Pinnacle Technology PP7X Series, Operation Manual

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Page 3: ...gle 2 4G 21 8 2 1 USB Dongle Driver Installation 21 8 2 1 How to Know the Connecting Port 21 8 3 Printer Driver Installation 23 8 4 Software Description 24 9 MODEL PP7XE 26 9 1 Printer Driver Installation 26 9 2 Software Description 30 10 MODEL PP7XD 31 10 1 How to Know the Connecting Port 31 10 2 Printer Driver Installation 32 11 MODEL PP7X3 33 11 1 How to Know the Connecting Port 33 11 2 Printer...

Page 4: ...ater proof design The rubber sticker in the paper outlet is able to prevent from water oil Support with ESC POS command collection in addition to Aclas protocol POS printer supermarket restaurants retails to print the sales receipt Can work as a fiscal printer by adding optional displays client operator and functional keys 2 SPECIFICATIONS Print Method thermal print Resolution 203dpi Speed 150mm s...

Page 5: ...SSORIES 4 GET TO KNOW THE PRINTER Power indicator light To prompt error To prompt the paper is run out Press this key to advance paper PC Disk User manual Adapter Power switch The switch to open the upper cover ...

Page 6: ...harger Connect to drawer USB port Model PPXU Model PP7XW4 Connect to charger Connect to drawer RS232 port Connect to charger Connect to drawer RS232 Port Model PP7X3 Connect to charger Connect to drawer RS232 Port Model PP7XW2 ...

Page 7: ...4 Connect to charger Connect to drawer Parallel port Model PP7XD Connect to charger Connect to drawer Ethernet port Model PP7XE Connect to charger Connect to drawer RS232 Port Model PP7XWB ...

Page 8: ...to EPSON The definition of 6PIN port is as follows The definition of 4PIN port Pinnacle self defined is as follows 1 2 3 4 5 6 DRAWER PHONE6P6C 1 2 C12 102 2KV DIP GND DRAWER_SW P 24V DRAWER2 DRAWER1 P 24V DRAWER2 DRAWER_SW Aclas Drawer 1 2 3 4 DRAWER PHONE4C DRAWER1 ...

Page 9: ...ughness paper surface may quickly wear the pinter head bad sensetive result in selecting dark density level which may reduce the life time of the printer head Installation When there is no paper in the printer the light Paper Out will be on and you need to install paper immediately The switch 1 Push the switch as the arrow shows in the picture to open the cover 2 Place the paper roll into the pape...

Page 10: ...7 4 Pull out the leading age of paper and close the printer cover 5 Tear off the spear paper and finish paper replacing 3 Let the paper parallel with the alignment line The alignment line ...

Page 11: ...h when leave factory 6 3 Thermal Printer Head Cleaning The thermal printer head is probably dirty if part of letters is not printed distinctly Please clean the thermal printer head by alcohol dabbed swab otherwise heat will be hard to dissipate which may damage the printer head Note High quality thermal paper is able to reduce possibilities of polluting the printer head and almost no need to clean...

Page 12: ...the communication board Power off PP7X for more than 10s then the communication board can be replaced Use the cross screwdriver unscrew these two screws Take off the communication board and replace it Note we suggest that you should tighten the two screws side by side to avoid damaging the main board ...

Page 13: ...e corresponding chapter according to the model USB port module Model PP7XU Parallel port module Model PP7XD 433MHz wireless port module Model PP7XW4 P tooth wireless communication port module Model PP7XW2 BT wireless communication port module Model PP7XWB RS232 port module Model PP7X3 Ethernet port module Model PP7XE ...

Page 14: ... PP7XU 7 1 Printer Driver Installation Connect the PP7X to PC Click Aclas printer exe on the CD disk which is packed along with your computer Install the printer driver as follows Click Next Click Next Click Next ...

Page 15: ...12 Click Browse to select the destination location Click Next Here shows the destination location Click Install ...

Page 16: ...13 Note If it is USB printer please tick the box and click NEXT If not please directly click NEXT Click Next 选择如第 3 2 章 计算机 自动识别的端口 Choose this item Click Next ...

Page 17: ...14 Click Finish to finish USB driver installation Click Install ...

