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Desktop POS Printer

VLINE-80

User Manual

Summary of Contents for VLINE-80

Page 1: ...Desktop POS Printer VLINE 80 User Manual ...

Page 2: ...cation and Beeper 17 4 7 1 Specification of LED Indication 17 4 7 2 Beeper 17 4 7 3 Multi color Status LED 17 4 8 Setting DIP switch 18 4 8 1 Serial interface RS 232C 18 4 8 2 Interfaces of parallel USB Bluetooth and Ethernet 18 4 8 3 Auto Cutter Enable Disable Selection 19 4 9 Print Self Testing 19 4 10 Print Test 20 4 10 1 Print Self Test 20 4 10 2 Printing Of Windows Driver Program 20 4 11 Blue...

Page 3: ...6 4 Problems Emerge During The Paper Cutting Processes 27 6 5 Remove Jammed Paper 27 ...

Page 4: ...Never spill liquid into the printer 6 Do not expose the printer to high temperatures direct sunlight or dust 7 Protect the printer from shock impact and vibration 8 Be certain the power source is within the voltage rating and frequency listed for the printer 9 Switch off the printer power supply when won t use it for a long time 10 Do not place the power cord where it can be stepped on If the powe...

Page 5: ...0 can connect with other equipment through parallel serial USB Ethernet bluetooth Wi Fi and cash drawer interfaces And the printer drivers are available for the WINDOWS XP WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS 8 Linux operating system 1 2 The Main Features 1 Patent design of unique vertical double auto cutter 2 Low noise 3 High print speed 4 Easy paper loading 5 Support page mode printing 6 Compatible with various wi...

Page 6: ... the printer if there is any items missing please contact your local dealer Standard Accessories Printer Power Adapter Power Cord CD Quick Start Guide Optional Accessories USB Cable Serial Cable Parallel Cable Optional Accessories Note 1 The power cord and power adapter vary by local or region 2 Some customers may require not packing some parts of the standard accessories for special if users are ...

Page 7: ...6 2 2 2 VLINE80 2 ...

Page 8: ...details in 3 2 Specification of Indicated light and beeper 5 Error LED If there is abnormal phenomenon and error LED flashing it means the printer is in the wrong status Please turn off the power immediately 6 Paper guide In paper storehouse paper guide can change the position to adapt to different paper width VLINE80 2 storehouse has 4 paper guide slot paper guide slot 1 4 adapt to 80 1 0 mm 58 1...

Page 9: ...evel 1 to level 4 Page Mode support Memory RAM 16Mb Flash 32Mb Resident Fonts Chinese GBK 16 16 24 24dots Alphanumeric ASCII 9 17 12 24dots User defined Support Code Page 47 Graphics Support bitmap printing with different density and user defined bitmap printing Max size of each bitmap is 40K the total size of bitmap is 256k Barcode 1D UPC A UPC E EAN8 EAN13 CODE39 ITF CODEBAR CODE128 CODE93 2D PD...

Page 10: ...m Paper Thickness 0 050 0 090mm Roll Paper Diameter Max OD ф83mm Paper Load Upward cover open and easy paper loading Paper Cut Manual tear or Auto cutter Physical Specification Operating Condition 0 40 20 85 RH Storage Condition 20 70 5 95 RH Dimensions L W H 195 147 147mm Weight 1 8kg Reliability TPH Lifetime 150km Cutter Lifetime 2 000 000 cuts MTBF 360 000 hours Software Emulation ESC POS Drive...

Page 11: ...he print quality and decrease the thermal printer head life Don t stick the paper on the roll paper mandril If the thermal paper is polluted by chemical or oil the thermal paper heat sensibility decreases which will influence the print quality Don t use finger nail or hard articles to touch the surface of thermal paper otherwise it will cause color fading When the environment temperature is higher...

Page 12: ...12 3 3 2 Cutting Position Figure 3 3 2 Type Paper Cutting Position L1 VLINE80 2 11 8mm ...

Page 13: ...er is at operation and maintenance it is recommended to retain the enough space to ensure the printer can work in reliability and ease of operation 4 3 Power Adapter Connection 1 Make sure the printer s power switch is turned off 2 Put the cable plug of power adapter facing up at flat side insert the rear of the printer power connector 3 Turn the power adapter input power 4 Pay attention about dis...

Page 14: ...e Cable Connection 1 Make sure the printer s power switch is turned off 2 Put the interface cable into the matched interface and fixed with screws or spring on the plug 3 Connect the other end of the interface cable to the host 4 5 Cash Drawer Connection 1 Make sure the printer s power switch is turned off 2 Connect the cash drawer cable into the cash drawer interface on the rear side of the print...

Page 15: ...2 According to the paper width insert the paper guide in the proper position 4 6 2 Procedure of Loading 1 Turn off printer 2 Pressing the open button open the top cover of VLINE80 2 Like figure 4 5 1 Figure 4 6 1 3 Put the paper into printer Pay attention to the direction of the paper Like figure 4 6 2 VLINE80 2 ...

