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Thermal printer controller

PRN604-S

FOR FUJITSU THERMAL PRINTERS

FTP604 SERIES

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Page 1: ...12 02 2003 Page 1 1 of 1 1 51 User Manual Thermal printer controller PRN604 S FOR FUJITSU THERMAL PRINTERS FTP604 SERIES ...

Page 2: ...ifications and materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages including consequential caused by reliance on the materials presented including but not limited to typographical arithmetic or listing errors Fujitsu is a trademark of Fujitsu Electronics LTD Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Inc Safety Precautions Please read and understand these specifications thoroughly bef...

Page 3: ... but such failures cannot be completely excluded Please assume that such failure may occur before using this printer We would urge that these specifications should be thoroughly understood and the printer used safely in your company or associated organisation Please indicate or describe in your products and in the user manuals those items which are related to the prevention or avoidance of danger ...

Page 4: ...ECIFICATIONS 2 16 3 FUNCTION 3 17 3 1 GENERAL 3 17 3 2 SERIAL COMMUNICATION 3 17 3 3 USB COMMUNICATION 3 17 3 4 IRDA COMMUNICATION 3 17 3 5 FIRMWARE UPGRADE 3 18 3 6 AUTO FORM FEED 3 18 3 7 CHARACTER DESIGN 3 19 3 7 1 Normal Character 3 19 3 7 2 Low Character 3 19 3 7 3 Underline 3 20 3 7 4 Bold 3 20 3 7 5 Reverse 3 20 3 7 6 Italic 3 20 3 7 7 Font sizes 3 20 3 8 I F COM SIMPLE COMMAND SET 3 21 3 8...

Page 5: ...ange form feed length 3 28 3 8 36 Change baud rate 3 28 3 8 37 Change form feed time 3 29 3 8 38 Feed Paper 3 29 3 8 39 Compensate Burn time 3 29 3 8 40 Graphic data non compressed 3 30 3 8 41 Graphic data compressed 3 30 3 8 42 Escape sequences overview 3 30 4 MAINTENANCE 4 32 4 1 DAILY USE 4 32 4 2 STORE TRANSPORT 4 32 5 SPECIFICATIONS 5 33 5 1 ELECTRICAL DATA 5 33 5 2 MECHANICAL DATA 5 33 5 3 E...

Page 6: ...verview 7 41 7 2 FUJITSU COMPATIBLE COMMAND SET OPTIONAL 7 42 7 2 1 Escape sequences overview 7 42 7 3 APS COMPATIBLE COMMAND SET OPTIONAL 7 45 7 3 1 Escape sequences overview 7 45 7 4 ESC POS COMPATIBLE COMMAND SET OPTIONAL 7 47 7 4 1 Escape sequences overview 7 47 7 5 OPTIONAL SENSOR DESCRIPTION 7 49 ...

Page 7: ...ic data either compressed or non compressed Burn time can be set to control the printing intensity Windows 95 98 2000 NT and CE drivers are available at http www if com com for easy operation by PC Linux drivers are available upon request 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 Unpacking Remove the cover observing precautions for Electro Static Discharge ESD Make sure that board is handled with care with respect to El...

Page 8: ...l the interface carefully check each cable so that excessive force is not applied to each cable Especially carefully check the head connection cable because it affects the head pressure force If the print head connector is not completely connected overheating or burning may occur in the print head 2 4 Power supply Single power supplies for the PRN604 Scontroller board Voltage range is 6 8 5VDC 4A ...

Page 9: ...2 Press Key 1 low while power up Board is now in setting mode Text will be printed on paper for further information 3 By activating key 1 and 2 you can change following parameters a Test printout b Select Command set optional i I F COM command set ii Seiko compatible command set Optional iii Fujitsu compatible command set Optional iv APS compatible command set Optional v ESC POS compatible command...

