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About This Manual

Setting Up and Using

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Chapter 1

contains information on unpacking the printer, setting it up, running

the self test, and setting the DIP switches.

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Chapter 2

contains information on using the printer.

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Chapter 3

contains troubleshooting information.

Reference

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Chapter 4

contains specifications.

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

Note:

Notes have important information and useful tips on the operation of your
printer.

CAUTION:

Cautions must be observed to avoid minor injury to yourself or
damage to your equipment.

WARNING:

Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid serious bodily
injury.

Summary of Contents for TM-U200D series

Page 1: ... to its topic If you wish you can increase the size of the bookmark area by dragging the dividing bar to the right Use the scroll bar on the right side of this screen to move through the text Use the zoom tools to magnify or reduce the page display Click the Find button if you want to search for a particular term However using the bookmarks is usually quicker Complete online documentation for Acro...

Page 2: ...1 Station Printer TM U200D Series Operator s Manual 401238900 ...

Page 3: ... DIP switches For serial interface model For parallel interface model Interface Drawer kick out connector Power connector connector DIP switches For serial interface model For parallel interface model ERROR light POWER light PAPER FEED button PAPER OUT light Single color type Two color type ...

Page 4: ...tes shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages losses costs or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties 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 5: ...11 6513 PB 6509 6510 Model Name M34PA M34PB The following standards are applied only to the AC adapters that are so labeled The printer and the AC adapter together are applied to the EMC standards Europe CE Marking Safety EN60950 North America Safety UL 1950 CSA C22 2 No 950 Japan Safety Electrical Appliance and Material Control Law of Japan Oceania Safety AS 3260 WARNING The connection of a non s...

Page 6: ...gainst harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will...

Page 7: ...RÄUSCHPEGEL Gemäß der Dritten Verordnung zum Gerätesicherheitsgesetz Maschinenlärminformations Verordnung 3 GSGV ist der arbeitsplatzbezogene Geräusch Emissionswert kleiner als 70 dB A basierend auf ISO 7779 ...

Page 8: ...ng life due to use of two stepping motors one for moving the carriage and one for paper feeding Flexible paper feed setting permits printing in accordance with any user defined format Command protocol based on ESC POS a widely used standard Built in drawer kick out interface provides capability to drive two drawers Selectable character fonts 7 x 9 9 x 9 Semi automatic paper loading capability AC a...

Page 9: ...n using the printer Chapter 3 contains troubleshooting information Reference Chapter 4 contains specifications Notes Cautions and Warnings Note Notes have important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer CAUTION Cautions must be observed to avoid minor injury to yourself or damage to your equipment WARNING Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid serious bodily injury ...

Page 10: ...per Roll 1 13 Running the Self Test 1 17 Setting the DIP Switches 1 18 Using the Power Switch Cover 1 21 Affixing the Fastening Tape Option 1 22 Chapter 2 Using the Printer Operating the Control Panel 2 1 Switch 2 1 Button 2 1 Indicator lights 2 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 3 1 General problems 3 1 Printing problems 3 1 Removing jammed paper 3 3 Hexadecimal Dump 3 5 Chapter 4 Refere...

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Page 12: ... items included for the standard specification printer If any item is damaged please contact your dealer for assistance Note See the Note on page 1 5 for information on the screws Printer Power supply Ribbon cassette Roll paper Hexagonal lock screws 2 pcs Power switch cover only for the serial interface ...

Page 13: ... available as an option Attaching the Paper Roll Near End Detector Option If you do not have a paper roll near end detector or do not want to attach it skip this section Note If you use this detector use paper rolls with a core diameter 10 5 to 12 5 mm so that the detector detects the remaining paper correctly 1 Make sure that the power supply is disconnected from the printer 2 Remove four screws ...

Page 14: ...e them Use them if you want the near end detector to be triggered when distance A is 3 to 4 mm otherwise it will be triggered when distance A is approximately 6 mm 4 Secure the paper roll near end detector and spacers with two screws When you insert the spacers be sure you set the spacers in the direction shown in the illustration distance A Spacer ...

