EPC1800 THERMAL PRINTER SERIES Operation manual Rev 1.1

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1 EPC1800 THERMAL PRINTER SERIES Operatio maual Rev 1.1

2 INDE 1 INTRODUCTION IMPORTANT NOTES ON THERMAL PRINTER HANDLING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ABSOLUTE MAIMUM RATINGS CLEANING PROCEDURE AND PRECAUTIONS RECOMMENDATIONS GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS CHARACTER SPECIFICATIONS PAPER SPECIFICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE INTERNAL BUFFER ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS BARCODE SPECIFICATIONS MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS INSTALLATION EPC1800 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS POWER SUPPLY RS-232 SERIAL INTERFACE RS-232 Serial iterface specificatios Chage betwee olie ad offlie mode Serial RS-232 iterface pis assigmet Power supply ad RS232 cable USB INTERFACE Assigmets of USB coector termials BASIC OPERATIONS PAPER LOADING BUTTON FUNCTIONS PAPER SENSORS OPEN PLATEN SENSOR LED INDICATOR SPECIAL PRINTING MODES Self-test mode adecimal dump mode ERROR PROCESSING Error types Flow diagram of the error detectio for the serial port CONTROL COMMANDS COMMAND NOTATION TERM DEFINITIONS DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTROL COMMANDS...21 APPENDI A MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS...43 APPENDI B HOW TO ORDER...44 APPENDI C CODE128 BAR CODE...45 C.1 C.2 C.3 C.4 Descriptio of the CODE128 Bar Code...45 Pritable characters i CODE SET A...46 Pritable characters i CODE SET B...47 Pritable characters i CODE SET C...48 APPENDI D INTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES...49 APPENDI E TESTING SOFTWARE...50 APPENDI F FONT LOADER SOFTWARE of 53

3 FIGURES AND TABLES Fig. 1 - Thermal prit head cleaig... 6 Fig. 2 - Curret cosumptio vs iput voltage... 9 Fig. 3 - Power cosumptio vs iput voltage... 9 Fig. 4 - EPC1800 accessibility Fig. 5 - Fixig holes ad widow to be cut o the moutig wall (dimesios i mm)...11 Fig. 6 - Power supply coector J Fig. 7 - Serial RS-232 iterface pis Fig. 8 - PC serial ad power cable Fig. 9 - EPC1800 USB coector Fig Paper orietatio Fig SELF-TEST mode example Fig HEADECIMAL DUMP mode example...17 Fig LED Blikig sequece. Each time uit correspods to 0.5 secods...18 Fig Serial port error flow diagram Fig Code128 bar code Fig Logo loadig Fig Mechaical dimesios (all i mm) Fig Demo Program Fig Fot Loader Program of 53

4 1 INTRODUCTION The EPC1800 is a high performace thermal pael priter series. Its compact ad fuctioal desig covers may professioal uses (as i supermarkets, hotels, hospitals, restaurats, ad so o.) It is capable of pritig text, graphics, logo ad bar codes. It ca be used i laboratories, idustrial ad professioal eviromets. The mai features of the EPC1800 Series are: (1) (2) (3) (4) Simple istallatio ad easy maiteace. Low oise thermal pritig. Paper width: 58 mm. Up to 45 mm paper roll diameter. High reliability: 100 millio pulses or more. Abrasio resistace: 50 Km (NOTE 1). Power supply 5VDC or 12-24VDC. No-paper sesor. Door-ope sesor. High speed pritig up to 100mm/s (NOTE 2). Pritig resolutio: 8 dots/mm (203 dpi). Passive paper cut. Port iterface: - serial RS232C data iput iterface o-board (up to bps). - Uiversal Serial Bus (USB). Two iteral character fots (A fot = 12x24 dots. B fot = 8x16 dots). Scalable fot (idepedet scale i /Y-axis), up to 64 times. Programmable character ad lie space. Bold ad reverse character capabilities Graphic bitmap pritig capabilities. Several format Bar Code (EAN13, Code39, Code128 ad ITF) Several 2D format Bar Code (QR ad AZTEC) Cotrol code based o ESC/POS commads (NOTE 3). adecimal mode for easy software debuggig. Self test mode feature. Easy paper loadig. Three maiteace couters (O/Off times, Half hours, Meters) Iput buffer of 32KBytes. Operatig temperature rage (-20ºC to +70ºC). Storage temperature rage (-30ºC to +80ºC). Multiple logo load capability through Widows driver or commad. Upgradig of firmware versio through commuicatio port (NOTE 4). TrueType fot loadig capability (NOTE 4). Widows 2000 ad P drivers ad demo/cofiguratio program. Liux Driver. Excluded whe the same dots are prited cotiuously ad/or damage is caused by dust ad foreig materials. Pritig speed for the 12-24VDC priter. Pritig speed chages accordig to the baud rate i RS232 coectio ad temperature. Higher priter speed rates are achieved at higher baud rates ad USB coectio. ESC/POS are registered trademarks of Seiko Epso Corporatio. I order to upload ew firmware or ew TrueType fot, FWLoader ad FotLoader applicatio programs are available o demad. This maual is the priter operatios guide ad is iteded for the desiger s applicatio. The followig sectios cotai a detailed descriptio of both hardware ad cofiguratio software that allow obtaiig the maximum beefit of the priter capabilities. 4 of 53

5 2 IMPORTANT NOTES ON THERMAL PRINTER HANDLING I order to preserve the life of the priter, it is ecessary to keep i mid some precautios o the hadlig of the EPC1800 priter. Please read carefully the followig poits i order to make a good use of the priter SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Before usig the priter, read carefully sectio 4- INSTALLATION. NEVER coect the exteral power supply with the wrog polarity. This could permaetly damage the priter. Tur off the priter immediately if it produces smoke, a strage smell or a uusual oise. Keepig o usig the priter could cause fire. Uplug the equipmet immediately ad cotact your official distributor. NEVER coect cables with differet coectors from the oes metioed i this maual. Failig o doig so could permaetly damage the priter. Use a power supply whose output voltage is withi the specificatio rage stated i this maual. Over voltage ca permaetly damage the priter. Uder voltage ca cause malfuctios. NEVER wet EPC1800 thermal priter with water or ay other liquid. If ay liquid is spilled iside the equipmet, uplug the power cable immediately ad cotact the techical service. Make sure the priter is o a steady, securely fixed surface. If the priter falls dow, it could break or damage. NEVER use the priter i high humidity or i locatios with high risk of fire. NEVER place heavy objects o top of the priter ad ever lea o it. NEVER put ay object iside of the priter, as it could cause hardware damage o it, such as short-circuit, prit head breakig or geeral failure of the priter. NEVER shake the priter. NEVER disassemble or modify the hardware of the priter. NEVER try to repair the priter. Please cotact your official distributor i case of failure. As the priter cotais electromagets (iside of the motor), it should ot be used i excessively dirty eviromets or places with dust or metal particles. NEVER prit without paper loaded or without the cover closed, as the thermal prit head life ca be highly shorteed. Avoid touchig accessible parts with metallic objects, such as screwdrivers or tweezers, the prit head thermal elemets as well as the electroic prited circuit. They are delicate parts. NEVER touch with bare hads the areas aroud the prit head ad the motor surface as they become very hot durig ad just after pritig; wait 15 secods after pritig to let them cool dow. NEVER touch the surfaces of the prit head thermal elemets or the electroic prited circuit, as dust ad dirt ca stick to their surface ad cause damage by electrostatic discharge. Moreover, some electroic compoets ca get very hot durig operatio. The thermal paper cotais Na+, K+ ad Cl- ios that ca cause harm to the prit head elemets. Therefore, use oly the specified paper. If the priter has ot bee used for log period of time ad the paper was loaded, the paper could become deformed by the drive roller pressure. It is recommeded to make it advace at least 30 mm before pritig agai. For safety reasos, uplug the priter if it is ot goig to be used over a log period of time. Do ot prit cotiuously (without stoppig) for more tha 6 miutes ABSOLUTE MAIMUM RATINGS Supply voltage VDC (12-24VDC versio) +5.5VDC (5VDC versio) Operatig temperature rage C to 70 C Storage temperature rage C to 80 C 5 of 53

6 2.3- CLEANING PROCEDURE AND PRECAUTIONS I order to clea the thermal prit head, proceed as idicated by the followig steps: 1- Uplug the power supply cable ad ope the frot door. 2- Remove the paper roll ad the thermal prit head will be accessible from dowwards. 3- Soak a cotto spoge i alcohol (ethaol, methaol or IPA), ad rub it getly alog the thermal head i order to remove the possible accumulatio of paper particles. 4- Wait for alcohol to evaporate before isertig the paper roll ad closig the cover. FENI recommeds cleaig the thermal prit head periodically (every 2 or 3 moths) i order to keep a optimal prit quality. NOTES: The prit head may be hot after pritig. Make sure it has thoroughly cooled dow before proceedig to clea it. Never touch the thermal elemets of the prit head with your hads. Never use metallic or piercig elemets to clea the prit head, as they could scratch it. Fig. 1 - Thermal prit head cleaig 2.4- RECOMMENDATIONS The plug has to be located ear the priter ad has to be easily obtaiable. Before coectig ay commuicatio data cable, check the priter is workig properly by executig the self-test. Set the EPC1800 i a place where the coectio cables do ot suffer stretchig or cross with each other. IMPORTANT!!! Sice the priter demads high curret peaks durig operatio it is advisable to make the power supply cables the shortest possible. 6 of 53

