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FENIX IMVICO                                                                                                      TK14   OPERATION  MANUAL

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IMPORTANT NOTES IN TK14 THERMAL PRINTER MANAGEMENT

In order to preserve the life of the printer, it is necessary to keep in mind some precautions in the handling
of the TK14 printer. Please read carefully the following points in order to make a good use of the printer.

SECURITY PRECAUTONS

  Before using the printer, read carefully section 2-

INSTALLATION.

 

NEVER

 connect the external power supply with the wrong polarity. This could permanently damage the

printer.

  Turn off the printer immediately if it produces smoke, a strange smell or an unusual noise. Keeping on

using the printer could cause fire. Unplug the equipment immediately and contact your official
distributor.

 

NEVER

 connect cables with different connectors from the ones mentioned in this manual.  Making

different connections could permanently damage the printer.

  Use a power supply voltage whose output voltage is within the specification range stated in this

manual. Over voltage can permanently damage the printer. Under voltage can cause malfunctions.

 

NEVER

 wet TK14 thermal printer with water or any other liquid. If any liquid is spilled inside of the

equipment, unplug the power cable immediately and then contact your technical service.

  Make sure the printer is on a steady, horizontal, securely fixed surface. If the printer fell down, it could

break or damage.

 

NEVER 

use the printer in high humidity or dirty places.

 

NEVER

 place heavy objects on top of the printer and never lean on it.

 

NEVER

 put any object inside of the printer, as it could cause hardware damage on it, such as short-

circuit, print head breaking or general failure of the printer.

 

NEVER

 shock the TK14 printer.

 

NEVER

 disassemble or modify the TK14 printer.

 

NEVER

 try to repair the TK14 printer. Please contact your official distributor in case of failure.

  As the printer contains electromagnets (inside of the motor), it should not be used in excessively dirty

environments or places with dust or metal particles.

 

NEVER

 print without paper loaded or without the cover closed, as the thermal print head life can be

highly shortened.

 

NEVER

 pull the paper out when the cover is closed. Use the paper advance button instead.

  Avoid touching with metal objects, such as screwdrivers or tweezers, the print head thermal elements

as well as the electronic printed circuit. They are delicate parts.

  Never touch with your hands the areas around the print head and the motor surface as they become

very hot during and just after printing; wait 15 seconds to let them cool down.

 

NEVER

 touch the surfaces of the print head thermal elements or the electronic printed circuit, as dust

and dirt can stick to their surface and cause damage by electrostatic discharge.

  The thermal paper contains Na+, K+ and Cl- ions that can cause harm to the print head elements.

Therefore, use only the specified paper.

  If the printer has not been used for long period of time and the paper was loaded, the paper could

become deformed by the drive roller pressure. It is recommended to make it advance at least 30 mm
before printing again.

  For security reasons, unplug the printer if it is not going to be used over a long period of time.

 

Don’ t print continuously (without stopping) for more than 6 minutes.

Summary of Contents for TK14

Page 1: ...TK14 THERMAL PRINTER Operation manual Version 1 February 2006...

Page 2: ...FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 2 65 TK14 thermal printer operation manual revision Version 1 Date Febraury 2006 Page Revision type Before change After change...

Page 3: ...INTERFACE 16 2 4 1 Compatibility mode 16 2 4 2 Reverse mode 17 2 4 3 Parallel interface pins assignment for each mode 17 2 4 4 PC parallel interface connection 18 3 BASIC OPERATIONS 19 3 1 PAPER LOAD...

Page 4: ...5 APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS 45 APPENDIX B IF1500 CONNECTORS AND BUTTONS 46 APPENDIX C EXTERNAL APPEARANCE 47 APPENDIX D HOW TO ORDER 48 APPENDIX E CODE128 BAR CODE 49 APPENDIX F INTERNAL CHARACTER TAB...

Page 5: ...rface pins 18 Fig 2 9 PC parallel cable 18 Fig 3 1 Automatic paper load 19 Fig 3 2 Platen opened 19 Fig 3 3 TK14 led and buttons 20 Fig 3 4 Near end paper sensor localization 20 Fig 3 5 SELF TEST mode...

Page 6: ...nside of the printer as it could cause hardware damage on it such as short circuit print head breaking or general failure of the printer NEVER shock the TK14 printer NEVER disassemble or modify the TK...

Page 7: ...nd closing the cover FENIX recommends cleaning the thermal print head periodically each 2 or 3 months in order to keep the print quality NOTES The print head could be hot after printing Make sure it h...

Page 8: ...Nozzle ticket presenter IEEE 1284 parallel and serial RS232C data input interface on board Two internal character fonts A font 12x24 dots B font 8x16 dots Scalable font independent scale in X Y axis u...

Page 9: ...g It is recommended to transmit data to the printer as quickly as possible 6 Paper feed speed 62 5 mm s continuous paper feed 7 Characters per line by default A font 24 B font 32 8 Space between chara...

Page 10: ...stant paper At 5 C to 40 C TW80KK S 2 ply thermal paper From Nippon Paper Industries 1 5 Internal buffer The TK14 printer contains a 10 Kbytes internal memory whose functionality is dynamically shared...