Page 15: ...ce the cover and fasten it with the four screws Connecting the Printer to the Computer You need an appropriate serial interface or parallel interface cable to connect your computer to the printer Model with serial interface 1 Make sure that the printer and the computer are turned off Then plug the cable into the connector on the printer as shown ...

Page 16: ...two types of screws see the illustration below 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the connector on your computer Model with parallel interface 1 Make sure that the printer and the computer are turned off Then plug the cable into the connector on the printer as shown Note Squeeze the wire clips on the printer together until they lock in place on both sides of the connector 2 Connect the other ...

Page 17: ...mage the drawer as well as the printer Plug the drawer cable into the drawer kick out connector on the bottom of the printer next to the computer interface connector CAUTION Do not connect a telephone line to the drawer kick out connector otherwise the printer and the telephone line may be damaged Model with serial interface Model with parallel interrface ...

Page 18: ...schließen Das Kabel der Schublade an die Schnappsteckerbuchse neben der Schnittstellenbuchse an der Unterseite des Druckers anschließen ACHTUNG Kein Telefonkabel an die Schnappsteckerbuchse anschließen Model with serial interface Model with parallel interface ...

Page 19: ...our printer Make sure that the wire meets the specification below Thickness of wire AWG 18 or equivalent Diameter of terminal to be attached 3 2 1 Make sure that the printer is turned off 2 Connect the ground wire to the printer using the FG screw on the bottom of the printer as shown ...

Page 20: ...nter make sure that the power supply is not plugged into an electrical outlet otherwise you may damage the power supply or the printer CAUTION Do not connect the enclosed power supply to the EPSON customer display DM D101 or DM D202 This can damage the customer display and the power supply However you can connect this power supply to the EPSON customer display DM D101 II or DM D202 II Note The pow...

Page 21: ...hat the flat side of the connector faces down 3 Plug the power supply s cord into an outlet If you ever need to remove the cable unplug the power supply s cord from an outlet and then grasp the connector firmly at the arrow mark and pull it straight out Model with serial interface Model with parallel interface ...

Page 22: ... Use the EPSON ERC 38 B ERC 38 P or ERC 38 B P ribbon cassette for your printer The illustrations used in this section are for the single color type printer However the procedure is the same for the two color type printer 1 Open the printer cover 2 Turn the ribbon cassette s knob in the direction of the arrow to take up any slack in the ribbon Then lift up the left side with your fingers and remov...

Page 23: ...s installed between the print head and the platen without wrinkles or creases 4 Turn the ribbon cassette s knob 5 or 6 times in the direction of the arrow again to take up any slack in the ribbon The shape of the print head may be different from the illustration ...

Page 24: ...r end correctly However if you will stop the printing using the optional paper roll near end detector you can use glued type paper rolls The illustrations used in this section are for the single color type printer However the procedure is the same for the two color type printer 1 Using scissors cut the leading edge of the paper roll as shown below 2 Turn on the printer and open the printer cover 3...

Page 25: ...he Printer Note Be sure to note the correct direction that the paper comes off the roll as shown below 4 Hold both edges of the paper and insert it straight into the paper slot The printer feeds the paper automatically ...

Page 26: ...he Printer 1 15 5 Cut the paper then close the cover 6 When the PAPER OUT light blinks press the PAPER FEED button to set the printer on line To remove the paper roll follow the steps below 1 Open the printer cover ...

Page 27: ... the paper and cut the paper at the dotted line shown in the illustration below 3 Remove the paper roll from the printer 4 Remove the remaining paper Note Do not pull the remaining paper in the opposite direction of paper feeding Cut here ...

Page 28: ...button while you turn on the printer with the power switch 2 The printer prints the current printer settings and then the PAPER OUT light blinks to indicate that the printer is in the test printing standby state 3 Press the PAPER FEED button to start the second part of the test in which the printer prints a pattern using the built in character set 4 After the printer completes a certain number of ...

