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TM-U220A

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(For Argentina Fiscal)

ESC K

[Name]

Print and reverse feed

[Format] ASCII ESC

Hex 1B

Decimal 27 75

[Range] 0

≤

[Description]

•

Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper [

(vertical motion unit)]

backward.

•

is out of the specified range, prints the data and does not feed the paper.

[Notes]

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This command must not be issued continuously twice or more.

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The user must note that backward paper feeding causes the following problems:

•

Paper feed pitch is incorrect.

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Printer noise is louder than normal.

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The paper may rub against the ribbon and become dirty.

ESC M

[Name]

Select character font

[Format] ASCII ESC

Hex 1B

Decimal 27 77

[Range]

= 0, 1, 48, 49

[Default]

= 1

[Description]

•

Selects character font.

Character font

0, 48 Character font A (9



9).

1, 49 Character font B (7



9).

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Page 1: ...Printer TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal Rev No A Notes Copied Date Copied by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION MATSUMOTO MINAMI PLANT 2070 KOTOBUKI KOAKA MATSUMOTO SHI NAGANO 399 8702 JAPAN PHONE 0263 86 5353 FAX 0263 86 9925 ...

Page 2: ...I A 19 A 45 A II A 20 A 46 A III A 21 AH 47 A IV A 22 A 48 A V A 23 A 49 A VI A 24 A 50 A 25 A 51 A 26 A 52 A 1 A 27 A 53 A 2 A 28 A 54 A 3 A 29 A 55 A 4 A 30 A 56 A 5 A 31 A 57 A 6 A 32 A 58 A 7 A 33 A 59 A 8 A 34 A 60 A 9 A 35 A 61 A 10 A 36 A 62 A 11 A 37 A 63 A 12 A 38 A 64 A 13 A 39 A 65 A 14 A 40 A 66 A 15 A 41 A 67 A 16 A 42 A 68 A 17 A 43 A 69 A 18 A 44 A 70 A TITLE Front Part Cover Rev Sh...

Page 3: ...ach page Revisions Design Section Sheet Rev No Rev Document WRT CHK APL Sheet Rev Sheet Rev Sheet Rev A Enactment 71 A 72 A 73 A 74 A 75 A 76 A App 1 A App 2 A App 3 A App 4 A App 5 A App 6 A App 7 A App 8 A App 9 A App 10 A App 11 A Front Part Cover Rev Sheet Scope General Description Table of Contents Contents Appendix Total TITLE TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 1 3 3 3 76 11 97 ...

Page 4: ...Confidential REVISION SHEET Sheet 3 of 3 REV SHEET CHANGED CONTENTS A All Newly enacted TITLE TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal ...

Page 5: ... herein 2 No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation 3 The contents of this document are subject to change without notice Please contact us for the latest information 4 While every precaution has been taken...

Page 6: ...r Take up device Paper width mm Supported characters Interface ANK model Black Installed Installed 76 ANK Serial USB ANK alphanumeric characters This specification manual describes only the outline of the general functions and the model dependent functions of the commands The commands described in this specification manual are internal commands used between the TM U220A unit and the fiscal interfa...

Page 7: ...he carriage and for paper feeding Built in AC adapter Printing Print speed 4 7 lps for 40 columns with 16 cpi lps line per second cpi characters per 25 4 mm 1 High speed printing through logic seeking control Selectable character fonts 7 9 9 9 Flexible paper feed pitch setting that allows printing any user defined format Printer handling Easy drop in paper loading and easy maintenance Cable connec...

Page 8: ...ce connectors 11 2 3 2 Drawer kick out connector Modular connector 11 3 FUNCTIONS 13 3 1 Commands 13 3 1 1 List of commands for all printer models 13 3 1 2 Obsolete commands 14 3 2 Character Code Tables 15 3 2 1 Page 0 PC437 U S A Standard Europe International character set U S A 15 3 2 2 Page 1 Katakana 16 3 2 3 Page 2 PC850 Multilingual 17 3 2 4 Page 3 PC860 Portuguese 18 3 2 5 Page 4 PC863 Cana...

Page 9: ...37 4 CASE SPECIFICATIONS 38 4 1 External Dimensions and Mass 38 4 2 Color 38 4 3 External Appearance 39 5 OPTIONS AND CONSUMABLES 40 5 1 Standard Accessories 40 5 2 Options 40 6 COMMANDS 41 6 1 Command Notation 41 6 2 Explanation of Terms 41 6 3 Control Commands 43 HT 43 LF 43 CR 43 DLE EOT n 44 DLE ENQ n 46 DLE DC4 fn m t fn 1 46 ESC SP n 47 ESC n 47 ESC n 48 ESC y c1 c2 x1 d1 d y x1 xk d1 d y xk...

