Custom Audio Electronics PRT 80, User Manual

Page 1: ...PRT 80 Thermal printer for information kiosks and ATMs PRT 80 User Manual www custom it ...

Page 2: ...formation regarding any errors found in it or suggestions on how it could be improved are appreciated Since products are subject to continuous check and improvement CUSTOM ENGINEERING SPAreserves the right to make changes in information contained in this manual without prior notification COD DOME PRT80 REV 1 00 Copyright 2006 CUSTOM ENGINEERING SPA Italy CUSTOM ENGINEERING SPA Str Berettine 2 4301...

Page 3: ...NTS A TPL825 S Front external view 1 Rewinder 2 Printer frame 3 Near paper end led 4 Status led 5 Power on led 6 Form Feed Key 7 Line Feed Key 8 Paper roll support 9 Printing mechanism 10 Near paper end sensor 11 Paper roll ...

Page 4: ...PRT 80 B Rear external view with RS232 serial interface 1 Paper insert 2 Power supply connector 3 RS232 serial connector ...

Page 5: ...IGURATION 1 2 1 4 HEXADECIMAL DUMP 1 3 1 5 MAINTENANCE 1 3 1 5 1 Changing the paper roll 1 3 2 INTERFACES 2 1 RS232 SERIAL 2 1 3 PRINTER FUNCTIONS 3 1 PRINTER DIRECTION 3 1 3 2 COMMANDS DESCRIPTION 3 2 3 2 1 Custom TPT emulation 3 2 3 2 2 ESC POS emulation 3 33 4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 4 1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 4 1 4 2 DIMENSIONS 4 3 5 CHARACTER SETS 5 1 CHARACTER SETS 5 1 A APPENDIX A ACCESS...

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Page 7: ...ly Clean the printer with a damp cloth Do not use liquid or spray products Do not operate the printer near water Do not use the printer on unstable surfaces that might cause it to fall and be seriously damaged Only use the printer on hard surfaces and in environments that guarantee proper ventilation Make sure the printer is placed in such a way as to avoid damage to its wiring Use the type of ele...

Page 8: ...for 80mm 5 Printer 6 Lower foam packing shell 7 Box PRINTER FEATURES The printer is comprised of printers designed to emit high resolution thermal printed tickets ideal for use in information and multimedia kiosks self service machines no queue systems parking areas gaming machines and toll receipt machines The printer offers a wide range of options in addition to normal print features Ticket widt...

Page 9: ...nces the paper so that it may be inserted manually in the printing mechanism During power up if the LINE FEED key is held down the printer will perform the FONT TEST routine If the FORM FEED 5 key is enabled when it is pressed the printer advances the paper the number of increments programmed in the Eeprom If the FORM FEED key is not enabled and the printer is in Custom Emulation mode when the key...

Page 10: ...r e p a P o N g n i k n i l b w o l S d o i r e p t r o h s r o f t i l s d r a w p u d e n r u t d a e H f f o s n i a m e R n o i t c n u f l a m r e t n i r P The Power On LED green indicates that the printer is on The Near paper end LED red indicates that the paper is about to run out The Status LED yellow indicates printer status the check is made on line Given in the table below are the vari...

Page 11: ...TEST Printer operating status is indicated in the configuration print out in which next to the name of the components displayed see fig 1 2 the following information is given under INTERFACE is given the interface present RS232 under EEPROM TEST the message OK appears if functioning and NOT OK if faulty under NOTCH THERSHOLD is given the notch thershold under HEAD TEMPERATURE is given the temperat...

Page 12: ...ns With CUSTOM TPT emulation Font Size d l o c 5 2 l o c 8 3 l o c 6 7 2 3 x 4 2 4 2 x 6 1 6 1 x 8 l o c 6 2 l o c 0 4 l o c 0 8 2 3 x 4 2 4 2 x 6 1 6 1 x 8 Fig 1 2 PRINTERSETUP INTERFACE RS232 EEPROMTEST OK NOTCH THRESHOLD 0 8 HEADTEMPERATURE C 25 0 PAPERPRINTED cm 130 POWERONCOUNTER 24 Printer emulation CUSTOM TPT Baud Rate 9600 bps Data length 8 bits chr Parity None Handshaking Xon Xoff Autofee...

Page 13: ... has finished the printer enters Hexadecimal Dump mode The printer remains in standby until a key is pressed or characters are received through the communication port For every 10 characters received the hexadecimal and corresponding ASCII codes are printed out if the characters are underlined the receive buffer is full Shown below is an example of a Hexadecimal Dump 48 65 78 61 64 65 63 69 6D 61 ...

Page 14: ...1 INSTALLATION AND USE PRT 80 4 1 Section printer wiew Fig 1 3 Fig 1 4 ...

Page 15: ...1 INSTALLATION AND USE PRT 80 5 1 ATTENTION Before inserting the paper make sure it is cut cleanly NOTE the changing paper procedure is the same for all the printer models avalaible Fig 1 5 ...

Page 16: ...1 INSTALLATION AND USE PRT 80 6 1 Blank page ...

