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B. Rear external view with RS232 serial interface and USB interface

1 Metal

chassis

2 Paper

Paper roll holder support

Paper roll holder pivot

Near paper end sensor

LINE FEED key

FORM FEED key

POWER ON Led

9 STATUS

Led

10  PAPER LOW Led
11  SERIAL interface connector
12  USB interface connector
13  Near paper end connector
14  Power supply connector
15  Unblocking lever for printing head
16  Unblocking lever for ejector unit.

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VKP112

User Manual

Summary of Contents for VKP112

Page 1: ...OEM USER MANUAL VKP112 VKP112 Command Reference DOMC 0001e ...

Page 2: ...the manual is used Information regarding any errors found in it or suggestions on how it could be improved are appreciated Since products are subject to continuous check and improvement CUSTOM ENGINEERING SPA reserves the right to make changes in information contained in this manual without prior notification Copyright 2009 CUSTOM ENGINEERING S p a Italy CUSTOM ENGINEERING S p A Str Berettine 2 43...

Page 3: ...PRINTER COMPONENTS A Front external view 1 Printing mechanism 2 Cutter 3 Paper mouth 4 Paper out 5 Ejector unit mechanism 6 Printing mechanism motor 6 5 1 2 4 3 Fig 1 User Manual VKP112 ...

Page 4: ...5 Near paper end sensor 6 LINE FEED key 7 FORM FEED key 8 POWER ON Led 9 STATUS Led 10 PAPER LOW Led 11 SERIAL interface connector 12 USB interface connector 13 Near paper end connector 14 Power supply connector 15 Unblocking lever for printing head 16 Unblocking lever for ejector unit 15 16 14 12 11 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 Fig 2 VKP112 User Manual ...

Page 5: ... 5 Near paper end sensor 6 LINE FEED key 7 FORM FEED key 8 POWER ON Led 9 STATUS Led 10 PAPER LOW Led 11 CENTRONICS parallel interface connector 12 Near paper end connector 13 Power supply connector 14 Unblocking lever for printing head 15 Unblocking lever for ejector unit 15 16 14 12 11 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 Fig 3 User Manual VKP112 ...

Page 6: ...ter components described previously see fig 1 are grouped as follows see fig 2 1 Ejector unit 2 Metal chassis 3 Paper roll holder unit 4 Electronic board 5 Printing mechanism 5 4 1 2 3 Fig 4 VKP112 User Manual ...

Page 7: ...roll holder support 1 8 1 5 4 Changing the paper roll 1 10 1 5 5 Cleaning the printer 1 12 1 5 6 Ticket specifications 1 13 2 INTERFACES 2 1 RS232 SERIAL INTERFACE 2 1 2 2 USB INTERFACE 2 3 2 3 CENTRONICS PARALLEL INTERFACE 2 4 3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3 1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 3 1 3 2 DIMENSIONS 3 3 3 2 1 VKP112 printer with paper roll holder support 3 3 4 CHARACTER SETS 4 1 CHARACTER SETS 4 ...

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Page 9: ...nter with a damp cloth Do not use liquid or spray products Do not operate the printer near water Do not use the printer on unstable surfaces that might cause it to fall and be seriously damaged Only use the printer on hard surfaces and in environments that guarantee proper ventilation Make sure the printer is placed in such a way as to avoid damage to its wiring Use the type of electrical power su...

Page 10: ...gh resolution thermal printed tickets ideal for use in information and multimedia kiosks self service machines no queue systems parking areas gaming machines and toll receipt machines Two ticket presentation systems are available on the VKP112 printer Motor driven dispenser with sensors on the dispenser that holds the ticket while it is being printed and then delivers it once it has been cut Ideal...

Page 11: ...NE FEED key is pressed the printer advances the paper so that it may be inserted manually in the printing mechanism During power up if the LINE FEED key is held down the printer will perform the FONT TEST routine If it has the version with chinese simplified font GB2312 option 0104 at the end of the FONT TEST is printed all characters set about 7000 FORM FEED key If the FORM FEED key is enabled wh...

Page 12: ...ter the beginning of the font test press at the same time the LINE FEED key and the FORM FEED key At the end of the font test the printer begin the notch threshold autocalibration The Power On LED green indicates that the printer is on The Paper Low LED red indicates that the paper is about to run out The Status LED yellow indicates printer status the check is made on line Given in the table 1 are...

Page 13: ... equipped with a male 90 mobile screw pitch 5 08mm terminal J5 The signals on the power supply connector pins are as follows PIN No SIGNAL 1 GND 2 24 Vcc power supply WARNING Respect power supply polarity Fig 1 1 Tab 1 1 J5 1 1 INSTALLATION AND USE User Manual VKP112 1 1 ...

