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Specifications and Requirements

iTherm

280

Programmer’s Guide

28-04430

Rev K

Page 11

iTherm

280 Specifications and Requirements

iTherm® 280 Thermal Printer Models

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iTherm

280-P: parallel interface printer

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iTherm

280-S: serial interface printer

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iTherm

280-USB: USB interface printer

Standard Features

The following features are common to the entire family of thermal printers:

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Print Speed for text is 8 inches per second (200 mm/sec) (monochrome)

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8.0 inches per second paper feed speed

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3.15 inch (80 mm.) print zone

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44/57 characters per line

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Built-in self-ranging External Power supply

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Clam-shell paper loading

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Single RJ11 cash drawer driver with status (Single RJ12)

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Parallel (25 or 36 pin), serial (9 or 25 pin) RS232C, and USB interface

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Configurable receiver buffer

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Self diagnostics

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Set up and configuration utility program

Содержание Ithaca 280

Страница 1: ...iTherm 280 Programmer s Guide PN 28 04430 Rev K APRIL 2011...

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Страница 3: ...radio or television is on If the printer causes interference to radio or television reception try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient the radio or televisio...

Страница 4: ...NY ERRORS OMISSIONS OR DISCREPANCIES IN THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT TransAct cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this...

Страница 5: ...elephone Technical Support 5 Return Materials Authorization and Return Policies 6 Service Programs 6 Sales Support 6 Contact Information 7 iTherm 280 Specifications and Requirements 9 iTherm 280 Speci...

Страница 6: ...5 98 Me 36 Printer Driver Installation for NT4 0 2000 36 OPOS drivers Installation Instructions 37 To Install the USB drivers 37 How to Operate the iTherm 280 Printer 39 How to Operate the iTherm 280...

Страница 7: ...tore Graphic Save 121 User Macros 129 Bar Codes 131 Electronic Journal 142 Unicode and Downloaded Fonts 154 Unicode Encoding 154 Miscellaneous Control 159 Remote Power Control 167 Documented Extended...

Страница 8: ...sal Color Command Descriptions 252 iTherm 280 Coupon Cut Logo Feature 254 Unicode 255 Unicode A Software Font Solution 257 About Unicode 258 Memory 258 TransAct s implementation of Unicode in the iThe...

Страница 9: ...Parallel Mode 289 Miscellaneous Communication Features 290 Power cycle Recovery 290 Data Pass through 290 Multi drop Configuration 290 Off line Active 291 Recovery from Mechanical Errors 292 Programm...

Страница 10: ...t Flow Control Using DTR 281 Figure 20 XON XOFF Serial Port Flow Control 282 Tables Table 1 Possible Character Pitches 14 Table 2 Requested CPI and Resulting CPI 15 Table 3 Cell Size for Small Medium...

Страница 11: ...formation 211 Table 38 Paper Sensor Status n 1 49 211 Table 39 Drawer Kick out Connector Status n 2 50 212 Table 40 Values for the Status Function n 212 Table 41 Printer Status n 1 212 Table 42 Off li...

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Страница 13: ...28 04430 Rev K Page 1 chapter 1 Introducing your iTherm 280 Printer...

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Страница 15: ...ither one or two colors Fast 12 inches per second print speed Rugged spill resistant cover Large 4 inch paper roll capacity with drop in loading Protected internal power supply Ethernet and USB interf...

Страница 16: ...ou to have a trouble free implementation with your Ithaca printer For any issues not covered in this guide quality technical support is available on line at www transact tech com or by telephone at 60...

Страница 17: ...nt Driver with Documentation Part No 100 9170 OPOS Drivers with Documentation Part No 100 9732 Master Character Set Definitions Part No 100 9785 Our on line support site also includes a convenient e m...

Страница 18: ...a support technician Write the RMA number clearly on the outside of the box Service Programs TransAct Technologies Incorporated has a full service organization to meet your printer service and repair...

Страница 19: ...ted Ithaca Facility 20 Bomax Drive Ithaca NY 14850 USA TransAct Technologies World Gaming Headquarters Western Regional Repair Center 6700 Paradise Road Suite D Las Vegas NV 89119 USA Telephone 877 7...

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Страница 21: ...28 04430 Rev K Page 9 chapter 2 iTherm 280 Specifications and Requirements...

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Страница 23: ...lowing features are common to the entire family of thermal printers Print Speed for text is 8 inches per second 200 mm sec monochrome 8 0 inches per second paper feed speed 3 15 inch 80 mm print zone...

Страница 24: ...lief Power Error Paper LEDs Paper feed button Cover open button Settable cash drawer configurations Ithaca Epson or Star Spill proof design vertical main PCB mounting 58 mm or 80 mm paper width factor...

Страница 25: ...rogrammer s Guide 28 04430 Rev K Page 13 Optional Features The following options are available on some of the models Vertical Wall Mount Kit Adjustable paper low Custom interfaces and emulations DC po...

Страница 26: ...ints at 203 dots per inch dpi Adding or subtracting space between characters achieves different character pitches As each dot has a fixed size and position only specific pitches are possible The follo...

Страница 27: ...itches are not recommended Table 2 Requested CPI and Resulting CPI Character Generation Standard Print There are three resident fonts in the printer Small Medium and Large The cell size for each is di...

Страница 28: ...ly 22 dots high and 11 dots wide however to provide readable international characters some characters are wider In most cases this font can be printed at 16 9 CPI without having the characters touch T...

Страница 29: ...000 16 000000000000 17 000 000 18 000 000 19 000 000 20 000 000 21 000 000 22 000 000 23 24 Rotated Print To provide printing flexibility rotated print is available Rotated print mode will rotate the...

Страница 30: ...ns and Requirements iTherm 280 Programmer s Guide Page 18 Rev K Physical Characteristics Dimensions Max Dimensions W D H Dimensions in inches 6 25 8 50 5 87 Weight Approximate weight 4 6 lb Shipping w...

Страница 31: ...0 A Cash Drawer Fire 3 5 A Printing maximum for 1 minute 4 8 A Peak 167 msec Table 5 Power Input Requirements with the 24 volt DC Power The iTherm 280 can be configured to operate with various power...

Страница 32: ...s 85 85 87 Activation Temp Initial 74 5 C Effective 87 5 C Optimum 100 5 C Initial 73 5 C Effective 83 5 C Optimum 88 5 C Initial 77 2 C Optimum 104 8 5 C Smoothness bekk 325 sec Ave 325 sec Ave 200 b...

Страница 33: ...o compensate for various paper core dimensions Paper Low Adjustment Settings Approximate Paper Remaining in feet Paper Roll Diameter UPPER LIMIT 2 turns counter clockwise 29 1 29 1 turn counter clockw...

Страница 34: ...d loud enough to be heard under noisy conditions It will produce a sound pressure level of at least 90 dBA 1 foot from the front of the printer Cover Interlock A paper cover interlock switch is provid...

Страница 35: ...n 10 ACK Printer accepted data Printer to Host Pin 11 Pin 11 BUSY Printer busy Printer to Host Pin 12 Pin 12 PE Paper Out Status Printer to Host Pin 13 Pin 13 SLCT Printer selected Printer to Host Pin...

Страница 36: ...ta Terminal Equipment they use the same serial port pin outs If the cable that is used to connect the host to the printer is a pin to pin inter connect it will not work Therefore a null modem or turn...

Страница 37: ...rotocols supported include the following Line Printer Daemon Protocol LPR RFC1179 Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP RFC1157 Printer MIB RFC1759 Port 9100 Raw data Service Location Protocol SLP R...

Страница 38: ...se drawer status provided to printer Cash Drawer Pin Assignments Figure 2 Cash Drawer Pin Definitions The cash drawer can be configured for one of three configurations Ithaca Epson or Star The Main Co...

Страница 39: ...e 24V pin 4 CD Drive 24V pin 5 CD2 pin 6 CD1 Sense Direction 1 Drawer 2 kick out drive signal Output Sink Drive Not Connected Not Connected 2 Drawer 1 open close signal Input Drawer 1 kick out drive s...