Page 17: ... e t e d r e i r r a C a t a D 2 D X T t u p t u O D X R t s o H m o r f t u p t u o l a i r e S a t a d e v i e c e R 3 D X R t u p n I D X T t s o H s d r a w o t t u p n i a t a d l a i r e S a t a d t i m s n a r T 4 C N C N d e t c e n n o c t o N 5 D N G D N G l a n g i s d n u o r G 6 R S D t u p t u O R S D l e v e l 2 3 2 S R t a e v i t c a g n i t a r e p o d n a n o r e t n i r P y d a...

Page 18: ...2 INTERFACES PRT 80 2 2 The following diagrams show examples of connections between the printer and the Personal Computer using 25 and 9 pin female connectors Fig 2 2 Fig 2 3 ...

Page 19: ... PRT 80 1 3 PRT 80 Ticket printer Ticket printer PRT 80 PAPER OUT FEED TOWARD 3 1 PRINT DIRECTION The printer has two printing directions which can be selected by means of the control characters normal and reverse Fig 3 1 ...

Page 20: ... 1 4 B 1 2 n 1 n A C S E r o t o m g n i p p e t s s e v o M n 4 4 B 1 n D C S E y t i l i b i s n e s r e p a p t l u a f e d s t e S n 6 4 B 1 n F C S E s e t y B 6 1 k n a b m a r o t n i k n a b h s a l f s e i p o C n 7 4 B 1 n G C S E e d o m e k i r t s e l b u o d s t e s e r s t e S n E 4 B 1 n N C S E e d o m e v i t a g e n s t e S 0 5 B 1 P C S E S E T Y B 4 8 3 6 1 t r o p m o r f k n...

Page 21: ... o c s t e S b s B 3 a s B 3 3 4 D 1 c s B 3 r s B 3 n s B 3 B 3 c s r s n s b s a s C S G B e d o m t n u o c s t c e l e S n 8 4 D 1 n H S G n o i t i s o p t n i r p I R H s t c e l e S n 9 4 D 1 n I S G D I r e t n i r p s t i m s n a r T m t r E 5 D 1 m t r S G o r c a m s e t u c e x E 3 6 D 1 c S G r e t n u o c s t n i r P l m n 5 6 D 1 l m n e S G s d n a m m o c t e k c i t s t c e j E n...

Page 22: ... the detection of a reference mark on the paper signalled by the NICK photocell Alterna tively the paper forward feeds by the number of dotlines preset by the command 1B 5C Notes Default Reference Example D 0 Name Carriage return Format ASCII CR Hex 0D Decimal 13 Description When autofeed is CR enabled this command functions in the same way as 0A otherwise it is disregarded Notes The command sets ...

Page 23: ... C t e S 5 h t d i w e l b u o D l e c n a C t e S 6 t h g i e h e l p u r d a u Q l e c n a C t e S 7 h t d i w e l p u r d a u Q l e c n a C t e S Notes Height and width commands set the mode for a whole line Default n 0 Reference Example 8 n 1 n 3 2 B 1 Name Receives data in graphic page Format ASCII ESC n1 n8 Hex 1B 23 n1 n8 Decimal 27 35 n1 n8 Description This receives an array of data an arr...

Page 24: ... availables 292 it print the entire page Notes Default Example k d 1 d H n L n m A 2 B 1 Name Select bit image mode Format ASCII ESC m nL nH d1 dk Hex 1B 2A m nL nH d1 dk Decimal 27 42 m nL nH d1 dk Range m 0 1 32 33 0 nL 255 0 nH 3 0 d 255 Description Selects a bit image mode using m for the number of dots specified by nL and nH as follows m e d o M n o i t c e r i d l a c i t r e V 1 n o i t c e...

Page 25: ...tion The bar code is printed at position n1 256 n2 If the value exceeds 448 it is rejected The number of characters to be received is n1 256 n2 In this mode the bytes received are input in the line buffer at the current position of the cursor and in a different order from that of the previous command Let s imagine that a print line consists of an array of 24 rows containing 56 bytes each the chara...

Page 26: ...n 1 48 n 49 Description Turns italic mode on or off based on the following values of n n o i t c n u F 8 4 0 e d o m c i l a t i f f o s n r u T 9 4 1 e d o m c i l a t i n o s n r u T Notes The printer can print any character in italic mode When italic mode is turned off by setting the value of n to 0 or 48 the data which follows is printed in normal mode Italic mode can also be turned on or off ...

Page 27: ...nables transmission when the Form Feed key is pressed Notes Default Reference Example n F 3 B 1 Name Printer setting request Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 3F n Decimal 27 63 n Range 32 n 126 Description This command transmits two bytes to serial port when each bit indicates the printer setting The meaning of these bytes depends on the n parameter with n 0 Byte 1 1 t i B t i B 0 n o i t c n u F n o i t...

Page 28: ... n o i t a t o R 1 N O n o i t a t o R Byte2 0 t i B n o i t c n u F 0 d e l b a n e r e t t u C 1 d e l b a s i d r e t t u C 1 t i B n o i t c n u F 0 d e l b a n e d n e r e p a P 1 d e l b a s i d d n e r e p a P 2 t i B n o i t c n u F 0 d e l b a n e d e e F m r o F 1 d e l b a s i d d e e F m r o F 3 t i B n o i t c n u F 0 d e l b a n e d e e f o t u A 1 d e l b a s i d d e e f o t u A 4 t...