Page 10: ...er jam function a Stop printer b Send data to host j Key 2 function 1 Input key 2 LED output 3 Label detect 4 Black mark detection 5 Paper near end function 6 Paper jam function a Stop printer b Send data to host k Paper select i Paper 1 ii Paper 2 iii Paper 3 iv Paper 4 l IRDA i Enabled ii Disabled m Auto form feed i 0 sec ii 1 sec iii 2 sec iv 3 sec v 4 sec vi 5 sec n Form feed length i 0 mm ii ...

Page 11: ... iv Disable q Printing speed i 25 ii 50 iii 75 iv 100 v Disable r Burn strobe dark i 1 ii 2 iii 3 iv 4 v 5 vi 6 vii 7 viii 8 ix 9 s Burn strobe light i 1 ii 2 iii 3 iv 4 v 5 vi 6 vii 7 viii 8 ix 9 t Output i Cash drawer output 1 Solenoid time 0 2 sec 2 Solenoid time 0 5 sec 3 Solenoid time 0 7 sec 4 Solenoid time 1 0 sec 5 Solenoid time 1 5 sec ...

Page 12: ...ut buffer becomes 124 bytes or less Xon 1116 is output to request that the computer continues data transfer Up to 64 bytes of the input data are guaranteed after Xoff has been output When an error occurs the Xoff signal is output to prohibit the data input When the error is cancelled Xon is output 2 6 1 Serial data transfer The PRN604 Stransfers various data other than the Xon and Xoff codes which...

Page 13: ...ce according to the transmission conditions which are set using the function switches Serial busy SBUSY Indicates whether or not the PRN604 S is ready to receive data When the SBUSY signal is low data can be input When Xon Xoff control is selected SBUSY is always low 2 6 2 Setting functions Error processing when receiving serial data The PRN604 S receives and checks serial data according to the tr...

Page 14: ...ocks is called a logical block For the PRN604 S either dynamic division or fixed division can be selected as the method of division for logical blocks This selection is made through a function See settings for more information 2 7 2 Peak power limitation The PRN604 S counts the number of dots activated in each physical block and groups the physical blocks into logical blocks to print a single dot ...

Page 15: ...ture of the thermal head is 10 C or lower or 80 C or higher the PRN604 S stops driving and puts the printer in head temperature error status If the temperature of the thermal head is returned to from 5 C to 75 C the printer goes to printable status 2 7 5 Vhead interrupt circuit This circuit interrupts Vhead to prevent electrolytic corrosion of the thermal head and to enable the detection of the re...

Page 16: ...0mm sec FTP634MCLxxx Fontset Western Code 850 char 32 159 Character size 8x14 8x28 16x14 16x28 16x56 32x28 32x56 64x112 Character type Normal Bold Underline Italic Reverse white on black Default font 16x28 Paper detect Digital Graphics Normal Compressed Auto load 80mm Form feed 50mm Line feed LF Maximum dimensions Width 77mm Depth 50mm Connected height 15mm Mounting holes Width 71mm Depth 44mm Dia...

Page 17: ...dshake Baud rate can be changed by changed by a software command 3 3 USB communication Build in USB interface is 100 compliant to USB 1 1 and fully approved by the USB organisation For more details please contact I F COM By plug USB cable Host system will recognise I F COM interface board Before connecting USB cable please set USB port as offline Interface board will automatically online USB port ...

Page 18: ...0 the xmode program can be downloaded from the I F COM web site http www if com com data drivers xmode zip 7 Run the following command copy filename b com1 The filename represents the path and the filename of the new firmware file This file can be downloaded from website or can be emailed by I F COM I F COM also offers a Windows utility program in order to download firmware through serial port Vis...

Page 19: ...12 02 2003 Page 3 19 of 3 19 51 3 7 Character design The following figures describes the design of different types of characters small 3 7 1 Normal Character 3 7 2 Low Character ...

Page 20: ...d the character matrix will be negated 3 7 6 Italic When Italic characters are printed every line will be shifted the following number of dots to the right Line number from bottom 4 3 7 7 Font sizes Font Width Height Small Normal Normal Low Double Normal Narrow Normal Double Normal Double Double Wide Double Quadruple High Quadruple Double Large Quadruple Quadruple Xlarge Octuple Octuple When the s...

