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APS CP 295 MRS Technical Reference Download Page 4

CP295MRS CP305MRS CP405MRS

Technical reference - Rev. K

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Advanced Printing Systems

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EVISION HISTORY

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AGE

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EVISION ITEM

A 08/Jul/99 -

First issue

B 16/Jul/99 -

Switch/Led con 80 columns font change

C 05/Nov/99 -

Led fl control code corre
connectors location on drawing

D 1/Dec/00 -

1.35, 1.36 firmware revision:
No black mark detection

E 1/Mar/01 -

1.37 firmware revision:
Black mark detection supported

F 1/Sep/01 -

5.0 firmware revision:
Three internal fonts, inverse video, different
widths mixed on same line, acceleration
smoothing, text justification, rotated barcodes,
support for both reflective and transmissive
optocouplers.
5.0 supports older hardware (saturated opto).
5.1 supports new hardware (linear opto).

G 15/Apr/02 -

5.2 and 5.3 firmware revision :
enhanced opto support with calibration.
5.2 supports older hardware (saturated opto).
5.3 supports new hardware (linear opto).

- 10/Oct/02 -

Print mechanism name can be customized by
software. Setup parameters can be saved in flash
and restored to default values. Support for single
sheet applications.

- 24/Feb/03 -

Firmware revisions 5.40 / 5.50
Feature set identical to 5.2 / 5.3

- 19/Mar/03 -

Fimrware revisions 5.41 / 5.51
Minor enhancements.

H 15/Apr/03 -

Firmware revisions 5.42 / 5.52
Minor enhancements.

I 04/Sep/03 -

Firmware revisions 5.45 / 5.55
Autosleep parameter saved in flash, linear opto
enhancement
Near end of paper feature added

J 22/Oct/03 -

Firmware revisions 5.46 / 5.56
Updated RS232 parameters saving.

K 04/Jun/04 -

Firmware revisions 5.47 / 5.57
Added ticket eject direction (GS d n)
Near end of paper hardware update.

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Summary of Contents for CP 295 MRS

Page 1: ...CP295MRS CP305MRS CP405MRS Technical reference Rev K 1 Advanced Printing Systems CP 295 MRS CP 305 MRS CP 405 MRS...

Page 2: ...e connector 8 5 6 Timing for parallel communication 9 5 7 Serial Parallel mode selection 10 5 8 Near end of paper sensor 11 6 Printer Device Operations 12 6 1 Self test Mode 12 6 2 Paper loading 13 6...

Page 3: ...d up to 60mm s Full control over printing quality speed Speed clamping acceleration smoothing via control codes Sleep mode Current consumption 10nA Wake up on serial parallel port or external switch E...

Page 4: ...to 5 1 supports new hardware linear opto G 15 Apr 02 5 2 and 5 3 firmware revision enhanced opto support with calibration 5 2 supports older hardware saturated opto 5 3 supports new hardware linear op...

Page 5: ...05MRS 80 mm CP405MRS 114 mm Print width centered on paper CP295MRS 48 mm CP305MRS 72 mm CP405MRS 104 mm Heat element pitch 0 125 mm Paper feed pitch 0 125 mm Paper feed tension 50g or more Paper hold...

Page 6: ...emale 51021 Series contacts 50079 50058 Power supply V bat is from 5v to 8 5v DC Maximum current is 5A 5V peak for 3ms In OFF mode the printer s consumption is less than 10nA PIN NUMBER SIGNAL NAME 1...

Page 7: ...as follows A serial resistor 470 Ohms is on the printer setting the LED current at about 7 mA The Switches and LED functions are defined in the following table Printer Status OFF OFF Line On Line Head...

Page 8: ...D5 6 D4 7 D3 8 D2 9 D1 10 D0 11 PE 12 INIT 13 GND 14 STB 15 ACK 5 5 Sleep mode disable connector Connector J5 MOLEX 53048 Series 2 contacts Female 51021 Series contacts 50079 50058 The printer is shi...

Page 9: ...r status back from the printer 5 6 1 Compatibility mode timing host writes to the printer PARAMETER MIN TYP MAX COMMENTS Time STB tSTB 5 s This time is given by the host Time BUSY tBUSY 25 s 90 s 250...

Page 10: ...n Serial or Parallel mode will be chosen via software automatically after the first character is received At power up both serial and parallel communications are active If the first character is recei...

Page 11: ...one end and 15 points on the other will connect to appropriate signals on the parallel port A loopback on the 15 points side will allow the firmware to detect the presence of the extension and configu...

Page 12: ...e by the combination of the 2 external switches see section 5 3 It prints the printer type the revision of the printer firmware the logic voltage the serial port settings all internal character sets a...

Page 13: ...per for about 40 mm If the printer has a cutter the cutter will cut the paper after the loading The printer is then ready to print This function can be achieved only if power supply is more than 5 vol...

