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Operator

s Manual 

 

All specifications are subjected to change without notice 

SRP-250 

SERIES

 

 

 

1 STATION PRINTER

 

Summary of Contents for SRP-250 Series

Page 1: ...Operator s Manual All specifications are subjected to change without notice SRP 250 SERIES 1 STATION PRINTER ...

Page 2: ... Some semiconductor devices are easily damaged by static electricity You should turn the printer OFF before you connect or remove the cables on the rear side in order to guard the printer against the static electricity If the printer is damaged by the static electricity you should turn the printer OFF INTRODUCTION The SRP 250 and SRP 250P Roll Printer are designed for use with electronic instrumen...

Page 3: ...AWER CABLE TO THE PRINTER 6 CHAPTER 3 INSTALLING THE ROLL PAPER 7 3 1 RIBBON CASSETTE INSTALLATION 7 3 2 ROLL PAPER INSTALLATION 8 CHAPTER 4 SETTING THE DIP SWITCHES 12 CHAPTER 5 HEXADECIMAL DUMPING 15 CHAPTER 6 THE SELF TEST 16 CHAPTER 7 CODE TABLE 17 CHAPTER 8 CONTROL COMMANDS 22 APPENDIX A 39 CONNECTORS 39 Interface Connector 40 Drawer Connector 42 APPENDIX B 43 SPECIFICATION 43 APPENDIX C 44 R...

Page 4: ...ions in direct sunlight or subject to excessive heat l Avoid using or storing the printer in the places subject to excessive moisture l Do not use or store the printer in a dusty or dirty area Avoid places subject to intense vibration or shock l Choose a stable and horizontal place for proper use of the printer l Make sure that there is enough space around the printer so that it can be used easily...

Page 5: ...ed to turn the printer on and off l The FEED button is used to feed roll paper l The POWER light green is on when the printer is turned on and is off when the printer is turned off l The ERROR light red is on when the printer cover is opened ...

Page 6: ...ake sure that the printer is turned off 2 CHECK the label on the AC adapter to make sure the voltage required by the AC adapter matches that of your electrical outlet 3 Plug the DC cord connector into the printer s power connector 4 Plug the AC adapter power cord into the wall outlet ...

Page 7: ...S ECR 2 Plug the serial interface cable connector into the printer s interface connector then tighten the screws on both sides of the connector In case of the parallel interface squeeze the wire clips on the printer together until they lock in place on both sides of the connector 3 Plug the drawer cable into the drawer kick out connector on the back of the printer next to the serial parallel conne...

Page 8: ...y particular attention to the placement of the ribbon behind the Print Head 3 During inserting the ribbon cassette turn the knob counterclockwise again to make sure the ribbon moves freely in the cassette NOTE Malfunctions and other problems may arise if other than the ribbon cassette samsung supplied is used Samsung does not warrant against problems arising from the use of other than the ribbon c...

Page 9: ... the printer s specifications 1 Make sure that the printer has no received data Otherwise data may be lost 2 Open the printer cover and remove the used paper roll core if there is one 3 To use a new roll paper unroll the paper and tear off the end of the paper correctly ...

Page 10: ...9 4 Insert the Shaft Pulley into the hole of roll paper core and load the roll paper on the paper holder Don t forget to turn the printer s POWER on at this time ...

Page 11: ...oll paper straight into the paper inlet The printer feeds the paper automatically All SRP 250 model and then the printer will cut the paper automatically SRP 250C CP and SRP 250D DP only 6 Tear off the paper as shown if necessary ...

Page 12: ...sert the end of the roll paper into the groove on the Roller Pulley and wrap the paper around the spool two or three times 8 Load the Roller Pulley onto the groove of the Guide Pulley 9 Close the printer cover ...

Page 13: ...printer power switch off 2 Turn the printer over and remove the dip switch cover 3 Flip the DIP switches using tweezers or another narrow ended tool Switches are on when up and off when down in the figure below 4 The new setting takes effect when you turn on the printer NOTE Always change DIP switch settings when the printer is turned off Changes made with the power on have no effect until you tur...

