Sharing Ports Advanced Device Settings About ino Sa TVS Printer RP 3180 Location Comment Model TVS Printer RP 3180 Features Color No Paper available Double sided No 80mm x 297mm Staple No Speed 2 ppm Maximum resolution 203 dpi Printing Preferences Print Test Page Pree K _ Cancel Apply Pic 10 2 3 3 Open Printing Preferences Jand Advance togo to Advanced Options Now you can resetthe Document Options by select theright items See Pic 10 2 4 TVS Printer RP 3180 Advanced Options E TVS Printer RP 3180 Advanced Document Settings B ag Paper Output Paper Size 80mm x 297mm Copy Count 1 Copy B ie Document Options Advanced Printing Features Enabled Halftoning Auto Select mm to Feed Before Cut 30mm 100mm 30 Print Full Pages NO When to Cut Paper Never When to Pop Cashbox Never Which logo to print on top of a doc Ist The size of the logo on top of a doc Normal Which logo to print on bottom of a doc v The siz
29. t Output Input Input Output 5 S G Function Frame Ground Transmit Data Receive Data Ready To Send Clear To Send Date Set Ready Signal Ground Data Terminal Ready Parallel Interface IEEE 1284 Pin No Source Compatibility Mode Nibble Mode Byte Mode 1 Host nStrobe HostClk HostClk 2 Host Printer DataO LSB Data0 LSB 3 Host Printer Data Data1 4 Host Printer Data2 Data2 5 Host Printer Data3 Data3 6 Host Printer Data4 Data4 7 Host Printer Data5 Data5 8 Host Printer Data6 Data6 9 Host Printer Data7 MSB Data7 MSB 10 Printer nAck PtrClk PtrClk ia Printer Busy PtrBusy Data3 7 PtrBusy 2 Printer Perror AckDataReq Data2 6 AckDataReq 13 Printer Select Xflag Data1 5 Xflag 14 Host nAutoFd HostBusy HostBusy 15 NC NC NC 16 GND GND GND 17 FG FG FG 18 Printer Logic H Logic H Logic H 19 30 GND GND GND 31 Host ninit ninit ninit 32 Printer nFault nDataAvail Data0 4 nDataAvail 39 GND ND ND 34 Printer Dk_status ND ND 35 Printer 5V ND ND 36 Host nSelectin 1284 Active 1284 Active Pin No Signal name Direction Signal ground 1 Frame ground S 2 Drawer Kick outdrive signal 1 Output 3 Drawer open close signal Input 4 24V 5 Drawer Kick out drive signal Output 6 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 09 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL
30. terface Selectable The data buffer allows the unit to receive print data even during printing Peripheralunits drive circuitenables control ofexternal devices suchas cash drawer Bar code printing is possible by using abar code command Support auto Store Logo orHello Logo printing 8 Enable tochange some functions by DIP Switch OB WP NO Please be sureto read theinstruction in this manual carefully before using your newRP 3180 A WARNING Some semiconductor devicesare easily damaged by static electricity Youshould turn the printer OFF before you connector remove the cableson the rearside in orderto guard theprinter against the static electricity If the printeris damaged bythe static electricity you should turn the printer OFF NOTE The socket outlet shall benear the equipment and itshall be easy accessible All specifications aresubjected to changewithout notice Table of Contents Chapter 1 Setting up the Printer eens 1 ii UNPACKING aneian Ea a a a Aaa 1 1 2 TAS talliAG the printer ainireti aiaa 1 1 3 Using the PRINTED cerot eninin i a a E NANANA 2 Chapter 2 Connecting the cables 0 3 2 1 Connecting the AG Cable ereere a AAEE 3 2 2 Connecting the AC adapter tothe printer eee 3 2 3 Connecting Interface Cable and Drawer Cable to the printer 4 Chapter 3 Installing the roll paper 5 3 1 Installing or Replacing the Paper Roll cc cccceeceeeeeeee ener
