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1. 1 Serial Port Settings 115 2K 8 DTR CT 2 Detect of Form DISABLED 3 Print Reverse Portrait DISABLED 4 Presenter Eject Retract RETRACT 5 International Character Table USA S Save config changes to flash ESCAPE to Exit gt pee m lt gt Connected 0 06 37 ANSI 115200 8 N 1 f x 7 To change setting enter the number to the left of the setting For example enter 1 to change the Serial Port Settings b The following menu will appear HyperTerminal DOR Ele Cal Transfer Help D 5 DA 4 Presenter Eject Retract RETRACT 5 International Character Table USA 5 Save config changes to flash ESCAPE to Exit Config Serial Port Serial Port Baud Rate 115 2K 2 Serial Port Data Bits 8 3 Serial Port Parity DISABLED 4 Serial Port Parity Type EVEN 5 Serial Port Handshaking DTR CTS ESCAPE to Exit Enter Number To Toggle Setting lt gt Connected 0 09 27 ANSI 115200 8 N 1 Enter a number to change the desired setting 8 Once completed with changes enter S MUST be a capita 9 Turn power off 10 Restore Switch 1 position 8 to the OFF position 11 Print a Self Test to verify settings and printer operation a Hold Feed Button while turning printer power on b Release Feed button after one beep c Self Test printout example S to save the changes to flash memory User Configuration S
2. Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Mini 8 Thermal Printer Shown with Document Presenter Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Telpar Inc 800 872 4886 Fax 603 742 9938 Website www telpar com E mail info telpar com e2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 1 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Warranty Telpar Inc Printer Limited Warranty WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS Products manufactured by Telpar are warranted against defects workmanship and materials for a period of twelve 12 months from the date of shipment to the original user provided the Product a remains unmodified b is used only in the United States or Canada c is operated under normal and proper conditions as Telpar determines in its sole discretion and d Customer provides prompt written notice Telpar of any defects as to parts and or workmanship to Telpar may provide an extended warranty on certain Products or components thereof for an additional price determined solely by Telpar and such extended warranty shall only be effective to the extent memorialized in writing by Telpar Telpar s sole obligation and Customer s exclusive remedy for defective Telpar manufactured Products is limited to repair or replacement as Telpar determines in its sole discretion The warranty described above does not include any labor or service costs for removing or replacing parts or any shipping charges Any repair performed by Telpar
3. Error LED 4 LED 4 LED 4 LED 4 Number Error Code status status status status Description below below below below 1 Paper Out BISON OFF OFF OFF Printer is out of paper 2 Head Up OFF OFF OFF Printer head is in the up position 3 Paper Jam BNBRSION BRRRSION OFF Paper is jammed in printer 4 Cutter Fault OFF OFF OFF Cutter is not functioning 5 Delivery BPN OFF BISON OFF Paper is jammed at the Jam delivery 6 Abort OFF OFF Printing aborted due to Printing unrecoverable error 7 Over Temp BNBRSION EN BIRKSION OFF Print head is above Warning maximum temperature 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 43 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual APPENDIX Appendix A Configuration Utility Changing RS 232 Baud Rates and other Printer Settings in flash memory This procedure describes how to use the Configuration Utility to modify default settings for the Mini 8 and MTP thermal printer series relating to the serial port presenter eject or retract option Top of form detection reverse portrait option and the character table default Changes made to these settings are stored in flash memory and will be retained even if the power is switched off To enter the Configuration Utility follow the procedure below 1 Ifnotalready done load paper through the printer The printer must NOT be reporting any errors ie No beeping after paper has been succes
4. m D My gt fe 5 D e R A Cc oe Oo Q cf DID RQ m lt me D lt pr OD hex 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7 7D 7E t 36 5 3 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Mini 8 Thermal Printer Dimensional Drawings MINI8 MECHANISM 907200 001X SERIES APPROX 27 2 1 07 LETTER SIZE WIDTH 8 5 in STANDARD 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 37 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual MINI8 MECHANISM CUTTER 907200 002X SERIES 6 32 THREAD 4X FASTENING LOCATIONS PEDASTAL CONFIGURATION 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 38 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual MINI8 MECHANISM CUTTER PRESENTER 907200 003X SERIES APPROX TABLETOP CONFIGURATION 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 39 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual MINI8 MECHANISM CUTTER PRESENTER 90 DEG ADAPTER OPTION ATTACHED 907200 1001 VARIABLE LOW PAPER SENSOR LOCATION 90 DEG PAPER DIVERTER STANDARD BARREL OPTIONAL JACK POWER INPUT OR HOSIDEN STYLE POWER OPTION LED STATUS INDICATORS PARALLEL CONNECTOR ADAPTER REQUIRED SERIAL CONNECTOR 800180 1012 OR EQUIV ADAPTER REQUIRED 800410 0015 OR EQUIV HARDWARE SWITCH WALL MOUNT PRIN
5. DIP Printer Function based on State of Switch Switch Position 1 Flash Memory Upload Mode used to Update the flash firmware to a different version OFF Normal Print Mode normal operating mode for printer ON Flash Memory Upload Mode See Appendix B for more details 2 OFF Paper cutter disabled will not cut paper ON Paper cutter enabled will cut paper 3 Reserved for future use 4 OFF Document Presenter disabled no document presenter option on the printer ON Document Presenter enabled printer has the document presenter option 5 This setting pertains to models with the document presenter option only OFF Presenter paper loop enabled prints first cuts second then delivers ON Presenter paper loop disabled delivers document while printing then cuts 6 Paper Roll Low Sensor OFF Use Internal Paper Low Sensor on the board standard configuration ON Use External Paper Low Sensor on chassis side optional configuration 7 Reserved for future use 8 Configuration Mode used to set up the following attributes in Flash Memory 1 Changing Serial Port Settings 2 Enabling the Top of Form Detection 3 Enabling Reverse Portrait Printing 4 Choosing Presenter Eject or Retract Setting 5 International Character Table Selection OFF Normal Print Mode normal operating mode for printer ON Configuration Mode See Appendix for more details 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 15 Telpar Inc Mini 8
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7. Appendix C How to use the Telpar Language Monitor to get Status Feedback from the Printer includes sample Source Code in BASIC and C 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 4 1 General Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual For detailed printer specifications please see Section 5 in this manual The Mini 8 thermal printer is designed specifically for the high performance size and durability requirements of cut and drop or cut and present with optional Document Presenter applications The compact size and high performance characteristic coupled with its rugged design makes it ideal for the kiosk environment 3 1 Applications Kiosks Automated Teller Machines ATMs Parking ticket dispensing Gaming receipts In Store gift registry receipts which contain graphics and or barcode information Maps on the go from information Kiosks located at malls or parks Embedded printer for custom scientific equipment graphs charts status reports ect 3 2 Standard Features Direct thermal printing Interfaces Serial RS 232 Parallel and USB interfaces all on the same printer Auto Cutter full cut partial cut under software control is standard All metal construction Paper low sensor Paper auto load function ESC POS The commands conform to ESC POS LEDs visible and DIP switches accessible without removing cover International character set U S A France Germany England Denmark 2 choices Sweden
8. Italy Spain 2 choices Japan Norway Latin America and Korea Barcode embedded symbologies UPC A UPC E EAN 13 EAN 8 3of 9 ITF CODABAR and Code 128 Two resident font sizes Code pages 437 850 858 860 863 865 and WPC 1252 Bit image mode Reverse video mode Black mark sensing TOF mode Horizontal or vertical mounting capabilities 1 ESC POS is a registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON Corp 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 5 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 3 3 Power Supply Requirements 1 3 1 1 3 2 External Power Supply supplied separately Use a Listed Certified Power Supply Follow local wiring codes for external wiring Two ways to connect Power to the Mini 8 Thermal Printer Barrel Jack Power Connector comes standard on all current MTP printers 5 5 X 2 1 X 9 5mm Male center positive voltage Hosiden Power Connector option for legacy applications only see pinout below Voltage 24 VDC 5 This printer operates using high speed currents at a low duty cycle Typically a switching power supply rated at 24 Volts DC 2 Amps 50 Watts is all that is needed For more detailed printer specifications please reference Section 5 in this manual Power Supply Option Telpar Part Number 103929 0401 Telpar offers a power supply suitable for use with the Mini 8 thermal printer This power supply uses the Barrel Jack connector option NOT compatible wit
