Star Micronics TSP200 Series User's Manual
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1. Health ich iai lalar aaaea a Eni e Page 1 International character set U S A Bir rirki m emm B GEBEUERGEEECERU ED 13 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SET When an international character set is selected by a command from software the following changes are made ASCII codes hexadecimal Country 23 24 40 58 5C SD SE 60 7B 7C 7D 7E 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 dk dk db UU dk dk dk dk ouk 1 o5 65 65 tr 016 A BAK 00 9 0 HD es GG gt gt gt G gt gt gt gt a RnR A f9 e O f 9 oO e 54 TSP200U95112. 2 2 1 Unpacking 2 2 2 Handling Notes ttti ititiiivest sinlel eset 2 3 PARTS IDENTIFICATION AND 3 4 SELTING UP RE edv eve 4 4 1 Loading the Roll Paper eerie 4 4 2 Removing the 2 2 4 0 00 tns sn san tiai 5 4 3 Connecting the Interface Cable eese eee eene retenus 6 5 SWITCHES AND 85 22224 11 0 7 5 1 Buttons and Indicators Lights LED esee 7 6 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS e Ao Tee 9 7 SERIAL INTERFACE euet ave aine 10 7 1 Interface Specifications 10 7 2 Connector Signals eerte tnter einn olei RE ees edd 10 7 3 Interface Connections e seeseosesessossssossosossoeossssossossosossososorsssosoversoseresss 10 7 4 Data 2 ett 11 7 4 1 DTR DSR mode 45 5 eterni 11 7 4 2 XON XOFF mode 12 8 PARALLEL tatnen pereo heben area 13
3. 4 47 47 N gt Aju N 26 7505555 Set starting ending position of macro definition 48 17 lt Command Set II gt ESER EET 9 lt ESC m___ Partial at m Define down loaded bit image 41 ass Set staning ending position of macro definition 48 Select printing position of HRI character a Select font for HRI characters E ERE Select printer BEN Set cancel 90 cw rotate character printing 26 Control peripheral device 45 Vertical tab 19 Commands Set IT Inverted printing Cancel inverted printing Deselect printer aed Cancel expanded printing Double height printing 23 23 5 25 Select zero style 1 seecghigtprning 25 25 25 lt ESC gt L Print triple density graphics lt ESC gt M Select 12 dot pitch printing wji NINININI WB GQ 62 3 OM OX p i 22 lt 5 gt NP lt 5 gt Cancel bottom margin lt 5 gt Select 15 dot pitch printing 22 ESO 32 3 30 4 i 2 we ES 2 2 RESC gt lt I gt 20 lt ESC gt W Select character width 2 S lt ESC gt Print normal density graphics 10 2 Commands to Select Characters FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX RE
4. or 4 7 SERIAL INTERFACE 7 1 Specifications Data transmission Serial Synchronization Asynchronous Handshaking DTR DSR or XON XOFF control Signal level MARK 3to 10V Logic 1 SPACE 3 to 10 Logic 0 Baud rates 1200 2400 4800 9600bps Bit length 7 8 bits Parity Invalid even odd Stop bits 1 bit or more Connector D SUB 9 pin connector Female 7 2 Connector Signals Signal Name Signal Direction 2 RXD 3 TXD OUTPUT Transmitdata pre Printer Ready 5 o Signal GND Request Transfer Send 7 3 Interface Connections Print Side IBM PC Side Printer Side IBM PC Side DB 9 DB 9 Serial port DB 9 DB 25 Serial port Fig 7 1 Example of interface connections 7 4 Data Protocol 7 4 1 DTR DSR mode This mode is accessed when the DIP switch 4 is set ON Signals are controlled by using the DTR line as BUSY flag RXD Data Data Buffer full 2 Buffer empty mug ILE Power on Fig 7 2 DTR DSR mode timing If printer errors do not occur after the power is turned on the DTR signal line changes to Space When the host computer confirms that the DTR signal line is set to Space the host computer sends the data text via RXD signal line to the printer Also the printer will set the DTR signal line to Mark when the empty space in the data
5. dict par le minist re des Communications du Canada The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Canada Self Declaration Radio interference regarding this equipment has been eliminated according to Vfg 1046 1984 announced by the DBP DBP has been informed about the introduction of this special equipment and has been conceded the right to examine the whole series It is upon the responsibility of the user to assume that his own assembled system is in accordance with the technical regulations under Vfg 1046 1984 To observe FTZ regulations it is necessary to establish all connections to the printer with shielded cable The equipment may only be opened by qualified service representatives The statement will be applied only for the printers marketed in Germany NOTICE e rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice e efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of going to press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1995 Star Micronics Co LTD TABLE OF CONTENTS PS OUTLINE MS 1 2 UNPACKING AND
6. 23 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTE Select character height lt ESC gt h 27 104 n 1B 68 n available only when printer set to Set II Selects a character height according to the value of as shown below n Character height 0 Normal 1 Double default value is 0 Set print mode ESC I nm 27 33 n 1B 21 n available in both Sets I II Sets a print mode 0xrix255 Each bit of n is used as follows E dl NEU Font A i Undefined Undefined __ E sail Undefined 4 Double height et 5 5 Doublewidih Canceled Set 6 Undefined 7 Undefined _ The double height mode and double width can be set at the same time The default value is n 0 24 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Underlining lt ESC gt 27 45 n 1B 2D available only when printer set to Set II Causes subsequent characters to be underlined when n is 1 and stops underlining when n is 0 Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Select highlight printing lt ESC gt 4 27 52 1B 34 available only when printer set to Set II Causes subsequent characters to be highlighted