Page 14: ...URE C 22 5 PAPER PRINTED cm 9860 CUT COUNTER 604 POWER ON COUNTER 135 Printer emulation CUSTOM TPT Baud Rate 3 9600 bps Data length 3 8 bits chr Parity 3 None Handshaking 3 Xon Xoff Autofeed CR Disabled Panel key Enabled Print Mode Normal Height Mode x 1 Width Mode x 1 Justification Left Character set U S A Font Dimension 16x24 28 col Speed Quality Normal Current Normal Paper autoload Enabled Rese...

Page 15: ...t are the same models for example two TPTCM60 U 5 NOTE This parameter is displayed if the printer has an USB interface The Status Monitor is an additional printing driver component that allows the printer status monitoring It must be enabled only if it was installed the Status Monitor specific driver 1 3 CONFIGURATION This printer permits the configuration of default parameters The printer s confi...

Page 16: ... When the FORM FEED key is pressed the printer enters the parameter entry mode 1 4 HEXADECIMAL DUMP This function is used to diagnose the characters received through the communication port the characters are printed out both as hexadecimal codes and ASCII codes Once the self test routine has finished the printer enters Hexadecimal Dump mode The printer remains in standby until a key is pressed or ...

Page 17: ...eration inside the printer immediately after printing because the head and motor tend to become very hot 1 5 1 Open the printer To open the printer proceed as follows turn down the unblocking lever and lift up the ejector unit to the maximum opening position see fig 1 5 push down the rubber feet and unhook the printing mechanism see fig 1 6 NOTE After each maintenance operation is recommended to c...

Page 18: ...see fig 1 7 e Remove possible scraps of paper see fig 1 8 Open the printer see previous paragraphs and remove possible scraps of paper near the cutter see fig 1 9 and under printing mechanism see fig 1 10 1 2 Fig 1 7 Fig 1 8 Fig 1 6 1 INSTALLATION AND USE 1 6 VKP112 User Manual ...

Page 19: ...3 4 Fig 1 9 Fig 1 10 1 INSTALLATION AND USE User Manual VKP112 1 7 ...

Page 20: ...ow P4 and lower P5 To fastening the paper roll holder support proceed as follows Bring up the paper roll holder support Move it until three of the radial holes coincide with three of the holes on the printer body Fasten the paper roll holder support with the printer body by the three M4x8 fastening screws supplied P1 P2 Fig 1 11 Fig 1 12 1 INSTALLATION AND USE 1 8 VKP112 User Manual ...

Page 21: ...P3 P4 P5 Fig 1 13 Fig 1 14 Fig 1 15 1 INSTALLATION AND USE User Manual VKP112 1 9 ...

Page 22: ...atically see fig 1 17 2 2 VRRR 1 PAPER AUTOLOAD NOT ENABLED Position the paper roll so that it unrolls correctly as shown in fig 1 18 raise the print head by lifting the 1 lever in the direction indicated by the arrow insert the end of the paper roll into the infeed slot and have it pass beyond the print head Lower the head lever see fig 1 19 2 Press the LINE FEED key so that the paper will feed a...

Page 23: ...1 3 VRRR 2 Fig 1 18 Fig 1 19 Fig 1 20 1 INSTALLATION AND USE User Manual VKP112 1 11 ...

Page 24: ... fig 1 21 1 5 5 Cleaning the printer The user is responsible for cleaning the printer case To clean the unit use compressed air or a soft cloth Do not use alcohol solvents or stiff brushes Alcohol solvent Fig 1 21 Fig 1 22 1 INSTALLATION AND USE 1 12 VKP112 User Manual ...

Page 25: ... side If required the printer can do the notch sensor autocalibration so the sensor can adjust to different kind of paper and always identify the black notch On fig 1 6 and 1 7 there are notch position and dimensions on the 60 mm and 112 mm width thermal paper Direction of paper advance Cutting line Printing line Photocell axis Black notch NON thermal side 112 50 1 1 33 8 1 1 9 1 0 5 1 0 Fig 1 23 ...

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Page 27: ...D Data Carrier detect Printer ON active at level RS232 high 2 TXD OUT RXD Receive data Serial output from Host 3 RXD IN TXD Transmit data Serial data input towards Host 4 N C N C Not connected 5 GND GND Ground signal 6 DSR OUT DSR Data Set Ready Printer on and operating active at RS232 level high 7 N C N C Not connected 8 RTS OUT CTS Clear to send Ready to receive data active at RS232 high level 9...

Page 28: ...ow examples of connections between the printer and the Personal Computer using 25 and 9 pin female connectors DCD DCD RXD TXD TXD RXD SIGNAL GND SIGNAL GND DSR DSR CTS CTS Printer PC Fig 2 2 2 INTERFACES 2 2 VKP112 User Manual ...

Page 29: ...he following specifications Communication speed 12 Mbit sec Receptacle series B type connector Refer to the table below for the connector pin signals and connection to a device PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VBUS N C 2 D Data 3 D Data 4 GND Ground signal Shell Shield Shield Tab 2 2 Fig 2 3 2 INTERFACES User Manual VKP112 2 3 ...

