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1. 12 u Print time and date lt 1 gt Set clock lt 14 gt Read time and date ESCT Print time in text ESCD Print date in European format d m y in text ESCU Print date in American format m d y in text The features of the optional Clock Calendar Data handled hours minutes day month year Battery Ni Cd automatically recharged at printer s switching on Battery life About 40 days after a 10 hours charge How to adjust the Clock using the keyboard The time and date can be adjusted by using the PRINT and FEED keys on the front panel of the printer Setting procedure is as follows hold down the FEED key and simultaneously press the PRINT key The printer will print the time and date with an arrow indicating a digit to be changed each time the PRINT key is pressed the digit by the arrow will increase and the updated version will be printed to select the next digit which requires adjusting press the FEED key again On completion of each operation the printer will print the updated time and date highlighting by means of an arrow the digit currently being selected to terminate setting press PRINT and FEED at the same time or run through all the parameters NOTES It is advisable to leave the printer switched on with the option installed for at least 24 hours in order to charge completely the Clock Calendar battery The data stored in the RTC option are lost2. 1 e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Printing method menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number Printing method 0 Normal 1 Reverse e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Real Time Clock setting menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number Real Time Clock setting Enable Disable e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Second display menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number Second display 0 Enable 1 Disable After confirming the entry or a time out the printer is ready for data COMMAND SET 2 The printer enters configuration mode and with a serial interface prints set flow control with a parallel interface prints set Buffer size e The user can configure printer Flow control by selecting from those listed and pressing the PRINT button as follow table PRINT Number Type of Flow control 0 DTR DSR 1 Xon Xoff Document 990312C Revision 02 15 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER Once the selection is confirmed with the FEED button the printer moves on to the next menu e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Flow menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number 0 DTR DSR 1 XON XOFF e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the No of bit in communication and Parity bit menu used to select the print mode PRINT
3. P1 Pe are the data of the graphic points 1prints O does not print The P6 bit of the string of points transmitted is printed on the left and the others P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 follow from left to right as shown To print a line of points transmit 1 1 ex N x 97 where is the number of characters per line To print an empty line transmit 1 1 940 0Due 4 2 COMMAND SET 2 Document 990312C Revision 02 46 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII Hex 00 Dec 00 Select normal print Selects print with normal size characters This is the default setting when the printer is switched on It resets the line buffer ASCII Hex 01 Dec 01 Select double width print Selects print with double width characters It resets the line buffer ASCII Hex 02 Dec 02 Select double height print Selects double height character print and resets the line buffer ASCII Hex 03 Dec 03 Select expanded character print Selects expanded character print double width double height ASCII Hex 04 Dec 04 Select normal print Has the same effect as character 0044 refer to above ASCII Hex 0A Dec 10 Line feed LF Prints the line buffer and feeds the paper one line ASCII Hex 0B Dec 11 Vertical tab VT Feeds the paper an x number of lines which must be between 0 and 9 30 3944 The vertical
4. TOTAL HOURS 0123 TEST OK you will send TOTAL HOURS 1Buex 6FrHex TEST The hours are printed in four characters and if there is not enough space in the line buffer they will not be printed ASCII ESC B Hex 1B 42 Dec 27 66 Sets character font 1 The command ESC B selects the first character font The complete font is printed during the self test The font may be selected at any time keeping in mind that the printer cannot print a line containing two different fonts and will print therefore the last font selected When the printer is switched on the default value which establishes which printing font is to be used is selected by a flag in a location called the option register this flag can be manipulated by programming using the two keys on the front panel of the printer by means of which the default values can be changed ASCII ESC b Hex 1B 62 Dec 27 98 Sets character font 2 The command ESC b selects the second character font The complete font is printed during the self test This font contains Cyrillic characters It may be selected at any time keeping in mind that the printer cannot print a line containing two different fonts and will print therefore the last font selected When the printer is switched on the default value which establishes which printing font is to be used is selected by a flag in a location called the option register this flag can be manipulated by programming usi
5. 1 open the top cover of the printer and place the paper roll in position following the arrow as indicated in Figure 6 2 insert the end of the roll in the slit A of the print mechanism then auto loading is performed after a few delay time 3 in the case of auto loading is uninstalled press the FEED key B so that a few centimeters of paper come out of the printer 4 insert the end into the slit on the top of the printer and close it Figure 6 Document 990312C Revision 02 19 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 2 6 2 CHANGING THE RIBBON 1 open the top of the printer and remove the old ribbon cartridge by pressing down at point C as shown in Figure 6 2 insert the new ribbon making sure that it is correctly positioned 3 pull the ribbon tight by turning the knurled knob D and close the top down again 2 7 PRECAUTIONS e Do not print when there is no paper and or ribbon this leads to rapid deterioration of the headpin e Do not put objects inside the printer e Do not pull the printer carriage manually when the printer is ON e Before connecting the printer to the mains check that the power supply or system ON OFF switch is in the OFF position e Avoid blows to any part of the printer both during and after installation Document 990312C Revision 02 20 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 3 INTERFACE Interface is distinguished Serial from Parallel o
6. 7_ D6 D5 TRANSMISSION FORMAT 8 bits without parity and 1 stop bit 8 even parity bits and 1 stop bit 8 odd parity bits and 1 stop bit 7 bits without parity and 2 stop bit 7 even parity bits and 1 stop bit 7 odd parity bits and 1 stop bit Document 990312C Revision 02 24 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 2 In the case COMMAND SET 2 If D7 is 1 high the settings given with the buttons on the front panel or configuration program hold good If it is O low speed of communication and transmission protocol can be selected from the following table DO Di D2 BAUDRATE All the other combinations 9600 03 Communication protocol 0 DTR 0 NONE LE 1 D5 Data Text Mode 0 TEXT DATA Document 990312C Revision 02 25 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 3 2 TTL PARALLEL The connector is as always P2 whose pinout is detailed in the Table 3 1 In parallel communication the useable signals are 1 7 or 8 bit data bus 2 STROBE signal indicating data validity 3 READY signal indicating that the printer is ready to receive data Figure 10 E P E P Ay P ico DATAO 7 Pow DATA VALID X gt lt 1 DATAVALID 5 4 7 555 7 EN READY d N 7 ES N N Xx STB N gt T Transmission format valid data Document 990312C Revision 02 26 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PAN
7. P4 P3 P2 P1 as illustrated P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 1 byte P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 2 byte P6 P5 P4 P2 P1 3 byte P6 P5 P4 P2 P1 4 byte P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 5 byte P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 6 byte P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 7 byte P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 8 byte P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 9 byte Document 990312C Revision 02 45 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER P6 P5 P4 P2 P1 10 byte After the tenth byte the function ESC J finishes If for example we wish the symbol of code 1F to be we must transmit ESC J 2 pieces of data i e 1 Bue 4Anex 932 52 52 52 7 52 52 7 52 52 52 All the data must be transmitted consecutively This type of loading is allocated to the volatile memory thus when the power is switched off the character is zero set and reverts when the printer is switched on again to the default character configured GRAPHICS The size of the graphic point and number of points per line vary depending on the number of columns Print format 24 column 40 column Graphic point 0 33X0 38 0 19 X 0 38 Points per line 144 240 To obtain a graphic printout enter the command 11 at the beginning of each line The graphic configuration byte format is as follows X R P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 57 pe 05 D4 ps Dt 00 where X is not utilized R must be set at 1
