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SLIP PRINTER

Operator’s Manual

4001252

K01-00

Summary of Contents for TM-290-II

Page 1: ...SLIP PRINTER Operator s Manual 4001252 K01 00 ...

Page 2: ...tes shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages losses costs or expenses incurred by purchaser or third patties as a result of accident misuse or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications repairs or alterations to this product or excluding the U S failure to strictly comply with Seiko Epson Corporation s operating and maintenance instructions Seiko Epson...

Page 3: ... correct the interference at his own expense WARNING The connection of a non shielded printer interface cable to this printer will invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may cause interference levels which exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment If this equipment has more than one interface connector do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces FOR CANADIAN U...

Page 4: ...l character set selection Forward and backward paper feeding Programmable paper feeding Paper eject function TOF and BOF detection Data reception during printing improved throughput and less waiting time for the host computer 512 byte buffer memory Compact space efficient design Drawer kick out function l In Page Mode the print data is buffered within a specified printable area in the memory After...

Page 5: ...ontain information on connecting and setting up the printer Chapter 4 contains information on testing the printer II REFERENCE Chapter 5 contains information on using the printer Chapter 6 contains information on software control including printer command descriptions APPENDIX Appendixes contain information on general specifications character code tables and a list of commands v ...

Page 6: ...assette 3 2 Inserting Paper 3 3 DIP Switches Chapter 4 The Self Test 4 1 Checking Operation with the Self Test II REFERENCE Chapter 5 Cautions while Using the Printer 5 1 Switches and Commands 5 2 Printable Area 5 3 Errors Chapter 6 Software Control 6 1 Printer Control 6 2 Command Descriptions 6 3 Commands 6 4 Page Mode APPENDIX APPENDIX A General Specifications APPENDIX B Connectors APPENDIX C In...

Page 7: ...I SETTING UP ...

Page 8: ...ort damper Printer Operator s Manual Ribbon cassette Make sure no parts are missing or damaged If you find any damaged or missing parts please contact your dealer for assistance n Maintenance Keep the packing case and the transport damper in case you ever need to transport or store your printer n Optional Parts Power supply unit PS 111 PS 130 2 ...

Page 9: ...void using or storing the printer in places subject to excessive temperatures or moisture n Do not use or store the printer in a dusty or dirty location n When setting up the printer choose a stable horizontal location Intense vibration or shock may damage the printer n Ensure the printer has enough space to be used easily 3 ...

Page 10: ... 3 Names and Functions of Parts 4 Part names 1 Upper case 2 Printer cover 3 Operation panel 4 Document table 5 RESET switch 6 Interface connector 7 Drawer kick connector 8 Power connector 9 DIP switches ...

Page 11: ...WER green On when power is turned on RELEASE green On when the paper is released condition paper can be manually repositioned Off when the paper is held by the printer Blinks when the printer is in an error condition PAPER OUT red On when either the BOF or TOF detector detects a paper end regardless of whether the detectors are enabled or not Off when both the BOF and TOF detectors detect a paper ...

Page 12: ...C A difference between the specifications of the power unit and the printer may cause abnormal operation or printer malfunction Connect the power unit according to the following procedure Turn off the power unit Connect the power cable to the printer s power connector Plug the power cable connector into the printer s power connector with the arrow mark facing upward CAUTION Remove the power cable ...

Page 13: ...ng procedure Turn off the printer and the host ECR host computer Plug the interface cable connector into the interface connector of the printer Tighten the screws on both sides of the connectors with a screw driver When the drawer kick connector is used plug the drawer kick interface cable into the drawer kick connector of the printer CAUTION Remove the drawer kick interface cable by pressing in o...

Page 14: ...ications Install the ribbon cassette according to the following procedure Turn on the power to the printer Check that the RELEASE light is turned on the printer is in the released condition If the RELEASE light is turned off press the RELEASE switch Turn off the power Open the printer cover by slightly pressing the notches on the top and pulling toward the front 8 ...

