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USER MANUAL 

V1.2 

MTP-2100 

 

 

Direct Thermal Printer 

MTP-2100 

60mm 

(2inch) 

USB Interface Version (Windows Driver Operation) 

 

User Manual 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MTP-2100 

Summary of Contents for MTP-2100

Page 1: ...1 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 Direct Thermal Printer MTP 2100 60mm 2inch USB Interface Version Windows Driver Operation User Manual MTP 2100...

Page 2: ...ision Record Revision Date Comment 1 0 2006 11 25 Manual Written 1 1 2007 04 30 Page 30 Test Print Out Procedure has been modified 2007 04 30 Page 26 description of cutting position is added 1 2 2007...

Page 3: ...BLIC OF KOREA All features specifications described are subject to change without notice Company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies All rights rese...

Page 4: ...width direct thermal printer that features z 100mm sec Printing Speed z 200dpi Resolution z 60mm Paper Width z Automatic Cutter z Windows XP Driver z Status Monitoring z Bi Directional Communication...

Page 5: ...Connecting the power 2 4 Windows Driver Installation 2 5 Windows Driver Set Up 3 Operation 3 1 Installing a Paper Roll 3 2 Removing a Paper Jam 3 3 Self Test Printout 4 Programming 4 1 Commands List...

Page 6: ...ometric view 1 Indicators Test Print Button 2 Indicators LED 3 Printer 4 Automatic Cutter 5 Paper Exit 6 TPH Lever 7 DIP Switch There is NO DIP switch whole in USB version Picture of MTP 2100 with opt...

Page 7: ...TPH Thermal Print Head 3 Interface RS 232C or USB In this picture it is RS 232C 4 Power Connector 5 Near End Sensor 6 Paper Roll Holder 5inch Paper Roll Picture of MTP 2100 with optional ticket cutte...

Page 8: ...rs Paper Jam Near End Paper No Paper Cutter Error Head Up TPH overheating B Test Print Button When you insert the paper through the paper entry the printer will automatically feed it forward cut and e...

Page 9: ...r Loading 5 Paper Thermal Thickness 0 06 0 12 mm Width 60 0 0 5mm 6 Paper End Detection Photo reflector 7 Head Up Detection Mechanical Switch 8 Operating Environment Temperature 5 40 Humidity 20 80 RH...

Page 10: ...19 Number of Layers 1 20 Paper Weight 60g 120g 21 Paper Thickness 0 06 0 12 mm 22 Paper Width 60 0 0 3 mm 23 Paper Roll Diameter 5inch 7inch for optional roll box 24 Core Paper or plastic Must not be...

Page 11: ...rinting changing by a temperature and generates an error when TPH is overheated Decreasing of temperature of TPH makes an error cleared away 4 TPH Up Down Sensor The TPH up sensor monitors the TPH Whe...

Page 12: ...5 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 1 4 Dimensions 1 MTP 2100 with standard cutter Right Side View Rear View Top View Paper Roll Holder Open Fastening screw holes dimension Please use M4 Scr...

Page 13: ...13 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 2 MTP 2100 with optional ticket cutter Right Side View Rear View Top View...

Page 14: ...14 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 3 Optional 7inch roll box and shaft...

Page 15: ...oval We recommend you to mount the printer on movable platform so that the printer can be maintained outside the printer enclosure B Ambient Light There is an optical sensor inside the printer and loc...

Page 16: ...r line voltage selector on the power supply is set to your local line voltage 2 Connect the cable from the power supply 3 Connect the power cable to the line outlet 4 Turn on the power supply B Power...

Page 17: ...MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 2 4 Windows Driver Installation Using Setup_all exe Turn on MTP 2100 s Power If you connect USB cable the message will pop up as below picture Please click Cancel Double click on...

Page 18: ...18 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 Select program to install and click Install If you already have old version of MTP 2100 Driver please erase it first And click OK Click Next...

Page 19: ...19 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 Choose your location and click Install Click Continue Anyway to start the installation...

Page 20: ...20 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 Click Finish to complete the installation If you already have Status Monitor program please turn off and click OK Click Next to install Status monitor...

