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RP-3180

MINI Thermal 
Printer
USER'S MANUAL

MANUAL REVISION V8.1

TVS  Electronics  Limited

Summary of Contents for MINI THERMAL RP-3180

Page 1: ...RP 3180 MINI Thermal Printer USER S MANUAL MANUAL REVISION V8 1 TVS Electronics Limited ...

Page 2: ...o the printer The print head has a high temperature after work Please don t touch the print head or touch the motor shell in case scalded NOTICE Avoid external impact when operating do not fall the printer down and avoid vigorously impact Do not plug or unplug with your hands wet You can be electrocuted Avoid magnetic objects near the printer Don t use tweezers knife screwdriver or other hard obje...

Page 3: ...ode printing is possible by using a bar code command 7 Support auto Store Logo or Hello Logo printing 8 Enable to change some functions by DIP Switch Please be sure to read the instruction in this manual carefully before using your new RP 3180 All specifications are subjected to change without notice Table of Contents Chapter 1 Setting up the Printer 1 1 Unpacking 1 2 Installing the printer 1 3 Us...

Page 4: ...ure Do not use or store the printer in a dusty or dirty area Avoid places subject to intense vibration or shock Choose a stable and flat place for proper use of the printer Make sure that there is enough space around the printer so that it can be used easily RP 3180 USER SMANUAL 1 3 Using the Printer BUTTON Press the FEED button once to advance paper one line You can also hold down the FEED button...

Page 5: ... in the power cord Otherwise you may damage the power supply or the printer 2 3 Connecting Interface Cable and Drawer Cable to the printer Interface Connector Cable Drawer kick out Cable Connect the Host Computer POS ECR to the printer using an interface cable that matches the specifications of the printer and the Host computer POS ECR Be sure to use a drawer that matches the printer s specificati...

Page 6: ...ng Jammed Paper 1 Turn the printer off and press the cover open button 2 Remove jammed paper reinstall the roll and close the cover 3 If paper is caught in the cutter and you cannot open the printer cover open the cutter cover as shown in A 4 Open the cutter cover 5 Turn the knob as shown in B Until the cutter blade to the normal position 6 Close the cutter cover 7 Open the printer cover and remov...

Page 7: ...ul in finding software problems When you turn on the hexadecimal dump function the printer prints all commands and data in hexadecimal format along with a guide section to help you find specific commands To use the hexadecimal dump function follow these steps 1 Make sure that there is a roll paper in the printer 2 After you make sure that the printer is off 3 Turn on the power while holding down t...

Page 8: ...arallel Interface IEEE 1284 10 Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Source Host Host Printer Host Printer Host Printer Host Printer Host Printer Host Printer Host Printer Host Printer Printer Printer Printer Printer Host Printer Host Printer Printer Printer Host Compatibility Mode nStrobe Data0 LSB Data1 Data2 Data3 Data4 Data5 Data6 Data7 MSB nAck Busy Perro...

Page 9: ...GS GS GS GS h FS p FS q Description Printing and paper feed Back to printing Select print mode Specifying the bit image mode Specifying 1 6 inch line feed rate Setting line feed rate of minimum pitch Generating the specified pulses Initializing the printer Set line spacing Select character Double height mode Select character Double height mode Select character Double height mode Printing and feedi...

Page 10: ...ont Undefined Undefined Undefined Double height mode not selected Double height mode selected Double width mode not selected Double width mode selected Undefined Undefined Function 4 5 Selects print mode s using n as follows When both double height and double width modes are selected quadruple size characters are printed The printer can underline all characters When some characters in a line are d...

Page 11: ... paper feed amount is 1016 mm 40 Even if a paper feed amount of more than 1016 mm 40 is set the printer feeds the paper only 1016 mm 40 Approx 4 23mm 1 6 ESC 2 15 ESC 9 m n 1 n2 Name Format Range Description Generating the specified pulses ASCII ESC 9 m n1 n2 Hex 1B 39 m n1 n2 Decimal 27 57 m n1 n2 m 0 0 n1 255 0 n2 255 The signals specified by n1 and n2 are output to the connector pin specified b...

Page 12: ...ocation and size of the print area Horizontal start point xL xH x 256 x basic calculation pitch inches Vertical start point yL yH x 256 x basic calculation pitch inches Horizontal length dxL dxH x 256 x basic calculation pitch inches Vertical length dyL dyH x 56 x basic calculation pitch inches When standard mode is selected this command only executes the internal flagging of the printer without a...

Page 13: ...iption Select character Double width mode ASCII ESC X n Hex 1B 58 n Decimal 27 88 n 1 n 8 Select character Double width mode 19 ESC d n Name Format Range Description Details See Also Print and feed n lines ASCII ESC d n Hex 1B 64 n Decimal 27 100 n 0 n 255 Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds n lines This command sets the print starting position to the beginning of the line This command d...

Page 14: ...elationship between vertical and horizontal directions are reversed In page mode vertical and horizontal directions are based on the character orientation When characters are enlarged with different sizes on one line all the characters on the line is aligned at the baseline The ESC command can also turn double width and double height modes on or off However the setting of the last received command...

Page 15: ...er this command is ignored When a downloaded bit image has not been defined this command is ignored A portion of a downloaded bit image exceeding one line length is not printed A downloaded character and a downloaded bit image cannot be defined simultaneously GS 0 48 1 49 2 50 3 51 NORMAL MODE DOUBLE WIDTH MODE DOUBLE HEIGHT MODE QUADRUPLE SIZE MODE Dot Density in Vertical Direction 203 DPI 203 DP...

Page 16: ...E WIDTH MODE DOUBLE HEIGHT MODE QUADRUPLE SIZE MODE Dot Density in Vertical Direction 203 DPI 203 DPI 101 DPI 101 DPI Dot Density in Horizontal Direction 203 DPI 101 DPI 203 DPI 101 DPI Mode Name m MSB LSB XL xH x 256 x 8 dot 512 dot YL yH x 256 dot 1 2 3 62 63 64 65 66 67 126 127 128 K 2 K 1 K 7 6 5 0 4 3 2 1 25 GS h n Name Format Range Description Details See Also Define downloaded bit image ASC...

Page 17: ...ta In this case the data buffer position does not change If bar code width exceeds the printing area the printer does not print the bar code but moves the data buffer position to the left side out of the printing area 27 28 RP 3180 USER SMANUAL RP 3180 USER SMANUAL FS p n m FS q n xL xH yL yH d1 dk 1 xL xH yL yH d1 dk n Name Format Range Description Name Format Range Description Example Print NV b...

Page 18: ...trongly recommend to use Microsoft Paint Tool to edit image file Otherwise the printer will be failed to download or print 5 Click download bmp and wait the printer to save the data 6 After the printer download the image successfully you can preview the image on the frame and the bmp file information as well 7 Click Print Bmp button to check the printing effect There are four Printing Mode options...

Page 19: ...nter Properties The printer driver software can be found from CD disk packaged with printer 1 Install the printer driver software The printer driver should be installed according to following steps Go to Printers and Faxes folder click Add a printer Click next according to the direction of installation Click have disk to find open inf file of printer driver See Pic 10 2 1 And then start to install...

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