Page 21: ... 8 2 Low Font Name Low Font 16x12 Format ASCII SOH Hex 01 Decimal 1 Description Chooses low font from the current print position 3 8 3 Narrow Font Name Narrow Font 8x28 Format ASCII STX Hex 02 Decimal 2 Description Chooses narrow font from the current print position 3 8 4 Normal Font Name Normal Font 16x28 Format ASCII ETX Hex 03 Decimal 3 Description Chooses normal font from the current print pos...

Page 22: ...rmat ASCII ACK Hex 06 Decimal 6 Description Chooses large font from the current print position 3 8 8 Xlarge Font Name Xlarge Font 64x112 Format ASCII BEL Hex 07 Decimal 7 Description Chooses Xlarge font from the current print position 3 8 9 Line Feed Name Line Feed Format ASCII LF Hex 0A Decimal 10 Description When the printer controller receives this byte the text data in the buffer will be print...

Page 23: ...barcode In that case the barcode cannot be read because the last character will not be 3 8 11 Feed Forward Name Feed Forward Format ASCII FF Hex 0C Decimal 12 Description When this command is received the printer will print whatever data it has in the buffer and feed forward 50mm 3 8 12 Reverse off 3 8 13 Name Reverse off Format ASCII SO Hex 0E Decimal 14 Description This command will switch off r...

Page 24: ...Bold off Format ASCII DC2 Hex 12 Decimal 18 Description This command will switch off bold printing 3 8 18 Bold on Name Bold on Format ASCII DC3 Hex 13 Decimal 19 Description This command will switch on bold printing 3 8 19 Italic off Name Italic off Format ASCII DC4 Hex 14 Decimal 20 Description This command will switch off italic printing 3 8 20 Italic on Name Italic on Format ASCII NAK Hex 15 De...

Page 25: ...mitted This command can be treated even if buffer is full 3 8 23 Request Status Name Request status Format ASCII CAN Hex 18 Decimal 24 Description When the printer controller receives this byte a status byte will be transmitted This command can be treated even if buffer is full The bit definitions is as follows Bit Status 0 1 0 Near end Logic level is low Logic level is high 1 Paper Present Absent...

Page 26: ...ture will be transmitted This command can be treated even if buffer is full 3 8 26 Sub command set Name Sub command set Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B n Decimal 27 n Range n 128 127 Description The n is the commands in the sub set 3 8 27 Upgrade command Name Upgrade command Format ASCII ESC Z Hex 1B 5A Decimal 27 90 Description Only used by the I F COM A S upgrade programs 3 8 28 Set auxiliary output N...

Page 27: ...Stop sending automatic status Format ASCII ESC b Hex 1B 62 Decimal 27 98 Description When this command is sent then it will turn off transmitting status 3 8 31 Color Grey scale graphic Name Colour Grey scale graphic Format ASCII ESC c n Hex 1B 63 n Decimal 27 99 n Description When this command is sent then will the board not feed After the next graphic data both compression and not The n is a perc...

Page 28: ...escription This command saves all settings to flash 3 8 34 Change dot size Name Change dot size Format ASCII ESC f n Hex 1B 66 n Decimal 27 102 n Description If n 0x01 then the board is set to FTP624MCLxxx If n 0x02 then is it set to FTP634MCLxxx The value is saved to flash 3 8 35 Change form feed length Name Change form feed length Format ASCII ESC g n Hex 1B 67 n Decimal 27 103 n Description N r...

Page 29: ...as n 50msec The default setting is 2 seconds The value is saved to flash Legal values for n are between 1 and 255 3 8 38 Feed Paper Name Feed Paper Format ASCII GS n Hex 1D n Decimal 29 n Range n 128 127 Description When the printer controller receives this command the paper will be fed n dot lines If the value is negative a reverse form feed will be made 3 8 39 Compensate Burn time Name Compensat...

