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1. OEM Options for the Printer The listed open frame power supplies are custom housing color design foil ONLY approved for factory connection in ac program versions and special character sets large EEPROM up to 32 KB e magnetic card reader three tracks simultaneously e SPI BUS extensions e g keyboard LC display paper rewinder external power supply operation with externally charged batteries cordance with UL60950 16 Service Documents for the System GPT 4454 MAXI MULDE All further documents are listed on the Internet at www oem printer com flash You can request the soft ware manual SOMAN E 485 English or D 484 german or directly from GeBE via email sales ef gebe net a Service GeBE Technical Support For service or questions please contact GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH Beethovenstr 15 82110 Germering Germany www oem printer com Phone 0049 0 89 894141 0 Fax 0049 0 89 8402168 gt Email sales ef gebe net Further Information Further information on the GEBE MAXI MULDE series is available at www oem printer com At this address you can also find a personal consultant you can turn to with your questions Or simply send an email to the GeBE sales team at sales ef gebe net For orders you can use this fax number 0049 0 89 894141 33 GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net e GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 22 Troublesho2. GPT 4454 MAXI MULDE RS232 Infrared USB Bluetooth Real Time Clock Magnetic Card Reader i GeBE Document No e SMAN E 510 V1 5 Intelligent Power Management E ors0e Robust Housing Printed 01 09 2009 German SMAN D 504 User Manual Activities at GEBE Printers GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH E Mail sales ef gebe net www gebe net Keyboards GeBE Computer amp Peripherie GmbH E Mail sales tastaturen com www tastaturen com Internet Applications www GeBE net The GeBE logo is a registered trademark of GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH All other brands named in this brochure are properties of the respective companies Errors and changes reserved The technical data given are non committal information and do not represent any assurance of certain features Our terms of payment and delivery apply Copyright 2009 GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH All rights reserved GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH Beethovenstr 15 82110 Germering Germany www gebe net Phone 49 0 89 894141 0 Fax 49 0 89 8402168 E Mail sales ef gebe net GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GP T 4454 2 Unpacking Safety Instructions Content 1 Safety Instructions 3 6 2 2 PIN Assignment at the 25pin SUB D of the 2 Description 4 Adapter 9 3 Packing List 4 6 2 3 Timing of the Parallel Interface 9 4 Installation 5 6 3 Infrared Interface
3. 100 active and can receive data without delay The po wer consumption in this mode is typ 5 mA Sleep Mode If a sleep time has been set via menu the printer will switch to the power down mode after the expiration of this time Any kind of data transfer even infrared activi ty on control lines connecting the charger or simply the pressing of the FEED ENTER button will reactivate the printer immediately without the loss of any settings Only the print buffer is erased The necessary activation and waiting for the apropriate ready message from the prin ter has to be accounted for in the printer drivers The po wer saving sleep mode can be turned on or off through the following functions settings menu e command from the host or from the batch file TINIT Power Off When the OFF NEXT button is held down for more than three seconds the printer is completely turned off It is turned on by pressing the FEED ENTER button or by connecting the charger Optionally the printer can be configured so that it can also be turned on through the RTS line 5 3 Charging the GPT 4454 The GPT 4454 has an intelligent charging circuit without current limitation The current limitation is ensured through the use of the included power supply The charging process is divided into three steps GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 Installation Power Management 7 l The inserted batt