Страница 40: ...two M6 thread cutting screws Additional hardware is required to mount the bracket to the wall The hardware should be installed into wall studs to ensure that the printer mounting meets the following...

Страница 41: ...28 04430 Rev K Page 29 chapter 3 Setup Procedures...

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Страница 43: ...other than the 25 pin serial and 25 pin parallel interface cards To determine what interface is installed refer to the configuration receipt shipped with the printer or enter configuration mode and lo...

Страница 44: ...munications interface card and any cash drawer cables 4 Turn over the printer and reconnect the power Configuring the Cash Drawer Interface CD interface drawing not yet available Figure 3 Cash Drawer...

Страница 45: ...ommunications Ports Three cables are required to be connected to the printer 1 DC Power 2 Communications 3 Cash Drawer Connecting power The iTherm 280 Printer is generally supplied with a built in pow...

Страница 46: ...parallel interface connection is very similar to the serial interface connection It can be a 36 pin Centronics IEEE 1284 B or a 25 Pin female D Shell IEEE 1284 A connector The pin out of both connecto...

Страница 47: ...ommunications link If they are wrong the printer may appear inoperative If the configuration is not correct refer to the section on changing the iTherm 280 configuration If there are a number of print...

Страница 48: ...12 Select Finish The printer driver is now installed 13 If you selected Replace existing driver reboot your machine to ensure all components are installed Printer Driver Installation for NT4 0 2000 1...

Страница 49: ...USB drivers 1 Ensure that USB is enabled in your system s BIOS To verify that USB is enabled click on Start Settings Control Panel Double click System and select the Device Manager If you see Univers...

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Страница 51: ...28 04430 Rev K Page 39 chapter 4 How to Operate the iTherm 280 Printer...

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Страница 53: ...power to the printer The printer is truly off only when the AC power supply is disconnected You will notice that none of the indicator lights will be on when the printer is in OFF When the printer ent...

Страница 54: ...error is generally recoverable without data loss If the POWER indicator is blinking a non recoverable error has occurred see the fault indicators below If the error is not operator recoverable a powe...

Страница 55: ...ed Non recoverable A non recoverable error produces information loss Error Blink Codes If during normal operation the ERROR indicator is lit and the POWER indicator is blinking a minor error occurred...

Страница 56: ...on The iTherm 280 has a total of seven Self Test and or configuration options Two are designed to be useful when performing on site print evaluations One option allows the printers electronic journal...

Страница 57: ...n mode Please read these instructions carefully as they are not the same as Self Test You may exit configuration mode at any time without affecting the printer configuration by pressing the power butt...

Страница 58: ...g the Feed button press and release the button 4 When the red error indicator light blinks continue to hold the Feed button until the blink pattern changes about 5 seconds After the pattern changes re...

Страница 59: ...irst phase of testing consists of step 1 5 and determines that the boot loader is accurate and the printer firmware is correct Tests 1 through 4 produce non recoverable errors if they fail in which ca...

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Страница 63: ...e button 3 When the error indicator blinks indicating a stuck key release the Feed key and enter Self Test Mode 4 Press and hold the Feed button until the next test is printed Then release the Feed bu...

Страница 64: ...1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 19200 Mode Number of bits parity and stop bits 7 bit or 8 bit Even Odd No Parity 1 or 2 Stop Bits 8 Bit No parity 1 Stop bit Handshaking Flow control optio...

Страница 65: ...8 lines per inch Ithaca Emulation 8 Most others 6 Input Buffer This option specifies how large the input buffer is 40 Characters 256 Characters 1024 Characters 2048 Characters 4096 Characters 8192 Ch...

Страница 66: ...e It equals 32 the Electronic Journal setting EJ Manual Print This sets whether or not the manual electronic journal options are available Enabled Disabled Enabled EJ Record Numbers This options sets...

Страница 67: ...being used If the paper you are using is included in the list of papers displayed during printer configuration that configuration should be used If not the printer should be set to Generic Color If t...

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Страница 69: ...28 04430 Rev K Page 57 chapter 6 Programming Codes...

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Страница 71: ...value in decimal format The value is from zero to 255 An example is 2 which represents 02H or 2 decimal n Indicates a variable parameter The variable parameter n can have a value from zero to 255 The...

Страница 72: ...ed as licensed within the command description It is intended that the standard Ithaca PcOS emulation be used for new applications Not all features of iTherm 280 Printers are supported by EPOS specific...

Страница 73: ...tion provides the most flexibility and control over the printer It is consistent with most previous Ithaca PcOS products and should be used when the printer is placed in a new application One new feat...

Страница 74: ...Right margin ESC X n1 n2 1BH 58H none 159 Vertical Motion Perform a fine line feed ESC J n 1BH 4AH FM m1 m2 m3 77 Set 1 8 inch line spacing ESC 0 1BH 30H ST 78 Set 7 72 inch line spacing ESC 1 1BH 31H...

Страница 75: ...ion ESC P n 1BH 50H RI RF RN 89 Select character code page ESC T nh nl 1BH 5BH 54H CP m1 m2 m3 m4 91 Insert Euro character ESC C n 1BH 5BH 43H EU 93 Print control character ESC n 1BH 5EH CC m1 m2 m3 9...

Страница 76: ...egin rotated print See Rotated Print Summary on page 108 ESC r n 1BH 72H RX 106 Set rotated print line length ESC s n 1BH 73H RL m1 m2 m3 110 Set rotated print line spacing ESC u n1 1BH 75H none 110 P...

Страница 77: ...e user defined characters ESC US c Name 0 1BH 1FH 63H UC Name 0 125 Run macro data from user store ESC US r Name 0 1BH 1FH 72H UR Name 0 126 Flag item as a start up macro ESC US s Name 0 1BH 1FH 6DH U...

Страница 78: ...int mode and print direction ESC EM J n 1BH 19H 4AH BJ m1 m2 140 Electronic Journal Electronic journal initialize and set password ESC GS I Password 0 1BH 1DH 49H EI 144 Electronic journal erase the e...

Страница 79: ...157 Initiate Unicode UTF 16LE encoding ESC L 1BH 2BH 4CH none 157 Initiate Unicode UTF 8 encoding MBCS ESC M 1BH 2BH 4DH none 158 Initiate normal 8 bit character encoding ESC A 1BH 2BH 41H none 158 Mi...

Страница 80: ...none 168 Enable Periodic status back ESC EM P n 1BH 19H 50H None 177 Control Periodic status back ESC EM p n 1BH 19H 70H None 177 Inquire status Refer to command descriptions ENQ n 05H none 170 Inqui...

Страница 81: ...0 Configure audio alert ESC BEL n1 n2 n3 1BH 07H none 162 Feed to black dot ESC VT 1BH 0BH None 83 Begin 24 CPI character pitch ESC SI 1BH 0FH F4 85 Set bar code height n 0 Restore defaults n 1 9 Numb...

Страница 82: ...t up macro ESC US s Name 0 1BH 1FH 6DH US Name 0 126 Transfer user store to extended user store ESC US t ALL 0 1BH 1FH 66H 00H UF 127 Begin 12 x 12 draft print ESC 0 1BH 23H 00H QT 88 Cancel user defi...

Страница 83: ...81 Set horizontal tab stops ESC D n1 n2 ni 0 1BH 44H none 75 Begin emphasized print ESC E 1BH 45H MM 102 End emphasized print ESC F 1BH 46H CM 103 Begin enhanced print ESC G 1BH 47H ME 102 End enhanc...

Страница 84: ...print style See command description ESC 1BH 5BH 40H DH SH 101 Insert euro character ESC C n 1BH 5BH 43H EU 93 Set character pitch ESC P n 1BH 5BH 50H F n 86 Redefine character set ESC S 1BH 5BH 53H 94...

Страница 85: ...lectronic journal end entry ESC l 0 1BH 6CH EE 153 Set horizontal position ESC n n1 n2 1BH 6EH HP m1 m2 m3 76 Set page mode page position ESC o n1 1BH 6FH PY m1 m2 114 Enable paper error mode operatio...