Page 29: ... e t a c i d n I 1 n o i t i s o p g n i t n i r p 4 5 D E V R E S E R 6 D E V R E S E R 7 D E V R E S E R 1 These bits correspond to the coding assigned with the 1D 48 and 1D 77 commands 2 e t y B t h g i e h e d o C r a B s e t a c i d n I Notes Default Reference Example 0 4 B 1 Name Initialize printer Format ASCII ESC Hex 1B 40 Decimal 27 64 Description When this command is received the printer...

Page 30: ...ity Format ASCII ESC D n Hex 1B 44 n Decimal 27 68 n Range Description This command sets the default paper sensibility The current paper sensibility in use is also changed Notes Default Reference Example n F C S E Name Copy flash bank into ram bank 16kbytes Format ASCII ESC F n Hex 1B 46 n Decimal 27 70 n Range 1 n 6 Description The value of n determines flash bank n 1 1st bank n 2 2nd bank n 3 3r...

Page 31: ...e Example n E 4 B 1 Name Sets negative mode Format ASCII ESC N n Hex 1B 4E n Decimal 27 78 n Description Sets or cancel printing negative mode n 0 Normal print n 0 Negative print Notes Default n 0 Reference Example 0 5 B 1 Name Fill ram bank from port serial or parallel Format ASCII ESC P 16384 bytes Hex 1B 50 16384 bytes Decimal 27 80 16384 bytes Description This command can transfer graphic page...

Page 32: ...le n S C S E Name Sets paper sensibility Format ASCII ESC S n Hex 1B 53 n Decimal 27 83 n Description It sets the paper sensibility currently in used This setting is maintained until a new command is given or the machine is reset n 00 High n 01 Normal n 02 Medium n 03 Low n 04 Double copy Notes Default Reference Example n 5 5 B 1 Name Sets underlined mode Format ASCII ESC U n Hex 1B 55 n Decimal 2...

Page 33: ... Notes Default Reference Example n A 5 B 1 Name Sets the number of steps for form feed Format ASCII ESC Z n1 n2 Hex 1B 5A n1 n2 Decimale 27 90 n1 n2 Description When the printer receives an 0C character or when the FF key is pressed the paper forward feeds until the photocell finds a reference point or up to the distance preset in the Eeprom The default value which is 240 30 mm can be modified by ...

Page 34: ... is used Default Reference Example n 1 6 B 1 Name Select justification Format ASCII ESC a n Hex 1B 61 n Decimal 27 97 n Range 0 n 2 48 n 50 Description Aligns all data in one line to the specified position n selects the type of justification as follows n Justification 0 48 Flush left 1 49 Centered 2 50 Flush right Notes This command is only enabled when inserted at the beginning of a line Lines ar...

Page 35: ...cimal 27 99 53 n Range 0 n 255 Description Enables disables the buttons on the front panel When the LSB of n is 0 the panel buttons are enabled When the LSB of n is 1 the panel buttons are disabled Notes Only the LSB of n is effective On the printer the panel buttons are LINE FEED and FORM FEED When the panel buttons are disabled the buttons may only be used after the printer has been reset Defaul...

Page 36: ...ets red printing mode n Function 0 48 Reset red printing mode 1 49 Set red printing mode Notes The printer prints only entire lines in red not individual characters The printer prints red only if enabled by Setup Default n 0 Reference Example n 2 7 B 1 Name Copy ram bank into flash bank 16Kbytes Format ASCII ESC r n Hex 1B 72 n Decimal 27 114 n Range 1 n 6 Description The value of n selects the fl...

Page 37: ... a p r a e N n O 1 0 1 e c n a d n u b a n i e c n e s e r p r e p a P 1 f f O 0 0 0 d e t c e t e d t o n h c t o N n O 2 0 2 l l e c o t o h p m o r f d e t c e t e d h c t o N 2 f f O 0 0 0 t u o r e p a P n O 4 0 4 e c n e s e r p r e p a P 3 f f O 0 0 0 d e s a e l e r y e k d e e F e n i L n O 8 0 8 d e s s e r p y e k d e e F e n i L 4 f f O 0 0 0 d e s a e l e r y e k d e e F m r o F n O 0...

Page 38: ...n 255 Description Turns upside down printing mode on or off When the LSB of n is 0 the upside down printing mode is off When the LSB of n is 1 the upside down printing mode is on Notes Only the LSB of n is effective This command is valid only if entered at the beginning of a line In upside down printing mode the printer rotates the line to be printed 180 and then prints it Default n 0 Reference Ex...

Page 39: ... the printer does not execute the command If xL xH 256 yL yH 256 585 the printer prints only 585 xL xH 256 1 dotline Default Reference 1B FC 1B FD 1B FE Example To print from ram bank dotline 100 to dotline 299 send 1B FA 00 00 64 00 C7 B F B 1 Name Transmit ram bank to serial port Format ASCII ESC nL nH Hex 1B FB nL nH Decimal 27 251 nL nH Description Transmits nH x 256 nL bytes of ram bank to se...