Page 18: ...15 Finally click Finish to finish printer driver installation Click Finish ...

Page 19: ...B driver restart computer and connect the PP7X to the computer Then you can follow steps below to know which port is connected Right click My Computer icon on the desktop and choose Manage Choose Manage Choose Device Manager Here you can see the connecting port ...

Page 20: ...17 Select the connecting port Click it ...

Page 21: ...wnloading is paused click Cancel and change the baud rate as 115200 and then you can update program again The baud rate of PP7XU is fixed at 460800 Print density can be adjusted via Dip Switch please refer to Chapter 13 You can change baud rate 9600 19200 38400 115200 and print density by dip switch Update program Download font Download parameter Choose RS232 Choose the correct port and baud rate ...

Page 22: ...n or 2 4G Dongle If you use 433MHz Base Station please refer to Chapter 8 1 if use 2 4G Dongle please refer to Chapter 8 2 8 1 Wireless 433MHz Base Station Wireless Printer Setting If Base Station needs to communicate with printer the following operation should be carried out 1 Enter station menu interface choose Printer IP Address Settings item 2 Add Remove or change printer sever listening port ...

Page 23: ...t the new added printer s IP address and comments and click add if you need to resetting click Reset 4 If you choose Remove IP Address From List please input the new added printer s IP address or comments and click Remove if you need to resetting please click Reset ...

Page 24: ...click file Setup exe pop up this window 8 2 1 How to Know the Connecting Port After you install USB dongle driver restart computer and insert the 433 dongle into the USB port of computer Then you can follow below steps to know which port is connected Right click My Computer icon on the desktop and choose Manage Click this button to install Here shows you the installation result Choose Manage ...

Page 25: ...22 Choose Device Manager Here you can see the connecting port ...

Page 26: ...t command print Connect the PP7X to PC Click Aclas printer exe on the CD disk which is packed along with your computer And then install the printer driver please refer to chapter 7 1 for details and choose the printer port as the connecting port shows in Chapter 8 2 when you install the driver Please note that Flow control must choose Hard in port setting please refer to the picture below Choose H...

Page 27: ...over 255byte please choose Hard If the software is used to transmit data please set the stream control as Hard Note After click the button Download if the system display Download OK it prompts the parameter setting is successful and then please pull out the dongle and insert it again if the system display Fail please check whether you choose the correct COM port or whether the COM port is occupied...

Page 28: ...le Note 1 Local IP should be the same with Base IP 2 Target Dongle IP should be the same with Radio Printer IP 3 Store Code should be the same with Radio Printer ID 4 Printer Baud Rate must be 9600 You must obey above notes 2 5 strictly or the wireless communication cannot be successful 5 If you want to communicate via communication wire directly then you can change baud rate The baud rate 9600 19...

Page 29: ... our company Connect the PP7X to PC Click Aclas printer exe on the CD disk which is packed along with your computer And then do as Chapter 7 1 but no need to choose port or do other settings Just install the program and find the file Aclasprinter inf in the path you installed And then install the driver please do as follows Select the connecting port Click it ...

Page 30: ...27 Input the printer IP address Click Next ...

Page 31: ...28 Choose device type we suggest that you choose the standard type Click Next Click Finish ...

Page 32: ...29 Click it ...

Page 33: ...lease set the parameter in the left column if choose this item Press F6 on the keyboard and then choose the file in the FONT file folder Download Parameter means download parameter After set the parameter press F7 on the keyboard and then choose the file in the Parameter file folder Print density can be changed via Dip Switch please refer to Chapter 13 for detail Update program Download font Downl...

Page 34: ... Port After you connect the PP7X to the computer then you can follow the steps below to know which port is connected Right click My Computer icon on the desktop and choose Manage Choose Manage Choose Device Manager Here you can see the connecting port ...

Page 35: ... with your computer And then install the printer driver please refer to chapter 7 1 for details and choose the printer port as the connecting port shows in Chapter 10 1 when you are install the driver If you want to update the program of PP7XD please contact with our company our after service hot line is 86 592 5710087 ...

