Star Micronics TSP400 Series Manuale utente

THERMAL PRINTER

TSP400 SERIES

USERS MANUAL

GUIDE D’UTILISATION

BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG

MANUALE DI ISTRUZIONI

Federal Communications Commission

Radio Frequency Interference

Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a

commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency

energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause

harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential

area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct

the interference at his own expense.

For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard, this equipment requires a

shielded cable.

This statement will be applied only for the printers marketed in U.S.A.

Statement of

The Canadian Department of Communications

Radio Interference Regulations

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from

digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department

of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites

applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le

brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le ministère des Communications du Canada.

The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Canada.

Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity

(EC Council Directive 89/336/EEC of 3 May 1989)

This product has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the International

Standards EN50081-1/01.92 and EN50082-1/01.92 following the provisions of the

ElectroMagneticCompatibilityDirectiveoftheEuropeanCommunitiesasofMay1989.

NOTICE

without STAR’s express permission is forbidden.

•The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

•All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the

time of going to press. However, should any errors be detected, STAR would greatly

appreciate being informed of them.

•The above notwithstanding, STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this

manual.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SETTING UP ........................................................................................1

1-1. Loading the Paper Roll ................................................................1

1-2. Adjusting the Head Position ........................................................3

2. CONTROL PANEL ..............................................................................4

3. COMMAND SUMMARY ....................................................................5

3-1. Page Mode....................................................................................6

3-2. Line Mode ....................................................................................8

APPENDIX .............................................................................................48

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1. SETTING UP

■First, remove the blue semi-transparent tape from all parts.

1-1. Loading the Paper Roll

Your printer accepts thermal roll paper 60mm ~ 82mm wide.

The procedure for loading a paper roll is as follows. The illustrations show the

TSP412 printer, however, the loading procedure for the TSP442 is the same.

1Switch off the printer’s power.

2Open the printer cover.

3Cutthetopedgeofthepaperstraight

across.Ifthepaperendissecuredto

the roll by a label or by tape, unroll

the paper one turn and cut away all

traces of adhesive. (Adhesive can

stick to the internal paper roller and

interfere with paper feeding.)

4Insert the paper-roll shaft into the

paper roll.

Fig. 1-2

Fig. 1-3

Printer cover

Paper roll

Paper-roll shaft

Fig. 1-1

■Beforeloadingthefirstpaperroll,be

suretoremovethecardboardandthe

protective paper (under the tear bar)

thatwereinsertedtoprotecttheprint

head during shipping.

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5Temporarily place the paper roll on

the printer cover. Be sure that the

roll is correctly oriented for load-

ing.

6Pull on the green release bar so that

it unlocks, then tilt the print head

unit. Avoid touching the print head

with your fingers.

7Insert the paper so that it passes

under the paper-guide roller shaft

and between the transmissive sen-

sors.

8Pushthepaperuntiltheedgemoves

all the way through to the tear bar.

Fig. 1-4

Fig. 1-5

Fig. 1-6

Paper roll

Release bar Print head unit

Paper guide

roller shaft

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Thick paper

Thin paper

0.6mm

9Return the print head unit to its

original position and be sure that it

locks into place. (The printer cover

will not close unless the print head

unit is locked.)

0Move the paper roll onto the print-

er’s paper-roll holder.

AHoldthe rolldown andpull onthe

leading edge of the paper to re-

move any slack.

BClose the printer cover.

1-2. Adjusting the Head Position

Fig. 1-7

1You can set the print head position

toaccommodatethickorthinpaper.

Change the position by moving the

left-side and right-side levers for-

ward or back.

2Be sure to unlock the print head

before moving the levers.

Fig. 1-8

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2. CONTROL PANEL

The buttons and indicators on the control panel operate as follows.

Fig. 2-1

ON LINE switch/indicator

Press the button to toggle the printer online or offline. The indicator lights up to

indicatethattheprinterisonline.Whentheprintergoesoffline,itceasesprinting

and becomes unable to receive data from the host.

NOTE: If the print head overheats during long continuous use, the printer

automatically stops printing and the ON LINE indicator begins to flash.

Theprinterwillautomaticallyresumeprintingwhentheprintheadcools

down.

FEED switch

This button generates continuous or full paper feed, depending on the setting of

Memory Switch. The FEED switch operates regardless of whether the printer is

onlineoroffline.IfMemorySwitchissettoStart-positiondetect=OFF,holdthe

FEEDswitchdowntofeedpapercontinuously.Paperfeedstopswhenyourelease

the button. If Memory Switch is set to Start-position detect = ON, each press of

the FEED switch feeds the paper to the next top position.