7 3 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 3.1- PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS Pritig method Dot desity Pritig directio Pritig width Thermal lie pritig 203 x 203 dpi (1) Uidirectioal with frictio feed 48 mm (384 dots) High speed mode: up to 100mm/s (2) 37mm/s for the 5V versio 100mm/s (cotiuous paper feed) 37mm/s for the 5V versio A fot: 24 B fot: 32 Pritig speed Paper feed speed Characters per lie (default) (1) (2) dpi : dots per ich. 1 ich = 25.4mm; 203 dpi = 8 dots per mm Pritig speed could vary depedig o the prit head temperature as well as the commad processig ad the data trasmissio speed. Low trasmissio speed could cause itermittet pritig. It is recommeded to trasmit data to the priter as quickly as possible CHARACTER SPECIFICATIONS Character per lie (default) Character spacig (default) Character structure Fot A: 24 Fot B: mm (4 dots) Fot A: 12 x 24 dots (1.5 x 3 mm). (default) Fot B: 8 x 16 dots (1 x 2 mm). Fot A WxH(mm) cpl(2) Fot B WxH(mm) cpl Character size (mm) (1) Number of characters Lie spacig (default) (1) (2) Stadard Double-width Double-height Double width/height: Alphaumeric characters: Exteded Graphics: 1,875mm (15 dots) 1.5 x x x x x x x x per page Characters ca be scaled up to 64 times bigger tha their ormal size. cpl : characters per lie PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Paper roll size Paper type Width: 58 +0/-1mm, (25 m approx.) Maximum outside diameter: 45 mm Thermal Paper specificatios At 5ºC to 50ºC TF50KS-E2D TF77KS-E2 TL69KS-HG76 TL51KS-R2 ad TL69KS-R2 At 5ºC to 40ºC TW80KK-S From Nippo Paper Idustries Paper loadig Easy loadig by accessible paper door. (59µm paper ) (95µm paper) (label paper) (high heat-resistat paper) (2-ply thermal paper) 7 of 53

8 3.4- COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE Serial Serial iterface RS232/TTL (baud optios , , 38400, 19200, 9600) USB USB Mbit/s 3.5- INTERNAL BUFFER The stadard EPC1800 priter has a 32 Kbytes iteral memory buffer, whose fuctioality is dyamically shared by the receivig buffer. The buffer is beig filled at the same time that buffered data is beig prited, for that reaso high trasmissio speed is required i order to esure that data is available for pritig at ay time. Data trasfer of at least bauds or USB coectio icrease the pritig performace substatially ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply: 5VDC ± 10% or 12-24VDC ± 10% Cosumptio: The figures below show the relatioship betwee average curret ad power cosumptio with the iput voltage at a ambiet temperature of 25ºC. Each graph cotais 6 parameters correspodig to whe priter is i Stad-by, whe the priter is just feedig paper, ad whe the 25%, 50%, 75% ad 100% the dots are eergized ad paper is beig feed at the same time. I both graphs, parameters i blue have bee multiplied by 10 for better represetatio. *Paper Feed ad Stad-by parameters are show multiplied by 10. Fig. 2 - Curret cosumptio vs iput voltage (12-24VDC versio) 8 of 53

9 *Paper Feed ad Stad-by parameters are show multiplied by 10. Fig. 3 - Power cosumptio vs iput voltage (12-24VDC versio) 3.7- BARCODE SPECIFICATIONS Stadard barcodes EAN-13, CODE39, ITF, CODE128 2D barcodes QR, AZTEC 3.8- MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS Overall dimesios (W x D x H) 89.2 x 65.6 x 89.4mm Weight (without paper) 130g 3.9- ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Operatig temperature -20 to 70ºC Storage temperature -30 to 80ºC (without paper, i a dry place) Life spa (at 25ºC ) Activatio pulse resistace 100 millios pulses or more (prit ratio=12 5%). Abrasio resistace 50 Km or more 9 of 53

10 4 INSTALLATION 4.1- EPC1800 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS There are some geeral cosideratios to take ito accout whe istallig the EPC1800 priter. A wrog istallatio may cause may issues like paper jam, difficult maiteace of the priter, difficulty i chagig the paper roll, etc. Moreover, a correct istallatio ca prevet the priter from beig damaged by exteral agets, such as weather or vadalism. This priter is desiged to be istalled vertically or horizotally i a case, closet, or aother kid of appropriate chassis. The basic poits that a correct istallatio must follow are: Allow eough space ad accessibility to reach the maiteace procedure poits i case it is eeded. Take otice all user accessible parts i the priter. Miimum closet depth: 44mm Fig. 4 - EPC1800 accessibility Cosider if the priter is goig to be attached first to the pael ad the coected or the other way roud. The EPC1800 allows both ways but cable legth ad some other variables should have bee take ito cosideratio. Allow eough room i frot of the priter i order to be able to ope completely the door. This priter has bee desiged to ease the istallatio process ad maiteace. Please follow the recommedatios below so there should ot be ay issue related to it. The priter must be set oto the user s chassis ad screwig it from outside. To do so cut a widow with the dimesios idicated o the figure ad thread four holes as show. 10 of 53

11 Fig. 5 - Fixig holes ad widow to be cut o the moutig wall (dimesios i mm) All the wirig has bee desiged to allow the user to firstly coect the cables ad the screw the priter oto the pael although the other way is also possible. If it is difficult to access the rear side of the priter it is advisable to coect all the cables first ad perform a self-test before fixig the priter to the moutig wall POWER SUPPLY The EPC1800 is powered by a exteral power supply by meas of four pis of the shared coector that is also used for RS232 commuicatio. Although the coector is polarized if forced it could be coected iverted so it is very importat to observe polarity before pluggig the coector i. Fig. 6 - Power supply coector J1. Pi umber 7, 9 8, 10 Descriptio VIN (5VDC or 12-24VDC) GND The power supply female coector must be a: Housig: PHDR-10VS (JST Ref.) Termial: SPHD-001T-P0.5 or equivalet. Wire: 22 AWG or thicker (GND & VIN) 11 of 53

12 NOTES: (1) If the umber of dots that are eergized at the same time is icreased, a higher curret will flow; therefore, a power supply with a adequate curret capability must be used. Whe desigig lies ad bit images, take the pritig ratio ad prit duty ito cosideratio. Prit quality may be poor if the pritig ratio (eergizig pulses/dot lie) or prit duty is high. Average eergizig pulse width is defied as 64 of 192 dots/dot lie that are eergized. (2) (3) WARNING: Beware ot to ivert the polarity of power supply. This may irremediably damage the priter. Esure that the voltage is the correct oe. Use the 4 termials (4 wires) with 0.35mm² miimum sectio each. NOTE ABOUT POWER SUPPLY: The curret demad depeds o the desity of the pritout. A 60W power supply covers all adverse possibility (see sectio 3.6- ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS). FENI offers differet power supplies as a accessory optio (See APPENDI B HOW TO ORDER). These power supplies which have bee exhaustively tested are available i OPEN FRAME or ENCLOSED versio RS-232 SERIAL INTERFACE RS-232 Serial iterface specificatios Data trasmissio type: Sychroizatio: Flow cotrol: Sigal levels (RS232): Speed: Data legth: Parity: Stop bits: Coector (user side): NOTE: Serial Asychroous Noe, Hardware ad o/off MARK = -3 to -15 V Logic 1 /OFF SPACE = +3 to +15 V Logic 0 /ON 9600, 19200, 38400, ad bauds. 8 bits oe, eve ad odd Fixed to 1 JST PHDR-10VS (housig) JST SPHD-001T-P0.5 (termial) or similar. Speed ad parity deped o the settigs (refer to sectio RS-232 Serial iterface specificatios) Chage betwee olie ad offlie mode The priter is i offlie mode: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Whe powerig up or resettig the priter, util the priter is ready to receive data. Whe the door is opeed. After pressig the butto while the paper advaces. Whe out of paper causes the priter to stop pritig. Whe the power supply has a temporal abormal voltage chage. Whe a error has occurred Serial RS-232 iterface pis assigmet The assigmets of the termials of the RS-232 coector ad the fuctios of its sigals are described i the followig figures: 12 of 53