Page 36: ...nected Right click My Computer icon on the desktop and choose Manage 11 2 Printer Driver Installation Connect the PP7X to PC Click Aclas printer exe on the CD disk which is packed along with your computer You can know more details of installing the printer driver in Chapter 7 1 Choose Manage Choose Device Manager Here you can see the connecting port ...

Page 37: ...Download Data means download font Please set the parameter in the left column if choose this item Press F6 on the keyboard and then choose the file in the FONT file folder Download Parameter means download parameter After set the parameter press F7 on the keyboard and then choose the file in the Parameter file folder The baud rate 9600 19200 38400 115200 and the print density can be changed via Di...

Page 38: ... Installation z Method 1 This method is suitable for windows XP VISTA OS In the package you can find a BT dongle If you will connect the PP8X printer to the PC insert this dongle into the USB port of PC The lower right corner of screen will show the icon double click it Click this button to add device ...

Page 39: ...36 Select this item Click Next ...

Page 40: ...37 Choose the BT device that you want to add Click Next Choose this item Set password here Click Next ...

Page 41: ...38 Installing the BT device automatically Here shows the connecting port is COM3 Click Finish ...

Page 42: ...rst And if your operating system is window XP or VISTA the system has the driver itself no need to install it again If the 5M limit appeared during installing please download the genuine driver in this address http www bluesoleil com download 1 Open the file IVT BlueSoleil double click the icon to install the BT driver Click Next Choose this item Click Next ...

Page 43: ...40 Click Next Click Install ...

Page 44: ...41 Click Finish ...

Page 45: ...iver you need to match the BT Insert the BT dongle into USB port of PC double click the icon Note if the icon is gray right click the icon at the right bottom of the window choose the item Turn on Bluetooth Double click it to search ...

Page 46: ...43 Double click it to search Double click it ...

Page 47: ...44 Double click it Input the passkey 0000 to create paired relationship ...

Page 48: ... Connecting Port After installing the driver you can follow the steps below to know which port is connected Double click the icon Here shows the BT device you have installed Here you can see the bluetooth serial port is COM8 ...

Page 49: ... disk which is packed along with your computer And then install the printer driver please refer to chapter 7 1 for details and choose the printer port as the connecting port shows in Chapter 12 2 when you are install the driver Choose the COM Ports mode Here shows the connecting port is COM 3 ...

Page 50: ...e set the parameter in the left column if choose this item Press F6 on the keyboard and then choose the file in the FONT file folder Download Parameter means download parameter After set the parameter press F7 on the keyboard and then choose the file in the Parameter file folder After start the BT printer for about 6 seconds it will print out the information of its system version machine code and ...

Page 51: ...witches altogether Some of the printer s function or parameter can be set via adjust SW 1 SW 8 the table below is the default setting when leave factory SW 1 SW 2 SW 3 SW 4 SW 5 SW 6 SW 7 SW 8 Parallel port Ethernet USB 2 4G P tooth 433 ON ON ON ON OFF ON ON ON 8P 6P D9 BT ON ON ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF The Dip Switch ...

Page 52: ...ight OFF OFF 360us Light NOTE We suggest that you should not select dark density level or it may reduce the life time of the printer head for 15 b SW 7 and SW 8 are used to control baudrate the on off status of SW 7 and SW 8 is able to compose diferent baudrate Please refer to the diagram below SW 8 SW 7 Baudrate ON ON 9600 ON OFF 19200 OFF ON 38400 OFF OFF 115200 NOTE 1 As for the Dip Switch is r...

Page 53: ...a in page mode CR 13 0D Print and carriage return ESC FF 27 12 1B 0C Print data in page mode ESC 27 92 1B 5C Specify relative position ESC S 27 83 1B 53 Select standard mode ESC T 27 84 1B 54 Select character print direction in page mode ESC 27 33 1B 21 Select print mode s ESC 27 45 1B 2D Turn underline mode on off ESC 27 123 1B 7B Turn upside down printing mode on off ESC 2 27 50 1B 32 Select def...

Page 54: ... based on the current line space 2 Print characters with CR command z FF Print and recover to page mode Format ASCII FF Decimal 12 Hex 0C Description Prints all buffered data to the print region collectively then recovers to the standard mode Note All buffer data is deleted after printing The print area set by ESC W Set print region in page mode is reset to the default setting No paper cut is exec...