8. characters will be printed directly without being saved Loading can be done in either serial or parallel When you have finished loading a block it is advisable to enter the terminating command ESC Z The three blocks stored in this way can either be printed or transmitted in serial If printer commands have been saved these will be carried out as they would normally ASCII ESC V n Hex 1B 56 n Dec 27 86 n Prints block n The command ESC V 1Buex 5644 followed by as number from 1 to 3 prints block n The file continues printing until it reaches the terminating command ESC Z Obviously if the block is clear or if all the characters are 2044 the printer will not print anything The first block also called heading will automatically be printed when the printer is switched on if the auto heading flag is set The user s logo or the name of his company can therefore be printed each time the printer is switched on The three blocks can also be printed one after the other there being a total memory bank of 1700 bytes To recall a block you must enter the command ESC V and the number of the block you wish to recall Document 990312C Revision 02 44 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII ESC E n Hex 1B 45 n Dec 27 69 n Transmits block n in serial The command ESC E 1Buex 4544 followed by a number from 1 to 3 transmits in serial the memory block defined by n If the prin
9. 1 8 747 0 01234567 89 lt gt 7 JKLMNO FONT 1 89 gt lt gt ABCDEFGHI PORSTUVUXVZL J abcdef s Robe Sees MEL IIS XR PORSTUVUXVZI J abcdef s hijklmnoearstuvwxyzi o 17927 01234567 hijklmnoearstuwwxszi 89 3 lt gt ABCDEFGHI JKLMNO 35 1 1 virer lernt PORSTUVUXVZUSN 1 eabcdef s hiJk lmnorarst thn tu 55 0 YR f i unfR294 W4 i c Jun de jid E Nnm i Peat FONT 2 1 48 74 701234567 89 lt gt 7 5 2 1 abcdef s hiJjklmnorearstuwvwxwzti o REBCXEXS 2044 Lu aun amm i na 0 78 MFt tobo PRINTER RERI 18 ie jui FONT 1 mode RLFR 1 1 4 24 81234567 89 gt lt gt ABCDEFGHI JKLMNO PORSTUVUXYZE 27 hijk lmnorarstuvuxyz 936 1 18 0 S9 Xie it X ET a nimmer gt a M t CHRSS PATTERN PRINT PRINTER RERDV Document 990312C Revision 02 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 2 6 MAINTENANCE 2 6 1 CHANGING THE PAPER ROLL To change the paper roll proceed as follows
10. 47 Document 990312C Revision 02 3 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 1 DESCRIPTION 1 1 GENERAL FEATURES PM190 PM192 PM180 panel printer uses the M 190 and M 192 Epson impact print mechanisms with 8 pin head and M 180 Epson impact print mechanisms with 6 pin head with ordinary paper in rolls 57 5 mm width and 50 mm diameter Available in three models whose main difference is the number of characters per line and the printing rate It is an extremely simple and functional wall printer the ideal solution for applications which require the immediate printing of data on a ticket whether they be of an industrial professional or laboratory nature It is suitable for POS weighing systems receipts as well as for security controlling and diagnostics purposes The PM190 192 180 printer is so light weight and compact that it can be easily fitted on any kind of machinery It has 4 printer buffer 150byte 1kbyte 8kbyte 16kbyte and a 2kbyte EEPROM Interface is distinguished Serial from Parallel on the Control board If Control board is Serial board TTL Serial and RS 232C Serial interface If Control board is Parallel board TTL Parallel and Centronics parallel interface It can as option be equipped with a Clock Calendar with rechargeable Ni Cd battery as Accessories be has the Paper Take Up Device TUD This option enable time and date to be printer from a software command or simply by pressing a button on the front panel This pr
11. 6 7 columns lines for characters from 32 to 127 in the ASCII table but is 6 X10 for the characters from 128 to 255 This means that if you are configuring a character between 32 and 127 the last 3 bytes Bytes 7 8 9 will be ignored but must be transmitted Using characters that can be configured precludes the possibility of using the blocks An example of the Basic program to replace character with the character given in the previous Table CLOSE CLS OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 cs50000 ds50000 FOR RANDOM AS 1 DIM V 12 PRINT 1 CHR 27 reset 1 first character to be reconfigured 2 33 modify character V 3 amp H1C set of Bytes for the reconfiguration Document 990312C Revision 02 54 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER CK amp HFF PRINT 1 CHR 27 C reconfigure command FOR 1 TO 12 PRINT 1 CHR V I CK CK XOR V I NEXT I PRINT 1 CHR CK transmit ck Example of the program to delete the configured characters CLOSE CLS OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 cs5000 ds5000 FOR RANDOM AS 1 PRINT 1 CHR 27 reset FOR l 1 TO 11 delete all 11 characters CK amp HFF PRINT 1 CHR 27 C reconfigure command PRINT 1 CHR I reconfigure the 1st character CK CK XOR I PRINT 1 CHR 255 the 1st character is FF CK CK XOR 255 FOR J 1 TO 10 all FF in the new definition PRINT 1 CHR 255 CK CK XOR 255 NEXT J PRINT 1 CHR CK transmit ck NEXT I GRAPHICS PERFORMA
12. 990312C Revision 02 12 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 2 4 2 Configuration setting If when the printer is power on both keys are pressed simultaneously the printer enters configuration mode and prints the first modifiable parameter Each time the PRINT key is pressed subsequent to this the variation of the parameter is shown and the its current value is printed After entering the desired parameter press the FEED key to go on to the next parameter and so on The available time for selection in each menu is 15 seconds Once this time has elapsed the printer moves to the next menu leaving the previous parameter unchanged When all the parameters have been entered the printer prints PRINTER READY to indicate that setting procedure has been completed COMMAND SET 1 The printer enters configuration mode and with a serial interface prints set Flow control with a parallel interface prints set character printer transmits e The user can configure printer Flow control by selecting from those listed and pressing the PRINT button as follow table PRINT Number Type of Flow control 0 DTR DSR 1 Xon Xoff Once the selection is confirmed with the FEED button the printer moves on to the next menu e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the No of bit in communication menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number No of bit in communication 0 8 Bits 1 7 Bits e After confirming
13. Graphics character Dot 3 if O white if 1 black Graphics character Dot 2 if 0 white if 1 black Graphics character Dot 1 first on the right in upright print if O white if 1 black In DATA mode the dots in graphics character strings are printed from left to right The dot on the far left corresponds to bit D5 for the first character following the control character 11hex The far right character corresponds to bit DO for the last graphics string character As mentioned before if the graphics line is not the same as the maximum number of characters per line 24 40 To exit graphics mode just transmit character LF OAhex To make a line of white dots with font A1 of A2 selected just transmit this string 11 hex OAnex With font P transmit this string 11 hex 40 OAnex To make a line of black dots whatever the font transmit this string 11 7Fnex f Eh Where the character 7Fhex is repeated 24 40 times depending on the printer model NOTE The FEED button on the front panel is disabled during graphics mode printing Document 990312C Revision 02 56 03 12 99
14. are valid 4 AUTOFEEDXT No connection 1 Printer initialization Regarding printer behavior when connected with a Centronics parallel interface it should be mentioned that often the application programs transmit a sequence of control characters CR 0Dpex and LF 0A at the end of the string to be printed With the COMMAND SET 2 this would cause a double paper feed because the CR character since it causes the buffer to be printed also feeds the paper To prevent this problem place the printer in the CRLF mode in which the CR character is ignored Document 990312C Revision 02 31 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER Figure 12 N DATAO 7 e DATA VALID DATA VALID x STB TL BUSY y p T2 ACK M 13 lt Centronics parallel interface signal timing gt Figure 13 1 STROBE 1 14 AUTOFEED 14 2 0 2 15 ERROR 15 3 DATA 1 3 16 16 28 DATA 2 4 17 GND 17 0 9 DATA al 18 GND 18 6 DATA 4 6 T 5 T MES DATA 6 8 21 GND 21 014 9 DATA 7 9 22 GND 22 10 ACKNOWLEDGE 10 141 BUSY 11 24 GND 24 12 PAPER END 12 13 SELECT 13 Centronics parallel interface wiring schematics Document 990312C Revision 02 32 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 3 5 REAL TIME CLOCK OPTION The Real Time Clock is available as an option Printing and adjustment of the clock are managed by a series of control characters
15. character 0 select normal write must not appear in the data sequence transmitted Character 4 can be used as an alternative 2 Memory blocks exclude the possibility of using user configured characters If m than the length of the block the excess characters will be printed An echo of W and of the data in the blocks is made to confirm their writing to the EEPROM ASCII ESC En 1 45 n Dec 27 69 Block transmission 1 2 Transmits the memory block nth on the serial line The terminal character Esc Z is also transmitted Document 990312C Revision 02 51 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII ESC Vn 4B 56 27 86 n 1 2 eg Print the memory block nth The terminal character Esc Z is also transmitted If serial interface is used on line tx V is transmitted ASCII ESC Kn Hex 1B 4B n Dec 27 75 Default configuration of CRLF mode Allow the CRLF mode to be set n 0 or disable n 1 permanently In the CRLF mode the CR character is always ignored If serial interface is used on line tx K and n are transmitted ASCII ESC kn 1 6B n Dec 27 107 Enable disable access to programming with the buttons on the front panel n 01111 1 b bo bin bo 0 1 disables enables clock setting with the buttons for all configuration parameters except the clock b 0 1 disables enables clock