Page 40: ...ived is nL nH 256 2 Each word is first received as MSByte and then as LSByte If nL nH 256 is greater than 16384 the data which follows is processed as normal data An horizontal dotline is represented to 28 words Default Reference 1B FA 1B FC 1B FE Example n E F B 1 Name Transfer ram bank into flash bank Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B FE n Decimal 27 254 n Range 1 n 3 Description Transfers the ram bank ...

Page 41: ... 0 3 3 4 D 1 Name Select counter print mode Format ASCII GS C 0 n m Hex 1D 43 30 n m Decimal 29 67 48 n m Range 0 n 5 m 0 1 2 48 49 50 Description Selects a print mode for the serial number counter n specifies the number of digits to be printed as follows when n 0 the printer prints the actual digits indicated by the numeric value when n 1 to 5 the command sets the number of digits to be printed m...

Page 42: ...mum counter value is aL aH 256 and the minimum value is bL bH 256 If the counting down reaches a value less than the minimum it resets to the maximum value When this command is executed the internal count that indicates the repetition number specified by r is cleared Default aL 1 aH 0 bL 255 bH 255 n 1 r 1 Reference 1D 43 30 1D 43 32 1D 43 3B 1D 63 Example H n L n 2 3 3 4 D 1 Name Set counter Form...

Page 43: ...resets to the minimum value If the counter value set by sc is outside the counter operation range the counter value is forced to convert to the minimum value by executing 1D 63 In setting count down mode the maximum value of the counter is sa and the minimum value is sb If counting down reaches a value less than the minimum it resets to the maximum value If the counter value set by sc is outside t...

Page 44: ...e l a m i c e D e n o i z n u F 0 f f O 0 0 0 d e t r o p p u s t o n s e d o c r e t c a r a h c e t y b 2 1 f f O 0 0 0 d e i l p p u s t o n r e t t u c o t u A n O 2 0 2 d e i l p p u s r e t t u c o t u A 2 f f O 0 0 0 l e b a l t u o h t i w r e p a p l a m r e h T n O 4 0 4 l e b a l h t i w r e p a p l a m r e h T 3 D E V R E S E R 4 f f O 0 0 0 0 t a d e x i F 5 D E V R E S E R 6 D E V R ...

Page 45: ... macro is not defined or if r is 0 nothing is executed When the macro is executed by pressing the FORM FEED button m 1 the paper cannot be fed using the FORM FEED button Default Reference 1D 3A Example c S G Name Print counter Format ASCII GS c Hex 1D 63 Decimal 29 99 Description Sets the serial counter value in the print buffer and increments or decrements the counter value Notes After setting th...

Page 46: ...0 0 0 f f o r o t o m g n i p p e t s r e t n i r P n O 0 1 6 1 n o r o t o m g n i p p e t s r e t n i r P 5 f f O 0 0 0 f f o r o t o m r o t c e j E n O 0 2 2 3 n o r o t o m r o t c e j E 6 f f O 0 0 0 r o r r e o N n O 0 4 4 6 s r u c c o r o r r E 7 f f O 0 0 0 0 o t d e x i F n 7 sets maximum ticket length The maximum ticket length is m 256 l vertical motion unit inches Max ticket length re...

Page 47: ...e 29 107 n HRI 13 Range 1 n 7 Description Prints a bar code The value of n selects the bar code type to print n 1 UPC E n 2 EAN 13 n 3 EAN 18 n 4 CODE 39 max 12 characters n 5 ITF Interleaved 2 of 5 max 22 characters n 6 CODEBAR max 16 characters n 7 UPC A max 16 characters Notes The rotation command does not affect on bar code printing Default Reference 1D 68 Example 6 7 D 1 Name Request expanded...

Page 48: ... H 6 f f O 0 0 0 f f o r o t o M n O 0 4 4 6 n o r o t o M 7 f f O 0 0 0 r o r r e o N n O 0 8 8 2 1 c t e p u d a e H d n e r e p a p o t e u d r o r r E Second byte t i B n O f f O x e H l a m i c e D n u F o i t c n 0 n O 1 0 1 g n i t n i r P 1 n O 2 0 2 p u d a e H 2 n O 4 0 4 h c t o n e d i s t u O 3 n O 8 0 8 h t u o m t i x e e h t n o t e k c i T 4 n O 0 1 6 1 N O r o t o m r o t c e j E...

Page 49: ...0 s u t a t s r e s U e l b a s i D n O 2 0 2 s u t a t s r e s U e l b a n E 2 f f O 0 0 0 s u t a t S r o r r E e l b a r e v o c e R e l b a s i D n O 4 0 4 s u t a t S r o r r E e l b a r e v o c e R e l b a n E 3 f f O 0 0 0 s u t a t S r o r r E e l b a r e v o c e r n U e l b a s i D n O 8 0 8 s u t a t S r o r r E e l b a r e v o c e r n U e l b a n E 4 D E V R E S E R 5 D E V R E S E R 6 ...