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10. x o mszzvasmuaaaa CNN Hardware handshake line s Jep Lose round DSR The state of DSR is IGNORED for XON XOF handshaking if selected 44 Parallel Interface IEEE 1284 4 4 1 Parallel I O Connector Location of J5 the Parallel Port Connector on the Printer s main circuit board Pins 1 25 odds are bottom row left to right Pins 2 26 evens are top row left to right Jo AUX l 89 0 0 010100010 BE Ge oo mu WOS x Parallel Port Connector J5 Pinout See Table Below also Pin 1 Mates with 1 X 1 Pin 25 Socket Connector J5 Pin Function J5 Pin Function 1 STB Active Low Pulse to send data to printer 14 Circuit Common 2 AFXT HostAck Input to Printer 15 106 ASCII data bit 6 Bi directional 3 100 ASCII data bit 0 LSB Bi directional 16 Circuit Common 4 ERR Low level output Printer Error 17 7 ASCII data bit 7 MSB Bi directional 5 101 ASCII data bit 1 Bi directional 18 Circuit Common 6 INIT Low level resets printer 19 Active low pulse when data is accepted 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 28 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 7 IO2 ASCII data bit 2 Bi directional 20 Common 8 SLCTIN Low level enables printer 21 BUSY High level when printer cannot accept data 9 IO3 ASCII data bit 3 Bi directional 22 Circuit Common 10 Circuit
11. 04 58 2 2 58 5 05 59 59 6 amp amp 6 60 60 7 07 61 61 8 08 62 A 62 9 09 63 E 63 10 10 64 00hex 64 11 11 65 01hex a 65 12 12 66 02hex b 66 13 13 67 03hex 67 14 14 68 04hex d 68 15 15 69 05hex e 69 16 0 0 16 70 f 70 17 1 1 17 71 O7hrx g 71 18 2 2 18 72 08hex h 72 19 3 3 19 73 9 i 73 20 4 4 20 74 74 21 5 5 21 75 k 75 22 6 6 22 76 76 23 7 7 23 77 0Dhex m 77 24 8 8 24 78 OEhex n 78 25 9 9 25 79 OFhex 79 26 26 80 10hex p 80 27 4 27 81 11hex q 81 28 lt lt 28 82 12hex r 82 29 29 83 13hex 5 83 30 gt gt 30 84 14hex t 84 31 31 85 15hex 85 32 Q 32 86 16hex 86 33 33 87 17hex w 87 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 24 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 34 B B 34 88 18hex x 88 35 C C 35 89 19hex y 89 36 D D 36 90 1 7 90 37 37 91 1Bhex 91 38 F F 38 92 1Chex 92 39 G G 39 93 1Dhex 93 40 H H 40 94 1 94 41 41 95 1Fhex DEL 95 42 J J 42 96 FNC3 96 43 K K 43 97 FNC2 FNC2 97 44 L L 44 98 SHIFT SHIFT 98 45 M M 45 99 CodeC CodeC 99 46 N N 46 100 CodeB FNC4 CodeB 47 47 101 FNC4 CodeA CodeA 48 P P 48 102 FNC1 FNC1 FNC1 49 Q Q 49 50 R R 50 51 5 5 51 52 52 53 0 0 53 Code1
12. 35 36 PeriphLogicHigh Peripheral Logic High CGND CGND Chassis ground 4 5 USB Interface The current location of the USB 2 0 Mini B connector for all MTP series printers is located next to the barrel power jack as shown below Location of the USB 2 0 Mini B Connector 4 6 Ethernet Interface Currently under development The ability to connect the Mini 8 thermal printer to the Ethernet is currently being developed and will be available shortly 4 7 Printer Drivers Printer Drivers for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems can be downloaded from our website at www telpar com Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 30 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 5 Detailed Specifications 5 1 Mini 8 Thermal Printer Detailed Specifications Specfications 2400 dotsline 0 00333 inch 300 dot inch Dot density 0 00333 inch 300 dot inch Line feed pitch Paper width 8 5 inches Character composition dimensions W x H 30 x 50 dots 2 54 x 4 23 mm 80 columns Number of characters per line 18 x 38 dots 1 52 x 3 22 mm 133 columns Power Supply For head For motor DC 24V 5 For cutter DC 24V 596 1 0 A max Expected Life Pulse durability 1x10 pulse dot Wear resistance 50 km Environmental 0 to 50 condition 20 to 85 RH No condensation 5 to 95 RH No condensation Detection Head temperature By
13. Codes Five LED s are located on the printer as shown below These LED s have the following functions N Power LED The Top most LED Indicates 5 Volt power is present LED 1 Indicates the Printer is Ready when blinking LED 2 provides PAPER LOW and PAPER OUT status e Blinking indicates Paper Low Status 5 Volt Power e ON indicates Paper Out Status LED 1 LEDS LED 3 amp 4 Provide error status see table below LED 4 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 42 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 6 3 LED Error Code Definitions Table Certain ERROR codes are reported when they occur by a sequence blinks of LEDs 3 4 located on the controller board The ERROR BLINK patterns are listed below This table is also printed during a self test LED 3 blinks ON four times indicated in the table below as 2 T3 Following each sequence blinks there is pause before repeating the sequence The ON times of LED 3 is the time base used for encoding the error reporting by LED 4 LED 4 blinks ON during some the four times that LED 3 blinks ON The pattern of ON times of LED 4 listed in the table below indicates the ERROR being reported The printer s audio beeper will also sound a long tone at the same time LED 4 is ON T1 T2 T3 T4 LED 3 LED 3 LED 3 LED 3 Blinks Blinks Blinks Blinks
14. Rev 201211029 Page 18 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Name Command Command Description ASCII hex Set Right Margin GS nH 1057 nH Set the right margin to nH 256 4 nL dot nL nL positions from the left side of the print head Default maximum dot count for the printer mechanism minus 1 The value being set must be equal to or greater than the left margin plus 80 dots If the margin is set to any invalid value this command is ignore Range Left Margin 80 to rightmost dot HRI font GS f 1D 66 n Not implemented the controller selects a font and size to best fit under the bar code being printed Set Bar code height GS h n 1D 68 n Set the bar code height in dots Default 64 Range 1 to 255 dec Bar code printing GS k m n 1D 6B m n Selects the bar code type and prints d1 dn DATA See Sections 4 2 2 6 and 4 2 2 7 for more details Set Bar code 1D 77 n Set the width of the bars used to print bar magnification codes The width of a narrow bar is set to n Range 1 to 8 Default 2 A setting of n 1 prints a bar code so small it is possibly not readable Bit image command US nH nL 1F 2A nH nL 256 nH nL defines how many bytes of bit data data image data will follow See Section 4 2 2 5 for more details Set Page Length US C nH nL 1F 43 nH nL Sets the page length to 256 nH nL dot lines Default is 11 inches Overwrites the page length set by ES
15. Thermal Printer User Manual 4 2 Control Codes and Control Sequences Note The following commands are generally used by programmers designing custom software for printer applications using the RS 232 Serial Communications port and which do not require the use of a printer driver 4 2 1 General Usage Print Commands General Usage Print Commands Name Command Command Description ASCII hex Tab HT Move the print position to the next horizontal tab position See ESC D If a TAB is received and there are no more tab positions set on the current line the TAB command is ignored If the TAB will exceed the right margin an auto print is performed and the print position is set to the start of the next line Line feed LF OA Data on the current line is printed paper is fed one line based on the current line spacing and the print position is set to the left margin If the current line spacing is set to less than the current font height then paper is fed to print the current font height see ESC 2 ESC 3 n and ESC C n Form Feed FF 0C Feed paper to end of page as defined by the default page length of 11 inches or as modified by the US C command If TOF mode is enabled DIP switch 2 position 1 or ESC c 1 n then paper is fed until the next BLACK MARK is detected To advance to the BLACK MARK if TOF mode is not enabled use the GS FF command Enable Auto DLE A n1 n2 1041 n1 n2 n1 and n2 define mask to enable the Status Bac
16. hinstLib else wsprintf pszMessage ERROR LoadLibrary cszPrinterStatusMonitor AddToStatusList pszMessage return Status 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 60 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 61
17. information and accept user input Telpar Printer Language Monitor routines to retrieve printer status are accessed in the TP2Kmon dll library Once the library is loaded with LoadLibrary the necessary Printer Language Monitor function address is retrieved with GetProcAddress The function is then called to retrieve the printers status The Demo application provides examples of each Printer Language Monitor status retrieval function An example of a function to retrieve status information from a specified printer and an example of a function to retrieve status from the first available MTP 2200 printer in the system is provided Upon retrieval of the printer status data the data is analyzed and the individual bit status is displayed in the form of check boxes Included in the Visual 7 0 Demo is a timer for use with continuous printer status polling at a specified interval Also displayed in the application is a list box containing application activity The Project Source code and executable for this application is contained in the zip file VC7PrinterStatusDemo zip under the solution name VC7PrinterStatusDemo sln 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 57 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual The Demo Application will appear as follows Fig 3 VC7PrinterStatusDemo Use Selected Printer MTP 2283iTLM Enable Printer Interval ms Status Polling 500 Printer Status Bits Hea
18. leading edge of the paper will be fed through the cutter section of the printer and cut off When paper is initially fed into a printer using the presenter option part of the automatic feeding process will include cutting and presenting a short section of the leading edge of the paper as shown in the bottom photo 3 4 Clearing a Paper Jam In the event of a paper jam condition do not force paper into the unit or try to pry the paper out of the unit as this may damage the thermal print mechanism Instead lift the print head up off the paper to 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 11 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual clear a jam as shown below Caution should be exercised when working next to the cutter mechanism the blades are sharp and may cause serious injury Therefore it is recommended to unplug the Printer before clearing a jam 2 4 4 Lifting the Print Head and Presenter Plate of the Mini 8 The Mini 8 s print head is lifted by pulling back on the sliding lock mechanism on the print head s top plate and rotating the print head assembly up as shown below Lifting the head will allow you access for clearing jams in the printing section as well as access to the Paper Present Sensor which may need to be cleaned from paper dust from time to time When the print head of the Mini 8 the up position be careful not to physically contact the actual print head element itself element looks like a