Page 14: ... Yes No OFF 5 Parity selection EVEN ODD OFF 6 OFF 7 Baud Rate selection Refer to the following table OFF 8 Hexadecimal dump ON OFF OFF l NOTE When the word length is 7 bits you can not parity check OFF status Baud rate selection Transmission speed SW 6 SW 7 1200 baud ON ON 2400 baud OFF ON 4800 baud ON OFF 9600 baud OFF OFF DIP Switch 2 Functions MODE SW 1 SW 2 Epson OFF OFF Citizen ON OFF Star OF...

Page 15: ...ction SW FUNCTION ON OFF DEFAULT 1 Reserved OFF 2 Reserved OFF 3 Reserved OFF 4 Reserved OFF 5 Reserved OFF 6 OFF 7 Mode Selection Refer to the following table OFF 8 Hex Dump ON OFF OFF Mode Selection MODE SW 6 SW 7 Epson OFF OFF Star ON OFF Citizen OFF ON ...

Page 16: ...ecimal dump mode 4 Run any software program that sends data to the printer The printer will print all the codes it receives in a two column format The first column contains the hexadecimal codes and the second column gives the ASCII characters that correspond to the codes 1B 21 00 1B 26 02 40 40 02 0D 1B 44 0A 14 1E 28 D 00 01 0A 41 0D 42 0A 43 A B C l A period is printed for each code that no ASC...

Page 17: ...the current printer status which provides the control ROM version and the DIP switch setting 4 After printing the current printer status self test printing will print the following and pause The PAPER LED light blinks Self test printing Please press the FEED button 5 Press the FEED button to continue printing The printer prints a pattern using the built in character set 6 The self test automatical...

Page 18: ...e tables To find the character corresponding to a hexadecimal number count across the top of the table for the left digit and count down the left column of the table for the right digit For example 4A J Page 0 PC437 USA Standard Europe International Character Set USA ...

Page 19: ...18 Page 2 PC850 Multilingual ...

Page 20: ...19 Page 3 PC860 Portuguese ...

Page 21: ...20 Page 4 PC 863 Canadian French ...

Page 22: ...21 Page 5 PC 865 Nordic ...

Page 23: ...22 International Character ...

Page 24: ...ame Horizontal tab Format ASCII HT Hex 09 Decimal 9 Description Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab position LF Name Print and line feed Format ASCII LF Hex 0A Decimal 10 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds one line based on the current line spacing CR Name Print and carriage return Format ASCII CR Hex 0D Decimal 13 Description This command is set according to...

Page 25: ...s LOW connector pin 3 2 On 04 4 Drawer open close signal is HIGH connector pin 3 Off 00 0 On Line 3 On 08 8 Off Line 4 On 10 16 Not used Fixed to On Off 00 0 Not waiting for on line recovery 5 On 20 32 Waiting for on line recovery 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off n 2 Off line status Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off 1 On 02 2 Not used Fixed to On 2 Undefi...

Page 26: ...or due to a circuit failure e g broken wire occurs it is impossible to recover Bit 6 If the print head temperature becomes high bit 6 is transmitted until the print head temperature drops sufficiently The printer automatically recovers from this error n 4 Continuous paper sensor status Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to off 1 On 02 2 Not used Fixed to On Off 00 0 Paper ro...

Page 27: ... inches ESC n Name Select print mode s Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 21 n Decimal 27 33 n Range 0 n 255 Description Selects print mode s using n as follows Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function Off 00 0 Character font 9 9 selected 0 On 01 1 Character font 9 7 selected 1 2 Undefined Off 00 0 Emphasized mode not selected 3 On 08 8 Emphasized mode selected Off 00 0 Double height mode not selected 4 On 10 16 Do...

Page 28: ...Defines user defined characters Üy specifies the number of bytes in the vertical direction Üc1 specifies the beginning character code for the definition and c2 specifies the final code For only one character use c1 c2 ÜThe allowable character code range is from decimal code 32 to 126 The maximum number of user define character is 95 Üx specifies the number of dots in the horizontal direction Üd is...