7. ASCII code lt 20 gt H to lt 7E gt H and the maximum number of characters is 53 q specifies the number of dots in the horizontal direction 0 xa lt 12 Font A 0 lt a lt 9 Font B p is the dot data for the characters The dot pattern for a dots is in the horizontal direction from the left side The remaining dot pattern on the right side is space The amount of data to be defined is s lt 1 xa255 After user defined characters are defined once they are available until another definition is made until ESC is executed or until the printer is turned off 1 Once can define the maximum number of characters is 53 for Font A at the same time define the same number of characters for Font B The total maximum number is 106 2 For every font the different definition only can define 53 times 43 Examples Font is selected Font B is selected oioi 10 8 Commands to Contro Peripheral FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTE Define drive pulse width for peripheral device lt ESC gt BEL nl n2 27 7 nl n2 1B 07 nl n2 available only when printer set to Set II Defines the drive pulse width for peripheral devices requiring other than standard 200ms pulse time and delay time n indicates the energizing time and 72 indicates the delay ti
8. 1B 46 available only when printer set to Set II Cancels emphasized printing 26 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Select double strike printing lt ESC gt G 27 71 1B 47 available only when printer set to Set II Causes subsequent characters to be double strike Cancel double strike printing lt ESC gt 27 72 1B 48 available only when printer set to Set II Cancels double strike printing 27 10 3 Commands to Print the Bar Code FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTES Print bar code GS lt NUL gt 29 107 n dk 0 1D 6B n 00 available in both Sets I II Selects a bar code system and prints the bar code 0 lt lt 6 Sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line n selects the bar code system from the following table UPC A UPC E EAN 13 EAN 8 CODE39 ITF CODABAR d indicates the characters to be printed and k indicates the number of characters to be printed OR 1 When data is present in the print buffer this command is ignored 2 Performs the paper feeding required for printing the bar code regardless of the current line spacing 3 In each bar code system if a character code d cannot be printed the printer prints the processed data and the following data is treated as normal data 4 When a bar code system with a fixed number of p
9. buffer is below 80 bytes After the host computer detects that the DTR signal line is at Mark transmission of the data text is stopped In this instance data can still be received up until the data buffer becomes completely full When the empty space in the data buffer is increased following printing when the data in the data buffer is reduced to 80 bytes or less the printer sets the DTR signal line to Space Data buffer Full Near Full Near Empty Empty Fig 7 3 DTR DSR mode protocol 11 Paper out When the paper out detector sensed the end of the paper the printer stops printing after printing maximum of two more lines or on feeding the paper Immediately after a paper out condition is detected the printer sets to off line and the DTR changes to Mark When paper is out AES RD gt lt C 1 1 5 When printing 1 Press the ONLINE button Paper end after loading paper PAPER OUT TX Signal Power on Fig 7 4 Paper out timing 7 4 2 mode This mode is accessed when the DIP switch 4 is set OFF If printer errors do not occur after the power is turned on the printer outputs an XON signal on the TXD signal line which send it to the host computer When the host computer receives the XON signal the host computer transmits the data to the RXD signal line for the printer If data text is not sent from the host computer even after tr
10. line spacing to dots 0 lt lt 255 Set vertical tab positions ESC nl n2 NUL 27 66 nl n2 0 1B 42 nl n2 00 available only when printer set to Set Cancels all current vertical tab positions and sets new vertical tab positions at lines nJ n2 etc where nl n2 etc are numbers between 0 and 255 maximum of 16 vertical tab positions can be set The tab positions must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab position list Standard termination is by the 0 control code The vertical tab positions are set in terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later 35 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTE Set horizontal tab positions lt 5 gt D lt NUL gt 27 68 0 1B 44 nk 00 available in both Sets I II Cancels all current horizontal tab positions and sets new tab positions columns 71 n2 etc in the current character pitch where n1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 A maximum of 16 horizontal tab positions can be set The tab positions must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab position list Standard termination is by the 07 control code 1 lt lt 255 0 lt lt 32 The default tab positions at intervals of 8 characters 9th column 17th 25th Set absolute posit