Страница 86: ...next character print position to the left margin A line feed is not performed unless auto feed is active The print rotation direction and the left margin command define the left margin LF Line feed AS...

Страница 87: ...and moves the print buffer one character width to the left The pointer position cannot be moved to the left of the left margin BS does not cause the buffer to be printed rather the following data is O...

Страница 88: ...POS ESC a n Description The ESC a n command sets the horizontal justification Where n 0 Left justified JL 1 Center justified JC 2 Right justified JR 8 Left justified no line feed None 9 Center justifi...

Страница 89: ...if the Auto CR mode is set Notes In EPOS mode the command performs feeds in n 144 inch increments Immediately after APA graphics the command is adjusted for the difference between 72 dpi graphics and...

Страница 90: ...SC 1 Hexadecimal 1BH 31H Decimal 27 49 IPCL SG EPOS none Description The ESC 1 command sets the default line spacing to 21 216 inch Use 21 216 inch line spacing for all points addressable APA graphics...

Страница 91: ...rrent line spacing The command does not change the default line spacing value The next character print position is reset to the left margin Note The IPCL command prints from 00 to 99 lines For example...

Страница 92: ...0 command sets tab stops at line positions specified by n The end of the setting is specified by a 0 All previously set tabs will be cleared If nn is less than nn 1 then the command is in error and a...

Страница 93: ...n Hexadecimal 1BH 43H n Decimal 27 67 n IPCL SL m1 m2 EPOS ESC C n Description The ESC C n command sets the form length to n lines at the current line spacing If the current page position is greater...

Страница 94: ...ommand sets auto line feed mode ESC 5 0 command ends auto line feed mode Note The begin and end auto line feed command overrides the configuration setting ESC Reverse line feed ASCII ESC Hexadecimal 1...

Страница 95: ...tioned as configured There are three configurable Black Dot parameters The Dot Width and the Offset may be adjusted to operate with a specific paper The Calibration is preset and should not be changed...

Страница 96: ...8 Cut to Center of black dot Back of Ticket 0 8 20 to first line of print Dimensions in Inches mm Note This command interacts with the Feed to Black Dot command If the Black Dot paper Option is set th...

Страница 97: ...cription The DC2 command sets 9 905 characters per inch print pitch ESC Begin 12 cpi character pitch ASCII ESC Hexadecimal 1BH 3AH Decimal 27 58 IPCL F2 EPOS ESC SP n Description The ESC command sets...

Страница 98: ...e exact pitch for various values on n n Resulting Characters per Inch IPCL 1 1 00 2 2 00 3 3 01 4 4 00 5 4 95 6 5 94 7 6 93 8 8 00 F7 9 9 04 10 9 90 F3 11 10 95 12 12 23 F2 13 13 00 14 13 87 15 14 86...

Страница 99: ...acters per inch cpi will depend on the font selected Note 1 The ESC V n command disables any pitch settings established by pitch set commands that establish a cpi like ESC P n After a set right side s...

Страница 100: ...n 0 12 x 12 draft 1 12 x 14 large draft 2 24 x 16 near letter quality NLQ 3 24 x 16 near letter quality NLQ 4 7 repeats 0 3 Draft print modes are high speed print modes intended to provide quality pri...

Страница 101: ...draft or 12 x 14 large draft In Modes 1 and 2 12 x 12 draft font is rotated 90 or 270 and printed in a single pass Double wide and double high fonts are available However because the font is rotated d...

Страница 102: ...to choose character sets as well as normal IBM code pages The EPOS character set select command has been extended to allow additional character sets over and above the 11 defined by EPOS The EPOS code...

Страница 103: ...following code pages are supported Code Page Country Code Language Set Decimal nh nl Hex nh nl 64 USA Slashed 0 0 64 0H 040H 65 USA Unslashed 0 0 65 0H 041H 66 British 0 66 0H 042H 67 German 0 67 0H 0...

Страница 104: ...Windows East Europe 3 251 3H 0FBH 1020 Windows Greek 3 252 3H 0FCH 1021 Latin 5 Windows Turkey 3 253 3H 0FDH 1022 Windows Cyrillic 3 254 3H 0FEH 1024 Hungarian CWI 4 0 4H 000H 1026 ISO Latin 4 8859 4...

Страница 105: ...H 43H n Decimal 27 91 67 n IPCL EU Description The ESC C n command allows an application to replace any character in the currently active character set with the Euro character The character to be repl...

Страница 106: ...t to print an A it would be addressed by sending a 65 decimal to the printer Sixty five predefined code pages or character maps assign characters to a particular address built into the printer Occasio...

Страница 107: ...2 Up to 32 user defined characters can be defined Data d specifies a bit printed to one and not printed to zero At the default user defined characters are not defined and the internal character set is...

Страница 108: ...internal character set is printed ESC y 11 Enable OCR characters ASCII ESC y 11 Hexadecimal 1BH 79H 0BH Decimal 27 121 11 IPCL YX011 EPOS ESC y 11 Description The ESC y 11 command replaces 30 characte...

Страница 109: ...27 121 12 IPCL YX012 EPOS ESC y 12 Description The ESC y 12 command returns the 30 OCR characters to the previously selected character set It does not restore the print mode Note Any character defini...

Страница 110: ...F Letter F 46H 70 F G Letter G 47H 71 G H Letter H 48H 72 H I Letter I 49H 73 I J Letter J 4AH 74 J K Letter K 4BH 75 K L Letter L 4CH 76 L M Letter M 4DH 77 M N Letter N 4EH 78 N O Letter O 4FH 79 O...

Страница 111: ...and causes subsequent characters to be printed at twice the currently selected character width For example ten cpi becomes five cpi 17 cpi becomes 8 5 cpi etc The SO command remains in effect until A...

Страница 112: ...and double high mode ASCII ESC W n Hexadecimal 1BH 57H n Decimal 27 87 n IPCL FD n 1 FS n 0 FHA n 3 Note Single wide double high mode is not available in IPCL mode EPOS ESC n Description The ESC W n c...

Страница 113: ...le high single wide and single space Also see ESC W above Description The ESC EOT NUL k NUL n m command sets double wide double high and italic print mode Where k bits k 76543210 xxxx Italic control 0...

Страница 114: ...Decimal 27 71 IPCL ME EPOS ESC G 1 Description All subsequent text is printed in enhanced print mode two passes with a vertical offset Enhanced printing provides a deeper resolution of each character...

Страница 115: ...pt The following characters are printed half size on the upper side of the print line Note Superscript is not available in all print modes ESC S 1 Select subscript ASCII ESC S 1 Hexadecimal 1BH 53H 01...

Страница 116: ...cimal 1BH 25H 47H Decimal 27 37 71 IPCL MI EPOS ESC 4 Description The ESC G command begins italic print mode Note Italics are not available in all print modes ESC H End italics ASCII ESC H Hexadecimal...

Страница 117: ...nced attributes are available In free format rotated 90 and 270 mode the print length is determined by the length of the longest line entered In line formatted mode the line length is set not by the l...

Страница 118: ...print mode is rotated 270 according to the currently stored format parameters When n 7 or 15 the print mode is rotated 270 according to the currently stored format parameters The ESC r 7 command diffe...

Страница 119: ...ont selection must be made before the rotate command Note 4 Only enhanced and emphasized attributes are available for formatted rotated print These attributes are not available on a character basis Th...

Страница 120: ...Not available in page mode ASCII ESC r 3 Hexadecimal 1BH 72H 03H Decimal 27 114 3 IPCL R3 ESC r 7 Begin 270 rotated print with line formatting Not available in page mode ASCII ESC r 7 Hexadecimal 1BH...

Страница 121: ...atting Not available in page mode ASCII ESC r 15 Hexadecimal 1BH 72H 0FH Decimal 27 114 15 IPCL RX15 EPOS ESC T 1 ESC r 0 End rotated print ASCII ESC r 0 Hexadecimal 1BH 72H 00H Decimal 27 114 0 IPCL...