Page 10: ...3 fn 6 54 63 GS D pL pH m a1 b1 ak bk 64 GS E pL pH fn parameters 65 Function 1 GS E pL pH fn d1 d2 fn 1 65 Function 2 GS E pL pH fn d1 d2 d3 fn 2 66 Function 3 GS E pL pH fn a1 b18 b11 ak bk8 bk1 fn 3 67 Function 4 GS E pL pH fn a fn 4 67 Function 11 GS E pL pH fn a d1 dk fn 11 68 Function 12 GS E pL pH fn a fn 12 69 GS I n 70 A GS V m 71 B GS V m n 71 GS a n 72 GS r n 74 6 5 Obsolete Commands 75...

Page 11: ...nting 30 columns per line with 16 cpi at 1 8 line spacing Approximately 8 8 lps printing 16 columns per line with 16 cpi at 1 6 line spacing except data transmission and processing time lps lines per second cpi characters per 25 4 mm 1 NOTE If the printing duty ratio is too high the operation of the print head stops intermittently due to the duty limit In such circumstances the printing speeds sho...

Page 12: ...ons Characters Per Inch Characters Per Line Character configuration Character dimensions Paper width mm and Characters per line cpl Horiz Vert Character type W H mm Dot spacing between characters 76 Characters per 25 4 mm 1 cpi ANK 1 2 3 1 3 half dots Font B 7 9 Graphics 1 7 3 1 0 40 16 ANK 1 6 3 1 3 half dots Font A 9 9 Graphics 2 0 3 1 0 33 13 3 ANK Alphanumeric characters 1 Selectable by softwa...

Page 13: ...following conditions Character font 7 9 font with descenders Printing pattern ASCII 96 character rolling pattern See the print example for the print pattern ERC 38 B APPENDIX Figure A 1 2 External view of ribbon cassette See Figure 1 3 1 Units mm Figure 1 3 1 External View of ERC 38 B NOTE Malfunctions and other problems may arise if a ribbon cassette other than the specified one is used Seiko Eps...

Page 14: ...current roll paper is finished by checking the end mark 1 5 Paper Specifications 1 Paper feeding method Friction feed 2 Paper feed interval Initial setting Approximately 4 23 mm 1 6 Can be set in units of approximately 0 18 mm 1 144 by command 3 Paper feed speed 30 lps approximately 4 99 s during continuous feeding lps lines per second 4 Paper dimensions a Roll paper Width 76 0 5 mm 3 0 02 Maximum...

Page 15: ...after cutting is recommended before printing to prevent dot displacement 2 Switching between partial cut and full cut is not controlled by a software command 3 The cutting type partial cut or full cut must be selected before the printer is first used If the cutting type is changed after the printer has been used the printer may not be reliable because the wear out level of the cutter blade differs...

Page 16: ...he distance between the manual cutter and the print position 2 The values shown for the printable area in the figure are the values calculated between dot centers based on the wire diameter 0 29 mm 0 0011 Figure 1 8 1 Print Area 1 9 Internal Buffer 1 Receive buffer 4 KB 2 NV Non volatile bit image data area 128 KB 3 User NV memory 8 KB 1 10 Electrical Characteristics 1 Supply voltage Built in powe...

Page 17: ...f life is defined as the point at which the printer reaches the beginning of the wearout period 2 MTBF 180 000 hours Failure is defined as a random failure occurring during random failure period 3 MCBF 18 000 000 lines This is a mean time between failures including random and wearout failures before 7 5 million lines are printed 1 13 Environmental Specifications 1 Temperature During operation 0 to...

Page 18: ...eight 5 cm 2 Directions 4 sides supported on one side 5 Acoustic noise Operating bystander positions Approximately 64 dB NOTE The above values are measured while the Epson evaluation printing pattern is printed The acoustic noise varies depending on the paper used printing contents or the setting values such as print speed or print density 1 14 Printer Installation Position Install the printer hor...

Page 19: ... ON Transmission speeds 1200 115200 bps software configurable Data word lengths 7 or 8 bits software configurable Parity settings Odd even or none software configurable Stop bits 1 Connector UB side RJ45 EIA TIA 561 compatible Table 2 1 1 Interface Terminal Assignments and Signal Functions Pin number Signal name Signal direction Function 1 DSR Input Data set ready 2 Not connected 3 DTR Output Data...