Page 29: ... direction The number of dots is calculated by nL nH 256 If the bit image data input exceeds the number of dots to be printed on a line the excess data is ignored d indicates the bit image data Set a corresponding bit to 1 to print a dot or to 0 not to print a dot The relationship between the image data and the dots to be printed is as follows 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Top HEAD 1 HEAD 2 HEAD 3 HEAD 4 HEAD 5...

Page 30: ...eturn home Format ASCII ESC Hex 1B 3C Decimal 27 60 Description Moves the print head to the standby position ESC n Name Select peripheral device Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 3D n Decimal 27 61 n Range 0 n 253 Description Selects device to which host computer sends data using n as follows Default n 1 Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function Off 00 0 Printer Disabled 0 On 01 1 Printer Enabled 1 7 Undefined ESC ...

Page 31: ...t when the power was turned on ESC D n1 nk NUL Name Set horizontal tab positions Format ASCII ESC D n1 nk NUL Hex 1B 44 n1 nk 00 Decimal 27 68 n1 nk 0 Range 1 n 255 0 k 32 Description Sets horizontal tab positions n specifies the column number for setting a horizontal tab position from the beginning of the line k indicates the total number of horizontal tab positions to be set ...

Page 32: ...n 255 Description Turns double strike mode on or off When the LSB of n is 0 double strike mode is turned off When the LSB of n is 1 double strike mode is turned on ESC J n Name Print and feed paper Format ASCII ESC J n Hex 1B 4A n Decimal 27 74 n Range 0 n 255 Description Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper n vertical or horizontal motion unit ESC K n Name Print and reverse fee...

Page 33: ...ctional printing mode Format ASCII ESC U n Hex 1B 55 n Decimal 27 85 n Range 0 n 255 Description Turns unidirectional printing mode on or off When the LSB of n is 0 turns off unidirectional printing mode When the LSB of n is 1 turns on unidirectional printing mode ESC a n Name Select justification Format ASCII ESC a n Hex 1B 61 n Decimal 27 97 n Range 0 n 2 48 n 50 Description Aligns all the data ...

Page 34: ...sor disabled 0 On 01 1 Paper roll end sensor enabled 1 7 Undefined ESC c 5 n Name Enable Disable panel button Format ASCII ESC c 5 n Hex 1B 63 35 n Decimal 27 99 53 n Range 0 n 255 Description Enables or disables the panel button When the LSB is 0 the panel buttons are enabled When the LSB is 1 the panel buttons are disabled ESC d n Name Print and feed n lines Format ASCII ESC d n Hex 1B 64 n Deci...

Page 35: ...cimal 27 112 m t1 t2 Range m 0 1 48 49 0 t1 255 0 t2 255 Description Outputs the pulse specified by t1 and t2 to connector pin m as follows m Connector pin 0 48 Drawer kick out connector pin 2 1 49 Drawer kick out connector pin 5 ESC r n Name Select print color Format ASCII ESC r n Hex 1B 72 n Decimal 27 114 n Range n 0 1 48 49 Description Selects a print color using n as follows n Print color 0 4...

Page 36: ... n 0 Description Transmits the peripheral status drawer After receiving this command the printer transmits only 1 byte without confirming the condition of the DSR signal Transmit data 01H drawer open 00H drawer closed This command is available only with a serial interface and is ignored with a parallel interface ESC n Name Turns on off upside down printing mode Format ASCII ESC n Hex 1B 7B n Decim...

Page 37: ...ommand and transmitting the status depending on the receive buffer status The status to be transmitted is shown in the table below This command is available only with a serial interface and is ignored with a parallel interface Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function Off 00 0 Paper roll end sensor Paper is present 0 1 On 03 3 Paper roll end sensor Paper is not present Off 00 0 Paper roll end sensor Paper i...

Page 38: ...nter ID is transmitted when the data in the receiving buffer is developed Therefore there may be a time lag between receiving this command and transmitting the status depending on the receive buffer status GS V m n Name Feed paper for cutting position Format ASCII GS V m n Hex 1D 56 m n Decimal 29 86 m n Range 65 m 66 0 n 255 Description Feeds paper for cutting position as follows m Print mode 65 ...