19. long dark stripe on the bottom of the head as you may easily damage it The printer will not be able to print or automatically feed paper with the head up When closing the print head make sure that the sliding locking mechanism snaps into place thereby insuring that the printer will be ready to print um The Mini 8 s print head is raised by pulling back on the sliding lock mechanism on the print head s top plate and rotating the print head assembly up as shown in the photo to the right If the printer has a Document Presenter and a paper jam exists between the cutter and the presenter then the top section of the presenter may be raised slightly to provide access to the jam To do this lift the back side of the presenter s top plate shown in left hand photo The photo shows the plate lifted to its maximum height When the plate is released it will return back to its original position via springs 3 0 Manual Operation and General Operational Tests 3 1 Paper Cut and Paper Feed Buttons 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 12 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual The Mini 8 thermal printer has two external momentary push buttons that allow the operator to manually feed and cut paper The locations of these buttons are shown below When the Feed Button is pressed the printer will feed paper until the Feed Button is released When the Cut Button is pressed and released the printer will feed and cut one
20. move function see US x nH nL to Print Position be move relative to the current position RELATIVE Default setting See US A 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 20 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 4 2 2 Descriptions of Commands 4 2 2 1 Status commands All transmission of status in IEEE 1284 mode is disabled at power on Status transmission must be enabled by the US S n command before any STATUS transmission will occur in IEEE 1284 mode In case of an ERROR as defined in the table below the printer transmits DLE E and the 2 status bytes The response to a STATUS REQUEST is to transmit DLE 10hex followed a SOURCE byte that distinguishes what type of status is being transmitted followed by the two status bytes as defined in the table below The SOURCE byte is defined as A Auto Status Back Is disabled by default but is enabled when the printer receives the DLE n1 n2 command n1 and n2 define a mask using the same byte bit structure as in the table below A 1 in a bit position enables the automatic transmission of DLE A and the 2 status bytes when an enabled condition occurs The bit positions marked as errors in the table will always cause the automatic transmission E and the 2 status bytes so these positions will usually be 0 the user defined mask B Buffered status DLE B and the 2 status bytes are transmitted when the DLE B command is processed out of the input b
21. of the n and the amount needed to print the data Range 0 to 255 dec Select International ESC R n 1B 52 n Select international character set Range 0 character set through 15 dec See International Character Sets for characters affected for each character set Select justification ESC a n 1B 61 n 00hex left justify n 01hex center justify for bar code n 02hex right justify GS L GS W ESC V will also affect the bar code justification 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 17 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Name Command St Description ASCII Select paper type ESC c 1 n 1B 63 31 n Bit 0 0 Normal paper Bit 0 1 TOF Black Mark sensor enabled Default is based on Dip switch 2 position 1 Paper sensor to ESC c3 n 1B 63 33 n Command is not implemented all four bytes will output PE signal be ignored Paper sensor to ESC c4 n 1B 63 34 n Command is not adf all four bytes will stop printing be adf Select CODE ESC t n 1B 74 n n 0 code page 437 standard USA PAGE n 2 Code page 850 Multilingual n 3 Code page 860 Portuguese n 4 Code page 863 Canadian French n 5 Code page 865 Nordic n 10 hex WPC1252 13 hex Code page 858 Multilingual with Euro character Feed to Top of GS FF 1D 0C If TOF mode is disabled DIP switch 2 position 1 Form or ESC c 1 n then paper is fed until the trailing edge of the Black Mark
22. roll holder is not being used but rather a different design has been implemented that allows the paper roll to be located away from or outside of the printer If this is the case you must make sure your design maintains a reliably aligned paper path from the paper roll location to the printer 15 Incorrect or out of spec paper is being used Paper that is not to the paper specifications for your printer increases the chances of having repetitive paper jams An Inoperable document cutter or damaged cutter blades not fully opening or closing a Is the Customer allowed to pull the exiting document before the printer is done printing or cutting This is a common jam scenario To avoid this possibility specify the document presenter option by added to your printer when ordering Printer suddenly stops and does not respond unless the power switch is cycled check the following ALWAYS KEEP FINGERS AND TOOLS AWAYS FROM CUTTER BLADES a Is there a paper jam condition Are cutter blades not fully open if applicable a Check the Diagnostic Error LEDs and use the table below to interpret the problem the printer is reporting See if the problem can be corrected based on the printer s diagnostic feedback Possible dirty or defective paper sensors or Print head Latch Switch In the case of dirty sensors obstructed by dust or paper fragments clean sensors by blowing pressurized air over the sensor face 6 2 LED Diagnostics and Error Detection
23. short section of paper 3 2 Self Test Mode and Burn in Mode The Mini 8 thermal printer has a self test and Burn in mode that will print and cut sample documents All electrical and mechanical portions of the printer are exercised and checked by this action except for the communication interface components The self test printout also shows pertinent information pertaining to the current printer setup 3 2 1 Self Test NOTE The printer does not have to be connected to a host computer PLC or other controller to perform a Self Test To place the unit into self test mode remove power from the printer then press and hold the FEED button see above Next return power to the printer then release the paper feed switch after hearing one beep The printer will print a Self Test form showing pertinent information pertaining to the current setup and sample text and barcodes 3 2 2 Factory Burn in Mode NOTE The printer does not have to be connected to a host computer PLC or other controller to enter the Factory Burn in Mode If the Feed button is held for five beeps after power is applied to the printer the printer will enter the Factory Burn In Mode Fifty shorter sheets will be printed 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 13 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 4 Printer Control 4 1 DIP Switch Settings and Print Darkness Adjustment Note Both the Printer s DIP Switch and Print Darkness Adjustment can be a
24. 0 8 N 1 5 NUM Press Enter to display In Application Programming Menu Press 1 to Erase Flash Wait for operation to complete 7 Press 2 to download flash 8 Select Hyperterm Menu item Transfer gt Send File 9 Browse for flash file to download 10 Select Ymodem for the Protocol 11 Press Send a Wait for download to complete 12 Press 3 to verify flash 13 Press 4 to execute new program in flash 14 Turn the printer power off 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 47 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 15 Set Printer Switch 1 Position 1 to OFF 16 Print a Self Test to verify printer operation and firmware version a Hold Feed Button while turning printer power on b Release Feed button after one beep 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 48 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Appendix C How to use the Telpar Language Monitor to get Status Feedback from the Printer Telpar Language Monitor Printer Description The purpose of the Telpar Language Monitor TLM is to provide the customer s software application access to the printer s status feedback via an installed printer driver see our website at http www telpar com Drivers and Support MTP 2000_Drivers aspx for our latest available drivers A simple set of library routines is provided to the programmer to access the printer s status The Prin
25. 28 Start Characters Code128 Start Characters Value used to calculate checksum Data sent Represents 103 A Start character CodeA 104 B Start character CodeB 105 Start character CodeC Code128 Stop Character 106 Stop character Code128 other two character data sequences Note Since is used as a sequence header to specify special characters must be sent as data to actually print I in the bar code Code128 Two Character Data Sequences Data sent Represents 1 FNC1 2 FNC2 3 FNC3 4 FNC4 5 Shift 4 3 Serial RS 232C Interface 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 25 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 4 3 4 Serial RS 232C Interface Specification See Appendix A on how to change default settings Serial RS 232C Interface Specification tem Specification Default Baud Rate Data Baud rate selected at factory written in flash Default receive speed and other baud rate is 115200 bps Default Data Bits 8 default RS 232 Protocol Stop Bits 1 Default Parity none NOTE see Appendix A on how to change the default settings Synchronizing method Asynchronous Full duplex Handshake Hardware or XON XOFF Input output level RS 232C Signal level Space logic 0 3 V 12 V Mark logic 1 3 V 12 V 04 3 2 Serial I O Connector RS 232 Connector 99 Pinout Location of J9 the TN Seria
