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                                         RD-EK32 Series User Development manual

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

RD-EK32 

 
 

Thermal label printer development manual 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Date 

version 

remark 

2016-08-29 

V1.1 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Copy right

Beijing rongda science & 

Technology Co.,Ltd 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for RD-EK32 Series

Page 1: ...RD EK32 Series User Development manual RD EK32 Thermal label printer development manual Date version remark 2016 08 29 V1 1 Copy right Beijing rongda science Technology Co Ltd ...

Page 2: ...2 1 Serial Port 4 2 1 1 Pin definition 4 2 1 2 Serial Port Data Transfer Method 5 2 2 Parallel Port 6 2 2 1 Data Interface 6 2 2 2 Parallel Port Data Transfer Method 7 三 Command details 8 四 Installation 8 4 1 Installation Dimension 8 4 2 Installation Method 9 4 2 1 Installation 9 4 2 2 Assemble 9 4 2 3 Disassembly 9 五 Maintenance and Troubleshooting 10 APPENDIX 11 A printing character set 1 2 11 B...

Page 3: ...ort standard ASCII characters 96 5 7 2 Support extended ASCII characters 352 6 8 3 Support the User defined character 6 8 4 User option ASCII characters of 12x24 8X16 8X12 5 Support the standard ASCII character 224 12 24 Chinese Character Equip with the GBK character library of 24 24 more than 20000 Chinese characters Detection Out of paper detection Yes Pressure detection Yes Control system Inter...

Page 4: ...ower supply definition Pin name Signal name Detail 1 Null 2 VPP Power positive12V 24V 3 GND Power Negative 1 3 Operation Single button operating key There is an indication button on the printer s panel and this button is not only an indicator but also a function key 1 3 1 Indicator Power light When Power on Indicator is on with Green light Status light When printer is out of paper Indicator is fla...

Page 5: ...y the label seam After the self test is done press the button if the paper roll automatically move to next label It means the identification is succeed power off then power on the data sheet printing operation go on 二 Communication interface 2 1 Serial interface EK Serial interface adopts 5p white pin seat Pin space is 2 54mm It adopts double serial ports The side besides power connector is RS232 ...

Page 6: ... than 2K the data can be directly sent And the sending method is as follows 2 If large amounts of data once is sent need to judge the mark CTS when sending the data When the mark is 1 the data can t be sent When the mark is 0 the data can be sent Data can be sent in the form of packets or byte When the data is sent in the form of packets each data packet can t exceed 256 bytes and the sending flow...

Page 7: ...B IN Strobe pulse to latch data reading occurs at falling edge 1 3 DATA1 IN 8 data pins the logic 0 indicates low 1 indicates high 2 5 DATA2 IN 3 7 DATA3 IN 4 9 DATA4 IN 5 11 DATA5 IN 6 13 DATA6 IN 7 15 DATA7 IN 8 17 DATA8 IN 9 19 ACK Out answer pulse and Low level indicates that the data has been accepted 10 21 BUSY Out High level indicates that the printer is busy and can t receive data 11 23 PE...

Page 8: ...using serial interface because using parallel interface to send data need the cooperation of the STB BUSY AND DATA data wires See figure 3 4 并口数据的发送相对来说比串口要麻烦些 需要 STB BUSY 及 DATA 数据线之间的时序配合 才可以发送 图 3 4 为并口发送一字节的时序图 Sending step step1 using the appropriate data wire connects the printer to PC step2 power on the printer and load the printing paper step3 Begin to transmit data and flow chart is as fo...

Page 9: ...RD EK32 Series User Development manual 8 三 Command details See RD Thermal printer label command manual book V1 1 四 Installation 4 1 Size Embedded Size 80mm 80mm W H Outlook 86mm 86mm 55mm W H D ...

Page 10: ... in case damage 4 2 2 Installation operation 1 The instrument panel square hole size should be 80x80mm 2 Put the printer into the panel hole 3 Tight the screw clockwise The fixed support will be spread by two sides Clamp the panel 4 When the screw is tight with resistance it means the fixed support locked the panel then stop the tightening 4 2 3 Unloading Operation 1 Rotate the screw counterclockw...

Page 11: ...te whether there are the paper scraps and dust on the printing head If having paper scraps and dust please gently remove Note the thermal paper s obverse and reverse side and if the reverse side is uncoated the printer can t print out the handwriting 5 When the printer is printing or paper feeding we can t tear the paper and can t more reversely drag the paper 6 Keep the printer control panel clea...

Page 12: ...RD EK32 Series User Development manual 11 APPENDIX A Character set 1 2 B International standard ASCII ...

Page 13: ...esent setting 4 按键每按下一次 设置项的参数相应的进行更改 Press down the button each time the parameter will change accordingly 5 如果要设置下一个项目的参数 连续按键 2 次 进入设置下一项目 If need to set the next item parameter press the button 2times continuously and enter into next item set up 6 连续多次 大于 10 次及以上 按下 打印机恢复默认值 Continuous repeat pressing button over 10times the printer restore default 7 打印机恢复默认值后 再次连续 2 次按下按键 进入设置状态 After restore...

Page 14: ...s 1stop bits 2 Flow adjustment Set up flow adjustment XON XOFF and CTS mode Word flow ctrl xxxxxx E g flow ctrl hardware means hardware flow 3 Forward and reverse Set up table sequence and panel sequence Word forward printing or reverse printing forward printing means table reverse printing means panel 4 adjust printing power consumption set up printing current 0 6 High number means higher power r...

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