13 Pi umber Sigal ame Fuctio 3 SG Sigal groud 4 RTS Idicates whether the priter is busy 5 TD Data trasmissio lie 6 RD Data receptio lie Fig. 7 - Serial RS-232 iterface pis Power supply ad RS232 cable Accordig to previous sectios, the figure below shows the piout ad elemets required to make power supply ad RS232 cable (see also APPENDI B HOW TO ORDER). CN1 CN1 SGND 3 RTS 4 TxD 5 RxD 6 VIN 7 GND 8 VIN 9 GND 10 CN CN1: CN2: HOUSING JST PHDR-10VS TERMINAL SPHD-001T-P0.5 WIRE (GND & VIN) 22 AWG DB9 FEMALE CN2 Fig. 8 - PC serial ad power cable NOTES: Same cofiguratio i the priter ad i the host system should be set. The commuicatio protocol should be set properly so that the trasmitted data ca be received without errors USB INTERFACE The EPC1800 USB iterface has the followig geeral features: USB specificatio Trasfer type Maximum receive/trasmit edpoit size Curret cosumptio from USB bus USB 2.0 (480Mbits/s full speed) Bulk 64 bytes 2mA max. 13 of 53

14 Assigmets of USB coector termials Pi Sigal ame VBUS D D+ GND NC Pi #1 Pi #5 Fig. 9 - EPC1800 USB coector. USB Mii-B series coector has to be used (see APPENDI B HOW TO ORDER). 14 of 53

15 5 BASIC OPERATIONS 5.1- PAPER LOADING Oe of the most highlighted features of the EPC1800 priter is paper loadig, which becomes very simple if the followig steps are executed: a) Ope the priter s frot door by pressig the cover OPEN butto. b) Isert the paper roll with the orietatio show i the picture, leavig about 5mm of paper outside the priter. NO Place the paper roll i the right directio. The thermal paper has oly oe surface that ca be prited (thermal side). I order to kow which oe it is, just scratch the paper: the thermal side will show up the track o. YES c) Close the cover feelig the roller is latched agai. Fig Paper orietatio 5.2- BUTTON FUNCTIONS PAPER FEEDING: whe the priter is powered o pressig the butto will feed the paper. The paper roller will ot move uder the followig coditios: - The paper roll ed sesor detects a paper ed. - Whe the door is ope. - Whe aother o-recoverable error is preset. SELF-TEST MODE: If pressed o start-up with the door closed, it activates this mode. HEADECIMAL MODE: I order to activate it, if the butto is still pressed whe the full Selftest has bee prited, the priter will prompt the user to hold the butto to eter this mode PAPER SENSORS The EPC1800 has oe photo sesor for out of paper detectio. The out of paper sesor has the basic fuctio of iformig the priter cotroller about the existece of paper (o the pritig lie). Because there are some actios (for istace, pritig without paper) that could seriously damage the mechaism, this error blocks all the priter activities. The fial user ca detect these errors by meas of the frot LED, ad the applicatio developer ca test them through the DEL EOT commad, beig able to act accordigly. NOTES: Use paper rolls that meet the specificatios idicated i this maual. Do ot ope the priter cover durig the pritig operatio. Close the cover correctly, checkig that the PAPER OUT LED turs gree DOOR OPEN SENSOR The EPC1800 has a dedicated mechaical sesor to detect the opeig of the door. Whe the door is ope the LED will light red ad the priter will block all the activity related to pritig. 15 of 53

16 NOTE: If EPC1800 detects o paper or plate ope while is pritig it will stop the commuicatio i order ot loose ay data LED INDICATOR EPC1800 has oe idicator led to visually iform about the priter status. Whe the LED lights or blik GREEN meas ormal operatio. The LED bliks ORANGE whether the EPC1800 has detect a o-recoverable error. The LED bliks RED whe a recoverable error has bee occurred. If the lights RED, there is o paper or the door has bee opeed. See sectio 5.7- ERROR PROCESSING 5.6- SPECIAL PRINTING MODES Besides the ormal pritig mode i which all the received data are prited accordig to the settigs or coditios fixed by the commads, the EPC1800 priter allows three special workig modes: self-test mode, programmig mode ad the hexadecimal mode Self-test mode The priter provides the selftest mode with two differet fuctioality: showig iformatio of the settigs of that particular priter model ad verifyig the pritig. To eter the self-test mode, the priter must be powered o while keepig pressig the butto. The EPC1800 will start pritig a report, which allows checkig the features of this particular model, like the firmware curret versio, cotrol fuctios of the commuicatios protocol, ad so o. If, oce this pritig has bee fiished, the butto is kept pressed; the priter will start pritig cotiuously ad repetitively a character map util it fially cocludes the self-test by pritig * * completed * *. This secod optio of the self-test mode has the goal of validatig the pritig speed ad quality. At the ed of the self-test page there are few lies showig the three differet maiteace couts: FENI IMVICO EPC1800 V1.0.1 SERIAL PORT SETTINGS Data bits: Stop bits: Baud rate: Parity bit: Protocol: 8 (fixed) 1 (fixed) bauds No parity Hard.RTS/CTS USB PORT SETTINGS USB V Mbits/s DEFAULT TET SETTINGS Set character Table A (12x24 dots) Character Height: Character Width: Character space: Lie space: Prit desity: Carry Retur: EUROPE Stadard Disabled ETERNAL TABLES: (No table loaded) LOGOS LOADED:! #$%&'()*+,-./ ! #$%&'()*+,-./ #$%&'()*+,-./ #$%&'()*+,-./ : $%&'()*+,-./ : ; %&'()*+,-./ : ; < &'()*+,-./ : ; < '()*+,-./ : ; < - > ()*+,-./ : ; < - >? )*+,-./ :;< - >?@ *+,-./ :;< - >?@A +,-./ :;< - >?@AB,-./ :;< - >?@ABC..... vwxyz{ }~! #$%&'()*+, wxyz{ }~! #$%&'()*+,xyz{ }~! #$%&'()*+,-. yz{ }~! #$%&'()*+,-./ z{ }~! #$%&'()*+,-./0 { }~! #$&'()*+, -. /01 }~! #$&'()*+, -. /012 * * completed * * (No logo loaded) * RECORDS * Serial um. O/Off times: Meters: Time ON(H:M): 0FE :10 1- Times that the priter has bee switched o. 2- Time (i half hours) that the priter has bee powered o. 3- Meters of paper prited. Fig SELF-TEST mode example 16 of 53

17 adecimal dump mode To eter this mode aswer NO to the previous questio Eter i cofiguratio?. It will be followed the by the questio Eter hexadecimal mode? to which YES must be aswered. Eter hexadecimal mode?... Oce etered this mode, which will be idicated by ***HEADECIMAL MODE*** aythig set to the priter will be prited as hexadecimal characters. This mode ca be very helpful for the applicatio developer durig the setup test time, as it allows detectig possible errors (like out of rage parameters, o valid commad sequeces, errors i the commuicatio chael, etc.), comparig what it has theoretically bee set to the priter to what it is really beig received. Tur off the priter to quit the hexadecimal mode. NOTES: (1) For ay received characters uder 20h, the. will ot be prited. (2) Durig the hexadecimal dump mode, the DEL EOT commad does ot work. (3) It must be take ito accout that if the umber of bytes is less tha the miimum amout required to prit oe lie (9 bytes), the priter will ot prit. It is recommeded to complete the hexadecimal dump by sedig at least 9 bytes (for example 00h). (4) It is also possible to eter the hexadecimal mode through the GS (A commad. 1B B 330A 1B B B D B 2D00 1B 56300A 1D A 1D B B B B 4D00 1B D 4C B D B 2D 00 1B 56300A A2D2D2D2D0A4645 4E E D706C B A0A0A 0A0A0A 1B 6D.! a.. E..B.. -..V0..!U UTEST..!.. a M..t.. L... E..B..-..V0.Text FE NI prit er sample ticket......m Fig HEADECIMAL DUMP mode example 5.7- ERROR PROCESSING Error types Whe a error occurs, the priter visually otifies its type through the LED. This fact allows the fial user to have a direct ad visual referece of the curret priter status. O the other had, the priter status ad all its possible errors ca also be moitored via software through the DEL EOT commad or activatig the automatic status reportig (See sectio 6 CONTROL COMMANDS). I this way, the applicatio developer ca have more complete iformatio o the priter status, therefore beig able to act accordigly. The errors detected by the iterface are the followig: No paper / door ope error, hardware error, coverter voltage error ad pritig head temperature error. Whe ay of these errors happe, the led bliks with a differet blikig timig sequece ad color for each of them accordig to the figure below. If o error happes the led will light permaetly gree. 17 of 53