Page 30: ...be Strobe input 2 D0 Data input bit 0 3 D1 Data input bit 1 4 D2 Data input bit 2 5 D3 Data input bit 3 6 D4 Data input bit 4 7 D5 Data input bit 5 8 D6 Data input bit 6 9 D7 Data input bit 7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Occupato 12 PE Paper end 13 SELECT Select Ticket presence Near paper end 14 N C Not connected 15 FAULT Fault Ticket presence Near paper end 16 RESET Printer reset 17 GND GND 18 N C ...

Page 31: ...g of the Centronics parallel port The signal Ticket Presence is high if the ticket is present on the mouth of exit the signal Near paper end is high when the RED LED has turned on For the parallel connector the connection between printer and Personal Computer must be made with a 25 pin to pin connector 2 INTERFACES User Manual VKP112 2 5 ...

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Page 33: ...ernational Graphic memory 3 logos 832 x 314 each Weight 2600 gr PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Type of paper Thermal rolls heat sensitive side on outside of roll Recommended types of paper 2 from 58 g m2 to 80 g m2 KANZAN Paper thickness from 0 063 mm to 0 080 mm Paper roll size 111 5 mm 0 5 mm External roll diameter max 130 mm 3 max 160 mm 4 Internal roll core diameter 25 mm 1 mm Core thickness 2 mm 1 mm C...

Page 34: ...1 x 6 Double height and width 3 4 x 6 2 4 x 6 2 x 6 Quadruple height 6 8 x 3 4 8 x 3 4 x 3 Quadruple width 1 7 x 12 1 7 x 12 1 x 12 Quadruple height and width 6 8 x 12 4 8 x 12 4 x 12 CUSTOM TPT EMULATION Number of columns 34 52 104 Printing speed Lines sec 12 5 16 7 25 Characters sec 425 868 2600 Characters L x H mm Normal 3 x 4 2 x 3 1 x 2 Double height 6 x 4 4 x 3 2 x 2 Double width 3 x 8 2 x 6...

Page 35: ...lowing figures shows the dimension of the VKP112 printer with the paper roll holder support on 5 different positions upper P1 45 degrees up P2 rear P3 45 degrees low P4 and lower P5 and with the ejec tor unit wide opened Fig 3 1 3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS User Manual VKP112 3 3 ...

Page 36: ... Fig 3 2 Fig 3 3 Fig 3 4 3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 3 4 VKP112 User Manual ...

Page 37: ... Fig 3 5 Fig 3 6 3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS User Manual VKP112 3 5 ...

Page 38: ...Blank page 3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 3 6 VKP112 User Manual ...

Page 39: ...4 characters each with 224 characters two font for every emulation ESC POS Emulation PC437 USA Standard Europe FONT 14X24 FONT 10X24 FONT 8X24 Custom TPT Emulation FONT 16X24 FONT 24X32 FONT 8X16 Fig 4 1 Fig 4 2 4 CHARACTER SETS User Manual VKP112 4 1 ...

Page 40: ...t has the version with chinese simplified font GB2312 option 0104 at the end of the FONT TEST is printed all characters set about 7000 as shown in the fig 4 3 Fig 4 3 4 CHARACTER SETS 4 2 VKP112 User Manual ...

Page 41: ...x symbol identifies the character to address 1st byte Range 161 n 169 A1 A9 176 n 247 B0 F7 2nd byte Range 160 m 255 A0 FF Address A1E8 Address B0C5 Address F7FF 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F A0 B0 C0 D0 E0 F0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F A0 B0 C0 D0 E0 F0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 A A B B C C D D E E F F A0 A0 B0 B0 C0 C0 D0 D0 E0 E0 F0 F0 A1 A9 B0 F7 X X X Fig 4 4 4 CHARACTER ...

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Page 43: ...ply 24V 150W Input specifications Input voltage 115 230 V Current 0 6 3 A Input frequency 47 63 Hz Output specifications Output voltage 24 V Output current min max 0 6 5 A Efficiency min 78 Environmental conditions Operating temperature 0 70 C Humidity 20 85 Rh w o condensation Storage temperature Humidity 10 75 C 10 95 Rh w o condensation Protection devices Shortcircuit overload Fig A 1 APPENDIX ...

Page 44: ...1 Turn the printer upside down the operations described below are to be performed on the ejector unit see fig A 2 2 Unscrew the two nuts A and washers B as shown in fig A 3 and pulling in the direction indicated by the arrow remove the paper slot C on the ejector unit N B Put the nuts and washers aside for the operations that follow A B C Fig A 2 Fig A 3 EJECTOR UNIT APPENDIX A ACCESSORIES AND SPA...

Page 45: ...in fig A 4 and attach it to the inserts using the two nuts A and washers B removed previously A B C A 2 SPARE PARTS A 2 1 Supplies RCT112x95 25MM Thermal paper roll 112mm Fig A 4 APPENDIX A ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS User Manual VKP112 A 3 ...

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