11. the first to eighth bits of parallel data Each signal is at HIGH level for a logical 1 and ata LOW level for a logical 0 microsec when data is available ACK OUT A 10 microsecond LOW pulse acknowledges receipt of data BUSY OUT When this signal goes LOW the printer is ready to accept data When the printer is on one of the conditions below HIGH is set 1 Data being entered 2 Off line 3 Error condition PAPER OUT OUT This signal is normally LOW It will go HIGH EN RN Bal c r 13 SELECTED 14 15 Unused 16 SIGNALGND Signal ground 17 CHASSISGND Chassis gourd isolated from logic ground ____ NC Umed ____________ 19 30 GND __ Twisted pair return signal groundlevel pam T T to its power on condition 32 ERROR OUT This signal is normally HIGH This signal goes ii LOW to signal that the printer due to an error condition 33 EXTGND Extmalgoud 34 NC Used 2 35 NC Used 5 36 sELIN Puledupto 5Vthrough47kohms NOTE For TSP200 with using the parallel interface please firstly turn on the power of the printer and then turn on the power of the host computer 9 PERIPHERAL UNIT DRIVE CIRCUIT A drive circuit for driving peripheral units such as cash drawers is featured on the main logic board of this printer A modular connector for driving peripheral
12. unit is featured on the output side on the drive circuit When using this circuit connect the cable for the peripheral unit Cables must be prepared by the users NOTE Peripheral unit drive circuit connector only connects to peripheral units such as cash drawers etc Do not connect it to a telephone Use cables which meet the following specifications Modular plug Shield 90075 0007 641337 AMP JAPAN BURNDY Fig 9 1 Cable specifications NOTE Pinl must be shield drain wire connected to peripheral device frame ground 15 9 1 Connecting the Cable Connector for the Peripheral unit drive circuit Fig 9 2 Connecting the cable 9 2 Drive Circuit Drive output 24V max 1 0A TR D2011 6 P modular jack connector Fig 9 3 Drive circuit 10 CONTROL CODES 10 1 Command Summary This section shows all of the commands for the command Set I and the command Set II The detail of each command is shown in following sections lt Command Set I gt Function HT lt LF gt HT Horizontal tab Line feed Line feed Set character spacing lt ESC gt Set print mode Set absolute position lt ESC gt Select cancel user defined character set lt 8 gt Set bit image mode and print 39 P e WF NIN Gol Gol Lol 59 Wide 3 ESO 9077 Print and feed paper n lines Partial et
13. 1 FUNCTION Print down loaded bit image CODE DEC HEX GS m 29 47 m 1 2 REMARKS available in both Sets 1 1 Prints a down loaded bit image using the mode specified by m 0 lt lt 53 Selects the print mode according to the value from the following table Vertical Direction Horizontal Direction Dot Density Dot Density O Normalmode 1 2 L3 203dpi 203dpi Double width mode ____20380 101dpi Double height mode lOldpi 203dpi Quadruple mode 101dpi 101dpi 42 10 7 Download Character Commands FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTES Select cancel user defined character set ESC n 27 37 n 1B 25 n available in both Sets I II Selects or cancels the user defined character set 0 lt lt 255 Only the lowest bit of is valid When n lt gt the user defined character set is selected Define user defined characters lt ESC gt 4 n 1 27 38 n m alp sxaJm n 1 1B 26 n m 1 available in both Sets I II Defines user defined characters for ANK character codes s specifies the number of bytes in the vertical direction 5 3 n specifies the beginning ASCII code for the definition and m the final code If only one character is defined use n m 32 xn xm lt 126 The allowable character code range is
14. 27 Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length The current line becomes the top of the page Set page length in inches lt ESC gt 0 n 27 67 0 n 43 00 n available only when printer set to Set IT Sets the page length to inches where is between 1 and 22 The current line becomes the top of the page Set bottom margin lt ESC gt n 27 78 n 1B 4E n available only when printer set to Set II Sets the bottom margin to lines in the current line spacing where is between 0 and 127 Bottom margin is reset when changing the page length Cancel bottom margin lt ESC gt O 27 79 1B 4F available only when printer set to Set II Cancels the bottom margin 31 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Set left margin lt ESC gt I nm 27 108 n 1B 6C n available only when printer set to Set II Sets the left margin at column where is between and 255 in the current character pitch The default value is 0 Set right margin lt ESC gt Q nm 27 81 n 1B 51 available only when printer set to Set II Sets the right margin at column n where n is between 1 and 255 in the current character pitch The default value is n 44 32 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DE
15. 8 1 Interface Specifications 13 8 2 Interface 202 298 ee robar reni 13 8 3 Connectors and 5 14 9 PERIPHERAL UNIT DRIVE 220 02 15 9 1 Connecting th Cable inneoin irsinin siaii ii 16 9 2 Drive TEA 16 10 CONTROL CODES 220 irra reenen inkan as KEA EAE EE EA AES A 17 10 1 Command Summary seseesesessossesessessesessesessrsreeseererevererererersseereneeresrere 17 10 2 Commands to Select Characters sse 21 10 3 Commands to Print the Bar Code eee 28 10 4 Commands to Set the Page Format eee 31 10 5 Commands to Move the Print Position eee 33 10 6 Commands to Print Dot Graphics eene 38 10 7 Download Character Commandis eee 43 10 8 Commands to Control Peripheral esee 45 10 9 Miscellaneous 46 11 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS eese netten eene 50 12 CHARACTER CODE 5 400 aas 52 13 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SET eere 54 1 OUTLINE The TSP200 Series Thermal Printer is designed for use with ECR electronic instruments CAT or computer peripheral equipment s kitchen pri
