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ASTRIUM PRINTER USER MANUAL

1. 32 aa 48 e 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 EE 80 OE 96 101 103 106 110 111 70 0111 P 113 126 DI 80 1000 9 1001 1010 o o BO 1011 1100 DO 1101 76 EN 192 208 1110 1111 Gray cells are undefined uem a DX Astrium Printer User Manual 39 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 17 Codepage WPC 1255 Hebrew LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A OD OE OF 0000 9001 0010 0011 0100 011 1900 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0 10 12 E 14 45 16 719 M M E E Em E E 5 34 5 x 43 44 45 46 0101 ya e T s de m 111 u i u 1 180 7 132 137 a 1010 161 x P p 166 B PETE ETE EISE MM Ia 206 207 205 11 11 212 213 I 224 p 5 vs 228 2 2 2 n 1 g LTR RIL 240 241 242 243 244 3 247 2 2 2 251 252 253 254 255 Gray cells are undefined print a space Astrium Printer User Manual 40 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 18 Codepage 1257 Baltic LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0 OD OE OF 0000 0001 0011 0100 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 EDT BEL B LF 30 S
2. 00559155 010700526565 raisni 91 DEFINE DOWNLOADED IMAGE 91 CUSTOMIZE NV MEMORY AREA ONLY TM T90 EMULATION 93 93 93 qayasqa 94 SELECT GRAPHICS DATA ONLY TM T90 EMULATION 95 FUNCTION48 ER 96 96 96 imi 97 FUNCTION 66 98 FUNCTION 66 e 98 FUNCTION G7 T 99 FUNCTION 609 100 usheenuuo 100 PRINT DOWNLOADED IMAGE 101 LASERMIUSCIMM e 102 DEFINE 103 6 0 Printer configuration identification 105 EXECUTE TEST PRINIZ ul l a u asa aaa sS 105 6 10 Printer status commands 105 TRANSMIT PRINTER ID a se tn unn 106 B ei ugs gusaQ 108 ENABLE DISABLE AUTOMATIC STATUS BACK ASB 109 6 11 Realtime commands aeu 113 REAL TIME STATUS TRANSM
3. 74 TURN UNDERLINE MODE ONJ OFF 76 TURN WHITE BLACK REVERSE PRINTING MODE ON OFF 76 Astrium Printer User Manual 4 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm TURN EMPHASIZED MODE ONJ OFF 77 TURN DOUBLE STRIKE MODE ONJ OFF 77 TURN 90 CLOCKWISE ROTATION MODE ON OFF 78 TURN ON OFF UPSIDE DOWN PRINTING MODE 79 SELECT CHARACTER SIZE uu uuu 80 SELECT CHARACTER STYLE ONLY 90 EMULATION 81 FUNCTION AE 81 TURNS SMOOTHING MODE ON OFF 81 66 Graphics 82 SELECT BITAMACGE uuu 82 PRINT 84 6 7 C 85 SELECT AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SET 85 SELECT CHARACTER CODE TABLE 86 SELECT CANCEL USER DEFINED CHARACTER SET 87 DEFINE USER DEFINED CHARACTERS 88 CANCEL USER DEFINED CHARACTERS 91 SELECT CHARACTER FONT uuu do bna EE luu usss 91 68 Logo uu u
4. 9 ESCe3 Select paper sensor to output paper end signals o 9 9 Select paper sensor 9 9 ESCes Embe iblepmdbuom 9 9 Esca 9 9 fescp 9 9 Esct 9 9 9 ESC Tum upside down printing mode ono 9 M O pea Define NV bitim O pea Gs o o 9 9 GSS Set absolute vertical print position in page mode O o GS___ Definedownloadedbitimage 9 9 9 Gs 9 Gs Starend macro definiion o 9 GSB Tum white black reverse printing mode onfolf o Gsm Select printing position of HRI characters 9 Astrium Printer User Manual 58 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Command Name Command Standard Page GS P classification mode mode function NEN Setting 39 0 8 GV Select cut mode and 9 9 o GS Set relative vertical print position in page mode eoa 0 ER Execute macro GSvO jPrintraterbitimge Ds 9 o 5 4
5. Emulation TH T88 IT Print Format Roll width Nation codepages 437 CPI default font 15 Font Print Densitu Color Monochrome Optimize for Speed Line length 42 56 chars line Advanced Options sound signal No On connection to AC Printer Off Power On transmit None Tof position Shortened Cutter Yes To change current setup please use ON OFF key to move between options FEED key to select wanted option You can exit from setup using SAVE menu Open and close cover anytime to discard all changes and return to normal mode Description of button functions Now you can start programming the printer and modifying the setup parameters according to your needs see later sections Astrium Printer User Manual 46 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 4 1 3 2 Button Functions in the Setup Mode The control panel buttons have the following functions in the Setup mode ON OFF Prints the next parameter of the item selected or the next item of the menu FEED Confirms selection of the last item or parameter printed prints the first parameter of the item selected or the next item of the menu ON OFF Astrium Printer User Manual 47 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 4 1 3 3 Navigating through Printer Setup Flow Chart The following flow chart shows how to navigate through printer setup The factory defaults are enclosed in g
6. mspecifies the bit image mode e NV bit image means a bit image that 1s defined in a non volatile memory by FS q and printed by FS p Thi command is not effective when the specified NV bit image has not been defined e n standard mode this command is effective only when there is no data in the print buffer e mode this command 15 not effective This command is not affected by print modes emphasized double strike underline character size white black reverse printing or 90 rotated characters etc except upside down printing mode e Ifthe printing area width set by GS L and GS W for the NV bit image is less than vertical line the following processing 15 performed only on the line in question However in NV bit image mode one vertical line means 1 dot in normal mode 0 48 and in double height mode 2 50 and it means 2 dots in double width mode m 1 49 and in quadruple mode m3 51 1 The printing area width is extended to the right in NV bit image mode up to one line vertically In this case printing does not exceed the printable area 2 Ifthe printing area width cannot be extended by one line vertically the left margin 15 reduced to accommodate one line vertically e Ifthe downloaded bit image to be printed exceeds one line the excess data is not printed This command feeds dots for the height n of the NV bit image in normal and double width modes and for the height x2
7. nH x256 x vertical or horizontal motion unit This command is ignored unless page mode is selected When pitch N is specified to the movement downward nL nH x 256 e When pitch N is specified to the movement upward the negative direction use the complement of 65536 e When pitch N is specified to the movement upward nL nH x 256 65536 Astrium Printer User Manual 129 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Any setting that exceeds the specified printing area is ignored This command operates as follows depending on the print starting position set by ESC T 3 When the starting position 15 set to the upper left or lower right of the printing the vertical motion unit y 1s used 4 When the starting position is set to the upper right or lower left of the printing area the horizontal motion unit x 1s used e The horizontal and vertical motion unit are specified by GS P The GS P command can change the horizontal and vertical motion unit However the value can not be less than the minimum horizontal movement amount and it must be in even units of the minimum horizontal movement amount See also ESC 5 ESC T ESC W ESC V GS 5 GS P Page mode 6 15 Macro commands CANCEL PRINT DATA IN PAGE MODE Synopsis Cancel print data in page mode ASCII CAN Hexadecimal 18 Decimal 24 Description In page mode deletes all the print data in the current printable area
8. 3 T T 1 JL PES T p T 198 20 204 M 207 HHHHHRHHHHHHHHHH Deu NBSP 247 Astrium Printer User Manual 28 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 6 Codepage 858 Multilingual Latin I Euro LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0 OD OE OF 0000 0001 0011 0100 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 EDT BEL B LF 30 51 s 10 12 EG 14 15 VUE DLE prl ESC 16 17 a 19 20 M 2 ES 24 E E 27 x S s Ei 0010 5 amp E 3 43 44 45 46 47 0011 lt gt 59 60 61 62 63 0100 L M 75 76 77 78 79 gt 0101 x 91 92 93 0110 s ve o E T a E 111 0111 Y 1000 M x 1001 158 178 1 188 191 3 n T 1 JL E T B 199 20 204 T 207 HBHHHHHHHHHRHHHHH NBSP 247 Astrium Printer User Manual 29 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 7 Codepage 860 Portuguese 00 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 09 OD OE OF 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 LL ETK LF an 10 12 14 15 DLE pez DC3 E SUB 16 17 18 19 P Em E 32 34 i 36 37 5 39 42 p
9. ener eee eles Serene er 140 121 ECE OG HE HOD ooi ia 140 12 2 Setting Values in Standard and Page Modes 140 12 3 Formatting of Print Data in the Printable Area 140 Astrium Printer User Manual 6 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The following table gathers the main characteristics of the printing unit HEM VALUE UNIT Technology Directthermal ss 203 dpi 8 dots per mm 8 dots per mm Resolution of the received bitmaps 203 x 203 dpi Font B 0 99 W x 2 40 H Che _ Paper loading Receipt width fg dd Up to 100 Internal 12 7 External 18 Roll core diameter mm suggested Automatic partial cut manual Cm User Flash memory Data reception buffer 4 Kbytes 45 bytes Mutually exclusive available on a slot pluggable interface board RS 232 C 25 pin connector Interface sI VERSION RS 232 C 9 pin connector display connector Bi directional parallel USB with display connector Ethernet soon available Dimensions WxDxH 140 x 217 x 157 mm Wegh About 19 Temperature Operating 10 to 40 C Storage 15 to 40 C Operating HR 20 to 85 non ae condensing Storage HR 5 to 90 non
10. 44 4 1 1 io lil uuu azas 44 4 1 2 Printer Configuration Menu 44 4 1 3 ME T 45 46 4 1 3 2 Button Functions in the Setup Mode 47 4 1 3 3 Navigating through Printer Setup 48 4 1 3 4 Notes and Meaning of the Parameters List of parameters that can DE eu 52 2 1 3 5 HOW to select the paramelefs LLL o4 4 1 4 lex Difilji up 54 5 COMMAND DESCRIPTION 55 S DUI c X 55 56 5 3 List of TM TSSIII Series Emulation Environment 58 5 4 List of TM T90 Series Emulation Environment 59 PET EE IIT 60 5 5 1 Explanation ol 60 519 2 Command conventions AXIOHM 61 6 COMMANDS FUNCTION 62 GA Reset nuin 62 E 62 6 2 Paper Cut 63 SELECT CUT 63 SELECT CUT MODE AND CUT
11. 63 63 Vertical positioning and print commands 64 PRINT AND RETURN TO STANDARD MODE IN PAGE MODE 64 PRINT AND LINE FEED u mika mda kn u Rom E roa 64 PRINT AND CARRIAGE RETURN 64 SELECT DEFAULT LINE 0 65 iz ZESIIGDIC 65 PRINTAND FEED pho bad ada 66 PRINT AND FEED LINES 66 6 4 Horizontal positioning commands 67 HORPIZONTAL TAB una 67 SET ABSOLUTE PRINT POSITION 68 SET HORIZONTAL TAB POSITIONS 69 SET RELATIVE PRINT POSITION u iu u uu a sui 70 LLL waste lll o dee 71 Sis Tc 71 SET PRINTING AREA WIDTH 72 SET HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MOTION UNITS 73 6 5 Print characteristics commands 74 SET RIGHT SIDE CHARACTER SPACING 74 SELECT PRINT MODE S
12. This command is enabled only in page mode e If data that existed in the previously specified printing area also exists in the currently specified printing area it 15 deleted See also ESC L ESC W Astrium Printer User Manual 130 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT PAPER SENSOR S TO STOP PRINTING Synopsis Select paper sensor s to stop printing ASCII ESC 4 n Hexadecimal 1B 63 34 Decimal 2 99 52 Range of n 0 255 Description Selects the paper sensor s used to stop printing when a paper end is detected using as follows 0 0 Paper roll near end sensor disabled Paper roll near end sensor enabled Paper roll near end sensor disabled Oo 2 Paper roll near end sensor enabled e Whena paper sensor is enabled with this command printing is stopped only when the corresponding paper 15 selected for printing e When is detected by the paper roll sensor the printer goes offline after printing stops When either bit 0 or 1 is on the printer selects the paper roll near end sensor for the paper sensor to stop printing Default 0 ENABLE DISABLE PANEL BUTTONS Synopsis Enable disable panel buttons ASCII ESC c 5 n Hexadecimal 1B 63 35 n Decimal 27 99 53 Range of n 0 255 Description e When the LSB of is 0 the panel buttons are enabled e When LSB of 7 is 1 the panel buttons are disabled e Only the lowest bit of n is valid e When
13. Axiohm Decimal Number of Data 30H 39H 48 57 1 8 byte Nut 0 The number of bytes of remaining memory is converted to character codes corresponding to decimal data then transmitted from the MSB e The data length 15 variable FUNCTION 64 Synopsis Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn dl 42 fn 64 Hexadecimal 1028 4C pL pH m fn dl 42 Decimal 29 40 76 pL pH m fn dl Range pL 256 4 4 0 48 fn 64 dl 75 d2 67 Description Transmits the defined NV graphics key code list When the key code 15 present Decimal Number of Data 40H or 41H 64 or 65 30H 39H 48 57 2 80 byte NUL OH o When the key code is not present __ Hexadecimal ___ Number of Data NUL OH 0 e fthe number of the key code exceeds 40 the key code is transmitted dividing up to 40 The status if the continuous transmission data block is present is 41H The status if the continuous transmission data block is not present is 40H After the Header NUL is transmitted the printer receives a response from the host it performs the process defined by the response See the tables below When the status existence of the next data block is Hexadecimal 41H Decimal 65 Astrium Printer User Manual 97 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Respons
14. font for HRI characters used when printing a bar code n selects a font from the following table Font A 12 x 24 Font B 9 x 17 e HRI indicates Human Readable Interpretation e HRI characters are printed at the position specified by GS H Default 0 See also GS H GS k Astrium Printer User Manual 122 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 13 Peripheral control command GENERATE PULSE Synopsis Generate pulse ASCII ESC p m tl t2 Hexadecimal 1B 70 m t1 t2 Decimal 27 112 m tl t2 Range m 0 1 48 49 t1 40 255 t2 0 255 Description Outputs the pulse specified by t1 and t2 to connector pin as follows The pulse ON time is x 2 ms and the OFF time is t2 x 2 ms Ift2 lt tl the OFF time is tl x 2 ms m CometorPin Drawer kick out connector pin 2 Drawer kick out connector pin 5 See also DLE ISSUES AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL Synopsis Issues an audible signal 5 ESC BEL n Hexadecimal 1B 07 n Decimal 27 7 1 2 Description Issues an audible signal Parameter n 1 selects tone 1 Parameter n 2 selects tone 2 SELECT PERIPHERAL DEVICE Synopsis Select peripheral device ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1B 3D n Decimal 27 61 Range 1 lt 1 lt 3 Description Selects device to which host computer sends data using as follows Astrium Printer User Manual 123 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Function TM TSS Func
15. Hexadecimal 1028 4C pL pH m fn Decimal 29 40 76 pL pH m fn Range pL 256 2 pL 2 pH 0 m 48 fn 0 48 Description Transmits the total capacity of the NV bit image memory number of bytes in the memory area _________ Hexadecimal Decimal Number of Data 30H 39H 48 57 1 8 byte NUL 00H 0 1 byte e The total capacity data is converted to character codes corresponding to decimal data then transmitted from the MSB e The data length 15 variable e The total capacity of the NV user memory is selectable as one of 0 64K 128K 192K 256K 320K 384K bytes with GS The default value is 384 KB FUNCTION 50 Synopsis Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn fn 2 50 Hexadecimal 1028 4C pL pH m fn Decimal 29 40 76 pL pH m fn Range pL pHx256 2 pL 2 pH 0 m 48 fn 2 50 Description Prints the buffered graphics which is stored by the process of Function 112 e Feeds paper by the amount corresponding to the number of dots in the y direction of the buffered graphics FUNCTION 51 Synopsis Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn fn 3 51 Hexadecimal 1028 4C pL pH m fn Decimal 29 40 76 pL pH m fn Range pL 256 2 2 0 48 3 51 Description Transmits the number of bytes of remaining memory unused area in the NV user memory Astrium Printer User Manual 96 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A
16. The Real Time commands provide an application interface to the printer even when the printer 15 not handling other commands REAL TIME STATUS TRANSMISSION Synopsis Real time status transmission ASCII DLE n Hexadecimal 10 04 n Decimal 16 4 n Operand 1 4 Value of n 1 Transmit printer status 2 Transmit off line status 3 Transmit error status 4 Transmit paper roll sensor status Description Transmits the selected printer status specified by n in real time according to the parameters above e The printer transmits the current status Each status 15 represented by one byte data e The printer transmits the status without confirming whether the host computer can receive data e The printer executes this command upon receiving it e This command is executed even when the printer 15 offline the receive buffer 15 full or there 15 an error status with a serial interface model e With a parallel interface model this command cannot be executed when the printer is busy e When Auto Status Back ASB is enabled using the GS a command the status transmitted by the DLE EOT command and the ASB status must be differentiated Refer to Appendix G TRANSMISSION STATUS IDENTIFICATION e Even though the printer 15 not selected using ESC select peripheral device this command 15 effective Notes e The status is transmitted whenever the data sequence of lt 10 gt H lt 04 gt H lt n gt n 2 1 4 is received Examp
17. 0 b 173 174 3 mms oo L oo N oo T eN oo 41 oo gt OUT STT ot JAN sT N gt 25 c r EO bt c gt LIL N N m 208 211 212 r 217 EM 219 220 221 f ba a 17 a 2 T Y 227 2 236 237 238 239 n z ur 241 1 A 251 252 253 254 255 Dr Astrium Printer User Manual 24 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 2 Codepage 437 International 15 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OD OF MSB N 0000 0001 0010 0011 010 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 00 0001 n a LF 50 SI 10 1 12 v 14 15 ITE DLE pr pra ul 16 17 18 on 2 20 0010 gt gt EE 32 83 34 k m 40 0100 x 50 0101 94 95 60 0110 b c d e q h 2 1 n 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 70 10111 q r t u w x y z 1 DEL 119 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 127 80 1000 p m gt x a a a 141 142 90 1001 d 144 145 p p
18. 0100 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 EDT BEL B LF 30 51 s 10 12 EG 14 15 VUE DLE prl ESC 16 17 a 19 20 M 2 ES 24 E E 27 x S s Ei 0010 5 amp E 3 43 44 45 46 47 0011 gt 59 60 61 62 63 0100 L M M 75 76 77 78 79 gt 0101 x 91 92 93 0110 s ve o E T a E 111 0111 E 1000 M if 1001 144 145 146 155 156 157 158 2 amp 162 166 167 T 172 178 1 187 188 1 182 1 JL PES T t y 203 204 Hi 207 BED M NBSP 242 247 Astrium Printer User Manual 27 1142 Reference 3108343 Issue Axiohm 3 7 6 5 Codepage 857 Turkish LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0 OD OE OF 0000 0001 0011 0100 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 EDT BEL B LF 30 51 s 10 12 EG 14 15 VUE DLE prl ESC 16 17 a 19 20 M 2 ES 24 E E 27 x S s Ei 0010 5 amp E 3 43 44 45 46 47 0011 gt 59 60 61 62 63 0100 L M M 75 76 77 78 79 gt 0101 x 91 92 93 0110 s ve o E T a E 111 0111 5 1000 id 1001 145 146 156 157 x 178 1 B 188
19. ASCII CR Hexadecimal 0D Decimal 13 Description When automatic line feed is enabled this command functions the same as LF when automatic line feed is disabled this command 15 ignored Sets the print starting position to the beginning of line The automatic line feed 15 ignored with a serial interface model This command is set according to the SETUP setting with a parallel interface model See also LF Astrium Printer User Manual 64 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT DEFAULT LINE SPACING Synopsis Select default line spacing ASCII ESC 2 Hexadecimal 1B 32 Decimal 27 50 Description Selects approximately 4 23 mm 41 6 spacing e The line spacing can be set independently in standard mode and in page mode See also ESC 3 SET LINE SPACING Synopsis Set line spacing ASCII ESC 3 n Hexadecimal 1B 33 Decimal 27 51 n Range of n 0 255 Description Sets the line spacing to n x vertical or horizontal motion unit e The line spacing can be set independently in standard mode and in page mode e The horizontal and vertical motion unit are specified by GS P Changing the horizontal vertical motion unit does not affect the current line spacing e The GS P command can change the horizontal and vertical motion unit However the value cannot be less than the minimum vertical movement amount and it must be in even units of the minimum vertical movement amount e In standard mode the vert
20. If the printing area width cannot be extended sufficiently the left margin is reduced to accommodate one character Printable area Left margin 2 Reduce left margin 1 Extended to right 3 If the printing area width cannot be extended sufficiently the right space 1s reduced e Ifthe width set for the printing area 1s less than one line in vertical the following processing 15 performed only on the line in question when data other than character data e g bit image user defined bit Image 15 developed Astrium Printer User Manual 72 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 1 The printing area width 15 extended to the right to accommodate one line in vertical for the bit image within the printable area 2 If the printing area width cannot be extended sufficiently the left margin 15 reduced to accommodate one line in vertical e The commands which set the printing area width for bit image printing and its minimum widths are as follows e Bitimage ESC single density mode 2 dots Double density mode 1 dot e Downloaded bit image GS Double width mode or Quadruple mode 2 dots Normal mode or Double height mode 1 dot e NV bit image FS p Double width mode or Quadruple mode 2 dots Normal mode or Double height mode 1 dot e Raster bit image GS v 0 Double width mode or Quadruple mode 2 dots Normal mode or Double height mode 1 dot Default nL 0 nH 2 See also GS L GS P SET HORIZONT
