1 DATECS
User’s Manual
LINE THERMAL PRINTER
MODEL
EP-50
Page 1: ...1 DATECS User s Manual LINETHERMALPRINTER MODEL EP 50...
Page 2: ...ng Paper Roll 24 5 DIP SWITCH SETTING 25 5 1 Location of DIP Switch 25 5 2 DIP Switch Function 25 6 SERIAL INTERFACE CABLE ATTACHMENT 27 6 1 Serial Interface 27 6 2 Input output Signals 27 6 3 Signal...
Page 3: ...or local power company y Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord Do not place this product where the cord will be walked on y If an extension cord is used with this product make sure that the...
Page 4: ...ing environment y Operate the equipment only as described in this User s Manual otherwise accidents or problems may result y Data are basically temporaty they cannot be stored or saved permanently or...
Page 5: ...e cable itself could cause it to snap or become damaged y Connect a power cable or a connector cable securely If a reverse polarity connection is a made internal elements may be broken or a mating dev...
Page 6: ...r moving parts such as the mechanism motor internal dear etc They may be very hot and can burn your hand finger y Be careful to avoid bodily injure or damaging other objects with an edge of sheet meta...
Page 7: ...with it 3 Reattach the platen roller unit The printing head and motor are very hot Be careful not to touch them immediately after printing Do not touch the heating surface of the head with a bare han...
Page 8: ...Width Length Paper feed pitch 0 125 mm Printing speed up to 50 mm s Character size 12 24 9 16 24 24 only for asian versions Character types Alphanumerals symbols international characters Choose from...
Page 9: ...dia 18 mm Outer dia CAUTION y Use of non specified paper may cause irregularity of print density y Do not paste the paper to the core y If the paper comes in contact with a chemical or oil it may disc...
Page 10: ...t 8 DIP switch Initially sets the printer at power on and sets the functions 9 Platen roller unit Detach this unit when the paper is jamming or when you clean the head 10 Head up lever Used when repla...
Page 11: ...e Cable 1 Turn off the power Mating side included 2 Check the top and bottom of cable terminals and connect to the interface connector 3 Connect the cable to the host computer 4 3 Inserting the Paper...
Page 12: ...4 Eliminating the Paper Jam y Do not carry out this work just after printing because the printing head is very hot y Be sure to turn off the power when detaching the platen roller unit y When elimina...
Page 13: ...d up lever 3 Gently pull out the paper to the near side If the paper roll is still remaining cut it just before the paper insertion slot before pulling it out CAUTION y Do not pull out the paper roll...
Page 14: ...ndicates the beginning of data byte 2 Data bits Eight consequent bits First is the least significant bit 3 Stop bit One Mark level bit Indicates the end of the byte 6 4 Dataflow Control Ifahardwarepro...
Page 15: ...4H n1 n2 8 ESC Selecting user character set 1BH 25H n 9 ESC Define user characters 1BH 26H m n1 n2 10 ESC Collective specifying printing mode 1BH 21H n 11 ESC Specifying the bit image mode 1BH 2AH m n...
Page 16: ...ttery voltage and the print head temperature 1BH 60H 34 ESC a Aligning the characters 1BH 61H n 35 ESC c5 Enabling disabling the panel switches 1BH 63H 35H n 36 ESC d Printing and feeding the paper by...
Page 17: ...starting position SeeAlso ESC2 ESC3 SampleProgram LPRINT AAA CHR HA LPRINT BBB CHR HA LPRINTCHR HA LPRINT CCC CHR HA Print Results 4 CR Print Command Code 0Dh This command is ignored 5 ESC RS Sounds t...
Page 18: ...0 Selected Value 1 Not selected See also ESC 9 ESC s n1 n2 a d s x a k ESC m n1 n2 d k Define user characters There are two different types of this command selected by switch 5 s position If switch 5...
Page 19: ...Font B symbol consists of one byte as the ninth point is always white The most significant bit is the starting The user defined characters are kept after printer off SeeAlso ESC Caution With double he...
Page 20: ...When bit image data have been input in excess of dot position of one line 384 dots the excess data are discarded d is bit image data the bits subject to printing are taken as 1 and those not as 0 Cau...
Page 21: ...ferent attributes and diagnostic information See also ESC 14 ESC Printing diagnostic information Code 1Bh 2Ch Outline Printingcurrentintensitylevel temperature codetables communication mode protocolan...