Page 11: ...m This printer is thought to be fixed in a bigger case or structure or another kind of appropriate chassis The basic points that a correct installation must follow are Allow enough space and accessibi...

Page 12: ...w the printer moving forward and backward Fig 2 2 Nozzle hole dimension Depending on the construction materials care must be taken with static electricity otherwise tickets may get stuck in the paper...

Page 13: ...ting ratio energizing pulses dot line or print duty is high 3 Average energizing pulse width is defined as 64 of 192 dots dot line that are energized WARNING Beware not to invert the polarity of power...

Page 14: ...Fixed to 1 Connector user side JST PHDR 18VS housing SPHD 001T P0 5 contact or an equivalent model NOTE 1 Speed and parity depend on the settings refer to section 3 6 2 2 3 2 Change between online an...

Page 15: ...Other nc Not connected Table 2 1 Pins Assignments of RS 232 connector terminals 1 Definition of data receiving buffer full the state of the printer becomes buffer full when the receiving buffer increa...

Page 16: ...Signal levels TTL compatible Connector user side JST PHDR 18VS housing SPHD 001T P0 5 contact or an equivalent model b Switching between online and offline mode The printer does not provide any switc...

Page 17: ...e IEEE1284 standard NIBBLE MODE 2 4 3 Parallel interface pins assignment for each mode Pin Source Compatibility mode Nibble mode 1 Host Sys nStrobe HostClk 2 Host Sys printer Data0 LSB Data0 LSB 3 Hos...

Page 18: ...ht cause lost data 4 The interface cables should have the minimum required possible length maximum recommended length 2 m Fig 2 8 Parallel interface pins 2 4 4 PC parallel interface connection Fig 2 9...

Page 19: ...ay as shown in the next figure 5 Put the paper end in the mechanism inlet 6 Push the paper in until the TK14 detects it and starts the auto load sequence 7 Wait until the auto load sequence extracts t...

Page 20: ...paper and near end paper The out of paper sensor has the basic function of informing the printer controller about the existence of paper on the printing line Because there are some actions as an examp...

Page 21: ...l the received data are printed according to the settings or conditions fixed by the commands the TK14 printer allows two special working modes the self test mode programming mode and the hexadecimal...

Page 22: ...total cut partial cut or passive cut no cutter Allways select passive cut for TK14 Wait until ticket pickup Enabling this option user can not print a new ticket if the actual printed ticket has not be...

Page 23: ...he host system is printed without processing any command in hexadecimal and its corresponding ASCII This mode can be very helpful for the application developer during the setup test time as it allows...

Page 24: ...en Fig 3 8 LED Blinking sequence RED More information on these errors can be found below NEAR END PAPER ERROR Description This error happens when the near end paper sensor detects that the paper roll...

Page 25: ...h levels above 80 C which can damage the printer itself When this situation occurs an error must be indicated in order to protect the printer from abrasion Recover action The printing recovers automat...

Page 26: ...ST A 160 mm MAXIMUM TICKET LENGTH TO AVOID VANDALIC ACTIONS Recover action This is a Non recoverable error User must turn OFF the printer and remove the paper jam Fig 3 9 Paper jam recovery 1 st Open...

Page 27: ...ta reception error serial interface only If one of the following errors happens during the serial interface data communication the printer prints or ignores the data Parity error Synchronization error...

Page 28: ...rding to the IEEE 1284 interface only the compatibility mode will make communication possible In this case the error signaling is reduced to the information provided by the PError and nFault pins END...

Page 29: ...ds and data They are stored temporally in the buffer and are sequentially processed later 2 Printing buffer The printing buffer is a buffer that holds the data of the image to be printed 3 Printable a...

Page 30: ...rn white black reverse printing mode on off X 35 ESC J Print and feed paper X 35 ESC M Select character font X 35 ESC a n Select justification x 36 ESC c 3 Select paper sensor to output PE signal X 36...

Page 31: ...according to the following parameters n 01 H Transmit printer status n 02 H Transmit offline status n 03 H Transmit error status n 04 H Continuous paper sensor status n 05 H Paper sensor status Notes...

Page 32: ...o recoverable error 6 ON Auto recoverable error occurred 7 OFF Not used Fixed to OFF Bit 6 Bit 6 is ON when printing is stopped due to high print head temperature until the print head temperature drop...

Page 33: ...Default n 04 H Reference APPENDIX A ESC n Name Select print mode s Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 21 n Decimal 27 33 n Range 00 H n FF H Description Selects print mode s using n as follows Bit OFF ON Hex F...

Page 34: ...the settings that were in effect when the power was turned on Notes The data in the receiver buffer is not cleared ESC E n Name Turn emphasized mode on off Format ASCII ESC E n Hex 1B 45 n Decimal 27...

Page 35: ...0 ESC J n Name Print and feed paper Format ASCII ESC J n Hex 1B 4A n Decimal 27 74 n Range 00 H n FF H Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper n x 0 125 mm 0 0049 Notes Af...