18 1 No error Hardware error VP voltage error Temperature error No paper / door ope Fig LED Blikig sequece. Each time uit correspods to 0.5 secods. More iformatio o these errors ca be foud below: HARDWARE ERROR [Descriptio] [Recover actio] At iitializatio, the priter iterally checks its hardware devices (i.e. flash memory). If they do ot fuctio properly, a error occurs. This error caot be recovered. Oe of the cotrol board compoets might be damaged ad should be replaced or repaired. VP VOLTAGE ERROR [Descriptio] [Recover actio] [Note] The voltage of the VP voltage coverter is out of rage. This is a recoverable error. Uplug the power supply from the priter ad check if the output voltage of the power supply is withi the specified rage. Replace it i case it is ot workig properly. Whe this error occurs, some parts of the priter may be damaged. If this happes, the priter will be uable to recover itself ad some of its compoets are likely to be replaced. THERMAL HEAD TEMPERATURE ERROR [Descriptio] [Recover actio] [Note] Due to very cotiuous use of the priter or due to evirometal coditios, the temperature i the thermal head may reach levels (above 80ºC), which ca damage the priter itself. Whe this situatio occurs, a error must be idicated i order to protect the priter from abrasio. The pritig recovers automatically from this error whe the thermal prit head temperature drops below 60ºC agai. This error ca happe if the ambiet temperature is very high ad the priter is workig cotiuously with high-desity pritig. NO PAPER ERROR / DOOR OPEN [Descriptio] [Recover actio] [Note] The out-of-paper sesor detects there is ot paper o the pritig lie. Whe the door is ope the priter will also detect it the same way. This error disappears loadig a ew paper roll i the priter ad closig the paper door (see sectio 5.1- PAPER LOADING). This error stops the pritig ad it caot be restarted util it is ot recovered. This error is idicated i the parallel port depedig o the coditios set by the ESC c 3 commad (see sectio 6- CONTROL COMMANDS). 18 of 53

19 Flow diagram of the error detectio for the serial port BEGINNING NO DTR = 0 SEND COMMAND DEL EOT YES NO RTS = 0 READS THE PRINTER STATUS AND IDENTIFIES THE ERROR YES SENDS 1 BYTE NO END OF TRANSMISSION YES END Fig Serial port error flow diagram 19 of 53

20 6 CONTROL COMMANDS 6.1- COMMAND NOTATION [Rage] [Descriptio] [Defect] [Referece] [Examples] Commad ame. Codig sequece. It provides the allowed rage for the argumets. It describes the commad fuctioality. It provides importat iformatio i commad usage ad warigs, if eeded. It provides the default values, if ay, for the commad parameters. It lists related commads. It shows examples o how to use the commad TERM DEFINITIONS 1) Receivig buffer: It is the buffer that stores the received data (commads ad data). They are stored temporally i the buffer ad are sequetially processed later. 2) Pritig buffer. The pritig buffer is a buffer that holds the data of the image to be prited. 3) Pritable area. It is the maximum rage i which the pritig is possible uder the priter specificatios. The pritable area for this priter is 48mm i the horizotal directio by the total pritable legth. 4) Ich Legth uit. Oe ich is 25.4 millimeters. 5) MSB Most sigificat bit. 6) LSB Least sigificat bit. 7) Base lie. Stadard positio where the characters are prited. The followig drawig shows the positio of ormal characters i stadard mode: *1. Whe the fot selected is A type (12x24 dots), this height is 18 dots. Whe the fot selected is B type (8x16 dots), this height is 14 dots. 20 of 53

21 6.3- DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTROL COMMANDS Commad Name LF CR DLE EOT DC3 ESC FS GS ESC SP ESC DC2 GS BEL ESC DC3 GS BS ESC! ESC ESC 2 ESC 3 ESC E ESC G ESC I ESC J ESC M ESC V ESC a ESC c 5 ESC d ESC j ESC t ESC { GS! GS ( A GS ( C GS B GS E GS H GS I GS L GS P GS Q GS T GS a GS f GS h GS k GS v 0 GS w FS p FS q FS DC2 ESC FS GS ESC Prit ad lie feed Prit ad carriage retur Real-time status trasmissio Program priter settigs Set right-side character spacig Save curret settigs ito o-volatile memory Save default settigs Select prit mode(s) Tur uderlie mode o/off Select default lie spacig Set lie spacig Iitialize priter Tur emphasized mode o/off Tur double-strike mode o/off Tur reverse mode o/off Prit ad feed paper Select character fot Character rotatio Select justificatio Eable/disable pael buttos Prit ad feed lies Back feed paper Select character code table Iverse prit mode o/off Select character size Execute test prit Erase all logos Tur white/black reverse pritig mode o/off Set pritig speed Select pritig positio of HRI characters Firmware versio query Set left margi Prit a 2D AZTEC format barcode Prit a 2D QR format barcode Set prit positio to the begiig of prit lie Automatic status report Select fot for HRI characters Set bar code height Prit bar code Prit raster bit image Set bar code width Prit NV bit image Defie NV bit image Serial umber query Historic couter trasmissio Commad classificatio Executig Settig Page Table 1. - Commad List 21 of 53

22 LF [Descriptio] [Note] [Referece] CR [Descriptio] [Referece] DLE EOT [Rage] [Descriptio] Prit ad lie feed LF 0A 10 Prits the data i the prit buffer ad feeds oe lie, based o the curret lie spacig. This commad sets the prit positio to the begiig of the lie. ESC 2, ESC 3. Prit ad carriage retur CR 0D 13 Whe automatic lie feed is eabled, this commad operates the same as LF; whe automatic lie feed is disabled, this commad is igored. This commad is effective oly by meas of programmig buttos (see sectio 5.6.2Programmig mode). Sets the prit startig positio to the begiig of the lie. LF Real-time status trasmissio DLE EOT <01>H <04>H Trasmits the selected priter status specified by i real-time, accordig to the followig parameters: = <01>H: Trasmit priter status = <02>H: Trasmit offlie status = <03>H: Trasmit error status = <04>H: Cotiuous paper sesor status = <05>H: Paper sesor status The status is trasmitted wheever the data sequece <10>H<04>H<> (<01>H <05>H) is received. The priter trasmits the curret status. Each status item is represeted by oe byte. The priter trasmits the status without cofirmig whether the host computer ca receive data (i serial iterface). The priter executes this commad upo receivig it. This commad is executed eve whe the priter is offlie, the receiver buffer is full, or there is a error status with a serial iterface model. = <01>H: Priter status Bit OFF/ON Fuctio 0 OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF 1 ON Not used. Fixed to ON 2 OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF OFF Olie ON Offlie ON Not used. Fixed to ON OFF Does ot wait for olie error recovery ON Waits for olie error recovery 22 of 53

23 6* 7 ON/OFF Ticket completed OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF (*) Bit 6 is toggled every time a cut commad is executed = <02>H: Offlie status Bit OFF/ON Fuctio 0 OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF 1 ON Not used. Fixed to ON OFF Plate is closed (Thermal head is closed) ON Plate is ope (Thermal head is ope) ON Not used. Fixed to ON OFF No paper-ed stop ON Pritig is beig stopped OFF No error ON Error occurred OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF Udefied = <03>H: Error status Bit OFF/ON Fuctio 0 OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF 1 ON Not used. Fixed to ON 2 OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF 3-4 ON Not used. Fixed to ON OFF No urecoverable error ON Urecoverable error occurred OFF No auto-recoverable error ON Auto-recoverable error occurred OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF 5 6* 7 Udefied (*) Bit 6 is ON whe pritig is stopped due to high prit head temperature util the prit head temperature drops sufficietly. 23 of 53

24 = <04>H: Cotiuous paper sesor status Bit OFF/ON Fuctio 0 OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF 1 ON Not used. Fixed to ON 2 - Udefied OFF Paper ear-ed sesor: Paper preset ON Paper ear-ed sesor: Paper ot preset 4 ON Not used. Fixed to ON 5-6 OFF Paper real-ed sesor: Paper preset ON Paper real-ed sesor: Paper ot preset OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF 3 7 Udefied = <05>H: Paper sesor status Bit OFF/ON Fuctio 0 OFF Not used. Fixed to OFF 1 ON Not used. Fixed to ON 2 - Udefied OFF Ticket ot pick up ON Ticket pick up 4 ON Not used. Fixed to ON 5 - Udefied 6 - Udefied 7 OFF 3 Not used. Fixed to OFF DC3 ESC FS GS Program priter settigs DC3 ESC FS GS s1...s 13 1B 1C 1D s1...s s1...s [Rage] <00>H <07>H [Descriptio] Chages ay of the programmable settigs ad saves them ito o-volatile memory. Ay of the settigs ca be programmed simultaeously with ay other settigs. is the umber of priter settigs to be chaged, ad s1...s idicates the type ad ew value of the settig as follows: Oce the commad has bee set the priter will save the ew settig ito ovolatile memory ad prit a message idicatig if the feature has bee saved successfully, or o the cotrary if the feature is ot supported. It is required, therefore, to have the paper roll istalled. After this commad has bee executed, the priter will reset itself automatically i order to activate ew settigs. 24 of 53

25 If commuicatios settig are chaged it will be required to chage them also i the host cotroller i order to reestablish commuicatios. The umber ad order of settig chaged it is ot importat. Feature s (high ibble) s (low ibble) 0 Not supported 1- Paper width 2- Baudrate bauds bauds bauds bauds 0 Odd parity 1 Eve parity 2 No parity 0 Hardware 1 o/off 2 No hadshake Not supported Not supported 3 5- Cutter 4 6- Pritig desity [Example] 9600 bauds 2 4- Hadshakig 5 7- Black Mark 6 8- Carriage retur 7 9- Near-ed paper sesor 8 Not supported Parity value 0 Normal 1 Light 2 Dark Not supported Not supported 0 Eable 1 Disable Not supported Not supported The followig commad will chage baudrate to bauds, parity to Eve ad hadshake to No hadshake. 13 1B 1C 1D hadshake parity baudrate umber of settig If all the features are supported by the priter, it will prit the followig message o paper: Feature saved successfully-> 2 Feature saved successfully-> 3 Feature saved successfully-> 4 ESC SP [Rage] Set right-side character spacig ESC SP 1B <00>H <FF>H 25 of 53