4. A Wed ene So l1 1 116 iir 112 113 120 124i 122 122 124 125 126 127 125 123 1308 121 132 133 134 135 156 137 138 135 1408 1471 142 145 144 Ho HTS HTE HY HY HYSTA RYE r7r RTO RTE rF FEO RE 1 HSS HSE HE HES HSE HST RSS HSA HSA REE HSL HSO FEE HEF FA a 4 N of Toa 175 176 ivy tAE AF EQ E 1 SODESHENZ E f _ as yn 2 3 S46 S47 S42 S45 250 251 SES SEE 254 255 F HP AFS RFS RPA RPE BEC RPD HEE HEE Font Sizes of the Character Sets Optional Character Set Cyrillic COVSseno go Na ete ENS itie bea 4 e 2 1 Z amp I 4012345689 lt gt Optionally Available Character Sets IMABCDEF GHI JKLMNO The following character sets are available at this A time and can be programmed into the FLASH me P Q R S T U V W X Y Z L J _ mory of th p processor in exchange for other cha 6 racter sets Please send us your inquiry GeBE will gladly create other character sets on request eee ts viz Vert Chavacterstine nts 4 he ae m wes a dap aie al O em o ee el uT 6Ne JSsi ABBI AEX3UMK NMHON IPCTYPXUMWW bbl b GWA s ae da6BrAex3UMK AMHON GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 Accessories and Spare Parts Service 21 15 Accessories and Spare Parts Art No Art Name Description _ _ _ _ plug in power supply GNG 5V 5A AC open frame power supply 5V 5A GNG 24V 3A AC open frame power supply 24V 3 A
5. action in Windows driver CE Certification 23 18 CE Certification The failure free operation of the printer assessment criterion A is achieved when all printed information remains recognizable in case of a short term failure and the printer on the other hand automatically returns to its normal functional status afterwards The Declaration of Conformity is available on request In particular see Declaration of Conformity IEC 60950 ETS 300 328 2 ETS 301 489 1 and 17 FCC Rules Part 15 RSS 210 IrDA Transmitter ai in compliance with EN 60825 IEC 825 1 class 1 eye safety specifications DECLARATION OF COMFORMITY in compliance with EN45014 KONFORMITATSERKLARUNG in Ubereinstimmung mit EN45014 Supplier GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH Anbieter Address Beethovenstr 15 Anschrift 82110 Germering Germany Products begining with Serial Number 0509xxxx Produkte beginnend mit Seriennummer 0509xxxx GPT 4454 V 24 DC DC standatd and und 364 GPT 4454 Ir BT GPT 4454 USB The Products described above are in conformity with Die oben beschriebenen Produkte ist konform mit EMC Directive EMV Richtlinie csccscccsssssssscensenssene 89 336 EWG Information technology equipment Einrichtungen der Informationstechnik Radio disturbance characteristics ccsscseeeceeeneeeeeeees EN 55022 1998 Funkst reigenschaften Immunity CharacteristiCs ccccccc
6. the minimum time is 3 5 ps This value can be changed to other values through alternative placement of the RC filters Parallele Schnittstelle Daten Strobe Busy Ackn Tack Tha GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 10 6 3 Infrared Interfaces The following protocols can be used IrDA IR LPT printer service IR COMM 9 wire optional Also see www irda org e GeBE IR simple error proof bidirectional dot to dot IR protocol GeBE Doc No MAN D 394 All standard versions of the printer have the hardware for an IR transmitter receiver installed so the protocols GeBE IR and IrDA are available for all standard printers of the series GPT 4454 The internal IR tranceiver is installed directly below the red foil window 10 It is important to consider that inf rared transmission only works at sight The radiation angle is about 15 degrees The transfer distance to IrDA standard power devices is 1 0 meter Use of the Sleep Mode In the setting IrDA or GeBE IR the IR receiver will even stay active in the sleep mode so the device will not have to be swiched on explicitly for printing The po wer consumption of the printer is only about 25pA in this mode However the printer should still be turned off during long periods of inactivity GeBE IR Protocol The GeBE IR protocol is a simple error protected infra red protocol Data t
7. 110011 33 S 1 010100 14 l4 0 110100 34 IT 0 010101 15 5 1 110101 35 U 0 010110 16 6 1 110110 36 V 1 010111 17 7 O 110111 37 W 1 011000 18 8 1 111010 38 X 0 011001 19 9 O 111011 39 Y 0011010 1A 0 111000 3A Z 1011011 1B I 1 111001 3B 0011100 1C lt 1 111100 3C 1 011101 1D 0 111101 3D 0011110 1E gt O 111110 3E field O 011111 1F end 1 111111 3F 20 Character Sets 14 Character Sets The four character sets in the flash memory of a standard controller can be selected by command Other character sets on request The Euro character is located at 16 hex GeBE Standard Character Set Resembles IBM II Code Table 850 OOP teDo a AoretirS tti gt 1 4 1 4i 42 42 14 15 16 17 18 13 Z0 Fi FE FE HOR 04 HOF toS tod HOE HAE HOT HOE HOT HOR OE HAE HOT HO HAE 10 11 HIE HIE pia HIE ATE HTS way 1 UES YL amp e 0123456 789 a S11 Se a ga qi t 4353 808 61 Se O 5 amp 4 66 E64 10 HIE 1F e0 HE HES HES EAa Ec tE PETEN HES HOA HEE HEC HED HEE HEF 20 21 HES HES HE4 HES HEE HET HSS 253 A CNBCDEFGHIJKCMNOPARSTUV E eG q pi Pe g Ee A HEE C 20 WXYZ REE abcdefgh ijk 7 3 0 31 52 35 34 56 a3 ae igi ige HE 10g 195 106 187 192 183 11 1117121412114 115 HET HEE HES HOR HEE 22 HED HEE SF HED HE 1 HEE HES HED HES HEE HET HEE HES HER HEE HEC HED HEE HEF TO HT 1 HYTE HTS l f Pa h i J He i dh m A EE l