Page 20: ...ne software configurable Stop bits 1 Connector UB side DSUB 9 pin female connector Table 2 1 2 2 Interface Terminal Assignments and Signal Functions Pin number Signal name Signal direction Function 1 Not connected 2 RXD Input Receive data 3 TXD Output Transmit data 4 DTR Output Data terminal ready 5 SG Signal ground 6 DSR Input Data set ready 7 9 Not connected 2 2 Switching between online and offl...

Page 21: ...the input signal by using the DLE EOT GS a or GS r commands 1 Pin assignments 24 V is output through pin 4 when the power is turned on However pin 4 must be used only for the drawer Figure 2 3 2 Drawer Kick out Connector Table 2 3 1 Drawer Kick out Connector Pin Assignments Pin No Signal Name Direction 1 Frame GND 2 Drawer kick out drive signal 1 Output 3 Drawer open close signal Input 4 24 V 5 Dr...

Page 22: ...F time t1 2 ms t2 2 ms by ESC p t 100 ms t 100 ms by DLE DC4 Figure 2 3 3 Drawer Kick out Drive Signal Output Waveform 4 Drawer open close signal Input signal level connector pin 3 L 0 V H 2 to 5 V Figure 2 3 4 Drawer Circuitry NOTES 1 Use a shielded cable for the drawer connector cable 2 Two driver transistors cannot be energized simultaneously 3 The drawer drive duty must be as shown below On ti...

Page 23: ... Select default line spacing ESC 3 Set line spacing ESC Return home ESC Select peripheral device ESC Cancel user defined character ESC Initialize printer ESC D Set horizontal tab positions ESC E Turn emphasized mode on off ESC G Turn double strike mode on off ESC J Feed paper and printing ESC K Print and reverse feed ESC M Select character font ESC R Select an international character set ESC U Tur...

Page 24: ...ned as Obsolete commands in the ESC POS command system This printer supports both upward compatible commands and obsolete commands However the upward compatible commands are recommended to use Deprecated command Upward compatible command ESC i Partial cut one point left uncut GS V ESC m Partial cut three point left uncut GS V ESC u Transmit peripheral device status GS r ESC v Transmit paper senor ...

Page 25: ...fication For Argentina Fiscal 16 15 3 2 Character Code Tables The character code tables show only character configurations They do not show the actual print pattern SP in the table shows space 3 2 1 Page 0 PC437 U S A Standard Europe International character set U S A DC4 ...

Page 26: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 17 16 3 2 2 Page 1 Katakana ...

Page 27: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 18 17 3 2 3 Page 2 PC850 Multilingual ...

Page 28: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 19 18 3 2 4 Page 3 PC860 Portuguese ...

Page 29: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 20 19 3 2 5 Page 4 PC863 Canadian French ...

Page 30: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 21 20 3 2 6 Page 5 PC865 Nordic ...

Page 31: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 22 21 3 2 7 Page 16 WPC1252 ...

Page 32: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 23 22 3 2 8 Page 17 PC866 Cyrillic 2 ...

Page 33: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 24 23 3 2 9 Page 18 PC852 Latin2 SP ...

Page 34: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 25 24 3 2 10 Page 19 PC858 Euro ...

Page 35: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 26 25 3 2 11 Page 254 Space page ...

Page 36: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 27 26 3 2 12 Page 255 Space page ...

Page 37: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 28 27 3 2 13 International character sets ...

Page 38: ... roll paper end sensor detects a paper end During self test printing you can stop the self test temporarily by pressing this button and restart it by pressing the button again NOTE This button is disabled by ESC c 5 3 3 3 DIP switches The DIP switch settings set before shipment and cannot be changed 3 3 3 1 DIP switch settings Table 3 3 1 DIP Switch 1 Switch no Function ON OFF Default 1 Data recep...

Page 39: ...Used Not used Off 8 Pin 25 reset signal Used Not used Off Selection of dots between characters On 2 half dots Off 3 half dots The number of characters per line in the Table indicates for the 76 mm width paper 3 3 4 Memory switches The memory switches covers the following settings Function of the memory switches Msw2 Msw8 Customized values Communication conditions of the serial interface 1 Memory s...

Page 40: ...printer is changed every time the roll paper cover is open or closed When On is selected a bit of the roll paper cover open close in each status transmitted from the printer is changed every time the roll paper cover is open or closed Msw8 8 When Off is selected a bit of the automatic recoverable error in each status transmitted from the printer is changed every time the roll paper cover is open W...