Страница 122: ...ble in page mode ASCII ESC u n1 m1 n2 m2 ni mi 0 Hexadecimal 1BH 75H n1 m1 n2 m2 ni mi 00H Decimal 27 117 n1 m1 n2 m2 ni mi 0 IPCL none EPOS none Description The ESC u n1 m1 n2 m2 ni mi 0 command adju...

Страница 123: ...initial orientation An ESC t command during page definition will change the orientation and reset the entry location back to the top left corner of that orientation Receipt or Inserted Form B A D C I...

Страница 124: ...bottom of the page If the FF command is used to print the page the memory used to store the page image is not maintained and is released to be used by other functions Function Select page mode ASCII E...

Страница 125: ...enerate additional cuts Electronic journal station select No This command is like a station select and is not active You cannot store page mode images in the electronic journal A page mode command in...

Страница 126: ...l dots from the left The F parameter is a flag that specifies if this command is an absolute position command or relative to the current position If this is 1 the command is processed as a relative po...

Страница 127: ...on the iTherm 280 Printer are slightly smaller than the same graphic printed on an impact printer All of this is done transparently to the application however loss of resolution may result in some mo...

Страница 128: ...h no consecutive dots The mode is generally used to print 240h by 144v dpi resolutions in two passes Extended APA Graphics ESC Print graphics in mode m 60h 120h 240h x 72v dpi ASCII ESC m n1 n2 Hexade...

Страница 129: ...72 dpi Full speed 8 bit slices 6 90 dpi Full speed 8 bit slices 7 144 dpi Full speed 8 bit slices 10 104 x 96 dpi 1 horizontal 1 vertical pass 11 208 x 96 dpi 2 horizontal 1 vertical pass 12 104 x 19...

Страница 130: ...grammer s Guide Page 118 Rev K ESC U 0 Select bidirectional print ASCII ESC U 0 Hexadecimal 1BH 55H 00H Decimal 27 85 0 IPCL GB EPOS ESC U 0 Description The ESC U 0 command prints all data in bi direc...

Страница 131: ...mode of the printer The printer stays in graphic mode until it is changed by another command Note that the bar code generation and other graphic commands change graphics mode The format of the horizo...

Страница 132: ...rtical pass 11 208 x 96 dpi 2 horizontal 1 vertical pass 12 104 x 192 dpi 1 horizontal 2 vertical passes 13 208 x 192 dpi 2 horizontal 2 vertical passes 14 15 16 Not supported Note 1 Only modes 10 tho...

Страница 133: ...H ffH 02H 55H Where 09H ffH means repeat ffH nine times and 02H 55H means repeat 55H two times Difference Compression In difference compression data is represented in byte pairs In compression the fir...

Страница 134: ...erased all at once You may place two items in user store with the same name and the last defined item will be used Defining Macros Macros can be defined two ways The first is by using the begin and e...

Страница 135: ...e ASCII ESC US l Name 0 If the item referenced is a user defined character set it is loaded into the current definition If it is a macro it is loaded into the macro buffer It is not processed or print...

Страница 136: ...til the lock is manually reset and accidental deletion of the saved information The user defined character buffer and or user data buffer may be redefined and used but cannot be stored The terminating...

Страница 137: ...0 Hexadecimal 1BH 1FH 6DH Decimal 27 31 109 IPCL UM Name 0 EPOS GS Name 0 is from one to 15 characters and must be null terminated Description The ESC US m Name 0 command saves the current macro buff...

Страница 138: ...ion Run macro data from user store ASCII ESC US r Name 0 Hexadecimal 1BH 1FH 72H Decimal 27 31 114 IPCL UR Name 0 EPOS GS 0 Name 0 is from one to 15 characters and must be null terminated Description...

Страница 139: ...H Decimal 27 31 116 IPCL UX 0 EPOS None Description This command transfers the information in the base 16K user store to the extended user store The base user store is erased if the transfer was succe...

Страница 140: ...See ESC EM T n or UT n on page 128 Note The report is also printed as part of the configuration report Function Redefine User Store Termination Character ASCII ESC EM T n Hexadecimal 1BH 19H 54H n De...

Страница 141: ...ke sure that the buffer is not overfilled The printer simply stops saving information when it is full As the buffer fills the input data is printed normally The effect of the macro start command is to...

Страница 142: ...s including characters and commands are recorded ESC g 2 Stop macro record ASCII ESC g 2 Hexadecimal 1BH 67H 02H Decimal 27 103 2 IPCL GE EPOS ESC g 2 Description The ESC g 2 command stops recording u...

Страница 143: ...tion HRI characters in vertical mode It is generally better to print vertical barcodes by printing horizontal barcodes in page mode rotated 90 or 270 You can then mix HRI and other text with the barco...

Страница 144: ...odes 90 or 180 you can get significantly longer barcodes Interleaved 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 is a high density self checking continuous numeric bar code It is mainly used where fixed length numeric...

Страница 145: ...e first character received must be the length IE ESC k 1 n where n specifies the number of characters to follow The characters following n characters may be from 0 to 127 Values greater than 127 are c...

Страница 146: ...st character and print the data as defined in Code A Space is defined as a 0 which makes programming difficult and causes control character conflicts for the printer To solve the problem the iTherm 28...

Страница 147: ...33 85 FNC1 134 86 Start A 135 87 Start B 136 88 Start C 137 89 Figure 8 Expanded Function coding Note In automatic mode FNC4 is always specified as 133 regardless of what code stick is currently activ...

Страница 148: ...4 4 20 20 52 34 5 5 21 21 53 35 6 6 22 22 54 36 7 7 23 23 55 37 8 8 24 24 56 38 9 9 25 25 57 39 26 26 58 3A 27 27 59 3B 28 28 60 3C 29 29 61 3D 30 30 62 3E 31 31 63 3F 32 32 64 40 A A 33 33 65 41 B B...

Страница 149: ...C CR m 77 77 109 6D SO n 78 78 110 6E SI o 79 79 111 6F DLE p 80 80 112 70 DC1 q 81 81 113 71 DC2 r 82 82 114 72 DC3 s 83 83 115 73 DC4 t 84 84 116 74 NAK u 85 85 117 75 SYN v 86 86 118 76 ETB w 87 87...

Страница 150: ...he format starts with a number set digit which defines how the next six digits are encoded The next five digits have fixed encoding The last is a check digit The printer prints an EAN 13 bar code with...

Страница 151: ...S None Description This command alters the way PDF 417 barcodes are generated and printed Where f Feature to control and v the value of the feature f C 43H 67 Set encoding columns v 1 30 0 sets to aut...

Страница 152: ...4 32 46 100 Level 5 64 101 200 Level 6 128 201 400 Level 7 256 401 Up Level 8 512 Function Set bar code height ASCII ESC EM B n Hexadecimal 1BH 19H 42H n Decimal 27 25 66 n IPCL BH m EPOS GS h n Descr...

Страница 153: ...racters and print direction Where n bits n IPCL 76543210 xx Justified 0 00 00 Left 1 01 01 Center 2 02 10 Right xx HRI characters 0 00 00 Not printed 16 16 01 Printed above the bar code 32 32 10 Print...

Страница 154: ...nitialize it CAUTION You can use the extended user store without initializing the electronic journal If any data has been stored in the extended user store it will be lost if the extended flash is rep...

Страница 155: ...level of security that is required CAUTION If you have initialized the electronic journal and don t know the password there is no way to erase the electronic journal without returning the printer for...

Страница 156: ...rting Commands Function Initialize and Set Password ASCII ESC GS I Password 0 Hexadecimal 1BH 1DH 49H Password 0x00 Decimal 27 29 73 Password 0 IPCL EI Password EPOS Description This command initializ...

Страница 157: ...print the complete contents of the electronic journal Note The first record is identified as record 1 Function Report the Electronic Journal ASCII ESC GS R Sl Sh Ll Lh Hexadecimal 1BH 1DH 52H Sl Sh Ll...

Страница 158: ...ard C programming conventions Most standard C formatting print parameters may be used Note The record header many be totally disabled by a configuration option Function Print Report an Electronic Jour...