8. EEPROM The TMenu can only be changed through this menu Structure of the TMenu lt ESC gt Y lt 18h gt density lt ESC gt lt DEZ104 gt lt DEZ48 gt power consumption lt ESC gt lt DEZ115 gt lt DEZ40 baud rate settings lt ESC gt e lt DEZ5 gt lt DEZ2 gt power down time lt ESC gt P1 font lt ESC gt DO text orientation lt ESC gt WO0O lt ESC gt HO text size lt ESC gt S0 text spacing lt ESC gt h104 print width TINIT The TINIT is always processed subsequent to the TMenu In the TINIT other presets that were not incor porated in the menu can be executed It also allows settings to be blocked in the menu by repeating them here The following TINIT file is an example of a file that can be modified by the user It is available for downloading from the Internet at the URL www oem printer com flash The file will erase the TINIT while printing out all acti ons in italics at the same time Any commands can be entered in der TINIT D Erase Tinit lt ESC gt uUERAS Special Number S Status 24nov03 Programm Tinit mwithGE xxxx If a command of the TMenu is repeated in the TINIT this value can no longer be changed through the menu Comments lt ESC gt s PROG lt 00h gt lt 11h gt lt ESC gt r1 lt 28h gt lt 3Ch gt lt 01h gt lt 12h gt charging parame ters lt A9h gt lt 01h gt lt 3Ch gt lt 01h gt lt 40h gt lt 19h gt lt 01h gt lt 85h gt lt 0Ah gt lt 8Ch gt All p
9. e g down mitter shows no reaction to handshake to 1 200 baud The printer prints the wrong Interface problem The transmission is faulty Use correct interface level RS232 TTL characters Characters of the upper area are printed The transmission cable may be too long Wrong data format was set is printed of Select the correct baud rate through the menu Check data for ten mat Exteral power supply Check and improve ground connection Bad ground connection that causes a part of Feed current through short thick lines the printing current to flow through the inter face cable This leads to an increase in po tential there which results in data corruption Host sends a break signal after print job only Turn off framing error 2 are printed IrDA The printer prints extremely Host ignores turn around time specified by Select lower baud rate slow when high baud rates are the printer selected Bluetooth The printer cannot be found in Possible undervoltage at the BT transmitter Restart transmitter the BT network or the printer Turn off printer and wait for app 5 seconds Switch printer back on and wait for about 10 seconds Then search again USB The printout stops after a short Wrong COM port settings or job end action Set virtual COM port according to installation instructions De time or is repeated constantly activated in Windows driver activate job end
10. used also see Infrared Interfa ces Pin Assingment of the Serial Interface RS232 at Connector 11 Plug in connector at the printer 5pin gt gt gt serial cable The second end has a 9 pin SUB D socket The assignment is 1 1 matching the COM interface of the PC Input Comment Pin Assignment Output GKA 406 D sue 9Pin GND error messages and Xon Xoff messages aaa handshake input of the controller standard reactivation function Lo supply for external adapters supply for external adapters If the level is logic true the controller is able to receive data Timing of the serial RS232 The preset timing by default can be seen in the diagram For the printers with EEPROM the data format can be set via settings menu Achtung die Standard Konfiguration hat 1 Stopbit e 9600 baud Achtung die Standard Konfiguration hat kein Parity Bit 41 8 data bits 4 Mark en ELET e 1 stop bit 0 Space e TX line on Standard Data Format lt l _ 1 Zeichen Signallage Pegel TTL Schnittstelle Mark 5V TTL Pegel O Space OV TTL Pegel 1 Start 8 Data 1 Parity 1 Stop 7 Selectable Data Formats e 1 200 2 400 4 800 9 600 19 200 38 400 57 600 115 200Bd 7 8 data bits e odd even non parity bit e 1 2 stop bits TX line switched ON OFF Pegel V 24 RS 232 Schnittstelle Pin Signa no Sommer Pin Assignment Serial 1 TX
