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3. Control panel and other functions. 

 

3-1. Control panel 

You can control the basic paper feeding operations of the printer with the button on the control 
panel. The indicator lights let you to monitor the printer’s status. 
 

Control Panel 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Button 

The button can be disabled by the ESC c 5 command. 
 
Press the FEED button once to advance paper one line. You can also hold down the FEED 
button to feed paper continuously. 
 
 

3-2. Error Indicator 

This section explains the different patterns signaled by the two LED indicators located on the 
top cover of the printer. 

 

PAPER 

ERROR 

POWER 

STATUS 

RED 

RED 

GREEN 

REMARKS 

Power off 

OFF 

OFF 

OFF 

Normal power is not supplied to the printer 

Power on 

OFF 

OFF 

ON 

Normal power is supplied to the printer 

On line 

OFF 

OFF 

ON 

Normal error-free mode 

Cover open 

OFF 

ON 

ON 

Close cover 

Paper empty 

OFF 

ON 

ON 

Insert new paper roll 

Paper near end 

ON 

OFF 

ON 

Paper is low 

Test mode 

OFF 

OFF 

ON 

Ignored error led 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

POWER

ERROR

PAPER

FEED

Summary of Contents for EVO-RP1

Page 1: ...EVO RP1 Receipt Printer User s Manual All specifications are subject to change without notice ...

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Page 3: ...setting 10 3 Control panel and other functions 14 3 1 Control panel 14 3 2 Error Indicator 14 4 Self Test 15 5 Hexadecimal Dump 15 6 Specifications 16 6 1 General Specifications 18 6 2 Auto Cutter Specifications 18 6 3 Interface 18 6 4 Electrical Characteristics 18 6 5 Environmental Requirements 19 6 6 Reliability 19 6 7 Certification 19 7 Command List 20 ...

Page 4: ...on off power to the printer PRINTER COVER Open this cover to load or replace paper CONTROL PANEL Features LED indicators to indicate printer status and switches to operate the printer COVER OPEN PUSH BUTTON Push down this button to open the printer cover ...

Page 5: ...E CONNECTOR USB PERIPHERAL DRIVE CONNECTOR POWER CONNECTOR 2 Setting Up the Printer 2 1 Unpacking Your printer box should include these items If any items are damaged or missing please contact your dealer for assistance The Printer ...

Page 6: ...5 Power Adaptor Interface Cable 2 2 Connecting the Cables All cables connect to the connector panel on the back of the printer which is shown below ...

Page 7: ...ot connect this to a telephone For connection of the AC adapter Never unplug the AC adapter while the printer is on INTERFACE CONNECTOR INTERFACE CONNECTOR USB PERIPHERAL DRIVE CONNECTOR POWER CONNECTOR Before connecting any of the cables make sure that both the printer and the computer are turned off 2 2 1 Interface Connector ...

Page 8: ...ION 2 TxD Output Printer transmit data line RS 232C level 3 RxD Input Printer receive data line RS 232C level 4 20 DTR Output Printer handshake to host line RS 232C level 6 DSR Input Data Send Ready 1 7 GND System Ground Centronics Parallel Interface PIN SIGNAL I O DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Input Synchronize signal Data received 2 9 DATA0 7 Input Output Data bit Transmitted 0 7 T ype ...

Page 9: ...ground 31 INIT Input Initialize 32 ERROR Output Printer error 33 GROUND System ground 34 NC 35 5V 5V 36 SELLECT IN Input Printer select signal Ethernet Interface PIN SIGNAL I O 1 Data Out Output Data 2 Data Out Output Data 3 GND Ground 4 Data IN Input Data 5 Data IN Input Data 6 N C 7 N C 8 N C 2 2 2 Cash Drawer Connector The printer can operate two cash drawers with a 6 pin RJ 11 modular connecto...

Page 10: ...aper rolls that meet the specifications Do not use paper rolls that have the paper glued to the core because the printer cannot detect the paper end correctly 1 Turn off power switch 2 Make sure that the printer is not receiving data Otherwise data may be lost 3 Open the paper roll cover by pushing down the cover open push button 3 Remove the used paper roll core if there is one inside 4 Insert ne...