Page 15: ...the tabs on the upper side of the cover first then place the bottom in place with a click CAUTIONS I I Before installing the ribbon cassette make sure the RELEASE light is turned on Make sure the ribbon is not creased or twisted Turn the ribbon feed knob in the direction of the arrow To remove the ribbon cassette pull the protruding tab on the cassette toward you 9 ...

Page 16: ...tch the printer then releases the paper The RELEASE light goes on Insert the paper all the way into the printer until it contacts the form stopper The form stopper helps locate the paper in the printing position You can also align the printing position of the paper to the printing position mark on the document table The PAPER OUT light should go off when the paper is correctly located in the print...

Page 17: ...etting the DIP switches Change DIP switch settings according to the following procedure Turn the power supply off Change the desired switch with a small pointed object such as a ball point pen Switches are on when up and off when down The new setting takes effect when you turn on the printer CAUTIONS I A change in a DIP switch setting takes effect only after you turn the power off and back on agai...

Page 18: ...R control SW 4 7 bit word length 8 bit word lengh SW 5 P a r i t y No parity SW 6 E v e n p a r i t y Odd parity SW 7 Transmission speed selection S W 8 Refer to Table 2 SW 9 S W 1 0 Unused n Table 2 Transmission speed Transmission speed bps SW 71 SW 8 SW 9 110 ON ON 150 OFF ON ON 300 ON OFF ON 600 OFF OFF ON 1200 ON ON OFF 2400 OFF ON OFF 4800 ON OFF OFF 9600 OFF OFF OFF 1 2 ...

Page 19: ...ing to the following procedure Check that the ribbon cassette is correctly installed in the printer Turn on the power to the printer Press the RELEASE switch and insert a sheet of paper Turn off the power to the printer While holding down the RELEASE switch turn the power to the printer back on and release the switch The self test starts To terminate the self test turn off the power to the printer...

Page 20: ...II REFERENCE ...

Page 21: ...based on the line spacing preset by ESC 2 and ESC 3 REVERSE Feeds the paper backward based on the line spacing preset by ESC 2 and ESC 3 RELEASE Releases the paper n Reset switch on the left side of the printer RESET Resets the printer mechanism lf the Reset switch and RELEASE switch is pressed at the same time the printer begins self test printing Note The Reset switch is installed at the side No...

Page 22: ... be within the range indicated below Refer to the section on paper in APPENDIX A Units mm NOTE When ejection feeding is not performed after printing printing can be performed up to the position 13 8 am where the paper edge is no longer held by the paper feed roller 1 7 ...

Page 23: ...mechanical operation Sets the DTR signal to MARK Blinks the RELEASE LED Transmits XOFF if XON XOFF control is selected 2 Error recovery The TM 290 II can be recovered from an error state by turning off the power correcting the error and then turning the power back on or by pressing the reset switch n n Data receive error If a parity framing or overrun error occurs the printer ignores the correspon...

Page 24: ...code table There are two types of commands One byte commands HT Horizontal tab LF Print and line feed Several byte commands ESC SP Set character right side spacing ESC 3n Set line spacing using minimum units n How to use this table Horizontal by vertical hex i e 4A J H denotes hexadecimal denotes decimal numbers Refer to APPENDIX E Page 0 Extended graphics Hexadecimal Binary Hexadecimal Binary Dec...

Page 25: ...umbers denotes decimal numbers and B denotes binary numbers k indicates the contents of the should be repeated k times Range The allowable range for the arguments Description Description of the command function Notes Included only when necessary Default The default values for the commands Reference Related commands T e x t Example of using the commands 2 0 ...

Page 26: ... dots cannot be used in Page Mode a half dot shift may occur from the specified horizontal tab positions ESC D Name Print and line feed Format 0A H Description Prints the data in the print buffer and performs 1 line feed based on the current line spacing Sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line Reference ESC 2 ESC 3 FF Name Print and eject cut sheet or print and switch from Pa...

Page 27: ... Mode All the print data will be deleted after printing but the paper is not ejected ESC L Name Cancel print data in Page Mode Format 18 H Description Deletes all the print data in the current printable area in Page Mode Valid only in Page Mode N o t e s Deletes the data in the printable area which had been set before when those data are also present in current printable area Reference ESC W ESC S...