21. OFF I F pin 6 used as DSR signal When the jumper 15 installed the printer is reset when the signal remains MARK for 1 ms or more 25 pin Serial Jumper J3 INSTALLED ON I F pin 6 used as Reset signal Jumper J2 NOT INSTALLED OFF I F pin 6 used as DSR signal INSTALLED ON I F pin 25 used as Reset signal Jumper J3 NOT INSTALLED OFF Notused When jumper J3 1s installed the printer is reset when the signal remains SPACE for 1 ms or more Astrium Printer User Manual 15 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 3 4 Installation Procedure Provided below is the procedure for installing an interface board This procedure applies to both slot pluggable interface boards available e Unscrew the two screws A and extract the old board from its slot A e Insert the new board into the slot pushing it as far as it goes Ensure that it plugs correctly with the related connector on the main board Secure the board in place by tightening the two screws A The printer FW will automatically detect the new board installed Astrium Printer User Manual 16 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 3 4 1 Display connector Slot pluggable Interface boards 9 pin RS 232 and USB are available with Display connector Pinout of the Display Output Connector Safety ground 2 Transmit data to print i 3 Receive data from printer 4 Indicates w
22. 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 1B 40 1D 48 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 OA 1B 40 1D 48 32 10 6B 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 1B 40 10 48 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 GF 64 65 20 33 39 0 1B 40 1D 48 32 10 68 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 1B 40 1D 48 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 OF 64 65 20 33 39 0A 1B 40 1D 48 32 10 6B 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 0A 1B 40 10 48 32 1D 68 48 07 43 6F 64 65 20 33 39 0A Astrium Printer User Manual 54 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 5 COMMAND DESCRIPTION 5 1 Introduction This printer model interprets the data received from the line in the form of special code sequences If any of these sequences are sent the printer performs the function that it represents There is no common method of controlling data The leading printer manufacturers have created their own control standards according to the printing technology applications to be used etc Other manufacturers have adapted to these standards by making printers that try to behave like emulate the original leading printers hence the concept of EMULATION This printer model uses the Epson 88 and TM T90 series emulation code set Astrium Printer User Manual 55 142 Reference 3108343 Issue Axiohm 5 2 List of control codes Set horizontal tab positon o 78 IB 56n Turn 90 clockwise rotation mode
23. 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 x Gray cells are undefined print space Astrium Printer User Manual 37 142 Reference 3108343 Issue Axiohm 3 7 6 15 Codepage WPC 1253 Greek 00 01 102 103 04 105 106 107 08 109 OA OB OD OE OF 0000 0001 0011 0101 E 1001 1011 1110 00 0001 UL T ENQ VT 50 5 n 11 De 14 10 0001 DLE DCS m SUB a 19 26 B E3 t 6 x 32 o ot Lo fo La Lo Lt 48 e a 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 96 101 103 106 110 111 70 0111 P 112 113 80 IM 126 DI 90 1001 0 0 101 1100 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 M i 2 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 Gray cells are undefined print a Spacey Astrium Printer User Manual 38 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 16 Codepage WPC 1254 Turkish 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OA OC OD OE OF 0000 0001 0011 0101 E 1001 1011 1110 50 3 s 11 VM 14 26 E3 00 0001 UL z DJ III
24. Axiohm THERMAL PRINTING SOLUTIONS ASTRIUM PRINTER USER MANUAL Reference 3108343 Issue A AXIOHM 1 rue d Arcueil BP 820 92542 MONTROUGE CEDEX FRANCE Tel 33 1 58 07 17 17 Fax 33 1 58 07 17 18 Axiohm Date Issue Modifications 02 2005 Creation 05 2005 A Addition of duty cycle and more information about power supply Astrium Printer User Manual 1 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A This single station receipt only thermal printer is addressed to the retail market Widely used in the restaurant scenario this printer model is also highly suitable for a number of other applications ranging from newspaper agents to department stores specialty stores and certain supermarkets Among the outstanding features this receipt only printer model has to offer 15 a Clamshell type opening for simplified paper roll loading a very small footprint an incorporated cutter the possibility of dual color printing an interchangeable interface slot and a drawer kick out connector The printer can be installed vertically so the paper is output frontward or horizontally so the paper 15 output upwards The following options are available a Slot pluggable interfaces 1 RS232 serial female 25 pin connector 2 RS232 C serial female 9 pin connector with RJ display connector 3 USB with RJ display connector 4 Bi directional PARALLEL b Wall mounting bracket vertical position Kit for using 58 and 60 mm wid
25. Frequent write commands by this command may damage the NV memory Therefore it is recommended to write to NV memory no more than 10 times a day While processing this command the printer is BUSY while writing data to the user NV memory and stops receiving data Therefore it 15 prohibited to transmit data including the real time commands during the execution of this command FUNCTION 1 Synopsis Customize Nv memory area only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS E pL pH fn dl d2 fn l Hexadecimal 10 28 45 pL pH fn dl 42 Decimal 29 40 69 pL pH fn dl 42 Range pL pH 256 0 fn 1 dl 73 d2 78 Description Enters the user setting mode and reply as follow Decimal Number of Data NL FUNCTION 2 Synopsis Customize Nv memory area only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS E pL pH dl 42 2 Hexadecimal 10 28 45 pL pH fn dl 42 d3 Decimal 29 40 69 pL pH fn dl d2 d3 Range pL pH x 256 4 4 0 2 41 79 42 85 43 84 Description Ends the user setting mode Astrium Printer User Manual 93 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm FUNCTION 6 Synopsis Customize Nv memory area only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS pL pH fn a fn 6 Hexadecimal JD 28 45 pL pH fn a Decimal 29 40 69 pL pH fn a Range pL pH x 256 2 pL 2 pH 0 fn 6 1 2 116 Description Transmits the customized value corresponding to the n
26. Hexadecimal 10 76 30 m xL xH yL yH dl dk Decimal 29 118 48 m xL xH yL dl dk Range m 0 3 m 48 51 xL 0 255 xH 0 255 yL 0 255 yH 0 8 1 lt yL yH x 256 lt 2303 yH 0 15 1 lt yL yH x 256 lt 4095 Only TM T90 emulation d 0 255 k xL xH x 256 x yL x 256 Kk 0 Description Selects Raster bit image mode The value of m selects the mode as follows x Mode Verte Do Density Horizontal Do Densi x Mode Verte dot densis Hoviontal ot density e xL xH select the number of data bytes xZ xHx256 in the horizontal direction for the bit image e yL select the number of data bytes vL vHx256 in the vertical direction for the bit image Astrium Printer User Manual 84 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Example When xL xHx256 64 xL xH x 256 x 8dots 560 dots 11 2 3 62 63 64 65 66 67 126 127 128 NEN 761514312 110 5 LSB 6 7 Font commands e Selected Commands SELECT AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SET Synopsis Select an international character set ASCII ESC R n Hexadecimal 1B 52 n Decimal 27 92 n Range of n Default France Germany UK Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Korean Description Selects an international character set n from the table above
27. In page mode all the received print data and paper feed commands are processed in the specified memory and the printer executes no operations the data in the memory 15 then printed when an ESC FF or FF command 15 received The ESC L command puts the printer into page mode and all commands received thereafter are processed in page mode Executing an ESC FF command prints the received data collectively and executing an FF command restores the printer to standard mode after the received data 15 printed collectively Executing an ESC S command restores the printer to standard mode without printing the received data in page mode the received data 15 cleared from memory instead 12 2 Setting Values in Standard and Page Modes The available commands and parameters are the same for both standard and page modes However these values can be set independently in each mode for the ESC SP ESC 2 ESC 3 and FS S commands For these commands different settings can be stored for each mode Although the maximum number of printable dots for a bit image when the paper roll is selected as the print sheet is 560 in standard mode 940 bit image dots can be printed in the y direction paper feed direction in page mode This is possible only when the ESC W command has specified 940 printable area dots in the y direction and the printing direction value of n in the ESC T command is 1 or 3 In the two color mode the vertical resolution is 470 lines 58 6 mm for the
28. List of TM T90 Series Emulation Environment Command Name Command Standard Page GS P classification mode mode function E C GS E Customize NV memory area ss Customize NV memory area ss memory area L Select graphics data GS 81 GS N Select character style Command classification Executing Printer executes the command which does not then affect the following data Setting Printer uses flags to make settings and those settings affect the following data Standard mode prints one line at a time O Enabled O Enabled only when the command is set at the beginning of a line Enabled only when data 15 not present in the printer buffer Page mode definition and printing of an entire area refer to Appendix H O Enabled Only value setting 1s possible Disabled Parameters are processed as printable data Ignored All command codes including parameters are ignored and nothing 15 executed GS P function codes whose parameters are interpreted by the value defined in the GS P command code Astrium Printer User Manual 59 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 5 5 Commands 5 5 Explanation of Terms The following table gives an explanation of the terms that you will encounter in the descriptions of the commands provided further on TERM DESCRIPTION Receive buffer The receive buffer 15 a buffer that stores as 15 the data received from the host the reception data The reception data is stored
29. Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off See also DLE ENQ 5 a GS r GENERATE PULSE AT REAL TIME Synopsis Generate pulse at real time ASCII DLE DC4 nmt Hexadecimal 10 14 nmt Decimal 16 20 nmt Operand 1 1 2 m 0 1 t 1 8 Description Outputs the pulse specified by t to connector pin m as follows m Connector pin 0 Drawer kick out connector pin 2 1 Drawer kick out connector pin 5 e When the printer is in an error status when this command 15 processed this command 15 ignored e When the pulse is output to the connector pin specified while ESC p DEL DC4 is executed while this command 15 processed this command 15 ignored e The printer executes this command upon receiving it e With a serial interface model this command is executed even when the printer is offline the receive buffer 1s full or there 1s an error status e With a parallel interface model this command cannot be executed when the printer is busy e This command 15 effective even when the printer 1s disabled with ESC Select peripheral device Notes e If print data includes the same character strings as this command the printer performs the same operation specified by this command The user must consider this e This command should not be used within the data sequence of another command that consists of 2 or more bytes See also ESC p Astrium Printer User Manual 115 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm REAL TIME REQUEST TO PRINTER
30. Printable area margin Printing area width SET PRINTING AREA WIDTH Synopsis ASCII Hexadecimal Decimal Range of nL Range of nH Description Set printing area width GS W nL nH ID 57 nL nH 29 87 nL nH 0 255 0 255 Sets the printing area width to the area specified by nZ and nH e The printing area width is set to nL nH x 256 x horizontal motion unit Printable area t Left margin Printing area width e This command is effective only processed at the beginning of the line e n page mode the printer performs only internal flag operations e This command does not affect printing in page mode e Ifthe left margin printing area width exceeds the printable area printable area width left margin is used e The horizontal and vertical motion units are specified by GS P Changing the horizontal and vertical motion units does not affect the current left margin e The horizontal motion unit x 1s used for calculating the printing area width The calculated result 1s truncated to the minimum value of the mechanical pitch e Ifthe width set for the printing area is less than the width of one character when the character data 15 developed the following processing 1s performed 1 The printing area width 15 extended to the right to accommodate one character x Printable area x 4 ______ __________ tT margin Extended to right Printing area width set by nL and nH 2
31. Synopsis ASCII Hexadecimal Decimal Operand Description Notes See also Real time request to printer DLE ENQ n 10 05 n 16 5 n n 1 2 Responds to a request from the host computer n specifies the requests as follows vrs Request from an error and restart printing from the line where the error occurred Recover from an error aft clearing the receive and print buffers When the printer is disabled with ESC Select peripheral device this command 15 effective This command is effective only when an auto cutter error occurs The printer starts processing data upon receiving this command This command is executed even when the printer 15 offline the receive buffer 15 full or there 15 an error status with a serial interface model With a parallel interface model this command cannot be executed when the printer 15 busy DLE ENQ 2 enables the printer to recover from an error after clearing the data in the receive buffer and the print buffer The printer retains the settings by ESC ESC 3 etc that were in effect when the error occurred The printer can be initialized completely by using this command and ESC This command is enabled only for errors that have the possibility of recovery except for print head temperature error The status 1s transmitted whenever the data sequence of lt 10 gt lt 05 gt lt gt n 1 4 1s received Example In ESC m nr nH 1 41 lt 10 gt d2 lt 05 gt
32. TM T90 emulation only 12 3 Formatting of Print Data in the Printable Area The printable area is set using ESC W If all printing and feeding are complete before the printer receives the ESC W command the left side as you face the printer 15 taken as the origin x0 0 of the printable area The printable rectangular area 15 defined by the length dx dots extending from and including the origin x0 y0 in the x direction perpendicular to the paper feed direction and by the length dy dots in the y direction paper feed direction If the ESC W command 15 not used the printable area remains the default value When the printer receives print data after ESC W sets the printable area and ESC T sets the printing direction the print data 15 formatted within the printable area so that point A in Figure 1 15 at the beginning of the printable area as a default value When a character is printed point A 15 the baseline Print data containing downloaded bit images or bar codes is formatted so that the bottom point of the left side of the image data point B in Figure 1 is aligned with the baseline However any Human Readable Interpretation HRI characters are printed under the baseline At the points labeled Point B if characters such as double height characters higher than normal size characters or downloaded bit image characters are received any part of the character higher than the normal size character is not printed If the print data incl
33. available CODE128 SHIFT characters In code set A the character just after SHIFT is processed as a character for code set B In code set B the character just after SHIFT 15 processed as the character for code set A SHIFT characters cannot be used in code set C e Code set selection character CODE A CODE B CODE This character switches the following code set to code set A B or C e Function character FNCI FNC2 FNC3 FNC4 The usage of function characters depends on the application software In code set C only 15 available Astrium Printer User Manual 121 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT BAR CODE WIDTH Synopsis Select bar code width ASCII GS w n Hexadecimal 1D 77 n Decimal 29 119 n Range 2 6 Default n 3 Description Set the horizontal size of the bar code e Multi level bar codes are as follows UPC A UPC E JAN13 EAN13 JAN8 EAN8 CODE93 CODE128 e Binary level bar codes are as follows CODE39 ITF CODABAR n specifies the bar code width as follows Module Width mm for Binary level Bar Code n Multi level Bar Code Thin element width mm Thick element width mm 5 0 625 0 625 1 625 shs See also GS k SELECT FONT FOR HUMAN READABLE INTERPRETATION HRI CHARACTERS Synopsis Select font for human readable interpretation HRI characters ASCII GS f n Hexadecimal 1D 66 n Decimal 29 102 n Rangeofm 0 1 48 49 Description Selects
34. cutter mechanism 15 equipped with a photosensor that detects the home position of the cutter blades when the printer is powered on and after the cutting of the receipt If the cutter blades are not repositioned correctly to their home position the red Error LED on the console will begin to flash 3 5 3 Main board e Slot interface 16 bit bus CPU 16 MHz 85 2633 Programmable gate array CPLD XILINX XC9536 e RAM Base 64Kx16 byte e Firmware 1 M byte Flash 512 x 16 3 5 4 Slot pluggable interface Four different interface boards can be installed on the printer 1 Serial RS232 C female 25 pin connector 2 Serial RS232 C female 9 pin connector with RJ display connector 3 USB with RJ display connector 4 PARALLEL bi directional The printer automatically recognizes the type of interface installed 3 5 5 External power supply e Switching type e Input voltage 110 220 Vac e Output voltage 24 Vdc Astrium Printer User Manual 19 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 6 Paper Specifications Type of paper Format Roll diameter Paper width Paper thickness Suggested paper types Monochrome thermal paper e Dual color thermal paper Note To avoid damaging the print head and obtain an optimum print quality it is suggested to use the thermal Thermal Paper roll Max 100 mm 80 0 5 mm 3 15 standard 58 60 0 5 mm 2 26 2 36 optional 60 to 90 um pa
35. dl d y x x1 xk dl d y x xk 1B 26 y cl c2 x1 dl d y x x1 xk 41 d y x xk 27 38 y cl c2 x1 dl d y x x1 xk dl d y x xk y 3 1 2 32 126 0 12 when font A 12 24 15 selected x 0 9 when font B 9 x 17 1s selected dl d y x xk 20 255 Defines user defined characters e specifies the number of bytes in the vertical direction cl specifies the beginning character code for the definition and c2 specifies the final code x specifies the number of dots in the horizontal direction The allowable character code range is from ASCII code lt 20 gt to lt 7E gt H 95 characters e 15 possible to define multiple characters for consecutive character codes If only one character is desired use c c2 dis the dot data for the characters The dot pattern is in the horizontal direction from the left side Any remaining dots on the right side are blank e The data to define a user defined character 15 y x x bytes Seta corresponding bit to 1 to print a dot or 0 to not print a dot This command can define different user defined character patterns by each fonts To select a font use ESC e user defined character and a downloaded bit image cannot be defined simultaneously When this command 15 executed the downloaded bit image 15 cleared e The user defined character definition is cleared when 3 ESC 15 executed 4 FS 4 is executed 5 GS 15
36. image is performed by the FS p command Notes e Frequent write command execution may cause damage to the NV memory Therefore it is recommended to write the NV memory 10 times or less a day e The printer performs a hardware reset after the procedure to place the image into the NV memory Therefore user defined characters downloaded bit images and macros should be defined only after completing this command The printer clears the receive and print buffers and resets the mode to the mode that was in effect at power on At this time SETUP settings are checked again See also FSp Example When xL 64 xH 0 yL 96 0 xL xH x 256 x 8 dots 560 dots lt 997 768 dots yL yH x 256 x 8 dots Astrium Printer User Manual 104 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 9 Printer configuration identification EXECUTE TEST PRINT Synopsis Execute test print ASCII GS A pL pH n m Hexadecimal ID 28 41 pL pH n m Decimal 29 40 65 pL pH n m Range pL pHx256 2 pL 2 pH 0 n 0 2 n 48 50 1 3 m 49 5 Description Defines a downloaded bit image using the number of dots specified by x and y Executes a test print with a specified test pattern on a specified paper e pL and pH specifies the number of the parameter such as n m to pL pH x 256 bytes n specifies the paper to be tested Basic sheet paper roll m specifies a test pattern Hexadecimal dump Rolling