Страница 159: ...here Bit 0 Cash Drawer 0 ACK NAK 1 1 Cash Drawer 1 ACK NAK 2 2 Paper low status ACK NAK 3 3 Paper out status ACK NAK 4 4 Electronic Journal Low Out ACK NAK 25 low high 5 Validation Form present ACK NA...

Страница 160: ...urnal is initialized under software control and a password is provided the electronic journal can not be erased in journal print mode There is also a factory configured mode that completely disables t...

Страница 161: ...gs they will take effect for all following entries Erase Complete Journal If the electronic journal is not password protected this option will erase the complete journal and reinitialize it Printing p...

Страница 162: ...information in the electronic journal is with carbon copy mode In this mode select information sent to the validation or receipt station is carbon copied into the electronic journal A record is start...

Страница 163: ...ol commands in the record data will be added to the journal record As the records are printed those commands will be used to format the print Some care should be taken to assure that only format contr...

Страница 164: ...saved The following commands are ignored ESC BEL ESC EM ESC ESC 4 ESC 8 ESC 9 ESC ESC C ESC v The following commands cause the journal to stop and will be processed again after the journal information...

Страница 165: ...ume commands do not generate new electronic journal records Function Electronic Carbon Copy Begin ASCII ESC l 3 Hexadecimal 1BH 6CH 3 Decimal 27 108 3 IPCL EB EPOS Description This command begins a ca...

Страница 166: ...s that reference internal fonts or change the pitch are selected the down loaded font will be deactivated and the last used internal font selected To access characters located above 255 you must use a...

Страница 167: ...ader are used but they should be set to a reasonable value in case they are used in future implementations This command is not used during normal printing use of the printer NOTE There is a font downl...

Страница 168: ...mmand deletes the current selected font from RAM It will not delete a font from flash memory for from ROM NOTE This command will reselect the last used internal font If another soft font is to be used...

Страница 169: ...high byte first and then the low byte NOTE All information sent to the printer must now use this encoding even for non print commands Function Initiate Unicode UTF 16LE Encoding ASCII ESC L Hexadecim...

Страница 170: ...the desired Unicode character This encoding method is less straightforward This method uses unique bit sequences at the MSBs of a byte to determine its location and meaning within the MBCS encoding Se...

Страница 171: ...nt margins ASCII ESC X n1 n2 Hexadecimal 1BH 58H n1 n2 Decimal 27 88 n1 n2 IPCL none EPOS ESC l ESC Q Description The ESC X n1 n2 command sets left and right print margins in characters from the home...

Страница 172: ...71H n Decimal 27 113 n IPCL none EPOS none Description The ESC q n command returns a status to the host when it is processed Response SOH n The ESC q n command may be placed in the print data and whe...

Страница 173: ...processed until found in the input buffer by the print processor Note 2 Cash Drawer 2 is factory configurable in one of two modes Either pin 2 or 3 is active depending on an internal jumper setting T...

Страница 174: ...n1 n2 n3 command allows the sound to be altered Where n1 is the number of alert cycles n2 is the on time of the alert cycle in ten Ms intervals n3 is the off time of the alert cycle in ten Ms interva...

Страница 175: ...rint Note The ITherm does not allow the Paper Out sensor to be disabled It is always on n is defined as follows Bit On Off Hexadecimal Decimal Function 0 1 Off 00H 0 Paper roll near end sensor disable...

Страница 176: ...rinter select Bit 1 Pass through On Bits 2 7 Undefined If Bit 0 is clear the printer stops processing data If Bit 1 is set the data is passed through the printer and sent out on the serial port Note 1...

Страница 177: ...Characters 12 Replaces the OCR characters with normal characters 13 Not used 14 Forces head maintenance 15 Print Current totals 16 Enable Test Font 17 Requests the printer to enter remote OFF 18 Requ...

Страница 178: ...s 3 and 4 on the next page Note 4 The printer has a resident OCR MA font It is defined and mapped per ANSI X3 111 1986 Once mapped into a code page it can be removed by issuing an ESC y 12 command or...

Страница 179: ...ower Control ASCII ESC y n Hexadecimal 1BH 79H n Decimal 27 121 n IPCL YX17 or YX18 EPOS ESC y n Where n 17 Requests the printer to enter remote OFF 18 Requests the printer to exit remote OFF Descript...

Страница 180: ...Control discussion in Chapter 8 SOH Begin multi drop control ASCII SOH n Hexadecimal 01H n Decimal 1 n IPCL none Where n is the printer address Addresses of A B or C are configurable Description The...

Страница 181: ...r is configured for serial or USB operation the status is automatically returned to the host If the printer is configured for parallel IEEE 1284 operation the HOST must initiate a reverse channel requ...

Страница 182: ...nly off line operation if inquire commands are used This prevents the printer from using flow control for anything but buffer full The programmer must take on the responsibility for assuring that inqu...

Страница 183: ...09H The buffer is empty NAK 9 15H 09H The buffer is not empty ENQ 10 Request printer reset ASCII ENQ 10 Hexadecimal 05H 0AH Decimal 5 10 Function Reset printer Response Serial Parallel ACK 10 06H 0AH...

Страница 184: ...mand which prevents responses in IEEE 1284 mode as well Note If reset inhibit is set in the configuration menu this command is ignored ENQ 11 Inquire power cycle status ASCII ENQ 11 Hexadecimal 05H 0B...

Страница 185: ...flow control Response ACK 15 n r1 r2 Where 15 is the echo of the command ID n is the number of return bytes 40 28H to prevent confusion with XON XOFF r1 bit 0 1 always bit 1 Cover is closed bit 2 Rece...

Страница 186: ...r cycled Reading this does not affect the state of the power cycled flag Use ENQ 11 to reset the power cycled bit bit 4 Printer is waiting in an error mode Use ENQ 22 to identify the specific error an...

Страница 187: ...ing ID string is the IEEE ID return string which follows MFG Ithaca Periph CMD PJ1000CL IPCL CLS PRINTER MDL 1000 PcOS DES Ithaca Peripherals iTherm 280 REV PE1200 01 16 OPTS 20xy Where x is a bit fie...

Страница 188: ...s bit 7 An serious error has occurred Note 1 If bit 7 is set a serious error has occurred The printer is not able to recover from type of error without operator intervention If bit 7 is set without bi...

Страница 189: ...4 Hexadecimal 05H 18H Decimal 5 24 Function The ENQ 24 command reports Color Cartridge status Response ACK 24 Length 40 n1 n2 n3 Where 24 Is the echo of command n1 Secondary Pen Color 0 Not installed...

Страница 190: ...ack can also be activated with the ESC EM p command however it is not save during a power cycle ESC EM p n Activate Periodic Status Back ASCII ESC EM p n Hexadecimal 1BH 19H 70H n Decimal 27 25 112 n...

Страница 191: ...t the iTherm 280 EPOS emulation unlike the TM T90 emulation is not designed as a drop in replacement for an Epson printer The iTherm 280 Printer is designed to bring new and unique features and functi...

Страница 192: ...and DLE EOT and are preprocessed by the printer The printer supports all the response bit fields as defined by the TM T88 and TM T90 Printers See the descriptions below The iTherm 280 Printer looks at...

Страница 193: ...fine user defined characters 193 ESC 1BH 2DH Turn underline mode on off 198 ESC 1BH 3FH Cancel user defined characters 193 ESC E 1BH 45H Turn emphasized mode on off 198 ESC G 1BH 47H Turn double strik...

Страница 194: ...t image Command Command Name Page ESC 1BH 2AH Select bit image mode 208 GS v 0 1DH 76H 30 H Print raster bit image 208 Status Commands Command Name Page DLE EOT 10H 04H Real time status transmission 2...

Страница 195: ...227 GS g 2 1DH 67H 32 H Transmit maintenance counter value 228 Macro Function Commands Command Name Page GS 1DH 3AH Start end macro definition 229 GS r t m 1DH 5EH Execute macro 229 Page Mode Command...