16. counts the completed hours The transmission format is in ASCII standard and four characters are transmitted in order of importance The transmission protocol is the same as that set by the user on the serial interface As there are four characters it can reach a maximum of 9999 operating hours it then automatically zero sets and continues counting ASCII ESC H Hex 1B 48 Dec 27 72 Zero sets total operating hours The command ESC H zero sets the printer s total operating hours If you are using the total hours option it is advisable to use this command immediately after switching on the printer so as to synchronize the operating hours of the printer itself with those of the master device ASCII ESC o Hex 1B 6F Dec 27 111 Prints total operating hours The command 5 o enters the total operating hours in the line buffer These hours are allocated in the battery driven RAM of the Real Time device fitted inside the printer If therefore there is no Real Time Clock this command will produce no effect The hours begin to increase as soon as the printer is switched on The increase is in actual fact on a minute to minute basis but the printer only counts the completed hours As there are four characters it can reach a maximum of 9999 operating hours it then automatically zero sets and continues counting If for example you wish to write Document 990312C Revision 02 40 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER
17. have to send the following sequence A 1 2 4 5 1 9 0 1 9 9 13 i e 41 Hex 31 Hex 32 Hex 34 Hex 35 Hex 31 Hex 39 Hex 30 Hex 31 Hex 39 Hex 33 Hex 1 SHex It is advisable to send the command 00 first normal printing mode in order to erase the print buffer So as to ensure that there were no old characters still in it ASCII Hex 14 Dec 20 Transmits the time and date in serial The command 1444 transmits the contents of the Real Time Clock to the printer s serial port in the format of 11 ASCII characters hour minutes day month year CR 0Duex If the seconds option is enabled the seconds will be transmitted after the minutes This command can only be used if the serial port is being used if the parallel port is being used the printer will not be able to print anything ASCII Hex 1E 1F Dec 30 31 Prints the 1st 2nd programmable character If the hexadecimal character 1 1F Hex is transmitted to this printer it will print the corresponding programmable character In fact it is possible to program two characters which can be printed at any time with the codes 91 and 91 There are two ways of programming the characters the can be saved in a non volatile memory which stores all the data even when the printer is switched off or alternatively in a memory switch is automatically erased when the power is switched off In the first case the user can ask the t
18. in both the 24 and 12 hour AM PM format In the 24 hour format the xo string ten characters are the hour minute day month year settings to be entered in the clock For example to set 14 45 on 19 03 98 you will transmit the following hex string 31 Hex 34 Hex 34 Hex 35 Hex 31 Hex 39 Hex 30 Hex 33 Hex 39 Hex 34 Hex 1 Shex In the 12 hour AM PM format the Xo string ten characters for the hour minute day month year settings are preceded by the character A 4144 for the AM hours or P 50hex for the PM hours For example to set 17 35 5 35 PM on 21 03 98 the following hex string will be transmitted 50 Hex 30 Hex 35 Hex 33 Hex 35 32 31 30ue 33 39 34 1 Shex The command will be ignored if the optional clock calendar is not installed NOTE Before setting the time and date transmit the 00 character select normal print to configure the buffer to accept all control characters e g 00hex 1 Shex When entering the time and date settings don t forget that the printer will not check the figures entered thus you can set 25 72 for the time Data check is left to the host computer Document 990312C Revision 02 48 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII Hex 14 Dec 20 Call for clock calendar data transmission This transmits the time date string from the optional clock calendar to pin TxD on the controller board The
19. only if the battery is flat discharged e f the option is not installed and you send the 12244 ESC T ESC D ESC U commands the printer performs 3 and a question marks string e f the option is not installed and you send the 14 45 command the printer performs 3 and a question marks string Document 990312C Revision 02 33 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 4 1 COMMAND SET 1 ASCII Hex 00 Dec 00 Printing in small characters The command 00 is used for reverting to printing in small characters If for example double height or double width printing had been set and the user wishes to return to printing in small characters he she transmits the code 00 This command clears the print buffer For this reason this command must not be transmitted immediately after an ASCII string otherwise the string will be erased It is better therefore to transmit the command after a CR 0Dxex so that the string is printed first and on clearing the buffer small character printing is restored In many user applications the character 004 is transmitted as a piece of calculation data or as a numerical value automatically erasing the string preceding it A small character is 6 dots wide and 10 dots tall The ASCII characters which can be printed as may be seen from the self test start from code 21 through to code FFyex ASCII Hex 01 Dec 01 Double width printing
20. pin male JP1 type connector It is separated controller power and mechanism power The power supply connector pins as follows Document 990312C Revision 02 10 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER Pin No Signal Name GND GND VT 5 15 mechanism power supply VCC 5 10 controller power supply Cable length Connecting with the power supply connector JP1 can be avoid by using the flat 20 Pin connector P2 of the logic or by replacing the latter by special request at the order stage with a similar 26 Pin one thus connecting the power supply and the printer signals with a single cable In this case however the maximum length of the flat cable must not exceed 0 3 m for the 20 Pin version and 0 7 m for the 26 Pin version The reason for this is that current running along inside narrow wires can lead to power failures which could interfere with the correct functioning of the printer If the printer has the RS 232C or CENTRONICS options it must be supplied by means of the JP1 connector For the pin pattern required for supplying power through the logic flat cable Max cable length PM180 PM192 Power supply connector PM190 JP1 MODUI 4Pin P2 Flat 20 Pin 0 3 0 2m P2 Flat 26 Pin 0 7m 0 5 m NOTES e Any voltage peak or drop can damage the printer or cause malfunctioning and should be avoided e Switching power supplies we recommend using only switc
21. setting with the buttons If serial interface is used The k and n echo is transmitted If the command is not accepted n is not transmitted During the self test you can check if programming with the keys is enabled or disabled ASCII ESC F x Hex 1B 46 x Dec 27 73 x Select default Font This lets you configure one of the three resident fonts as the default using the x character X Fot FONT 1 mode A 1 FONT 1 mode P 3 FONT 2 FONT 1 mode A2 If serial interface is used the printer send on tx line F x To activate the change do a printer hardware reset In A1 emulation the most significant bit is masked ASCII ESC Gx Hex 1B 47 x Dec 27 71 Select print mode DATA TEXT Selects the default print mode with the x character Document 990312C Revision 02 52 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER The printer send on line tx G x To activate this change do a printer hardware reset ASCII ESC CR x Hex 1B 0D x Dec 27 13 x Setting character to transmit with the print button This lets you define with the x parameter the character the printer transmits if serial communication selected when the PRINT button is pressed X Character to transmit PRINT button off line 0 1 lt lt 254 Corresponding ASCII character PRINT button off line NOTE Commands marked with an asterisk change the resident configurations on the EEPROM DOWNLOADABLE CHARACT
22. the entry or a time out the next step is the Parity bit menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number Parity bit e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Baud rate menu used to select the print mode Document 990312C Revision 02 13 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 0 9600 1 4800 2 1200 3 2400 4 600 5 300 e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Tx chr menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number 0 Enable 1 Disable e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Buffer size menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number Buffersize 150 byte 1 kbyte 8 kbyte 16 kbyte e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Character mode menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number Character mode LITTLE DOUBLE WIDTH DOUBLE HEIGHT EXPANED e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Font menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number 0 1 e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Print mode menu used to select the print mode Document 990312C Revision 02 14 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 0 Text Enable 1 Text Disable e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the CR LF mode menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number CR LF mode 0 Ignore CR
