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Page 1: ...EPC12 IF1200 200 T 0 INTER THERM RFACE oper MAL and PT ration m March 2 PRIN R2 Stan manua 008 NTER nd Alon al R SER ne Printe RIES er...
Page 2: ...assignment for each mode 16 4 4 4 PC parallel interface connection 17 4 5 USB INTERFACE 17 4 5 1 Assignments of USB connector terminals USB 18 5 BASIC OPERATIONS 19 5 1 PAPER LOADING 19 5 2 BUTTON FU...
Page 3: ...data reception 15 Fig 11 Parallel interface pins 16 Fig 12 PC parallel cable 17 Fig 13 EPC1200 USB connector 18 Fig 14 Paper orientation 19 Fig 15 SELF TEST mode example 20 Fig 16 PROGRAMMING MODE ex...
Page 4: ...independent scale in X Y axis up to 64 times Programmable character and line space Bold and reverse character capabilities Graphic bitmap printing capabilities Several format Bar Code EAN13 Code39 Co...
Page 5: ...printer NEVER shake the printer NEVER disassemble or modify the hardware of the printer NEVER try to repair the printer Please contact your official distributor in case of failure As the printer conta...
Page 6: ...9 The print head could be hot after printing Make sure it has thoroughly cooled down before proceeding to clean it 9 Never touch the thermal elements of the print head with your hands 9 Never use meta...
Page 7: ...A font 12 x 24 dots 1 5 x 3 mm selected by default B font 8 x 16 dots 1 x 2 mm 3 Character size Standard Double height Double width Double width Double height Width x height cpl Width x height cpl Wi...
Page 8: ...the interface Current consumption The table and chart below show the current consumption for different supply voltages Measurements have been done for the following cases Printer powered on stand by P...
Page 9: ...asic points that a correct installation must follow are Allow enough space and accessibility to reach the maintenance procedure points in case it is needed Take notice all user accessible parts in the...
Page 10: ...window to be cut on the mounting wall 2 All the wiring has been designed to allow the user to firstly connect the cables and then screw the printer onto the panel although the other way is also possi...
Page 11: ...Use the 2 terminals 2 wires with 1 mm minimum section each IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT POWER SUPPLY The current demand depends on the density of the printout A 60W power supply covers all adverse possibilit...
Page 12: ...EPC1200 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 12 56 Fig 6 FENIX supplied 5VDC power modules Fig 7 Current consumption example...
Page 13: ...en the power supply has a temporal abnormal voltage change 6 When an error has occurred 4 3 3 Serial RS 232 interface pins assignment The assignments of the terminals of the RS 232 connector and the f...
Page 14: ...ions Data transmission 8 bit parallel Synchronization nSTB signal externally provided Protocol nACK acknowledge and BUSY signals Signal levels TTL compatible Connector user side JST PHDR 18VS housing...
Page 15: ...TB 750 READY cycle idle time tReady 0 BUSY output delay time tBUSY 0 500 Data processing time tReply 0 ACKNLG pulse width tACK 500 10 s BUSY release time tnBUSY 0 ACK cycle idle time tNext 0 Table 2 T...
Page 16: ...ter nFault nDataAvail Data0 4 16 Host Sys nInit NInit 17 Host Sys nSelectIn 1284 Active 18 25 GND GND Table 3 PC parallel connector DB25 NOTES 1 The n prefix used before a signal name means that they...
Page 17: ...n sides connected to the system signal ground level 5 Do not ignore the nACK and BUSY signals during data transmissions An attempt to transmit data without nACK or BUSY control signals might cause los...
Page 18: ...0 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 18 56 4 5 1 Assignments of USB connector terminals USB Pin Signal name 1 Vbus 2 D 3 D 4 ID 5 GND Fig 13 EPC1200 USB connector Mini B series USB connector has to be used Pin 1...
Page 19: ...ctivate it if the button is still pressed when the full Self test has been printed the printer will prompt the user to hold the button to enter this mode HEXADECIMAL MODE If we are in the same situati...
Page 20: ...self test m powered he button 0 will start p lows check ticular mode t version he commu n SOR s the openin cts no pape The control iagrams of t SENSOR ve an optio s near its en it can be ac ct these...
Page 21: ...printer has de OGRAMMING neither settin makes some ressing and g mode afte printer will p or a couple o e printer will NO leaving ers 8400 115200 on ODD EV 2D Recomm 2 or similar ure paper 2 2 or sim...
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Page 23: ...Fig 18 LED Blinking sequence RED More information on these errors can be found below HARDWARE ERROR Description At initialization the printer internally checks its hardware devices If they do not func...
Page 24: ...section 3 1 Paper loading Note This error stops the printing and it cannot be restarted until it is not recovered This error is indicated in the parallel port depending on the conditions set by the ES...
Page 25: ...ding 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 H...
Page 26: ...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 area It is the maximum range...
Page 27: ...Turn white black reverse printing mode on off X 32 ESC J Print and feed paper X 33 ESC M Select character font X 33 ESC a Select justification X 33 ESC c 3 Select paper sensor to output PE signal X 34...