11. DA Data Specification Complies with IrDA V1 0 Standard Power SIR Se a ee min a Radiation input Min input radiation intensit Peak wave length is Safety o Safet Range IrDA interface parameters GeBE IR interface parameters nm ee Complies with IEC 825 1 class 1 EN 60825 eye safety specifica D m IrDA automatic setting in accordance with IrDA 9 600 38 400 57 600 or 115 200 Baud GeBE IR protocoll 9 600 38 400 57 600 or 115 200 Baud 8 data bits non parity 1 stop bit GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 Interfaces USB Interface 11 6 4 USB Interface USB printer class The USB device class is Printer Class When plugged in the PC will report USB printer sup port and install a USB001 USB port Either the standard printer driver of the system78 or the port monitor can be used During installation of the printer driver it can be easily guided onto the USB port Ligenschaften von Flash 1 2 13 Allgemein Freigabe Anschlusse Erweitert Gerateeinstellungen S Flash 1 2 13 Auf folgenden 4nschlussen drucken Die Dokumente werden aut dem ersten freien und markierten Anschluss gedruckt Anschluss Beschreibung Drucker LJ comt Seneller Anschluss LJ COME Seneller Anschluss LJ coms Seneller Anschluss LI FILE Ausgabe in Datei umleter USBOO1 Virtual printer port for USB Flash 1 2 13 O Microso Local Par
12. D_A serial data print data RS 422 485 J 20 2 TXD_B serial data print data The connector for the RS232 3 RXD_A O serial data for error messages Xon Xoff messages interface is a 6 pin Weidmuller 4 RXD_B O serial data for error messages Xon Xoff messages Minimate plug in connector 5 RESET in reset 6 GND signal GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 Interfaces Parallel Interface 9 6 2 Parallel Interface 6 2 1 Centronics Adapter with SUB D 25 Pin Connector The GKA 407 connects the adapter with the printer to J5 The GKA 302 establishes a 1 1 connection from the adapter to the parallel port of a PC The peripheral devices that are connected to the interfaces and the DC circuits of this printer have to meet the requirements for extra low safety voltage SELV with limited power in ac Attention cordance with EN IEC 60950 6 2 2 PIN Assignment at the 25pin SUB D Connector of the Adapter npuvOutput taking over data DBO 7 with the rising edge Strobe DBO DB1 DB2 DB3 DB4 DB5 DB6 DB7 10 Acknowledge 11 BUSY 12 Paper End 13 Select 14 Auto Line Feed 15 Fault 16 Input Prime 17 Select in 1 2 3 4 5 7 see error messages used to trigger a RESET used for reactivation O gt a rA N O1 Q Z O 2 a y 6 2 3 Timing of the Parallel Interface Busy Setup 0 5 a Thold Data hold 0 5 For open collector control
13. In this mode the printer scans its environment for possible calls every 1 25 seconds During these in quiry scans it remains visible and responsive It will then take about 2 3 seconds to establish a connection If the printer is addressed directly with its Bluetooth address while in sniff mode the connection is establis hed within milliseconds The power consumption in this mode is about 1 5 mA When the printer is reactivated through the feed button the BT tranceiver will remain in sniff mode The power consumption in this mode is about 7 mA After the set time period the printer will go back into sleep mode We recommend to set the sleep time to 1 minute A Attention If the printer is not going to be used for several days it should be turned off with the OFF NEXT button When it is turned back on it will take at least 10 seconds be fore the printer is ready and can receive data The printer will not require any kind of authentification from the master If your transmitter still requires a PIN number type in 0000 Please always set the printer to 115 200 n 8 1 Drivers Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP and WinCE NET 4 2 You can find drivers on our Internet page www oem printer com Pocket PC Drivers are available at www fieldsoftware com or www bachmannsoftware com PALM OS SYMBIAN Series 60 Drivers are available at www bachmannsoftware com This printer contains a 2 4 GHz radio transmitter For healt