Page 29: ... printer You can change your serial interface and print column settings by changing the DIP switch settings 1 Make sure that the printer is off 2 Turn the printer over and remove the DIP switch access cover as shown below 3 There are two sets of switches Notice that ON is marked on each set of switches Use tweezers or another narrow tool to move the switches SW 1 SW 2 ...

Page 30: ...Parity selection Even Odd 1 7 Baud rate 4800 BPS 9600 BPS 1 8 Busy condition Sets the printer to go BUSY when the receive buffer is full Sets the printer to go BUSY when it is offline or the receive buffer is full DIP Switch Set 2 Switch Function ON OFF 2 1 Print column selection 7 9 font 9 9 font 42 35 40 33 2 2 Internal use Setting must not be changed Fixed to Off 2 3 I F pin 6 reset signal Enab...

Page 31: ...ined 1 5 Undefined 1 6 Undefined 1 7 Undefined 1 8 Handshaking BUSY condition Sets the printer to go BUSY when the receive buffer is full Sets the printer to go BUSY when it is offline or the receive buffer is full DIP Switch Set 2 Switch Function ON OFF 2 1 Print column selection 7 9 font 9 9 font 42 35 40 33 2 2 Internal use Setting must not be changed Fixed to Off 2 3 Undefined 2 4 Internal use...

Page 32: ...You can use the provided power switch cover to protect the power switch from accidental or improper operation Attach the cover as shown in the illustration below You can turn the power on or off with the switch cover attached by inserting a pointed object like a ball point pen through either of the two small holes on the switch cover 2 7 Internal use Setting must not be changed Fixed to Off 2 8 Un...

Page 33: ... your printer to a countertop or other surface Follow the steps below 1 Clean the countertop or other surface where the printer will be installed 2 Peel the green backing paper off of one side of each of the two sets of tapes and affix them to the bottom of the printer as shown below 3 Peel the green backing paper off of the other side of the tapes 4 Press the printer onto the countertop it will b...

Page 34: ...f the printer turns the printer on and off Button PAPER FEED Press the PAPER FEED button once to advance roll paper one line You can also hold down PAPER FEED to feed the paper continuously This button is also used while replacing the paper roll The PAPER OUT light blinks and printer enters the on line recovery standby state after paper loading When the PAPER OUT light blinks press the PAPER FEED ...

Page 35: ...ht is on when the paper roll is at the end or near the end This light blinks in the following cases When it blinks press the PAPER FEED button In the self test standby mode In the on line recovery standby state after semi auto loading Note The paper near end detector is an option ERROR Red This light is on when the printer is off line It blinks to indicate an error condition The blinking pattern s...

Page 36: ... page 3 3 if necessary Then turn the printer back on If the printer still does not work unplug the power supply cord from the outlet immediately then contact a qualified service person CAUTION The print head becomes very hot during printing Allow it to cool before you reach into the printer Note The power switch and PAPER FEED button can also be used to start the self test ...

Page 37: ...2 4 Using the Printer ...

Page 38: ...lems The ERROR light is blinking and the printer does not print First turn off the printer and check for a paper jam See the paper jam description on page 3 3 If there is no paper jam and the printer has been printing for quite a while the print head may be overheated If the print head is overheated the printer will resume printing when the head has cooled usually within two or three minutes If th...

Page 39: ...e printer and the computer 2 The data transmission settings may be different between the printer and computer Make sure that the printer s DIP switch settings for data transmission are the same as the computer s You can print the printer s interface settings using the self test If the printer still does not print contact your dealer or a qualified service person The printer sounds like it is print...

Page 40: ... Follow these steps to clear a paper jam CAUTION The print head becomes very hot during printing Allow it to cool before you reach into the printer 1 Open the printer cover 2 Pull up the paper and cut the paper at the dotted line shown in the illustration below 3 Remove the paper roll from the printer 4 Remove the ribbon cassette Cut here Single color type Two color type Cut here ...

Page 41: ...over Turn the screw only until you can tilt it as shown in the illustration Note Do not remove the screw from the print head cover 6 Slide the print head cover to the left about 5 mm 1 5 inch Single color type only Two color Type Single color Type Single color Type ...

