FENIX IMVICO
TK23 OPERATION MANUAL
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IMPORTANT NOTES ON TK23 HANDLING ....................................................... 6
0- INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 8
1- GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................... 9
1.1-PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS............................................................. 9
1.2- CHARACTER SPECIFICATIONS....................................................... 9
1.3- ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS................................................... 10
1.4- PAPER REQUIREMENTS.................................................................. 10
1.5- OVERALL DIMENSIONS.................................................................... 11
1.6- ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS...................................................... 11
2 – INSTALLATION.............................................................................................. 12
2.1- FIXING THE TK23 PRINTER .........................................................…. 12
2.1.1- TK23 INSTALLATION............................................................ 12
2.1- TK23 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS....................................…. 13
2.1.1- EXTERNAL CHUTE SYSTEM.............................................. 14
2.1.2- PAPER GUIDE SYSTEM....................................................... 15
2.2- TK23 USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS............................................... 16
2.2.1- POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR.......................................... 17
2.2.1.1- Optional Power supply connector ............................ 17
2.2.2- SERIAL RS-232 CONNECTOR... .......................................... 19
2.2.2.1- Specifications .......................................................... 19
2.2.2.2- Serial interface connection example........................ 20
2.2.3- CENTRONICS PARALLEL INTERFACE............................... 21
2.2.3.1- Specification............................................................. 21
2.2.3.2 Timing diagram of data printer reception .................. 22
2.2.3.3- Parallel interface connector pin assignment............ 23
3 – BASIC OPERATIONS.................................................................................... 25
3.1- LOADING PAPER.............................................................................. 25
3.1.1- AUTOMATIC PAPER LOAD................................................. 26
3.1.2- MANUAL PAPER LOAD....................................................... 27
3.2- BUTTONS FUNCTIONS.................................................................... 28
3.3- LED INDICATORS............................................................................. 28
3.4- SPECIAL MODES.............................................................................. 29
3.4.1- SELF-TEST MODE.............................................................. 29
3.4.2- PROGRAMMING MODE...................................................... 30
3.4.3- HEXADECIMAL DUMP MODE............................................. 33
3.5- ERROR PROCESSING...................................................................... 34
3.5.1- NO PAPER / HEAD-UP ERROR........................................... 34
3.5.2- PAPER-NEAR-END ERROR................................................ 35
3.5.3- THERMAL HEAD TEMPERATURE ERROR........................ 35
3.5.4- AUTOCUTTER ERROR........................................................ 35
3.5.5- THERMAL HEAD VOLTAGE (Vp) ERROR........................... 36
3.5.6- HARDWARE ERROR........................................................... 36
3.5.7- OPTICAL MARK ERROR..................................................... 36
3.5.9- SERIAL PORT ERROR DETECTION FLOW CHART.......... 37
3.6- OPTICAL MARK................................................................................. 39
3.6.1- EXAMPLE ON USING THE OPTICAL MARK....................... 40