23. time date string consists of 10 ASCII characters representing in order the data for the hours minutes day month year without separators and ending with a CR ODhex character NOTE If the optional clock calendar is not installed printer response to a call for time and date transmission will be a string of 3 and question marks ASCII ESC D Hex IB 44 Dec 27 68 Entering the date in the buffer European format Enter the date line format d m y without resetting anything already in the buffer In this way the date can be printed in the body of the text If the max number of characters that can be printed per line is exceeded the excess characters will be erased ASCII ESC T Hex 1B 54 Dec 27 84 Enter time in the buffer Enters the hour and minutes in the line buffer format h m without erasing anything already in the buffer In this way the hour and minutes can be printed in the body of the text If the max number of characters that can be printed per line is exceeded the excess characters will be erased ASCII ESC U Hex 1B 55 Dec 27 85 Enter date in buffer American format Enter the date line in the buffer without erasing anything The date is in the American format m d y If the max number of characters that can be printed per line is exceeded the excess characters will be erased NOTE If the optional clock calendar is not installed print date and time commands 12 ESC D ES
24. 1 GND 2 P2 For the TTL Serial or TTL Parallel interface Refer to paragraph 3 1 TTL Serial and 3 2 TTL Parallel P1 For the RS 232C Serial or Centronics Parallel interface Refer to paragraph 3 3 RS 232C Serial and 3 4 Centronics Parallel 1 o O 3 5 O O 25 coOoOoooooooodupoon 7 pin wafer 2 pin wafer 20 pin 26 pin male 25 pin female Document 990312C Revision 02 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER JP6 Connection Control panel PCB 6 pin wafer Pin No Signal Name Pin No Signal Name Power green Feed SW Print LED green Print SW Paper Low red GND JP7 Connection Paper Loading sensor PCB 8 pin wafer Signal Name GND Detect signal Diode power JP8 Connection Paper Low sensor PCB 8 pin wafer Signal Name 1 GND 2 Detect signal 3 Diode power J2 Selection COMMAND SET 1 closed COMMAND SET 2 open 2 jumper Operation Emulation setting Open Command Set 1 Closed Command Set 2 J3 Selection Internal closed External open 2 pin jumper Operation Setup setting Closed Internal Command Set 1 External Command Set 2 if D7 2 1 Internal if D7 0 External Open J4 Reserved 2 pin jumper J5 Reserved 2 pin jumper JP1 Power Supply This printer has a standard AMPMODU1 4
25. 12 2 4 2 Configuration Setting 13 2 5 Self Test 18 2 6 Maintenance 19 2 6 1 Changing the Paper Roll 19 2 6 2 Changing the Ribbon 20 2 7 Precautions 20 3 INTERFACE 21 3 1 TTL Serial 21 3 2 TTL Parallel 26 3 3 RS 232C Serial 29 3 4 Centronics Interface 31 3 5 Real Time Clock 33 4 PRINTER COMMANDS 34 4 1 COMMAND SET 1 34 4 2 COMMAND SET 2
26. 232C level high Document 990312C Revision 02 29 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER Figure 11 pe PROTECTIVE GROUND 1 7 14 14 17 2 TXD TXD 2 gt TERS 3 RXD RXD 3 16 16 4 RTS 4 7 47 17 5 CTS 5 18 18 6 DSR DSR 6 19 19 ll SIGNAL GROUND 7 20 DTR DTR 20 mI DCD 8 21 21 7 9 9 22 22 10 10 23 23 11 SSD 11 24 24 12 12 25 25 13 UM 25 Pins D Sub Female connector 25 Pins D Sub Male connector Printer side Host side AN 3 DCD oe 714 4 DSR 6 2 TXD RXD 2 15 7 3 RXD TXD 3 01 16 CTS 8 7 41 4 RTS DTR 4 17 9 5 5 6 DSR 19 7 SIGNAL GROUND 20 DTR 8 21 9 22 10 23 11 24 12 25 21243 A 25 Pins D Sub Female connector 9Pins D Sub Male connector Printer side Host side Serial interface connection schematics gt Document 990312C Revision 02 30 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 3 4 CENTRONICS PARALLEL The connection is made with a 25 pin rectangular female connector Transmission is controlled by the Acknowledge ACK and Strobe STB signals The signal layout is exactly the same as that used by personal computers which use the same connector as shown in Table 3 4 Table 3 4 SIGNAL DESCRIPTION DIRECTION Data read signal a low level pulse informs the printer that IN 1 STROBE the data on the DO D7 lines
27. 9 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER DATE 09 11 98 TEST OK you will send DATE 1Brex 5544 TEST 0Diex If you only wish to print the date it is enough to transmit 1 Brex 554 90 The date is transmitted in 8 characters and if the seconds option is enabled in 8 characters if there is not sufficient space left in the line buffer it is not printed ASCII ESC S Hex 1B 53 Dec 27 83 Enables the printing of seconds The command ESC S enables the printing of seconds when the time is requested with command ESC T When the printer is switched on the default value which determines whether or not the seconds are to be printed is contained in the flag of a byte called the option register this flag can be manipulated by programming using the two keys on the front panel of the printer ASCII 5 Hex 1B 4F Dec 27 79 Transmits operating hours in serial The command ESC O transmits the total operating hours of the printer to the serial port These hours are allocated in the battery driven RAM of the Real Time device fitted inside the printer If therefore there is no Real Time Clock this command will produce no effect In addition if the user utilizes the parallel port the operating hours will not be transmitted since the parallel port is unidirectional The hours begin to increase as soon as the printer is switched on The increase is in actual fact on a minute to minute basis but the printer only
28. C T ESC U generate a string of 3 and question marks ASCII ESC Hex 1B 40 Dec 27 64 Reset software Resets printer parameters to initial status resets the buffer ASCII ESC N Hex 1B 4E Dec 27 78 Data mode Selects DATA print mode The selection is good until a reset is made when the printer resets to the default mode Document 990312C Revision 02 49 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII ESC R Hex 1B 52 Dec 27 82 Text mode Selects TEXT print mode The selection is good until a reset is made when the printer resets to the default mode ASCII ESC P Hex 1B 42 Dec 27 66 Select font1 Temporary selection of Font1 If Font2 had been selected this command selects A2 character set If 1 P of A2 was selected the command has no effect The selection is good until a reset is made when the printer resets to the default mode ASCII ESC p Hex 1B 62 Dec 27 98 Select Font2 Temporary selection of Font2 The selection is good until a reset is made when the printer resets to the default mode ASCII ESC x Hex 1B 21 x Dec 27 33 x Select type of character Selects a combination of types of character as detailed in the Table below Here x is created by adding the codes Type of character Decimal Hexadecimal Doubleheight 08 08 Double width Quadruple The selection is good until a reset is made when the printer rese
29. EL PRINTER Figure 11 RROR lt NO TIME OUT lt 1 sec YES YES rd OUT Ten i OUT 5 0 S NO OUT lt 4sec gt YES YES OUT STB71 RFTIIRN TTL Parallel interface flow chart Document 990312C Revision 02 27 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER Table 3 2 TTL Parallel Communication connection NAME DESCRIPTION 20 PIN 26 PIN Printhead power supply alternative to JP1 5 6 7 8 Logic controller board power supply alternative to JP1 D6 8 14 D5 7 9 15 D2 Data 2 12 18 D1 Data 1 13 19 DO Data 0 14 20 Printer reset input active low Initializes printer parameters and causes the following actions erases the printer buffer selects normal printing performs a self test if the Feed button on the front panel is pressed or Feed line is low Output signal READY at high level the printer is ready to receive data at low level the printer is busy Input or output If the jumper on the board is between LF and FEED this line is Parallel to the Line Feed button and it causes a paper feed if at low logic level during normal operation a self test if low when the printer is switched on time and date printout only if the optional clock calendar board is installed if a low logic impulse is sent whose duration is D 0 3 sec If the jumper on the board is between P and FEED the line is parallel With the Print button In th
30. ER CONFIGURATION COMMAND SET 2 mode allows 11 characters in the selected set to be reconfigured ESC C pos char CK Hex 1B 43 from 01 to B from 20 to FF X10 ck Dec 27 67 from 01 to 11 from 32 to 255 X10 ck Lets you re define 1 character in the set entered A maximum 11 characters can be modified by repeating the command pos Byte indicating the position in the memory of the character to be re defined It can be changed from 1 to 11 dec char Byte indication the character to be changed It can be changed from 32 to 255 dec Xd ose 10 byte sequence defining the character Control character This is the XOR of the Byte beginning from FF hex that is FF hex XOR pos XOR char NB for an ascending pos the car characters must absolutely be in ascending order If the ck check is positive and the pos and char ranges are respected the printer transmits C on the serial line If not it transmits c To delete totally the characters entered the 11 characters pos from 1 to 11 have to be reconfigured with car FF hex and x also at FF hex Document 990312C Revision 02 53 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER The character map is composed as follows 5706 bO Dot coding is Black 1 White 0 b and of each matrix Byte must be at 0 When composing the characters bear in mind that the matrix is