POWER indicator

Lights up to indicate that the printer’s power is on.

HEAD UP indicator

Lightsuptoindicatethattheprintheadunitisunlocked.Donottryprintingwhile

thisindicatorison.Ifthisindicatorcomesonsuddenlyduringprinting,itislikely

that a paper jam has pushed the print head unit out of position.

ON OFF

POWER

HEAD UP

NO PAPER

ERROR

ON LINE

FEED

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The printer has two different software modes which can be selected using the

memory switch. In order to enable changed memory switch settings, turn the

printer OFF and ON again or send printer reset command (<ESC>“?”) to the

printer.

(Factory setting: Page Mode)

Page Mode:

Code <ESC> “#0,0000” <LF> <NUL>

Hex 1B 23 30 2C 30 30 30 30 0A 00

Ideal for bar code label, graphics and text data printing.

Can locate and rotate bar code and text. Accepts a non-compressed BMP file so

that the printer can import and print a BMP file which is scanned or edited in

Windows applications.

The printer has the following control commands. Each control code starts with

<ESC> code and ends with <LF> <NUL> codes, except for the Request status

command <ENQ> and the Call Download Character command <ESC> “G”.

Line Mode:

Code <ESC> “#0,0001” <LF> <NUL>

Hex 1B 23 30 2C 30 30 30 31 0A 00

ThismodeiscompatiblewithStarReceiptprinters,suchastheSP300andSP200

series.

Forimprovementpurposes,thedescriptionsandspecificationsinthismanualare

subject to change without notice.

3. COMMAND SUMMARY

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3-1. Page Mode

Format Definition

Hexadecimal codes

1B 43 0A 00

1B 44 n1n2n3n4 0A

1B 4C n1n2 3B x1x2x3x4

2C y1y2y3y4 2C x5x6x7x8

2C y5y6y7y8 2C d 2C w 0A

1B 45 n1n2 0A 00

1B 50 43 n1n2 3B x1x2x3x4

2C y1y2y3y4 2C w 2C h 2C

c 2C r1r2 2C d1d2 0A 00

1B 50 42 n1n2 3B x1x2x3x4

2C y1y2y3y4 2C w 2C b 2C

m 2C h1h2h3h4 0A 00

1B 59 d1d2 0A 00

Control codes

<NUL>

<ESC> “L n1n2 ; x1x2x3x4

, y1y2y3y4, x5x6x7x8

, y5y6y7y8, d, w” <LF>

<NUL>

<ESC> “PC n1n2 ; x1x2x3x4

, y1y2y3y4, w, h,

c, r1r2, d1d2” <LF> <NUL>

<ESC> “PB n1n2 ; x1x2x3x4

, y1y2y3y4, w, b,

m, h1h2h3h4” <LF> <NUL>

Function

Clear format

Define print area

Define ruled line format

Cancel ruled line format

Define character string format

Define bar code format

Define character pitch

Hexadecimal codes

1B52 43n1n2 3Ba1a2.…an

0A 00

1B52 42n1n2 3Ba1a2.…an

0A 00

1B 51 3B x1x2x3x4 2C

y1y2y3y4 2C|1|2|3|4 2C

w1w2w3 2C n11n12n13

n.…n1k <LF>.…nm1nm2

.…nmk” 0A 00

1B 48 m x1x2x3x4 2C

y1y2y3y42C(BMPfiledata)

2C 0A 00

1B 47 n1n2 2C n3n4 1B 30

1B 58 0A 00

Control codes

<ESC> “RC n1n2 ; a1.....an”

<ESC> “RB n1n2 ; a1.....an”

<ESC> “Q ; x1x2x3x4,

y1y2y3y4, |1|2|3|4,

w1w2w3, n11n12n13

n.…n1k <LF>.…nm1nm2

.…nmk” <LF> <NUL>

<ESC> “H m x1x2x3x4,

y1y2y3y4, (BMP file data)

,” <LF> <NUL>

“0”

Function

Set character string data

Set bar code data

Store dot graphic data into image

memory

Copy BMP file to printer

Call download character

Clear image data

Print Data Settings

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Other commands

Hexadecimal codes

1B 49 0A 00

1B 54 d n1n2 0A 00

1B 42 d n1n2 0A

1B 23 N 2C n1n2n3n4 0A

1B 3F 0A 00

1B 4E n1n2 0A 00

1B 46 n1n2 3B d1.…d48

0A 00

1B 5A n 0A 00

Function

Print Label

Set Feed Length after Printing

Enable cutter

Set Memory Switch

Reset printer

Request status

Select international character set

Select “zero”style

Control codes

<NUL>

<NUL>

<ENQ>

<ESC> “F n1n2 ; d1.....d48”

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