Page 30: ... d Y Range Y X 2 n 0 255 X 54 for FTP624MCLxxx X 72 for FTP634MCLxxx Description When the printer controller receives a byte that is Y to 2 Decimal 256 Y to 254 the following data is compressed data The number of compressed graphic bytes is the negative value This means If Y 10 Decimal 246 the next 10 bytes is compressed data The compressed data is as follows When a data byte is 0 no dots activate...

Page 31: ... LF Line Feed VT Print barcode FF Forward feed SO Reverse off SI Reverse on DLE Underline off DC1 Underline on DC2 Bold off DC3 Bold on DC4 Italic off NAK Italic on SYN Initialize printer ETB Request software version CAN Request status EM Request analogue voltage SUB Request temperature GS n Feed paper RS n Burn compensate US d1 dX Print graphic line ...

Page 32: ...f 4 32 51 4 Maintenance 4 1 Daily use Printer and interface board must be switch off while in idle mode 4 2 Store Transport The product has to be stored under ESD safe conditions and to be packed safely during transportation ...

Page 33: ...eight 77 mm 50 mm max 15 mm Including connectors Vibration 100G XYZ Shock 100G XYZ 5 3 Environmental Data Operation Temperature 20 C 85 C Humidity 10 99 RH without condensing Storage Temperature 40 C 85 C Humidity 0 99 RH without condensing Transport Temperature 40 C 85 C Humidity 0 99 RH without condensing 5 4 EMC ESC The printer controller is tested according to Emission E Field EN50081 1 1 Cond...

Page 34: ...age 5 34 of 5 34 51 ESD 4 kV contact discharge against parts exposed to contact at normal use 8 kV air discharge 5 5 Temperature Test Temperature shock no voltage applied 28 C to 100 C at 1 sec 100 times no damage ...

Page 35: ...5501 4S Mating connector part number TBA Pin Function 1 MB 2 MB 3 MA 4 MA 6 1 2 Thermal Head connector FTP624MCLxxx Connector CN2 JS 1125 16 Mating connector part number TBA Pin Function Pin Function 1 VH 9 ST5 2 GND 10 LAT 3 GND 11 ST6 4 ST1 12 5V 5 ST2 13 CLK 6 ST3 14 DI 7 ST4 15 GND 8 TI 16 VH ...

Page 36: ...r TBA Connector CN4 JS1125 11 Pin Function Pin Function 1 ST5 7 DI 2 ST6 8 GND 3 ST7 9 GND 4 ST7 10 VH 5 CLK 11 VH 6 LAT 6 1 4 Thermal Head connector FTP634MCLxxx and FTP644MCLxxx Mating connector TBA Connector CN3 JS1125 10 Pin Function Pin Function 1 VH 6 ST1 2 VH 7 ST2 3 GND 8 ST3 4 GND 9 ST4 5 TI1 10 5V ...

Page 37: ...is used then it can be reading in the port monitor If paper jam is used then will the printer stop printing if this signal is going low the value of this bit can be seen on the LED on the aux output connector it can be reading by a status request or if a driver is used then it can be reading by the port monitor The paper near end and paper jam is indicated on LED at the AUX connector CN4 The statu...

Page 38: ... On Both paper jam and near end 6 1 7 Power connector Power connector CN10 KLD 0202 B Mating connector TBA Pin Function Pin Function 1 GND 3 GND 2 8 5V 4 8 5V 6 1 8 USB connector USB connector CN8 UBBR 04SW11 Mating connector TBA Pin 1 2 3 4 Function N C USB USB GND 6 1 9 AUX connector Connector type CN11 5501 5TS Mating connector TBA ...

Page 39: ...id time is 0 5 sec Using output for winding motor connector must be applied Upon feeding with motor the winding motor also turns Please see manual for winding motor for more information 6 1 10 Serial connector Connector type CN12 IDH10S1GN Taitek Mating connector part number FC10AGN Taitek Pin Function Pin Function 1 NC 2 DSR 3 TX 4 CTS 5 RX 6 RTS 7 DTR 8 NC 9 GND 10 NC ...