Page 21: ...21 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 Choose your location and click Install Un check the box and click Finish...

Page 22: ...22 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 Click Finish button to complete the installation Please re boot your system and run the printer...

Page 23: ...2 MTP 2100 Manual Installation Turn on MTP 2100 s Power If you connect USB cable the message will pop up as below picture Please choose No not this time and click next Choose Install from a list or sp...

Page 24: ...24 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 Check the box of Include this location in the search and click Browse Locate your folder and click OK...

Page 25: ...25 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 Click Continue Anyway Click Finish to complete the installation Please Re Boot your PC...

Page 26: ...26 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 2 5 Windows Driver Printer Set Up 1 At MTP 2100 Printer Properties click Printing Preferences...

Page 27: ...27 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 2 Choose your paper size For MTP 2100 please choose Width 56mm at paper setting box...

Page 28: ...refer below address before printing process and after printing is completed HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Print Printers MTP 2100 Printer PrinterDriverData EpsonStatus Please re...

Page 29: ...the printer power is off please place the printer lever up position and insert the paper end to the paper entry manually Insert the paper until the paper exits the paper exit Then place the printer l...

Page 30: ...0 65 Page Mechatro INC USER MANUAL V1 2 MTP 2100 3 2 Removing Paper Jam A Procedure 1 Press and hold the TPH cover 2 Open the cutter 3 Push forward the TPH cover and open it 4 Remove jammed paper 2 1...

Page 31: ...s and hold the Test button on the printer 3 Turn on the power 4 If you turn on the power while pressing the test button the printer will printout first test pattern 5 Each successive press of the Test...

Page 32: ...C 3 Set line spacing 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 Print and feed paper ESC K Print and reverse...

Page 33: ...de width GS A Execute test print 1 Commands are classified into two major parts as follows Execution command Executes printer functions Not affect following data Setting command Sets the printer s ope...

Page 34: ...196 212 228 244 5 E U e u 5 0101 37 53 69 85 101 117 133 149 165 181 197 213 229 245 6 F V f v 6 0110 38 54 70 86 102 118 134 150 166 182 198 214 230 246 7 G W g w 7 0111 39 55 71 87 03 119 135 151 1...

Page 35: ...11 227 243 4 0100 132 148 164 180 196 212 228 244 5 0101 133 149 165 181 197 213 229 245 6 0110 134 150 166 182 198 214 230 246 7 0111 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 8 1000 136 152 168 184 200 216 23...

Page 36: ...8 164 180 196 212 228 244 5 0101 133 149 165 181 197 213 229 245 6 0110 134 150 166 182 198 214 230 246 7 0111 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 8 1000 136 152 168 184 200 216 232 248 9 1001 137 153 169...

Page 37: ...reception data The reception data is stored in the reception buffer temporarily and is then processed sequentially 2 Print buffer The print buffer is a buffer that stores the image data to be printed...

Page 38: ...are read in and discarded Example 30H 1BH 22H 31H 32H If the above data string is input the printer discards the data 1BH and 22H as undefined commands As a result the data string that is actually pro...

Page 39: ...rs columns 5 9 13 for the font 12 X 24 Reference ESC D LF Name Print and line feed Format ASCII LF Hex 0A Decimal 10 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds one line based on the cur...

Page 40: ...0 0 On Line 3 On 08 8 Off Line 4 On 10 16 Not used Fixed to On 5 Undefined 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off n 2 Off line status Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to...

Page 41: ...rror due to a circuit failure e g wire break occurs it is impossible to recover Bit 5 If the print head temperature becomes high bit 6 is transmitted until the print head temperature drops sufficientl...

Page 42: ...om an error from the host Notes This command is effective only when a cutter error occurs Reference DLE EOT ESC SP n Name Select right side character spacing Format ASCII ESC SP n Hex 1B 20 n Decimal...

Page 43: ...d double width modes are selected quadruple size characters are printed Underlining is added to the entire width of each character including the space to the right of a character but is not added to p...

Page 44: ...ches Notes The line spacing can be set independently The GS P command can change the vertical motion unit However the value cannot be less than the minimum vertical movement amount The maximum paper f...