31. NCE The graphics line is made up of 144 dots 24 characters 6 dots for models PM190 and PM180 240 dots 40 characters 6 dots for model PM192 The dots fill the entire print area width and ideally divided into consecutive groups each with 6 dots Each group is called a graphics character and the number of graphics characters per line is the same as the alphanumeric characters per line for the printer model under discussion The control character 11 activates graphics mode It must be followed by bytes with the graphic data If their number is the same as the number of characters per line for the printer 24 40 the graphics line Document 990312C Revision 02 55 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER is automatically printed when the last byte is transmitted and the printer resets to text mode If the graphics characters are less than the characters per line just end the graphics line with an LF OAbex character in order to print the line and return to text mode A line of graphics characters will be printed when the paper feeds the length required for graphics spacing 0 37 mm The structure of the graphics character is detailed as follow Bit Meanin D7 Most significant bit Ignore D6 Always at logic level 1 Graphics character Dot 6 first on the left in upright print if O white if 1 black D4 Graphics character Dot 5 if O white if 1 black D3 Graphics character Dot 4 if O white if 1 black D2
32. Number No of bit in communication and Parity bit a 8 bits None 1 stop 7 bits Even 1 stop e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Baud rate menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number Baud rate 0 e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Buffer size menu used to select the print mode 0 150 byte 1 1 kbyte 2 8 kbyte 3 16 kbyte e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Font menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number 0 A1 A2 Font1 Font2 Document 990312C Revision 02 16 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the CR LF mode menu used to select the print mode PRINT Number CR LF mode 0 CR ignored 1 CR recognized e After confirming the entry or a time out the next step is the Print mode menu used to select the print mode 0 Text Mode 1 Data Mode e The next step is the Tx chr menu which defines the character the printer transmits when the PRINT button is pressed PRINT Number Character transmitted when the PRINT button is pressed 0 PRINT function disabled 1 n lt 254 Character to be transmitted 255 PRINT function disabled Each time the PRINT key is pressed subsequent to this the variation of the parameter isn t printed but its only determined value is printed because of a wasteful use paper A
33. OMNIPRINT PM190 192 PANEL MOUNT PRINTER USER S MANUAL Document 990312 Revision 02 Version 1 00 March 12 1999 OMNI Print Omniprint Inc 14 Chrysler Irvine CA 92618 TEL 949 457 0229 FAX 949 457 9016 Website www OmniprintInc com OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER REVISION HISTORY REVISION VERSION DATE APPROVAL CHANGE 01 1 00 01 25 99 Initial Release 02 1 00 03 12 99 Modification Document 990312C Revision 02 2 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER CONTENTS 1 DESCRIPTION c 4 1 1 General Features 4 1 2 Technical Specification 5 1 3 Product Description 6 2 INSTALLATION oorr cec 8 2 1 Removing The Printer From Its Packaging 8 2 2 Installation 8 2 3 Connection 9 2 4 Configuration 12 2 4 1 This Printer allow the configuration of default parameters
34. The command 01 is used to activate double width printing This command clears the print buffer and for this reason it must not be transmitted immediately after an ASCII string otherwise this string will be erased it is better therefore to transmit the command 01 after a CR 00 so that the string is printed first and on clearing the buffer double width printing is enabled When this printing mode is set the number of characters per line is exactly halved in comparison with small characters a printed line of a 24 column printer therefore contains 12 characters and a 40 column printer contains 20 Double width characters are 12 dots wide and 10 dots tall The ASCII characters which can be printed as may be seen from the self test start from code 1E through to code FF ASCII Hex 02 Dec 02 Double height printing The command 02 is used to activate double height printing This command clears the print buffer and for this reason it must not be transmitted immediately after an ASCII string otherwise this string will be erased It is better therefore to transmit the command 024 after a CR 00 so that the string is printed first and on clearing the buffer double height printing is enabled When this printing mode is set the number of characters per line remains 24 for the 24 column printer and 40 for the 40 column printer Double height characters are 6 dots wide and 20 dots tall The ASCII characters whic
35. and must not be transmitted after an ASCII string otherwise the string will be erased It is better therefore to transmit the command 046 after a CR 0Duxex so that the string is printed first and on clearing the buffer small character printing is restored A small character is 6 dots wide and 10 dots tall The ASCII characters which can be printed as be seen from the self test start from code 214 through to code FFyex ASCII Hex 0A Dec 10 Forward feeds one line The command 0Anex forward feeds the printer by one line If there are any characters in the line buffer the buffer itself is automatically printed A line feed is equivalent to 10 dots of normal printing the paper moves faster than it would when printing due to the automatic activation of a magnet which speeds up the paper feed ASCII Hex n 0B Dec 11 Forward feeds n lines The command 0Bu forward feeds the printer by the number of lines previously set This must be ASCII number from 0 9 obviously if the number is zero nothing will happen Take care because the erased If for example you want the paper to forward feed by 5 lines transmit 35 0Bu or alternatively 5 and the command 0Brex Document 990312C Revision 02 35 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII Hex 0D Dec 13 Prints line buffer The command 00 carriage return prints the line buffer If the buffer is empty nothing h
36. appens If the CRLF option is set the code 005 is ignored and printing only takes place if the command 0Anex is transmitted When the printer is switched on the default value of the CRLF option is contained in the flag of a byte called option register which can be manipulated through the configuration by using the two keys on the front panel of the printer or through the program from the PC ASCII Hex 0F Dec 15 Sets CRLF mode The command 0Fy enables the CRLF option It inhibits the action of the command 0D 44 and keeping only the command 0Ap ex as a print command This function can be useful in cases where the RETURN key is associated with the 00 and 0A44 commands thus causing this printer to print in double spacing To disable this option the printer has to be reset either by switching it off or by transmitting the reset command When the printer is switched on the default value of the CRLF option is contained in the flag of a byte called option register which can be manipulated through the configuration by using the two keys on the front panel of the printer or through the program from the PC ASCII Hex 11 Dec 17 Graphic mode The command 1145 enables this printer graphic mode i e to print in graphic mode transmit the command 1144 at the beginning of each line One line for this printer 24 column model corresponds to 144 horizontal points divided in 24 6 point blocks For this printer 40 co
37. arting from 0044 to C7 44 The pieces of data too cannot exceed 7 199 and both the addresses and the data must be expressed in ASCII on two bytes To save a piece of data first transmit the address then the data followed by the command ESC w If for example you wish to save the data A5 in address 01 you will transmit 0 1 A 5 ESC w 930 31 Hex 41 Hex 3545 1 977 The entire memory bank contains the value 201 by default Since it is a non volatile memory the user can save the data without losing it when the power is switched off ASCII dd ESC G Hex dd 1B 47 Dec dd 27 71 Writes value dd in option register By means of the command ESC G the printer configuration can be manipulated To do so a byte in ASCII containing the configuration must be transmitted to the printer followed by ESC The setting byte contains the following bits d7 d6 d5 d4 d2 di 00 where dO is used to enable the setting of the Real Time Clock using the keys on the front of the printer If this bit is 0 it disables setting if it is 1 it enables it If the user disables this function the clock will not be affected by variations made either accidentally or deliberately by persons not qualified to do so e 1 is used for setting the printing mode normal or reverse If this bit is 0 printing is in normal mode if itis 1 it is in reverse mode e d2 is used in parallel communication and e