37. mm Quadruple 4 dot mm 4 dot mm Description Prints a downloaded bit image using the mode specified by m e This command is ignored if a downloaded bit image has not been defined e standard mode this command is effective only when there is no data in the print buffer e This command has no effect in the print modes emphasized double strike underline character size or white black reverse printing except for upside down printing mode e Ifthe downloaded bit image to be printed exceeds the printable area the excess data 15 not printed e Ifthe printing area width set by GS L and GS W is less than one line in vertical the following processing 1s performed only on the line in question 1 The printing area width is extended to the right up to one line in vertical In this case printing does not exceed the printable area 2 If the printing area width cannot be extended by one line in vertical the left margin 15 reduced to accommodate one line in vertical See also GS Astrium Printer User Manual 101 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm PRINT NV BIT IMAGE Synopsis Print NV bit image ASCH FS p n m Hexadecimal 1C 70 n m Decimal 28 112 n m Range 0 255 m 0 3 m 48 51 Description Prints a NV bit image 7 using the mode specified by m m Vertical Dot Density Horizontal Dot Density dots 25 4 mm 1 nisthe number of the NV bit image defined using the FS q command
38. of the NV bit image in double height and quadruple modes regardless of the line spacing specified by ESC 2 or ESC 3 e After printing the bit image this command sets the print position to the beginning of the line and processes the data that follows as normal data See also ESC FS q GS GS v 0 Astrium Printer User Manual 102 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm DEFINE NV BIT IMAGE Synopsis Define Nv bit image ASCII FS q n xLxHyL yH dl dk 1 xL xH yL yHdl dk n Hexadecimal JC 71 n xLxHyLyH dl dk 1 xLxHyLyH dl dk n Decimal 28 113 n xLxH yL yH dl dk 1 xL xH yL yH dl dk n Range 1 255 xL 0 255 xH 0 3 when xL xH x 256 1 1023 yL 0 255 yH 0 1 when yL yH x 256 1 288 d 0 255 k xL xH x 256 x yL yH x 256 x 8 Total defined data area 2M bits 384K bytes Description Define the NV bit Image specified by n n specifies the number of the defined NV bit Image xL xH specifies xL xH x 256 x 8 dots in the horizontal direction for the NV bit image you are defining yL specifies x 256 x 8 dots in the vertical direction for the NV bit image you are defining This command cancels all NV bit images that have already been defined by this command The printer cannot redefine only one of several data definitions previously defined In this case all data needs to be sent again From the beginning of the processing of this command till
39. of their hexadecimal codes HORIZONTAL TAB Synopsis Horizontal tab ASCII HT Hexadecimal 09 Decimal 9 Description Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab position e This command is ignored unless the next horizontal tab position has been set e Ifthe next horizontal tab position exceeds the printing area the printer sets the printing position to Printing area width 11 e Horizontal tab positions are set with ESC D e If this command is received when the printing position is at printing area width 1 printer executes print buffer full printing of the current line and horizontal tab processing from the beginning of the next line e The default setting of the horizontal tab position for the paper roll is font A 12 x 24 every 8th character 9th 17th 25th column See also ESC D Astrium Printer User Manual 67 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SET ABSOLUTE PRINT POSITION Synopsis Set absolute print position ASCII ESC nL nH Hexadecimal 1B 24 nL nH Decimal 27 36 nL nH Value of n nL 0 255 nH 0 255 Description Sets the distance from the beginning of the line to the position at which subsequent characters are to be printed The distance from the beginning of the line to the print position 15 NH x 256 x vertical or horizontal motion unit Settings outside the specified printable area are ignored The horizontal and vertical motion unit are specif
40. on the printer to activate the Self test The buttons on the control panel also have other functions Refer to the chapter entitled Printer Setup 7 2 LEDS There are three LEDs on the console indicating respectively On Green Printer powered on and on line Off Printer powered off Flashing Green e e Printer busy Print head overheated Off The printer is in its normal operating condition On Red signals the following error conditions LED 2 e Paper e Cutter lock e Printer failure LED 3 Printer loaded with paper ROLL On Yellow Printer in almost out of paper condition Flashing Yellow Printer in out of paper condition Astrium Printer User Manual 133 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 8 OTHER INFORMATION 8 1 Printing and Paper Feeding This line printer automatically feeds paper after printing the data Therefore when the line spacing for one line is set to a smaller value than the print data paper may be fed more than the set amount just to print the data For example when the line spacing for one line is set to 10 dots 10 180 inches and only paper feeding 15 executed paper 15 fed for 10 dots however if bit image characters are printed paper 15 fed for 24 dots Refer to Table A 1 When only rotated characters are printed on one line paper feeding 15 executed as shown in Table A 1 Table A 1 Paper Feeding Amount Required Paper Feeding Amount dots Font A 27
41. pattern print e This command is enabled only when processed at the beginning of a line in standard mode e This command is no effect in page mode e When this command is received during macro definition the printer ends macro definition and begins performing this command e After the test print is finished the printer resets itself automatically Therefore the already defined data before this command 15 executed such as an user defined characters downloaded bit image and macro becomes undefined and the receive buffer and print buffer are cleared and each setting returns to the default value The printer also re reads the SETUP settings e The printer cuts the paper at the end of the test print e The printer goes BUSY while this command is executed 6 10 Printer status commands These commands enable the printer to communicate with the host computer They are stored in the printer s data buffer as they are received and are handled by the firmware in the order in which they were received When a fault occurs the printer will go busy at the communication interface and not respond to either of the Printer Status commands If the fault causing the busy condition can be cleared such as by loading paper or letting the thermal print head cool down the printer will resume processing the data in its receive buffer Astrium Printer User Manual 105 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Real Time commands allow the printer
42. the field engineering service poser LED ON OFF is Wait for the LED to stop flashing ashing Open the printer cover and then close it again by pressing The paper is not fed simultaneously on the right hand and left hand sides of the cover s paper output slot CLEARING A PAPER JAM B Power off the printer and open its cover B Remove the paper roll and check what caused the paper jam When the paper roll compartment is clear of any paper residue power on the printer and load the paper roll Astrium Printer User Manual 137 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 10 CLEANING YOUR PRINTER WARNING Before proceeding with any type of operation unplug the power cord of the external power supply unit from the electrical power outlet and bear in mind the information provided in the chapter entitled Safety Precautions and General Operating Norms Cleaning the paper roll compartment Open the printer cover remove the paper roll from the paper roll compartment and then clean the compartment with a soft cloth being very careful to avoid touching the print head and cutter blades B Load the paper roll Cleaning the printer case m Clean the printer s external case using a soft cloth Do not use solvents or hydrocarbon based products Cleaning the print head WARNING The print head could be easily damaged so it 1s suggested that you clean it with extreme care without scratching it m Open the printer cover and
43. the panel buttons are disabled none of them are usable when the printer cover is closed e In this printer the panel buttons are the FEED button e Inthe macro ready mode the FEED button are enabled regardless of the settings of this command however the paper cannot be fed by using these buttons Default n 0 Astrium Printer User Manual 131 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm START END MACRO DEFINITION Synopsis Start end macro definition ASCII GS Hexadecimal 10 Decimal 29 58 Description Starts or ends macro definition e Macro definition starts when this command 15 received during normal operation Macro definition ends when this command 15 received during macro definition e When GS is received during macro definition the printer ends macro definition and clears the definition e Macro is not defined when the power 15 turned on e The defined contents of the macro are not cleared by ESC Therefore ESC can be included in the contents of the macro definition e Ifthe printer receives GS again immediately after previously receiving GS the printer remains in the macro undefined state e The contents of the macro can be defined up to 2048 bytes If the macro definition exceeds 2048 bytes excess data is not stored See also GS EXECUTE MACRO Synopsis Execute macro ASCII GS r t m Hexadecimal 10 5 r t m Decimal 29 94 r t m Range r 0 255 t 0 255 0 1 Description Executes a ma
44. to respond immediately even though it is busy at the communication interface See the following section Real Time Commands for details about these commands TRANSMIT PRINTER ID Synopsis Transmit printer Identify ASCII GS I n Hexadecimal ID 49 n Decimal 29 73 n Range n 1 3 n 49 51 n 65 68 112 ID HEX 20 ID HEX 2EH Depends on Firmware version Depends on serial number not handled Japanese Kanji model KANJI JAPANESE Chinese Kanji model CHINA GB2312 Supporting multilingual Taiwanese Kanji model TAIWAN BIG 5 Thai character model THAI 3 PASS Korean Kanji model KOREA C 5601C Status of DIP switches See DIP switch status information on the next sheets Astrium Printer User Manual 106 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm n 2 Type ID Oti On Hex Decimal Specification 88 III Specification TM T90 Two bytes characters not supported Two byte characters supported Auto cutter not installed Auto cutter installed Reserved eee jor e o For ooo or jm o o s jor m fo 7 jor je o n 112 Only TM T90 15 byte status information je o Powerbutonenbied 00 jo Interface condition selection by setup aM MEE Interface condition selection not used a Handshaking hardware DTR DSR Handshaking software XON XOFF Serial Data bits 8 On 08 8 Serial Da
45. x number of times enlarged in vertical Normal Characters 20 x number of times enlarged in vertical 13 x number of times enlarged in vertical Rotated Characters 10 x number of times enlarged in vertical Bir imags ESC When the printer goes to the standby data waiting state during printing it temporarily stops printing and feeding paper When data is transmitted and printing is executed paper may shift 1 to 3 dots from the print starting position which especially affects bit image printing Interval of auto cutting operation in the receipt section For driving the auto cutter of the receipt section take the interval as a minimum of 10 lines of printing or paper feeding to prevent small pieces of cut paper from dropping into the auto cutter Astrium Printer User Manual 134 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 8 2 Safety precautions and general operating norms READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THIS PRODUCT Make sure that the electrical characteristics of the printer s external power supply unit 110 240 Vac 50 60 Hz correspond to those of the electrical socket to which it is connected Connect the printer to an electrical system compliant with the latest standards Do not locate the printer In direct sunlight near water near heat sources or in humid or very dusty environments In case of smoke bad odors or unusual noise coming from the printer unplug the external power supply and contact the
46. 1 and not printed to 0 The downloaded bit image definition 15 cleared when 1 ESC 15 executed 2 ESC amp 15 executed 3 FS q is executed 4 Printer is reset or the power 15 turned off e The following figure shows the relationship between the downloaded bit image and the printed data See also GS Xx 8 dots _ max 560 or 576 see note MSB y x 8 dots LSB Note If the line length is set to 43 57 the maximum resolution 15 576 dots Astrium Printer User Manual 92 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm CUSTOMIZE NV MEMORY AREA ONLY TM T90 EMULATION Synopsis Customize Nv memory area only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS E pL pH fn parameter Description Read NV user memory area format The table below explains the functions available in this command Executes commands related to the user setting mode by specifying the function code fn GS E pL pH fn dl 2 Changes into the user setting mode GS E pL pH fn d1 d2 d3 Ends the user setting mode session GS E pL pH Reads back the customized value settings e specifies pL pH x 256 as the number of bytes after pH fn and parameter e The user setting mode is a special mode to change the values in the NV user memory with this command Only reading is currently implemented e customized values be known with Function 6 even though the printer does not enter the user setting mode Notes e
47. 108343 Issue A Axiohm NOTE To improve the reliability of the print head the printable area shifts one dot horizontally for each receipt that 15 automatically cut This automatic shift feature 15 normally enabled but becomes disabled when the line length parameter 15 set to 43 57 After 8 receipts cut automatically the total displacement of the printable area will be 1 mm Upon completion of the 8 receipts the printable area 1 printable dot starts again from original position left margin 4 mm 3 7 2 Character specifications e Number of characters Alphanumeric characters 95 International characters 37 Character structure Font A 1142 13 columns x 27 lines Font B 9 1 10 columns x 19 lines The font to be used can be selected by means of a specific line command Esc f N or by choosing the related Setup option Character size Font A W 1 692 mm H 3 384 mm Font B W 1 269 mm H 2 397 mm 3 7 3 Printing speed Monochrome alphanumeric printing 200 mm sec BIM up to 2 printing 70 mm sec BIM more than 2 printing 70 mm sec Note A slow transmission speed can be the cause of intermittent printing 3 7 4 Character sets In the character set the firmware assigns a specific printable character to each byte of data A character set may contain up to 255 different characters The first 128 characters from code 0 to 127 are standardized and represent the USA ASCII character set which exclude
48. 2 L L 204 1 207 2 un 3 T T i E I EO 1110 B ox q Astrium Printer User Manual 35 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A 3 7 6 13 Codepage WPC 1251 Cyrillic OF 0E 0A 0C 0D 09 08 01 02 03 00 i je 243 T 242 c gt c P 240 Gray cells are undefined print a space 1111 F0 Reference 3108343 Issue A 36 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Axiohm 3 7 6 14 Codepage WPC 1252 Latin I LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0 OD OE OF 0000 0001 0011 0100 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 EDT BEL B LF 30 SI s 10 12 EG 14 15 VUE DLE prl ESC 17 a 19 20 M 2 ES 24 E E 27 x S s Ei 0010 5 amp E 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 0011 91 92 93 is D x 0 w s m 111 5 121 M x 5 130 132 x 5 1001 144 145 153 s 157 s A 176 177 179 180 B m 184 186 e w u x 191 SET EEE Ee 55 5 5 5 5 5 s 5 5 s
49. 45 46 47 1 3 4 5 5 y H E 5 lt gt 7 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 d A z i 64 71 EREEREER 144 p s T z a s PERT Tae i EE T 196 T L 204 206 207 L Di a n z 222 HBHBHBHBHBHBHBHE z F0 1111 NBSP 240 241 242 243 1 J 246 247 248 250 251 252 253 254 255 Astrium Printer User Manual 30 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 8 Codepage 862 Hebrew LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0 OD OE OF 0000 0001 0011 0100 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 aT ETX EOT BEL B LF 30 81 us 10 Ji 12 T 14 15 Wee DCL ESC 16 17 ET 19 20 M 2 ES 4 E 27 E E E E 0010 S amp i 4 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 0011 1 e 3 4 5 6 F 9 lt gt 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 0100 5 B E D E F G H I J K L M N 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 0101 E y Q 9 92 93 0110 p a n p m ie fe 111 0111 E M 1000 B 142 1001 is 178 1 t s si 1 E 188 190 L E T T L 204 l x NBSP 2 145 146 a 150 158 144 162 T As
50. 48 capacity GS L pL pH m fn Prints the graphics data in the print buffer 50 3 51 GS L pL pH m fn Function Transmits the remaining capacity of the 5 NV graphics memory 64 GS L pL pH m fn dl d2 Function Transmits the defined NV graphics key 64 code list GS L pL pH m fn dl 2 Deletes all NV graphics data 65 66 7 9 GS L pL pH m fn 1 kc2 Deletes the specified NV graphics data 67 GS L pL pH m fn kc2 b xL xH Function Defines the raster graphics data non yL yH c dl dk 1 c dl dk b 6 volatile memory GS L pL pH m fn kcl kc2 x y Prints the specified NV graphics data 6 112 GS LpL pH m fn a bx byc xL Function Stores the raster graphics data in the print xH yL yH dl dk 112 buffer memory e pL pH specifies pL pH x 256 as the number of bytes after pH m fn and parameter Frequent write command executions by this command may damage the NV memory Therefore it is recommended to write to the NV memory no more than 10 times a day e While processing this command the printer is BUSY while writing data to the NV graphics memory and stops receiving data Therefore it 15 prohibited to transmit data including the real time commands during the execution of this command Astrium Printer User Manual 95 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm FUNCTION 48 Synopsis Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn fn 0 48
51. 49 when the monochrome paper is selected c 49 50 when the two color paper is selected 1 lt xL xH x 256 lt 1024 When single color paper 15 specified 1 lt yL yH x 256 1662 when 1 1 yL yH x 256 lt 831 when by 2 When two color paper 15 specified 1 lt yL yH x 256 lt 831 when by 1 1 yL yH x 256 lt A15 when by 2 0 lt 4 lt 255 k ant xL xH x 256 7 8 xL yH x 256 Description Stores the raster graphics data enlarged by bx and by in the horizontal and vertical directions to the print buffer XL xH specifies the raster graphics data in the horizontal direction as xL xH x 256 dots yL specifies the raster graphics data in the vertical direction as yL yH x 256 dots c specifies the color of the defined data Astrium Printer User Manual 100 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Printing color Color 1 means black high level of energy in the specified two color thermal paper Color 2 means red low level of energy in the specified two color thermal paper Notes e standard mode each color can be defined only once PRINT DOWNLOADED BIT IMAGE Synopsis Print downloaded bit image ASCII GS m Hexadecimal 1D 2F m Decimal 29 47 m Range m 0 3 m 48 51 Operand m mode selection Vertical Dot Horizontal Normal 18 dot mm 8 dot mm Double width 8 dot mm 4 dot mm Double height 4 dot mm 8 dot
52. 5 a Self test printout example Printer Setting BOOT Release 4 00 Ver 007 Release 5 008 Uer 05 Firmware release FP Interface installed USB Display Baud 19200 Display Data Bits 8 Display Paritu None Advanced 1 0 Receive buffer size 4096 bytes Busy condition Offline buf full Auto LF Yes Device enabled Printer Emulation Emulation 1 188 Setup parameters and related values Print Format Roll width Nation codepages cp 437 CPI default font 15 Font Print Densitu Color Monochrome Optimize for Speed Line length 42 56 chars line Advanced Options sound signal n connection to AC Printer Off Power transmit Tof position Shortened Cutter Yes 0123456789 lt gt GABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVUAXYZ 7 abcdefghijkImnopaqrstuvwxuz Code page 1417 1 1 0000 khi gt 4 Hr H Hir pent Pagi n2oure 8Q6 eef1zt2 59 neg Astrium Printer User Manual 45 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 4 1 3 1 SET UP The printer s setup 15 used to access the factory configuration parameter settings These parameters are already programmed according to some predefined values or those already set at factory level and are used to provide specia
53. 70 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 ESESEAESEAEJEAESEAEREREAE ERE UEJ 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 gt o Gray cells are undefined print a space Astrium Printer User Manual 42 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 20 National variants Hexadecimal codes COUNTRY 23 24 40 SB 5C 5D SE 60 7B 7C 7D 7E 0 U S A 5 A 1 France f SATE SX ne 3 U K G 4 Denmark 1 E 5 Sweden Ha E 6 Italy N A o Astrium Printer User Manual 43 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 4 CONFIGURATION MENU 4 1 Printer setup and self printing modes 4 1 Introduction This printer model can print the Self Test mode can be configured in the Set up mode and can print the characters received from the host in Hex Dump hexadecimal coding mode To access these modes set the printer accordingly in the Printer Configuration Menu by proceeding as explained below 4 1 2 Printer Configurati