Page 55: ...are ignored If the right direction of the current position is specified for the character direction specify a positive number if the left direction is specified a negative number is used Negative numbers is represented by the complement of 65536 For example when moving in the left direction n pitches use nL nH 256 65536 N The basic calculated pitch is set by GSP basic calculated pitch setting If t...

Page 56: ... are effective only when in standard mode a ESC W Set print region in page mode b ESC T Select character print direction in page mode The following commands are ignored in standard mode a GS S Specify absolute position for character vertical direction in page mode b GS Specify relative position for character vertical direction in page mode Standard mode is selected when the power is turned on the ...

Page 57: ...irection Commands using x ESC SP ESC ESC FS S Commands using y ESC 3 ESC J GS GS b If the starting point is upper right or lower left Commands using x ESC 3 ESC J GS GS Commands using y ESC SP ESC ESC FS S Reference ESC ESC L ESC W ESC GS GS P GS z ESC Select print modes Format ASCⅡ ESC n Decimal 27 33 n Hex 1B 21 n Note ESC n selects print modes using n as follows The default character font depen...

Page 58: ...ing of the paper feed amount is 1 6 inch n 60 The maximum line spacing amount is 40 inches When standard mode is selected the vertical motion unit set by GS P is used When page mode is selected the vertical or horizontal motion unit set by GS P is used for the print direction set by ESC T The line spacing can be set independently in standard mode and in page mode The basic calculated pitch is set ...

Page 59: ...s are set with ESC D If this command is received when the printing position is at printing area width 1 the printer executes print bufferfull printing of the current line and horizontal tab processing from the beginning of the next line Please refer to ESC D z ESC SP n Set right side character spacing Format ASCII ESC SP n Decimal 27 32 n Hex 1B 20 n Range 0 n 255 ESC SP n sets the right side char...

Page 60: ... when input with the top of line Invalid when input by page mode Returns to standard mode after the following commands are issued a FF Print and recover to page mode b ESC S Select standard mode Character expansion position has the starting point specified by ESC T Character print direction selection in page mode in the printing region designated by the ESC W Set print region in the page mode comm...

Page 61: ...ection is used Reference ESC GS GS GS P z ESC W Set printing area in page mode Format ASCⅡ ESC W xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH Decimal 27 87 xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH Hex 1B 57 xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH Range 0 xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH 255 except for dxL dxH 0 or dyL dyH 0 Description ESC W xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH sets the size and position of the printing area in page mode as follows Hor...

Page 62: ...nged after setting the print region If the calculation results in fractions the pitch is corrected to a minimal mechanical pitch and the rest is discarded The basic calculated pitch x is used in the calculated pitch for the horizontal direction starting point and the length in the horizontal direction and the basic calculated pitch y is used in the calculated pitch for the vertical direction start...

Page 63: ...nH d1 dk Hex 1B 2A m nL nH d1 dk Range m 0 1 32 33 0 nL 255 0 nH 3 0 d 255 ESC m nL nH d1 dk selects a bit image mode using m for the number of dots specified by nL nH 256 Set a bit to 1 to print a dot or set a bit to 0 to not print a dot d indicates the bit image data The modes selectable by m are as follows Vertical direction Horizontal direction m Mode Number of bits for vertical data Dot densi...

Page 64: ...rinter model of serial port Transmit the real time state parameter n of the printer in order to designate the deferent printer state define as follows n 1 transmit printer state Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Fixed to Off 1 On 02 2 Fixed to On Off 00 0 Cash drawer open 2 On 04 4 Cash drawer closed Off 00 0 Online 3 On 08 8 Offline 4 On 10 16 Fixed to On Off 00 00 Not wait for online re...

Page 65: ...4 Printer temperature or voltage over range 7 Off 00 0 Fixed to Off n 4 transmit paper roll sensor state Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Fixed to Off 1 On 02 2 Fixed to On Off 00 0 Paper adequate 2 3 On 0C 12 Paper near end 4 On 10 16 Fixed to On Off 00 00 Paper adequate 5 6 On 60 96 Paper end 7 Off 00 0 Fixed to Off z FS n Set Chinese characters printing mode compages Format ASCII FS n...