26 [Descriptio] [Default] Sets the character spacig for the right side of the character to [ x mm ( x )]. The right side character spacig for double-width mode is twice the ormal value. This commad is effective oly whe set at the begiig of a lie. = <04>H ESC DC2 GS BEL Save curret settigs ito o-volatile memory ESC DC2 GS BEL 1B 12 1D [Descriptio] Saves curret cofiguratio ito flash memory so whe the priter is restarted, curret cofiguratio will be loaded. The parameters that will be saved are lie spacig, character spacig, character table, character width ad height. ESC DC3 GS BS Save default settigs ito o-volatile memory ESC DC3 GS BS 1B 13 1D [Descriptio] Saves default cofiguratio (factory settigs) ito flash memory so whe the priter is restarted, default cofiguratio will be loaded. The parameters that will be saved are lie spacig, character spacig, character table, character width ad height. ESC! [Rage] [Descriptio] Select prit mode(s) ESC! 1B <00>H <FF>H Selects prit mode(s) usig as follows: Bit OFF/ON OFF ON --OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON -OFF ON Fuctio Character fot A (12 x 24). Character fot B (8 x 16). Udefied. Udefied. Emphasized mode ot selected. Emphasized mode selected. Double-height mode ot selected. Double-height mode selected. Double-width mode ot selected. Double-width mode selected. Udefied. Uderlie mode ot selected. Uderlie mode selected. Whe both double-height ad double-width modes are selected, quadruple-size characters are prited. Whe some characters i a lie are double or more height, all the characters i the lie are aliged at the baselie. ESC E ca also select the emphasized mode. Be careful whe uses both commad. ESC M ca also select character fot type. However, the settig of the last received commad is effective. GS! ca also select character size. However, the settig of the last received commad is effective. 26 of 53

27 If this commad is ot received at the begiig of a lie, ad the character fot is to [Default] [Referece] ESC - [Rage] [Descriptio] [Default] [Referece] ESC 2 [Descriptio] [Referece] ESC 3 [Rage] [Descriptio] [Default] [Referece] [Descriptio] ESC E [Rage] [Descriptio] be chaged, all previous data i the prit buffer is prited ad the ticket is placed at the begiig of the ext lie. = <00>H ESC M, ESC E, ESC G, GS! Turs o/off uderlie mode ESC 1B 2D 45 <00>H <FF>H Sets the uderlie mode. Oly the least sigificat two bits are valid for : = <00>H / <30>H : Uderlie mode is tured off. = <01>H / <31>H: Set the uderlie thickess to 1-dot. = <02>H / <32>H: Set the uderlie thickess to 2-dots. ESC! commad ca turs off the uderlie mode. = <00>H ESC! Select default lie spacig ESC 2 1B Selects 3.75 mm (30 x mm) lie spacig. ESC 3 Set lie spacig ESC 3 1B <00>H <FF>H Sets the lie spacig to [ x mm]. = <1E>H ESC 2 Iitialize priter 1B Clears the data i the prit buffer ad resets the priter settigs to the settigs that were i effect whe the power was tured o. The data i the receiver buffer is ot cleared. This commad does ot ivolve a hardware reset. Tur emphasized mode o/off ESC E 1B <00>H <FF>H Turs emphasized mode o or off Whe the LSB of is 0, emphasized mode is tured off. Whe the LSB of is 1, emphasized mode is tured o. Oly the least sigificat bit of is eabled. This commad ad ESC! turs o ad off emphasized mode i the same way. Be careful whe this commad is used with ESC!. of 53

28 [Default] [Referece] ESC G [Rage] [Descriptio] [Default] [Referece] ESC I [Rage] [Descriptio] [Default] ESC J [Rage] [Descriptio] ESC M [Rage] [Descriptio] = <00>H ESC!, ESC G Tur o/off double-strike mode ESC G 1B <00>H <FF>H Turs double-strike mode o or off. Whe the LSB of is 0, double-strike (emphasized) mode is tured off. Whe the LSB of is 1, double-strike (emphasized) mode is tured o. Priter output is the same i double-strike mode ad i emphasized mode. = <00>H ESC E Tur reversed mode o/off ESC I 1B <00>H <FF>H Turs reversed mode o or off Whe the LSB of is 0, reversed mode is tured off. Whe the LSB of is 1, reversed mode is tured o. = <00>H Oly the least sigificat bit of is eabled. Prit ad feed paper ESC J 1B 4A 74 <00>H <FF>H Prits the data i the prit buffer ad feeds the paper [ x mm ( )]. After pritig is completed, this commad sets the prit startig positio to the begiig of the lie. The paper feed amout set by this commad does ot affect the values set by ESC 2 or ESC 3. Select character fot ESC M 1B 4D 77 = <00>H, <01>H, <30>H, <31>H Selects the character fot. <00>H <30>H <01>H <31>H Fuctio Character Fot A (12 x 24) selected Character Fot B (8 x 16) selected ESC! ca also select character fot types. However the settig of the last received commad is effective. This commad must be set at the begiig of a lie. If it is set i the middle of a [Referece] lie, all previous data i the prit buffer is prited ad the ticket is placed at the begiig of the ext lie. ESC! 28 of 53

29 ESC V [Rage] [Descriptio] Character rotatio ESC V 1B <00>H <02>H, <30>H <32>H Rotates the characters usig the mode specified by. <00>H / <30>H <01>H / <31>H <02>H / <32>H Fuctio Normal Right 90º rotated Left 90º rotated I both left ad right 90º rotated modes, the characters lies trasmissio order chages from the ormal mode, because ca be pritig several lies at oce. Paper feed directio Example for right 90º ratatio mode: Characters lies trasmissio order HELLO TH IS I S A PRI NT TEST 1st lie: T A T H <CR> 2d lie: E <SP> H E <CR> Last lie: <SP> T S <SP> <CR> The vertical ad horizotal character scalig effect to paper feed directio regardless of the character rotatio settig. It is ot allowed both ormal ad rotated mode i the same character lie. Whe ay rotated mode is settig, the iverse mode is disabled. This commad is eabled oly whe processed at the begiig of a lie. [Default] [Referece] = <30>H GS! ESC a Select justificatio ESC a 1B [Rage] <00>H <02>H, <30>H <32>H [Descriptio] Aligs all the data i oe lie to the specified positio. selects the justificatio as follows: <00>H / <30>H <01>H / <31>H <02>H / <32>H Justificatio Left justificatio Ceterig Right justificatio The commad is eabled oly whe processed at the begiig of the lie. This commad executes justificatio i the pritig area. [Referece] [Example] ESC! Left justificatio ABC ABCD ABCDE Ceterig ABC ABCD ABCDE Right justificatio ABC ABCD ABCDE of 53

30 ESC c 5 [Rage] [Descriptio] [Default] ESC d [Rage] [Descriptio] [Referece] ESC j [Rage] [Descriptio] ESC t [Rage] [Descriptio] Eable/disable the o-board butto ESC c 5 1B <00>H <FF>H Eables or disables the o-board butto. Whe the LSB of is 0, the o-board butto is eabled. Whe the LSB of is 1, the o-board butto is disabled. Oly the lowest bit of is valid. = <00>H Prit ad feed lies ESC d 1B <00>H <FF>H Prits the data i the prit buffer ad feeds character lies. This commad sets the prit startig positio to the begiig of the lie. This commad does ot affect the lie spacig set by ESC 2 or ESC 3. The maximum paper feed amout is 1016 mm {40 }. If the paper feed amout ( x lie spacig) of more tha 1016 mm {40 } is specified, the priter feeds the paper oly 1016 mm {40 }. Every lie feed correspods to the curret selected fot height (24 dots for Fot A ad 16 dots for Fot B). ESC 2, ESC 3. Back feed paper ESC j 1B 6A 106 <00>H <FF>H Back feeds the paper [ x mm ( )]. This commad is oly effective whe the optical mark sesor is eabled. Allows readjust the paper positio whe the black mark has surpassed the black mark sesor, ad it is eeded back feed paper to prepare the cuttig. Select character code fot ESC t 1B <00>H <03>H, <30>H <33>H Selects the character fots betwee the iteral character fots ad the Widows loaded character fots. <00>H / <30>H <01>H / <31>H <02>H / <32>H <03>H / <33>H [Default] Character fot selected Both iteral fot A ad fot B are selected. Exteral loaded fot A is selected. Iteral fot B is selected. Exteral loaded fot B is selected. Iteral fot A is selected. Both exteral loaded fot A ad fot B are selected. = <30>H 30 of 53

