Star Micronics TUP400 Series Manuale utente
THERMAL PRINTER
TUP400 Series
TECHNICAL MANUAL
[SECOND EDITION]
NOTICE
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STAR’s express permission is forbidden.
•The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
•Alleffortshavebeenmadetoensuretheaccuracyofthecontentsofthismanualatthetimeofgoing
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.
© Copyright 1997 Star Micronics Co.,Ltd.
• First edition : Aug.1997
• Second edition : Jun. 1998 Add interface board Ver. 2
Model Name
TUP 4 5 2 V2 D — 24 NL
No Transparent Laser
Voltage
24 : 24 VDC
Interface
D: RS232C
C: Parallel
K: RS422A
Board type
None:Ver.1
V2:Ver.2
Mechanism type
2: 40 columns
Printer type
5: Guilotine Type Full Cutter
8: Guillotine Type Full Cutter + Presenter
TUP400-series thermal printer
INTRODUCTION
This manual was created as a reference for maintenance of the Thermal Printer TUP400 Series for
personnelwhoare responsibleforperiodic inspectionsortroubleshooting ofthatequipment. This manual
was written for maintenance personnel, and was not intended to be used by the general operator.
This manual is organized into the following chapters.
Chapter 1 Specifications and Operation
Chapter 2 Theory of Operation
Chapter 3 Parts Replacement and Related Adjustments
Chapter 4 Maintenance and Lubrication
Chapter 5 Parts Lists
1
5
4
3
2
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CHAPTER 1
SPECIFICATIONS AND OPERATION
1. General Specifications ....................................................................................... 6
2. External Appearance .......................................................................................... 7
3. DIP-Switch Settings ............................................................................................8
4. Print-Density Adjustment ................................................................................. 11
5. Sensor Adjustment ........................................................................................... 12
6. HEX Dump Mode/Test Print..............................................................................13
7. Changing the Interface Board.......................................................................... 14
1
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1. General Specifications
Printing method Line thermal direct
Resolution 8 dots/mm (H) ×8 dots/mm (V)
Printable width 50 mm in Line Mode; 80 mm in Page Mode
Printing speeds 2 Inches/sec and 1 Inch/sec
Printable characters Page mode: ANK, International, Slash zero
Line mode: ANK, International, Special, Block graphics, IBM special,
IBM block graphics, Chinese characters, Slash zero
NOTE: ANK is comprised of ASCII characters and Japanese katakana characters.
Character matrixes Page mode
Small 8×16
Standard 16×24
Wide 24×32
OCR-B 16×24
Chinese chara. 24×24
Line mode
IBM block graphic 12×24 or 12×32
Chinese chara. 24×24 (12×24)
All others 12×24
Bar Codes JAN, EAN, UPC, Code39, ITF, Code93, Code128, NW-7
Paper
Recommended brands TF50KS-E, TF62KS-E (Nippon Paper Industries)
KP50-HEAEX (New Oji Paper Co., Ltd.)
Width 82.5 mm(3.25 inches)
Thickness General thermal paper 60 to 85 µm
Roll diameters External 203 mm max. (8 Inch), Internal 32 mm (1.26 Inch)
Interface RS232C, RS422A, or Parallel
MCBF 5,000,000 Lines
Head longevity 100 Km or 1.0 x 108pulses(excludes damaged caused by dirt or foreign objects.)
(Missing dots is Max. 5%. However, there will be no missing dots up to 50Km.
This is the point where the thermal body resistor value varies more than 15% of the
initial value when continuously printing up to 12.5% of the printing rate.)
Cutter longevity 300,000 cuts (One piece max. paper thickness: 85 µm.)
Power supply DC 24 V ±7%
Power consumption Max. 120 W
Operating environment Temperature 5°C to 40°C
Humidity 25% to 80% (No condensation)
Storage environment Temperature -20°C to 60°C
Humidity 10% to 90% (No condensation)
Fig. 1-1 External Dimensions
164mm
164mm
299mm
254mm
356mm
Approximately 3.3kg
Approximately 3.1kg
254mm
TUP452 TUP482
0
-1
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Fig. 1-2-b Internal Configuration (TUP482)
Arm
Printer head
Presenter
Fig. 1-2-a Internal Configuration (TUP452)
2. External Appearance
Printer head
Arm
Cutter
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3. DIP-Switch Settings
DIP switches are located on the interface board and they differ according to the type of interface.
(1) Setting the DIP Switches
1. Turn the power supply OFF.
2. Remove the screw holding the ROM cover in place. (The screw is located at the base of the paper-roll holder.)
3. Remove the ROM cover to expose the main and interface PCBs
4. Set the DIP-switches on the interface board.
Fig. 1-3 DIP-Switch Settings
DIP Switches
VP4 (Black Mark Sensor)
EPROM
Main Logic Board
VP3 (Paper End Sensor)
Interface Board (RS-232C)
Fig. 1-4 Main Interface Board
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2. DIP-switch values
(1) RS-232C interface
This board has a single 8-bit DIP switch.
Switch Setting ON OFF
1-1 Baud
1-2
1-3 Handshake DTR XON/XOFF
1-4 Data 8 bits 7 bits
1-5 Parity No parity Enabled
1-6 Parity Odd Even
1-7 DC1/DC3 Disabled Enabled
1-8 Power ON
Baud 1-1 1-2
2400BPS OFF OFF
4800BPS OFF ON
9600BPS ON ON
19200BPS ON OFF
Mode 1-8 ON Power On
DC1/DC3 Disabled Disabled Printer selected
DC1/DC3 Disabled ON Printer selected
OFF Printer de-selected
Addressable ON Printer de-selected
OFF Printer selected
*1 The old type is selected.
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(2) RS-422A interface
This board had two DIP switches: one 8-bit switch and one 4-bit switch.
DIP switch #1 (8 bits):
Identical to the DIP switch on the RS-232C. (Bit 1-7 is disabled.)
DIP switch #2 (4 bits):
SW2-1 SW2-2 SW3-3 SW2-4
DC1,3 off ON ON ON ON
Address #1 OFF ON ON ON
#2 ON OFF ON ON
#3 OFF OFF ON ON
#4 ON ON OFF ON
#5 OFF ON OFF ON
#6 ON OFF OFF ON
#7 OFF OFF OFF ON
#8 ON ON ON OFF
#9 OFF ON ON OFF
#10 ON OFF ON OFF
#11 OFF OFF ON OFF
#12 ON ON OFF OFF
#13 OFF ON OFF OFF
#14 ON OFF OFF OFF
DC1,3 mode on OFF OFF OFF OFF
* DIP-SW #2 overrides the DIP-SW #1 DC1/3 setting (bit 1-7).
* DIP-SW #2 factory setting: All ON
(3) Parallel (Centronics) interface
The parallel-interface board has no DIP switches.
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