Page 40: ...12 02 2003 Page 6 40 of 6 40 51 6 2 Mechanical Drawings ...

Page 41: ...n Inverse Print DC2 Y n Character Rotation ESC n Underline SO Double Width with automatic reset ON DC4 Double Width with automatic reset OFF ESC W n Double Width ESC w n Double Height ESC I n Reverse DC2 F n Font Size Selection ESC t n Character Set Select ESC s e Font Data Downloaded Character Define ESC n Downloaded Character Select DC2 D n Downloaded Character Area Operation ESC k1 k2 ESC k1 k2...

Page 42: ...ler Line Control Code Input 7 2 Fujitsu compatible command set optional 7 2 1 Escape sequences overview HT Horizontal tab LF Line feed with printing FF Forms feed ESC RS Black white reversed printing specification ESC US Black white reversed printing cancellation ESC n Printing mode specification ESC n Download character set specification cancellation valid only when optional memory is installed E...

Page 43: ...disable setting GS Mark detection execution GS A m n After mark detection head detection distance setting GS E n Print quality setting GS V n m Paper cutting GS e n m Bar code width setting GS h n Bar code height setting GS k m n d k Bar code printing GS w n Bar code width magnification setting FS n1 n2 n k High speed collective image printing specified GS m x y1 y2 n k Registration of image data ...

Page 44: ... printer controller receives this byte the text data in the buffer will be printed Horizontal tab Name Horizontal tab Format ASCII HT Hex 0A Decimal 10 Description When the printer controller receives this byte the text data in the buffer will be printed ...

Page 45: ...ng ESC SP n Set character spacing ESC n Set print mode ESC n Set reset Rotated character LF Line feed CR Carriage return ESC J n Feed paper n dot lines forward ESC j n Feed paper n dot lines backward CAN Cancel print data buffer text mode ESC n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 n6 data Print graphics ESC n1 n2 Horizontal dot positioning ESC V n1 n2 n3 data Horizontal bit image ESC m Partial cut ESC i Full cut GS k n S...

Page 46: ...cription Send printer status Format 1Bh 76h Comments The printer returns a single byte that reflects the status of the printer in accordance with the following table BIT FUNCTION BIT 0 BIT 1 0 Head temperature OK Too high or too low 1 Head up No Yes 2 Paper out No Yes 3 Power supply OK Too high or too low 4 Printer in use Ready Action in progress 5 On Off line Off On 6 Hole Mark detection Error No...

Page 47: ... bit image mode ESC n Turn underline mode on off ESC 2 Select 1 6 inch spacing ESC 3 n Set line spacing ESC n Set peripheral device ESC n Cancel user defined characters ESC Initialize printer ESC n k NUL Set horizontal tab position ESC E n Turn emphasized mode on off ESC G n Turn on off double strike mode ESC J n Print and feed paper ESC L Select page mode ESC R n Select an international character...

Page 48: ...definition GS B n Turn white black reverse printing mode GS H n Select printing position for HRI characters GS I n Transmit printer ID GS L nL nH Set left margin GS P x y Set horizontal and vertical motion units GS V m n Select cut mode and cut paper GS W nL nH Set printing area width GS nL nH Set relative vertical print position page mode GS r t m Execute macro GS a n Enable Disable Automatic Sta...

Page 49: ...12 02 2003 Page 7 49 of 7 49 51 7 5 Optional sensor description Top view Bottom view PIN1 PIN2 PIN3 ...

Page 50: ...12 02 2003 Page 7 50 of 7 50 51 Please note that distance from top of sensor to paper must be Min 0 5mm and Max 1 00mm ...

Page 51: ...12 02 2003 Page 7 51 of 7 51 51 Example showing how to connect PRS600 to AUX Input connector CN4 on PRN604 S standard board RED RED WHITE BLACK RED WHITE BLACK ...

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