16. C HEX REMARKS NOTES Print and line feed LF 10 0A available in both Sets I II Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line Sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line Print and line feed CR 13 0 available in both Sets Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line The command is ignored when the DIP SW 8 is set ON Form feed FF 12 0 available only when printer set to Set II Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current page length and moves the print positions to the left margin Horizontal tab HT 9 09 available in both Sets Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab position 1 Ignored if there is no next horizontal tab position in the current line 2 Horizontal tab positions are set by using ESC D 3 default horizontal tab positions are at intervals of 8 characters 9th column 17th 25th 33 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTIQN CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Vertical tab VT 11 available only when printer set to Set II Feeds the paper to the next vertical tab position and moves the print position to the left margin Performs a line feed if no vertical tabs are set Feeds to the top of the next page if vertical tabs are set but the current line is
17. Cancel highlight printing lt ESC gt 5 27 53 1B 35 available only when printer set to Set II Cancels highlight printing Inverted printing lt SI gt 15 OF available only when printer set to Set II Causes subsequent characters to be inverted Cancel inverted printing lt DC2 gt 18 12 available only when printer set to Set II Cancels inverted printing 25 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTE Set cancel inverted character printing lt ESC gt n 27 123 1B available in both Sets I II Sets or cancels inverted character printing Only the lowest bit of z is valid When n lt gt B inverted character printing is set When n lt inverted character printing is canceled Valid only when input at the beginning of a line FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Set cancel 90 cw clockwise rotated character printing lt ESC gt V 27 86 n 1B 56 n available in both Sets I II Sets or cancels 90 cw rotated character printing When n 1 sets 90 cw rotated character printing When n 0 cancels 90 cw rotated character printing Select emphasized printing lt ESC gt 27 69 1B 45 available only when printer set to Set II Causes subsequent characters to be emphasized Cancel emphasized printing ESC 27 70
18. D n available in both Sets I II Selects a device to receive data from the host computer 0 lt lt 255 If the printer is not selected all received data will be lost until the printer is selected by this command When n lt 1 gt B Selects the device When n lt Q gt B does not select the device 46 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTE Enable disable panel switches lt ESC gt c 5 27 99 53n 1B 63 35 available in both Sets 1 1 Enables or disables the paper feed switch 0 lt 7 lt 255 Only the lowest bit of is valid When n lt B the paper feed switch is enabled When n 5 B the paper feed switch is disabled If the panel switches are disabled by this command the paper feed switch is disabled Therefore paper cannot be fed with the paper feed switch FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTE Enable disable reversing paper after cutting lt ESC gt c 7 n 27 99 55 1B 63 37n available in both Sets I II Enable or disable reversing paper after 0 lt 1 lt 255 Only the lowest bit of is valid When n lt 1 gt B enable When n lt B disable Initialize printer ESC 27 64 1B 40 available in both Sets I II Reinitializes the printer Clears the current line in the print buffer and returns settings to their power up valu
19. MARKS Select international character set ESC R n 27 82 n 1B 52 n available in both Sets I II Selects an international character according to the value of n as shown below 0 lt n lt 10 Country 0 U S A 1 France 2 Germany 3 4 Denmark I 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 Spain 8 Japan 9 Norway 10 Denmark II The default value is 0 Select character code table ESC t nm 27 116 n 1B 74 n available in both Sets I II Selects the page of character code table 0 lt lt 1 The default value is n 0 Select zero style ESC P n AT 47 n 1B 2F n available only when printer set to Set II Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed with a slash when 5 1 and without a slash when n is 0 The default value is n 0 21 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Select 12 dot pitch printing ESC M 27 77 4D available only when printer set to Set II Prints 12 dot pitch characters without extra space Select 14 dot pitch printing ESC 27 111 1B 6F available only when printer set to Set II Prints 12 dot pitch characters with 2 dot spacing between characters Select 15 dot pitch printing ESC P 27 80 50 available only when printer set to Set II Prints 12 dot pitc
20. THERMAL PRINTER TSP200 SERIES USERS MANUAL Z TYPE Sit Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard this equipment requires a shielded cable This statement will be applied only for the printers marketed in U S A Statement of The Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le pr sent appareil num rique n met pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la classe A prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lectrique