54. 8 09 0 OD OE OF aa 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 is 10 0 1 12 13 14 15 5 17 22 ES 24 25 27 E s E 3 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 51 54 55 56 57 58 59 x HR 93 L 109 110 111 50 0101 3 91 92 60 0110 k 1 We de 107 108 70 0111 a M 9 427 80 1000 amp F p B 2 a 5 bd 137 138 7 141 142 143 90 1001 Q f 154 155 157 159 11010 T m v 170 1 s 188 Li L L 1100 T m 92 id n t gt a 204 DO 1101 25 PA r Bis E 2 I 222 EO 1110 5 231 js 238 239 FO 1111 NBSP 255 Astrium Printer User Manual 34 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A 3 7 6 12 Codepage 866 Russian LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0 OD OE OF ae P EE 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 00 0001 ETX EDT BEL B LF 50 um 10 12 E 14 15 10 0001 ESC ET E 24 ES 27 2 E E 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 51 40 50 60 70 p 126 127 80 x 1010 F l 169 170 T J BO 1011 Hi 1 176 si 185 186 190 L JL JL 1100 T T 9
55. AL AND VERTICAL MOTION UNITS Synopsis Set horizontal and vertical motion units ASCII GS P X y Hexadecimal ID 50 X y Decimal 29 80 X y Range x 0 255 y 0 255 Description Sets the horizontal and vertical motion units to approximately 25 4 mm 1 1 inches and approximately 25 4 y mm 1 y inches respectively When x and y are set to 0 the default setting of each value 15 used e The horizontal direction 1s perpendicular to the paper feed direction and the vertical direction is the paper feed direction e In standard mode the following commands use x or y regardless of character rotation upside down or 90 clockwise rotation 1 Commands usingx ESC SP ESC ESC FS S GS L GS W 2 Commands using y ESC 3 ESC J GS V In page mode the following command use x or y depending on character orientation 1 When the print starting position 15 set to the upper left or lower right of the printing area using ESC 1 Commands using x ESC SP ESC ESC W ESC FS S Commands using ESC 3 ESC J ESC W GS GS N GS V 2 When the print starting position 15 set to the upper right or lower left of the printing area using ESC T data is buffered in the paper feed direction Commands using x ESC 3 ESC J ESC W GS GS Commands using y ESC SP ESC ESC W ESC FS S GS V e The command does not affect the previously specified values e The calculated result from combining this command with others 15 trun
56. E EV GE rae yu ua 17 3 4 Software components and tools 18 3 5 Main functional modules 18 3 5 u LS 18 222 2 Qiu 19 222 Main board r 19 3 5 4 Slotphop gable mMer aC 19 3 5 5 External power 19 3 6 Paper Specifications J 20 37 tT 20 3 7 1 Printable anna san MELIUS UE edm 21 3 7 2 Character specifications 22 3 7 3 PAT SCE seers 22 3 7 4 Character sets 22 ae 23 3 7 6 Printable character set tables 24 3 7 6 1 lt uuu 2 24 3 7 6 2 Codepage 437 International 25 3 7 6 3 Codepage 850 Multilingual eere 26 3 7 6 4 Codepage 852 Latin 2 27 3 7 6 5 Codep
57. EOT Real time satus transmission 9 9 IDLEENQ Real time requesttopriner 9 DLE DC4 _ ESCFF Piwdwinpuemde o ime Oo Esc BEL Issues anaudiblesignal o 9 5 Setrightside character spacing 9 9 9 9 Esci _ 9 9 9 Eses Set absoute print 9 9 9 9 ESC Selecvleancel user defined characterset O0 9 9 Define userdefined 9 9 Esc 9 9 Esc Tum underline mode ono 9 9 9 Esci Select defaut ine spacing 9 9 9 1 Esca O To odo 9 9 Esc Select peripheral devie 9 9 9 Esc Cancel user defined characters 9 9 EsCG mWawepier 9 9 1 Escb Sethorizontaltab positions 9 9 ESCE emphasized mode ono 0 9 ESCG Tum double strike mode ono 9 9 Esci 9 9 9 CS ESCL skapgemde im ESCM 9 ESCR Select an international characiers 9 9 9 EsCs ima o ESCT Select print direction 9 9 9 ESCY Tum90 clockwise rotation mode ono o 9 M ESCW Ser priming area 9 9 Esci 9 9 9 9 Esca
58. GTH 42 56 CHARS Selects the number of characters per line 43 57 CHARS 42 56 corresponds to 560 dots 43 57 corresponds to 576 dots ADVANCED Sets advanced parameters SOUND SIGNAL NO Enables an audible signal to be sounded at each paper WHEN CUTTING cut ON CONNECTION TO AC PRINT OFF the printer remains powered off when the PRINTER OFF PRINTER ON power cord is plugged PRINT ON the printer powers on when the power cord is plugged POWER ON TRANSMIT NONE ID Selecting the ID option configures the printer to send an identification string at power on TOF POSITION STANDARD Choice of TOF value after receipt cutting SHORTENED STANDARD 42 mm SHRTENED 7 mm CUTTER ENABLED DISABLED Enables or disables cutter operation Print the current setup parameters SAVE amp EXIT Stores the pre settings selected in the current SET UP section and exit DEFAULT Restore the setup parameter values set in the factory RESTART Reinitialize the setup procedure without storing the pre settings set before Astrium Printer User Manual 53 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 4 1 3 5 How to select the parameters After access to the setup see the section Setup the machine prints the first main menu I O At this point there are two alternatives l Ifyou press the FEED button you select the menu the machine prints the first parameter of this menu USER NATION 2 If you press the ON OFF button y
59. H d3 lt 01 gt H This command should not be contained within another command that consists of 2 or more bytes Example If you attempt to transmit ESC 3 n to the printer but DSR for the host computer goes to MARK before 1s transmitted and DLE ENQ 2 interrupts before 15 received the code lt 10 gt H for DLE 2 is processed as the code for ESC 3 lt 10 gt H DLE EOT Astrium Printer User Manual 116 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 12 Bar code commands These commands format and print bar codes SELECT PRINTING POSITION OF HRI CHARACTERS Synopsis Select printing position for HRI characters ASCII GS H n Hexadecimal 1D 48 n Decimal 29 72 n Range n 0 255 Operand n Printing position 0 48 Not printed 1 49 Above the bar code 2 50 Below the bar code 3 51 Both above and below the bar code Default n 0 Description Selects the printing position of HRI characters when printing a bar code e HRI indicates Human Readable Interpretation e HRI characters are printed using font specified by GS f See also GS f GS k SELECT BAR CODE HEIGHT Synopsis Select bar code height ASCII GS h n Hexadecimal 1 68 Decimal 29 104 n Range 1 255 Operand n Number of dots in the vertical direction Default 162 Description selects the height of the bar code See also GS k Astrium Printer User Manual 117 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axioh
60. I s 10 12 EG 14 15 VUE DLE prl ESC 17 a 19 20 M 2 ES 24 E E 27 x S s Ei 0010 5 amp E 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 0011 0101 a 2 91 92 93 0110 P n n m s x T p 111 0111 a a 1000 i Er lt p 129 130 131 132 133 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 4 In 1001 158 144 145 146 150 nd 156 157 159 gt 182 p 187 w 176 179 180 M s M n PETTER EEE ERE Gray cells are undefined print a space Astrium Printer User Manual 41 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 19 Codepage 255 Space page LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A OD OE OF 0000 9001 0010 0011 mim 0111 1001 1010 1100 1101 1110 0 10 12 13 14 15 16 719 20 M E ET 24 25 26 M Em E i 52 53 55 57 50 10101 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 121 123 124 125 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 Bad ad baled ddd E PES 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 1
61. ING AREA IN PAGE MODE 127 SET ABSOLUTE VERTICAL PRINT POSITION IN PAGE MODE 129 SET RELATIVE VERTICAL PRINT POSITION IN PAGE MODE 129 615 JMACro COMMAS u uu uuu uu 130 CANCEL PRINT DATA IN PAGE MODE 130 SELECT PAPER SENSOR S TO STOP PRINTING 131 ENABLE DISABLE PANEL BUTTONS 131 STAR TEND MACRO DEFINITION 132 amp u Zuma eee eee 132 7 CONTROL PANLEL 133 uu ec 133 12 sns 133 8 OTHER INFORMATION 134 8 1 Printing and Paper 134 8 2 Safety precautions and general operating norms 135 8 3 Loading the thermal paper roll eee eee 135 8 4 Adjusting the near paper end sensor 136 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 137 10 CLEANING YOUR 138 11 TRANSMISSION STATUS IDENTIFICATION 139 2 PAGE MODE i
62. ISSION 113 GENERATE PULSE AT REAL TIME uuu uu u uu uuu au ua ulus 115 REAL TIME REQUEST TO PRINTER 116 6 12 Bar code commands 1 eeeeseeeeeeeeeeen eene nenne nnnm nnn nnn nnn nnn 117 SELECT PRINTING POSITION OF CHARACTERS 117 SELECT BAR CODE 2 coit deatur sara 117 PRINT BAR CODE SECOND VARIATION 118 SELECT BAR CODE WIDTH 122 SELECT FONT FOR HUMAN READABLE INTERPRETATION CHARACTERS 122 6 15 Peripheral control command 123 123 ISSUES AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL 123 SELECT PERIPHERAL DEVICE unun deri 123 ENABLE DISABLE PAPER END SIGNAL 124 6 14 Pase Mode command s 125 Astrium Printer User Manual 5 1 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm PRINT DATA IN PAGE MODE u 125 MOD u usia rarer eter 125 SELECT STANDARD 126 SELECT PRINT DIRECTION IN PAGE 127 SET PRINT
63. NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n CP 210 CP 437 CP 850 CP 852 CP 857 CP 858 CP 860 CP 862 CP 863 CP 864 CP 865 CP 866 WPC1251 WPC1252 WPC1253 WPC1254 WPC1255 via setup NATION CODEPAGES WPC1257 or via software see ESC t n only via software see ESC t n only via software see ESC R n Axiohm 3 7 6 Printable character set tables 3 7 6 1 Codepage 210 Greek LSB 00 01 02 03 0000 0001 0010 un i t un m un c un s s s s s s
64. See also International Character Set Astrium Printer User Manual 85 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT CHARACTER CODE TABLE Synopsis Select character code table ASCII ESC t n Hexadecimal 1B 74 n Decimal 116 n Range 0 5 16 26 128 142 1 259 Description Select a page n from the character code table n Page 437 U S A Standard Europe CP 863 Canadian French CP 866 Cyrillic 2 CP 852 Latin2 CP 858 Multilingual Euro Ignored Default 0 See also Character set Astrium Printer User Manual 86 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT CANCEL USER DEFINED CHARACTER SET Synopsis Select cancel user defined character set ASCII ESC 0 n Hexadecimal 1B 25 n Decimal 27 3 7 n Range of n 0 255 Description Selects or cancels the user defined character set e When the LSB ofn is 0 the user defined character set 1s canceled When the LSB of n 1s 1 the user defined character set 1s selected When the user defined character set 15 canceled the internal character set 15 automatically selected n is available only for the least significant bit Default 0 See also ESC amp ESC Astrium Printer User Manual 87 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm DEFINE USER DEFINED CHARACTERS Synopsis ASCII Hexadecimal Decimal Range Description Default See also Define user defined characters ESC amp y cl c2 x1
65. age 857 Turkish 28 3 7 6 6 Codepage 858 Multilingual Latin I Euro 29 3450 7 odepape S60 POU cuss ux uuu aaa dud i 30 3 7 6 8 Codepage 862 Hebrew 31 3 7 6 9 Codepage 863 Canadian French 32 3 7 6 10 Codepage 864 Arabic 33 3 401 34 3 7 6 12 Codepage 866 35 3 70 13 Codepage WPC 1251 CYyrillic 36 3 7 6 14 Codepage WPC 1252 Latin 1 37 27515 WPC 1253 Greek u u ua aaa 38 3 7 6 16 Codepage WPC 1254 Turkish 39 3 7 6 17 Codepage WPC 1255 Hebrew 40 3 7 6 18 Codepage 1257 41 3 56 19 Codepage 255 Space u uuu u u u LG Faser 42 3 7 6 20 National 43 Astrium Printer User Manual 3 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 4 CONFIGURATION MENU entente 44 4 1 Printer setup and self printing modes
66. al movement amount e standard mode the printer uses the vertical motion unit y e n page mode this command functions as follows depending on the starting position of the printable area 1 When the starting position 15 set to the upper left or lower right of the printable area using ESC T the vertical motion unit y is used 2 When the starting position 15 set to the upper right or lower left of the print able area using ESC T the horizontal motion unit x 1s used e The maximum line spacing is 1016mm 40 When the setting value exceeds the maximum it is converted to the maximum automatically See also GS P PRINT AND FEED N LINES Synopsis Print and feed n lines ASCII ESC d n Hexadecimal 1B 64 n Decimal 27 100 n Range of n 0 255 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds n lines e This command sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line e This command does not affect the line spacing set by ESC 2 or ESC 3 The maximum paper feed amount 15 1016 mm 40 If the paper feed amount n line spacing of more than 1016 mm 40 is specified the printer feeds the paper only 1016 mm 40 See also ESC 2 ESC 3 Astrium Printer User Manual 66 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 4 Horizontal positioning commands The horizontal positioning commands control the horizontal print positions of characters on the receipt The commands are described in order
67. ar of the printer if you wish to have a more delayed indication in the case of cores with a smaller diameter m Load the roll of thermal paper Astrium Printer User Manual 136 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 9 TROUBLESHOOTING Consult the table below before contacting the field engineering service to attempt to correct the malfunction by following the information provided Make sure that the power cord of the external power supply unit is properly connected to the electrical outlet The printer does not power Make sure that the power cord of the external power supply unit 15 properly connected to the printer Make sure that the building s electrical system is working correctly The paper is jammed Remove the paper roll make sure that the paper compartment 15 clear of paper dust or residue and then reload the paper roll Reset the cutter by opening and closing the printer cover The paper 15 not cut cutter Open the printer cover and remove the wrinkled paper then load paper locked roll again Open the printer cover and then remove and reload the paper roll The yellow out almost out of Load a new paper roll paper LED ROLL 1 on or flashing If the paper is jammed clear the paper jam by following the instructions of step 2 The red ERROR LED ERR is om If the cutter 15 locked unlock the cutter by following the instructions of step 3 In the case of a printer failure contact
68. cal motion unit are specified by GS P e The paper feed amount 15 calculated using the vertical motion unit y However the value cannot be less than the minimum horizontal movement amount and it must be In even units of the minimum horizontal movement amount Astrium Printer User Manual 63 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 3 Vertical positioning and print commands The vertical positioning and print commands control the vertical print positions of characters on the receipt The commands are described in order of their hexadecimal codes PRINT AND RETURN TO STANDARD MODE IN PAGE MODE Synopsis Print and return standard mode in page mode ASCII FF Hexadecimal 0C Decimal 12 Description Print the data in the print buffer collectively and returns to standard mode e The buffer data 1s deleted after being printed e The print area set by ESC W is reset to the default setting e The printer does not execute paper cutting e This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line e This command is enabled only in page mode See also ESC FF ESC L ESC S PRINT AND LINE FEED Synopsis Print and line feed ASCII LF Hexadecimal 0A Decimal 10 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds one line based on the current line spacing Note This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line See also ESC 2 ESC 3 PRINT AND CARRIAGE RETURN Synopsis Print and carriage return
69. cated to the minimum value of the mechanical pitch Default x 180 y 360 See also ESC SP ESC ESC 3 ESC J ESC W ESC GS GS L GS V GS W GS Astrium Printer User Manual T3 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 5 Print characteristics commands These commands control what the printed information looks like selection of character sets and setting of margins The commands are described in order of their hexadecimal codes SET RIGHT SIDE CHARACTER SPACING Synopsis Set right side character spacing ASCII ESC SP n Hexadecimal 1B 20 n Decimal 27 27 n Range of n 0 255 Default n 0 Description Sets the character spacing for the right side of the character to x horizontal or vertical motion units e The right side character spacing for double width mode is twice the normal value When characters are enlarged the right side character spacing is times normal value e This command does not affect the setting of Kanji characters e This command sets values independently in each mode standard and page modes e The horizontal and vertical motion unit are specified by GS P Changing the horizontal or vertical motion unit does not affect the current right side spacing e The GS P command can change the horizontal and vertical motion unit However the value cannot be less than the minimum horizontal movement amount and it must be in even units of the minimum horizontal movement amount e sta
70. condensing Power supply 100 240 50 60 24 12 Input Output Power consumption Standby Operating External 110 240 Vac 50 60 Power supply unit Hz with detachable power cord 5 36 average Astrium Printer User Manual 7 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 2 MECHANICAL FEATURES 2 1 General description OPEN ON OFF 2 2 Physical characteristics Width 140 mm Depth 217 mm Height 157 mm Weight 1 9 Kg Horizontal installation Vertical installation Astrium Printer User Manual 8 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 INTERFACE BOARD FEATURE 3 1 Printer location Installing the printer horizontally or vertically so the paper 15 expelled upward or vertically so the paper 15 expelled from the front EXTERNAL VIEW Horizontal Installation Vertical Installation Paper output slot Operating console output slot Operating console INTERNAL VIEW Automatic cutter counter blade Manual cutter Printhead V Printer cover Automatic cutter E blade y Paper feed roller C N Almost out of paper jc sensor adjustment 1 V Paper roll compartment Astrium Printer User Manual 9 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 2 Plugging amp Connecting Your Printer 3 2 1 Connecting the power
71. cro e r specifies the number of times to execute the macro e t specifies the waiting time for executing the macro e m specifies macro executing mode When the LSB of m 0 The macro executes z times continuously at the interval specified by 1 When the LSB of m 1 After waiting for the period specified by 1 the PAPER OUT LED indicators blink and the printer waits for the FEED button to be pressed After the button is pressed the printer executes the macro once The printer repeats the operation r times e The waiting time is 100 ms for every macro execution e Ifthis command is received while a macro is being defined the macro definition is aborted and the definition 15 cleared e Ifthe macro 15 not defined or if 15 0 nothing is executed e When the macro is executed m 1 paper always cannot be fed by using the FEED button See also GS Astrium Printer User Manual 132 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 7 CONTROL PANEL The printer s control panel consists of three LEDs and two buttons gt FEED ON OFF NS eS e A ub AX A 7 1 Buttons The following table indicates the functions of the buttons on the control panel ON OFF Press once to power on the printer With the printer powered on press for more than 2 seconds to power it off FEED Press once to advance the paper one line feed Press and hold down to advance the paper continuously Press while powering
72. ctions Button Functions and LED States BUTTON LED DESCRIPTION ON OFF Press once to power on the printer With the printer powered on press for more than 2 seconds to power it off OPEN Press to unlock the printer cover so that it can opened Press once to advance the paper one line feed FEED amp Press and hold down to feed the paper continuously When off Printer powered off ON When on green Printer powered on When flashing green Thermal print head overheated printer busy When off Printer in normal operating ERR conditions 9 When on red Paper jam cutter locked printer failure When off Printer loaded with paper ROLL 0 When on yellow Printer almost out of paper When flashing yellow Printer out of paper Astrium Printer User Manual 12 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 3 Communication s Management This section explains how to install slot pluggable interface boards on this printer model One of the following slot pluggable interface boards can be installed 1 9 pin or 25 pin RS232 serial 2 USB 3 Bi directional parallel WARNING Before proceeding with any type of operation unplug the power cord of the external power supply unit from the electrical power outlet and bear in mind the information provided in the section of this manual entitled Safety Precautions and General Operating Norms 3 3 USB Inter
73. d data as effective up to the time when the printer stops processing then disregards the remaining data after it When this command is processed while NV bit image data 15 defined with FS q the printer deletes all NV bit image data then defines data with this command Astrium Printer User Manual 99 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm FUNCTION 69 Synopsis Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn k2 b x y fn 69 Hexadecimal 10 28 4C pL pH m fn x Decimal 29 40 76 pL pH m fn ke2 x y Range 256 6 pL 6 pH 0 48 fn 69 32 lt 126 32 lt kc2 lt 126 1 2 l 2 Description Prints the NV graphics data defined by the key codes kc and kc2 The graphics data is enlarged by x and y in the horizontal and vertical directions FUNCTION 112 Synopsis Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn a bx by c xL xH dl dk fn 112 Hexadecimal 10 28 4C pL pH m fn a bx by c xL xH yL dl dk Decimal 29 40 76 pL pH m fn a bx by c xL xH dl dk Range e GS L parameter 11 pL pH 256 lt 65535 0 lt pL 255 0 pH lt 255 GS 8 L parameter 11 pl p2 x 256 p3 x 65536 p4 x 16777216 lt 4294967295 0 lt p1 lt 255 0 lt p2 lt 255 0 lt p3 255 0 p4 lt 255 Common parameter for GS 8L GS m 46 fn 112 a 46 bx 1 2 by 1 2 c