38. ce no effect The reply to this question is made in two ASCII bytes containing the option register value If for example we receive 0 2 or 30 932 this means that the printer is in double height printing mode ASCII ESC s Hex 1B 73 Dec 27 115 Transmits next character in serial The command ESC s 1Brex 7344 sets the printer to transmit the next character it receives If for example we transmit ESC s A the last character A will not be printed but will immediately be transmitted in serial If we use this function in memorizing blocks of text we can simulate a password which would be transmitted for example when the printer is switched on or command codes on pressing the PRINT key or connected printer tests ASCII ESC W n Hex 1B 57 n Dec 27 87 n Starts saving block n The command ESC W 1B 57 followed by a number from 1 to 3 activates the function for saving a file in one of the three blocks defined by the number n These blocks are contained in a non volatile memory which stores the data even when the power is switched off The length of the files which can be memorized is of 300 bytes for the first block and 700 bytes for the second and third blocks The files can contain all kinds of codes it is therefore possible to store tests data executive commands to the printer auto headings graphic files etc If files exceeding the memory bank capacity are transmitted the extra
39. e Ni Cd battery back up Accessories Paper Take Up Device TUD Character Set Interface Document 990312C Revision 02 975 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 1 3 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION This printer has an ABS casing with a top covering the paper roll and print head The keyboard located on the front of the printer consists of the PRINT and FEED keys with their respective LEDs The dimensions of the printer are shown Figure 2 A Figure 2 126 66 PULL 9 S EN i N OR Oo 102 7 114 7 60 7 Document 990312C Revision 02 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER There are two buttons FEED and PRINT on the front panel and 3 LED whose function will differ according to printer status e At switch on 1 If the FEED button is pressed a Self test is made 2 If both the FEED and the PRINT buttons are pressed simultaneously the printer is in Set up mode 3 If the PRINT button is pressed the printer is in HEX DUMP mode e Once the printer is switched 1 If the FEED is pressed briefly and the optional clock calendar is installed the date and time are printed If the optional clock is not installed pressing the FEED button will feed the paper one line LF and the button is held down the paper will continue to feed 2 If the PRINT button is pre
40. echnicians responsible to program the two characters depending on his requirements In the second case the user can form the characters at the same time as he is Document 990312C Revision 02 37 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER transmitting the text to be printed the advantage of this approach is that an infinite number of symbols can be associated to a character exactly as the user pleases which he can print and modify as he sees fit If the printer is new or if the characters have not been manipulated the following symbol will be associated with codes 1E ex and 1Fyex each time the printer is switched on the above mentioned codes will contain the last characters programmed in the non volatile memory ASCII Hex 17 18 19 1A 1C 1D 1E 1F Dec 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 Prints the 1st 8th programmable character If the hexadecimal character 17 1F Hex is transmitted to this printer it will print the corresponding programmable character In fact it is possible to program eight characters which can be printed at any time with the codes from 1745 to 1 There are two ways of programming the characters they can be saved in a non volatile memory which stores all the data even when the printer is switched off or alternatively in a memory which is automatically erased when the power is switched off In the first case the user can ask the technicians responsible to program the eight charact
41. ers depending on his requirements the second case the user can form the characters at the same time as he is transmitting the text to be printed the advantage of this approach is that an infinite number of symbols can be associated to a character exactly as the user pleases which he can print and modify as he sees fit If the printer is new or if the characters have not been manipulated the following symbol will be associated with codes 1744 1FHex each time the printer is switched on the above mentioned codes will contain the last characters programmed in the non volatile memory ASCII ESC R Hex 1B 52 Dec 27 82 Sets the printer in reverse mode The command ESC R selects reverse mode printing In reverse mode printing the ticket comes out of the printer with the writing right side up and running from left to right When the printer is switched on the default value is selected by the flag of a location called the option register this flag can be manipulated by programming using the two keys on the front panel of the printer with which the default value can be changed and it can be decided whether the printer is to be in reverse or normal mode when it is switched on ASCII ESC N 1 4E Dec 27 78 Sets the printer in normal mode The command ESC N selects normal mode printing In normal mode printing the ticket comes out of the printer with the writing upside down and running from right to
42. fter confirming the entry or a time out the printer is ready for data Document 990312C Revision 02 17 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 2 5 SELF TEST To print out the self test hold down the FEED key while switching on the printer The self test consists of the printing of the printer s currently CONFIGURATION ASCII CHARACTER of each Font CHESS PATTERN PRINT MOTOR BREAK TEST The self test is executed once and the printer prints PRINTER READY to indicate that ready to receive data Figure 5 COMMAND SET 1 self test gt COMMAND SET 2 self test gt RITDTEST PROGRAMMED CHR 1 BUTATEST FONT 1 mode P ET Oat s 701234567 Uy cR PROGRAMMED 89 3 lt gt ABCDEFGHI JKL M 190 24H DETECTED PROGRRMMED 1t 190 240H DETECTED PORSTUVUXVZLS J 0abcdefs DTR DSR PROGRRMMED CHR 6 DTR DSR hiiklmnorarstuvuxcz 8 Bits None 1 Stor PROGRAMMED CHR 7 8 Bits None 1 Stor Saabs ce1iisA a co0u 3600 PROGRAMMED CHR 8 9600 TX CHR ENRELE 2 ns z al cal s Buffer Size 159 Bstes Buffer Size 150 Bytes FONT 1 mode RLFR 2 LITTLE CR isnored FONT 1 TEXT MODE Map TEXT DISABLE tx chr is 00H is 2 NT REVERSE AME 28 FONT 2 ENRBLE SET RTCK LM WE DISABLE SECONDS time E 1 8 28 01234567 SUV ae MEER
43. h can be printed as be seen from the self test start from code 21 through to code FF ye Document 990312C Revision 02 34 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII Hex 03 Dec 03 Expanded printing The command 0 is used to activate expanded printing This command clears the print buffer and for this reason it must not be transmitted immediately after an ASCII string otherwise this string will be erased It is better therefore to transmit the command 034 after a CR 0Dyex so that the string is printed first and on clearing the buffer expanded printing is enabled When this printing mode is set the number of characters per line is exactly halved in comparison with small characters a printed line of a 24 column printer therefore contains 12 characters and a 40 column printer contains 20 Expanded characters are 12 dots wide and 20 dots tall The ASCII characters which can be printed as may be seen from the self test start from code 21 through to code FFuex ASCII Hex 04 Dec 04 Restores normal printing The command 044 is used for reverting to printing in small characters it is identical to 004 and is used when it is impossible to use the latter If for example double height or double width printing had been set and the user wishes to return to printing in small characters he she transmits the code 045 This command clears the print buffer For this reason this comm
44. hing power supplies with high switching frequency so that the recovery time from load transients is as short as possible Document 990312C Revision 02 11 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 2 4 CONFIGURATION 2 4 1 This printer allow the Configuration of default parameters COMMAND SET 1 e Flow DTR DSR XON XOFF e No of bit in communication 8 Bits 7 Bits e Parity bit None odd even Baud rate 9600 4800 1200 2400 600 300 e Tx chr menu which defines the character the printer transmits Tx CHR ENABLE DISABLE e Buffer size 150 Bytes 1kBytes 8kBytes 16kBytes e Character mode LITTLE DOUBLE WIDTH DOUBLE HEIGHT EXPANED e Font FONT1 2 e Print mode TEXT ENABLE DISABLE e CR LF mode IGNORE HONOR e Printing method NORMAL REVERSE Real Time Clock setting ENABLE DISABLE e Second display ENABLE DISABLE COMMAND SET 2 e Flow DTR DSR XON XOFF e No of bit in communication and Parity bit 8 Bits None 1 stop 7 Bits Even 1 stop Baud rate 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 e Buffer size 150Bytes 1kBytes 8kBytes 16kBytes e Font FONT1 mode A1 FONT1 mode A2 FONT1 mode P FONT2 e CR LF mode CR ignored recognized e Print mode TEXT DATA MODE e Tx chr menu which defines the character the printer transmits Tx char is n 0 lt n lt 255 The settings made are saved on the 2kbytes EEPROM Document
45. inter is consist of two COMMAND SETS COMMAND SET 1 and COMMAND SET 2 If Jumper J2 is opened enter the COMMAND SET 1 mode otherwise enter the COMMAND SET 2 mode To activate this mode switch the printer off and back on again Figure 1 Document 990312C Revision 02 4 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 1 2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 180 EPSON 190 EPSON 192 EPSON 180 24 40 24 2 5 LPS 1 5 LPS 1 7 LPS 144 240 144 6 LPS 3 6 LPS 4 LPS Straight amp Reverse Serial Impact Dot Matrix 5 32 F 40 C 104 F 10 96 80 96 RH 40 C 40 F 60 C 140 F 5 90 0 9 milion ines Paper feed method Friction Feed 57 5 mm 0 5 mm 2 25 wide Roll Paper Paper Roll x 50 mm diameter max Orgia Purple Black Printer Ribbon Epson ERC 09 urple Blac ERC22 Purple black Paper Cutting Manual Paper Loading Auto Loading or By Feed Key ASCII 256 IBM International Sets 8 10 Characters downloadable 150 bytes 1 kbytes 8 kbytes 16 kbytes Serial RS 232C and Serial TTL on one board or Parallel Centronics and Parallel TTL on one board Paper End and Paper Near End Detector 5Vdc 15 for the mechanism Power Supply 10 for the controller Operating Voltage 5Vdc Max 2 5 Amp Electrical Input Max 5W average in printing EEPROM Default 2kbytes Overall Dimension 126 x126 x60 W XH 4 96 4 96 2 36 inch Real Time Clock Calendar with rechargeabl