26. 5 1 3 Power Supply Requirements U u 6 1 3 1 External Power Supply supplied separately 6 13 2 Voltage 24 VDO X596 iude dete up akii 6 1 3 3 3 Hosiden Connector on Printer for Power Supply Connection 6 1 4 Roll Paper for the Mini 8 Thermal Printer eere 7 1 5 Document Presenter Option U u 7 2 Operator Instructions eire onion ren eiu exer e co Kw 8 2 1 Unpacking and Inspection nnnvvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne 8 2 2 Printer SensOIS 8 2 2 1 Sensors on the Mini 8 Thermal Printer esses 8 2 3 Paper 11 2 3 1 Loading the Paper Roll into the Printer Error Bookmark not defined 2 4 Glearing a Paper Jam ort eer tae named 12 2 4 1 Lifting the Print Head and the Presenter Plate of the Mini 8 Thermal Printer 12 3 Manual Operation and General Operational 13 3 1 Paper Cut and Paper Feed Buttons U u nnne nnne 13 3 2 Self Test Mode and Burn in Mode vrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne 13
27. BO 237 4 10 45 A AAAARCE EEI TI p 06600x0u 0UYp0 EO 38244232 86661111 F0 Code Page WPC1252 Print sample Page 34 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual MTP 2242 CHARACTER SET PC858 Euro ESC t 13hex 0123456789ABCDEF 200 amp 30 0123456789 lt gt 40 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO 50 PQRSTUVWXYZ f _ 60 abcdefghijklmno 70 parstuvwxyzti 80 cii adaacSesiTiAd 90 EakdoddlyOUasoxf c AO nNa80c8 i lt Bo al AAA neg co Haar IR malim EO 006 FO 7 132 Code Page 858 Print sample 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 35 2242 CHARACTER SET Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Default per DIP switch 2 or as changed by ESC R n 2 2 USA Germany England Denmark Sweden Italy Spain Japan Norway Denmark 2 Spain 2 LatAner Korea N ci 4 CO no cC mile Nm Q o RHF c HHH International Character Sets INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SET C qoc XD lt gt o lt 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 X gt 0075 D gt a N Q K OR ON C D Io Do C co gt C gt m mp
28. C C Eject retract ticket USE 1F 45 n Bit 0 of n 0 sets the mode to RETRACT an untaken ticket back into the printer Bit 0 of n 1 sets the mode to EJECT an untaken ticket out the front of the printer Set timeout to use USK 1F 4B n If a document is cut and presented but not before an untaken removed and another document is sent to ticket is purged the printer the first document will not be purged either Ejected or Retracted until n seconds after the first document is presented Default is 5 second Global IEEE 1284 1F 53 n Low order nibble of n 0 disables all STATUS Enable STATUS transmissions in IEEE 1284 parallel Disable mode Low order nibble of n 1 thru F enables STATUS transmission Default is disabled 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 19 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Name Command Command Description ASCII hex Start of Document USb 1F 62 Used only by Telpar s Windows drivers for WINDOWS End of Document USe 1F 65 Used only by Telpar s Windows drivers for WINDOWS Set horizontal US x nH nL 1 78 nH nL The horizontal print position is set to 256 nH Print Position nL 8 dots from the left margin Set Relative US y nH nL 1F 79 nH nL Causes paper to feed 256 nH nL dot lines Vertical move Set Horizontal 1F 41 Sets the x move function see US x nH to Print Position be move relative to the left margin See US R ABSOLUTE Set Horizontal Sets the x
29. Common 23 PE High level when printer is out of paper 11 IO4 ASCII data bit 4 Bi directional 24 Common 12 Circuit Common 25 SLCT High level when printer is on 13 IO5 ASCII data bit 5 Bi directional 26 Circuit Common 4 4 2 Parallel Adapter Cable Telpar Part Number 800180 1012 For customers who wish to connect to the printer with the traditional 25 Pin D Sub Connector Telpar offers a Parallel Adapter Cable as shown below This 6 long cable plugs into the J5 parallel connector on the main circuit board and has enough length to exit the printer chassis as shown below for external connections to a cable The pinout for the D Sub connector is shown in the table below Parallel Adapter Cable Parallel Interface Pin Assignments Xflag O4 PeripheralAck High level when printer cannot accept data d mE CR E 0 Fiat vet when prnterison x o Rate ow pulse when datas accepted x o Towrevetwnen an enoro x o Fiat ever when printers out of paper 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 29 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual p os Taras p o Aan ps ov or o aen E ena nt T sre reset 5 rose ee 1 ative Cow Pulse to send cara o piner 19 eee 1 tomlevelenadespimer 19 thru Logic ground
30. T DENSITY CONFIGURATION ADJUSTMENT MIN PAGE LEN MAX PAGE LENGTH 7 25 184 2 WITH NOCLEARAN PRESENTER SENSOR 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 40 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 6 Troubleshooting 6 1 General Troubleshooting Printer does not seem to do anything gt Check the following Printer is plugged into active power source with the correct current ratings Power supply Is it active or switched to the position if applicable Is the main circuit board getting power Check the Red 5 Volt Power LED See Section 6 2 below If the 5 Volt Power LED is lit and an approved external power supply that is known to be working correctly is being used then the main circuit board on the printer has probably failed Call Telpar Technical support for assistance Is the printer s print head or Head Up lever in its fully closed position These printers will not attempt to print unless the print head is fully and securely closed Is the main circuit board s DIPSWITCH position 1 switch in the Up or ON position If so slide the switch to the OFF position and cycle printer power The printer will not print with this switch on flash memory upload mode Printer feeds paper and performs a Self Test but does not print from the host computer controller etc 9 Check the following Communications Cable is the corr
31. age data will follow The data is received sequentially with the first byte representing the first 8 dot positions at the top left side of the bit image with bit 7 being to the left and bit 0 being to the right as printed XMOVE US x nH nL 1F 78 nH nL The horizontal print position is set to 256 nH nL 8 dots from the left margin If there is a lot of white space on the current dot line the XMOVE command can cause the print location pointer to be moved resulting in less data required to define a dot line of bit image data to be printed Anytime there is more than 4 bytes of white space 32 dots the XMOVE command will result in less data being sent to the printer Another command can follow the XMOVE command until YMOVE signifies the end of the current dot line YMOVE USy nH nL 1F 79 nH nL Causes paper to feed 256 nH nL dot lines This is also the BI line terminator and print command 4 2 2 6 Print Bar Code Command GS k m n d1 dn 1D 6B m n DATA m selects the bar code type n defines the number of data bytes which follow If more data is sent than can fit on the printer being used the bar code is not printed m Bar code n Valid data Comment 41 11 0 9 Checksum generated amp printed 42 7 0 9 Checksum generated amp printed 43 13 12 0 9 Checksum generated amp printed 44 EAN8 7 0 9 Checksum generated amp printed 45 Code39 variable 0 9 A Z sp 46 ITF variable 0 9 If an odd number of d
32. ata bytes is sent a leading zero will be added 47 CODABAR variable 0 9 ABCD 49 CODE128 variable 4A CODE 39 variable 0 9 A Z sp Checksum generated amp printed 4B ITF variable 0 9 Checksum generated amp printed If the data sent and the checksum causes odd number of digits a leading zero will be printed 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 23 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 4 2 2 7 Bar Code 128 definitions Code128 Character set 103 data chars three different start characters and a unique stop character CodeA consists of the ASCII characters 00hex thru 5Fhex FNC1 thru FNC4 Shift CodeB and CodeC CodeB consists of the ASCII characters 00hex thru 7Fhex FNC1 thru FNC4 Shift CodeA and CodeC CodeC consists of 2 digit numeral characters 00dec thru 99dec FNC1 CodeA and CodeB The 103 different bar code patterns have different meanings depending on whether CodeA CodeB or CodeC was specified when the data was received The data string must start with A C to specify CodeA CodeB or CodeC A checksum is calculated and printed by the printer Value used CodeA CodeB CodeC Value used CodeA CodeB Code to calculate to calculate C checksum checksum 0 sp sp 00 54 V V 54 1 01 55 W W 55 2 i T 02 56 X X 56 3 03 57 Y Y 57 4
33. blank document as only one side of a roll of thermal paper is printable typically In the case of the print appearing too light check the setting of the darkness control adjustment R35 on the Main Circuit Board Print Density Try rotating the adjustment clockwise to darken the print It is recommended that the darkness level be increased to the point that just meets the desired darkness level under the normal ambient operating conditions for the printer application this will help extend the life of the print head element 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 41 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Printer prints gibberish when sending Serial Information to the Printer apparent random characters gt check the following a default factory settings for the MTP Series serial protocol is printers is 15 200 bps rate 8 Data Bits 1 Stop Bit No Parity The Host controller computer PLC etc must be set to the same settings as the printer in order for the printer to print correctly Paper jams in Printer or Presenter check for the following ALWAYS KEEP FINGERS AND TOOLS AWAYS FROM CUTTER BLADES Obstructions in the paper path including the paper presenter loop if a presenter is used it is very important that the paper loop that forms below the presenter section does not physically contact anything Misalignment of the paper path This is possible if the printer s original paper