Page 41: ...ndby State Indication State PAPER LED flashing pattern Recovery conditions Waiting for self test printing to be continued PAPER OUT Approximately 320 ms Pressing the FEED button causes self test printing to be continued 1 The roll paper near end sensor is available as an option If the printer is not equipped with the roll paper near end sensor the roll paper near end is always detected as the pape...

Page 42: ... is detected the printer generates a print head temperature error as an unrecoverable error A print head temperature error is not abnormal 2 Recoverable errors Table 3 5 2 Recoverable Errors Error Description ERROR LED flashing pattern Recovery Roll paper cover open error when an error that may possibly recover is selected 1 Printing on roll paper is not performed correctly due to a cover open App...

Page 43: ...d temperature detection circuit error Abnormality in the print head temperature Approximately 2 56 s Impossible to recover NOTE If an error that cannot be recovered occurs turn off the power as soon as possible 3 5 2 Operation when an error is detected The printer executes the following operations when detecting an error Serial interface model Stops all mechanical operations Sets the DTR signal to...

Page 44: ...execute the GS A command then the current printer status 1 is printed 1 Control software version DIP switch settings Memory switch settings Self test standby state After printing the current printer status the printer prints the message If you want to continue SELF TEST printing please press FEED button The PAPER OUT LED indicator flashes and the printer enters the test printing 2 standby state Pr...

Page 45: ...prints Hexadecimal Dump To terminate on roll paper and then prints the received print data in hexadecimal numbers and in their corresponding characters 3 After printing has finished hexadecimal dumping ends by executing any of the following a Turn the power off b Press the FEED button three times c Reset the printer NOTES 1 If no characters correspond to the data received the printer prints 2 Duri...

Page 46: ...ode Once the setting is conducted the contents of the settings are stored then the printer runs initialization After initialization the printer becomes ready for normal printing 3 9 Paper Sensors The printer has the following paper sensors Roll paper end sensor Roll paper near end sensor optional 3 9 1 Sensors and LED indicators 1 Roll paper end sensor Located in the roll paper path and detects pa...

Page 47: ...ng the printer enters an error state stops printing and goes offline automatically The printer recovers to online when the roll paper cover is closed When automatic error recovery is selected If the printer detects a roll paper cover open during printing the error LED flashes When the roll paper cover is closed the error LED goes off and the printer initializes itself and starts printing from the ...

Page 48: ...20A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 39 38 4 CASE SPECIFICATIONS 4 1 External Dimensions and Mass External Dimensions Width Height Depth Mass 160 mm Approx 6 3 200 5 mm Approx 7 89 286 mm Approx 11 26 Approx 3 8 kg 8 36 lb 4 2 Color EPSON standard color ECW EDG ...

Page 49: ...Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO SHEET NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal 40 39 4 3 External Appearance Units mm Figure 4 3 1 External Appearance ...

Page 50: ...0 5 OPTIONS AND CONSUMABLES 5 1 Standard Accessories Dedicated ribbon cassette ERC 38 B Roll paper User s manual Language Spanish Register book Language Spanish AC power cable Communication cable Switch cover Short plug 5 2 Options Roll paper near end sensor Factory option Affixing Velcro tape Model DF 10 ...

Page 51: ...efore we recommend replacing them with more recent upward compatible commands that have the same functions 3 NV memory write command NV memory write commands deletes or stores data in the NV memory flash ROM GS C some functions GS E some functions FS q 4 ESC POS handshaking protocol ESC POS handshaking protocol is a handshaking protocol between the host PC and the printer when the printer transmit...

Page 52: ...tina Fiscal 42 43 A 9 Column format Column format is a format where data is set in descending order bit 7 6 0 from the top vertically d1 d4 d7 MSB LSB d2 d5 d8 MSB LSB d3 d6 d9 MSB LSB 10 Inch A unit of length One inch is 25 4 mm 11 dpi dpi dots per inch is the number of dots per 25 4 mm ...

Page 53: ...LF Hex 0A Decimal 10 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds one line based on the current line spacing CR Name Print and carriage return Format ASCII CR Hex 0D Decimal 13 Description Executes one of the following operations Condition Function When automatic line feed is enabled Functions the same as LF When automatic line feed is disabled and when using serial interface model Pr...