Page 66: ...d even if the basic calculated pitch is changed If there are fractions in the result correct to the minimum mechanical pitch and discard Use the basic calculated pitch x for the horizontal direction in standard mode In page mode the basic calculated pitch that is used according to the starting point is shown below a When the starting point is specified to be upper left or lower right by the ESC T ...

Page 67: ...7 112 m t1 t2 Range m 0 48 1 49 0 t1 255 0 t2 255 The time of getting impulse is t1 2 millisecond and the cutting time is t2 2 millisecond When t2 t1 then printer disposing t1 2 millisecond If t2 is less than 50 suppose t2 as 50 z GS n Select character size Format ASCII GS n Hex 1D 21 n Decimal 29 33 n Range 0 n 255 GS n selects the character height using bits 0 to 3 and selects the character widt...

Page 68: ...de The position of the character vertical direction for the next data expansion starting position is the position specified by nL nH x 256 x basic calculated pitch from the starting point Note When not in page mode this command is ignored Specifications for absolute positions that exceed the specified print range are ignored The position of the character horizontal direction of the data expansion ...

Page 69: ...g position using the relative position based on the current point in page mode This sets the position moved from the current position to nL nH x 256 x basic calculated pitch for the next data expanding starting position Note When not in page mode this command is ignored If the direction below the current position is specified for the characters specify a positive number if the direction above is s...

Page 70: ...ding to the direction of the characters a If the starting point is upper left or lower right using ESC T Character print direction selection in page mode feeds paper and expands characters in the vertical direction Commands using x ESC SP ESC ESCW ESC FSS Commands using y ESC3 ESCJ ESCW GS GS GSV b If the starting point is upper right or lower left using ESC T Character print direction selection i...

Page 71: ...l direction One dot corresponds to 1 180 inch The default setting is n 162 Program Example PRINT 1 CHR H1D h CHR 50 Set height to 50 PRINT 1 CHR H1D k CHR 2 Print bar code PRINT 1 496595707379 CHR 0 PRINT 1 CHR HA PRINT 1 CHR H1D h CHR 100 Set height to 100 PRINT 1 CHR H1D k CHR 2 Print bar code PRINT 1 496595707379 CHR 0 PRINT 1 CHR HA Print Sample Height 50 dots Height 100 dots ...

Page 72: ... are CODE39 ITF and CODABAR The default setting is n 3 Program Example PRINT 1 CHR H1D w CHR 3 Set width size to 3 PRINT 1 CHR H1D k CHR 2 Print bar code PRINT 1 496595707379 CHR 0 PRINT 1 CHR HA PRINT 1 CHR H1D w CHR 4 Set width size to 4 PRINT 1 CHR H1D k CHR 2 Print bar code PRINT 1 496595707379 CHR 0 PRINT 1 CHR HA PRINT 1 CHR H1D w CHR 5 Set width size to 5 PRINT 1 CHR H1D k CHR 2 Print bar c...

Page 73: ...data are input Subsequent data is processed as normal data For JAN13 EAN13 a bar code is printed when 13 bytes of bar code data are input Subsequent data is processed as normal data For JAN8 EAN8 a bar code is printed when 8 bytes of bar code data are input Subsequent data is processed as normal data The data count for ITF bar codes is always even numbered If the data count is odd numbered the las...

Page 74: ...xt dot after the last data of the bar code is the starting position for the expansion of subsequent data If d is outside of the defined region the command is stopped and normal printing commences from subsequent data The position for starting data expansion does not move If the horizontal width of the bar code exceeds the print region of one line the data expansion starting position is moved to th...

Page 75: ... width 2 height 100 1d 77 02 1d 6b 02 32 32 30 30 30 30 32 30 30 30 35 30 35 00 0a print EAN 13 barcode 1d 6b 00 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00 0a print UPC A barcode 1d 6b 03 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00 0a print EAN 8 barcode 1d 6b 04 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00 0a CODE39 1d 68 64 1d 48 03 1d 6b 04 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00 0a set the position of digits on the ba...

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