21. and the other connector into the connector for the host computer 3 Next fasten the right and left screws for the respective interface connectors to fix them in place on the connectors e Screws Screwdriver Fig 4 4 Connecting the interface cable NOTE It is necessary to make compatible the data transfer conditions between the computer and the printer with the DIP switch settings on the printer Refer to 6 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS 5 SWITCHES AND INDICATORS 5 1 Buttons and Indicators Lights LED POWER ONLINE FEED 3 4 1 2 Fig 5 1 Control Panel 1 lt ON LINE gt button and indicator The lt ON LINE gt button sets the printer on line and off line The status changes each time you press the button When the printer is on line it can receive and print data from the host computer and will be indicated by the lt ON LINE gt indicator being lit When the printer is off line it stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data 2 lt FEED gt button When the printer is on line or off line press the lt FEED gt button the paper will feed forward If you hold the lt FEED gt button down the printer perform consecutive feeds Paper can be fed by pressing the lt FEED gt button during printing The self test is started by turning the power on while pressing the lt FEED gt button The defined macro is executed when the switch is pressed in the macro exe
22. ansmitting the XON signal to the host computer the printer outputs an XON signal at 0 5 second intervals until the printer receives data The printer starts outputting an XOFF signal when the empty space in the buffer reduces below 80 bytes When the host computer receives the XOFF signal it halts output of data However the printer can continue receiving data until the buffer becomes completely full Output of the XON signal is resumed when the data in the buffer is printed out and drops to below 80 bytes 12 8 PARALLEL INTERFACE 8 1 Interface Specifications The operating specifications of the parallel interface are as follows 1 Data transfer rate 1000 to 15000 characters per second 2 Synchronization Via externally supplied STROBE pulse 3 Handshaking ACK and BUSY signals 4 Logic level Compatible with TTL level 8 2 Interface Timing Approx Sus Approx Sus BUSY ACKNLG DATA STROBE pL 0 5 or more All numeric values are typical Fig 8 1 Interface timing diagram Example 7 74HC Compatible 4 7KQ 1000 74HC Compatible 470pF 5 BUSY ACK From printer 1 8KO 74HC Compatible Fig 8 2 Typical interface circuit OUTPUT 13 8 3 Connectors and Signals PinNo SignalName IN OUT Function STROBE Signals when data is ready to be read Signal goes from HIGH to LOW for at least 0 5 2 9 DATAI1 8 These signals provide the information of
23. at or below the last vertical tab position Print and feed paper dot lines lt ESC gt J n 27 74 n 1B 4A n available in both Sets IHI Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper dot lines lt lt 255 Sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line Print and feed paper lines lt ESC gt d n 27 100 n 1B 64 n available only when printer set to Set I Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper 7 lines 0 lt lt 255 Sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line Valid only when the DIP SW 11 is ON Has a different function when the DIP SW 11 is OFF Set line spacing to 1 6 inch lt ESC gt z 27 122 1 1B 01 available only when printer set to Set II Sets the distance the paper advances in subsequent line feeds to 1 6 inch 34 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX _ REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Set line spacing to 1 8 inch lt ESC gt 0 27 48 30 available only when printer set to Set II Sets the distance the paper advances in subsequent line feeds to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 1 6 inch ESC 2 27 50 1B 32 available in both Sets I II Sets the line spacing to 1 6 of an inch Set line spacing to dots ESC 3 n 27 51 n 1B 33 n available in both Sets 1 1 Sets the
24. cuting command stand by state NOTE If the paper out lt FEED gt button disable feed paper need take the print head up insert the paper and put the head down then the lt FEED gt button enable 3 Power Lights when the power for the printer is on 4 ON LINE and ERROR ERROR LED display as follows _____ Blinking Pattern Print head 135ms NNNM mS RATE OFF 135ms ON 2705 ON sacl Recovered by inserting paper and putting the head down Print head up error Recovered by putting the head down Print head temperature over limit error T gt 58 C or T lt 0 C Recovers automatically when the print head temperature turn to 0 C 58 C Fig 5 2 Error LED display mode 6 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS Following table shows the functions that you can set with the DIP switch settings SW 2 sw3 Font A 12dotsx 24dots Font B 9dots x 17dots DTR DSR mode XON XOFF mode 595 Data length 7 ____ SW 6 Parity condition Refer below SW 7 lt CR gt Command SW 9 Print Density Refer below EU SW 1 Command set 1 Z O O m SW 12 Datarcception Transfer speed SW 1 SW Transfer speed SW SW 2 OFF Parity condition Parity condition No parity x x FF Print density uom on 1 on 1 on 3