Page 42: ...place the ribbon cassette and paper roll then close the printer cover Hexadecimal Dump This feature allows experienced users to see exactly what data is coming to the printer This can be useful in finding software problems When you turn on the hex dump function the printer prints all commands and other data in hexadecimal format along with a guide section to help you find specific commands Two col...

Page 43: ...rints Hexadecimal Dump 4 Run any software program that sends data to the printer The printer prints all the codes it receives in a two column format The first column contains the hexadecimal codes and the second column gives the ASCII characters that correspond to the codes Hexadecimal Dump 1B 21 00 1B 26 02 40 40 1B 25 01 1B 63 34 00 1B c4 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 ABCDEFGH A period is printed for ...

Page 44: ...inting In this case the printing speed described above is not guaranteed Printing Method Serial impact dot matrix Head wire configuration 9 pin serial configuration Printing Direction Bi directional logic seeking Characters line default See table on page 4 2 Character spacing default Fonts A and B See table on page 4 2 Printing speed Approx 3 5 LPS 40 columns 16 CPI Approx 6 4 LPS 16 columns 16 CP...

Page 45: ... pages International characters 32 Character structure 7 x 9 the total number of dots in horizontal 400 in half dot units 9 x 9 the total number of dots in horizontal 400 in half dot units Character size See table below Character Sizes Character Spacing Character Columns Character structure Character size W x H mm Character spacing Dot space CPL CPI Horiz x Vert Character 7 x 9 ANK 1 2 x 3 1 3 hal...

Page 46: ...eed speed Approx 105 92 mm second approx 4 17 inches second 25 LPS continuous feeding Paper size and weight Normal paper single ply Size Width 76 mm 0 5 mm 3 0 0 02 Maximum outside dia 83 mm 3 27 Thickness 0 06 to 0 085 mm 0024 to 0033 Mass 52 3 to 64 0 g m2 13 9 to 17 lbs 45 to 55 Kg 20 41 to 24 94 lbs 1000 sheets 1091 mm 788mm 43 00 31 02 LPS Lines Per Second number of characters per second ...

Page 47: ...ess should be a 0 2 mm or less combination of 0 05 to 0 08 mm sheet Recommend ed paper MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LTD Non carbon paper blue color Top and middle sheets N40Hi thickness 0 06 mm mass 47 2 g m2 Bottom sheet N60 thickness 0 08 mm mass 68 0 g m2 Note When using original 2 copies the total is 3 the edges of papers might be folded at 34 C 90 in the operating temperature and humidity range ...

Page 48: ... excluding driving Mean approx 43 W drawer kickout Standby Mean approx 6 W Copy capability Copy capability is greatly influenced by the ambient temperature so printing must be performed under the conditions described in the table below Number of copies Ambient temperature Original 2 copies 10 to 40 C 50 to 104 F Original 1 copy 5 to 50 C 41 to 122 F Factory setting Voltage Manufacture Number North...

Page 49: ...of Life is defined as the point at which the printer reaches the beginning of the Wearout Period MTBF 180 000 hours Failure is defined as Random Failure occurring at the time of the Random Failure Period MCBF 18 000 000 lines This is an average failure interval based on failures relating to wearout and random failures up to the life of 7 5 million lines ...

Page 50: ...more there is a limitation for the humidity Refer to the figure below 10 to 50 C 14 to 122 F except for paper and a ribbon Humidity Operating Storage 10 to 90 RH 10 to 90 RH except for paper and a ribbon 0 10 20 40 60 80 90 0 20 10 30 40 50 34 C 90 40 C 65 50 C 35 Relative humidity Environment temperature C Operating environment range ...

Page 51: ...actory installed option One of the interfaces RS 232 RS 485 or parallel is already installed Note Refer to the EPSON TM U200 Series Type D Specification for details Serial interface RS 232 compatible or RS 485 compatible Parallel interface IEEE 1284 compatible Nibble Byte Modes ...

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Page 53: ...Printed in Philippines 1999 12 ...

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