Page 28: ... Double width C a n c e l e d S e t 6 Undefined 7 Underline C a n c e l e d S e t N o t e s Underlines can be printed for all characters but not for the space skipped by an HT The underline specification is desabled in Page Mode When both double height mode and double width mode are set quadruple characters are printed The 7X7 font specification is disabled in Page Mode Default n 0 Reference 6 4 2...

Page 29: ... character codes s specifies the number of bytes in the vertical direction n specifies the beginning ASCII code for the definition and m the final code If only one character is defined use n m The allowable character code range is from ASCII code 20 H to 7E H and the maximum number of characters is 95 a specifies the number of dots in the horizontal direction p is the dot data for the characters T...

Page 30: ... is defined for code 20H ESC s n m a p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 Code hexadecimal 1 B 26 01 20 20 05 3E 48 88 48 3E In 7X7 font MSB LSB When the above pattern is defined for code 20H ESC s n m a p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 Code hexadecimal 1 B 26 01 20 20 07 1E 20 48 80 48 20 1E ESC m n1 n2 d n1 256xn2 Name Set bit image mode F o r m a t 1B H 2A H m n1 n2 d n1 256Xn2 R a n g e m 0 1 Description Sets the bit image mod...

Page 31: ...des selectable by m are as follows Horizontal Direction m Number of Dots Dot Density Horizontally Maximum Number in Vertical Adjacent Dots of Horizontal Dot Direction Positions 0 8 Single density Permitted 210 N o t e s Double density Prohibited 420 If m is out of range the data following n1 n1 is included is processed as normal data After printing a bit image the printer returns to normal data pr...

Page 32: ...orresponding mode D e f a u l t n 10 1 6 inch ESC Name Initialize printer F o r m a t 1B H 40 H Description Clears the data in the print buffer and resets the printer mode the same state as when the power is turned on N o t e s The DIP switches are not read again The data in the receive buffer is not cleared ESC C n Name Set cut sheet eject length F o r m a t 1B H 43 H n R e n g e Description Set ...

Page 33: ...th twice the width of normal characters Set n k in ascending order and place a NUL code 00 H at the end ESC D NUL clears all tabs Any HT commands received after clearing are ingnored When a data value n k is less than or equal to the preceding value n k 1 the setting is considered to be finished In this case the following data is processed as normal data Up to 32 tab positions can be set Data whic...

Page 34: ... is executed using FF Only the lowest bit of n is valid When n 1 B reverse eject is set When n 0 B reverse eject is canceled And the forward ejection is set n 0 FF Name Print and feed paper using minimum units F o r m a t 1B H 4A H n R a n g e Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper n 60 inches Sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line The predetermi...

Page 35: ...er printing the data in the specified printable area when FF is received Valid only when input at the beginning of a line In Page Mode only normal dots are used half dots are not used Therefore pay attention to settings using half dot units in Standard Mode Settings for ESC SP ESC 2 ESC 3 and others These commands have two kinds of setting values for Standard and for Page Modes Character font Only...

Page 36: ...Germany 8 J a p a n 3 U K 9 N o r w a y 4 Denmark I 10 Denmark II 5 S w e d e n Default n 0 Reference APPENDIX E Character Code Tables ESC T n Name Select printing direction in Page Mode Format 1B H 54 H n Description Selects the printing direction and print starting position in Page Mode Selects printing direction using n n 0 starting position is A n 1 starting position is B n 2 starting position...

Page 37: ...gth in the x direction to dx dots x 0 n1 n2x256 y0 n3 n4x256 dx n5 n6x256 dy n7 n8x256 dx Printable area on the paper dy Printable area x0 dx 1 y0 dy 1 Notes Settings exceeding the maximum printable area on the paper are automatically set to the maximum settable area The maximum printable position in the x direction is 209 y 0 y y0 dy 1 When printing in the specified area the printable area height...

Page 38: ...rinting In this case when only one detector detects no paper the printer stops printing Printing is stopped after the current line is completed and the paper is fed At this time if the panel switches are disabled the printer automatically makes the clamp open and waits for another paper to be inserted D e f a u l t n 0 Both the TOF and BOF detctors invalid Reference ESC c5 ESC c 5 n Name Enable di...

