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SK1-31

Rev2.2

LINE THERMAL PRINTER

SK1-21

Technical Guide

SK1-31

Summary of Contents for SK1-21

Page 1: ...SK1 31 Rev2 2 LINE THERMAL PRINTER SK1 21 Technical Guide SK1 31...

Page 2: ...Name Thermal Printer Model Number SK1 31 Accessories SA13A240 AC DC adapter and Power cord The product complies with the following product standards CE EN 55022 2006 A1 2007 Class A EN 61000 3 2 2006...

Page 3: ...ducts Operate this printer only in the manners as described in the Technical guide Otherwise accidents or problems could possibly occur Data are basically temporary they cannot be stored or saved eith...

Page 4: ...dropping or hitting it Avoid using the printer at the following location It may cause failure Locations with much dust particles water or oil Locations with slanted surfaces or strong vibration Locati...

Page 5: ...or spill coffee water or any other liquid Do not use the printer in a places where it will be exposed to excess moisture or water spray It may result in electric shock short circuit and failure Do not...

Page 6: ...ol and dark place When pasting printed pages use water bnased glue starch glue synthetic glue etc The surface of thermal paper has been specially treated with a chemical agent to produce coloring by t...

Page 7: ...LED 2 4 Inside Structures 2 5 Setting Paper Roll 2 6 Interface Connector 2 7 Power ON OFF 2 8 Paper near end sensor 2 9 Changing paper holder axis 2 10 Clear paper jams 2 11 Handling Bezel 3 General...

Page 8: ...Setting the memory switch 4 5 Memory switch setting menue 4 6 Adjusting printing density 4 7 LED display 4 8 Memory 5 Interfaces 5 1 USB 5 2 Serial 5 3 Power supply 6 Label print 7 Maintenance 7 1 Mai...

Page 9: ...near end Paper empty Head open sensor Black Mark sensor Option Gap sensor Option Wide variety of paper size 58 60 80 83mm Autoloading function Versatile operationg environment Other functions z Capabl...

Page 10: ...Barcode Q Installed Without Q Not available Paper Core Diameter M 17mm L 25 4mm Without M L 12mm Paper Width 1 58 0mm 2 60 0mm 3 83 0mm Without 1 2 3 80 0mm Sensor 1 Black mark Right 2 Black mark Lef...

Page 11: ...available Paper Core Diameter M 17mm L 25 4mm Without M L 12mm Paper Width Without 58 0mm 1 60 0mm Sensor Without Reflection Sensor Right 1 Reflection Sensor Left 2 Gap Sensor Reflection Sensor Right...

Page 12: ...Standard duration Paper width 79 5 0 5mm Thickness 59 m Roll diameter 102mm Core Internal dia 12 External dia 18mm Thermal paper side External Internal paper end No adhesion No fold External paper fro...

Page 13: ...re hole To be screwed by uset to the setting place Status LED FEED Switch SELECT Switch Gap sensor adjustment screw Near end sensor Power supply connector for DC power supply Serial connector for Seri...

Page 14: ...hermal head Prints characters and graphics to thermal papers Paper end sensor Detects paper empty If the sensor detects paper empty the printer stops printing Platen roller Feeds the thermal paper on...

Page 15: ...picture Printing surface External top side Handle the auto cutter carefully so not to injure the finger or hand Make sure the print head is completely closed and locked If the paper is jammed follow...

Page 16: ...l end toward the print head The paper feeds automatically when the paper empty sensor detects the paper If it is difficult to insert the paper autoload the paper first then set the paper roll into the...

Page 17: ...rovides power to the power connector Power OFF Disconnects the power through the power connector 2 8 Paper near end sensor The paper near end sensor on the paper holder is adjustable for in three posi...

Page 18: ...al External 1 21 0 2mm 12 0 18 0mm 2 24 5 2mm 17 0 21 0mm 3 35 0 2mm 25 4 31 4mm Do not mount the printer on vibrating or slanted surfaces The amount of paper remaining varies by paper roll The extern...

Page 19: ...e paper holder axis Three different holder axes are available and are changeable as follows Pinch together the nobs located on the reverse of the paper holder Pull away from the paper original holder...