Page 54: ...t Off On Hex Decimal Status 0 Off 00 0 Fixed 1 On 02 2 Fixed 2 Off 00 0 Drawer kick out connector pin 3 is LOW On 04 4 Drawer kick out connector pin 3 is HIGH 3 Off 00 0 Online On 08 8 Offline 4 On 10 16 Fixed 5 6 Reserved 7 Off 00 0 Fixed Offline cause status n 2 Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status 0 Off 00 0 Fixed 1 On 02 2 Fixed 2 Off 00 0 The roll paper cover is closed On 04 4 The roll paper cover i...

Page 55: ...er end sensor paper not present 7 Off 00 0 Fixed Bits 2 and 3 If the printer is not equipped with the optional roll paper near end sensor bits 2 and 3 are 0 paper adequate Notes Take the following into consideration If print data includes a character string matching this command the printer performs this command Users must consider this Example Bit image data might accidentally include a data stri...

Page 56: ...y include a data string matching this command Do not embed this command within another command Example Bit image data might include this command DLE DC4 fn m t fn 1 Name Generate pulse in real time Format ASCII DLE DC4 fn m t Hex 10 14 fn m t Decimal 16 20 fn m t Range fn 1 m 0 1 1 t 8 Description Outputs the pulse specified by t in real time to the connector pin specified by m m Connector pin 0 D...

Page 57: ...33 n Range 0 n 255 Default n 1 Description Selects the character font and styles emphasized double height double width and underlined together n Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Character font A 9 9 selected On 01 1 Character font B 7 9 selected 1 2 Off 00 0 Reserved 3 Off 00 0 Emphasized mode is turned off On 08 8 Emphasized mode is turned on 4 Off 00 0 Double height canceled On 10 16 D...

Page 58: ...1 d y xk Decimal 27 38 y c1 c2 x1 d1 d y x1 xk d1 d y xk Range y 2 32 c1 c2 126 0 x 12 when Font A 9 9 is selected 0 x 10 when Font B 7 9 is selected 0 d 255 k c2 c1 1 Description Defines the user defined character pattern for the specified character codes y specifies the number of bytes in the vertical direction c1 specifies the beginning character code for the definition and c2 specifies the fin...

Page 59: ...ensity 60 dpi 90 dpi 1 8 dot double density 60 dpi 180 dpi nL nH specify the number of dots of the image data in the horizontal direction as nL nH 256 d specifies the bit image data column format ESC n Name Turn underline mode on off Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 2D n Decimal 27 45 n Range 0 n 2 48 n 50 Default n 0 Description Turns underline mode on or off n Function 0 48 Turns off underline mode 1 4...

Page 60: ...escription Moves the print head to the standby position ESC n Name Select peripheral device Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 3D n Decimal 27 61 n Range 1 n 3 Default When turning on the printer n 1 Default When executing ESC n Setting before ESC processing 1 2 3 After ESC Processing 1 2 1 Description Selects device to which the host PC transmits data n Function 1 Specifies printer only 2 Specifies custom...

Page 61: ...the data in the print buffer and resets the printer modes to the modes that were in effect when the power was turned on Keeps the following data Contents stored in the NV user memory Contents defined for the NV bit image ESC D n1 nk NUL Name Set horizontal tab positions Format ASCII ESC D n1 nk NUL Hex 1B 44 n1 nk 00 Decimal 27 68 n1 nk 0 Range 1 n1 n2 nk 255 0 k 32 Default n 8 16 24 32 40 232 240...

Page 62: ...on Note 2 pass printing is slower in emphasized mode ESC G n Name Turn double strike mode on off Format ASCII ESC G n Hex 1B 47 n Decimal 27 71 n Range 0 n 255 Default n 0 Description Turns double strike mode on or off When the LSB of n is 0 turns double strike mode off When the LSB of n is 1 turns double strike mode on Note 2 pass printing is slower in double strike mode ESC J n Name Print and fe...

Page 63: ...ed range prints the data and does not feed the paper Notes This command must not be issued continuously twice or more The user must note that backward paper feeding causes the following problems Paper feed pitch is incorrect Printer noise is louder than normal The paper may rub against the ribbon and become dirty ESC M n Name Select character font Format ASCII ESC M n Hex 1B 4D n Decimal 27 77 n R...

Page 64: ...cter set 0 U S A 1 France 2 Germany 3 U K 4 Denmark I 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 Spain I 8 Japan 9 Norway 10 Denmark II 11 Spain II 12 Latin America 13 Korea 14 Slovenia Croatia 15 China ESC U n Name Turn unidirectional printing mode on off Format ASCII ESC U n Hex 1B 55 n Decimal 27 85 n Range 0 n 255 Default n 0 Description Turns unidirectional printing mode on or off When the LSB of n is 0 turns unidir...