34. ccessed from the bottom of the printer as shown DIP Switch Bank gir Density LT Print Darkness a Adjustment 3 DIP Switch Settings The Mini 8 thermal printer has a DIP Switch located on the main circuit board see photo above The DIP Switch contains a bank of eight individual switches each of which controls some aspect of the printer and are described in the table on the next page The switches can slide up into the ON position or downs into the OFF position the picture above shows switches 1 5 7 and 8 in the OFF position and switches 2 3 4 and 6 in the ON position A small tip screwdriver or even a pen tip may be used to change the position of the switches IMPORTANT NOTE If you make any changes to the DIP Switch settings you must first cycle power to the printer in order for the changes to take place Print Darkness Adjustment Control R35 on the circuit board is the Print Darkness or Print Density Control see photo above Clockwise rotation of the control increases print darkness but also consumes more current and shortens the life of the print head Therefore it is recommended that the darkness level be increased to the point that just meets the desired darkness level under the normal ambient operating conditions for the printer application 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 14 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual
35. d Up Delivery Jam Paper Out Receipt Dropped Paper At Delivery IV Receipt Taken Cutter Home Printer Busy Paper Low Cutter Error Spare Receive Buffer Full Printhead Over Temp Spare Printer Error Receipt Purged Printer Data Received From Language Monitor 02 44 06 PM Get Printer Status For MTP 2283iTLM Printer Status For MTP 2283iTLM 0x0408 Cutter Home Receipt Taken Use Selected Printer The Use Printer Selected check box is used for allowing the selection of a specific printer for demonstrating the available language monitor routines Get Printer Status Button This button will execute the language monitor routine to retrieve and display the printer status Enable Printer Status Polling Button This button will enable a timer for polling the printer status at the specified interval Printer Status Bits Check boxes represent the status of each individual printer status bit with its definition Printer Data Received From Language Monitor A list of activity is displayed including the time data returned from the language monitor and the names of the bits that are set 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 58 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Visual C Source Code A Visual C Project file was included with the zip file Following are key sections of code used in communication with the Telpar Printer Language Monitor GetPrinterStatus pszPrinterName Example Below
36. e print OFF 1 Double wide print ON Not used Not used Font size Font size Set Print Mode Table Bit1 BitO Font size WxH 0 0 FontB 10 30 0 1 FontA 12 30 Table 1 Set Print Mode Table Both double wide and double high can be selected for either character size When a printed line contains characters with different heights the characters are arranged so that the baseline of all characters lines up Default 00hex Font B 10 x 30 matrix for 2222 Default 01hex Font 12 x 30 matrix for 2232 and MTP 2242 Printer Reset ESC 1B 40 Initializes the printer Any data received before the ESC but not yet printed is cleared The character size is set to the font Left and Right Margins are set to the defaults Reverse video is turned off Underline printing is turned off Bar code height is set to 64 Bar code magnification is set to 2 Telpar s Window Commands The Begin Document US b and End Document US e commands were created for use by the Telpar Windows driver These two commands should not be sent to the printer by any other application program since unexpected results will occur 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 22 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 4 2 2 5 Bit Image Graphics Mode Commands BI US nH nL data 1F 2A nH nL data 256 nH nL defines how many bytes of bit im
37. e status bits Function UpdateRealTimeStatusBits data As Long As String Dim X As Long Dim I As Integer Dim Msg As String Print time stamp and data received in hex format Msg Now amp 0 amp Format Hex data 0000 amp Update status check boxes based on data received 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 55 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 1 start with bit 0 For I 0 To 15 check bits 0 to 15 If data And X Then If bit set set check box to checked The check boxes are indexed in the control array the same order as the bit locations chkStatus l Value vbChecked Add status to status text string Msg Msg amp amp chkStatus l Caption amp Else chkStatus l Value vbUnchecked End If next bit to check X X 2 Next Return the status text string UpdateRealTimeStatusBits Msg End Function Private Sub comboParallellnterval Click If tmrPrinterStatusPoll Enabled Then tmrPrinterStatusPoll Interval Val comboParallellnterval Text End If End Sub Button to clear received data list Private Sub cmdClearReceivedData Click ListStatus Clear End Sub Exit button Private Sub cmdExit Click End End Sub 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 56 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Visual C 7 0 MFC Demo Application The Visual C 7 0 MFC Demo Application makes use of MFC standard controls to display status
38. ect type of cable being used is it securely connected Is the correct printer driver installed on the host if required Is the printer connected to the same port that was selected when installing the printer driver Is the host s printer port Ready or OFFLINE Is there a conflict with another printer on that port Printer s Document Presenter Cutter and or Paper Low Status not working as expected General unexpected printer operation Unexpected Printer Error check the following Are the printer s DIP Switch s on the main circuit board correctly set for your application Remember whenever any DIPSWITCH positions are changed the power to the printer must be cycled for the change to take effect Is the printer s print head or Head Up lever in its fully closed position These printers will not attempt to print unless the print head is fully and securely closed Printer is plugged into an active power source with the correct voltage and current ratings Sensors are clean free of paper dust or other unwanted obstructions Clean sensors by blowing pressurized air over the sensor face Printer presents a blank document nothing is printed on the ticket or the printing is too light gt check the following a In case of a blank document verify that the roll of paper is Thermal Paper not plain paper and that the paper is fed into the printer with the thermal side up this is the most common cause for receiving a
39. elpar Language Monitor Mini 8TLM MTP 2222TLM MTP 2232TLM MTP 2242TLM MTP 2283iTLM MTP 2822TLM MTP 2832TLM 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 49 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Language Monitor Routines The following routines are accessible in the Telpar Language Monitor GetPrinterStatus Description The input to this function is a printer name This allows direct specification of which printer to retrieve status from The function returns an integer containing the status bits returned from the specified printer Printer Language Monitor C Declaration int stdcall GetPrinterStatus LPSTR pszPrinterName VB6 Declare Statement Private Declare Function GetPrinterLMStatus Lib TP2KMON dIl Alias GetPrinterStatus ByVal sPrinterName As String As Long GetLMStatus Legacy Support Description This function will retrieve a list of printers available in the system and request status from the first MTP printer in the list The function returns an integer containing the status bits returned from the printer This routine is provided for legacy support Printer Language Monitor C Declaration int GetLMStatus VOID VB6 Declare Statement Private Declare Function MStatus Lib 2 As Long ReqLMStatus Legacy Support Description This function was formerly used to initiate a printer status request This function is no longer necessary and is available for prev
40. ettings Serial Port Detect Top of Form TOF Print Reverse Portrait Presenter Eject Retract International Character Table 115 2K DISABLED DISABLED RETRACT USA 8 N 1 DTR CTS 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 45 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Appendix B Updating the flash firmware to a different version This procedure describes how to update the firmware on the Telpar Mini 8 MTP 28XX and MTP 22XX thermal printers This operation is performed through the serial port and the serial interface of the printer The materials required for this is HyperTerminal a serial cable and a serial interface on the printer The available flash files for the various printers may be downloaded from our website at www telpar com 1 Connect serial cable between a Windows 19 on controller board 2 Start HyperTerminal with settings at 115 200 N 8 1 NOTE If you are using Windows 7 or higher you can usually find a downloadable version of HyperTerminal on the Internet that is free for personal Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt HyperTerminal Select Comm Port Configure port settings i 115 200 Baud ii 8 Data bits iii No Parity iv Flow Control None a b Name Configuration C d 1 Properties Settings Bits per second 115200 v Data bits 8 v Parity None Iw Stop bits 1 v Elow cont
41. ge 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 59 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual return Status GetPrinterStatus void Example Below is section of code used in the demo to communicate with the Telpar Printer Language Monitor GetPrinterStatus void routine Fig 5 Fig 5 Telpar Printer Language Monitor Function Pointer typedefs typedef DWORD stdcall funcname ptr2 void Telpar Printer Language Monitor TCHAR cszPrinterStatusMonitor TP2KMon dll Function pointer variable definition funcname ptr2 funcGetPrinterStatus Get a handle to the Printer Language Monitor DLL module hinstLib LoadLibrary cszPrinterStatusMonitor If the handle is valid get the function address for GetLMStatus if hinstLib NULL Get function address funcGetPrinterStatus funcname ptr2 GetProcAddress hinstLib GetLMStatus If the function address is valid call the function if funcGetPrinterStatus NULL Call Printer Language Monitor DLL Routine GetLMStatus Status funcGetPrinterStatus Display result in list box wsprintf pszMessage Printer Status 0x 04X Status AddToStatusList pszMessage Update status check boxes UpdateStatusCheckBoxes Status else wsprintf pszMessage ERROR GetProcAddress s GetPrinterStatus cszPrinterStatusMonitor AddToStatusList pszMessage Free the DLL module fFreeResult FreeLibrary