31. tion 0 48 Character font A 12 x 24 selected 1 49 Character font B 9 x 17 selected The ESC command can alsoselect the character fonts However the setting ofthe last receivedcommand is effective RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 21 GS N Name Select character size Format ASCII GS n Hex 1D 21 n Decimal 29 33 n Range O lt n lt 255 1 lt vertical number oftimes lt 8 1 lt horizontal number of times lt 8 Description Table 1 Character Width Selection Selects the characterheight using bitsO to 2and selects the character width using bits 4 to7 as follows Bit Function Hex Number Decimal Number 0 l Character height selection See Table 2 3 4 5 o Character width selection See Table 1 T Table 2 Character Height Selection Hex Decimal Width Hex Decimal Width 00 0 1 x Standard 00 0 1 x Standard 10 16 2 x Double width 01 1 2 x Double height 20 32 3x 02 2 3x 30 48 4x 03 3 4x 40 64 5x 04 4 5x 50 80 6x 05 5 6x 60 96 7x 06 6 7x 70 112 8x 07 iG 8x Details e f n isoutside of the defined range thiscommand is ignored e In standard mode the vertical directionis the paperfeed direction and the horizontal direction is perpendicularto the paper feed direction However when character orientation changes in90 clockwise rotation mode therelationship between verticaland horizontal directions arereversed e In page mode vertical
32. ul Hex 1D 6B m d1 dk 00 Decimal 29 107 m d1 dk 0 2 ASCII GS k m n d1 dn Hex 1D 6B m n d1 dn Decimal 29 107 m n d1 dn 1 0 lt m lt 6 k andd depends onthe bar code system used 2 65 lt m lt 73 n andd depends onthe bar code system used Selects a barcode system andprints the barcode m selectsa bar code system as follows For 1 m Bar Code System Number of Characters Remarks 2 JAN13 EAN13 12 lt k lt 13 48 lt d lt 57 3 JAN 8 EAN8 7 lt kS lt 8 48 lt d lt 57 lt d lt lt d lt 4 CODE39 1 lt 48 lt d lt 57 65 lt d lt 90 32 36 37 43 45 46 47 For 2 m Bar Code System Number of Characters Remarks 67 JAN13 EAN13 12 lt k lt 13 48 lt d lt 57 68 JAN 8 EAN8 7 lt kS lt 8 48 Sd lt 57 lt d lt lt d lt 69 CODE39 1 lt k lt 255 brane aida ee ig 32 36 37 43 45 46 47 73 CODE128 2 lt k lt 255 0 lt dS lt 127 For 1 e This command endswith a NULcode e When the barcode system usedis JAN13 EAN13 the printer prints the barcode after receiving 13 bytes barcode data and processes the following data as normaldata e When the barcode system usedis JAN8 EAN8 the printer prints the bar codeafter receiving 8bytes bar codedata and processes the following dataas normal data RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 26 For 2 e n indicates thenumber of barcode data andthe printer processes n bytes fromthe next character data as barcode data
33. used easily RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 01 1 3 Using the Printer BUTTON Press the FEED button once toadvance paper oneline You can alsohold down the FEED button to feed paper continuously Panel lights POWER The POWER light green is on wheneverthe printer ison ON LINE This light green is onwhen the printeris on line RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 02 Chapter 2 Connecting the cables 2 1 Connecting the AC Cable NOTE To remove theDC cable connector make surethat the power supply s power cordis unplugged thengrasp the connectorat the arrow and pullit straight out 2 2 Connecting the AC adapter to the printer Youcan connect upthe three cablesto the printer They allconnect to the connector panel onthe back ofthe printer which isshown below Power Connector Cable NOTE Before connecting any of the cables make sure thatboth the printer and thehost are turned off RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 03 2 3 Connecting Interface Cable and Drawer Cable to the printer r r Drawer kick out Cable Interface Connector Cable Connect the Host Computer POS ECR tothe printer using an interface cable that matches the specifications of the printer and the Host computer POS ECR Be sureto use adrawer that matchesthe printer s specification 1 Turn off boththe printer andthe Ho
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