Page 65: ... stop printing Format ASCII ESC c 4 n Hex 1B 63 34 n Decimal 27 99 52 n Range 0 n 255 Default n 0 Description Selects the paper sensor s Whether to use to stop printing or not when a paper end is detected n Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Disables roll paper near end sensor On 01 1 Enables roll paper near end sensor 1 Off 00 0 Disables roll paper near end sensor On 02 2 Enables roll pap...

Page 66: ...d n Name Print and feed n lines Format ASCII ESC d n Hex 1B 64 n Decimal 27 100 n Range 0 n 255 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper n current line spacing ESC e n Name Print and reverse feed n lines Format ASCII ESC e n Hex 1B 65 n Decimal 27 101 n Range 0 n 2 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper n current line spacing backward If n is...

Page 67: ...2 2 ms If t2 is less than 50 t2 is assumed to be equal to 50 Note Specify a value t1 t2 so that the off time is longer than the on time ESC t n Name Select character code table Format ASCII ESC t n Hex 1B 74 n Decimal 27 116 n Range 0 n 5 16 n 19 n 254 255 Default n 0 Description Selects page n from the character code table n Character code table 0 Page 0 PC437 USA Standard Europe 1 Page 1 Katakan...

Page 68: ...d mode turns upside down printing mode on or off When the LSB of n is 0 turns upside down printing mode off When the LSB of n is 1 turns upside down printing mode on FS p n m Name Print NV bit image Format ASCII FS p n m Hex 1C 70 n m Decimal 28 112 n m Range 1 n 255 m 0 1 48 49 Description Prints NV bit image n by the process of FS q using the mode specified by n m Mode Height magnification Width...

Page 69: ...NV bit images xL xH specify the the number of bytes in the horizontal direction as xL xH 256 bytes yL yH specify the number of bytes in the vertical direction as yL yH 256 bytes d specifies the defined data column format Notes Frequent write command executions by an NV memory write command may damage the NV memory Therefore it is recommended to limit writing the commands into the NV memory to 10 t...

Page 70: ...the number of bytes after pH n and m n specifies paper used for the test print n Paper source 0 48 Basic sheet roll paper 1 49 2 50 Roll paper m specifies a test pattern m Test pattern 1 49 Hexadecimal dump print 2 50 Printer status print 3 51 Rolling pattern print Notes The printer executes a software reset after processing this command Clears the receive and print buffers Resets all setting valu...

Page 71: ... user memory Notes Frequent write command executions by an NV memory write command may damage the NV memory Therefore it is recommended to limit writing the commands into the NV memory to 10 times or less a day If the power is turned off while this command is being executed the printer may go into an abnormal condition Do not turn the power off while this command is being executed While processing...

Page 72: ...cify the stored data contents of the record Note If the number of data pL pH 256 5 exceeds the remaining capacity of the NV user memory this function does not work Function 2 GS C pL pH m fn b c1 c2 fn 2 50 Format ASCII GS C pL pH m fn b c1 c2 Hex 1D 28 43 pL pH m fn b c1 c2 Decimal 29 40 67 pL pH m fn b c1 c2 Range pL pH 256 5 pL 5 pH 0 m 0 fn 2 50 b 0 32 c1 126 32 c2 126 Description Transmits da...

Page 73: ...area in the NV user memory Function 5 GS C pL pH m fn b fn 5 53 Format ASCII GS C pL pH m fn b Hex 1D 28 43 pL pH m fn b Decimal 29 40 67 pL pH m fn b Range pL pH 256 3 pL 3 pH 0 m 0 fn 5 53 b 0 Description Transmits the list of the key code of the record in the NV user memory Function 6 GS C pL pH m fn b d1 d2 d3 fn 6 54 Range ASCII GS C pL pH m fn b d1 d2 d3 Hex 1D 28 43 pL pH m fn b d1 d2 d3 De...

Page 74: ...ult 1 DLE DC4 fn m t fn 1 Generate pulse in real time Enabled b 1 Description Enables or disables the real time command specified by a pL pH specify pL pH 256 as the number of bytes after pH m and a1 b1 ak bk a specifies the type of real time command b specifies enable or disable of real time command processing a b Function 1 0 48 DLE DC4 fn m t fn 1 Not processed disabled 1 49 DLE DC4 fn m t fn 1...