Page 50: ...per is printed for example if the printer has print about 2515 5 m it will be 251550cm Notes Default Reference Example n 5 E D 1 Name Reading number of power up Format ASCII GS σ Hex 1D E5 Decimal 29 229 Description Reading number of power up of the printer Notes The command return a string pointing out the number of turning on of the printer for example if the printer is turned on 512 times it wi...

Page 51: ...d t c e l e S n F 3 B 1 n C S E s r e t c a r a h c d e n i f e d r e s u l e c n a C 0 4 B 1 C S E r e t n i r p e z i l a i t i n I 0 0 k n 1 n 4 4 B 1 L U N k n 1 n D C S E s n o i t i s o p b a t l a t n o z i r o h t e S n 5 4 B 1 n E C S E e d o m d e z i s a h p m e t c e l e S n 7 4 B 1 n G C S E e d o m e k i r t s e l b u o d t c e l e S n A 4 B 1 n J C S E r e p a p d e e f d n a t n i ...

Page 52: ...H f o n o i t i s o p g n i t n i r p t c e l e S n 9 4 D 1 n I S G D I r e t n i r p t i m s n a r T H n L n C 4 D 1 H n L n L S G n i g r a m t f e l t e S y x 0 5 D 1 y x P S G e d o m s t i n u n o i t o m l a c i t r e v d n a l a t n o z i r o h t e S 1 H n L n 7 5 D 1 H n L n W S G h t d i w a e r a g n i t n i r p t e S m t r E 5 D 1 m t r S G o r c a m e t u c e x E 3 6 D 1 c S G r e t n ...

Page 53: ... 1B 33 Example D 0 Name Print and carriage return Format ASCII CR Hex 0D Decimal 13 Description When autofeed is CR enabled this command functions in the same way as 0A otherwise it is disregarded Notes This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line Default Reference 0A Example n 4 0 0 1 Name Real time status transmission Format ASCII DLE EOT n Hex 10 04 n Decimal 16 4 n Range 1...

Page 54: ...n e p o r e v o C 3 f f O 0 0 0 n o t t u b D E E F y b d e d e e f t n s i r e p a P n O 8 0 8 n o t t u b D E E F y b d e d e e f s i r e p a P 4 n O 0 1 6 1 1 o t d e x i F 5 f f O 0 0 0 e c n e s e r p r e p a P n O 0 2 2 3 d n e r e p a p o t e u d p o t s g n i t n i r P 6 f f O 0 0 0 r o r r e o N n O 0 4 4 6 r o r r E 7 f f O 0 0 0 0 o t d e x i F n 3 Error status t i B n O f f O x e H l a...

Page 55: ... a P n O 4 0 4 d n e r e p a p r a e N 3 f f O 0 0 0 0 o t d e x i F 4 O f f 00 0 0 o t d e x i F 5 f f O 0 0 0 t u p t u o n i t n e s e r p t o n t e k c i T n O 0 2 2 3 t u p t u o n i t n e s e r p t e k c i T 6 f f O 0 0 0 d n e r e p a p l a u t r i v t o N n O 0 4 4 6 d n e r e p a p l a u t r i V 7 D E V R E S E R 4TH byte Paper status t i B n O f f O x e H l a m i c e D n u F n o i t c 0 ...

Page 56: ... c a l B 6TH byte Unrecoverable error Status t i B n O f f O x e H l a m i c e D n u F n o i t c 0 f f O 0 0 0 k o r e t t u C n O 1 0 1 r o r r e r e t t u C 1 O f f 00 0 0 o t d e x i F 2 D E V R E S E R 3 f f O 0 0 0 k o M O R P E E n O 08 8 r o r r e M O R P E E 4 O f f 0 0 0 0 o t d e x i F 5 D E V R E S E R 6 D E V R E S E R 7 f f O 0 0 0 0 o t d e x i F 8 1 Name Cancel current line transmit...

Page 57: ...i e h e l b u o D n O 0 1 6 1 d e t c e l e s e d o m t h g i e h e l b u o D 5 f f O 0 0 0 d e t c e l e s t o n e d o m h t d i w e l b u o D n O 0 2 2 3 d e t c e l e s e d o m h t d i w e l b u o D 6 f f O 0 0 0 d e t c e l e s t o n e d o m c i l a t I n O 0 4 4 6 d e t c e l e s e d o m c i l a t I 7 f f O 0 0 0 d e t c e l e s t o n e d o m e n i l r e d n U n O 0 8 8 2 1 d e t c e l e s e ...

Page 58: ...he setting is outside the printing area width it sets the absolute print position but the left or right margin is set at default value Default Reference 1B 5C 1D 50 Example n 5 2 B 1 Name Select cancel user defined characters Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 25 n Decimal 27 37 n Range 0 n 255 Description Selects or cancels the user defined character set When the Least Significant Bit LSB of n is 0 the us...

Page 59: ...1 d H n L n m A 2 B 1 Name Select bit image mode Format ASCII ESC m nL nH d1 dk Hex 1B 2A m nL nH d1 dk Decimal 27 42 m nL nH d1 dk Range m 0 1 32 33 0 nL 255 0 nH 1 0 d 255 Description Selects a bit image mode using m for the number of dots specified by nL and nH as follows m e d o M n o i t c e r i d l a c i t r e V 1 n o i t c e r i d l a t n o z i r o H s t o d N I P D I P D k a t a D f o N 0 ...