Page 39: ...8 Paper roll end sensor no paper present 4 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off 5 6 Undefined 7 Off 00 0 Not used Fixed to Off Bits 0 and 1 The paper roll end detector is an option on units that do not have this detector the paper roll end detector always indicates that paper is present bits 0 and i 1 whether or not it actually is Drawer kick out connector status n 2 Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status Off 00...

Page 40: ...39 Appendix A Connectors SRP 250 Connector Serial Interface SRP 250P Connector Parallel Interface ...

Page 41: ...D Output Transmit Data 3 RxD Input Receive Data 4 RTS Output Request To Send 6 DSR Input Data Set Ready 7 SG Signal Ground 20 DTR Output Data Terminal Ready Serial Interface Connection Example Host DTE ex 8251 Printer TXD RXD DSR DTR RXD TXD DTR DSR S G S G Parallel Interface Connector Pin Assignment ...

Page 42: ...1 STB 19 GND 2 DATA 1 20 3 DATA 2 21 4 DATA 3 22 5 DATA 4 23 6 DATA 5 24 7 DATA 6 25 8 DATA 7 26 9 DATA 8 27 10 ACK 28 11 BUSY 29 12 PE 30 13 SLCT 31 INIT 14 AUTO FEED 32 FAULT 15 NC 33 GND 16 SIGNAL GND 34 NC 17 FRAME GND 35 NC 18 NC 36 SLCT ...

Page 43: ...42 Drawer Connector Pin No Signal name Direction 1 Frame ground 2 Drawer kick out drive signal 1 Output 3 Drawer open close signal Input 4 24V 5 Drawer kick out drive signal 2 Output 6 Signal ground ...

Page 44: ...pe 230V 50Hz AD 1000C UK 230V 50Hz AD 1000D AUSTRALIA 230V 50Hz Cutter type Gillotine type Cutting width Max 85 mm Auto Cutter Cutting thickness Max 0 1mm Data buffer 6k bytes Overall dimension SRP 250A AP SRP 250C CP 177 W 277 D 141 H mm 7 00 10 9 5 57 SRP 250B BP 177 W 277 D 186 H mm 7 00 10 9 7 32 SRP 250D DP 177 W 284 D 183 H mm 7 00 11 2 7 19 Weight Weight printer only Approx 2 4kg 5 3lbs Wei...

Page 45: ...r is jammed near the head carriage 1 Open the front cover and rear cover 2 Loosen the screw securing the head cover as shown the illustration CAUTION The printer head becomes very hot during printing Allow it to be cool before you reach into the printer ...

Page 46: ...he head carriage to the reverse direction of paper jammed by 1st gear reduction as shown illustration 6 Remove the jammed paper by rotating the paper feed knob 7 Replace the head cover and secure it with screw 8 Replace the ribbon cassette and roll paper then close the printer cover ...

Page 47: ...e front cover and rear cover 2 Loosen the screw securing the guide paper as shown the illustration 3 Remove the roll paper from the printer 4 Remove the ribbon cassette CAUTION The printer head becomes very hot during printing Allow it to be cool before you reach into the printer ...

Page 48: ...47 5 Remove the jammed paper by rotating the paper feed knob 6 Replace the head cover and secure it with screw 7 Replace the ribbon cassette and roll paper then close the printer cover ...

Page 49: ...nt selection ESC 5 1B 35 Red color print deselection ESC E 1B 45 Emphasized print mode selection ESC F 1B 46 Emphasized print mode deselection Default setting ESC a n 1B 61 n Feed paper n lines ESC BEL n1 n2 1B 07 n1 n2 Adjust drive pulse width for peripheral unit Default setting BEL 07 Deferred drive command A for peripheral unit 1 FS 1C Immediate drive command B for peripheral unit 1 SUB 1A Imme...

Page 50: ...ommand ESC 1 1B 31 1 9 inch paper feed preset command ESC 2 1B 32 2 9 inch paper feed preset command ESC C n 1B 43 n Page length set command ESC f 1 1B 66 01 Form feed command SUB 1A Second drawer drive command FS 1C First drawer quick drive command ESC BEL n1 n2 1B 07 n1 n2 Drive pulse setting command for the first drawer BEL 07 First drawer drive command ESC U 1 ESC U 1 1B 55 31 1B 55 01 Select ...

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