Page 28: ...mit printer status n 2 Transmit offline status n 3 Transmit error status n 4 Continuous paper sensor status n 5 Paper sensor status n 100 Low byte BL of thermal head temperature n 101 High byte BH of...
Page 29: ...unrecoverable error ON Unrecoverable error occurred 6 OFF No auto recoverable error ON Auto recoverable error occurred 7 OFF Not used Fixed to OFF Bit 6 is ON when printing is stopped due to high prin...
Page 30: ...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 Description Turns underline mode on or off based on the following values of n n Hex n Dec Function...
Page 31: ...more height all the characters in the line are aligned at the baseline ESC M can also select character font type However the setting of the last received command is effective ESC n can also turn on o...
Page 32: ...cription Turns double strike mode on or off When the LSB of n is 0 double strike mode is turned off When the LSB of n is 1 double strike mode is turned on Notes Only the lowest bit of n is enabled Pri...
Page 33: ...o select character font types However the setting of the last received command is effective This command must be sent at the beginning of a line If it is sent in the middle of a line all previous data...
Page 34: ...gnal switching be delayed depending on the receive buffer state If either bit 0 or bit 1 is on the paper roll near end sensor is selected as the paper sensor outputting paper end signals If either bit...
Page 35: ...A and 16 dots for Font B Reference ESC 2 ESC 3 GS n Name Select character size Format ASCII GS n Hex 1D 21 n Decimal 29 33 n Range 0 n 255 1 vertical number of times 8 1 horizontal number of times 8...
Page 36: ...int 51 Rolling pattern print Details This command has enabled only when processed at the beginning of a line After the test print is finished the printer resets itself automatically Therefore data alr...
Page 37: ...characters are printed at the position specified by GS H HRI characters are always printed at X Scale 1 and Y Scale 1 Default n 1 Reference GS H GS k GS H n Name Select print position for HRI charact...
Page 38: ...ied by ESC 2 or ESC 3 This command is enabled only when no data exists in the print buffer When data exists in the print buffer the printer processes the data following m as normal data After printing...
Page 39: ...oes not print HRI characters that correspond to the shift characters or code set selection characters 7 HRI character for the function character is space 8 HRI characters for the control character 00...
Page 40: ...e basis The position at which subsequent characters are to be printed for raster bit image is specified by GS L Set left margin d indicates the bit image data Setting a bit to 1 prints a dot and setti...
Page 41: ...yH 256 288 0 d 255 k xL xH 256 yL yH 256 8 Total available data area 16380 bytes 16KB 4Bytes Description Define the NV bit image specified by n n specifies the NV bit image number always 1 xL xH speci...
Page 42: ...ting the logo selecting Driver mode option until get the size the layout and the arrangement desired Afterwards the user just have to reprint with the option Load Logo 1 selected and the logo will be...
Page 43: ...2 x 4 Character number Alphanumeric characters 95 Extended Graphics 128 per page Line spacing default 0 99 mm Paper Paper roll Width 58 0 1mm 25 m approx Maximum outside diameter 45 mm Thermal paper...
Page 44: ...0 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 44 56 Fig 23 Mechanical dimensions NOTES All dimensions are in millimetres For better viewing the PCB and the rear cover are not drawn in all views APPENDIX B MECHANICAL DIME...
Page 45: ...APOS 3 24VDC Power supply enclosed RS 232 6 Serial cable 1 5m CENTRONICS 7 Parallel cable 1 5m T58X40X12 Termal paper 58mm Interface nil Serial RS232 Parallel IEEE 1284 U USB Special version nil Stand...
Page 46: ...acters 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 after SHIFT is processed as a cha...
Page 47: ...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 12...
Page 48: ...2 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 49: ...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 1...
Page 50: ...EPC1200 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 50 56 a Page 0 PC437 USA Standard Europe International Character Set USA b Page 17 PC866 Cyrillic APPENDIX E INTERNAL CHARACTER...
Page 51: ...e and follow the instructions on the screen The program is intended for three purposes PC communication port configuration Printer Status Sample ticket These three parts are distinguished in the progr...
Page 52: ...es B and N Standing for Bold and Negative Barcode It will print the code written as a barcode of any of the four types supported Graphic It prints the graphic selected Logo It allows loading or erasin...
Page 53: ...nector is polarized to protect the interface against inverse voltage Please read Notes about power supply in the 2 2 Power Supply Section before powering the interface Terminal n Voltage 1 GNDP 2 VCC...
Page 54: ...y connector polarity the interface has a 10A 29SWG FUSE WIRE that protects it from inverse voltage as well as from current overload In case of needing a replacement same fuse wire should be used other...
Page 55: ...enclosure and the arm are made of paint coated steel that gives the PTR2 toughness and prevents it from corrosion making the printer suitable for a wide range of environments Fig 27 PTR2 Fixing Optio...
Page 56: ...EPC1200 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 56 56 c Pac fico 53 55 08027 BARCELONA SPAIN Phone Num 34 93 353 92 22 Fax Num 34 93 353 97 21 E mail bcn feniximvico com http www feniximvico com...
