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Ap1400V Installers’ Guide Page 14 of 15 

 
 

13.1  LOADING PAPER 

 
The procedure for loading paper is as follows: 
 

1.  Press the lid in towards the panel. 
2.  Unwind a small amount of paper from the roll and Insert the Paper Roll into the Printer. 
3.  Close the Lid, and the paper is loaded. 
4.  After loading, check that the paper is straight and advances properly, and tear off any excess 

by pulling the paper sharply towards you across the serrated tear bar.  In the event of a jam or 
other paper loading problem, release the lid and straighten the paper before closing again. 
 

 

 
 
 
Paper rolls must be 57.5 ± 0.5 mm wide, 36 mm maximum diameter, and have the thermally sensitive 
coating on the outside.   The printer can accept rolls which are coreless or wound on a core. Suitable 
rolls are available as ASL Product Code: 
 
 

A05836TPR1 Thermal Paper Roll (36 mm dia, 13.5 m long approx) 

 
 

13.2  PAPER OUT AND HEAD UP SENSORS 

 
A reflective optical Paper Out sensor within the mechanism detects an out-of-paper condition, and/or 
senses black marks to register with pre-printed forms.  A mechanical Head Up sensor detects when 
the lid is open. 
 
By default, the printer enters Spool mode automatically if either sensor becomes active. The printer 
will automatically exit spool mode, and print any stored data, when new paper is loaded and the lid 
closed.  This behaviour may be modified. Please refer to the Programmers’ Guide for details of how to 
configure these functions. 

 

 
 

Summary of Contents for Ap1400V

Page 1: ...erts in Small Printer Solutions Installer Guide Ap1400 V Thermal Printer Able Systems Limited Denton Drive Northwich Cheshire CW9 7TU England Tel 44 0 1606 48621 Fax 44 0 1606 44903 Web www able syste...

Page 2: ...UPPLY ARRANGEMENTS 6 8 CONNECTION GUIDE 7 8 1 J2 USB DATA 7 8 2 J4 RS232 DATA 7 8 3 J3 POWER 8 8 4 CHASSIS EARTH STRAP 8 8 5 SHUTDOWN INPUT 9 9 UNIT DIMENSIONS 10 10 MECHANICAL FIXINGS 10 10 1 MOUNTIN...

Page 3: ...required 3 2 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER Copyright subsists in all Able Systems intellectual property including controller firmware embedded software and circuit diagrams pin connection lists and...

Page 4: ...tems part codes for products related to the Ap1400 printer DATA CABLES Ap1400SC Ap1400V Serial Cable Assembly unterminated Ap1400D9 Ap1400V Serial Cable Assembly D9F Ap1400USBC Ap1400V USB A to Mini B...

Page 5: ...ed host equipment present the same output signal when they go to sleep The Ap1400V can be set to ignore this condition as detailed in the Programmer s Guide but even then this type of host behaviour m...

Page 6: ...V internal over voltage and reversal protection Supply Current Requirement 0 06mA Shutdown active typical 12V in 70mA Printer in Idle Mode 2A average Printer Printing 7A peak Printer Printing Supply C...

Page 7: ...ble by ordering part number Ap1400USBC Please contact Able systems for USB drivers J2 Mating Connector Standard Mini USB B lead USB 2 0 8 2 J4 RS232 DATA J4 Mating Connector Manufacturer Molex Part Nu...

Page 8: ...to avoid overloading the connector 4 GND 5 SDN Shutdown input Active Low see section 8 5 for further details 6 N C No connection do not make any connections to this pin 8 4 CHASSIS EARTH STRAP The ea...

Page 9: ...tered following this applying a voltage of 2V to 36V on the shutdown pin will keep the printer awake otherwise the printer will enter the sleep state The supply current drawn from the V rail is approx...

Page 10: ...lations 10 1 MOUNTING BRACKET 1 Fit the printer into the panel and apply the mounting bracket as shown below 2 Secure with two M3 machine screws or two cable ties one at either side of the bracket all...

Page 11: ...crewdriver 2 Prepare the panel aperture as described below 3 Fit the printer to the panel and fix in place using two self tapping screws as shown above 3mm max included in Ap1400VKIT 4 Fit a paper rol...

Page 12: ...ientations that exceed these limits please contact Able Systems for advice 10 4 LOCATING THE PRINTER NOTE The Ap1400V is a thermal printer and care should be taken to ensure that the printer and the p...

Page 13: ...he feed button has additional functions Double clicking the button i e pressing and releasing twice in quick succession just like a PC mouse in idle mode prints a demo test message including the firmw...

Page 14: ...ameter and have the thermally sensitive coating on the outside The printer can accept rolls which are coreless or wound on a core Suitable rolls are available as ASL Product Code A05836TPR1 Thermal Pa...

Page 15: ...ion being sensed an error condition e g head over temperature power supply over voltage etc In spool mode the buffered data are stored without being printed until the mode is exited by a command from...

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