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SP-POS88IV SERIES 

THERMAL PRINTER 

 

OPERATION MANUAL

 

 

 

READ THIS MANUAL VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE ATTEMPT TO 

 

OPERATE THIS INSTRUMENT

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Driver is available at:   

http://www.fi-measurement.com/files/SPPOS88IVDriver.rar

 

 
 
 

 

Specifications subject to change without prior notice

 

 

Summary of Contents for SP-POS88IV SERIES

Page 1: ...RINTER OPERATION MANUAL READ THIS MANUAL VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE ATTEMPT TO OPERATE THIS INSTRUMENT Driver is available at http www fi measurement com files SPPOS88IVDriver rar Specifications subject to change without prior notice ...

Page 2: ...sion 5 1 9 Model classification 5 Chapter 2 Operation Specification 6 2 1 Printer Appearance 6 2 2 Paper Installation 6 2 2 1 Paper Loading 6 2 2 2 Solution to Paper Jam 7 2 3 Interface 7 2 3 1 Serial Interface 7 2 3 2 Parallel Interface 8 2 3 3 Cash Drawer Interface 11 2 3 4 Power Connection 11 2 4 Buttons and Indicators 11 2 5 Self test 12 2 6 Printer Setting 12 Chapter 3 Command List 14 Appendi...

Page 3: ... quality and ribbon needless avoiding the vexation of regular maintenance SP POS88Ⅳ printer small in outline dimension simple operation and extensive application especially suitable for commercial cash register PC POS bank POS and all kinds of receipts print Driver of this unit is available at http www fi measurement com files SPPOS88IVDriver rar ...

Page 4: ...exceed 25 each character line and one dot vertical printing repeatedly should not exceed 11 times Use specified thermal paper Cutter life 500 000 cuts Using condition less than 30 cuts minute Valid print width 72mm Feeding speed approx 250mm sec 1 2 Print Paper Thermal paper roll model TF50KS E Japan paper co ltd AF50KS E JUJO THERMAL Thermal paper roll Width 79 5 0 5mm Outer Diameter 80mm max Inn...

Page 5: ... characters and Chinese characters the character line spacing is adjustable Graphics print commands support the print of bit map graphics and download bit map graphics with different density GS bar code print commands support UPC A UPC C EAN 13 EAN 8 CODE39 ITF CODEBAR CODE93 CODE128 bar code print 1 6 Power Supply DC24V 10 2A A 1009 3P power socket 1 7 Operation Environment Operation temperature ...

Page 6: ...inter interface Cash drawer interface Power socket Fig 2 1 printer appearance 2 2 Paper Installation 2 2 1 Paper Loading SP POS88Ⅳ adopts 80mm width thermal paper roll If you prepare to load the paper you can do as the following steps Hold down the upper cover button open the movable upper cover move away the old paper roll and put the new thermal paper in the paper holder of printer draw a certai...

Page 7: ... time move the cutter forwards slowly can separate the cutter from the print head Then lift the print head lever forwards to maximum position draw out the paper slowly with hand 2 3 Interface 2 3 1 Serial Interface The serial interface of SP POS88Ⅳ printer is compatible with RS 232C supports RTS CTS and XON XOFF handshaking protocols uses DB25 socket female The pin order of the serial port is as F...

Page 8: ... connected to IBM PC or its compatible machine connection can accord to Fig 2 4 DSR 6 GND 7 RTS 5 TXD 3 RXD 2 6 DSR 7 GND 5 CTS 8 DCD 3 RXD 2 TXD Printer IBM PC Serial Printer IBM PC Serial 25PIN Socket Interface DB 9 25PIN Socket Interface DB 25 Fig 2 4 Connection between SP POS88Ⅳ and IBM PC Serial Interface Sketch Map 2 3 2 Parallel Interface The parallel interface of SP POS88 Ⅳ printer is comp...

Page 9: ...ter gets ready to receive the next data 11 BUSY Out HIGH level signal indicates that the printer is BUSY and can not receive data 12 PE Out HIGH level signal indicates that paper is end 13 SEL Out Pulling up to HIGH level signal by a resistor 15 ERR Out LOW level signal indicates that there has error 14 16 17 NC No connection 18 25 GND Grounding logical 0 level Note 1 In denotes input to the print...

Page 10: ...inter gets ready to receive the next data 11 BUSY Out HIGH level signal indicates that the printer is BUSY and can not receive data 12 PE Out HIGH level signal indicates that paper running out 13 SEL Out Pulling up to HIGH level signal by a resistor 32 ERR Out LOW level signal indicates that there has error 14 15 17 18 34 36 NC No connection 16 19 30 33 GND Grounding logical 0 level Note 1 In deno...

Page 11: ...tus signal In 4 24VDC Out 5 N C 6 Cash drawer on off status signal ground 2 3 4 Power Connection SP POS88Ⅳ uses the external power supply adopter as 24V 10 2A power socket is A 1009 3P model as Fig 2 10 shows 2 3 1 Fig 2 10 Power Socket 2 4 Buttons and Indicators There is one button and three indicators on SP POS88Ⅳ printer FEED is paper feeding button the function of its enabling or disabling the...

Page 12: ...ccording to different printing commands 2 5 Self test The self test will check the condition of printer if the printer prints out the self test receipt correctly it means the printer works normally Otherwise it needs to repair The self test will print out the firmware version interface setting and 128 ANK characters Hold down FEED button and turn on the power then release the button self test begi...

Page 13: ...ission speed bps 1 7 1 8 38400 ON ON 4800 OFF ON 9600 ON OFF 19200 OFF OFF n2 indicates Bit Function ON OFF 2 1 Handshaking BUSY condition Receive buffer full Off line or receive buffer full 2 2 Reserved Do not change settings 2 3 2 4 Print density Low power consumption Refer to Table A 2 5 Change receive buffer BUSY condition If data buffer capacity set to 4KB When the remaining receive buffer ca...

Page 14: ...6 bytes change BUSY condition 2 6 2 7 Reserved Do not change settings 2 8 On 0x0d enabled Table A Print density Low power consumption SW 2 3 SW 2 4 Low power consumption mode ON ON 1 Normal density OFF OFF 2 Medium density ON OFF 3 High density OFF ON Chapter 3 Command List Command Name HT Horizontal tab LF Print and line feed FF Print and return to standard mode in page mode CR Print and carriage...

Page 15: ...T Select print direction in page mode ESC V Turn 90 clockwise rotation mode on off ESC W Set printing area in page mode ESC Set relative print position ESC a Select justification ESC c 0 Select paper type ESC c 3 Select paper sensor s to output paper end signals ESC c 4 Select paper sensor s to stop printing ESC c 5 Enable disable panel buttons ESC d Print and feed n lines ESC p General pulse ESC ...

Page 16: ...atic Status Back ASB GS b Turn smoothing mode on off GS f Select font for HRI characters GS h Set bar code height GS k Print bar code GS r Transmit status GS v 0 Print raster bit image GS w Set bar code width FS Set print mode s for Chinese characters FS Select Chinese character mode FS Turn underline mode on off for Chinese characters FS Cancel Chinese character mode FS 2 Define user defined Chin...

Page 17: ...17 Appendix Index of Print Characters ...

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