25. e data Set a corresponding bit to 1 to print a dot otherwise set it to 0 The bit image modes selectable by are as follows Eod Vertical Direction Horizontal Direction of Dots Density Density of Dots single density 68DPI 101DPI 8 dot 68DPI 203DPI double density RUNE Bad sen UNE single density dede id double density NOTES 1 If m is of range n7 and the data following will be processed as normal data 2 After printing a bit image the printer returns to the normal data processing mode 39 3 The relationship between the image data and the dots to be printed is as follows 24 dot bit image MSB d7 MSB Bit image data Bit image data LSB LSB Print data 40 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTE Define down loaded bit image GS n2 df 27 42 nl n2 1D nl n2 djnlxn2x8 available in both Sets I II Defines a down loaded bit image with the number of dots specified by nJ and n2 1 lt 1 lt 66 1 lt 12 lt 255 n1xn2 lt 1500 The number of dots in the horizontal direction is 11 8 and in the vertical direction is n2x8 d specifies the bit image data After a down loaded bit image is defined once it is available until another definition is made until ESC is executed or until the printer is turned off The relationship between the bit image data and the transmitted dots is as follows LSB 4
26. es Does not clear the receive buffer and the macro definition 47 FUNCTION Set starting ending of macro definition CODE gt GS DEC 29 58 HEX ID 3A REMARKS available in both Sets I II Specifies the starting or ending of the macro definition If this command is received while defining the macro it ends the inition Up to 1024 bytes are available for macro definition If the macro range exceeds 1024 bytes the excess data is not defined Even if the ESC command initialize the printer is performed the macro definition is not cleared Therefore it is possible to include ESC in the macro definition 3 Normal printing operation is possible while defining the macro FUNCTION Execute Marco CODE GS n n2 n3 DEC 29 94 nl n2 n3 HEX 1 SE nl n2 n3 REMARKS available in both Sets I II Executes a macro nl Specifies the number of times to execute the macro n2 Specifies the waiting time for executing the macro n2x100 sec waiting time is required for one execution n3 Specifies the macro executing mode n3 0 Continuous macro execution Executes nJ times continuously at the interval specified by n2 n3 1 Executes the macro with the paper feed switch After waiting the period specified by n2 the error ONLINE blinks and the printer waits for the paper feed switch to be pressed After the paper feed switch is pressed the printer executes the macro once The pr
27. h 66mm Font styles Characters ASCII International Bar UPC JAN EAN CODE39 ITF CODABAR Character matrix Font eere 12 dots x 24 dots Font 9 dots x 17 dots selectable Paper specifications Recommended brand TFSOKS E Jujo Paper Co Ltd Width ccd ascetic 76 0 5mm Thickness 60 to 100m Roll diameter 85mm Max Roll paper core Inside ees 1imm Outside 14mm Paper should not be pasted to the paper core Interface Serial interface RS 232C D Sub 9pin connector DSR or XON XOFF handshaking 9600 4800 2400 1200 baud rate Parallel interface Centronics compatible 57series 36pin connector ACK or BUSY handshaking Peripheral unit drive circuit 1 circuit 24V 1 Environment to 50 25 to 85 Storage ioo eee 20 C to 60 C 10 to 90 Dimensions and Weight Height 193nm Width 158mm Depth sm 234mm Approx 2 0kg Power supply 100VAC 2407 50 60Hz 50 Fig 11 1 Overall dimensions mm 51 12 CHARACTER CODE TABLES Page 0 Int set U S A Bosh EEBDBBBBBBBBBBBRER an eee DESEE EEEE BEHEER B BRBBRBBBBRBRBRRS
28. h characters with 3 dot spacing between characters Select 16 dot pitch printing ESC 27 58 1B 3A available only when printer set to Set II Prints 12 dot pitch characters with 4 dot spacing between characters Set character spacing ESC SP n 27 32 n 1B 20 n available in both Sets I II Sets the space between characters by dots 0 lt lt 32 The default value is n 0 22 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Expanded printing So 14 OE available only when printer set to Set II Causes subsequent characters to be expanded Cancel expanded printing DC4 20 14 available only when printer set to Set II Cancels expanded printing Select character width lt ESC gt W m 27 BA n 1B 57 Rm available only when printer set to Set II Selects a character width according to the value of as shown below The default value is 0 Character width 0 Normal 1 Double Double height printing ESC SO 27 14 1B OE available only when printer set to Set II Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line Cancel double height printing lt ESC gt lt DC4 gt 27 20 1B 14 available only when printer set to Set II Cancels double height printing
29. holes in the core align with the axes of the paper roll holder Release the paper roll holder to secure the paper 8 If the paper roll core has not been properly aligned with the paper roll holder the cover cannot to properly seated until the paper position is corrected Cover Roll paper Figure 4 1 Removing the cover Figure 4 2 Loading the paper 9 Press the lt FEED gt paper feed switch to feed the paper approximately 10cm 10 Insert the top edge of the paper into the tear bar slot then mount the cover by reversing the procedure for removing the cover in step 1 above Figure 4 3 Insert the top edge of the paper into the tear bar slot NOTE When the paper end mark appears on the paper replace the roll paper before it runs out 4 2 Removing the Paper Remove the cover then cut off the paper near the rear of the paper guide and press the lt FEED gt switch to feed out the paper remaining in the unit When the paper runs out the lt POWER gt lamp will blink NOTES 1 Remove the paper remaining in the printer by pressing the FEED switch 2 When the paper end mark appears on the paper replace the roll paper before it runs out 3 When removing the core of the roll paper open the roll paper holder 4 3 Connecting the Interface Cable 1 Turn off power to both the host computer and the printer 2 Insert the connector at one end of the interface cable into the connector on the printer