46. is case the line is considered as an output em 170 20 26 Informs the printer that the data at input DO D7 are valid Document 990312C Revision 02 28 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 3 3 RS 232C SERIAL INTERFACE The connection is made with a 25 pin rectangular female connector The signals on the connector pins are indicated in Table 3 3 The pins which are not indicated are not connected The signals characterizing the communication are TxD RxD and DTR if a Flag Hardware communication protocol is used If the XON XOFF protocol has been selected the only signals used are TxD and RxD In the communication protocol with Flag Hardware the DTR signal at high logic indicates that the printer is ready to receive data At low logic it means that the receive buffer is full and will have to be partly emptied for the printing to begin In the XON XOFF protocol the DTR signal is always at high logic The transmission bit frame for a line with Flag Hardware protocol when the input buffer is full and consequently transmission from host to printer is interrupted After the buffer have been emptied the DTR signal returns to high logic level and the transmission can restart Refer to 3 1 TTL SERIAL INTERFACE Table 3 3 2 ID Transma o 9 RxD ReceiveData N Request To Send 6 DSR Data Set Ready 20 DTR pata Terminal Ready OUT Printer on and operating active at RS
47. left When the printer is switched on the default value is selected by the flag of a location called the option register this flag can be manipulated by programming using the two keys on the front panel of the printer with which the default value can be changed and it can be decided whether the printer is to be in reverse or normal mode when it is switched on Document 990312C Revision 02 38 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII ESC Hex 1B 40 Dec 27 64 Resets the printer The command ESC resets the printer software This command is identical to the hardware reset command and can be used for re initializing the printer s parameters Obviously after this command the receiving buffer is zero set and all the data transmitted to the printer is lost Once the command has been transmitted approximately 1 5 seconds pass before the printer becomes active again The reset command can be useful when the system is switched on in order to avoid false characters which would corrupt the printer s receiving buffer from being sent during the master device s initializing phases ASCII ESC D Hex 1B 44 Dec 27 68 Enter the date in the line buffer The command ESC D is used for entering the date of the Real Time Clock fitted inside the printer in the line buffer The format of the date is dd mm yy This command can be used for entering the date in the context of a sentence without zero setting the line buffer If f
48. lumn model one line corresponds to 240 horizontal points divided into 40 6 point blocks For byte format in graphic configuration ASCII Hex 12 Dec 18 Prints the time and date This command prints the time and date in the following format hh mm dd mm yy If the expanded or double width formats are selected i e with less than 15 characters per line only the time will be printed If seconds printing is enabled the format will be hh mm ss dd mm yy In any event this command resets the line Document 990312C Revision 02 36 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII Hex 13 Dec 19 Sets the time and date in serial The command 1344 sets the time and date of the clock installed inside this printer There are two ways of setting it the first uses the 24 hour clock and the second the 12 hour a m p m clock In the first case the 10 ASCII characters corresponding to the time and date have to be transmitted followed by the command 1344 If for example we wish to enter 12 45 of 19 01 99 we have to send the following sequence 1 2 4 5 1 9 0 1 9 9 13hex 31 32 34 Hex 35 Hex 31 Hex 39 Hex 30 Hex 31 Hex 39 Hex 33 Hex 1 In the second case the 10 ASCII characters corresponding to the time and date preceded by A or to indicate ante or post meridian are sent to the printer followed by the command 134 If for example we wish to enter A12 45 of 19 01 99 we
49. n the Control board It is able to TTL Serial and RS 232C Serial communication that printer is equipped with Serial board it is able to TTL Parallel and Centronics Parallel communication that printer is equipped with Serial board 3 1 TTL SERIAL The default format is 1 start bit 8 data bits no parity and 1 stop bit The communication connector used is the P2 whose pinout is given in the Table 3 1 Figure 7 illustrates the serial character transmission bit frame showing the start data and stop bits Figure 7 4 0 7 or E Bit mt E ES STARTBO B1 iH PARITY STOF lt Serial transmission bit frame gt The signals characterizing the communication are TxD RxD and DTR if a Flag Hardware communication protocol is used If the XON XOFF protocol has been selected the only signals used are TxD and RxD In the communication protocol with Flag Hardware the DTR signal at high logic indicates that the printer is ready to receive data At low logic it means that the receive buffer is full and will have to be partly emptied for the printing to begin In the XON XOFF protocol the DTR signal is always at high logic The transmission bit frame for a line with Flag Hardware protocol when the input buffer is full and consequently transmission from host to printer is interrupted After the buffer have been emptied the DTR signal returns to high logic level and the transmission can restart Docume
50. nables the 7 or 8 data bit protocol If this bit is 0 the parallel port accepts 8 bit data if it is 1 the port accepts 7 bit data If the 7 bit protocol is enabled the printer will only be able to print non extended characters i e those from code 0Epex to code 7 e d3 its purpose is to enable the printing of seconds in the clock commands If the bit is 0 the seconds will not be printed otherwise during the printing phase of the time the seconds will be printed too d4 if the bit is 0 command 0Duex is carried out if it is 1 the printer ignores the carriage return command Document 990312C Revision 02 42 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER e d5 this bit enables the printing of the first block heading as soon as the printer is switched on If the bit is this function is disabled if it is 1 the function is enabled e d6 selects the character fonts during printing A logic state 0 selects font 1 while a logic state 1 selects font 2 e d7 0 disables the lapsed time meter while 1 enables it Once the printer has been configured the above described byte in ASCII is transmitted for example byte 00001001 corresponds to 09 ex the whole string would therefore be 0 9 ESC G or in Hex 30 Hex 39 Hex 1 Bue 47 Hex All these bits with the exception of bit 7 can be manipulated by programming using the front keys of the printer ASCII dd ESC M Hex dd 1B 4D Dec dd 27 77 Writes prin
51. ng the two keys on the front panel of the printer by means of which the default values can be changed ASCII aa ESC r Hex aa 1B 72 Dec aa 27 114 Reads a piece of data at an address The command ESC r makes it possible to read in a location of the non volatile memory EEPROM This command can only be used with the serial port as it is bi directional The communication protocol is defined by the dip switches on the serial interface There are 199 legible locations starting from the 004 location up to the C74 location The address of the location to be read must be defined before the ESC r command is transmitted i e if we wish to read address 901 we have to transmit ASCII 0 1 ESC r or 3044 31 Hex 91 72 In reply to this reading the printer transmits the data of address 01 The reply also is given in ASCII thus if for example address 01 contains A5pex we receive A 5 or 41 Hex 35 Hex The entire memory bank contains the value 204 by default Since it is a non volatile memory the user Document 990312C Revision 02 41 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER can save the data without losing it when the power is switched off ASCII aadd ESC w Hex aadd 1B 77 Dec aadd 27 114 Writes a piece of data dd in an address aa The command ESC w makes it possible to save a piece of data in a non volatile memory There are 256 locations in which to write st
52. nt 990312C Revision 02 21 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER Figure 8 1 RxD 0 buffer full buffer emptied 1 DTR 0 ready busy ready busy Line transmission with Flag Hardware protocol In XON XOFF protocol if the printer can receive data it transmits the character XOFF 13 pex and 11 just once If it cannot receive data it transmits the character XOFF 13 just once Figure 9 no received no from DN Transmit gt 2 character yes TIMEOUT received Flow chart for the XON XOFF protocol Document 990312C Revision 02 22 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER Table 3 1 TTL Serial Communication connection NAME 20 26 PIN D6 Externalsettingparameter 8 14 DS Externalsettingparameter 9 1 External setting parameter D2 External setting parameter gt n D1 External setting parameter 13 19 DO External setting parameter External setting parameter Output signal at high level the printer is ready to receive data at low level the print buffer is full and data cannot be received busy 18 24 If the XON XOFF serial communication protocol has been selected the signal is always high Input or output If the jumper on the board is between LF and FEED this line is Parallel to the Line Feed button and it cause