Page 16: ...r Like figure 4 6 3 Figure 4 6 3 5 Tear the redundant paper Like figure 4 6 4 Figure 4 6 4 Notes According to the paper size to adjust the paper guide Make sure the paper inside is at tight status or it will issue paper or other obstacle ...

Page 17: ...he printer in an error state ON The printer in an normal state 4 7 2 Beeper Notes The printer use a thermistor to detect the temperature of the print head If the temperature of print head is more than 65 C printer will send a warning If the temperature of print head is more than 80 C printer will stop working until the temperature is in the normal range Description POWER LED ERROR LED PAPER LED Be...

Page 18: ... Enable OFF 2 4 Busy conditions Receive buffer full Printer off line Receive buffer full OFF 2 5 Printer density Reference form 2 OFF 2 6 OFF 2 7 OFF 2 8 Printing dots quantity 512 576 OFF 4 8 2 Interfaces of parallel USB Bluetooth and Ethernet DIP Switch 1 Switches Function ON OFF Default 1 1 Automatic line feed Enable Disable OFF 1 2 1 8 Reserve OFF DIP Switch 2 Switches Functions ON OFF Default...

Page 19: ... Reserve 3 OFF ON Reserve 4 dense 4 8 3 Auto Cutter Enable Disable Selection DIP Switch setting 2 Switch2 3 ON Auto cutter disable OFF Auto cutter enable Application program Ignore auto cutter error for continuous printing 4 9 Print Self Testing 1 Make sure the printer has been installed roll paper and turn off the top cover 2 Make sure the printer has linked power 3 Make sure the printer power of...

Page 20: ... the Self test page 4 11 Bluetooth PDA with Bluetooth interface laptop and other information terminals can drive the mobile thermal printer VLINE80 2 Instructions as follows 1 Power on the printer 2 Primary device search for outer Bluetooth devices 3 If there are some outer Bluetooth devices choose VLINE80 2 4 Connected to VLINE80 2 5 Finish pairing Notes In pairing the printer must be turned on w...

Page 21: ...cation board with the default USB interface and cash drawer interface and the other communication boards with the Ethernet interface parallel interface RS232 interface are optional 5 1 USB Figure 5 1 PIN NO Signal Name 1 VBUS 2 D 3 D 4 GND 5 2 Cash Drawer Figure 5 2 PIN NO Signal Name 1 FG 2 Drawer 1 3 DRSW 4 VDR 5 Drawer 2 6 GND Electrical characteristics Driving voltage DC 24 V Driving current m...

Page 22: ...When arranging the line of communication you have to avoid paralleling with the strong current you have to use the shielded communication line 5 4 Other Optional Interface 5 4 1 Serial Interface Printer VLINE80 2 serial interface is compatible with RS 232 standard with 9 pin socket Figure 5 4 1 a PIN NO Signal Name 1 2 TXD 3 RXD 4 5 GND 6 RTS 7 CTS 8 RTS 9 ...

Page 23: ...onfiguration sample the default setting of serial interface is as follow 9600bps baud rates 8 bit data bit 1 bit stop bit no parity support RTS CTS handshaking protocol Figure 5 4 2 b PIN No Signal Definition PIN1 Frame Ground PIN2 TXD PIN 3 RXD PIN 4 RTS PIN 5 Unconnected PIN 6 DSR PIN 7 GND PIN 8 19 Unconnected PIN 20 DTR PIN 21 25 Unconnected ...

Page 24: ...a A negative pulse of about 1us 11 P Busy Signal The printer is busy High level indicates that the printer can t receive data 12 P PE Signal paper end signal High level indicates that the printer is paper end 13 Unconnected 14 Unconnected 15 Unconnected 16 Logic Ground 17 Frame Ground separated from logic ground 18 Unconnected 19 30 Logic Ground 31 Unconnected 32 P Printer error signal low level i...

Page 25: ...25 5 4 3 Ethernet Interface Figure 5 4 3 PIN NO Signal Name 1 TX 2 TX 3 RX 4 5 6 RX 7 8 ...

Page 26: ...printer cover Paper Error LED always on and beeper alarms Paper end Reload the roll paper Error LED blinks and beeper alarms Thermal print head overheated Turn the printer off and resume when it cools overvoltage Print with specified voltage Low voltage Print with specified voltage 6 3 Troubles Occur During Printing Problem description Probable reason Solution Coloured stripe in the paper Paper ne...

Page 27: ...printer speed to the limit of thermal printer head Wrong paper feeding position Put the paper parallel with the paper mount and insert into the space between platen roller and the thermal printer head 6 5 Remove Jammed Paper Warning Do not touch the thermal print head because it becomes very hot after printing If the top cover can be opened operate it according to the next steps 1 Turn off the pri...

Page 28: ...28 3 Close the front cover 4 Open the top cover and remove jammed paper VLINE80 2 ...

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