Page 60: ...g values of n n 0 48 Turns off underline mode n 1 49 Turns on underline mode 1 dot thick n 2 50 Turns on underline mode 2 dot thick Notes The printer can underline all characters but cannot underline the space set by 09 and right side character spacing The printer cannot underline 90 rotated characters and white black inverted characters When underline mode is turned off by setting the value of n ...

Page 61: ...nge the horizontal and vertical motion unit However the value cannot be less than the minimum vertical movement amount In standard mode the vertical motion unit is used The maximum line spacing is n 255 32 mm Default n 32 1 6 inch Reference 1B 30 1B 32 1D 50 Example n 4 3 B 1 Name Set reset italic mode Format ASCII ESC 4 n Hex 1B 34 n Decimal 27 52 n Range 0 n 1 48 n 49 Description Turns italic mo...

Page 62: ...8 2 1 D E V R E S E R Notes When the printer is disabled it ignores all transmitted data until the printer is enabled through this command Default n 1 Reference Example n F 3 B 1 Name Cancel user defined characters Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 3F n Decimal 27 63 n Range 32 n 126 Description Cancels user defined characters Notes This command cancels the pattern defined for the character code specified...

Page 63: ...the beginning of the line The character width includes the right side character spacing and double width characters are set with twice the width of normal characters This command cancels previous tab settings When setting n 8 the print position is moved to column 9 by sending 09 Up to 32 tab positions k 32 can be set Data exceeding 32 tab positions is pro cessed as normal data Send n k in ascendin...

Page 64: ...ective Printer output is the same in double strike and emphasized mode Default n 0 Reference 1B 45 Example n A 4 B 1 Name Print and paper feed Format ASCII ESC J n Hex 1B 4A n Decimal 27 74 n Range 0 n 255 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper n vertical or horizontal motion unit inches Notes After printing has been completed this command sets the print starting posit...

Page 65: ...i n U 4 I k r a m n e D Æ Å æ φ å 5 n e d e w S È Ä Ö Å Ü é ä ö å ü 6 y l a t I è ù à ò è ì 7 1 n i a p S t P i Ñ ñ 8 a p a J n 9 y a w r o N É Æ Å Ü é æ φ å ü 0 1 I I k r a m n e D É Æ Å Ü é æ φ å ü 1 1 p S n i a 2 à i Ñ è í ñ ö ü 2 1 S u o a c i r e m A h t à i Ñ è ù í ñ ö ü Default n 0 Reference Example n 6 5 B 1 Name Set 90 rotated print mode Format ASCII ESC V n Hex 1B 56 n Decimal 27 86 n Ra...

Page 66: ...tal or vertical motion unit Notes Any setting that exceeds the printable area is ignored When the starting position is specified by n motion units to the right nL nH 256 n When the starting position is specified by n motion units to the left negative direction use the complement of 65536 nL nH 256 65536 n If setting exceeds the printing area width the left or right margin is set to the default val...

Page 67: ... e l b a n e r o s n e s d n e r a e n l l o r r e p a P 1 D E V R E S E R 2 D E V R E S E R 3 D E V R E S E R 4 D E V R E S E R 5 D E V R E S E R 6 D E V R E S E R 7 D E V R E S E R Notes When a near paper end is detected printing stops after printing the current line and feeding the paper The paper roll near end sensor is enabled when either bit 0 is 1 This setting is not cleared by printer rese...

Page 68: ... This command does not affect the line spacing set by 1B 32 or 1B 33 The maximum paper feed amount is 200 lines Even if a paper feed amount of more than 200 lines is set the printer feeds the paper only 200 lines Default Reference 1B 32 1B 33 Example n 2 7 B 1 Name Set reset red printing mode Format ASCII ESC r n Hex 1B 72 n Decimal 27 114 n Range 0 n 1 48 n 49 Description Sets and resets red prin...

Page 69: ...n O f f O x e H l a m i c e D n o i t c n u F 0 1 f f O 0 0 0 t n e s e r p s i r e p a P n O 03 3 d n e r e p a p r a e N 3 2 f f O 0 0 0 r o s n e s d n e r e p a P t n e s e r p s i r e p a P n O C 0 2 1 r o s n e s d n e r e p a P t n e s e r p t o n s i r e p a P 4 f f O 0 0 0 0 o t d e x i F 5 D E V R E S E R 6 D E V R E S E R 7 f f O 0 0 0 0 o t d e x i F Notes This command is executed imme...

Page 70: ...ng mode the printer rotates the line to be printed 180 and then prints it Default n 0 Reference Example Upside down printing Off Upside down printing On L y H y L x H x n A F B 1 Name Print graphic bank 448 585 dots Format ASCII ESC n xH xL yH yL Hex 1B FA n xH xL yH yL Decimal 27 250 n xH xL yH yL Range 0 n 3 0 xH xL yH yL 255 Description Prints graphic bank from flash or ram n selects the graphi...