Page 22: ...H1B CHR 0 LPRINT aaaaa CHR HA LPRINTCHR H1B CHR 1 LPRINT AAAAA CHR HA 18 ESC n Set Factory Defaults Code 1Bh 3Eh n Range 0 n FFh Outline This command writes the current code tables the intensity leve...
Page 23: ...or smaller than its preceding data n k 1 it is assumed that tab setting is finished If this is the case the next data onward will be processed as normal data When the data n k exceeds a 1 line print a...
Page 24: ...esults 23 ESC I n Specifying cancelling italic printing ESC I n Code 1Bh 49h n Range 0 n FFh Outline Specifying canceling the double printing n is valid only for the lowest bit n0 Control by n is show...
Page 25: ...s are attached to 90 right turned characters Default The initial value of n is 0 SampleProgram LPRINTCHR H1B V CHR 0 LPRINT AAAAA LPRINTCHR H1B V CHR 1 LPRINT AAAAA CHR HA Print Results KDUDFWHU 6HW Q...
Page 26: ...sion 2 letters 28 32 5 bytes flags Each bit describes a printer feature as 1 means that the feature is present while 0 means its absence Bits are described as follows Bit Meaning 28 0 Supports IrDA mo...
Page 27: ...nloaded bit image are cleared Copy internal fontsAand B to user fonts DIP switches are read again Data in the input buffer is not cleared See also ESC 33 ESC Transmits the current power supply voltage...
Page 28: ...of n is 0 SampleProgram LPRINT CHR H1B c5 CHR 0 188 188 When enabling the LF switch LPRINT CHR H1B c5 CHR 1 188 188 When disabling the LF switch 36 ESC d n Printing and Feeding the paper by n lines C...
Page 29: ...ne The value of m is ignored The printer generates a 2 n1 milliseconds long pulse and 2 n2 milliseconds long rest after the pulse n2 must be at least four times greater than n1 or the command will be...
Page 30: ...ter when the code page is set by the DIP switches the command is disabled and a code page other than this one cannot be set In the Chinese version of the printer the code table can be changed regardle...
Page 31: ...ollowing modes are possible n0 0 Black white inverted printing is canceled n0 1 Black white inverted printing is specified The space skipped by tab command or by positioning commands ESC ESC is not af...
Page 32: ...after the cutter s edge This means at in case 2 the paper is fed by cut position n 8 millimeters total 49 GS c parameter string Setting the real time clock Code 1Dh 63h ASCIIZ string Outline Sets the...
Page 33: ...not printed Control symbols are assigned two bytes as follows a is a setting for PDF 417 barcode Setting a 0 will make the printer to automatically choose PDF 417 compression modes while a 1 will forc...
Page 34: ...H n Selecting of Printing Position of HRI Code Code 1Dh 48h n Range 0 n 3 Outline Selecting printing position of HRI code in printing barcodes n means the followings 0No printing 1Above the barcode 2...
Page 35: ...The initial value of n is 0 SeeAlso GSH SampleProgram LPRINTCHR H1D h CHR 50 LPRINTCHR H1D H CHR 2 LPRINTCHR H1D f CHR 0 GOSUBBC LPRINTCHR H1D f CHR 1 GOSUBBC END BC LPRINTCHR H1D k LPRINTCHR 4 LPRIN...
Page 36: ...bit image with number of dots determined by n1 and n2 There are n1 8 dots in horizontal direction and n2 8 number of dots in vertical direction If n1 is 0 the downloaded bit image is cleared The comma...
Page 37: ...n 1 10 n 2 5 LPRINTCHR H1D LPRINTCHR n1 CHR n2 FORJ 1TOn1 8 FORI 1TOn2 LPRINTCHR J NEXTI NEXTJ RETURN Print Results Normal Mode Double Width Mode Double Height Mode Quadruple Mode m Mode Name Dots in...
Page 38: ...ressed the macro is executed once This action is repeated n1 times Caution When this command is received while in macro definition suspension of macro definition is indicated At this time the defined...
Page 39: ...xL FFh 0 xH FFh 0 yL FFh 0 yH FFh 0 D FFh Outline This command defines the specified NV non volatile bit image The bit image is stored into the flash n is ignored the printer supports only one bit im...