Страница 196: ...Programmer s Guide Page 184 Rev K Undocumented TM T88 Commands Command Name ESC I Auto Cut 222 ESC m Auto Cut 222 ESC u Transmit Peripheral Device Status 213 ESC v Transmit Paper status 214 Table 22...

Страница 197: ...haracter sets 192 ESC 1BH 26H Define user defined characters 193 ESC 1BH 2DH Turn underline mode on off 198 ESC 4 1BH 34H Set italics mode 200 ESC 5 1BH 35H Reset italics mode 200 ESC 1BH 3FH Cancel u...

Страница 198: ...C Q 1BH 51H Set right margin in characters 207 ESC U 1BH 55H Turn on off unidirectional printing mode 206 ESC 1BH 5CH Set relative print position 204 ESC a 1BH 61H Select justification 205 ESC l 1BH 6...

Страница 199: ...status 225 ESC 1BH 40H Initialize printer 223 ESC p 1BH 70H Generate pulse 224 GS A 1DH 28H 41H Enter test mode 227 GS I 1DH 49H Transmit printer ID 223 GS P 1DH 50H Set horizontal and vertical motio...

Страница 200: ...Programming Codes iTherm 280 Programmer s Guide Page 188 Rev K GS 1DH 5CH Set relative vertical print position in page mode 219...

Страница 201: ...bit image 234 GS 3 1DH 33H Query nonvolatile memory pool information 234 GS 5 1DH 35H Erase all entries from nonvolatile memory 232 GS 6 1DH 36H Save user defined character set 234 GS 7 1DH 37H Selec...

Страница 202: ...F When auto line feed is disabled CR prints the data in the print buffer and does not feed the paper Function Print and Feed n Lines ASCII ESC d n Hexadecimal 1BH 64H n Decimal 27 100 n Range 0 n 255...

Страница 203: ...commands Function Print and Reverse Feed n Lines ASCII ESC K n Hexadecimal 1BH 4BH n Decimal 27 75 n Range 0 n 48 Description The ESC K n command prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the pap...

Страница 204: ...cter Commands Function Set Right Side Character Spacing ASCII ESC SP n Hexadecimal 1BH 20H n Decimal 27 32 n Range 0 n 255 Description The ESC SP n sets the right side character spacing in n x 1 160 i...

Страница 205: ...fined characters can be defined Data d specifies a bit printed to one and not printed to zero At the default user defined characters are not defined and the internal character set is printed Once the...

Страница 206: ...urope Latin II 852 46 Japanese 8 Greek 869 47 Norwegian 9 Windows East Europe 49 Danish II 10 Windows Greek 50 Spanish II 11 Latin 5 Windows Turkey 51 Latin American 12 Windows Cyrillic 52 French Cana...

Страница 207: ...nish 0 70 0H 046H 71 Norwegian 0 71 0H 047H 72 Dutch 0 72 0H 048H 73 Italian 0 73 0H 049H 74 French Canadian 0 74 0H 04AH 75 Spanish 0 75 0H 04BH 76 Swedish II 0 76 0H 04CH 77 Swedish III 0 77 0H 04DH...

Страница 208: ...c I 3 248 3H 0F8H 1017 Serbo Croatic II 3 249 3H 0F9H 1018 ECMA 94 3 250 3H 0FAH 1019 Windows East Europe 3 251 3H 0FBH 1020 Windows Greek 3 252 3H 0FCH 1021 Latin 5 Windows Turkey 3 253 3H 0FDH 1022...

Страница 209: ...be the Euro character 1DH 23H replaces the character at 0D5H with the Euro symbol Function Turn Color Mode ON OFF ASCII ESC r n Hexadecimal 1BH 72H n Decimal 27 114 n Range n 0 1 48 49 Description The...

Страница 210: ...uble wide mode is not selected On 20H 32 Double wide mode is selected 6 Undefined 7 Off 00H 0 Underline mode is not selected On 80H 128 Underline mode is selected Table 28 Print Modes Function Turn ON...

Страница 211: ...down printing mode is turned on when it is 0 upside down printing mode is turned off The default setting is n 0 When upside down mode is turned on the printer prints 180 rotated characters from right...

Страница 212: ...e 1 0001xxxx Horizontal scale 2 Function Begin Italics ASCII ESC 4 Hexadecimal 1BH 34H Decimal 27 52 Description The ESC 4 command begins italics print mode Note Italics are not available in all print...

Страница 213: ...ton When the least significant bit LSB of n one the FEED Button is disabled when it is zero the button is enabled To prevent problems caused by accidentally pressing the FEED Button use the command to...

Страница 214: ...es not go off line and the Paper Out LED comes on When the validation sensor is enabled and a paper end is detected the printer ejects the paper after printing as much as possible and enters the paper...

Страница 215: ...ther 2 or 3 or both bits is on The validation sensor is enabled when either 6 or 7 or both bits are on This command is enabled only with a parallel interface and is ignored with a serial interface The...

Страница 216: ...n 0 48 the printer cancels the print data in the print buffer and keeps other data or setting values except for the print data Function Set Absolute Print Position ASCII ESC nl nh Hexadecimal 1BH 24H...

Страница 217: ...ly when input at the beginning of a line Function Set Back Space ASCII BS Hexadecimal 08H Decimal 8 Description The BS command moves the print buffer one character width to the left The pointer positi...

Страница 218: ...a line In page mode an internal flag is activated and the command is enabled when the printer returns to standard mode Function Set Printing Area Width ASCII GS W nl nh Hexadecimal 1DH 57H nl nh Deci...

Страница 219: ...e left margin is set to n characters from the beginning of the line Function Set Right Margin ASCII ESC Q n Hexadecimal 1BH 51H n Decimal 29 81 n Range 0 n 255 Description The ESC Q n command sets the...

Страница 220: ...ecified by nl nh x 256 in mode 0 or 1 and nl nh x 256 3 in mode 32 or 33 and d indicates the bit image data Set a bit to one to print a dot or set a bit to zero to not print a dot Use the command to p...

Страница 221: ...er is not equipped with the paper low sensor bits 0 and 1 of the third byte are always on with paper adequate status Bit 3 of the second byte is always No error The status items are selected using n a...

Страница 222: ...rmation Bit Off On Hex Decimal Status for Automatic Status Back ASB 0 0 Undefined 1 0 Undefined 2 Off 00H 0 No mechanical error On 04H 4 Mechanical error occurred 3 Off 00H 0 No Auto cutter error On 0...

Страница 223: ...tus ASCII GS r n Hexadecimal 1DH 72H n Decimal 29 114 n Range 1 n 2 49 n 50 Description The GS r n command transmits the status specified by n as follows paper sensor status as one byte of data when n...

Страница 224: ...r on line recovery is on from the time the paper roll is inserted to the time the printer goes on line See the GS z 0 command for details of the on line recovery wait time The paper roll low sensor is...

Страница 225: ...d to on 5 Off 00H 0 Unrecoverable error occurred 12 On 20H 32 Recoverable error occurred 6 Off 00H 0 Not used fixed to off 7 Off 00H 0 Not used fixed to off Table 43 Error Status n 3 Bit Off On Hex De...

Страница 226: ...Off On Hex Decimal Status 0 1 Off 00 0 Receipt Paper present On 02H 2 Receipt Paper Low or not present 2 3 Off 00 0 Cover is closed On 04H 4 Cover is open 4 Off 00 0 Not used fixed Off 5 Off 00 0 Sli...

Страница 227: ...nabled validation paper is disabled the printer ejects the paper The default setting is n 1 The paper type s are selected for printing by using n as follows Bit Off On Hex Decimal Function 0 Off 00 0...

Страница 228: ...nction Select Paper Type for Command Settings ASCII ESC f t1 t2 Hexadecimal 1BH 66H t1 t2 Decimal 27 116 t1 t2 Range 0 t1 15 0 t2 64 Description ESC f t1 t2 sets the time that the printer waits for va...

Страница 229: ...izontal motion units Vertical starting position yL yH 256 vertical motion units Horizontal printing area width dxL dxH 256 horizontal motion units Vertical printing area width dyL dyH 256 vertical mot...