Page 39: ...d Default Not defined ESC e n Name Print and reverse feed n lines F o r m a t 1B H 65 H n R a n g e Description Prints the data in the print buffer and performs n line feeds in the reverse derection Sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line The predetermined line spacing remains unchanged N o t e s Valid only in Standard Mode D e f a u l t N o t d e f i n e d ESC f m n Name Set...

Page 40: ...cified as follows m Connector Pin 0 Drawer kick out connector Pin 2 D e f a u l t Reference ON time is n1X2 msec and OFF time is n2X10 msec Neither m n1 nor n2 is defined APPENDIX B Connectors ESC q N a m e R e l e a s e F o r m a t 1B H 71 H Description Releases the paper N o t e s When the panel switches are disabled and a paper detector which is enabled to stop printing detects a paper out the ...

Page 41: ... be transmitted is as shown below Bit 4 of the data is always 0 values Bit Function 0 1 0 Pin 3 level L H 1 Undefined 2 Undefined 3 Undefined 4 Unused Fixed to 0 5 Undefined 6 Undefined 7 Undefined When DTR DSR control is selected one byte is transmitted after confirming that the host computer is ready to receive data DSR signal is SPACE When XON XOFF control is selected one byte is transmitted wi...

Page 42: ... control is selected one byte is transmitted after confirming that the host computer is ready to receive data DSR signal is SPACE When XON XOFF control is selected one byte is transmitted without checking the DSR signal status When status is requested during printing the status that exists after printing the processed line and feeding the paper is transmitted Note that it may take some time to tra...

Page 43: ...normal characters on the line by 180 The upside down characters are printed in the opposit direction from normal characters Valid only when input at the beginning of a line Valid only in Standard Mode n 0 When upside down When upside down character printing is canceled character printing is set Paper feed direction n n Ignored Commands The TM 290 II ignores the following command ESC c3 n 3 8 ...

Page 44: ...ata stored in the memory at one time In other words in Standard Mode upon receiving a print command for a string ABCDEF and a line feed command the printer prints ABCDEF and feeds a line In Page Mode in response to the same commands the print data ABCDEF is stored in the memory and a line is fed within the memory area to make room for the next print data to be written After receiving ESC L the pri...

Page 45: ...ESC K and ESC e that performs a reverse paper feeding are invalid 3 Upside down character specification is invalid In Page Mode characters and bit images can be rotated in units of 90 degrees several times to allow 4 different character or image orientations Because of this ESC for setting canceling upside down printing is invalid 4 Duplication is not allowed If two data sets are written to the sa...

Page 46: ... i e paper feed direction length of 480 dots or less can be printed on condition that the y direction length of 480 dots has been set using ESC W and print direction value n has been set to 1 or 3 using ESC T 4 Print data buffering in a printable area Print data is buffered in a specified printable area using the following procedure 1 A printable area is specified using ESC W After all the print j...

Page 47: ...one line and the buffer start position moves to the top of the next line accordingly The line spacing set using a command such as ESC 2 or ESC 3 is used here lf the next set of print data contains any double height characters or quadruple characters the line spacing should be increased to prevent the previous print data from duplicating the upper dots of the next data set 5 Using Page Mode This se...

Page 48: ...sson and TEST1 This is because the 100x100 printable area is not wide enough to hold all of the print data so a line has been fed automatically The line spacing used here is set using ESC 3 Any number of printable areas can be specified before FF is executed However if any printable areas overlap the logical sum of the data in the overlapping portion of the areas will be calculated When previously...

Page 49: ... will be transferred to specify an area width a start position of 0 0 and x and y direction lengths width and height of 100 line numbers 110 and 120 Then a print direction is set using ESC T Zero is specified for the direction here line number 130 After all these settings are completed two lines of print data Page mode lesson 2 CAN command and ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST1234567890 will be transferred lin...

Page 50: ...4 4 shows the result of adding the above program The string GHI has been deleted As shown in the figure the deleted portion of data becomes spaces when deletion is executed using the CAN command Figure 6 4 4 4 5 ...