14. The device may only be opened or repaired by autho rized personal Never open the device or carry out re pairs yourself Always contact an authorized technical servicer You can find all necessary service information in the chapter Service and Maintenance e Before the device is turned on make sure that the system voltage of your installation matches the supply voltage of the device The device characteristics are printed on the name plate and in the technical data The name plate is located on the underside of the device For the technical data of the device refer to the chapter Technical Data e The peripheral devices that are connected to the in terfaces and the DC circuits of this device have to meet the requirements for extra low safety voltage SELV with limited power in accordance with EN IEC 60950 e Make sure that the printer is protected agains over voltage in accordance with EN IEC 60950t e Switching off the device does not completely discon nect it from the power supply Your device is only dis connected completely when the power plug is unplug ged e Please make sure that the power supply cable is run in a way that nobody trips over it and it cannot be da maged by other devices e During operation surfaces in the surrounding area of the print head may heat up Therefore direct contact with the print head must be avoided to prevent burning accidents Do not put heat sensitive objects close to this he
15. age to the printer Inserting the Paper Roll 1 amp 2 Unwind a few cm of paper from the roll Keep the layers wound tightly and open the printer cover by slightly pressing the LEVER in the cover upwards The cover is now easy to open 3 Insert the paper roll in the paper storage so the out side shows toward the printer mechanism 4 Close the cover by applying strong pressure You can hear it snap shut Now you can rip off paper at the tear bar without the cover opening up or the paper sli ding through the print head Which Thermal Paper is Suitable The printer is specified for a paper width of 113 5 0 5 mm diameter of 60 mm paper thickness of 75 g sqm GeBE is offering suitable paper rolls GPR T01 114 060 025 060A quality 5 years as part of the stan dard program Other papers may cause failures Which side of the thermal paper can be printed on On the paper roll the printable side is the outside in almost all csses See Troubleshooting and Re covery on page 22 Other Types of Paper Offered by GeBE High Temperature Paper begins to blacken at about 100 C standard app 70 C making it ideal for applications like parking re ceipts 2 Two Ply Paper produces a copy of the first layer with the second layer Optionally the first layer can be rewound Adhesive Labels are connected with each other through perforation A mark for correct positioning is located beween the la bels This i
16. at source e Avoid constant high humidity and condensation Pro tect the device from being splashed and from getting in contact with chemicals e Only use spare parts and accessories supplied or authorized by GeBE The use of unauthorized parts or accessories may considerably affect the function and safety of the device All parts included are listed in the chapter Packing List while the original accessories are listed in the chapter Parts and Accessories Safe operation of this device is only warranteed if the instructions in this operating manual have been For installation Always disconnect system power supplies Only use manufacturer s parts and accessories It is no longer possible to safely operate the device if the housing has been damaged due to mechanical overload moisture reached the inside of the device smoke is coming from the inside of the device the power supply cord is damaged the device stopped working properly Turn off the device immediately when such a failure occurs and contact GeBE customer service See chapter Service and Maintenance e We explicitly state that all product liability and guaratee claims are null and void if the device has not been used in accordance with the instructions in this operating ma nual or on the device itself or if it has been used inappro priately e Risk of explosion in case of incorrect battery exchange Laser Klasse I e The printer version
17. ck 2 and 3 for Eurocheque Track 2 for access control Track 3 for time recording Numeric Characters Track 2 and 3 P 3210 corresp meaning 1 0000 0 o 0001 1 0 0010 2 1 0011 3 O 0100 4 1 0101 5 1 0110 6 O 0111 7 0 1000 8 1 1001 9 1 1010 control O 1011 start sentinel 1 1100 lt control O 1101 field seperator O 1110 control 1 1111 end sentinel ECCard J o Position Content _ _ _ S AR 21 22 23 24 3 18 4 12 Ol 4 23 7 40 1 1 62 3 64 like EC card identification 0059 S card 4 like EC card AJU aoo m Position N i Content 1 ALPHA Character Track 1 P 5438210 hex hex 1 000000 00 space 0 100000 20 O 000001 01 1 100001 21 A 0 000010 02 1 100010 22 B 1 000011 03 O 100011 23 C O 000100 04 1 100100 24 D 1 000101 05 start 0 100101 25 E 1 000110 06 amp O 100110 26 F O 000111 O7 1 100111 27 G 0 001000 08 0101010 28 H 1 001001 09 1 101011 29 I 1 001010 OA 1 101000 2A J 0 001011 OB 0 101001 2B K 1 001100 OC O 101100 2C L O 001101 OD 1 101101 2D M 0 001110 OE 1 101110 2E N 1 001111 OF V7 0 101111 2F O 0 010000 10 0 1 110000 30 P 1 010001 11 l1 O 110001 31 Q 1 010010 12 2 O 110010 32 R 0 010011 13 3 1