31 ESC { [Rage] [Descriptio] APPENDI D INTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES, APPENDI F - FONT LOADER SOFTWARE. Iverse pritig mode ESC { 1B 7B 123 <00>H <FF>H Turs iverse pritig mode o/off. Whe the LSB of is 0, Iverse pritig mode off. Whe the LSB of is 1, Iverse pritig mode o. ABCD ABCD [Referece] Paper feed directio Iverse pritig mode OFF Iverse pritig mode ON Each character is prited upside dow (180º rotatig) ad the sequece of characters is prited backwards as well. The character set fist is prited al the right margi ad subsequet characters are prited from right to left. The characters lies trasmissio order chages from the ormal mode, because the first lie is set to the priter must be the last to appear o the ticket, ad the last lie is set must be the first to appear o the ticket. Whe iverse mode is settig, the rotated mode (90º) is disabled. This commad is eabled oly whe processed at the begiig of a lie. GS! [Rage] [Descriptio] = <00>H Select character size GS! 1D <00>H <77>H. While <7>H ad <7>H Selects the character height usig bits 0 to 3 ad selects the character width usig bits 4 to 7, as follows: Horizotal size (WIDTH) (i hex) x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x x sizevertical [Default] 31 of 53

32 (HEIGHT) x x x x x x This commad is effective for all characters, except for HRI characters. Whe characters are elarged with differet sizes o oe lie, all the characters o the lie are aliged at the baselie. The ESC! commad ca also tur double-width ad double-height modes o or off. [Default] [Referece] However, the settig of the last received commad is effective. = <00>H ESC!, APPENDI D INTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES GS ( A pl ph m Execute test prit GS ( A pl ph m 1D pl ph m pl ph m [Rage] (pl + (ph x 256)) = 2 (where pl = <02>H, ph = <00>H) <00>H <02>H, <30>H <32>H <01>H <03>H, <31>H m <33>H [Descriptio] Executes a test prit with a specified test patter o a specified paper. pl, ph specifies (pl+(phx256)) for the umber of the bytes after ph ( ad m). specifies the paper to be tested. Paper <00> / <30>H Paper roll <01> / <31>H <02> / <32>H m specifies a test patter. m <01> / <31>H <02> / <32>H <03> / <33>H Test patter adecimal dump Priter status prit Rollig patter prit This commad has eabled oly whe processed at the begiig of a lie. After the test prit is fiished, the priter resets itself automatically. Therefore, data already defied before this commad is executed, such as user-defied buffer ad prit buffer are cleared; ad each settig returs to the default value. The priter cuts the paper at the ed of the test prit. GS ( C pl ph NULL 6 NULL C L R Erase all logos GS ( C pl ph NULL 1D pl ph pl ph 00 [Rage] pl = <06>H (fixed), ph = <00>H (fixed) [Descriptio] Erases all logos stored i o-volatile memory. [Referece] FS p, FS q commads NULL C L 4C 76 R of 53

33 GS B [Rage] [Descriptio] [Default] GS E [Rage] [Descriptio] [Default] GS H [Rage] [Descriptio] Tur white/black reverse pritig mode GS B 1D <00>H <FF>H Turs o or off white/black reverse pritig mode. Whe the LSB of is 0, white/black reverse mode is tured off. Whe the LSB of is 1, white/black reverse mode is tured o. Oly the lowest bit of is valid. Whe white/black reverse pritig mode is o, it also applied to character spacig set by ESC SP. This commad does ot affect bit image, user-defied bit image, bar code ad HRI characters. This commad does ot affect the space betwee lies. White/black reverse mode has a higher priority tha uderlie mode. Eve if uderlie mode is o, it is disabled (but ot cacelled) whe white/black reverse mode is selected. =0 Set pritig speed. GS E 1D 45 = <00>H, <10>H, <20>H, <30>H Selects the pritig speed. Pritig speed <00>H Maximum speed <10>H Fast Speed <20>H Slow Speed <30>H Miimum Speed This commad ca be used whe the power supply does ot give the curret request (less speed less average curret), or whe a accurate outlie quality is desirable (less speed best outlie quality). = <00>H Select prit positio for HRI characters. GS H 1D <00>H <03>H, <30>H <33>H Selects the prit positio of HRI characters whe pritig a bar code. selects the prit positio as follows: <00>H / <30>H <01>H / <31>H <02>H / <32>H <03>H / <33>H Pritig positio Not prited Above the bar code Below the bar code Both above ad below the code bar HRI idicates Huma Readable Iterpretatio HRI characters are prited usig -scale = 1, Y-scale = 1 ad the fot specified by GS f. [Default] [Referece] = <02>H GS f, GS k 33 of 53

34 GS I [Rage] [Descriptio] Firmware versio trasmissio GS I 1D = <33>H Trasmits the firmware versio umber. Besides of checkig the firmware versio by pritig the self-test page, this commad ca be used as support for possible automatic firmware upgrade through the host applicatio. Thus, the system could check whether the curret versio is less tha the ew provided (cotact with FENI IMVICO or distributor if ecessary). Returs oe byte idicatig umerically the curret firmware versio ad revisio (1st ad 2d idex. 3Rd idex idicates the boot firmware versio ad it is ot trasmitted by this commad Example: FENI IMVICO Byte trasmitted: 10 EPC1800 V1.0.1 SERIAL PORT SETTINGS Data bits: Stop bits: Baud rate: GS L L H [Rage] [Descriptio] 8 (fixed) 1 (fixed) bauds Set left margi GS L L H 1D 4C L H 76 L H <00>H L <FF>H, <00>H H <FF>H Sets the left margi usig L ad H. The left margi is set to [(L + H x 256) x mm]. Pritable area Left margi This commad is effective oly whe processed at the begiig of the lie. This commads affects text, graphic ad bar code pritig. [Default] [Referece] L = H = <00>H APPENDI D INTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES GS P L H d1...d Prit a 2D AZTEC format barcode GS P L H d1..d 1D 50 L H d1..d 80 L H d1..d [Descriptio] Prits a 2D Aztec barcode with characters where = L + H x 256. [Rage] H = <00>H, <00>H L <FF>H. The maximum umber of characters is udetermied as it depeds o the available paper size ad the type of characters to be prited (umbers, uppercase / lowercase characters, etc.) 34 of 53

35 [Example] show Sedig the followig commad to the priter will result i a 2D AZTEC barcode as below. <1D 50 2D 00> H <ABC This is a AZTEC bar code test> GS Q L H d1...d Prit a 2D QR format barcode GS Q L H d1..d 1D 51 L H d1..d 81 L H d1..d [Descriptio] Prits a 2D QR barcode with characters where = L + H x 256. [Rage] H = <00>H, <00>H L <FF>H. The maximum umber of characters is udetermied as it depeds o the available paper size ad the type of characters to be prited (umbers, uppercase / lowercase characters, etc.) [Example] Sedig the followig commad to the priter will result i a 2D QR barcode as show below. <1D 51 2D 00> H <ABC This is a QR bar code test> GS T [Rage] [Descriptio] Set prit positio to the begiig of prit lie GS T 1D <00>H L <01>H Sets the prit positio to the begiig of prit lie. specifies the data processig i the prit buffer. Pritig positio <00>H Sets the prit positio to the begiig of prit lie after deletig all data i the prit buffer. <01>H Sets the prit positio to the begiig of prit lie after pritig all data i the prit buffer. GS a [Rage] [Descriptio] Automatic status report GS a 1D <00>H <01>H, <30>H <31>H Eable/disable automatic status report. 35 of 53

36 <00>H / <30>H <01>H / <31>H Fuctio Disable automatic status report Eable automatic status report Whe eablig the automatic status report, the priter remais i this state idefiitely, util it becomes disablig, or util switch the power off. After eablig the automatic status report, the priter returs the 5 states metioed i the commad DLE EOT, every 0.5 secods i the followig order: First status set... Last status set (status1) (status5) status1 = Trasmit priter status status2 = Trasmit offlie status status3 = Trasmit error status status4 = Cotiuous paper sesor status status5 = Paper sesor status [Default] [Referece] GS f [Rage] [Descriptio] = <30>H DEL EOT Select fot for Huma Readable Iterpretatio (HRI) characters GS f 1D <00>H <01>H, <30>H <31>H Selects a fot for the HRI characters used whe pritig a bar code. selects a fot from the followig table: <00>H / <30>H <01>H / <31>H Fot Fot A (12x24) Fot B (8x16) HRI idicates Huma Readable Iterpretatio. HRI characters are prited at the positio specified by GS H. HRI characters are always prited at -Scale = 1 ad Y-Scale = 1 [Default] [Referece] = <01>H GS H, GS k GS h [Rage] [Descriptio] [Default] [Referece] Select bar code height GS h 1D <01>H <FF>H Selects the height of the bar code. specifies the umber of dots i the vertical directio ( x 0.125mm). = <A2>H (162 dots 20,25mm) GS k GS k m d1...d Prit bar code GS k m d1...d 1D 6B m d1...d 107 m d1...d [Rage] m = <43>H, m = <45>H, m = <46>H or m = <49>H ( ad d deped o the bar code system used). [Descriptio] Selects a bar code system ad prits the bar code. 36 of 53