Page 14: ...one inter character x 20 pixels 16 active dots plus 4 interlines including underline or 1 125mm x 2 5mm With double and quadruple height and width maximum character size can go up to 4 5mm width x 10...

Page 15: ...ive dots plus 4 interlines including underline 1 mm by 2 5mm With double and quadruple height and width maximum character size can go up to 4 mm width by 10mm height Horizontal character spacing and l...

Page 16: ...et acceleration smoothing GS D n Set print intensity ESC Reset printer ESC v Send printer status ESC I Send printer identity ESC S Put the printer in sleep mode ESC A n Set autosleep time GS B n Seria...

Page 17: ...rinting ESC c n Set maximum number of columns ESC C n Set text justification ESC n Set print mode ESC n Set reset rotated characters LF Line feed CR Carriage return ESC J n Feed paper n dot lines forw...

Page 18: ...arcode height GS w n Barcode magnification GS H n Text position in barcode GS R n Set reset rotated barcode Hole and black mark detection commands COMMAND DESCRIPTION GS L n Set mark length GS T n1 n2...

Page 19: ...ter above 60mm and or if rewinding mechanism is connected to the printer It can also help to reduce noise and improve print quality Bytes n1 n2 set the time T in s between each step T 256 n1 n2 1000 T...

Page 20: ...ollowing 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...

Page 21: ...ing the major benefit of zero power consumption Before going into sleep mode the printer will relay back the same code ESC S to the serial or parallel port depending of which interface selected and th...

Page 22: ...econds GS B n Description Serial communication and mode settings Format 1Dh 42h n Comments Sets serial communication speed and mode Bit 7 B7 0 Xon Xoff mode software control B7 1 DSR DTR mode hardware...

Page 23: ...and has no automatic repeat feature n can equal 0 thereby minimizing time of tBUSY around 25 s and maximizing communication speed By default n 50 which gives 80 s for the minimum duration of tBUSY Th...

Page 24: ...ansmissive black level mark backing level paper level paper presence threshold mark detection threshold All these parameters are determined automatically by the opto calibration procedure and should p...

Page 25: ...e magnification barcode text position barcode orientation paper loading length paper loading speed paper loading pause speed limitation top of form position mark to cut position head to cut length opt...

Page 26: ...2 set the length L in dot lines of the feeding L 256 n1 n2 Default L 40 mm n1 1 n2 64 GS e n Description Ejects paper Format 1Dh 65h n Comments n 0 to 255 The printer will feed the paper until an end...

Page 27: ...ory and will be recalled at next power on However the default value provided by the firmware should make the calibration optional for most applications Note Near end of paper calibration application n...

Page 28: ...Bank is selected n 2 7x16 Font Bank is selected For custom fonts support please contact A P S ESC R n Description Select international character set Format 1Bh 52h n Comments Modify the set of printab...

Page 29: ...druple width nx4 commands ESC b n Description Set inverse video printing Format 1Bh 62h n Comments The value of n default 0 can be 1 inverse video or 0 normal video This setting is valid for the whole...

Page 30: ...th Cancelled Set 6 Not used 7 Underlined Cancelled Set Note Different print widths can be mixed on the same line 8 changes per line maximum ESC n Description Set Cancel Rotated characters Format 1Bh 7...

Page 31: ...The print position is at the beginning of the next line ESC j n Description Feed paper n dot lines backward Format 1Bh 6Ah n Comments Paper is fed for n n 256 dot lines n times 0 125 mm backward The p...

Page 32: ...t Byte n5 sets the number of byte to be skipped before printing out the first graphic bit 00 H first graphic bit to be printed out is dot one on the head 01 to FF H 1 to 255 bytes skipped to be less t...

Page 33: ...height 3 is expanded IMPORTANT NOTES FOR GRAPHICS Please note that n5 offset n6 graphic width needs to be less than the number of head s bytes printing width If it is greater control code will be igno...

Page 34: ...PC A 1 No Start UPC E 2 No Start EAN 13 3 No Start EAN 8 4 No Start Code 39 5 No Start Interleaved 2 5 ITF 6 No Start Codabar 7 135 Code 128A 136 Code 128B 137 Code 128C GS h n Description Select vert...

Page 35: ...s which are printed with the bar code n PRINTING POSITION 0 Not printed Default 1 Above bar code 2 Under bar code 3 Above and under bar code Note If the barcode width exceeds the printing width it wil...

Page 36: ...n1 n2 Comments Defines the number of dot lines N between the end of the mark and the first printable line TOF N 256 n1 n2 By default N 0 dot lines Note It is possible to define a negative top of form...

Page 37: ...cut position length Format 1Dh 58h n1 n2 Comments Defines the number of dot lines N between the end of the mark and the Cut position Y n1 256 n2 Default N 0 GS x n1 n2 Description Set cut line to hea...

Page 38: ...ould provide reasonable margin c For optimum performance the paper should be guided and in particular the distance between the paper and the opto should be kept as constant as possible 6 4 9 Hole Blac...

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