30. igh and 1x2 dots wide 1 2 are the dot data each 1 byte value from 0 to 255 representing 24 vertical dots with the most significant bit at the top three and the least significant bit at the bottom three The number of data bytes must be Dots beyond the right margin are ignored n 1 255 Print triple density graphics lt ESC gt L nl n2 ml m2 27 76 nl n2 ml m2 1B 4C nl n2 ml m2 available only when printer set to Set II Prints triple density dot graphics The graphics image is 24 dots high and n1 n2x256 dots wide m1 m2 are the dot data each a 1 byte value from 0 to 255 representing 24 vertical dots with the most signification bit at the top three and the least signification bit at the bottom three The number of data bytes must be n7 n2x256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored The maximum value of nl n2x256 is 528 38 FUNCTION Set bit image mode and print CODE ESC m nl n2 d k DEC 27 42 nl n2 HEX 1B 2A m nl n2 d k REMARKS available in both Sets I II Sets the bit image mode using and the number of dots using nJ and n2 m 0 1 32 33 0 lt 1 lt 255 0 lt 2 lt 3 0 lt 4 lt 255 1 2 256 0 1 k 1 n2x256 x3 32 33 The number of dots in the horizontal direction is 1 n2x256 If the bit image data input exceeds the number of dots to be printed on a line the excess data is ignored d indicates the bit imag
31. inter repeats this operation nZ times NOTES l If this command is received while defining the macro the macro definition is aborted and the definition is cleared 2 If the macro is not defined or if n1 is 0 nothing is executed 3 Paper cannot be fed with the paper feed switch while executing the macro when 3 is 1 48 FUNCTION CODE DEC REMARKS NOTES Full cut ESC i 27 105 1B 69 available in both Sets I II Executes a full cut of the paper 1 Valid only when input at the beginning of a line 2 Valid only for the auto cutter type FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTES Partial cut lt 5 gt 27 109 1B 6D available in both Sets I II Executes a partial cut of the paper 1 Valid only when input at the beginning of a line 2 Valid only for the auto cutter type FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Cut Paper lt 5 gt 4 n 27 100 n 64 n available only when printer set to Set II 0 lt lt 1 When 0 or 0 executes a full cut of the paper When 1 or 1 executes a partial cut of the paper Valid only when the DIP SW 11 is OFF Has a different function when the DIP SW 11 is ON 49 11 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 11 1 Printing specifications Printing system Direct Thermal Dot matrix Print speed Approx 50mm second Print resolution 8 dots mm Print widt
32. ion ESC nl n2 27 36 nl n2 1B 24 nl n2 available in both Sets I II Sets the print starting position to the specified number of dots from the beginning of the line 027 3255 Oxn2x1 The print starting position is the n7 2 256 dot position from the beginning of the line This command is ignored when the specifications exceed the end of the line FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Set relative position lt 5 gt V nl n2 27 92 nl n2 1B 5C nl n2 available in both Sets I II Moves the print starting position to the specified number of dots from the current position 0 lt 11 lt 255 0 lt 2 lt 255 The relative position is set by n 4 n2x256 This command is ignored when the specifications exceed the end of the line 36 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTE Align positions ESC a n 27 97 n 1B 61 n available in both Sets I II Aligns all the characters in one line to the specified position 0 lt lt 2 n specifies the alignment as follows Position 0 Align left 1 Align center 2 Align right Valid only when input at the beginning of a line 37 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Print normal density graphics lt ESC gt K n lt 0 gt ml m2 27 75 n 00 m2 1B 4B n 00 m2 available only when printer set to Set II Prints normal density dot graphics The graphics image is 24 dots h
33. me using 10ms units Control peripheral device BEL i 7 07 available only when printer set to Set II Executes drive pulse for peripheral device Control peripheral device immediately lt FS gt 28 1C available only when printer set to Set II Executes drive pulse for peripheral device immediately Generate pulse ESC p m nl n2 27 112 m nl n2 1B 70 m nl n2 available in both Sets I II The pulse defined by n1 or n2 is output on peripheral unit drive connector 0 n1zn23255 m 0 ON time is nJx2ms and OFF time is n2x2ms If m is out of range the printer reads n7 and n2 but does not output a pulse 45 10 9 Miscellaneous Commands FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Cancel last line CAN 24 18 available only when printer set to Set II Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffer Deselect printer lt DC3 gt 19 13 available only when printer set to Set II Deselects the printer The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except lt DC1 gt which returns to select the printer Select printer lt DC1 gt 17 11 available only when printer set to Set II Returns the printer selected allowing it to receive and process all subsequent characters and commands Select device ESC n 27 61 n 1B 3