37 m selects a bar code system as follows: m <43>H Bar Code System EAN13 Num. of characters = 12 <45>H CODE <46>H <49>H ITF CODE (eve) Remarks 48 d d 57, 65 d 90, 32, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46, d 57 0 d 1 idicates the umber of bar code data bytes, ad the priter processes bytes from the ext character data as bar code data. If is outside the specified rage, the priter stops commad processig ad processes the followig data as ormal data. If d is outside the specified rage, the priter oly feeds paper ad processes the followig data as ormal data. If the horizotal size exceeds pritig area, the priter oly feeds the paper. This commad feeds as much paper as is required to prit the bar code, regardless of the lie spacig specified by ESC 2 or ESC 3. This commad is eabled oly whe o data exists i the prit buffer. Whe data exists i the prit buffer, the priter processes the data followig m as ormal data. After pritig the bar code, this commad sets the prit positio to the begiig of the lie. This commad is ot affected by prit modes. The umber of data for the ITF bar code must be eve umbers. Whe a odd umber of bytes of data is iput, the priter igores the last received data. Whe Code128 (m=49h) is used: 1. Refer to APPENDI C CODE 128 BAR CODE for the iformatio for the Code128 bar code ad its code table. 2. Whe usig Code128 i this priter, take the followig poits ito accout for data trasmissio: The top of the bar code data strig must be the code set selectio character (CODE A, CODE B or CODE C), which selects the first code set. Special characters are defied by combiig two characters { ad oe character. The character { is defied by trasmittig { twice cosecutively. Specific character SHIFT CODE A CODE B CODE C FNC1 FNC2 FNC3 FNC4 { [Example] Trasmit data {S {A {B {C {1 {2 {3 {4 {{ 7B, 53 7B, 41 7B, 42 7B, 43 7B, 31 7B,32 7B, 33 7B,34 7B, 7B 123, , , ,67 123, , ,51 123, , 123 Example data for pritig Ref I this example, the priter first prits No. Usig CODE B, the prits the followig umbers usig CODE C. GS k of 53

38 Fig Code128 bar code 3. If the top of the bar code data is ot the code set selectio character, the priter stops commad processig ad processes the followig data as ormal data. 4. If the combiatio of { ad the followig character does ot apply ay special character, the priter stops commad processig ad processes the followig data as ormal data. 5. If the priter receives characters that caot be used i the special code set, the priter stops commad processig ad processes the followig data as ormal data. 6. The priter does ot prit HRI characters that correspod to the shift characters or code set selectio characters. 7. HRI character for the fuctio character is space. 8. HRI characters for the cotrol character (<00>H to <1F>H ad <7F>H) are space. <Others> Be sure to keep spaces o both right ad left sides of a bar code. (Spaces are differet depedig o the types of the bar code.) [Referece] GS h, GS w GS v 0 m xl xh yl yh d1... dk Prit raster bit image GS v 0 m xl xh yl yh d1...dk 1D m xl xh yl yh d1...dk m xl xh yl yh d1...dk [Rage] <00>H m <03>H <00>H xl <FF>H <00>H xh <FF>H where 1 (xl + xh x 256) 128 <00>H yl <FF>H <00>H yh <08>H where 1 (yl + yh x 256) 4095 <00>H d <FF>H k = (xl + xh x 256) x (yl + yh x 256) (k 0) [Descriptio] Selects raster bit-image mode. The value of m selects the mode, as follows: m Mode Vertical Dot Desity <00>H Normal dpi <01>H Double-width dpi <02>H Double-height dpi <03>H Quadruple dpi (dpi: dots per 25.4 mm {1"}) Vertical Dot Desity dpi dpi dpi dpi xl, xh, select the umber of data bytes (xl+xh x 256) i the horizotal directio for the bit image. yl, yh, select the umber of data bits (yl+yh x 256) i the vertical directio for the bit image. This commad is effective oly whe there is o data i the prit buffer. Data outside the pritig area is read i ad discarded o a byte-by-byte basis. The positio at which subsequet characters are to be prited for raster bit image is specified by GS L (Set left margi). 38 of 53

39 d idicates the bit-image data. Settig a bit to 1 prits a dot ad settig it to 0 does [Example] GS w [Rage] [Descriptio] [Default] [Referece] FS p m [Rage] [Descriptio] ot prit a dot. Whe xl + xh x 256 = 64 Set bar code width GS w 1D <02>H <06>H Sets the horizotal size of the bar code. specifies the bar code width as follows: Module Width (mm) for Multi-level Bar Code <02>H <03>H <04>H <05>H <06>H Biary-level Bar Code Thi elemet Thick elemet width (mm) width (mm) Multi-level bar codes are JAN 13(EAN13), CODE 128. Biary-level bar codes are ITF, CODE39. = <03>H GS k Prit NV bit image FS p m 1C 70 m m <01>H umber of saved logo <30>H m <33>H Prits a NV bit image usig the mode specified by m. m Mode <30>H Normal <31>H Double-width <32>H Double-height <33>H Quadruple [dpi: dots per 25.4 mm] Vertical Dot Desity dpi dpi dpi dpi Horizotal Dot Desity dpi dpi dpi dpi is the umber of the NV bit image (always 1). m specifies the bit image mode. NV bit image meas a bit image which is defied i a o-volatile memory by FS q ad prited by FS p. This commad is ot effective whe the specified NV bit image has ot bee defied. This commad is effective oly whe there is o data i the prit buffer. This commad is ot affected by prit modes (emphasized, double-strike, uderlie, character size, white/black reverse pritig, etc.). If the pritig area width set by GS L for the NV bit image is less tha oe vertical lie, the followig processig is performed oly o the lie i questio. However, i NV bit image mode, oe vertical lie meas 1 dot i ormal mode (m=30h) ad i 39 of 53

40 [Referece] double-height mode (m=31h), ad it meas 2 dots i double-width mode (m=32h) ad i quadruple mode (m=33h). If the pritig area width caot be exteded by oe lie vertically, the left margi is reduced to accommodate oe lie vertically. The pritig area width is exteded to the right i NV bit image mode up to oe lie vertically. I this case, pritig does ot exceed the pritable area. If the dowloaded bit-image to be prited exceeds oe lie, the excess data is ot prited. After pritig the bit image, this commad sets the prit positio to the begiig of the lie ad processes the data that follows as ormal data. FS q, GS v 0 FS q [xl xh yl yh d1 dk]1 [xl xh yl yh d1 dk] Defie NV bit image FS q [xl xh yl yh d1...dk]1...[ xl xh yl yh d1...dk] 1C 71 [xl xh yl yh d1...dk]1...[ xl xh yl yh d1...dk] [xl xh yl yh d1...dk]1...[ xl xh yl yh d1...dk] [Rage] = <01>H xl <30>H, xh = <00>H (whe 1 (xl+ xh <FF>H) <30>H) <00>H yl <FF>H, <00>H yh <01>H (whe 1 (yl+ yh <FF>H) 288) <00>H d <FF>H, k = (xl+ xh 256) (yl+ yh 256) 8 Total available data area = 16KB - (6 Bytes x each logo saved) [Descriptio] xl, xh specifies (xl+ xh 256) 8 dots i the horizotal directio for the NV bits image you are defiig. yl, yh specifies (yl+ yh 256) 8 dots dots i the vertical directio for the NV bit image you are defiig. The maximum amout of loadig logos is 255 but limited to the 16KB memory capacity. From the begiig of the processig of this commad till the fiish, mechaical operatios (icludig iitializig the positio of the priter head whe the cover is ope, paper feedig by usig the FEED butto, etc.) caot be performed. NV bit image meas a bit image which is defied i a o-volatile memory by FS q ad prited by FS p. This commad is effective oly whe processed at the begiig of the lie. This commad is effective whe 7 bytes <FS yh> is processed as a ormal value. Whe the amout of data exceeds the capacity left i the rage defied by xl, xh, yl, yh, the priter processes xl, xh, yl, yh out of the defied rage. The d idicates the defiitio data. I data (d) a 1 bit specifies a dot to be prited ad a 0 bit specifies a dot ot to be prited. The defiitio area i this priter is a maximum of 16KB. Oce a NV bit image is defied, it is ot erased by performig reset or power off. This commad performs oly defiitio of a NV bit image ad does ot perform pritig. Pritig of the NV bit image is performed by the FS p commad. [Referece] FS p IMPORTANT NOTE: FENI provides a powerful utility to the Widows driver, that makes logo load extremely easy ad useful. Takig advatage of high features i drawig ad image hadle software like Word, Pait, Photoshop, etc. the user ca load a logo, selectig i Device operatio (EPC1800 Widows driver) the correct optio. We suggest adjustig the logo selectig Driver mode optio util get the size, the layout ad the arragemet desired. Afterwards, the user just have to reprit with the optio Load Logo 1 selected, ad the logo will be stored same way that last pritig. 40 of 53