Page 45: ...the line The character width includes the right side character spacing and double width characters are set with twice the width of normal characters When setting n 8 the print position is moved to co...

Page 46: ...The GS P command can change the vertical motion unit The maximum line spacing is 1016mm When the setting value exceeds the maximum it is converted to the maximum automatically Reference GS P ESC K n N...

Page 47: ...rresponding paper is selected for printing When a paper end is detected by the paper end sensor the printer goes off line after printing stops When either bit 0 is on the printer selects the paper nea...

Page 48: ...the following problems 1 Paper feed pitch is incorrect 2 Printer noise is louder than normal The maximum reverse line spacing is 1 14inches When the setting value exceeds the maximum it is converted...

Page 49: ...3 Light Dark Default n 2 ESC t n Name Select character code table Format ASCII ESC t n Hex 1B 74 n Decimal 27 116 n Description Select a page n from the character code table N Code Page 0 0 PC437 USA...

Page 50: ...ption Turns upside down printing mode on or off When the LSB of n is 0 upside down printing mode is turned off When the LSB of n is 1 upside down printing mode is turned on Note Only the lowest bit of...

Page 51: ...4 7 Character width selection See Table 1 Table 1 Character Width Selection Table 2 Character Height Selection Hex Decimal Width Hex Decimal Height 00 0 00 0 10 16 1 normal 01 1 1 normal 20 32 2 doubl...

Page 52: ...ID specified N Printer ID Specification ID Hexadecimal 1 49 Paper Width ID Paper Width Inch 03 2 50 Printer model ID MTP 310S series 03 3 51 ROM version ID Depends on ROM version GS L n Name Set left...

Page 53: ...86 m ASCII GS V m n Hex 1D 56 m n Decimal 29 86 m n Range m 1 49 m 66 0 n 255 Description Selects a mode for cutting paper and executes paper cutting The value of m selects the mode as follows m Cut m...

Page 54: ...nting area width Format ASCII GS W n Hex 1D 57 n Decimal 29 87 n Range 0 n 80 Description Sets the printing area width to the area specified by n The printing area width is set to n 1 25 4 inches Prin...

Page 55: ...ansmits the status when this command is executed The printer automatically transmits the status whenever the enabled status item changes The disabled status items may change in this case because each...

Page 56: ...reak occurs it is impossible to recover Bit 5 If the print head temperature becomes high bit 6 is transmitted until the print head temperature drops sufficiently The printer automatically recovers fro...

Page 57: ...l 29 107 m d1 dk 0 Range 0 m 6 d and k depends on the bar code system used Description Selects a bar code system and prints the bar code M selects a bar code system as follows m Bar Code Number of Cha...

Page 58: ...quate 4 On 00 0 Paper end is detected by the paper end sensor 5 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off Bits 1 The paper near end sensor is an option on units that do not have this sensor the pap...

Page 59: ...n Executes a test print with a specified test pattern on a specified paper n specifies the paper to be tested n Test pattern 1 49 Print mark 2 50 Print all alphanumeric 3 51 Reserved 4 52 Print functi...

Page 60: ...nts or ignores the data according to the setting of DIP switch Parity error Framing error Overrun error 6 2 Error Recover 1 TPH Overheating When a temperature of TPH decreases an error will be cleared...

Page 61: ...Checked Type LPBYTE IsChecked sizeof IsChecked Needed ERROR_SUCCESS printf ERROR fail to GetPrinterData n return 1 printf IsChecked lu n IsChecked if ErrorCode GetPrinterData hPrinter LastCheckTime Ty...

Page 62: ...o pDocName Test DocInfo pOutputFile NULL DocInfo pDatatype raw DocInfo dwMode DI_CHANNEL if OpenPrinter PrinterName hPrinter NULL return 1 if JobId StartDocPrinter hPrinter 1 LPBYTE DocInfo return 1 i...

Page 63: ...PrinterName Mechatro Thermal Printer Series HDC PrintDC PrintDC CreateDC winspool PrinterName NULL NULL if PrintDC return 1 if StartDoc PrintDC NULL return 1 testUserCode PrintDC if EndDoc PrintDC re...

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