Page 71: ... 56 bytes dotline x 585 vertical dots 32760 bytes 16380 words Default Reference 1B FC 1B FD 1B FE Example n C F B 1 Name Transfer flash bank into ram bank Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B FC n Decimal 27 252 n Range 1 n 3 Description Transfers flash bank into ram bank 32768 bytes n selects the bank as follows n n o i t c n u F 1 m a r o t n i 1 o g o l k n a b h s a l f s r e f s n a r T 2 m a r o t n i ...

Page 72: ...3 Description Transfers the ram bank into the flash bank 32768 bytes n selects the bank as follows n n o i t c n u F 1 1 o g o l k n a b h s a l f o t n i k n a b m a r s r e f s n a r T 2 2 o g o l k n a b h s a l f o t n i k n a b m a r s r e f s n a r T 3 3 o g o l k n a b h s a l f o t n i k n a b m a r s r e f s n a r T Notes Default Reference 1B FA 1B FC 1B FD Example n 1 2 D 1 Name Select c...

Page 73: ...of the last received command is the effective one Default n 0 Reference 1B 21 Example A 3 D 1 Name Start end macro definition Format ASCII GS Hex 1D 3A Decimal 29 58 Description Starts or ends macro definition Notes Macro definition starts when this command is received during normal operation When 1D 5E is received during macro definition the printer ends macro definition and clears all definition...

Page 74: ...Description Selects a print mode for the serial number counter n specifies the number of digits to be printed as follows when n 0 the printer prints the actual digits indicated by the numeric value when n 1 to 5 the command sets the number of digits to be printed m specifies the printing position within the entire range of printed digits as follows m n o i t i s o p g n i t n i r P d e i f i c e p...

Page 75: ... 30 1D 43 32 1D 43 3B 1D 63 Example H n L n 2 3 3 4 D 1 Name Set counter Format ASCII GS C 2 nL nH Hex 1D 43 32 nL nH Decimal 29 67 50 nL nH Range 0 nL nH 255 Description Sets the serial number counter value nL and nH determine the value of the serial number counter set by nL nH 256 Notes In count up mode if the counter value specified by this command goes out of the counter operation range specif...

Page 76: ... down reaches a value less than the minimum it resets to the maximum value If the counter value set by sc is outside the counter operation range the counter value is forced to convert to the maximum value by executing 1D 63 Parameters sa to sc can be omitted If omitted they remain unchanged Parameters sa to sc cannot contain characters other than 0 to 9 Default sa 1 sb 65535 sn 1 sr 1 sc 1 Referen...

Page 77: ... f f O 0 0 0 r e p a p l a m r e h t l e b a l n o N n O 4 0 4 r e p a p l a m r e h t l e b a L 3 D E V R E S E R 4 f f O 0 0 0 0 o t d e x i F 5 D E V R E S E R 6 D E V R E S E R 7 f f O 0 0 0 0 o t d e x i F Notes When the DTR DSR control is selected the printer only transmits 1 byte printer ID without confirmation that the host is ready to receive data If host is not ready the printer waits un...

Page 78: ...0 H n L n l o c 2 4 f I 0 H n 4 1 L n Reference Example y x 0 5 D 1 Name Set horizontal and vertical motion units Format ASCII GS P x y Hex 1D 50 x y Decimal 29 80 x y Range x 100 200 y 100 200 Description Sets the horizontal and vertical motion units to 1 x inch and 1 y inch respectively When x is set to 0 the default setting value is used When y is set to 0 the default setting value is used Note...

Page 79: ...ntal or vertical motion unit does not affect the current left margin The 1D 50 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 Default l o c 6 5 d n a 2 3 f I 0 H n L n l o c 2 4 f I 0 H n 4 1 L n Reference Example m t r E 5 D 1 Name Execute...

Page 80: ...racter string the printer counts up or down based on the count mode set The counter value in the print buffer is printed when the printer receives a print command or the buffer is full The counter print mode is set using 1D 43 30 The counter mode is set using 1D 43 31 or 1D 43 3B In count up mode if the counter value set by this command goes out of the counter operation range set by 1D 43 31 or 1D...

Page 81: ...m 256 l vertical motion unit inches Max ticket length recommended is 20cm n 8 ticket presenting with m steps 1 step 12 mm Notes m must be sent with n 3 7 l must be sent with n 7 if n 3 and ticket is not cut yet before execute the command a total cutting will be make if n 0 the fixed value of ticket presenting is on power on and after a reset command both hardware and software 47mm the last distanc...

Page 82: ...ge 1 n 255 Description Sets the height of the bar code n specifies the number of vertical dots Notes Default n 96 12 mm Reference 1D 6B Example L U N k d 1 d m k S G n d 1 d n m k S G Name Print bar code Format ASCII GS k m NUL Hex 1D 6B m 00 Decimal 29 107 m 0 ASCII GS k m n Hex 1D 6B m n Decimal 29 107 m n Range 0 m 6 65 m 73 Description Selects a bar code system and prints the bar code m select...

Page 83: ...d range the printer prints the following message BAR CODE GENERATOR IS NOT OK and processes the data which follows as normal data If the horizontal size exceeds the printing area the printer only feeds the paper This command feeds as much paper as is required to print the bar code regardless of the line spacing specified by 1B 32 or 1B 33 After printing the bar code this command sets the print pos...