34. nters and 50 on The major features of the TSP200 Series are as follows 2 3 Quiet and fast direct thermal printing Compact designed printer Versatile print functions including expanded character mode inverted character printing and underlining barcode mode bit image graphics can be set by print commands The data buffer allows the unit to receive print data even during printing Peripheral unit drive circuit enables control of external devices such as cash drawers The RS 232C serial interface and the Centronics parallel interface are standard TSP242 is the version with the automatic paper cutter TSP212 is the version without the paper cutter Build in power supply 100VAC 240V 50 60 2 2 UNPACKING AND INSPECTION 2 1 Unpacking Check each item in the box against Figure2 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be two items If any of these items are missing contact your supplier p Printer User s Manual Figure2 1 Check to make sure you have all items 1 Printer 2 User s Manual 2 2 Handling Notes Before you start setting up your printer make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it By suitable place we mean e A firm level surface which is fairly vibration free Away from excessive heat such as direct sunlight heaters etc Away from excessive humidity Away from excessive dust A steady power supply that is not subject power surges sho
35. racters used when printing a bar code 0 1 selects the font from the following table 0 FontA 1 FontB HRI means Human Readable Interpretation 1 HRI characters are printed at the position specified by GS n 2 The default value is n 0 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Select bar code printing lt ESC gt b nl n2 n3 n4 ml m2 RS 27 98 nl n2 n3 n4 ml m2 30 1B 62 nl n2 n3 n4 ml m2 1E available only when printer set to Set II Prints bar code according to the value of n1 as shown below nl Barcode type 1 UPC 2 JAN 8 EAN 8 3 JAN 13 EAN 13 4 CODE39 5 ITF n2 indicates whether the characters are printed or not as shown below n2 Characters 1 Not printed 2 Print below the bar codes n3 indicates whether the characters are printed or not as shown below 13 UPC JAN EAN CODE 39 ITE 1 2 dot module 2 6 2 5 2 3 dot module 3 9 4 10 3 4 dot module 4 12 6 15 n4 indicates the height of bar code with dot unit ml m2 indicates the characters to be printed 30 10 4 Commands to Set the Page Format FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Set page length in lines lt ESC gt C n 27 67 n 1B 43 n available only when printer set to Set II Sets the page length in the current line spacing where 7 is between 1 and 1
36. rinting characters is selected the number of characters k should agreed with that number 5 Ifthe horizontal size exceeds one line the excess data is not printed FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS Select horizontal size of bar code GS n 29 119 n 1D 77 n available in both Sets I II Selects the horizontal size magnification of the bar code 2 lt lt 4 The default value is 3 28 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTES Select height of bar code GS h n 29 104 n 1D 68 n available in both Sets I II Selects the height of the bar code n specifies the number of dots in the vertical direction The default value is n 162 Select printing position of HRI characters GS 29 72 n ID 48 n available in both Sets I II Selects the printing position of HRI characters when printing a bar code n selects the printing position as the following table n Printing 0 Not printed Above the bar code Below the bar code Both above and below the bar code HRI means Human Readable Interpretation position 1 HRI characters are printed using the font specified by GS f n 2 The default value is n 0 29 FUNCTION CODE DEC HEX REMARKS NOTES Select font for HRI characters GS f nm 29 102 nm 1D 66 available in both Sets I II Selects a font for the HRI cha
37. uld be connected to the printer For example do not connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator or an air conditioner Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer s identification plate The socket outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible 3 PARTS IDENTIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE Plugs into an outlet of the specified voltage Shape of AC power plug will vary according to DIP SWITCH C the pri ren unit drive circuit With host computer Connects to peripheral units such as cash drawers etc Do not connect this to a telephone Figure 3 1 External view of the printer 4 SETTING UP 4 1 Loading the Paper 1 Lift the cover up approx 3cm Hold the cover tilted at this angle then pull it toward you to remove it 2 Cut off the front edge of the roll paper perpendicularly 3 Confirm that the power of the printer is turned on 4 Raise the thermal head to the up position 5 While observing the direction of the roll paper insert the top end of the paper beneath the paper guide as far as it will go The top end of the paper comes out from the paper exit For the TSP242 it comes out from the paper exit to the autocutter unit 6 Check the paper aligned correctly and lower the thermal head to the down position 7 Move the paper roll holder in the direction of the arrow and insert the roll so that the
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