42. ge 3 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 44 Parallel Interface IEEBE 1284 cecec ccce eee e cec eese 28 4 4 1 Parallel I O Connector IEEE 1284 Type 28 4 4 2 Optional Parallel Adapter 29 45 USB IMteriace pee Em 30 46 Ethernet Interface cai nece ceca necis 30 Printer DriVerS au teoo eio coetu 30 5 Detailed Specificatlons ironia cae cia evan tidie caa sa CHE a CH da Fk 31 5 1 Mini 8 Thermal Printer Detailed Specifications 31 5 2 Character Sets Print Samples 32 5 3 Mini 8 Thermal Printer Dimensional Drawings 37 6 duet TERME 41 6 1 General Troubleshooting eee iss ates ade ee i ed 41 6 2 LED Diagnostics and Error Detection 42 6 3 LED Error Code Definitions 43 APPENDIX Appendix A Configuration Utility Changing RS 232 Baud Rates and other Printer Settings in flash memory 44 Appendix B Updating the flash firmware to a different version
43. h the older legacy type connector This power supply also provides a built in ON OFF switch near the printer end of the cord 1 3 3 3 Hosiden Connector on Printer for Legacy Power Supply Connection As viewed from back of printer 24 Large notch NC GND Flat Power Connector Hosiden TCS7960 53 2010 Mating Connector Hosiden TCP8927 53 1100 or TCP8927 63 1110 3 Pin Hosiden Power Supply Connector 3 4 Telpar Roll Paper for the Mini 8 Thermal Printer 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 6 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 203 mm 8 in outside diameter 215 9 mm 8 5 in wide approximate length 398 m 1 307 ft Thermal sensitive coating is on the inside of the roll Telpar P N 751221 2080 Specific to Thermal Printers Telpar Inc does not warranty damages to the thermal print head as a result of printing with thermal paper not specified or approved by Telpar Inc 3 5 Document Presenter Option Presenter dimensions can be found in Section 5 Printer Drawings The Mini 8 thermal printer can be ordered with an optional document presenter which attaches to the front of the printer just after the cutter mechanism The purpose of the document presenter option is to prevent a person from making physical contact with a document until the document has been completely printed and cut This decreases the likelihood of someone purposely or accidentally causing a paper jam or smear
44. hat are set 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 52 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Visual Basic 6 0 Demo Source Code The Visual Basic 6 0 Source Code is displayed below with comments Fig 2 Option Explicit Declare Telpar Language Monitor DLL routines Updated Language monitor routine Private Declare Function GetPrinterLMStatus Lib TP2KMON dII Alias GetPrinterStatus By Val sPrinterName As String As Long Legacy language monitor routine The legacy language monitor routine will search the computers printer list for the first printer with MTP in the name and use this printer in the call to the updated language monitor routine This routine was kept in order to maintain backward compatability with customers existing software Private Declare Function GetLMStatus Lib 2 As Long Private Sub Form Load load up printer combo list GetPrintersList load up interval combo list with times in milliseconds comboParallellnterval Additem 500 comboParallellnterval Additem 1000 comboParallellnterval Additem 2000 comboParallellnterval Additem 3000 comboParallellnterval Additem 4000 comboParallellnterval Additem 5000 comboParallellnterval Additem 10000 comboParallellnterval Additem 20000 comboParallellnterval Addlitem 30000 comboParallellnterval Additem 40000 comboParallellnterval Addlitem 50000 comboParallellnterval Additem 60000 End Sub Routine for generating a
45. i 8 Thermal Printer User Manual The Demo Application will appear as follows Fig 1 Telpar VB6 MIP 2200 Printer Language Monitor Demo Use Printer Selected Printer Retrieve Printer 1 Enable Printer Status interval ms Status Polling 1000 vw Printer Status Bits Head Up Delivery Jam Paper Out Receipt Dropped Paper at Delivery Receipt Taken Cutter Home Printer Busy Paper Low Cutter Error Spare Sensor Rx Buffer Full Over Temp Spare Printer Error Receipt Purged Printer Data Received From Language Monitor 1 6 2006 10 53 06 0 0408 Cutter Home Receipt Taken File Menu The File Menu contains an About item for version information and an Exit item to exit the program Use Printer Selected The Use Printer Selected check box is used for allowing the selection of a specific printer for demonstrating the available language monitor routines Retrieve Printer Status Button This button will execute the language monitor routine to retrieve and display the printer status Enable Printer Status Polling Button This button will enable a timer for polling the printer status at the specified interval Printer Status Bits This displays the status of each individual printer status bit with its definition Printer Data Received From Language Monitor A list of activity is displayed including the time data returned from the language monitor and the names of the bits t
46. ing the printed information by pulling on the exiting document before it has finished printing This option is especially useful when printing long documents Preventing human contact with a document during a printing operation is accomplished by allowing the presenter to hold the leading edge of the document preventing the document from exiting the printer while the remainder of the document is being printed paper loop will form below the presenter assembly while document printing is in progress Finally after the completed document is cut the presenter ejects the document up to the trailing edge of the paper which it holds so that the customer may take the document from the presenter exit The printer can be configured to retract the document if the customer has not removed it after a specified passage of time Check with our sales team to see if a Document Presenter would be beneficial to your application 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 7 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 2 Operator Instructions 31 Unpacking and Inspection Carefully unpack and inspect your printer for any damage that have occurred in transit Should any damage have occurred notify Telpar Inc save the shipping carton and packing materials and file a damage claim with the carrier Specify the nature and the extent of the damage Before installing or operating the printer check the following e Printer mechanism and paper a
47. iously developed applications expecting this routine to be present Printer Language Monitor C Declaration void ReqLMStatus VOID VB6 Declare Statement Private Declare Sub ReqLMStatus Lib TP2KMON dIl 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 50 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Visual Basic 6 0 Demo Application The Visual Basic 6 0 Demo Application makes use of Visual Basics standard controls to display status information and accept user input for selecting a printer and retrieving printer status A Declare statement is used to define the Telpar Printer Language Monitor routines to retrieve printer status The Demo application provides examples of each Printer Language Monitor status retrieval function An example of a function to retrieve status information from a specified printer and an example of a function to retrieve status from the first available MTP 2200 printer the system is provided Upon retrieval of the printer status data the data is analyzed and the individual bit status is displayed in the form of check boxes Included in the Visual Basic 6 0 Demo is timer for use with continuous printer status polling at a specified interval Also displayed in the application is a list box containing application activity The Project Source code and executable for this application is contained in the zip file VB6PrinterStatusDemo zip 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 51 Telpar Inc Min
48. is a section of code used in the demo to communicate with the Telpar Printer Language Monitor GetPrinterStatus pszPrinterName routine Fig 4 Fig 4 Telpar Printer Language Monitor Function Pointer typedefs typedef DWORD stdcall funcname ptr LPSTR Telpar Printer Language Monitor TCHAR cszPrinterStatusMonitor TP2KMon d11 Function pointer variable definition funcname funcGetPrinterStatus Get a handle to the Printer Language Monitor DLL module hinstLib LoadLibrary cszPrinterStatusMonitor If the handle is valid get the function address for GetPrinterStatus if hinstLib NULL Get function address funcGetPrinterStatus funcname ptr GetProcAddress hinstLib GetPrinterStatus If the function address is valid call the function if funcGetPrinterStatus NULL Call Printer Language Monitor DLL Routine GetPrinterStatus Status funcGetPrinterStatus pszPrinterName Display result list box wsprintf pszMessage Printer Status for s 0x 04X pszPrinterName Status AddToStatusList pszMessage Update status check boxes UpdateStatusCheckBoxes Status else wsprintf pszMessage ERROR GetProcAddress s GetPrinterStatus cszPrinterStatusMonitor AddToStatusList pszMessage Free the DLL module fFreeResult FreeLibrary hinstLib else wsprintf pszMessage ERROR LoadLibrary cszPrinterStatusMonitor AddToStatusList pszMessa
49. k transmission of the STATUS bytes when a user defined event occurs Default 00 ASB disabled See Section 4 2 2 1 for more details Buffered STATUS DLE B 10 42 The STATUS bytes are transmitted when this request command is processed out of the receive buffer See Section 4 2 2 1 for more details Real time DLER 10 52 The STATUS bytes are transmitted when this STATUS request command is received by the printer See Section 4 2 2 1 for more details User selected data DLE U n1 n2 10 55 n1 n1 When DLE U n1 n2 is processed out of the string receive buffer the printer will transmit DLE U n1 n2 back to the host ESCAPE Sequence Header GROUP SEPARATOR Sequence Header Reverse Video ON ESC RS 1B 1E Printing is reversed to white characters on black background Reverse video requires more power to print and is less readable Same as GS B 01 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 16 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Name Command Command Description ASCII hex Reverse Video OFF ESC US 1B 1F Printing is set to default mode of black print on white background Same as GS B 00 Set Print mode ESC n 1B 21 n Set Print mode font A or B Double high Double wide See Section 4 2 2 2 for more details Select Bit Image ESC m m 1B 2A m ni Select Bit Image mode m n2 256 n1 mode d1 dn n2 data Number of DOT LINES of data to follow data the amount of data required t