Page 20: ...axis is lowered and an 83mm paper roll is installed For exact size please refer to 3 8 dimensions Squeeze the nobs for the paper holder axis located on the reverse of the paper holder and pull off th...

Page 21: ...it 1 First of all turn OFF the printer power 2 Press the head open button to lift up the print head 3 Remove the jammed paper 4 Close the print head and turn ON the power Press the head open button to...

Page 22: ...after auto cutting paper feeds automatically until it is fed to 60mm Bezel Mode A Detection by Bezel sensor is transmitted by ESC v or GS a command Such as suspension of printing is not done by Bezel...

Page 23: ...r roll printed as being blurred and or distorted is used reflection sensor may not be able to detect when black color or the similar on the paper appears at the reflection sensor The position of the r...

Page 24: ...26 lines Paper Sensors Near end Sensor Paper empty Sensor OPTION BM Black mark Sensor Gap Senssor Near end Sensor Reflection Sensor OPTION Gap Sensor Memory Input buffer 8k bytes User memory Non vola...

Page 25: ...Without paper roll Dimensions 127 145 5 88 5mm W D H without protruding parts 104 145 5 88 5mm W D H without protruding parts Paper roll Paper width 58 60 80 83 mm Note 4 supplement Paper thickness 5...

Page 26: ...end strip appears replace the paper roll 2 Head open sensor The head open sensor detects whether the print head is open or closed Once the sensor detects the head open signal the printer stops printi...

Page 27: ...54 2 2 60mm 56mm 60 56 2 2 80mm 72mm 80 72 4 4 83mm 80mm 83 80 0 3 The left and right margins are approximate distance from paper edge and will shift about 1mm depending on the paper path paper posit...

Page 28: ...lues Leave enough margin for the cutting position to account for paper flex or variability The position of partial cut is varied by paper width Partial cut is designed to keep the paper at the center...

Page 29: ...r L or R Note3 Black mark on reverse of thermal paper is sensed SK1 21 Sensor Distance from paper edge 1 0mm Reflection sensor Right 54 2mm Gap sensor 19 3mm Reflection sensor Left 4 2mm Note1 Black m...

Page 30: ...ystems while printing it will temporarily stop printing and feeding paper After the printer receives new data and resumes printing the paper feeding of 1 to 3 lines may become irregular especially if...

Page 31: ...SK1 21 31 3 7 Dimensions External dimensions Unit mm SK1 31...

Page 32: ...SK1 21 31 Paper roll axis Roll diameter 102mm Unit mm Paper roll axis Roll diameter 83mm Unit mm...

Page 33: ...SK1 21 31 SK1 21...

Page 34: ...SK1 21 31 Paper roll axis Roll diameter 102mm SK1 21 SK1 31 Paper roll axis Roll diameter 83mm SK1 21 SK1 31...

Page 35: ...and barcodes at self test printing Printing method Turn ON the power switch while pressing the FEED switch When the LED lights up and the printer starts printing release the FEED button After completi...

Page 36: ...h pressing the SELECT button turn on the power switch When the LED lights up and printer starts printing release the SELECT button After printing the following HEX DUMP MODE starts Hexadecimal mode Pr...

Page 37: ...unction setting 4 To change the current function setting press the feed button 5 Refer to setting flow chart in Setting of memory switch COMMON SETTING PAPER FEED OFF OFFLINE BUSY ON SELECT SENSOR Ref...

Page 38: ...goes to standby mode ENTER SETTING ENTER COMMON SETTING ENTER INTERFACE SETTING Change the setting of INTERFACE BAUD RATE BIT LENGTH MODE END Finish NO NO Change the setting of COMMON FEED Function se...

Page 39: ...cessed and printing data is not stored Setting the command and status response are enabled SELECT SENSOR Reflection Reflection Transmission Selects the mark sensor for label printing Reflection Detect...

Page 40: ...COMMUNICATI ON Selects device operation modeUSB function added after V1 20 COMMAND MODE MODE A MODE A MODE B Selects command emmuation function added after V1 20 BEZEL MODE NON NON MODE A MODE B Selec...

Page 41: ...e the reduction of head life and contamination Allows setting density form 50 to 200 The default value from the factory is 100 for maintaining proper printing quality Details of the adjustment method...

Page 42: ...en the head temperature falls to 60 degrees C or lower Paper empty Detects the paper empty through near end sensor and paper empty sensor The status LED blinks at paper near end and keeps the printer...