74. d status transmission e When the printer is disabled by ESC Select peripheral device the four status bytes are transmitted whenever the status changes e When using DLE EOT GS I or GS r the status transmitted by these commands and ASB status must be differentiated according to the procedure in Appendix G Transmission Status Identification e The status to be transmitted are as follows First byte printer information 2 om 10 o Drawer kick out connector pin 3 15 LOW Drawer kick out connector pin 3 15 HIGH 5 fo o Cover is closed On jO 12000 Cover is open zp Paper is not being fed by using the PAPER FEED button 40 Paper is being fed by using the PAPER FEED button i Astrium Printer User Manual 110 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Second byte j Hex Status for ASB 88 III or sous 2770 or je v ue Pas buron FF 7 s or o sor m o OOOO sor foo o unam _ om o o __ Ko womaticaly recoverabieeror joy foo meom OOOO Bit 3 If these errors occur due to paper jams or the like it is possible to recover by correcting the cause of the error and executing DLE ENQ 7 1 n 2 If an error due to a circuit failure e g wire break occurs it is impossible to reco
75. de has a higher priority than underline mode Even if underline mode 15 on it is disabled but not canceled when white black reverse mode is selected Astrium Printer User Manual 76 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm TURN EMPHASIZED MODE ON OFF Synopsis Turn emphasized mode on off ASCII ESC E n Hexadecimal 1B 45 n Decimal 27 69 n Range of n 0 255 Description Turns emphasized mode on or off When the LSB least significant bit of n 15 1 emphasized mode 15 turned When it Is 0 emphasized mode 15 turned off e Only the least significant bit of n 1s enabled e This command and ESC turn on and off emphasized mode in the same way Be careful when this command is used with ESC Default n 0 See also ESC TURN DOUBLE STRIKE MODE ON OFF Synopsis Turn double strike mode on off ASCII ESC G n Hexadecimal 1B 47 n Decimal 71 n Range of n 0 255 Description Turns double strike mode on or off e When the LSB least significant bit of n is 1 double strike mode is turned on e When it is 0 double strike mode is turned off e Only the lowest bit of 1s enabled e Printer output is the same in double strike mode and in emphasized mode Default n 0 See also ESC E Astrium Printer User Manual 77 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm TURN 90 CLOCKWISE ROTATION MODE ON OFF Synopsis Turn 90 clockwise rotation mode on off ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1B 56 n Decimal 27 86 n Ran
76. dk b GS L parameter 3 pL pH x 256 65535 0 pL 255 0 pH 255 GS 8 L parameter 3 pl p2 x 256 p3 x 65536 p4 x 16777216 lt 4294967295 0 lt 255 0 lt p2 lt 255 0 lt p3 lt 255 0 lt p4 lt 255 e Common parameter for GS 8 L GS 1 m 48 fn 67 48 32 126 32 kc2 lt 126 b 1 2 xL xH x 256 lt 8192 yH x 256 x 2304 c 49 when the monochrome paper 15 selected c 50 when the two color paper 15 selected 0 lt 4 lt 255 k int xL xH x 256 7 8 x yL yH x 256 The total capacity of the NV user memory is selectable as one of 0 64K 128K 192K 256K 320K 384 bytes with GS E The default value 15 384 KB e Defines the raster graphics data in the NV graphics area b specifies the number of the color of the defined data xL xH specifies the defined data in the horizontal direction to xL xH 256 dots yL yH specifies the defined data in the vertical direction to yL yH x 256 dots e cspecifies the color of the defined data Defined data color e Color means black high level of energy in the specified two color thermal paper Color 2 means red low level of energy in the specified two color thermal paper e Ifthe color is specified with b and a single color also 15 specified with c the printer stops processing the command and regards the define
77. dth includes the right side character spacing and double width characters are set with twice the width of normal characters e This command cancels the previous horizontal tab settings e When setting 8 the print position is moved to column 9 by sending HT e Up to 32 tab positions k 32 can be set Data exceeding 32 tab positions 1s processed as normal data e Transmit n k in ascending order and place a code 0 at the end e When n k is less than or equal to the preceding value n k 1 tab setting is finished and the following data 15 processed as normal data e ESC D NUL cancels all horizontal tab positions e The previously specified horizontal tab positions do not change even if the character width changes e The character width is memorized for each standard and page mode See also HT Astrium Printer User Manual 69 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SET RELATIVE PRINT POSITION Synopsis Set relative print position ASCII ESC nL nH Hexadecimal 1B 5C nL nH Decimal 27 92 nL nH Range of n nL 0 255 nH 0 255 Description Sets the print starting position based on the current position by using the horizontal or vertical motion unit e This command sets the distance from the current position to nL nH x 256 x horizontal or vertical motion unit e Any setting that exceeds the printable area is ignored e When pitch N is specified to the right nL x 256 N When pitch N 15 speci
78. e Me AC 6 __ Transits thenextdaa 1 Transmits the last data again When the status for the last data block is Hexadecimal 40H Decimal 64 Response MEM ASCH 6 Endsthe process ACK NAK 21 Transmits the last data again Cancels the proces FUNCTION 65 Synopsis Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn dl 42 fn 65 Hexadecimal 1028 4C pL pH m fn dl 42 d3 Decimal 29 40 76 pL pH m fn dl d2 d3 Range pL 256 5 pL 5 pH 0 m 48 fn 65 dl 67 d2 76 d3 82 Description Deletes all defined NV graphics data FUNCTION 66 Synopsis Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn kc2 fn 64 Hexadecimal 1028 4C pL pH m fn 2 Decimal 29 40 76 pL pH m fn kcl kc2 Range pL 256 4 pL 4 pH 0 48 fn 66 32 lt kel lt 126 32 lt kc2 lt 126 Description Deletes the NV graphics data defined by the key codes and kc2 Astrium Printer User Manual 98 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm FUNCTION 67 Synopsis ASCII Hexadecimal Decimal Range Description Notes Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation GS L pL pH m fn a ko b xL xH yL yH d1 dk 1 dl dk b ID 28 4C pL pH m fn a kc2 b xL xH yL yH c dl dk l cdl dk b 29 40 76 pL pH m fn kel kc2 b xL xH yL yH c d1 dk l c d1
79. e menu Input Output RECEIVE BUFFER SIZE 4096 42 The receive buffer size in byte BUSY CONDITION OFFLINE BUF The printer is BUSY if it is FULL OFFLINE off line or when the receive buffer 15 full OFFLINE BUF FULL only when the receive buffer 1s full AUTO LF NO YES Auto line feed NO disable YES enable PW ON DEVICE ENABLED PRINTER At power on the printer is ready to receive PRINTER DISPLAY data DISPLAY At power on the display 15 enabled To enable the printer use the ESC command EMULATION Menu of available emulations EMULATION TM TS 8 III TM T90 TM TSSIII monochrome emulation TM T90 enable two color paper usage PRINT FORMAT Menu of print parameters ROLL WIDTH 80 mm 58 mm 60 mm With a specific adapter 58 or 60 mm rolls can be used CPI DEFAULT FONT 15 FONT A Print pitch selection expressed as a number of 20 FONT B characters per inch PRINT DENSITY 0 0 standard paper used If paper is more sensitive use negative values to make image lighter If paper 15 less sensistive than standard paper use a positive value to make the image darker COLOR MONOCHROME Selects between monochrome or two color printing TWO COLOR PAPER Astrium Printer User Manual 52 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A OPTIMIZE FOR SPEED QUALITY Choice of BIM print quality SPEED equals fast print speed and standard quality printout QUALITY equals lower print speed and top quality printout LINE LEN
80. e paper rolls d Spill resistance cover available on specific request Astrium Printer User Manual 2 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm CONTENTS 1 TECHNICAL 8 7 2 MECHANICAL FEATURES 8 24 GeneraldeseriptipeR 8 2 2 Physical 8 3 INTERFACE BOARD FEATURE 9 31 uuu au aaa 9 3 2 Plugging amp Connecting Your Printer 10 3 2 1 Connecting the power supply 10 223 Powering on the printer msn Dna ii 12 33 Communication s Management 13 3 3 1 USB IncbEac e Boar 13 33 2 Parallel Interface Board 13 2 302 Serial Ifetface Board dior die 14 3 3 3 1 Serial Interface Board Pinouts 14 3 3 4 Installation siet in pasto ditat ede ukasa ana 16 3 3 4 1 Display connector 17 2 042 DTW S
81. e printed and a 0 bit specifies a dot not to be printed This command defines n as the number of a NV bit image Numbers rise in order from NV bit image 01H Therefore the first data group xL xH yL dl dk is NV bit image 01H and last data group xL xH yL d1 dk 15 NV bit image n The total agrees with the number of NV bit images specified by command FS p A definition data of a NV bit image consists of xL xH yL 1 Therefore when only one NV bit image is defined n 1 the printer processes data group xL xH yL dl dk once The printer uses data xL xH x 256 x yL yH x 256 x 8 header 4 bytes of NV memory Astrium Printer User Manual 103 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm The definition area in this printer is a maximum of 2M bits 256K bytes This command can define several NV bit images but cannot define a bit image data whose total capacity bit image data header exceeds 2M bytes 256K bytes e The printer does not transmit ASB status and perform status detection during processing of this command even when ASB 15 specified e When this command 15 received during macro definition the printer ends macro definition and begins performing this command e bit image is defined it is not erased by performing ESC reset and power off This command performs only definition of a NV bit image and does not perform printing Printing of the NV bit
82. e roll into its compartment inside the printer while holding the unrolled portion of paper Astrium Printer User Manual 135 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Step n 3 While holding the unrolled portion of paper close the printer cover by pressing simultaneously on the right hand and left hand sides of the paper output slot Make sure that the cover is properly closed on both sides gt FN 8 4 Adjusting the near paper end sensor The near paper end detection sensor 15 adjusted at the factory so that it 15 functionally compatible with the most widespread paper rolls This sensor can be adjusted accordingly when either too much or not enough paper 15 still remaining when the condition 15 signaled The adjustment of this sensor depends upon the diameter of the core of the paper roll used When moving the adjustment lever forward the near paper end condition is signaled when more paper is present while moving the lever backward less paper will be present when the condition is signaled Proceed as follows to adjust the near paper end sensor Open the printer cover by pressing the Open button on the operating console as far as it goes until hearing a click sound indicating that the button 1s locked in a pressed position B Move the green adjustment lever towards the front of the printer if you wish to a more anticipated indication in the case of cores with a larger diameter or towards the re
83. ed e When Auto Status Back ASB is enabled using GS a the printer ID transmitted by GS I and the ASB status must be differentiated using the table in Appendix G e After the data 15 ready to be transmitted the printer executes the following process e When the printer ID transmission is specified with n 65 68 the following contents are transmitted Header Hexadecimal 5FH Decimal 95 1 byte Data Printer information Hexadecimal Decimal 0 1 byte 1 Executes READY to BUSY If itis already BUSY the printer executes nothing 2 Transmits Header Data NUL 3 Executes BUSY to READY If it is already BUSY from any other cause the printer executes nothing See also Transmission status identification TRANSMIT STATUS Synopsis Transmit status ASCII GS r n Hexadecimal ID 72 n Decimal 29 114 n Operand n Mode selection Range n 1 2 49 50 Value of n 1 49 Transmits paper sensor status 2 50 Transmits drawer kick out connector status Description e When using a serial interface e When DTR DSR control is selected the printer transmits only 1 byte after confirming the host is ready to receive data DSR signal is SPACE If the host computer 15 not ready to receive data DSR signal 15 MARK the printer waits until the host is ready When XON XOFF control 1s selected the printer transmits only 1 byte without confirming the condition of the DSR signal e This command is executed when the data i
84. er sensor outputting signals e If either bit 2 or bit 3 is on the paper roll end sensor is selected as the paper sensor outputting paper end signals e When all the sensors are disabled the paper end signal always outputs a paper present status Default n 15 Astrium Printer User Manual 124 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 14 Page Mode commands PRINT DATA IN PAGE MODE Synopsis Print data in page mode ASCII ESC Hexadecimal 1B 0C Decimal 27 12 Description In page mode prints all buffered data in the printing area collectively e This command is enabled only in page mode e After printing the printer does not clear the buffered data setting values for ESC T and ESC W and the position for buffering character data See also FF ESC L ESC S SELECT PAGE MODE Synopsis Select page mode ASCII ESC Hexadecimal 1B 4C Decimal 27 76 Description Switches from standard mode to page mode e This command is enabled only when processed at the beginning of a line in standard mode e This command has no effect in page mode After printing by is completed or by using ESC S the printer returns to standard mode e This command sets the position where data 15 buffered to the position specified by ESC T within the printing area defined by ESC W e This command switches the settings for the following commands in which the values can be set independently in standard mode and page
85. ere data 15 buffered within the printing area set by ESC W e Parameters for horizontal or vertical motion units x or y differ as follows depending on the starting position of the printing area 1 If the starting position is the upper left or lower right of the printing area data is buffered in the direction perpendicular to the paper feed direction Commands using horizontal motion units ESC SP ESC ESC Commands using vertical motion units ESC 3 ESC J GS GS 2 If the starting position is the upper right or lower left of the printing area data is buffered in the paper feed direction Commands using horizontal motion units ESC 3 ESC J GS GS Y Commands using vertical motion units ESC SP ESC ESC Default n 0 See also ESC ESC L ESC W ESC GS GS P GS SET PRINTING AREA IN PAGE MODE Synopsis Set printing area in page mode ASCII ESC W xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH Hexadecimal 1B 57 xL zH yL yH Decimal 27 87 xL xH yL dxH dyH Range xL zH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH 0 255 except dxL dxH 0 or dyL dyH 0 Description e The horizontal starting position vertical starting position printing area width and printing area height are defined as x0 0 dx dy respectively Each setting for the printing area 15 calculated as follows 0 xL xH x 256 x horizontal motion unit y0 yL x 256 x vertical motion unit dx dxL dxH x 256 x horizontal mo
86. executed 6 ESC 15 executed 7 The printer 15 reset or the power 15 turned off When user defined characters are defined in font B 9 x17 only the most significant bit of the 3rd byte of data in vertical direction 15 effective The international character set ESC 90 ESC Astrium Printer User Manual 88 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Example e When font 12 x24 15 selected 24 dots 12 dots dl lt gt 44 lt gt 47 lt gt 42 lt gt 45 lt gt 48 lt 60 gt 93 lt gt 46 lt gt 49 lt 06 gt Astrium Printer User Manual 89 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm e When font B 9 x17 15 selected 9 dots 17 dots dl lt 00 gt 44 lt 1 gt d7 lt gt 42 lt 00 gt 45 lt 83 gt 48 lt gt d3 lt 00 gt 46 lt 00 gt 99 lt 80 gt Astrium Printer User Manual 90 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm CANCEL USER DEFINED CHARACTERS Synopsis Cancel user defined characters ASCII ESC 9 n Hexadecimal 1B 3F n Decimal 27 63 n Range of n 32 126 Description Cancels user defined characters e This command cancels the pattern defined for the character code specified by n After the user defined character 15 canceled the corresponding pattern for the internal character is printed e This command deletes the
87. face Board The following figure shows the USB interface board that can be installed USB Interface Board Display connector See page 1 9 of this manual for the Display Output Connector pinout 3 3 2 Parallel Interface Board The following figure shows the parallel interface board that can be installed on the printer Parallel Interface Board Astrium Printer User Manual 13 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 3 3 Serial Interface Board The following 9 pin or 25 pin serial interface board can be installed on the printer 9 Pin 25 Pin 3 3 3 1 Serial Interface Board Pinouts 9 pin and 25 pin Serial Interfaces The table below gives the pinouts of the 9 pin and 25 pin serial interfaces 13 1 25 14 25 Pin Serial RAE UNEN eme 20 iDTR Not used 9 19 iNotused 21 24 iNot used 25 iReset According to jumper configuration Finout 100 side un de Astrium Printer User Manual 14 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Configuring the Serial Interface Board Before installing the board you need to configure the jumpers accordingly Refer to the information provided in the tables below 9 pin Serial INSTALLED ON I F pin 6 used as Reset signal NOT INSTALLED
88. fied to left negative direction use complement of 65536 When pitch is specified to the left nL nH x 256 65536 e The print starting position moves from the current position to N x horizontal or vertical motion unit e The horizontal and vertical motion unit are specified by GS P e The GS P command can change the horizontal and vertical motion unit However the value cannot be less than the minimum horizontal movement amount and it must be in even units of the minimum horizontal movement amount e n standard mode the horizontal motion unit 1s used e n page mode the horizontal or vertical motion unit differs as follows depending on the starting point of the printing area 1 When the starting position 15 set to the upper left or lower right of the printable area using ESC T the horizontal motion unit x 1s used 2 When the starting position 15 set to the upper right or lower left of the printable area using ESC T the vertical motion unit y 1s used See also 5 5 GS P Astrium Printer User Manual 70 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT JUSTIFICATION Synopsis Select justification ASCII ESC a n Hexadecimal 1B 61 Decimal 27 97 n Range of n 0 2 48 50 Value of n 0 48 Left justification 1 49 Centering 2 50 Right justification Description Aligns all the data in one line to the specified position e The command is enabled only when processed at the beginnin
89. field engineering service To avoid the risk of injury do not touch the parts indicated in the following figures Cutter blade Manual cutter very sharp blade very sharp Cutter counter blade v4 lt SM Y lt 52 Printhead very hot Do not pull the receipt paper from its output slot when the printer cover 15 closed Do not open the printer cover during a print job or when the incorporated cutter is cutting the receipt paper Do not attempt to repair the printer except for following the troubleshooting procedures contact the field engineering service Do not disassemble or modify the printer Do not insert foreign objects into the printer Unplug the printer s external power supply unit from the electrical wall outlet if the printer 15 left unattended for long periods of time If the printer is not used for long periods of time it 1s suggested that you open its cover by pressing the OPEN button as far as it goes This prevents feeble areas from appearing on initial printouts taken as soon as the printer 15 back into use 8 3 Loading the thermal paper roll Step n 1 With the printer powered on open the printer cover by pressing the Open button A on the operating console as far as it goes until hearing a click sound indicating that the button 15 locked in a pressed position Step n 2 With the paper roll oriented as shown in the following figures unroll about 20 cm of paper and then insert th
90. g of the line in standard mode e If this command is input in page mode the printer performs only internal flag operations e This command has no effect in page mode e This command executes justification in the printing area e This command justifies the space area according to HT ESC or ESC Default n 0 Example Left justification Centering Right justification ABC ABC ABC ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCDE ABCDE ABCDE SET LEFT MARGIN Synopsis Set left margin 5 GS L nL nH Hexadecimal 10 4C nL nH Decimal 29 76 nL nH Range of nL 0 255 Range of nH 0 255 Default nL 0 nH 0 Description Sets the left margin using nz and e The left margin is set to nL x 256 x horizontal motion unit inches e This command is effective only processed at the beginning of the line in standard mode e If this command is input in page mode the printer performs only internal flag operations e This command does not affect printing in page mode e Ifthe setting exceeds the printable area the maximum value of the printable area is used e The horizontal and vertical motion units are specified by GS P Changing the horizontal and vertical motion unit does not affect the current left margin e The horizontal motion unit x is used for calculating the left margin The calculated result 1 truncated to the minimum value of the mechanical pitch See also GS P GS W Astrium Printer User Manual 71 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A