Page 84: ... bar code data string must be a code set selection character CODE A CODE B or CODE C which selects the first code set Special characters are defined by combining two characters and one character ASCII character is defined by transmitting twice consecutively r e t c a r a h c c i f i c e p S n o i s s i m s n a r t a t a D I I C S A x e H l a m i c e D T F I H S S 3 5 B 7 3 8 3 2 1 A E D O C A 1 4 ...

Page 85: ...6 Decimal 29 118 Description This command transmits two bytes each bit indicates the printer status to serial port First byte t i B n O f f O x e H l a m i c e D n u F o i t c n 0 f f O 0 0 0 e c n a d n u b a n i e c n e s e r p r e p a P n O 1 0 1 d n e r e p a p r a e N 1 f f O 0 0 0 d e t c e t e d t o n h c t o N n O 2 0 2 l l e c o t o h p m o r f d e t c e t e d h c t o N 2 f f O 0 0 0 t u ...

Page 86: ...D E V R E S E R Notes This command is executed immediately even when the data buffer is full Busy Default Reference 10 04 Example n 7 7 D 1 Name Set bar code width Format ASCII GS w n Hex 1D 77 n Decimal 29 119 n Range 1 n 6 Description Sets the horizontal size of the bar code n specifies the bar code width as follows n h t d i w e l u d o M m m 1 5 2 1 0 2 5 2 0 3 5 7 3 0 4 5 0 5 5 2 6 0 6 5 7 0 ...

Page 87: ...cription Sets superscript or subscript character position n specifies the position as follows n n u F n o i t c 8 4 0 n o i t i s o p r e t c a r a h c t p i r c s b u S 9 4 1 n o i t i s o p r e t c a r a h c t p i r c s r e p u S Notes This command is executed if there are characters of different height on the same line Default n 0 Reference 1B 21 1D 21 Example n 0 E D 1 Name Enable disable auto...

Page 88: ...or each change of at least one of the bits which compose the required status the status sent in automatic from the printer will be so composed as follows 1 Byte 10 DLE 2 Byte n Next byte depends how many bits are active in n Reference 10 04 n Example n 3 E D 1 Name Reading of length cm of printed paper Format ASCII GS Hex 1D E3 Decimal 29 227 Description Reading of length cm of printed paper The c...

Page 89: ... p y t e r o C c i t s a l p r o d r a o b d r a C s r o s n e S e r u t a r e p m e t d a e h d n e r e p a p r a e n n e p o d a e h d n e r e p a P d o h t e m g n i t n i r P m m t o d 8 d a e h d e x i f l a m r e h T e d o m g n i t n i r P 0 7 2 0 8 1 0 9 t h g i a r t S t a m r o f g n i t n i r P c i l a t i d e n i l r e d n u e s r e v e r d l o b 8 o t 1 m o r f h t d i w t h g i e H t...

Page 90: ... s n e d n o c o w 0 8 0 1 y t i d i m u h e r u t a r e p m e t e g a r o t S 0 9 0 1 C 0 7 C 0 2 S O P C S E M T N O I T A L U M E s n m u l o c f o r e b m u N 3 4 0 6 6 7 m m H x L s r e t c a r a h C l a m r o N 3 x 7 1 3 x 2 1 3 x 1 N O I T A L U M E T P T M O T S U C s n m u l o c f o r e b m u N 5 2 8 3 6 7 m m H x L s r e t c a r a h C l a m r o N 4 x 3 3 x 2 2 x 1 ...

Page 91: ...4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PRT 80 3 4 4 2 DIMENSIONS Fig 4 1 Fig 4 2 Side view Front view B section view ...

Page 92: ...4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PRT 80 4 4 Fig 4 3 Top view Low view Fig 4 4 4 X M3 ...

Page 93: ...RACTER SETS The printer has six fonts each with 224 characters two font for every emulation Fig 5 1 Fig 5 2 ESC POS Emulation PC437 USA Standard Europe Custom TPT Emulation FONT 14X24 FONT 10X24 FONT 8X24 FONT 16X24 FONT 24X32 FONT 8X16 ...

Page 94: ...5 CHARACTER SETS PRT 80 2 5 Blank page ...

Page 95: ...tcircuit overload Fig A 1 Tab A 1 V 4 2 0 0 1 S P S P P W 0 0 1 V 4 2 y l p p u s r e w o p g n i h c t i w S s n o i t a c i f i c e p s t u p n I e g a t l o v t u p n I V 4 6 2 V 5 8 t n e r r u C A 5 4 A 0 y c n e u q e r f t u p n I z H 3 6 z H 7 4 s n o i t a c i f i c e p s t u p t u O e g a t l o v t u p t u O V 4 2 t n e r r u c t u p t u O x a M n i M A 5 4 A 0 y c n e i c i f f E n i M ...

Page 96: ...APPENDIX A ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS PRT 80 2 A A 2 SPARE PARTS Paper roll Tab A 2 S R M M 5 2 8 4 X 0 8 T C R m m 0 8 l l o r r e p a p l a m r e h T ...