Page 11: ...10 5 Note the correct direction that the paper comes off the roll 6 Pull out a small amount of paper as shown Then close the cover ...

Page 12: ...ter has two sets of DIP switches The functions of the switches are shown in the following tables Note Turn power off unplug the printer Open the Dip Switch cover to change settings 2 4 1 Serial Interface Specification DIP Switch Setting Standard SW FUNCTION ON OFF 2 Hexadecimal HEXDUMP NORMAL 5 Cut Mode Full Cut Partial Cut 8 Paper Low Mode Paper Low Detect Do not detect Baud rate selection FUNCTI...

Page 13: ...00 BPS ON ON 9600 BPS OFF ON 19200 BPS ON OFF 38400BPS OFF OFF CAUTION Turn off the printer while removing the DIP switch cover to prevent an electric short which can damage the printer 1 Make sure the printer is turned off and unplugged 2 Remove the DIP switch cover by taking off as shown in the illustration below ...

Page 14: ...over The new settings take effect when you turn on the printer CAUTION When the paper cutter is jammed the top cover might be stuck closed In this case repeat power on and off several times If the top cover is still stuck please follow the steps to release the paper jam 1 Make sure the printer is turned off 2 Remove cutter cover as shown ...

Page 15: ...14 3 Turn screw with a screwdriver until paper is released from the cutter ...

Page 16: ... FEED button to feed paper continuously 3 2 Error Indicator This section explains the different patterns signaled by the two LED indicators located on the top cover of the printer PAPER ERROR POWER STATUS RED RED GREEN REMARKS Power off OFF OFF OFF Normal power is not supplied to the printer Power on OFF OFF ON Normal power is supplied to the printer On line OFF OFF ON Normal error free mode Cover...

Page 17: ...ata as soon as it completes the self test 5 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 To use the hex dump feature follo...

Page 18: ... Take the appropriate measure to protect against electrostatic AC line noise etc 6 1 General Specifications 1 Printing Method Direct line thermal printing 2 Print speed 160mm sec 3 Dot density 180 DPI Hor Ver 180 180 0 142mm 0 142mm dot 4 Printing Width 180 DPI Max 72mm 512 dots 5 Dot Pitch 0 141mm X 0 141mm 6 Number of print columns No of columns Font A Font B 180 DPI 42 56 7 Paper Roll Refer to ...

Page 19: ...18 9 Overall dimensions ...

Page 20: ...ness is between 65 and 80µm 6 3 Interface RS232 Serial Interface Centronics Parallel Interface IEEE1284 USB Interface Ethernet Interface 10Mbps 6 4 Electrical Characteristics 1 Input Voltage DC 24V 10 2 Current Consumption Operating Approx 1 5 A at ASC printing Peak Approx 10 A at print duty 100 For 10 seconds or less Stand by Approx 0 15 A 3 Power Connector ...

Page 21: ...6 Reliability 1 MCBF 50 million lines based on an average printing rate of 12 5 with paper thickness in the range 65µm to 75µm 35 million lines based on an average printing rate of 12 5 with paper thickness in the range 76µm to 150µm 2 Head Life 100 million pulses 150Km 3 Cutter Life 1 5 million cuts if the paper thickness is between 65 and 80µm 6 7 Certification 1 FCC PART15 CLASS A 2 CE EMCD LVD...

Page 22: ...user defined characters 21 ESC Initialize printer 22 ESC D Set horizontal tab positions 23 ESC E Turn emphasized mode on off 24 ESC G Turn double strike mode on off 25 ESC J Print and feed paper using minimum units 26 ESC L Select page mode 27 ESC M Select character font 28 ESC R Select an international character set 29 ESC S Select standard mode 30 ESC T Select print direction in page mode 31 ESC...

Page 23: ...cal print position in page mode 56 GS a Enable disable Automatic Status Back ASB 57 GS f Select font for HRI characters 58 GS h Set bar code height 59 GS k Print bar code 60 GS r Transmit status 61 GS v 0 Print raster bit image 62 GS w Set bar code width Add 1 ESC i Full cut 2 ESC m Partial cut 3 FS Set print mode s for Kanji characters 4 FS Select Kanji character mode 5 FS Turn underline mode on ...

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