91. ge 0 lt lt 2 48 lt lt 50 Description Turns 90 clockwise rotation mode on off e This command affects printing in standard mode However the setting 15 always effective e When underline mode is turned on the printer does not underline 90 clockwise rotated Double width and double height commands in 90 rotation mode enlarge characters in the opposite directions from double height and double width commands in normal mode n is used as follows mam Function TMT TSS III Function TMT T90 Turns off 90 clockwise rotation mode Turns on 90 clockwise rotation mode Turns 90 clockwise rotation mode Default n 0 See also ESC ESC Astrium Printer User Manual 78 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm TURN ON OFF UPSIDE DOWN PRINTING MODE Synopsis Turn on off upside down printing mode ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1 7B n Decimal 27 123 n Range of n 0 255 Description Turns upside down printing mode on or off e When the LSB of z 15 0 upside down printing mode 15 turned off e When the LSB ofn is 1 upside down printing mode is turned on Only the lowest bit of n is valid This command is enabled only when processed at the beginning of a line in standard mode e When this command 15 input in page mode the printer performs only internal flag operations This command does not affect printing in page mode In upside down printing mode the printer rotates the line to be p
92. hether the printer can receive data or not 5 Indicates whether the display can receive data or not 6 Signal ground 7 Power supply terminal 8 Power supply retrace line Note The signal Transmitted Data pin 2 is not connected the signal Data Set Ready pin 4 15 always In ON state by means of a pull up resistor For this reason both signals are not included in the printer display data exchange 3 3 4 2 Drawer driver A drawer connector 1s resident on the main board Output connector Frame ground Drawer kick out drive signal Drawer open close signal 24 V Drawer kick out drive signal Signal ground Q WN The driver for the drawers controls two solenoids and a drawer open closed sensor with the following characteristics Resistance of solenoids 24 ohm min Output voltage 24 volts Current amp max Printer side connector Molex 52065 6615 Drawer drive signals Output signals approximately 24V Maximum current 1 The timing of the drive signals for drawers 1 and 2 can be controlled via software using the ESC p m n1 n2 with the following parameters m 0 drive signal pin 2 m 1 drive signal pin 5 n1 x 2 msec defines the ON timing for details refer to the SW commands n2 x 2 msec defines the OFF timing Warning To prevent an overcurrent condition the drawer solenoid must have a resistance of 24 Ohms or greater Note e connect the drawer use a shielded cable The two drive transistors sh
93. ical motion unit y 1s used e n page mode this command functions as follows depending on the starting position of the printable area 1 When the starting position 15 set to the upper left or lower right of the printable area using ESC T the vertical motion unit y is used 2 When the starting position 15 set to the upper right or lower left of the print able area using ESC T the horizontal motion unit x 1s used e The maximum paper feed amount 15 1016 mm 440 Even if a paper feed amount of more than 1016 mm 140 is set the printer feeds the paper only 1016 mm 140 Default Line spacing equivalent to approximately 4 23mm 11 6 See also ESC 2 GS P Astrium Printer User Manual 65 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm PRINT AND FEED PAPER Synopsis Print and feed paper ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1B 4A n Decimal 27 74 n Range of n 0 255 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper n x vertical or horizontal motion unit e After printing is completed this command sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line e The paper feed amount set by this command does not affect the values set by ESC 2 or ESC 3 e The horizontal and vertical motion unit are specified by GS P e The GS P command can change the vertical and horizontal motion unit However the value cannot be less than the minimum vertical movement amount and it must be In even units of the minimum vertic
94. ied by GS P The GS P command can change the horizontal and vertical motion unit However the value cannot be less than the minimum horizontal movement amount and it must be in even units of the minimum horizontal movement amount In standard mode the horizontal motion unit x 1s used In page mode horizontal or vertical motion unit differs depending on the starting position of the printable area as follows 1 When the starting position is set to the upper left or lower right of the printable area using ESC T the horizontal motion unit x 1s used 2 When the starting position 15 set to the upper right or lower left of the printable area using ESC T the vertical motion unit y is used See also ESC GS 5 GS GS P Astrium Printer User Manual 68 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SET HORIZONTAL TAB POSITIONS Synopsis Set horizontal tab positions ASCII ESC D n k Hexadecimal 1B 44 n vss lt 0 Decimal 27 68 n 0 Value of n specifies the column number for setting a horizontal tab position from the beginning of the line Value of k indicates the total number of horizontal tab positions to be set Default The default tab positions are at intervals of 8 characters columns 9 17 25 for font A 12 x 24 Description Sets horizontal tab positions e The horizontal tab position is stored as a value of character width measured from the beginning of the The character wi
95. in the receive buffer temporarily and 1s then processed sequentially Print buffer The print buffer 15 a buffer that stores the image data to be printed Print buffer full This 15 the state where the print buffer 15 full If new print data 15 input while the print buffer 15 full the data in the print buffer 15 printed out and a line feed 15 executed This 15 the same operation as the LF operation Start of line The start of line state satisfies the following condition e There is no print data including spaces and portions of data skipped due to bit image data currently in the print buffer e There is no print data including portions of data skipped due to HT e The print position 15 not specified by the ESC 5 or ESC command Printable area The maximum range within which printing 1s possible under the printer specifications The printable area for this printer 1s as follows l The length of the horizontal direction in standard mode approximately 72 2 mm 512 180 2 The length of the horizontal direction in page mode approximately 72 2 mm 512 180 3 The length of the vertical direction in page mode approximately 117 3 mm 41662 360 Printing area Printing range is set by the command It must be printing area Y lt printable area Ignore The state in which all codes including parameters are read in and discarded and nothing happens A unit of length One inch is 25 4 mm Least Significant Bit Base line Standard pos
96. ine The ESC command can also turn double width and double height modes on or off However the setting of the last received command is effective Default 0 See also ESC Astrium Printer User Manual 80 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT CHARACTER STYLE ONLY TM T90 EMULATION Synopsis Select character style only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS N pL pH fn parameter Description Executes commands for the character style as specified by the function code fn GS N pL pH fn m Selects character color FUNCTION 48 Synopsis Select character style only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn kc k2 b x y fn 69 Hexadecimal 10 28 4E pL pH fn m Decimal 29 40 78 pL pH fn m Range pL 256 2 2 0 fn 48 m 49 when the monochrome paper is selected m 49 50 when the two color paper 1s selected Description Prints characters in the color specified by m Color e Color 1 means black high level of energy in the specified two color thermal paper e Color 2 means red low level of energy in the specified two color thermal paper TURNS SMOOTHING MODE ON OFF Synopsis Turns smoothing mode on off ASCII GS b n Hexadecimal 1 62 n Decimal 29 99 n Range of n 0 255 Description Turns smoothing mode on or off When the LSB of 7 15 0 smoothing mode 15 turned off When the LSB of 7 is 1 smoothing mode is turned on e Only the lowest b
97. ing and processes the following data as normal data e If combination of and the following character does not apply any special character the printer stops command processing and processes the following data as normal data e Ifthe printer receives characters that cannot be used in the special code set the printer stops command processing and processes the following data as normal data e The printer does not print HRI characters that correspond to the shift characters or code set selection characters HRI character for the function character is space HRI characters for the control character lt 00 gt to 1F H and lt 7F gt H are space Others Be sure to keep spaces on both right and left sides of a bar code Spaces are different depending on the types of the bar code See also GS H GS f GS h GS w Page mode Astrium Printer User Manual 120 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SEE ALSO Description of the CODE128 Bar Code In CODE128 bar code system 128 ASCII characters and 2 digit numerals can be represented using one bar code character that 15 defined by combining one of the 103 bar code characters and 3 code sets Each code set 15 used for representing the following characters e Code set A ASCII characters to Code set B ASCII characters 20H to 7FH e Code set C 2 digit numeral characters using one character 100 numerals from 00 to 99 The following special characters are also
98. it of 7 15 valid e Smoothing mode is available for built in user defined characters e Evenif smoothing mode is turned on smoothing 15 not performed when either of character width or character height is the normal size Default n 0 See also GS ESC 1 05 Astrium Printer User Manual 81 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 6 Graphics commands SELECT BIT IMAGE MODE Synopsis Select bit image mode ASCII ESC m nL nH dl dk Hexadecimal 1B 2A m nL nH dl dk Decimal 27 42 nL nH dl dk Range m 0 1 32 33 nL 0 255 nH 0 3 d 0 255 Selects a bit image mode using m for the number of dots specified by nL and nH as follows Vertical Direction Horizontal Direction M Number of Dot Density Dot Density Maximum Number Dots dot mm dot mm of Dots density density density density Description e Ifthe value of m is out of the specified range nL and data following are processed as normal data e The nL and nH indicate the number of dots of the bit image in the horizontal direction The number of dots is calculated by nL 256 e Ifthe bit image data input exceeds the number of dots to be printed on a line the excess data is ignored e The number of dots handled depends on the value of the line length parameter which can be 560 or 576 e d indicates the bit image data Set a corresponding bit to 1 to print a dot or to 0 to not print a dot e Ifthe width of the printing area set by GS L a
99. ition when character data 15 stored in the print buffer Normal character in standard mode and page mode A i m When font A 12 24 dots is selected this height 15 for 21 dots When font B 9 17 dots is selected this height 15 for 16 dots Rotated character in standard mode only when font A 15 selected Astrium Printer User Manual 60 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 5 5 2 Command conventions AXIOHM The following information describes how each command 15 organized Command Name A designation not the ASCII code used to identify the command Description A brief summary of the command followed by detailed information if necessary ASCII the ASCII control code Hexadecimal the Hexadecimal control code Decimal the Decimal control code Value or Values a description of the command operand values Range the upper and lower limits of the command operand Default the command operand default after printer reset Formulas any formula used for this command Exceptions Describes any exceptions to this command for example other commands that the command can not be used with Related Information This section describes any related information for this command and provides references to other sections for additional information Astrium Printer User Manual 61 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 COMMANDS FUNCTION 6 1 Reset Commands INITIALIZE PRINTER Synopsi
100. l applications on the machine or the option that has already been installed The parameters used in the printer setup may be altered in order to print according to user needs To print the Setup follow one of two procedures indicated below Procedure 1 Procedure 2 Switch the printer to the Printer Configuration Menu by following the instructions provided in section 4 1 2 to access printer setup press the ON OFF button and then press the FEED button to confirm your choice and activate the procedure With the printer powered off and unplugged from the electrical outlet plug the printer s power cord back into the electrical outlet while holding down the FEED button The printer automatically switches to I O Main Menu option The printer is now in setup mode and therefore prints some data including the list of the setup parameters and the values that were previously set not necessarily the initial ones the description of the two console buttons and the first of the three menus available Current Set Lp Firmware release Release 4 00 007 FW Release 5 008 Uer 05 INE Interface installed R 232 9 pin Baud 9600 Data bits 8 Stop 1 Paritu None Handshake Dtr n Rx Error Print Advanced 1 0 Receive buffer size 4096 bytes Busy condition Offline buf full Auto LF No Device enabled Printer Setup parameters and related values Emulation
101. l or horizontal motion unit e This command is effective only in page mode e Ifthe nL nH x 256 x vertical or horizontal motion unit exceeds the specified printing area this command is ignored e The horizontal starting buffer position does not move reference starting position is that specified by ESC e This command operates as follows depending on the starting position of the printing area specified by ESC T 1 When the starting position is set to the upper left or lower right this command sets the absolute position in the vertical direction 2 When the starting position is set to the upper right or lower left this command sets the absolute position in the horizontal direction e The horizontal and vertical motion unit are specified by GS P e The GS P command can change the horizontal and vertical motion unit However the value cannot be less than the minimum horizontal movement amount and it must be in even units of the minimum horizontal movement amount ESC ESC T ESC W ESC GS P GS Page mode SET RELATIVE VERTICAL PRINT POSITION IN PAGE MODE Synopsis ASCII Hexadecimal Decimal Range of nL Range of nH Description Set relative vertical print position in page mode GS nL nH ID 5C nL nH 29 92 nL nH 0 255 0 255 Sets the relative vertical print starting position from the current position in page mode This command sets the distance from the current position to
102. le In ESC m nL d dk 1 lt 10 gt d2 lt 04 gt H d3 lt 01 gt H e This command should not be used within the data sequence of another command that consists of 2 or more bytes Example If you attempt to transmit ESC 3 n to the printer but DTR DSR for the host computer goes to MARK before n 1s transmitted and then DLE EOT 3 interrupts before 15 received the code lt 10 gt H for DLE EOT 3 is processed as the code for ESC 3 lt 10 gt H Astrium Printer User Manual 113 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Related Information n 1 Transmit Printer Status Bit Status Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off 1 02 2 Not used Fixed to 2 Off 00 0 Drawer open close signal is LOW connector pin 3 On 04 4 Drawer open close signal is HIGH connector pin 3 3 Off 00 0 On line On 08 8 Off line 4 On 10 16 Not used Fixed to On 5 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off n 2 Transmit communication interface Busy Status Bit Status Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off On 02 2 Not used Fixed to On 2 Off 00 0 Cover closed On 04 4 Cover opened 3 Off 00 0 Paper feed button is not pressed On 08 Paper feed button is pressed 4 On 10 16 Not used Fixed to On 5 Off 00 0 Printing not stopped due to paper condition On 20 32 Printing stopped due to paper condition 6 Off 00 0 No error condition On 40 64 Error occurs 7 Off 00 0 Not u
103. ly at 203 dpi 8 dots mm The printing module has the following electronic sensors e Near end of paper Detection method microswitch Almost out of paper detection adjustment Via adjustment lever When the diameter of the paper on the roll 15 nearly reaching the core the sensor detects the almost out of paper condition and lights up a yellow LED on the operator console If the sensor is enabled by ESC c 4 printing is interrupted o Suggested paper roll core diameter 15 internal 12 7 mm 0 5 external 17 7 mm 0 7 Astrium Printer User Manual 18 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm e Paper detection sensor Detection method photosensor The paper detection sensor 15 installed on the paper path and detects the presence of the paper when its light rays are beamed back by the paper installed This photosensor is adjusted via console refer to the adjustment procedure The flashing of a yellow LED on the operator console signals the out of paper condition e Cover Open Detection method photosensor This sensor automatically interrupts printing when the cover 15 opened Close the cover to restore the normal operating conditions 3 5 2 Cutter e Cutting method rotating blades e of cut partial an uncut border of 3 5 mm remains the right hand side if the printer is installed horizontally on the left hand side 1f it installed vertically e The receipt can also be cut manually by the operator The
104. m PRINT BAR CODE SECOND VARIATION Synopsis Print bar code second variation First Variation Second Variation ASCII GS k m dl dk NUL GS k m n dl dn Hexadecimal 1D 6B m 41 00 1D 6B m n 1 Decimal 29 107 m dl dk 0 29 107 m n dl dn Description Selects a bar code system and prints the bar code Operands m selects a bar code system as follows UPC A 11 12 D 48 57 EANI3 12 13 D 48 57 CODE39 d 48 57 d 65 90 32 36 37 43 45 46 47 seem 2 un T 47 58 ww CODE39 1 255 d 48 57 d 65 90 32 36 37 43 wur 5 46 47 n 1 255 even number _ even number D 48 57 4 n 1 255 d 48 57 d 65 68 36 43 45 46 47 58 CODE93 1 255 D 0 127 1 e This command ends with a NUL code e When the bar code system used is UPC A or UPC E the printer prints the bar code data after receiving 12 bytes bar code data and processes the following data as normal data e When the bar code system used is JAN13 EAN13 the printer prints the bar code after receiving 13 bytes bar code data and processes the following data as normal data e When the bar code system used is 8 8 the printer prints the bar code after receiving 8 bytes bar code data and processes the following data as normal data e The number of data for ITF bar code must be even numbers When an odd number of data 1s input the printer ig
105. mode to those for page mode 1 Set right side character spacing ESC SP FS S 2 Select default line spacing ESC 2 ESC 3 e Only valve settings is possible for the following commands in page mode these commands are not executed 1 Tum 90 clockwise rotation mode on off ESC V 2 Select justification ESC a 3 Turn upside down printing mode on off ESC Set left margin GS L 4 Set printable area width GS W e The following command is ignored in page mode 1 Execute test print GS A e The following command 15 not available in page mode 1 Print NV bit image FS p Define NV bit image FS q 2 Write to NV user memory FS 61 3 Print raster bit image GS v 0 e The printer returns to standard mode when power is turned on the printer 1s reset or ESC 15 used See also FF CAN ESC FF ESC S ESC T ESC W GS GS Astrium Printer User Manual 125 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT STANDARD MODE Synopsis Select standard mode ASCII ESC S Hexadecimal 1B 53 Decimal 27 92 Description Switches from page mode to standard mode e This command is effective only in page mode e Data buffered in page mode are cleared e This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line The printing area set by ESC W are initialized e This command switches the settings for the following commands in which the values can be set independently in standard mode and page mode to those for sta
106. mode not selected NEN GNI END 2 j Description Selects print modes using as above e When both double height and double width modes are selected quadruple size characters are printed e The printer can underline all characters but can not underline the space set by HT or 90 clockwise rotated characters e The thickness of the underline 15 that selected by ESC regardless of the character size e When some characters in a line are double or more height all the characters on the line are aligned at the baseline ESC E can also turn or off emphasized mode However the setting of the last received command is effective ESC can also turn on or off underline mode However the setting of the last received command is effective e GS also select character size However the setting of the last received command is effective e Emphasized mode is effective for alphanumeric All print modes except emphasized mode is effective only for alphanumeric See also ESC ESC E GS Astrium Printer User Manual 75 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm TURN UNDERLINE MODE ON OFF Synopsis Turn underline mode on off ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1B 2D n Decimal 27 45 n Value of n 0 48 Turns off underline mode 1 49 Turns on underline mode 1 dot thick 2 50 Turns on underline mode 2 dots thick Default n 0 Description Turns underline mode on or off based on the