Page 51: ...25 lines sec 105 mm sec When the ESC d n and FF commands are selected Alphanumeric characters 95 Katakana 64 International 32 Extended Graphics 128 5x7 l dot spacing normal dot 7x7 3 dot spacing half dot Refer to Table A 1 Table A 1 Lines Per Second Characters Per Inch Characters Per Line Character Size Character Structure Character tine Per Characters Character Size Horizontal Character Per Inch ...

Page 52: ...p to the European B5 size 4 Copy capability and paper thickness a No copies single ply paper 0 09 mm to 0 25 mm Approx 135 kg b Combination of normal paper and pressure sensitive paper 3 sheets maximum 1 original 2 copies 0 09 mm to 0 35 mm Backing paper 0 07 mm to 0 20 mm Copy paper original paper 0 04 mm to 0 07 mm Carbon copy paper Approx 0 035 mm Example In case of 1 original and 2 copies Orig...

Page 53: ...s small as possible Gluing should be at the top or left side of the slip paper Since TOF and BOF are optical detectors paper having holes at the detector positions or translucent paper should not normally be used When using these papers be sure to disable the paper detectors by command ESC c4 5 Receive Buffer Either 512 or 35 bytes is selectable by DIP switch 6 Electrical Specifications 1 Power su...

Page 54: ...ead where 1 character 14 strokes 9 Environmental Specifications 1 Temperature Operating 5 to 40 c Storage 10 to 50 c excluding paper and ribbon 2 Humidity Operating 30 to 85 no condensation Storage 30 to 30 no condensation excluding paper and ribbon 10 Overall Dimensions and Weight Height 101 5 mm Width 180 mm Depth Weight 190 5 mm except for interface connector projection Approx 1 6 Kg 11 Case Co...

Page 55: ...pply 3 The other side Hosiden TCS7960 53 2010 COIIIWCW tin ASSQI Pin Number Function I 1 24 VDCI 4 Drawer kick connector modular connector A pulse specified by ESC p command will be output to this The status of input signal is informed to the host computer command 11 Pin assianment I L I Pin Number Signal Name Direction 1 Frame GND 1 __ _ 2 LDrawer kick out drivesi i _ OutsBut L 3 _ IDrawer open c...

Page 56: ...x 24 VDC Output current 1 A or less Output waveform The waveform of Figure B 1 is output at Point A in Figure B 2 ON time n1 and OFF time n2 depend on ESC p command Figure B 1 3 Drawer open close signal Input signal level L 0V Connector pin 3 H 2 to 5 V Figure B 2 5 1 ...

Page 57: ...ynchronous Handshaking DTR DSR or XON XOFF control selected by DIP switch Signal level MARK 3 to 15V Logic 1 SPACE 3 to 15V Logic 0 Baud rates 110 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 bps Data length 7 or 8 bits Parity None even or odd Stop bits 1 or more Connector D SUB25 female connector or equivalent 5 2 ...

Page 58: ...e data When DTR DSR control is selected SPACE indicates that the printer can receive data and MARK indicates that the printer cannot receive data The signal goes to MARK at the following times The period from when power is turned on to when the printer is ready to receive data after initialization When the receive buffer is full In an error state During self testing When XON XOFF control is select...

Page 59: ... 2 When the receive buffer is released from the buffer full state XOFF transmission 3 When the receive buffer becomes full 4 In an error state The code for XON is 11 H and for XOFF is 13 H 4 Serial interface connection example Host computer DTE ex 8251 Printer T X D R X D R X D T X D D S R D T R CTS D T R D S R When the host computer is DCE set the host so that data will not be left unreceived 5 4...

Page 60: ...his will not be the case because all the print data sets will be buffered in memory and printed at one time Therefore it is possible for print data to be shifted by one dot and overlapped with other data Character Type Required Paper Feed Length Standard 8 dots 8 60 inches Double height 16 dots 16 60 inches Double width 8 dots 8 60 inches Quadruple 16 dots 16 60 inches Bit image 8 dots 8 60 inches...

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