Страница 230: ...v K Receipt or Inserted Form B A D C Initial entry location Function Print and return to standard mode in page mode0 ASCII FF Hexadecimal 0CH Decimal 12 Description FF In page mode prints the data in...

Страница 231: ...and the distance from the current position to nl nh 256 vertical or horizontal unit Bar Code Commands Function Print Bar Code 1 ASCII GS k m dl dk NUL Mode 1 m between 0 and 6 Hexadecimal 1DH 6BH m d...

Страница 232: ...dl dk NUL GS k m n dl dn If the horizontal width exceeds the printing area the printer only feeds the paper These commands feed as much paper as necessary to print the bar code according to the GS h c...

Страница 233: ...imal 29 102 n Range n 0 1 48 49 Description The GS f n command selects a font for the HRI Human Readable Interpretation characters used when printing a bar code n selects a font from the following tab...

Страница 234: ...V m n command is only effective when input at the beginning of a line The GS V m n command executes paper feeding to the manual cutting position Function Partial knife cut ASCII ESC i Hexadecimal 1BH...

Страница 235: ...e Printer ASCII ESC Hexadecimal 1BH 40H Decimal 27 64 Description The ESC command initializes the printer All settings including character font and line spacing are canceled Function Transmit Printer...

Страница 236: ...specified by t in real time to the connector pin specified by m as follows m Connector pin 0 Drawer kick out connector pin 2 1 Drawer kick out pin 5 Note This feature is licensed from Epson and is on...

Страница 237: ...37H 55 1 byte Flag 25H 37 1 byte NUL 00H 0 1 byte Enters in standard mode Function Select Peripheral Device Status ASCII ESC n Hexadecimal 1BH 3DH n Decimal 27 61 n Range 1 n 3 Description The ESC n...

Страница 238: ...nter goes on line The on line recovery wait time is confirmed by the printer status of ASB or the DLE EOT command n 2 is only effective when a recoverable error occurs The printer can recover from an...

Страница 239: ...nter value After setting the current counter value in the print buffer as print data a character string the printer counts up or down based on the count mode set Function Initialize maintenance counte...

Страница 240: ...20 Number of line feeds roll paper cumulative 14 20 Number of times energizing head roll paper 14 20 Number of autocutter operations 14 20 Printer operation time The contents of the maintenance count...

Страница 241: ...mode When the LSB of m 0 the macro executes r times continuously with the interval specified by t When the LSB of m 1 the printer remains idle and waits for the FEED Button to be pressed after waitin...

Страница 242: ...area can contain as many bit images as its size permits A printout of the amount of nonvolatile memory remaining can be obtained by performing a printer self test Each image is uniquely identified by...

Страница 243: ...1 d2 dy 2 dy PRINT 1 CHR 29 CHR 45 REM Enter the GS command PRINT 1 MY IMAGE CHR 0 REM Define the image name PRINT 1 CHR 1 CHR 1 REM Image size 8 x 8 bits PRINT 1 CHR 255 CHR 255 CHR 255 CHR 255 REM S...

Страница 244: ...PRINT 1 CHR 29 CHR 48 REM Enter the GS 0 command PRINT 1 MY IMAGE CHR 0 CHR 0 REM Enter the image name Where m selects a mode from the table below Hex Decimal Mode Vertical Dot Density dpi Horizontal...

Страница 245: ...ntal direction is x x 8 The number of dots in the vertical direction is y x 8 If x x y x 8 exceeds the size of the buffer the image is truncated d indicates bit image data and specifies a bit printed...

Страница 246: ...c name to identify the image Description GS 6 Name 0 saves the current character set created by the ESC command to the nonvolatile memory pool If no character set has been defined the command stores a...

Страница 247: ...n The ESC c 4 n command determines if the printer stops printing when paper low is detected Where n 0 Printer continues to print with paper low 1 Printer stops printing when paper low is detected Func...

Страница 248: ...erm 280 Programmer s Guide Page 236 Rev K Description The ESC c 5 n command enables or disables the FEED Button When the least significant bit LSB of n one the FEED Button is disabled when it is zero...

Страница 249: ...res patented by Epson If you use the Star real time cash drawer command you must use the added cost licensed firmware iTherm Axiohm Emulation The iTherm 280 printer has an Axiohm emulation that closel...

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Страница 251: ...28 04430 Rev K Page 239 chapter 7 iTherm 280 Color Graphics...

Страница 252: ...Page 240 Rev K...

Страница 253: ...s Character graphics is the term for joining individual characters together to produce a mosaic of characters that form a graphic image The simplest method uses an or any other character to form an im...

Страница 254: ...05 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 188 CR LF ESC a 0 ESC 0 ESC P 15 CR LF ST 2000 OP 00067 TE 021 0035 CR LF KLEENEX FAM D04 QTY 1 1 68 J CR LF RITZ D01...

Страница 255: ...ple Receipt When printing line graphics the data path to the printer must be eight bits Seven bit serial protocols do not access the extended characters The extended characters require that the form b...

Страница 256: ...nochrome images 2 Make sure the paper size chosen fits the printer 3 inches wide with 0 25 inch margins If the paper size cannot be set print a portion of the page 3 Print the graphic to a file using...

Страница 257: ...ck color and a highlight color there is no point in the printers mixing the highlight color with black If however the iTherm 280 printer is configured with two colors other than black the printer atte...

Страница 258: ...ick fits the printer 3 inches wide with 0 25 inch margins 3 The iTherm 280 print driver should be installed even if the printer is not connected 4 Set up the print driver to print the graphic to a fil...

Страница 259: ...e supports the ability to print two color graphics in all emulations This support is an enhancement to the original TM U200 ESC POS Star and Citizen printer emulations The intent of Universal Color Gr...

Страница 260: ...e print driver will not support universal color graphics You can however store the graphic in the printer and use IPCL commands to print the stored graphic You must select a printer resident font for...

Страница 261: ...with the printer only the Save to File option will be allowed 8 Make sure there is enough room in the printer for the graphic 9 Insert a name in the Macro Name box Keep it simple this name will be us...

Страница 262: ...rom to x x may range from 21H to 255H Note The used to flag the end of the Name string is not valid in PcOS Ithaca emulation mode You should use 0 or define the terminator with the UTx command The ext...

Страница 263: ...graphic image Send the following text string to the printer using whatever means is available to you URLogo Run Macro Logo Print the macro Cautions Universal graphics information is stored in the same...

Страница 264: ...ersal graphic record command If the name already exists in the flash user store or the universal graphic memory is exceeded the command is invalid and the Name field prints UR Name Run universal graph...

Страница 265: ...be modified The value of n is used for the terminator The value of n may be from 0 to 255 Example If UT were sent to the printer the User Store command to run universal graphic Demo would be URDemo CL...

Страница 266: ...nd of any size They also need not be all graphics The existing application cut command will be replaced by the Coupon Cut Logo operation Configuration options are as follows Cut Command Logo Cut Logo...

Страница 267: ...28 04430 Rev K Page 255 chapter 8 Unicode...

Страница 268: ...Page 256 Rev K...

Страница 269: ...of data and we can have up to 255 characters that we can use This is good now we use eight bits a byte But then I am Greek I am Russian I am Arabic was heard We need to use characters that we are fam...

Страница 270: ...ach character was 16 dots wide and 16 dots tall each character would require 32 bytes of memory 32 x 50 000 1 600 000 bytes to store all the characters images This is a very conservative estimate in r...

Страница 271: ...Programmer s Guide 28 04430 Rev K Page 259 WARNING You must have proper rights to use a font in this manner Do not download a font to the printer if you do not have the right to use the font as a down...

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Страница 273: ...28 04430 Rev K Page 261 chapter 9 iTherm 280 Extended Printer Control...

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Страница 275: ...ach of these commands follow the ESC or ESCy format Other functions are performed by these basic commands Do not attempt to use any undocumented version of these commands The extended diagnostics comm...

Страница 276: ...ge 264 Rev K 10 Power Up Resets 11 Watchdog Resets 12 Base Flash Erases 13 Ext Flash Erases 14 Auto Cutter Cycles 15 Init Requests 16 Error Vectors 17 Auto Cutter Faults 18 Power On Time Min 19 System...