107. mum horizontal movement amount and it must be in even units of minimum horizontal movement amount e Use the horizontal motion unit x for setting the horizontal starting position and printing area width and use the vertical motion unit y for setting the vertical starting position and printing area height e When the horizontal starting position vertical starting position printing area width and printing area height are defined as X Y Dx and Dy respectively the printing area 15 set as shown in the figure below Dx Forward gt Dy Print area X y DY 1 e This printable area for this printer is approximately 72 2 mm 1560 203 in the horizontal direction and approximately 117 3 mm 940 203 in the vertical direction XL XH yL 0 0 dxH 2 126 6 CAN ESC L ESC T GS P In the two color print mode the vertical direction is approximately 58 6 mm 470 2031 Astrium Printer User Manual 128 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SET ABSOLUTE VERTICAL PRINT POSITION IN PAGE MODE Synopsis ASCII Hexadecimal Decimal Range of nL Range of nH Description See also Set absolute vertical print position in page mode GS nL nH ID 24 nL nH 29 36 nL nH 0 255 0 255 e Sets the absolute vertical print starting position for buffer character data in page mode e This command sets the absolute print position to nZ nH x256 x vertica
108. n the receive buffer is developed Therefore there may be a time lag between receiving this command and transmitting the status depending on the receive buffer status e When Auto Status Back ASB is enabled using GS a the status transmitted by GS r and the ASB status must be differentiated using the table in Appendix G e The status types to be transmitted are shown below Astrium Printer User Manual 108 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Paper sensor Status n 1 or n 49 Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status for Transmit Status 0 1 Off 00 0 Paper roll near end sensor Paper adequate On 03 3 Paper roll near end sensor Paper near end 2 3 Off 00 0 Paper roll end sensor Paper adequate On OC 12 Paper roll end sensor Paper near end 4 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to off 5 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to off Bits 2 and 3 When the paper end sensor detects a paper end the printer goes offline and does not execute this command Therefore bits 2 and 3 do not transmit the status of paper end Drawer Kick out Status 2 50 Off On Status for Transmit Status Drawer kick out connector pin 3 15 LOW Drawer kick out connector pin 3 1s HIGH See also DLE EOT 5 a Transmission status identification ENABLE DISABLE AUTOMATIC STATUS BACK ASB Synopsis Enable disable automatic status back ASB ASCII GS n Hexadecimal 1D 61 n Decimal 29 97 n Range 0 255 De
109. nd GS W less than the width required by the data sent with the ESC command the following will be performed on the line in question but the printing cannot exceed the maximum printable area 1 The width of the printing area 1s extended to the right to accommodate the amount of data 2 If step 1 does not provide sufficient width for the data the left margin 15 reduced to accommodate the data e After printing a bit image the printer returns to normal data processing mode e This command is not affected by print modes emphasized double strike underline character size or white black reverse printing except upside down printing mode e Referto Figure 2 for the bit image development position in page mode e Therelationship between the image data and the dots to be printed 15 as follows Astrium Printer User Manual 82 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm e When 8 dot bit image 15 selected d1 d2 MSB 91 92 93 Bit image data LSB Print data 11 dot single density Double density e When 24 dot bit image is selected di d2 93 94 d5 96 97 98 99 Bit image data LSB Print data 11 dot H Print data m E E single density Double density Astrium Printer User Manual 83 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm PRINT RASTER BIT IMAGE Synopsis Print raster bit image ASCII GS v 0 xL xH yL dl dk
110. ndard mode 1 Set right side character spacing ESC SP FS S 2 Select default line spacing ESC 2 ESC 3 e The following commands are enabled only to set in standard mode 1 Set printing area in page mode ESC W 2 Select print direction in page mode ESC T e The following commands are ignored in standard mode 1 Set absolute vertical print position in page mode GS 2 Set relative vertical print position in page mode GS e Standard mode 15 selected automatically when power 15 turned on the printer 15 reset or command ESC 15 used See also FF ESC FF ESCL Astrium Printer User Manual 126 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT PRINT DIRECTION IN PAGE MODE Synopsis Select print direction in page mode ASCII ESC T n Hexadecimal 1B 54 n Decimal 27 q4 n Range 0 3 48 51 n specifies the print direction and starting position as follows ma Print direction Starting position Left to right Upper left A 1n the figure 1 49 Bottom to top Lower left the figure Forward gt Print area 2 50 Right to left Lower right C in the figure 3 5 Top to bottom Upper right D in the figure Description Selects the print direction and starting position in page mode e When the command is input in standard mode the printer executes only internal flag operation This command does not affect printing in standard mode e This command sets the position wh
111. ndard mode the horizontal motion unit is used e n page mode the horizontal or vertical motion unit differs in page mode depending on starting position of the printable area as follows 1 When the starting position 15 set to the upper left or lower right of the printable area using ESC T the horizontal motion unit x 15 used 2 When the starting position 15 set to the upper right or lower left of the printable area using ESC T the vertical motion unit y is used The maximum right side spacing is 35 983 mm 255 180 Any setting exceeding the maximum is converted to the maximum automatically See also GS P SELECT PRINT MODK S Synopsis Select print mode s ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1B 21 n Decimal 27 33 n Value of n jt Bit 0 Pitch Standard Pitch 16x24 Compressed Pitch 12x24 Underlined Mode Cancelled Set bar thickness 2 1 2 3 and 6 are not used 0 Bit OfffOn Hex Decimal Function 100 jo Character font A 13 x 27 Astrium Printer User Manual T4 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A LL e 1 erro _ ___ Undefined 3 Of 00 0 Emphasized mode not selected e a of fo o Double height mode not selected x 10 16 mode selected __ or foo o Dowiewit mode notssiecied Double width mode selected 7 Off 00 0 ___ Underline
112. nores the last received data 2 e n indicates the number of bar code data and the printer processes n bytes from the next character data as bar code data e If is outside of the specified range the printer stops command processing processes the following data as normal data Standard e 1415 outside of the specified range the printer only feeds paper and processes the mode following data as normal data e Ifthe horizontal size exceeds printing area the printer only feeds the paper Astrium Printer User Manual 118 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm e This command feeds as much paper as is required to print the bar code regardless of the line spacing specified by ESC 2 or ESC 3 e This command is enabled only when no data exists in the print buffer When data exists in the print buffer the printer processes the data following m as normal data e After printing bar code this command sets the print position to the beginning of the line e This command is not affected by print modes emphasized double strike underline character size white black reverse printing or 90 rotated character etc except for upside down printing mode e This command develops bar code data in the print buffer but does not print it After processing bar code data this command moves the print position to the right side dot of the bar code e If dis out of the specified range the printer stops command processing and processes foll
113. on Menu Proceed as follows to access the printer configuration menu ON OFF 1 Printer powered off 2 Power on the machine by pressing and holding down the ON OFF button Then simultaneously press the FEED button and keep both buttons pressed until all the LEDs light up Release both buttons 4 The machine prints the following menu 0 Self test Set Up 2 Hex Dump The number printed alongside the printer menu option indicates the number of times the ON OFF button must be pressed to access the required environment 5 Press the FEED button to confirm your choice and activate the procedure Astrium Printer User Manual 44 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 4 1 3 Self Test To print the Self Test follow one of the two procedures indicated below Procedure 1 Switch the printer to the Printer Configuration Menu by following the instructions provided in section 4 1 2 pressing the FEED button switches the printer to the Self test mode and then to the online mode Procedure 2 With the printer powered off and unplugged from the electrical outlet plug the printer s power cord back into the electrical outlet while holding down the ON OFF button To perform Self Test again start the procedure from the beginning In the Self Test mode the following information 15 printed the firmware release the Setup parameters with the type of interface board installed and the selected code page Provided below 1
114. on off ID 42n ID 48 n 117 ID 62n Turn smoothing mode on off I Astrium Printer User Manual 56 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Turn white black reverse printing mode on off 7 Select printing position of HRI characters ON 1B74n Select character code table 86 D n Select font for HRI characters 12 Sdetbwedewihh 12 _ 1824 Setabsolteprinposiion 8 IBa4 Set horizontal tab positions IBSC m IB7Bn Tums on off upside down printing mode 79 TB6333n Fmabedisbepsprendsni m _ ID24n Set absolnte vertical print position in page mods 129 Excwewspi 133 _ mode and eut paper 6 Set relative vertical print position in page mode 129 IDSE Exwtwmam i 85 122 127 70 79 124 129 105 132 63 129 132 23 Astrium Printer User Manual 57 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 5 3 List of TM TSSIII Series Emulation Environment Command Name Command Standard Page GS P classification mode mode function Execut Setting Lr Decimal code Printand ine ted 9 FF Print and retur to standard mode Gn page mod O ____ O Finado 9 CAN Cancel print data in page mode ima o IDLE
115. onding slots E and F routing the cables through the passage slots that were opened in the previous step VIEW BEHIND THE CONNECTORS COVER Mutually exclusive interface available on slot pluggable interface card Bi directional parallel FOND sac Serial 25 pin USB c 22 E Serial 9 pin lt gt 2 Drawer interface 271 Display interface 205 available with the zi Open following interfaces pc connectors Serial 9 pin and USB m Make sure that the printer and all the devices connected to it are powered off and then insert the free end of the power cord into the electrical power outlet B Poweron the printer as explained in the section Powering On the Printer m Load paper roll as explained in the section Loading the Thermal Paper Roll Astrium Printer User Manual 11 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 2 2 Powering on the printer Ensure that the printer s external power supply unit is attached to an easily accessible electrical power outlet Press the ON OFF button on the operating console NOTE Under normal operating conditions only the green power ON OFF LED should be on when the printer is powered on Therefore if the LED on the operating console indicate a different machine status refer to the troubleshooting section for the related corrective a
116. ou do not select the menu USER the machine prints the second main menu I O Assuming your selection was 1 there are again two alternatives a Ifyou press the FEED button you select the parameter USER NATION the machine prints the first value of the parameter NATION 437 b Ifyou press ON OFF button you do not select NATION the machine prints CPI the second parameter of the menu USER and so on In brief 1 In setup mode the machine prints and proposes one item or one parameter at a time 2 The item or parameter can be accepted and selected with the FEED button or refused with the ON OFF button 41 4 Hex Dump Provided below is information on how to access the Hex dump mode e access printer setup press ON OFF button twice e Press the FEED button to confirm your choice and activate the procedure The printer prints the hexadecimal codes indicated below 1B 40 10 48 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 GF 64 65 20 33 39 1B 40 1D 48 32 1D 48 07 43 BF 64 65 20 33 39 OA 1B 40 1D 48 32 1D 6B 48 Q7 43 GF 64 65 20 33 39 OA 1B 40 1D 48 32 10 6B 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 OA 1B 40 1D 48 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 GF 64 65 20 33 39 18 40 10 48 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 0 1B 40 10 48 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 0A 1B 40 1D 48 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 0A 1B 40 10 48 32 10 6B 48 07 43 64 65 20 33 39 0A 1B 40 10 48 32 1D 6B 48 07 43 55 20 33 39 OA 1B 40 1D 48
117. ould not be energized simultaneously Use pin 4 to power the drawer e The resistance of the drawer solenoid must not be below the specified value otherwise an overcurrent could damage this component Astrium Printer User Manual 17 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 4 Software components and tools The software includes the following components e Printer Driver Standard Windows printer driver Opos A standard component that enables other components to use the printer It includes for POS printers Opos for Cash Drawer Opos for Line Display e Tool Kit A set of utilities required for printer management It includes Firmware downloader Setup configurator Logo downloader Memory maintenance e POS RKserver DCOM component to drive and program the printer remotely using the Resource Kit e Demo Demo program e Installation Kit for installing the program 3 5 Main functional modules The printer is made up of the following main modules Printing module Cutter Main board Slot pluggable interface External power supply 3 5 1 Printing module The thermal printer module prints directly on thermal paper It is equipped with a single 72 mm optimized thermal print head with the following characteristics A Heat Element Structure 2 Heaters dot Number of Heat Elements 576 dots Heat Element Pitch 0 125 mm 8 0 dots mm Print Width 72 mm 0 2 mm It prints horizontal
118. owing data as normal data In this case the data buffer position does not change e f bar code width exceeds the printing area the printer does not print the bar code but moves the data buffer position to the left side out of the printing area e The printer prints an HRI character as start character at the beginning of the HRI character string e The printer prints an HRI character as stop character at the end of the HRI character string e The printer prints HRI characters an alphabetic character as a control character lt 00 gt H to lt 1 gt and lt 7 gt Control character Control character ASCII mp Nn T G un un Example Printing GS k 72 07 67 111 100 101 32 51 57 Astrium Printer User Manual 119 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm See also GS H GS f GS h GS w When CODE128 m 73 1s used 2 Special characters are defined by combining two characters 1 and one character The ASCII character 1s defined by transmitting twice consecutively Transmit data Specific character ASCII Hex Decimal 123 123 Example Example data for printing No 123456 In this example the printer first prints No using CODE B then prints the following numbers using CODE C GS k 73 10 123 66 78 111 46 123 67 12 34 56 e Ifthe top of the bar code data is not the code set selection character the printer stops command process
119. pattern defined for the specified code in the font selected by ESC e user defined character has not been defined for the specified character code the printer ignores this command See also ESC amp ESC 95 SELECT CHARACTER FONT Synopsis Select character font ASCII ESC M n Hexadecimal 1B 4 Decimal 27 ir n Range n 0 1 48 49 n Function 0 48 Character font A 12 x 24 selected 1 49 Character font B 9 x 17 selected Description Selects character fonts The ESC command can also select the character fonts However the setting of the last received command is effective See also ESC 6 8 Logo commands e Download commands DEFINE DOWNLOADED BIT IMAGE Synopsis Define downloaded bit image ASCII 5 x 0 Hexadecimal 2A Decimal 9 D kd Range 1 255 1 48 lt 1536 d 0 255 Astrium Printer User Manual 91 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Description Defines a downloaded bit image using the number of dots specified by x and y e xspecifies the number of dots in the horizontal direction divided by 8 e yspecifies the number of dots in the vertical direction divided by 8 e The number of dots in the horizontal direction is 8 in the vertical direction it is y x 8 e Ifxxyis out of the specified range this command is disabled e The d indicates bit image data Data d specifies bit printed to
120. per thickness 62 Manufacturer Kanzaki Spezialpapiere Gmbh Germany PD 750R paper thickness 75 um Manufacturer OJI Paper Mfg Co Ltd paper specified above or an equivalent type Dual color printing can be obtained in two ways when using the dual color thermal paper Via Set up only 3 7 Print specification Printing method Printing resolution Basic line feed Colors Max printing speed Duty cycle Fonts Characters per inch Character size Character sets Data buffer User Flash memory Max no of user logotypes Logotype resolution Max printing field Max paper width Max paper roll diameter Astrium Printer User Manual 20 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Direct thermal 203 x 203 dpi 8 dot x mm 203 1 step 1 2 200 mm sec 30 for a receipt length up to 300mm 10x 19 13x 27 20 cpi 10 x 19 font B 15 cpi 13 x 27 font A 1 26 x 2 39 mm 1 69 x 3 38 mm W x H 95 alphanumeric 37 international 128 x 10 graphic symbols 4 KB or 45 bytes 384 KB 8192 restricted to the memory available 384 Kbytes Emulation 180 x 180 dpi printing 203 x 203 dpi 72 mm 576 dots 80 mm 100 mm Axiohm 3 7 Printable area Paper width Fonts Chars Dots per Right margin Printable area mm per line line 0 5 0 5 mm Font A 42 546 F 68 3 11 2 Font B 9 1 a 1 1st Printable dot Astrium Printer User Manual 21 142 Reference 3
121. remove the paper roll B Gently pass a cotton swab dampened with isopropyl alcohol IPA over the surface of the thermal print head B Unroll about 20 cm of paper and while holding the unrolled portion of paper close the printer cover by pressing on the right hand and left hand sides of the paper output slot Make sure that the cover is properly closed on both sides Astrium Printer User Manual 138 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 11 TRANSMISSION STATUS IDENTIFICATION Because the specified status bits transmitted from this printer are fixed the user can confirm the command to which the status belongs as shown in the following table When using Auto Status Back ASB however process the consecutive three byte code except for XOFF as ASB data after confirming the first byte of the ASB Otherwise the status transmitted by using the GS r and the status of the second and following bytes of the ASB cannot be differentiated Table G 1 Transmission Status Identification Command amp Function Status Reply TT lt gt XON lt 00010001 gt B XOFF lt 00010011 gt B DLE EOT lt Q110 gt B ASB Ist byte lt 0100 gt Astrium Printer User Manual 139 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 12 PAGE MODE 12 1 Introduction The printer operates in two print modes standard mode and page mode In standard mode the printer prints and feeds paper each time it receives print data or paper feed commands
122. rey boxes on off feed ff o feed mm off on off Eu off feed feed feed feed T feed on off feed co on off Re feed feed on off HAND feed DIR on off XON SHAKE DTR XOFF feed on off Astrium Printer User Manual 48 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A RECEIVE feed 4096 on off 42 BUFFER BYTES BYTES feed feed OFFLINE feed feed AUTO feed EMULATIONL TIV T88 onoff fe ft feed __feed 5 Astrium Printer User Manual 49 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A ROLL feed EB WIDTH 20 Astrium Printer User Manual 50 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A stampante esce dalla modalita setup ed pronta la stampa feed RESTART Astrium Printer User Manual 51 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 4 1 3 4 Notes and Meaning of the Parameters List of parameters that can be changed The setup parameters that follow are in alphabetical order to simplify consultation The values in bold are the factory default values BAUD 2400 4800 9600 38400 Data transmission reception rate HANDSHAKE DTR XON XOFF Data handshaking protocol ON RX ERROR PRINT IGNORED Data receive error print a 2 or ignore ADVANCED I O Advanced interfac