Page 43: ...emory 1 Structure of memory Table1 Capacity No Memory Size Unit Byte 1 Input buffer 8192 2 User memory 8192 3 2D barcode Option 34480 2 Input buffer Buffer memory stores input data from the interface...

Page 44: ...ect disconnect of USB 2 D I O USB data 3 D I O USB data 4 N C 5 GND GND 2 Electronic characteristic Parameter Signal Conditions Min Max Unit Power supply voltage VBUS 4 40 5 25 V Input level Different...

Page 45: ...5 TxD Output Serial data output 6 CTS Input Clear to send 7 DSR DTR loop connect 8 N C 9 GND 10 N C DTR is used to control data transmission to some host systems When the host system is communicated b...

Page 46: ...ending remained data RTS RxD PRINT PAPER POWER ON buffer EMPTY buffer 4 Software control XON XOFF Xon 11H Xoff 13H signal is used to control data transmission to the host system Xoff signal is sent to...

Page 47: ...RTS RL 3K 5 15 V Low output voltage TxD RTS RL 3K 15 5 V 5 3 Power supply 1 Pin layout Connector Hirose DF1BZ 4P 2 5DS or equivalent Pin Signal Direction Function 1 2 DC Power supply 3 4 DC Power sup...

Page 48: ...bled to re detect marking position after replacing the paper or turn the printer power ON 5 The sensor is detected as paper empty if marking width is beyond 8mm 6 Command for labels are listed in Comm...

Page 49: ...Recommend designing black marks on the receipt as shown in below No gap type continuous label should use the same design If PCS of black marks is less than 0 9 black marks are not sensed and the page...

Page 50: ...th 54 0 5mm 56 0 5mm 76 0 5mm Length 25 to 350mm Label gap 3 to 6mm 0 to 6mm Rolling up direction Label surface is outside of a roll Black mark size Width 12mm or more Length 4 to 6mm Density of black...

Page 51: ...ensor and initial printing position varies about 2mm from calculated position Take into account the tolerance of paper feed about 2 when a label is designed Print area 3 2 Right margin 3 2 Left margin...

Page 52: ...er 3 Sensor and peripherals Clean the stain dust and paper powder on the paper empty sensor and paper cover sensor Prior to maintenance work be sure to turn OFF the printer Avoid cleaning the print he...

Page 53: ...maintenance and service please contact your Sanei local distributors or the following address Sanei Electric Inc Overseas sales division 5F Taisou Ikebukuro Bldg 2 61 1 Ikebukuro Toshima Ku Tokyo 171...

Page 54: ...d Printing and consecutive line feed Consecutive line feed 2 Tab command Command Standard mode Page mode HT Horizontal tab ESC D Set horizontal tab 3 Format command Command Standard mode Page mode ESC...

Page 55: ...rd mode Page mode ESC L Select the page mode Invalid ESC S Invalid Select the standard mode ESC FF Invalid Print all page mode memories CAN Erase the print buffer Clear page mode memories ESC T Invali...

Page 56: ...egistered in the nonvolatile memory 12 Ruled Line Command Command Standard mode Page mode DC3 A Choose ruled line buffer A DC3 B Choose ruled line buffer B DC3 C Clear the ruled line buffer DC3 D Writ...

Page 57: ...e GS Q Print two dimensional barcode PDF417 MicroPDF417 DataMatrix MaxiCode QRCode GS S Change the cell size 16 Label Command Command Standard mode Page mode DC2 L Set the label DC2 l Detect marking p...

Page 58: ...1 A 1010 B 1011 C 1100 D 1101 E 1110 F 1111 SP Note The character code table indicates bits arranged in the shape of a character and does not represent an actual printing pattern PC437 system 0 1 2 3...

Page 59: ...01 HT 9 A 1010 LF B 1011 ESC C 1100 FF FS D 1101 CR GS E 1110 F 1111 A B C D E F High order bit Low order bit 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0 0000 SP 1 0001 2 0010 SP indicates space The code in the b...

Page 60: ...0 B 1011 C 1100 D 1101 E 1110 F 1111 Note The character code table indicates bits arranged in the shape of a character and does not represent an actual printing pattern PC850 system 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

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