Страница 277: ...ors as specified by the PJColor program for the color graphics to match the PJColor preview ESC L c sets the left or primary color and ESC R c sets the right or secondary color You can set the Left ca...

Страница 278: ...Function Print Current Print Setup Values ASCII ESC y 20 or ESC 20 Hexadecimal 1BH 79H 14H Decimal 27 121 20 Description This command forces the printer to print the current setup values Note This com...

Страница 279: ...er Control iTherm 280 Programmer s Guide 28 04430 Rev K Page 267 Notes This command performs a configuration update and should not be done on a regular basis Notes This command must be preceded with a...

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Страница 281: ...28 04430 Rev K Page 269 chapter 10 Communications...

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Страница 283: ...inter and from printer to cash drawer Host computer Printer to cash drawer Host to printer link Cash drawer Keypad Host to keypad Printer Figure 14 Typical POS System For the host to printer communica...

Страница 284: ...rage buffer and print control mechanism that is using the data The communication port is either the serial port hardware or the parallel port hardware and the associated communication software driver...

Страница 285: ...ds that the buffer is getting low it notifies the communication driver that the information flow can be resumed if it was stopped and allows more information to be placed in the buffer The iTherm 280...

Страница 286: ...s under the existing software architecture Microsoft is providing the POSUSB driver model to allow USB POS devices to interface as serial COM ports to service object DLLs The Transact USB Printer inte...

Страница 287: ...connection Network Traffic LED indicator Configured through networked PC Web Browser Works with Virtually All Major Operating Systems Integrated into the Printer Large RAM Buffer for fast continuous...

Страница 288: ...e sent down a cable Shorter pulse widths 500 nanoseconds will be accepted by the printer The cable can introduce significant signal degeneration and skew The data must be valid before the strobe signa...

Страница 289: ...STB Width 0 5 uS 500 uS t3 DATA Hold after STB 0 5 uS t4 BUSY Delay after STB 0 0 5 uS t5 ACK Pulse Width 2 5 uS Table 56 Parallel port Timing Note Altered STB timing to take data on the falling edge...

Страница 290: ...d before the ID is sent Mode 0 Mode 0 provides a reverse channel for information from the printer Normal responses to inquire commands are placed in the IEEE 1284 reverse channel buffer The Mode 0 rev...

Страница 291: ...re active when the reverse channel closes the output buffer overflows If data is in the buffer when dynamic responses are activated it will not be replaced by the current status If dynamic response is...

Страница 292: ...e printer is in the native iTherm 280 emulation 5 indicates that the printer is in some other emulation Y and Z are bit fields that designate the options attached to the printer Bit Y Z Bit 0 Color Su...

Страница 293: ...e printer as soon as possible Because the host may not notice the DTR signal until it has transmitted several bytes of data to the printer the printer continues to except up to 25517 bytes of data aft...

Страница 294: ...Buffer Getting Empty Data Select Key Printer Control Software Print Buffer 40 8K RTS Request to Send DTR Data Terminal Ready Data In Serial Data Out Not Usedfor Flow Control DTR RTS Send XOFF Send XO...

Страница 295: ...responded to and placed in the buffer If not the data is placed in the buffer without response The buffer is then checked to see if it is full before the internal pointer is incremented If it is not f...

Страница 296: ...erted When XON XOFF flow control is used the flow is similar to DTR flow except that DTR is not used and XON XOFF control characters are transmitted back to the host on the serial link The XON XOFF ad...

Страница 297: ...l be It is up to the developer to select the optimal buffer size for an application Serial Mode Plug and Play Microsoft has defined a Plug and Play PnP protocol to identify devices on serial links The...

Страница 298: ...fields are required by all serial devices all others are optional The identification string used by the iTherm 280 Printer follows 028H Start of ASCII response 0 1 PnP Rev IPR0210 Unique ID IPR plus r...

Страница 299: ...n an inquiry is received by the printer it is buffered in a high speed processing queue When the printer has time it empties the queue and processes the inquiries The printer responds to the command a...

Страница 300: ...he sequence delays the transmit data by one byte The printer buffer size is limited If the buffer overruns data will be lost 5 Modem handshake signals from the printer are not controlled during past t...

Страница 301: ...rdware reset The reset completely initializes the hardware and software but the printer does not recover from a loss of software control Note If the printer mode was changed by the ESC y 2 or 3 comman...

Страница 302: ...ss command with the pass through bit set In pass through mode the printer can be requested to transmit any data that it receives When this is the case the printer s inquire commands are active but of...

Страница 303: ...allows the host application to query the printer at all times except when there is no power a full input buffer or a hard failure For example when the printer s cover is open the printer stops printi...

Страница 304: ...there is no way to report the error These errors occur for the most part during power up diagnostics They are as follows EEPROM READ ERROR Power up only The Internal EEPROM is not readable or the chec...

Страница 305: ...r not be shorted or back driven If the signals are not to be used they should be left open Pins 3 4 and 7 of the 9 pin connector are outputs from the printer If any one of these signals is grounded or...

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Страница 307: ...0 0 7 5 NA 76 Swedish II 0 76 0H 04CH 0 0 7 6 15 77 Swedish III 0 77 0H 04DH 0 0 7 7 16 78 Swedish IV 0 78 0H 04EH 0 0 7 8 17 79 Turkish 0 79 0H 04FH 0 0 7 9 18 80 Swiss I 0 80 0H 050H 0 0 8 0 19 81...

Страница 308: ...st Europe 3 251 3H 0FBH 1 0 1 9 49 1020 Windows Greek 3 252 3H 0FCH 1 0 2 1 50 1021 Latin 5 Windows Turkey 3 253 3H 0FDH 1 0 2 2 51 1022 Windows Cyrillic 3 254 3H 0FEH 1 0 2 4 52 1024 Hungarian CWI 4...

Страница 309: ...A 42 2B 43 2C 44 2D 45 2E 46 2F 47 30 48 0 31 49 1 32 50 2 33 51 3 34 52 4 35 53 5 36 54 6 37 55 7 38 56 8 39 57 9 3A 58 3B 59 3C 60 3D 61 3E 62 3F 63 Hex Decimal ASCII 40 64 41 65 A 42 66 B 43 67 C 4...

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Страница 311: ...ameter 100 04402 NOTE Green Thermal paper may not be available Contact Transact Sales for availability Table 57 Paper Ordering Information Cables Stock Number 110V Power Cable USA 98 02174 220V Power...

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Страница 313: ...cters 192 ESC Initialize the printer 161 222 ESC Double wide double high italics 101 ESC C n Insert Euro character 93 ESC P n Set character pitch 86 ESC S Redefine character set 94 ESC T nh nl Select...

Страница 314: ...ESC r 1 Rotate 90 108 ESC r 11 Rotate 270 with two pass font 109 ESC r 13 Rotate 90 with two pass font and line formatting 108 ESC r 15 Rotate 270 with two pass font and line formatting 109 ESC r 3 Ro...

Страница 315: ...Mode On Off 198 Dynamic Response Enable 147 Emphasized Mode On Off 197 Emphasized Print Mode Beginning 102 Emphasized Print Mode Ending 103 End Italics 104 Enhanced Print Mode Ending 102 Enhanced pri...

Страница 316: ...orizontal Tab 75 Horizontal Tab Positions Setting 205 Horizontal tab Stops Setting 75 Horizontal Tab Setting 204 IEEE 1284 buffer Clearing 171 Indicator Lights 42 Indicators Fault 42 Initialize mainte...

Страница 317: ...0 Programmer s Notes 291 Programming Considerations 129 Quad Density Graphics Printing 116 Query marker 160 Read and return Totals 261 Real Time Status Transmitting 211 real time Request to Printer 22...

Страница 318: ...ined Characters Defining 95 123 192 User Defined Characters Enabling 96 User macros 129 User store 121 User Store Status Inquire 177 User Store Delete item 127 User Store Flush Information 124 127 Use...

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