123. rinted by 180 and then prints it Default 0 When upside down printing When upside down printing mode 15 not selected Mode is selected Fin wn e T 5 ct fo 75 Receipt Printer 44 101828 0123456789 581967500 Ic 60 58 KIM Paper feed direction Astrium Printer User Manual 79 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm SELECT CHARACTER SIZE Synopsis Select character size ASCII GS n Hexadecimal ID 21 Decimal 29 33 n Range of n 0 255 vertical number of times 1 8 1 horizontal number of times 1 8 Description Selects the character height using bits 0 to 2 and selects the character width using bits 4 to 7 as follows Table 2Character Height Selection m e temi normal 2 SUPE width This command is all characters effective except for HRI characters e Ifnis outside of the defined range this command is ignored n standard mode the vertical direction is the paper feed direction and the horizontal direction is perpendicular to the paper feed direction However when character orientation changes in 90 clockwise rotation mode the relationship between vertical and horizontal directions 15 reversed e In page mode vertical and horizontal directions are based on the character orientation e When characters are enlarged with different sizes on one line all the characters on the line are aligned at the basel
124. s Initialize printer ASCII ESC Hexadecimal 1B 40 Decimal 27 64 Description Clears the data in the print buffer and resets the printer mode to the mode that was in effect when the power was turned on Astrium Printer User Manual 62 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A The data In the receive buffer 1s not cleared The macro definition 1s not cleared The NV bit image data 15 not cleared The data of the NV user memory is not cleared Axiohm 6 2 Paper Cut Commands SELECT CUT MODE SELECT CUT MODE AND CUT PAPER Synopsis Select cut mode and cut paper ASCII GS V m GS V m Hexadecimal 10 56 10 56 m n Decimal 29 86 m 29 86 m Operands 1 m 70 1 48 49 2 m 65 66 n 0 255 Description Selects a mode for cutting paper and executes paper cutting The value of m selects NN mode as follows Print mode TM TSS III Print mode TM T90 EN Not available s paper one point left uncut full Partial cut one point left uncut Feeds paper cutting position n x vertical motion unit and cuts the paper partially one point left uncut 1 and 2 e This command is effective only processed at the beginning of a line 1 e Only the partial cut 15 available there 15 no full cut 2 e When n 0 the printer feeds the paper to the cutting position and cuts it e When n z 0 the printer feeds the paper to cutting position x vertical motion unit and cuts it e The horizontal and verti
125. s B m gt e d p z a 1010 i fi amp gt 160 161 162 L 166 167 169 170 172 123 174 175 _ 1 1 178 1 i 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 JL L CO 1100 T K 9 t gt gt i 204 n DO 1101 2 Jn Y t T T E un I 1 EO 1110 B 2 B i z FO 240 241 242 243 I J 246 247 248 249 250 M 252 253 254 255 Astrium Printer User Manual 25 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 3 Codepage 850 Multilingual LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A OD OE OF 0000 0001 0011 0100 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 EDT BEL B LF 30 51 s 10 12 EG 14 15 VUE DLE prl ESC 16 17 a 19 20 M 2 ES 24 E E 27 x S s Ei 0010 5 amp E 3 43 44 45 46 47 0011 gt 59 60 61 62 63 0100 L M M 75 76 77 78 79 gt 0101 x 91 92 93 0110 s ve o E T a E 111 0111 1000 M id 1001 158 178 1 B 188 3 T T 1 JL PES T p b T 20 204 M 207 HBHHHHHHHHRIHHHHH NBSP 247 Astrium Printer User Manual 26 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 4 Codepage 852 Latin 2 LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0 OD OE OF 0000 0001 0011
126. s all the European national characters and semigraphic symbols as well The assignment of codes 128 to 255 varies from one country to another from one type of hardware to another from one operating system to another and often according to the application program used Before selecting a character set read the documentation provided with your operating system and application carefully The section Printable character set tables indicates the codes that correspond to the characters in the resident character sets Astrium Printer User Manual 22 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 5 Printable character sets The printer recognizes and can print the following character sets selected as follows Character sets Code Page 210 Greek Code Page 437 U S A Standard Europe Code Page 850 Multilingual Code Page 852 Latin 2 Code Page 857 Turkish Code Page 858 Multilingual Euro Code Page 860 Portuguese Code Page 862 Israel Code Page 863 Canadian French Code Page 864 Arabic Code Page 865 Nordic Code Page 866 Cyrillic WPC1251 Cyrillic WPC1252 Latin I WPC1253 Greek WPC1254 Turkish WPC1255 Israel WPC1257 Baltic Code Page 255 Space Page National variants Astrium Printer User Manual 23 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Selection via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup NATION CODEPAGES or via software see ESC t n via setup
127. scription Enables disables ASB and specifies the status items to include using n as follows Off On Status for ASB 88 III Status for ASB TM T90 0 0 Drawer kick out connector pin 3 status disabled Drawer kick out connector pin 3 status enabled 0 Online offline status disabled Online offline status enabled 0 0 Error status disabled Or Jw n o Rent o O Pa a Astrium Printer User Manual 109 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A ____ 7 jor jo Undefined e If any of the status items in the table above are enabled the printer transmits the status when this command 15 executed The printer automatically transmits the status whenever the enabled status item changes The disabled status items may change in this case because each status transmission represents the current status e fall status items are disabled the ASB function is also disabled e If ASB is enabled as a default the printer transmits the status when the printer data reception and transmission 15 possible at the first time from when the printer is turned on e The following four status bytes are transmitted without confirming whether the host is ready to receive data The four status bytes must be consecutive except for the XOFF code e Since this command 15 executed after the data 15 processed in the receive buffer there may be a time lag between data reception an
128. sed Fixed to Off Bit 5 Becomes on when the paper end sensor detects paper end and printing stops n 3 Transmit Error Status Bit Status Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off On 02 2 Not used Fixed to On 2 Undefined 3 Off 00 0 No auto cutter error On 08 8 Auto cutter error occurs 4 On 10 16 Not used Fixed to On 5 Off 00 0 No unrecoverable error On 20 32 Unrecoverable error occurred 6 Off 00 0 No autorecoverable error On 40 64 Autorecoverable error occurs 7 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off Bit 3 If these errors occur due to paper jams or the like it 15 possible to recover correcting the cause of the error and executing DLE ENQ n n 1 2 If an error due to a circuit failure e g wire break occurs it is impossible to recover Bit 6 When printing 15 stopped due to high print head temperature until the print head temperature drops sufficiently or when the paper roll cover is open during printing bit 6 15 On Astrium Printer User Manual 114 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm n 4 Transmit paper roll sensor status Bit Status Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off 1 02 2 Fixed to 2 3 Off 00 0 Paper roll near end sensor paper adequate On 0 12 Paper near end is detected by the paper roll near end sensor On 10 16 Not used Fixed to On 5 6 Off 00 0 Paper roll sensor paper present On 20 32 Paper roll end detected by paper roll sensor T
129. supply B Unpack the printer and all its components Open the printer cover by pressing the Open button on the operating console as far as it goes until hearing a click sound indicating that the button 1s locked in a pressed position and then remove the piece of cardboard protecting the print head m Position the printer vertically and then open and remove the rear connectors cover by releasing its snap hook using a screwdriver and lifting it off Plug the interface cables into the related connectors on the printer and then route the cables through the cable blocks A to prevent accidental disconnections Tighten the securing screws if present of the interface cable connectors Drawer Display if available B Plug the power cord of the external power supply unit into printer power jack B Attach one end of the power cord provided with the printer into the related connector C on the external power supply unit Astrium Printer User Manual 10 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm m Using screwdriver remove extractable parts D so that you can then route the cables externally according to your needs Ensure that the passage slots are completely clear of any plastic protrusion that could damage the cables WARNING Once removed the extractable parts cannot be reattached B Refit the connectors cover by inserting the cover s lower and upper tabs into the corresp
130. t Reset the line spacing to 4 23 mm 1 6 Note Vertical and horizontal motion units are 1 360 in the vertical direction and 1 180 in the horizontal direction therefore the position you specify varies depending on the printing direction Setting the vertical motion unit to 1 180 using the GS P command does not change the current print position Development direction xU Base line Pont dx dy Printing ares dx dy Linits dots Figure 1 Character Data Developing Position Astrium Printer User Manual 141 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Soe 8 2 Gk m 54x 2 6 42 User defined hit image GS xy 12 Ra ES po cue nH x 256 nL 24 3 mace ESC m nc Double height character Bar Code Gshn LM 16 eS s Baseline HRI characters Point B Point B Point B Point B Figure 2 Print Data Developing Position Development direction XU y0 i x x a Base line _____ 99 Point A LLLA User defined bit image x x y i i I i Base line Point Point dx dy Printing area Units dots Figure 3 Downloaded Bit Image Developing Position Astrium Printer User Manual 142 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A
131. ta bits 7 jor je Reeve SSCS s jor o Rea s o 7 jor e Fina Interface 15 always programmed by setup Memory switch are not supported 2 byte status information om o parin No moei _ on Jor p ayves Serial Speed see table below On 04 4 o Serial Speed see table below 00 jo Serial Speed see table below On fos 8 Serial Speed see table below m o 5 ov 9 o s o Jo w 7 jov je o ea Astrium Printer User Manual 107 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Serial Speed Description Transmits the printer ID specified by n e When DTR DSR control is selected in the serial interface model the printer transmits the printer ID after confirming that the host is ready to receive data DSR signal is SPACE If host computer is not ready to receive data DSR signal is MARK the printer waits until the host 15 ready e When XON XOFF control is selected in the serial interface model the printer transmits the printer ID without confirming the condition of the DSR signal e The printer ID 1s transmitted when the data in the receive buffer is developed Therefore there may be a time lag between receiving this command and transmitting the status depending on the receive buffer status e When the printer ID transmission 15 specified with n 1 3 or n 49 51 one byte code 15 transmitt
132. the finish of hardware reset mechanical operations including initializing the position of the printer head when the cover 1s open paper feeding by using the FEED button etc cannot be performed During processing this command the printer is in BUSY when writing the data to the NV user memory and stops receiving data Therefore it 15 prohibited to transmit the data including the real time commands during the execution of this command NV bit image means a bit image that 15 defined in a non volatile memory by FS q and printed by FS p In standard mode this command 15 effective only when processed at the beginning of the line In page mode this command is not effective This command is effective when 7 bytes lt 5 lt gt is processed as a normal value When the amount of data exceeds the capacity left in the range defined by xL xH yL yH the printer processes xL xH yL and yH out of the defined range In the first group of NV bit images when any of the parameters xL xH yL yH is out of the definition range this command 15 disabled In groups of NV bit images other than the first one when the printer processes xL xH yL yH out of the defined range it stops processing this command and starts writing into the NV images At this time NV bit images that haven t been defined are disabled undefined but any NV bit images before that are enabled The d indicates the definition data In data d a 1 bit specifies a dot to b
133. tion TM T90 Specifies printer only Specifies customer display only Specifies printer and customer display Default Serial interface specification e When turning on the printer n 1 When executing ESC a TM T88 HI TM T90 setting before executing ESC After ESC processing ENABLE DISABLE PAPER END SIGNAL Synopsis Enable disable paper end signal ASCH ESC 3 n Hexadecimal 1B 63 33 n Decimal 27 99 5 n Range of 0 255 Description Selects paper sensor s to output paper end signals to a parallel interface Each bit ofn is used as follows e Each bit ofn is used as follows Function Paper roll near end sensor disabled o Oo j Paper roll near end sensor enabled 1 0 0 Paper roll near end sensor disabled Paper roll near end sensor enabled 0 Paper roll end sensor disabled Paper roll end sensor enabled of 0 0 Paper roll end sensor disabled On 08 j Paper roll end sensor enabled 15 possible to select multiple sensors to output signals Then if any of the sensors detects a paper end the paper end signal 1s output The command is available only with a parallel interface and 15 ignored with a serial interface e Sensor is switched when executing this command The paper end signal switching be delayed depending on the receive buffer state e If either bit 0 or bit 1 is on the paper roll near end sensor is selected as the pap
134. tion unit dy dyL dyH x 256 x vertical motion unit Astrium Printer User Manual 127 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Default See also Note Axiohm The printing area is set as shown in the figure below e If this command is input in standard mode the printer executes only internal flag operation This command does not affect printing in standard mode e Ifthe horizontal or vertical starting position is set outside the printable area the printer stops command processing and processes the following data as normal data e Ifthe printing area width or height 15 set to 0 the printer stops command processing and processes the following data as normal data e This command sets the position where data 15 buffered to the position specified by ESC T within the printing area e If horizontal starting position printing area width exceeds the printable area the printing area width is automatically set to horizontal printable area horizontal starting position e f vertical starting position printing area height exceeds the printable area the printing area height is automatically set to vertical printable area vertical starting position e The horizontal and vertical motion unit are specified by GS P Changing the horizontal or vertical motion unit does not affect the current printing area e The GS P command can change the horizontal and vertical motion unit However the value cannot be less than the mini
135. trium Printer User Manual 31 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 9 Codepage 863 Canadian French LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0 OD OE OF 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 IL SOT ETK zu BEL Bs LF so SI us 2 10 Ji 12 T 14 15 DLE pez pes bea ESC 16 17 M 2 ES 4 E 27 E E E E 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 if i M M A 126 127 1000 E 1001 1010 r X gt A l 169 l x 175 1011 1 1011 H 2 176 177 185 N 5 L u 1100 T F 1 T L m 192 193 194 196 r F 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 L L L J 1101 T T F 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 I 1110 234 235 236 237 225 238 239 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 Astrium Printer User Manual 32 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 10Codepage 864 Arabic fO o thers he or Tone ori how hee MSB 0000 0010 0100 0110 mi 1000 1001 1910 1011 00 NUL n e 0 10 NAE 20 30 40 50 249 Astrium Printer User Manual 33 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 3 7 6 11 Codepage 865 Nordic LSB 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 0
136. uding the space to the right of a character exceeds the printable area before the printer receives a command e g LF or ESC J that includes line feeding a line feed 1s executed automatically within the printable area The print position therefore moves to the beginning of the next line The line feed amount depends on the values set by commands such as ESC 2 and ESC 3 The default value of the line spacing is set to 4 23 mm 1 6 and corresponds to 30 dots in the vertical direction If print data for the next line contains extended characters that are higher than double height characters bit Images taking up two or more lines or bar codes higher than normal characters the amount of line feeding may be insufficient resulting in overlapping of the characters higher order dots with the previous line To avoid this increase the amount of line spacing The line spacing in Figure 3 requires 27 dots or more Astrium Printer User Manual 140 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Example When printing a downloaded bit image of six bytes in the vertical direction use the following formula number of vertical dots 8 x 6 number of dots for feeding at the beginning of the printable area 21 x vertical motion unit conversions 360 180 54 Therefore 27 dots 54 pitch are required for feeding Use the following commands ESC W xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH ESC T ESC 3 54 lt Set line spacing to be added LF GS 1 ESC 2 l
137. umber specified by Reply format is Amount of Data sm 5 byte fixed to 37H amm 9 H 0H 30H 39H 48 57 1 3 bytes IF byte fixed to 30H 39H 48 57 1 5 bytes 0 fixed to NUL e The customized value number 1s as follows 55 39 byte fixed to 27H 31 Transmitted data 2010 e Configuration of the customized value When the NV user memory capacity a 1 1s specified Setting status Transmission data Astrium Printer User Manual 94 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm When the type of paper 116 is specified Setting status Reply Print control method 39 byte 5 byte 257 Two color paper 50 53 55 SELECT GRAPHICS DATA ONLY TM T90 EMULATION Synopsis Select graphics data only Tm T90 emulation ASCII GS L pL pH m fn parameter GS 8 L pl p2 p3 p4 m fn parameter Hexadecimal 1028 4C pL pH m fn parameter 10 38 pl p2 p3 m fn parameter Decimal 29 40 76 pL pH m fn parameter 29 56 76 pl p2 p3 p4 m fn parameter Description In description below GS L is used for the explanation e Note that GS L and GS 8 L have the same Function e Ifthe parameter of each format exceeds 65533 bytes use GS 8 L Processes graphics data according to the function code fn fn Format Function Function x x x No x x 0 48 GS L pL pH m fn Function Transmits the NV graphics memory
138. values of n above e The printer can underline all characters including right side character spacing but cannot underline the space set by HT e The printer cannot underline 90 clockwise rotated characters and white black inverted characters e When underline mode id turned off by setting the value of n to 0 or 48 the following data is not underlined and the underline thickness set before the mode is turned off does not change The default underline thickness 15 1 dot e Changing the character size does not affect the current underline thickness e Underline mode can also be turned on or off by using ESC Note however that the last received command 15 effective See also ESC TURN WHITE BLACK REVERSE PRINTING MODE ON OFF Synopsis Turn white black reverse printing mode on off ASCII GS B Hexadecimal 1D 42 n Decimal 29 66 n Range of n 0 255 Default n 0 Description e When the LSB of n is 0 white black reverse mode is turned off e When the LSB ofn is 1 white black reverse mode 15 turned on e Only the lowest bit of n is valid e This command is available for built in characters and user defined characters e When white black reverse printing mode is on it also applied to character spacing set by ESC SP e This command does not affect bit image user defined bit image bar code HRI characters and spacing skipped by HT ESC 5 and ESC e This command does not affect the space between lines e White black reverse mo
139. ver Bit 6 When printing is stopped due to high print head temperature until the print head temperature drops sufficiently or when the paper roll cover is open during printing bit 6 15 On Third byte paper sensor information Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status for ASB TM TSS III Status for ASB TM T90 0 Off Paper roll near end sensor paper adequate 7 7 jor jw o Paperol nearend sensor paper 5 gt om je jo end sensor paper presen s jo o Paperollend sensor paper presen T e a or o s jor jm o Remd s jor jw o Remd 7 jor jw o Fino Astrium Printer User Manual 111 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm Fourth byte paper sensor information Status for ASB s wn ep Reserved Not used Fixed to Off Reserved Not used Fixed to Off The notes indicated below apply only to the TM T90 emulation Notes When memory switch Msw 8 7 is On the printer transmits ASB data to host whether the host can receive or not When the memory switch Msw 8 7 1s On the printer transmits the ASB data with the panel button status always being ignored See also DLE EOT 5 r Appendix G Transmission Status Identification Astrium Printer User Manual 112 142 Reference 3108343 Issue A Axiohm 6 11 Real time commands

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