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Chapter 5 Notice about the IrDA Infrared Interface 

 

When use the IrDA infrared interface the user must notice the following: 

1 The communication parameter must meet the following 

Baud rate: 9600bps 
Data bit: 8 
Parity: none 

Stop bit: 1 

2 Make sure the infrared windows of the host and printer aim each other, that 

is the View angle must within 30

°

 

3 Insure there is no  obstacle between the host and printer, and the distance 

must within 1 meter. 

4 If the clobber and lost data occurred, refer to the section 1,2,3 above 

5 If the printer doesn’t work when use the IrDA infrared interface, may sure 

the RS-232 communication cable has been plugged out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chapter 6 Notice about the Rechargeable Ni-MH Battery   

 

6.1 Ni-MH Rechargeable Battery characteristics 

6.1.1 Charging  characteristics 

The charging characteristic is affected by the current

temperature

time 

etc.  The current and the  temperature  affect  Ni-MH  rechargeable  battery 
charging characteristics obviously, temperature drop down or current increase 
may cause the charging voltage rise.   
   We recommend you charge the battery with the current within 1C 

1C

1500mA

, the temperature within 0

o

C~40

o

C. Charging the battery usually in 

the temperature exceed the range will  lower the capability of the battery. 
Overcharge  the battery from time to time may be underutilized  resulting 
insufficient use of the available capability. 
 
6.1.2 Discharging  characteristics 

The Ni-MH  rechargeable battery is  similar to  the Ni-Cd rechargeable 

battery. The discharge voltage is about 1.2 volt. The discharging characteristics 
is affected by the current

temperature etc. The higher discharge current and 

lower temperature the lower discharge voltage and efficiency. The maximum 
continuous discharge current is 3C. 
   
6.1.3 Cycle life characteristics 

Cycle Life of the battery is more than 500 times when it use  correctly. 

The battery is chemical, the capacity will be dropped down after use for many 
times also long time storage. Incorrect use may drop down the cycle life of the 
battery. 

 

6.1.4 Storage characteristics 

The storage characteristics include the self  discharge characteristic and 

long time storage characteristic. 

Self discharge indicates the phenomenon that the battery discharge in 

open circuit. The self discharge characteristic is affect by the environment.   

Research indicates that it is the best to store the battery with full charge 

status. The battery should be stored in the temperature about 10

30

o

C and the 

Summary of Contents for UP-PN24S

Page 1: ...TP UP PN Portable Dot Matrix Printer User sManual The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice...

Page 2: ...s 13 3 1 Summary 13 3 2 Paper Feeding Commands 13 3 3 Formatting Commands 15 3 4 Character Setting Commands 21 3 5 User Defined Character Commands 26 3 6 Printing Graphics Commands 28 3 7 Initializati...

Page 3: ...ort EPSON M 190 series printer head The main models are shown in the follow table Model Character per line 5 7 Character dimension mm Print speed line s Fast feeding paper speed Print density dot line...

Page 4: ...2 Serial port Baud rate 9600bps Handshaking RTS CTS Data format 8 bit data none parity 1 bit stop Connector 6 pin RJ 11 modular jack Signal level EIA level 3 15V IrDA infrared port Communication dista...

Page 5: ...ed Full charging needs 14 hours Fast charging need take off the battery and put it on the optional quick charger CX 101 option Full charging needs only 4 hours For the first use of the printer we reco...

Page 6: ...u can press down the right end of the cassette only after lay the left end down to the axle deep enough Now check the ribbon if or not it is tight and keeps on the inside of the cassette Turn the knob...

Page 7: ...eless To communicate the IrDA infrared transmitter and receiver of the host should aim at the infrared window of the printer Communication parameters are following as Baud rate 9600bps Data bit 8 Pari...

Page 8: ...ng indicator LF Button Status indicator Chapter 3 Printing Control Commands 3 1 Summary TP UP PN portable thermal printer provides a set of print control commands includes byte control commands ESC co...

Page 9: ...map graphics Normally set n 3 at text printing mode Default value is n 3 Example n dot line Observe the effect of the command by following BASIC program 10 FOR I 1 TO 10 STEP 2 20 PRINT 1 CHR 27 1 CHR...

Page 10: ...l its values must be limited to the range of page length set by ESC C command The character NUL added at last indicates the end of the command All the vertical tab position can be canceled by ESC B NU...

Page 11: ...printout of running this program in TP UP PN is as follows HT Horizontal tab Format ASCII HT Decimal 9 Hexadecimal 09 Explanation Printing continues to the position of next horizontal tab set by ESC D...

Page 12: ...that is no left margin The position is absolutely set by this command so it is not affected by ESC U and ESC W character enlarge commands For instance to set left margin into 6 you can send following...

Page 13: ...Enlarge width height Format ASCII ESC W n Decimal 27 87 n Hexadecimal 1B 57 n Explanation The printing width and height will be n times bigger than normal one The value of n should range among 1 to 4...

Page 14: ...ng the command Carriage Return or DC4 commands can terminate SO command However normal and width enlarging characters can be mixed in the same line DC4 Cancel double width printing Format ASCII DC4 De...

Page 15: ...n1 m2 n2 mk nk 0 Hexadecimal 1B 25 m1 n1 m2 n2 mk nk 00 Explanation This command can replace the character n of current fonts with user defined character m the user defined character m will be printed...

Page 16: ...below Each character is composed of the 7X8 dot matrix in which dot columns are 7 There is one dot column space between two continual characters So there are total 15 dot columns and then n1 15 n2 0...

Page 17: ...X The printout of running above program in TP UP PN printer is as below Paper feeding direction 3 7 Initialization Command ESC Initialize printer Format ASCII ESC Decimal 27 64 Hexadecimal 1B 40 Expla...

Page 18: ...the current line printing and start Chinese character printing next line FS Exit Chinese printing Mode Format ASCII FS Decimal 28 46 Hexadecimal 1C 2E Explanation This command is used to exit Chinese...

Page 19: ...be printed on the printing side of the paper The position of the black mark is the paper tearing line The position and size of the black mark printed are shown as below picture The reflectivity of th...

Page 20: ...apacity of the battery strongly recommend charging after discharging sufficiently 1 Discharging on printer After power off press and hold button ON more than 10 seconds until the both of red and green...

Page 21: ...within 0o C 40o C Charging the battery usually in the temperature exceed the range will lower the capability of the battery Overcharge the battery from time to time may be underutilized resulting ins...

Page 22: ...e leakage and lower the capacity if charge the battery in the temperature too high 2 Never short circuiting the cells use the correct polarity when charging or it may cause the deformation leakage eve...

Page 23: ...tery q Overall dimension 153 L 116 D 65 H q Weight About 530g excluding the paper roll q Working condition Temperature 0 50o C relative humidity 10 80 Appendix 2 Printing Control Commands Decimal Hexa...

Page 24: ...27 87 1B 57 ESC W n Enlarge in width height 27 99 1B 63 ESC c n Inverse printing 27 102 1B 66 ESC fm n Print blank character or blank line 27 105 1B 69 ESC i n Turn reverse printing on off 27 108 1B 6...

Page 25: ...Character code table 2...

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