Page 75: ...r the serial interface Notes Frequent write command executions by an NV memory write command may damage the NV memory Therefore it is recommended to limit writing the commands into the NV memory to 10 times or less a day If the power is turned off while this command is being executed the printer may go into an abnormal condition Be careful not to turn the power off while this command is being exec...

Page 76: ...8 45 pL pH fn d1 d2 d3 Decimal 29 40 69 pL pH fn d1 d2 d3 Range pL pH 256 4 pL 4 pH 0 fn 2 d1 79 d2 85 d3 84 Description Ends the user setting mode and performs a software reset Clears the receive and print buffers Resets all setting values in RAM the print area the character styles user defined characters and others that were in effect at power on The data in the NV memory are not reset ...

Page 77: ...Memory switch 2 Msw 2 a 2 Msw Function Setting value 2 1 to 2 8 Reserved 50 Memory switch 8 Msw 8 a 8 Msw Function Setting value 8 1 to 8 4 Reserved 50 8 5 Returns the printer status as a paper out when the cover is open 48 Selects the cover open status 49 8 6 Reserved Fixed to off 48 8 7 Releases Printer BUSY when the remaining capacity of the receive buffer becomes 256 bytes 48 Releases Printer ...

Page 78: ...cation condition Specification of d 1 Transmission speed k bytes of d1 dk 2 Parity 1 byte of d1 3 Flow control 1 byte of d1 4 Data length 1 byte of d1 Setting values for transmission speed a 1 Transmission speed bps d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 1200 49 50 48 48 2400 50 52 48 48 4800 52 56 48 48 9600 57 54 48 48 19200 49 57 50 48 48 Setting values for Parity a 2 d1 Parity 48 No parity 49 Odd parity 50 Even parit...

Page 79: ... GS E pL pH fn a fn 12 Format ASCII GS E pL pH fn a Hex 1D 28 45 pL pH fn a Decimal 29 40 69 pL pH fn a Range pL pH 256 2 pL 2 pH 0 fn 12 1 a 4 Description Transmits the communication conditions of the serial interface specified by a a Communication conditions 1 Transmission speed 2 Parity 3 Flow control 4 Data length ...

Page 80: ... On 02 2 Autocutter installed DIP switch SW 2 2 is set to On 2 3 Reserved 4 Off 00 0 Fixed 5 6 Reserved 7 Off 00 0 Fixed Transmits the printer information specified n Type of printer information Contents 33 Type information See table Type information 65 Firmware version Depends on the firmware version 66 Manufacturer EPSON 67 Printer name TM U220 68 Product ID Serial number Type information Bit Of...

Page 81: ...m Decimal 29 86 m B ASCII GS V m n Hex 1D 56 m n Decimal 29 86 m n Range A m 0 1 48 49 B m 65 66 0 n 255 Description Cuts paper in the mode specified by m m Function A 0 48 1 49 Cuts paper B 65 66 Feeds paper to cut position n vertical motion unit and cuts the paper Notes Type of cutting is set according to the installation position of the autocutter Partial cut one point left uncut Full cut ...

Page 82: ...0 0 Disables error status On 04 4 Enables error status 3 Off 00 0 Disables roll paper sensor status On 08 8 Enables roll paper sensor status 4 to 7 Off 00 0 Reserved While basic ASB is active the selected enabled basic ASB status is transmitted whenever the status changes The basic ASB status to be transmitted is the four bytes that follow First byte printer information Bit Off On Hex Decimal Stat...

Page 83: ...Automatically recoverable error occurred 7 Off 00 0 Fixed Third byte paper sensor information Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status 0 1 Off 00 0 Roll paper near end sensor paper adequate On 03 3 Roll paper near end sensor paper near end 2 3 Off 00 0 Roll paper end sensor Paper sensor paper present On 0C 12 Roll paper end sensor Paper sensor paper not present 4 Off 00 0 Fixed 5 6 Reserved 7 Off 00 0 Fixed ...

Page 84: ... Off 00 0 Roll paper near end sensor paper adequate On 03 3 Roll paper near end sensor paper near end 2 3 Off 00 0 Roll paper end sensor Paper sensor paper present On 0C 12 Roll paper end sensor Paper sensor paper not present 4 Off 00 0 Fixed 5 6 Reserved 7 Off 00 0 Fixed Bits 0 and 1 If the printer is not equipped with the optional roll paper near end sensor bits 0 and 1 are always 0 paper adequa...

Page 85: ...xecutes a partial cut of the roll paper Notes Type of cutting is set according to the installation position of the autocutter Partial cut one point left uncut Full cut ESC m obsolete command GS V which is the upward compatible command replacing ESC m is recommended to use since ESC m is an obsolete command in the ESC POS command system Name Partial cut three points left uncut Format ASCII ESC m He...