Page 36: ...sabled 0 ON 01 Paper roll near end sensor enabled OFF 00 Paper roll near end sensor disabled 1 ON 02 Paper roll near end sensor enabled OFF 00 Paper roll end sensor disabled 2 ON 04 Paper roll end sen...

Page 37: ...ng set by ESC 2 or ESC 3 The maximum paper feed amount is 1016 mm 40 If the paper feed amount n x line spacing of more than 1016 mm 40 is specified the printer feeds the paper only 1016 mm 40 Every li...

Page 38: ...r pL ph specifies pL phx256 for the number of the bytes after ph n and m n specifies the paper to be tested n Paper 30 H 31 H 32 H Paper roll m specifies a test pattern m Test pattern 31 H Hexadecimal...

Page 39: ...cutter line This command arranges the ticket to be cut feeding paper automatically This command is effective only when processed at the beginning of a line Afterwards the ticket is cutting by the user...

Page 40: ...ASCII GS k m n d1 dn Hex 1D 6B m n d1 dn Decimal 27 107 m n d1 dn Range m 43 H m 45 H m 46 H or m 49 H n and d depend on the bar code system used Description Selects a bar code system and prints the b...

Page 41: ...A A 7B 41 123 65 CODE B B 7B 42 123 66 CODE C C 7B 43 123 67 FNC1 1 7B 31 123 49 FNC2 2 7B 32 123 50 FNC3 3 7B 33 123 51 FNC4 4 7B 34 123 52 7B 7B 123 123 Example Example data for printing Ref 258710...

Page 42: ...56 x yL yH x 256 k 0 Description Selects raster bit image mode The value of m selects the mode as follows m Mode Vertical Dot Density Horizontal Dot Density 00 H Normal 203 2 dpi 203 2 dpi 01 H Double...

Page 43: ...ting area width set by GS L for the NV bit image is less than one vertical line the following processing is performed only on the line in question However in NV bit image mode one vertical line means...

Page 44: ...fective only when processed at the beginning of the line This command is effective when 7 bytes FS yH is processed as a normal value When the amount of data exceeds the capacity left in the range defi...

Page 45: ...head temperature as well as the command processing and the data transmission speed Paper feed speed 62 5 mm s continuous paper feed Line spacing default 0 99 mm Paper roll Width 58 0 1mm Maximum outs...

Page 46: ...05 Seiko AUTOCUTTER UNIT LTP1245 Seiko LINE THERMAL PRINTER MECHANISM Serial RS232 and Parallel CENTRONICS IEEE1284 Comunication connector POWER SUPPLY connector LOW PAPER connector TICKET PICKUP conn...

Page 47: ...APPENDIX C EXTERNAL APPEARANCE COTES IN mm...

Page 48: ...ACCESORIES PARTNUMBER Description FAPOS 1 Power supply close frame FA 40TK Power supply open frame RS232 6 Serial cable 1 5m CENTRONIC 7 Centronic cable 1 5m T58X80X25 4 Standard 80 mm diameter paper...

Page 49: ...ode set C 2 digit numeral characters using one character 100 numerals from 00 to 99 The following special characters are also available in Code128 SHIFT characters In code set A the character just aft...

Page 50: ...Z 5A 90 VT 0B 11 3 33 51 5B 91 FF 0C 12 4 34 52 5C 92 CR 0D 13 5 35 53 5D 93 SO 0E 14 6 36 54 5E 94 SI 0F 15 7 37 55 5F 95 DLE 10 16 8 38 56 FNC1 7B 31 123 49 DC1 11 17 9 39 57 FNC2 7B 32 123 50 DC2...

Page 51: ...52 82 Z 7A 122 2B 43 S 53 83 7B 7B 123 123 2C 44 T 54 84 7C 124 2D 45 U 55 85 7D 125 2E 46 V 56 86 7E 126 2F 47 W 57 87 DEL 7F 127 0 30 48 X 58 88 FNC1 7B 31 123 49 1 31 49 Y 59 89 FNC2 7B 32 123 50 2...

Page 52: ...0 5A 90 11 0B 11 51 33 51 91 5B 91 12 0C 12 52 34 52 92 5C 92 13 0D 13 53 35 53 93 5D 93 14 0E 14 54 36 54 94 5E 94 15 0F 15 55 37 55 95 5F 95 16 10 16 56 38 56 96 60 96 17 11 17 57 39 57 97 61 97 18...

Page 53: ...FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 53 65 APPENDIX F INTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES a Page 0 PC437 USA Standard Europe International Character Set USA...

Page 54: ...FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 54 65 Page 0 Continued 80H to FFH 213...

Page 55: ...FENIX IMVICO TK14 OPERATION MANUAL 55 65 b Page 17 PC866 Cyrillic...

Page 56: ...s To install the program run the SETUP EXE file and follow the instructions on the screen The program is intended for three purposes PC communication port configuration Printer Status Sample ticket Th...

Page 57: ...window the program tests the printer s sensors and notifies every significant error or printing status The program tests the printer s status once In some errors there may be a little time delay from...

Page 58: ...different formats of text by choosing the attributes of the desired text User can change this text up to 25 characters Attributes to choose Prints the customized ticket Prints an autotest including t...

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