53. or example you wish to write DATA 11 09 98 TEST OK you will send DATA 1Bue 44Hex TEST 0Due If you only wish to print the date it is enough to transmit 1 Buex 444 The date is transmitted in 8 characters and if there is not sufficient space left in the line buffer it is not printed ASCII ESC T Hex 1B 54 Dec 27 84 Enters the time in the line buffer The command ESC T is used for entering the time of the Real Time Clock fitted inside the printer in the line buffer The format of the time is hh mm This command can be used for entering the time in the context of a sentence without zero setting the line buffer If for example you wish to write TIME 16 45 TEST OK you will send TIME 1B44 5444 TEST OK 0Dhex If you only wish to print the time it is enough to transmit 1 Bue 54Hex ODHex The time is transmitted in 5 characters and if the seconds option is enabled in 8 characters if there is not sufficient space left in the line buffer it is not printed ASCII ESC U 1B 55 Dec 27 85 Enters the date mm dd yy in the buffer The command ESC U is used for entering the date American style mm dd yy of the Real Time Clock fitted inside the printer in the line buffer This command can be used for entering the date in the context of a sentence without zero setting the line buffer if for example you wish to write Document 990312C Revision 02 39 03 12 9
54. s a paper feed if at low logic level during normal operation FEED self test if low when the primer is 19 25 time and date printout only if the optional clock calendar board is installed if a low logic impulse is sent whose duration is D 0 3 sec If the jumper on the board is between P and FEED the line is parallel with the Print button In this case the line is considered as an output Input RxD data receive line When idle the line is at high logic level Document 990312C Revision 02 23 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER External setting parameter Jumper J3 is closed the printer will enter into the Internal Setting mode Otherwise It will enter Into the External Setting mode In case of COMMAND SET 2 External mode If D7 is 1 the settings Internal mode If it is 0 the settings External mode 02 CLOSED OPEN COMMAND SET 1 COMMAND SET 1 Internal Setting External Setting COMMAND SET 2 PMAN 722 CLOSED D7 1 Internal Setting Internal Settin 7 07 0 External Setting 1 In the case COMMAND SET 1 speed of communication and transmission protocol can be selected from the following table DO Di D2 ps 1 Flag type transmission protocol 0 XON XOFF type transmission protocol 1 When the PRINT key is pressed nothing happens D4 0 When the PRINT key is pressed the signal 00 is transmitted to the TxD pin
55. ssed and this function is enabled the selected character is transmitted via the serial line e LED Indication Status PRINT PAPER Off Line On Line Printing Paper Not Loading Paper Empty Paper Low Error Document 990312C Revision 02 7 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 REMOVING THE PRINTER FROM ITS PACKAGING Open the package and check that 1 none of the parts have been damaged during transportation 2 that the ribbon cartridge is fitted on the printing mechanism and the paper roll is in place 3 the two wall mount screws necessary for installing the printer are in fact fitted on it 2 2 INSTALLATION Make a 112 mm x 112 mm square hole in the wall where the printer is to be installed Unscrew the two wall mount screws Insert the printer into the hole on the wall and from the back manually screw in the two wall mount screw until the printer is firmly in place Insert the interface and the power supply connectors located on the control board Figure 3 WALL MOUNT SCREW Document 990312C Revision 02 8 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER 2 3 CONNECTION Booo E 2 B J4 35 8 89 60 APM06 sy sh on LO OOOO 900000000 JP5 Forthe optional clock calendar 1 SIN 5 RTC WR 2 SOUT 6 Vcc 3 SCK 7 GND 4 RTC JP2 Forthe optional paper take up Pin No Signal Name
56. tab feeds the paper at a faster rate than with the LINE FEED command This command resets the line buffer ASCII Hex 0D Dec 13 Carriage return CR Prints the line buffer if it contains characters It is ignored if the buffer is empty ASCII Hex 0F Dec 15 CRLF mode In this operating mode when the CRLF sequence is transmitted the CR control character is ignored To reset to normal operating mode switch the printer off or transmit a software reset command ESC 2 Document 990312C Revision 02 47 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII Hex 11 x X Dec 17 X Activate graphics mode Enables graphics mode operation and prints n graphic characters each 6 points ASCII Hex 12 Dec 18 Print time and date Print format h m If double width or expanded formats are selected the print time date command causes only the time h m to be printed because of the lower number of characters that can be printed per line This command resets the line buffer If it is transmitted without the optional clock calendar installed it causes 9 and a series of question marks to be printed or a line feed see note NOTE If the optional clock calendar is not installed the print time and date commands 1244 ESC D ESC T ESC U will produce a string of 3 and question marks ASCII Hex X9 13 Dec Xy 19 Setting the clock The clock can be set
57. ter is using the parallel port this command will of course produce no effect The file will be transmitted in its entirety the first block will contain 300 bytes and the second and third blocks 700 bytes each ASCII ESCZ Hex 1B 5A Dec 27 90 Block saving completed The command ESC Z 1Brex 5Anex acts as a terminator for the three memory blocks When the line buffer reads this terminating command during printing it stops printing the block and reverts to normal functioning In the absence of the terminating command the entire block will be printed ASCII ESC J n Hex 1B 4A n Dec 27 74 n Loads programmable character n The command ESC J 1Brex 4Anex followed by a number is used to generate the programmable characters The programmable characters The programmable characters go from code 91 to code 1Fuex of from code 1744 to code 1Fyex A programmable character consists of 10 lines of 6 dots each to form a character which corresponds to code 1Enex therefore you must transmit 10 bytes preceded by ESC J1 The bytes must have the same characteristics as the graphic mode i e x P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 PI d d d5 d2 di do where x is not used P7 must be fixed at 1 P1 to P6 the graphic dot data if it is at 1 it prints and if it is at 0 it does not print The P6 bit of the string of points transmitted is printed on the left with the other points running from left to right P6 P5
58. ting mode value dd Using the command ESC M it is possible to manipulate the printing mode by default To do this a byte in ASCII containing the printing mode must be transmitted followed by ESC M The type of writing which can be defined is described in the following table 00 small character printing 014 amp double width printing 02 double height printing 0344 expanded printing If for example you wish to print in double height characters you will send 0 2 ESC M or 30 32 1 Bue 4Due Automatically the printing mode is changed to the one selected and is stored in the non volatile memory ASCII ESC p Hex 1B 70 Dec 27 112 Transmits the option register in serial The command ESC p transmits the option register byte to the serial port of the printer Obviously if the printer is using the parallel protocol the command will produce no effect The reply to this question is made in two ASCII bytes containing the option register value If for example we receive 0 9 or 3044 3944 this means that the configuration will be 00001001 Document 990312C Revision 02 43 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER ASCII ESC m Hex 1B 6D Dec 27 109 Transmits the printing mode in serial The command ESC m transmits the byte containing the printing mode by default to the serial port of the printer Obviously if the printer is using the parallel protocol the command will produ
59. ts to the default mode ASCII ESC Bx 1B 42 x Dec 27 66 x Serial communication configuration Configures serial transmission mode by means of the 4 least significant bits of the x character Data flow check Xon Xoff Document 990312C Revision 02 50 03 12 99 OMNIPRINT PANEL PRINTER Transmission rate This command modifies printer default settings If serial interface is used the printer send on tx line B x To activate this mode switch the printer off and back on again ASCII ESC C pos char x Xio ck Hex 1B 43 pos char Xio Dec 27 67 pos char X4 Xio Personalized character configuration Lets you redefine 1 character in the font You can redefine max 11 characters Refer to page 54 ASCII ESC C pos char x Xio ck Hex 1B 43 pos char Xj Xio Dec 27 67 pos char X10 Delete reconfigured characters This lets you delete personalized characters and in this way the print resets to its resident font The 10 characters x4 X10 must be FF hex Refer to page 54 ASCII ESC W nchar char ESC Z Hex 1B 57 n char char 1B 5A Dec 27 87 n char char 27 90 Writing a block of data in EEPROM n 3 memory block with max 150 characters available n 2 memory block with max 40 characters available n 2 1 memory block with max 40 characters available The blocks can contain instructions NOTE 1 Control
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