Page 86: ...sequent data until the status is received ESC v obsolete command GS r which is the upward compatible command replacing ESC v is recommended to use since ESC v is an obsolete command in the ESC POS command system Name Transmit paper sensor status Format ASCII ESC v Hex 1B 76 Decimal 27 118 Description Transmits the status of paper sensor s as 1 byte of data as follows Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status ...

Page 87: ... stops the temperature rise by lowering print duty If the print head temperature continues to rise the printer stops the print head intermittently In this case the user should be aware that the printing speed may slow significantly When printing is stopped due to high print head temperature the ERROR LED flashes as shown in Table 3 5 1 Automatically Recoverable Errors and the printer goes offline ...

Page 88: ...cing and runs the print duty control by detecting the print head temperature automatically to avoid trouble caused by rapid power voltage drop Various bit image printing Various character style printing only in ANK model User defined character printing When selecting a character consisting of 25 dots or more defined in the character code page lps lines per second cpi characters per 25 4 mm 1 3 Dat...

Page 89: ... the printer can feed paper maximum 1 line including the gear backlash in the reverse direction When ESC K or ESC e is executed the printer can feed maximum 8 467 mm 48 144 including the gear backlash in the reverse direction repeats 10 line feeding 15 line printing Cut Repeated Figure A 1 Continuous Printing Test Pattern Using the ERC 38 B ...

Page 90: ...s not return to its normal position by itself open the roll paper cover remove the error cause then close the roll paper cover Send the DLE ENQ n command and check that the ERROR LED goes off If the ERROR LED does not go off repeat the same procedure and confirm that the ERROR LED goes off When the ERROR LED is off the autocutter blade has returned to its normal position 7 Other notes Never touch ...

Page 91: ...on of the near end sensor and the thickness of the roll paper core Table B 1 Adjustment Position and the Amount Remaining A Thickness of roll paper core Adjustment position Less than 3 mm Over 3 mm and less than 6 mm More than 6mm Upper Approximately 8 mm Approximately 8 mm Impossible to set cannot detect near end Lower Approximately 5 mm Impossible to set cannot detect near end Impossible to set ...

Page 92: ...button of the front part of the printer 5 Load the platen and set the take up spool then insert the journal paper to the groove of the take up spool 6 Press the paper FEED button and check that the journal paper is taken up by the take up spool 7 Close the roll paper cover 8 Cut the extra roll paper manually NOTES 1 The printer feeds for 30 mm automatically when the roll paper cover is opened to p...

Page 93: ... when no character follows Except dots on the 401st dot position Figure D 1 7 9 Font 2 The printer cannot print horizontally adjacent half dots A special procedure that avoids horizontally adjacent half dots is used when print data is buffered in the print buffer Therefore some dots in the character that follows the characters prescribed above are affected by the previous dots and are not printed ...

Page 94: ... PRINT 1 CHR HB2 PRINT 1 CHR H1B CHR H11 PRINT 1 H CHR HA When the data is buffered in the print buffer Dots are affected by the previous character and are not stored in the print buffer Printing result Unidirectional printing Dots are not printed To avoid this program the software as follows Set the right side space of the graphic character H B2 to 1 PRINT 1 CHR H1B CHR 1 CHR HB2 PRINT 1 CHR H1B ...

Page 95: ...ween drawer kick out connector pins 3 and 6 2 The resistance of the load such as a drawer kick out solenoid must be 24 Ω or more or the input current must be 1 A or less 3 Be sure to use the 24 V power output on drawer kick out connector pin 4 for driving the equipment Never connect any other power supply to the drawer kick out connector 4 The peak current is 1 A See item 2 below for drive signal ...

Page 96: ...lues of t1 and t2 according to the conditions in 2 results in a maximum ON time of 126 ms 0 t1 63 since the setting ranges of t1 and t2 are 0 to 255 To use a drawer that requires an ON time exceeding 126 ms the following conditions must be met ON time ON time OFF time α 0 2 Formula E 3 α other sequence processing time NOTE α is the drawer driving prohibited period from the OFF time until the next ...

Page 97: ...NEXT A TM U220A Specification For Argentina Fiscal App 12 App 11 Figure E 2 shows the drive signal waveform generated when the drawer is driven according to the above conditions Figure E 2 Drawer Drive Signal Waveform 200 ms α 300 ms 500 ms ON OFF END ...

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