50. l Port RS 232 Connector on the N AS E OOOOO Printer s main circuit BE board Pins 1 9 odds 00000 bottom row left to i right Pins 2 8 evens Aut 1 9 top row left to m E er right 5555 K me 6 Mates with 1 X 1 i dam A Socket Connector B J9 Pin Function 1 NA 2 DTR Data Terminal Ready Output from printer 3 TxD Transmit Data Output from printer 4 CTS Clear To Send Input to Printer 5 RxD Receive Data Input to Printer 6 RTS Request To Send Output from Printer 7 DSR Data Set Ready Input to Printer 8 NA 9 amp 10 Circuit Common 4 3 3 Optional Serial Adapter Cable Telpar Part Number 800410 0015 For customers who wish to connect to the printer with the traditional 9 Pin D Sub Connector 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 26 k Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Telpar offers a Serial Adapter Cable as shown below This 3 72 long cable plugs into the J9 serial connector on the main circuit board and has enough length to exit the printer chassis as shown below for external connections to a cable The pinout for the D Sub connector is shown in the table below Serial Adapter Cable o eso 9 6 SERIAL 1 0 CONNECTOR DESS PC pinout 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 27 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual 2 mo fSeszreceweddsa s
51. list of available printers for selection Private Sub GetPrintersList Dim X As Printer ComboPrintersList Clear For Each X In Printers Add only MTP printers to list If InStr 1 X DeviceName MTP Then ComboPrintersList Addltem X DeviceName ComboPrintersList ListIndex ComboPrintersList ListCount 1 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 53 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Set Printer X End If Next X End Sub Menu File About message Private Sub mnuFileAbout Click Dim sMsg As String sMsg Telpar MTP 2200 Series Printer Language Monitor Demo amp vbCrLf amp 3 Version 2 1 amp vbCrLf amp vbCrLf amp This Demo requests printer status from the MTP 2200 Series amp vbCrLf amp _ Printers using the Telpar Printer Status Language Monitor MsgBox sMsg vbOKOnly End Sub Menu file exit Private Sub mnuFileExit Click End End Sub Check box for enabling printer selection Private Sub chkUsePrinterSelected Click If chkUsePrinterSelected Value vbChecked Then ComboPrintersList Enabled True Else ComboPrintersList Enabled False End If End Sub Command to retrieve printer status and update display Private Sub cmdRetrievePrinterStatus Click Call routine to retreive and display printer status ListStatus Addltem RetrievePrinterStatus Advance list index to latest data ListStatus ListIndex ListStatus ListCount 1 If ListStatus ListCount gt 100 Then ListStat
52. mitted Telpar assigns to Customer the benefits of any warranties provided to Telpar by the manufacturer s of the Product THE FOREGOING IS A LIMITED WARRANTY AND IT IS THE ONLY WARRANTY PROVIDED BY TELPAR TELPAR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ALL WARRANTIES OR INDEMNITIES FOR PATENT OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL TELPAR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS REVENUE DATA OR USE INCURRED BY CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTY WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT EVEN IF TELPAR OR ANY OTHER PERSONS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES TELPAR S LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES HEREUNDER FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY TELPAR FROM THE CUSTOMER FOR THE PRODUCTS TELPAR SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS DAMAGE OR EXPENSE OF ANY KIND CAUSED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT PROVIDED HEREUNDER Upon inspection Telpar will make necessary repairs or replacement and return the merchandise shipping prepaid 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 2 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Table of Contents T General e 5 121 Appleatlons uk u MA 5 1 2 Standard Featutes Lanseres
53. o complete the sequence Telpar does not fully support this command Please refer to US command which follows Underline ESC n 1B 2D n Bit 0 of n 0 turns underlining OFF Bit 0 of n 1 turns underlining ON Default is OFF Set Line feed pitch ESC 3 n 1B 33 n Set line spacing to n dot lines If the n specified is less than the height to print text using the currently selected character set then printing will cause enough paper feeds to print the entire line but a print command with no data in the buffer will cause paper to feed by this amount Default is 1 8 inch Printer reset ESC 1B 40 Initialize the printer See Section 4 2 2 3 for more details Set page length ESC C n 1B 43 n Set page length to n character lines using the current font Overwrites the page length defined by US C Set Horizontal Tab ESC D d1 dn 1B 44 data 0 Set from 1 to 32 tab positions in the current positions NUL character size Data values range from 1 to 255 in ascending order The NUL character 00 hex terminates this command if less than 32 tab settings are being set If a data value is less than the previous data value this command is terminated ESC D NUL clears all tab positions Default is every 8 columns Print after a tab starts in the column following the tab setting specified Forward paper feed ESC J n 1B 4A n Feed paper n dot lines If there is data in the for n dot lines buffer it is printed and paper is fed the difference
54. ocument has been successfully ejected or retracted from the presenter section after the document has been printed and cut To access the Presenter Sensor lift the presenter s top plate first see top photo The sensor face is located below the rectangular cutout as shown in the bottom photo The sensor surface can be cleaned by blowing pressurized air over the sensor face through the rectangular cutout in the plate surface 3 3 Paper Loading 23 1 Loading the Paper Roll into the Printer The Mini 8 thermal printer is configured to accept a drop in paper roll as shown below 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 10 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Load the roll of paper by placing the spindle inside the roll of paper and set the paper roll and spindle into the spindle slots on each of the paper holder brackets shown in top photo below The paper must feed into the print mechanism from the bottom of the roll thermal coated side up To load paper power the printer and feed the straight edge of the paper into the paper guide see top photo below NOTE The printer does not an ON OFF Switch Inserting paper will result in the automatic loading of paper once the leading edge of the paper covers the Paper Present Sensor in the mechanism Ensure that the paper is installed correctly and feeding properly with the thermal side facing up As part of the automatic paper loading process a short section of the
55. re clear of all packing materials or other foreign matter Paperis installed DO NOT OPERATE the printer without paper Refer to Section 3 3 Paper Loading for paper loading instructions 3 2 Printer Sensors The Mini 8 Thermal Printer uses infrared reflective sensors to detect when the paper roll is getting low when paper is present under the print head and when paper has entered the document presenter if your printer has the document presenter option These sensors should be periodically cleaned from dust and other debris which will accumulate on them over time Cleaning periodically will help prevent intermittent false triggering of the sensors which result in system downtime It is recommended that pressurized air be used to clean the sensor surfaces as shown below 2 2 1 Sensors on the Mini 8 Thermal Printer Paper Present Sensor The Mini 8 s Paper Present Sensor is located below the print head mechanism and its function is to detect if there is paper under the printer s thermal print head before it attempts to print To access the sensor pull back on the sliding lock mechanism on the print head s top plate as shown in the top photo to the left and rotate the print head assembly up The sensor will be located below the circular cutout in the bottom plate as shown below If there is no paper presently in the printer and paper is fed through the entry slot the printer will perform an auto feed operation If paper i
56. rol None Restore Defaults 3 Set Printer Switch 1 Position 1 to ON 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 46 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Iraq Set Position 1 on Dipswitch 1 to the ON position 4 Turnthe printer power on a The Printer LED s will be cycling a pattern b AMenu will appear in the HyperTerminal window Sa Hyper Terminal Og File Edit View Call Transfer Help 28 DE 4 Command q to quit JLinkSTR91X exe Download firmware 1 Use Hyperterm exe with settings 15200 N 8 1 2 Place board in Download Mode Set Switch 1 Position 1 to ON 3 Power On board Green LED will blink twice pause and repeat Main Menu is displayed on HyperTerminal window Press 1 to erase flash 5 Press 2 and use Send File Ymodem to download desired file to flash 6 Press 3 to verify flash 7 Place board in Execute Mode Set Switch 1 Position 1 to OFF 8 Press 4 to exit download and execute flash W l m H H H H H H H H H H H H HWH H H H H H m m W H H m H H H H 300800 Flash Main Menu l Erase Flash 2 Download Image To the STR91x Internal Flash 2 3 Verify Flash 3 4 Execute New Program 4 5 Program Info 5 lt l gt Connected 0 54 00 ANSI 11520