41 Fig Logo loadig FS DC2 ESC [Descriptio] Serial umber trasmissio FS DC2 ESC 1C 12 1B Trasmits the iterface exclusive serial umber. This umber cosists of 12 hexadecimal digits (6 bytes). Trasmissio order is from least to most sigificat byte. Example: Serial umber = 12D4AC78F38E First byte set...last byte set 8E... F3 78 AC D () The iterface exclusive serial umber ca be used to assure absolute traceability because o two parts are alike. The serial umber ca also be verified by pritig the self-test: * RECORDS * Serial um. O/Off times: Meters: Time ON(H:M): 0FE :10 FS GS ESC Historic couters trasmissio FS GS ESC 1C 1D 1B 28 <31>H <32>H <33>H <34>H [Rage] Type of couter O/off times Time O Meters Cuts Descriptio Number of times the priter has bee tured o Number of secods the priter has bee workig Number of meters the priter has prited Number of cuts performed Bytes retured <31>H <34>H 41 of 53

42 [Descriptio] Each of the couters cosist of a 16 bits register except the Time O couter that has 32 bits. The trasmissio of each couter starts by the LSB ad eds at MSB. I order to obtai ay couter it is required to sed the correspodet commad ad immediately read 2 or 4 bytes (b0, b1, b2, b3) depedig o the couter required. Fially i order to obtai the absolute value of the couter proceed as follow: The Meters couter oly registers complete meters, ay portio of a meter that has couter value = x b x b x b1 + b0 bee prited before turig the priter off will be discard. For the Cuts couter to icremet the full cut or partial cut commad has to be set to the priter. The maximum umber of each couter is couts except Time O couter that records up to 232 secods hours days uiterruptely. 42 of 53

43 APPENDI A MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS Fig Mechaical dimesios (all i mm) 43 of 53

44 APPENDI B HOW TO ORDER EPC Supply voltage il: 12-24VDC type 5: 5VDC Special versio il: Stadard type xx: Custom-made type (uder agreemet oly) AVAILABLE ACCESORIES PART NUMBER PSC1800 PSCRS1800 USB-3 Descriptio Power supply cable EPC1800 Power supply & RS232 cable EPC1800 USB cable EPC of 53

45 APPENDI C CODE128 BAR CODE I Code128 bar code system, it is possible to represet 128 characters ad 2-digit umerals usig oe bar code character that is defied by combiig oe the 103 bar code characters ad 3 code sets. Each code set is used for represetig the followig characters: C.1 Descriptio of the CODE128 Bar Code Code set A: characters 00H to 5FH Code set B: characters 20H to 7FH Code set C: 2-digit umeral characters usig oe character (100 umerals from 00 to 99) The followig special characters are also available i Code128: - SHIFT characters I code set A, the character just after SHIFT is processed as a character for code set B. I code set B, the character just after SHIFT is processed as the character for code set A. SHIFT character caot be used i code set C. - Code set selectio character (CODE A, CODE B or CODE C) This character switches the followig code set to code set A, B or C. - Fuctio character (FNC1, FNC2, FNC3 or FNC4) The usage of fuctio characters depeds o the applicatio software. I code set C, oly FNC1 is available. 45 of 53

46 C.2 Pritable characters i CODE SET A Character NUL SOH ST ET EOT ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN ETB CAN EM SUB ESC FS GS RS US SP! # $ % & ` Trasmit Data A 10 0B 11 0C 12 0D 13 0E 14 0F A 26 1B 1C 28 1D 1E 30 1F Character ( ) * +,. / : ; < = A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O Trasmit Data Character P 41 Q 2A 42 R 2B 43 S 2C 44 T 2D 45 U 2E 46 V 2F 47 W Y Z [ \ ] ^ FNC FNC2 3A 58 FNC3 3B 59 FNC4 3C 60 SHIFT 3D 61 CODEB 3E 62 CODEC 3F A 74 4B 75 4C 76 4D 77 4E 78 4F 79 Trasmit Data A 90 5B 91 5C 92 5D 93 5E 94 5F 95 7B,31 123,49 7B,32 123,50 7B,33 123,51 7B,34 123,52 7B,53 123,83 7B,42 123,66 7B,43 123,67 46 of 53

47 C.3 Pritable characters i CODE SET B Character SP! # $ % & ( ) * +,. / : ; < = A B C D E F G Trasmit Data A 42 2B 43 2C 44 2D 45 2E 46 2F A 58 3B 59 3C 60 3D 61 3E 62 3F Character H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z [ \ ] ^ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m o Trasmit Data A 74 4B 75 4C 76 4D 77 4E 78 4F A 90 5B 91 5C 92 5D 93 5E 94 5F A 106 6B 107 6C 108 6D 109 6E 110 6F 111 Character P Q R S T U V W Y Z { } DEL FNC1 FNC2 FNC3 FNC4 SHIFT CODEA CODEC Trasmit Data A 122 7B,7B 123,123 7C 124 7D 125 7E 126 7F 1 7B,31 123,49 7B,32 123,50 7B,33 123,51 7B,34 123,52 7B,53 123,83 7B,41 123,65 7B,43 123,67 47 of 53

48 C.4 Pritable characters i CODE SET C Character Trasmit Data A 10 0B 11 0C 12 0D 13 0E 14 0F A 26 1B 1C 28 1D 1E 30 1F Character Trasmit Data A 42 2B 43 2C 44 2D 45 2E 46 2F A 58 3B 59 3C 60 3D 61 3E 62 3F A 74 4B 75 4C 76 4D 77 4E 78 4F 79 Character FNC1 CODEA CODEB Trasmit Data A 90 5B 91 5C 92 5D 93 5E 94 5F B,31 123,49 7B,41 123,65 7B,42 123,66 48 of 53

49 APPENDI D INTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES a) Page 0. PC437: USA, Stadard Europe (Iteratioal Character Set: USA). b) Page 17. PC866: Cyrillic. 49 of 53

50 APPENDI E TESTING SOFTWARE The EPC1800 priter is delivered together with a Widows-based, testig program. This program is a easy way to explore the EPC1800 s mai features. To istall the program, ru the SETUP.EE file ad follow the istructios o the scree. The program is iteded for three purposes: PC commuicatio port cofiguratio. Priter Status. Sample ticket. These three parts are distiguished i the program mai widow. Ad they are explaied ext. PC COMMUNICATION PORT CONFIGURATION Fig Demo Program There are three mai sectios which are Priter Cofiguratio, Sample Ticket ad Priter Status. SAMPLE TICKET I this sectio we will defie the ticket to be prited. Text to prit: Write here ay character strig (up to 50 characters) to be prited o the ticket. Character size: By -Scale ad Y-Scale it is possible to chage the width ad height of the character (from 1 to 8, 1-Normal, 2-Double, etc.) 50 of 53

51 Lie ad Char Spacig: Each uit meas a icremet of mm of either character or lie space. Left Margi: Each uit meas a icremet of mm of margi of the left had side. Number of lies: By settig this the program will repeat the text sample lie as may times as specified. Char Type: Allows you to swap betwee fot sizes A ad B ad also betwee the two differet character tables. B, N, S : Bold, Negative ad uderlie. A : Rotate the text Barcode: It will prit the code writte as a barcode of ay of the four types supported. Graphic: It prits the graphic selected. Logo: It allows loadig or erasig a logo ito priter memory as well as pritig it. Whe a logo is beig load, the graphic optios will be disabled. PRINTER STATUS Whe eablig the priter status widow, the program tests the priter s sesors ad otifies every sigificat error or pritig status. The program tests the priter s status oce. I some errors, there may be a little time delay from the momet whe the error is produced util the priter otifies it. BUTTONS Below is a brief explaatio of the buttos supported by the demo program: - Save settigs Butto: By clickig this butto the cofiguratio parameters set will be load ito priter memory. - Restore Default Butto: This butto will restore the default cofiguratio parameters (Port: COM1, Baud Rate: 9600, etc.) - Prit Butto: Prits a customized ticket accordig to the properties set. - Selftest Butto: Prits a Selftest ticket. - Check Status: Lauches the status checkig. After a while the status LEDs will light up to show if ay problem has bee detected. - Arrows Butto: Eables/disable the automatic status report mode. 51 of 53

52 APPENDI F FONT LOADER SOFTWARE Fot Loader program is a Feix Imvico software desiged to easily ad ituitively load ay Widows istalled fot ito a Feix priter. The loaded fot may be the prited by the stadard priter commad set. The software has the followig capabilities: Load ay TrueType fot that is curretly istalled i Widows ito EPC1800 priter. Chage ay idividual character by ay other we like. (i.e. if we like to prit character every time we set E character to the priter). Chage the size of ay idividual character to fit it better ito its cell. Move ay idividual character to ay directio to fit it better ito its cell. Chage ay idividual character to uderlie ad/or italic if desired. Automatically adjust each character to fit better ito each cell. Fig Fot Loader Program 52 of 53