57. s already in the printer mechanism and the paper supply runs out the printer will indicate an out of paper status This sensor can be cleaned by blowing pressurized air over the sensor face through the circular cutout in the chassis 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 8 2 2 2 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual k Mini 8 s Document Presenter Sensor 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Mini 8 s Paper Low Sensor The Paper Low Sensor shown in both photos is mounted on the paper roll holder It detects when the paper roll is almost depleted Printer status feedback will indicate whether or not the sensor detects the roll as the roll s diameter decreases with use The sensor can be physically rotated within the slot in the chassis see bottom photo to allow the printer to sense within a small range of various end of roll diameters The sensor surface can be cleaned by blowing pressurized air over the sensor face through the hole in the roll side of the chassis see bottom photo Page 9 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Mini 8 DOCUMENT PRESENTER OPTION ONLY The Presenter Sensor location shown in both pictures detects when the leading edge of the paper has entered far enough into the presenter section to stop the presenter motor from turning and thereby preventing the paper from being ejected until the printer prints and cuts the document It also detects if the d
58. sensor is detected the current page length is reached or the printer runs out of paper Select character 1D 21 n Bits 7 6 5 4 for width Bits 3 2 1 0 for height size Can select 1 2 4 or 8 times normal size 1X size 1 2X size 2hex 4X size and 8X size Reverse video GS B n 1D 42 n Bit 0 of n 1 causes Reverse Video to be printed same as ESC RS Bit 0 of n 0 turns Reverse Video off same as ESC US HRI position GS H n 1D 48 n Select printing position for bar codes n 00 no printed any value other than 00 printed below the bar code Set left margin GS L nH nL um nH Sets the left margin to nH 256 nL dot positions from the left side of the print head Default 0 leftmost dot The value being set must be equal to or less than the right margin minus 80 dots If the margin is set to any invalid value this command is ignore Range 0 to Right Margin 80 Paper cut GS V n m 1D 56 n m If n 0 either 00hex or 30hex a full cut is performed and the m byte is not needed If n 1 either 01 or 31hex a partial cut is performed and the m byte is not needed If n is a capital A 41hex then paper is fed for m dot lines and then a full cut is performed If n is a capital B 42hex then paper is fed for m dot lines and then a partial cut is performed If a presenter is installed only full cuts are performed 2011 Telpar Inc
59. sfully loaded 2 Switch OFF power to the printer 3 Connecta serial cable between a Windows PC and J9 on controller board i ei mc 4 Start Windows based terminal program with settings at 115 200 N 8 1 NOTE If you using Windows 7 or higher you can usually find a downloadable version of HyperTerminal on the Internet that is free for personal use a Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt HyperTerminal b Name Configuration Select Comm Port d Configure port settings i 115 200 Baud ii 8 Data bits iii No Parity iv Flow Control None COM1 Properties 3 Bits per second 15207 v Databits 8 EJ Parity None a Stop bits 1 E Flow contrat None 5 Set Printer Switch 1 Position 8 to ON Set Position 8 on Dipswitch 1 to the ON position 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 44 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printe 6 Turnthe printer power on a b Menu will appear the HyperTerminal window r User Manual Printer LED s 1 green and LED 4 Red will be blinking and the beeper will sound beep every 2 seconds amp C1 HyperTerminal og File Edit View Cal Transfer Help D 2 Entering MTP 2XXX Config Mode MTP 2XXX Flash Config Menu ion 1 049 Aug 26 2011
60. ter Language Monitor is integrated into the Windows operating system components to communicate with the printer The Telpar Printer Language Monitor is comprised of a number of dynamic linked libraries and drivers which are installed during the printer driver installation A programmer can make use of the Printer Language Monitor to retrieve printer status with a simple routine available in the library TP2KMon dll The TP2Kmon dll library makes use of routines in the other libraries and drivers to retrieve printer and port information in the system The Telpar Language Monitor will retrieve printer status from any MTP 2xxx Series Thermal Printers which use an installed Telpar TLM Printer Driver for the particular model printer being used printer driver must be downloaded and installed first Existing versions of TLM drivers should be uninstalled before installing a different version of the TLM driver The Printer Language Monitor also provides legacy support for applications developed for use with the previous Telpar Printer Language Monitor Therefore applications do not have to be changed to work with the new language monitor Language Monitor Files The Telpar Language Monitor consists of the following files TP2KMon all TelparMonitor dll TelparPIO32 dll TelparlO sys The above files are included during the installation of any of the following printer driver options Notes drivers are based on the printer s model number TLM stands for T
61. thermistor applied energy control abnormal temperature detection Paper out Mark detect By reflective photo assembly 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 31 5 2 Character Sets Print Samples 2242 CHARACTER SET PC437 Standard U S A ESC t 00 0123456789ABCDEF 20 g x amp 30 0123456789 lt gt 40 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO 50 PQRSTUVWXYZ _ 60 abcdefghijklmno 70 pqrstuvwxyz i 80 Qu gee amp iilaA 90 ExkdodibyOler ns A0 802 14111152 co nr HH RI DO PP 5 FO t2sf i 0 vnhap Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual Code Page 437 Print sample MTP 2242 CHARACTER SET PC850 Multilingual ESC t 02 0123456789ABCDEF 20 Z amp 30 0123456789 lt gt 40 GABCDEFGHIJKLMNO 50 PORSTUVHXYZ R 60 abcdefghijklmno 70 pqrstuvuxyz i 80 Qu a c ddiil d 90 00020 A0 16 8028 4 AAG nes co Hy ERA 6DEEE 71 0 0 00 0 000 4_49 l32m 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 5 Code Page 850 Print sample Page 32 2242 CHARACTER SET Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual PC860 Portuguese ESC t O3hex 0123456789ABCDEF 20 amp 30 0123456789 lt gt 40 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO 50 PQRSTUVWXYZ _ 60 abcdefghijklmno 70
62. uffer R Real Time Status If enabled by US R n command DLE R and the 2 status bytes are transmitted immediately when the DLE R command is received by the printer U not atrue STATUS request When DLE U n1 n2 is processed out of the receive buffer the printer transmits DLE U n1 n2 back to the host The user can send DLE U n1 n2 anywhere within a document if he needs to know that the printer has processed the document up to that point First Status byte transmitted and MASK for DLE A command N Function condition Spar Spar Receive buffer is full Cutter Error Printer Busy Second Status byte transmitted and MASK for DLE command Type Function condition Spare Print head over temperature Receipt Taken Receipt Dropped ERROR Delivery Jam First Status byte transmitted and MASK for DLE A command Hue katte NENNEN 147 ERROR EE s _ _ Spare Sensor Paper Low Cutter Home Paper at Delivery Paper Out 4 2 2 2 Head Up Printer s response to a STATUS REQUEST command Set Print Mode ESC n 1B 21 n 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 21 4 2 2 3 4 2 2 4 Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual n is defined as Not used Not used 5 0 Double high print OFF 1 Double high print ON 4 0 Double wid
63. under this warranty does not extend the original warranty period of any Product This warranty shall not apply to any Product which has i been repaired or altered except by Telpar ii not been maintained in accordance with all of the operating or handling instructions supplied by Telpar or iii been subjected to misuse willful acts abuse tampering negligence or accident unusual physical or electrical stress as Telpar determines in its sole discretion Customer acknowledges that Telpar provides no warranty for any third party materials and Telpar is not responsible and will have no liability for any items or services provided to Customer by any person or entity other than Telpar Telpar s duty to perform under any warranty may be delayed at Telpar s sole option until Telpar has been paid in full for all Products purchased by Customer No such delay shall extend the warranty period To obtain assistance under this limited warranty Customer should contact the selling agency or write to Telpar Warranty Claims Department 187 Crosby Road Dover NH 03820 U S A Telephone 800 872 4886 or fax 603 742 9938 No person including without limitation any agent salesman dealer or distributor has the authority to act on behalf of Telpar to expand Telpar s obligation beyond the terms of this express warranty or to state that the performance of the Product is other than published by Telpar For Products not manufactured by Telpar to the extent per
64. us Removeltem 0 End If End Sub Check box button for enabling printer status polling timer Private Sub chkEnableStatusPolling Click If chkEnableStatusPolling Value vbChecked Then tmrPrinterStatusPoll Interval Val comboParallellnterval Text tmrPrinterStatusPoll Enabled True Else tmrPrinterStatusPoll Enabled False 2011 Telpar Inc Rev 201211029 Page 54 Telpar Inc Mini 8 Thermal Printer User Manual End If End Sub Status polling timer Private Sub tmrPrinterStatusPoll Timer Call routine to retreive and display printer status ListStatus Addltem RetrievePrinterStatus Advance list index to latest data ListStatus ListIndex ListStatus ListCount 1 If ListStatus ListCount gt 100 Then ListStatus Removeltem 0 End If End Sub Retrieve Printer Status Results via call to TP2KMON dll routine Public Function RetrievePrinterStatus As String Dim RetVal As Long Dim sMsg As String Dim sPrinter As String If chkUsePrinterSelected Value vbChecked Then Get Printer Name sPrinter ComboPrintersList Text If Len sPrinter gt 0 Then RetVal GetPrinterLMStatus sPrinter Else MsgBox Invalid Printer Selected vbCritical End If Else Use legacy Language Monitor routine RetVal MStatus End If Update status check boxes based on returned status and return status text string sMsg UpdateRealTimeStatusBits RetVal RetrievePrinterStatus sMsg End Function Update real tim

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