18. ck on off flash frequency through the fast S app 0 66Hz serial inter medium M app 0 33Hz slow L app 0 16Hz Satis LED lt ration level on status lines only or SR e for err a initialization message lt Ee TM also after hardware software and watchdog resets si after hardware software and also after hardware software and watchdog resets si resets buffer buffer emptied by 32 characters lt DC1 gt 11 by 32 characters lt DC1 gt buffer emptied by 32 characters lt DC1 gt 11 green buffer full full X XOFF space for 22 more characters in buffer lt DC3 gt 13 for 22 more characters in buffer lt DC3 gt space for 22 more characters in buffer lt DC3 gt 13 E m feedback EE penerang pene aoa _ eoorrrr processing of sunchronizing commands each transmitted character processing of sunchronizing commands each transmitted character commands each transmitted character formatting el Lae Wow E er trickle charge A ae error errors start Sr Les Z L chargestat I end of charge sd start end a o charge L5 L ohargestart I endofoharge start end L ohargestart I endofoharge charge P F chargestart fi endofcharge start F chargestart fi endofcharge end of charge anerend After paper has been inserted the printer waits for about 1sec before printing pap in order to allow for en
19. cordance with the latest technology providing for the most optimal and safest operation Please read this manu al carefully before operating the product for the first time and keep it available in order to reference it when nee ded If you have any further questions please contact our staff You can find all necessary phone numbers and email addresses in the chapter Service and Maintenance Symbols and Their Meaning Carefully read all safety instructions marked with a A as well as all important information marked with a Safety instructions A affect your personal safety and must be observed at all times It is esential to forward these instructions to all other personal using this device Important information gt refers to equipment safety The adherence of all instructions as well as the appropriate application and use in accordance with the operating instructions are binding for product liability and product warranty Attempts by the customer to repair the device will make all warranty claims null and void For technical questions please contact GeBE Technical Support Instructions marked with a require consultation with GeBE Technical Support Tips are marked with a and will help you to utilize your printer to its fullest Documents or Internet links are marked with a referring to more detailed or additional information Safety Instructions 3 1 Safety Instructions A complied with Attention e
20. damaged Make sure to remove all parts from the packaging Claims for damages caused during transport can only be asser ted if the carrier is informed without delay Please prepare a survey report and send it back to the supplier along with the damaged part Standard Versions of the Thermal Printers The OEM printers of the MAXI MULDE series do not include any accessories Please order accessories separately according to the table in the chapter Parts and Accessories on page 21 GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net e GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 Possible Configurations Installation 5 Possible Configurations of the GPT 4454 Printer Series for OEM Functions Interfaces Opti ons an o Before initial operation please make yourself familiar with the chapter Safety Instructions The characteristics of your system voltage must must match the characteristics of your device The GPT 4454 series is equip ped with controller board GCT 4482 various options available fixed voltage 10 18 V fixed voltage 18 36 V fixed voltage 4 5 8 5 V battery pack 5x NiMH Li ION battery battery charged with GeBE power number of buttons IR communications LED OPD settings menu batch files TINIT LOGO s clock with timer function RS422 485 GeBE IR Protocol Bluetooth paper rewinder extended SPI Bus co X O o A Lu Lu DUO LEDs Centronics Option Attention 4 Installation 4 1 I
21. eccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesaaeeeeeees EN 55024 2003 Stdrfestigkeitseigenschaften Low Voltage Directive Niederspannungsrichtlinie 73 23 EWG Information technology equipment Saftey ee EN 60950 1 2001 Einrichtungen der Informationstechnik Sicherheit Germering the 08 22 2005 den 22 08 2005 Wor Klaus Baldig Head of R amp D Leiter der Entwicklung GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH GKV 027 1 NO aS Print procedure Paper print width diameter thickness Resolution Print Speed Layout options Character sets cpl Bar code 19 Technical Data ee Print procedure Paper ney cancers Resolution Ooo o Print Speed oOo o Character sets epl Barcode RS232 TTL interface parameters Infrared interfaces interface parameters Magnet card reader option Batch files Data compression Supply voltage Supply voltage DC DC Rechargeable batteries Charger for GPT 4454 Max current during printing Standard current consumption Current consumption BT O D amp urrent consumption USB Environment MTBF Dimensions in mm Housing Standards printer parity handshake hardware and XON XOFF GeBE IR protocol 9 600 38 400 57 600 or 115 200 baud 8 data bits non parity 1 stop bit IrDA automatic setting acc to IrDA 9 600 38 400 57 600 or 115200 baud Technical Data gt Mechanical Dimensions GPT 4454 completely fixed thermal print line th
22. er on paper specified by GeBE 119 mm x 68 mm x 143 mm app 500 g incl paper roll PA6 with 15 glass fiber similar to RAL 7015 see declaration of conformity h co O D O S 3 5 O O 5 7 i 150 80 8 Sy PY 7 max 4
23. eries require at least 3 com D plete charging and discharging cycles in order to reach their maximum capacity Incomplete charging and discharging cycles during opera ting will reduce the life of the battery Formatting Charge If the battery is overdischarged a formatting charge with a low voltage is started to avoid damage to the battery The formatting charge is not displayed on the outside The formatting process can take from 1 to 15 minutes depending on the state of the battery Fast Charge As soon as the battery voltage exceeds the operating voltage of the printer the printer starts the fast char ge This is indicated by a slow flashing of the STA TUS LED and by a message through the interface The charging process takes about four hours for empty batteries Trickle Charge As soon as one of the stop criteria has ben reached the printer will switch to the trickle charge In this mode a permanent formatting current is flowing In addition the fast charge is activated every eight mi nutes for 20 seconds This is indicated by permanent glowing of the STATUS LED and by a message through the interface 5 3 1 How to Handle Batteries The capacity of a battery gradually decreases due to usage tough environmental conditions aging and lack of maintenance Just like any other battery technology NI MH batte ries require some care in order to achieve the maxi mum life and to preserve the power as long as pos sib
24. ermal paper 113 5 0 5 mm 104 mm max 150 mm app 45 m at 60 g sqm 60 80 g sqm 8 dots mm 203 dpi 832 dots print line up to 50 mm s 16 lines s line 3 mm i e 24 lines high text graphics text data mode bar code gray on white inverted white on black characters spread in height and width 52 69 92 and 118 to select via control command or menu code 39 2 of 5 int EAN13 EAN8 serial RS232 option TTL baud rates 1 200 2 400 4 800 9 600 19 200 38 400 57 600 115 200 DC DC version no 1 200 bps dat bits 7 8 stop bits 1 2 non odd even magnetic card reader IS03554 3 tracks Text and gaphics logo printing presetting of parameters through menu PCL factor app 3 1 for graphic commands PC compatible Windows driver 4 5 8 5VDC through Molex 5 pin connector 10 18 or 18 36 VDC 8 40 VDC max short term lt 1 sec through Phoenix connector battery pack 5x NiMH cells 1 600 mAh option for OEM Li lon battery uncontrolled plug in power supply 7 5V 900 mA Can be limited to max 0 7A 6A by command adjustment to operating voltage online idle mode typ 5 mA sleep mode typ 25 uA power off mode lt 1 yA online idle mode typ 30 mA sleep mode typ 1 5 mA power off mode lt 1 yA online idle mode typ 10 mA sleep mode typ 25 uA power off mode lt 1 yA 0 C to 50 C 10 C to 60 C with GeBE HQ paper 10 to 80 rel humidity no moisture condensation 50 km printed pap
25. h reasons a distance of at least 1 0 cm must be kept between the printer surface and the body of the user except for hands feet and joints As a precausion any body contact during operation should be kept to a minimum mi po factive connection datarate 115 kbps po factive connection no data transmission ite S po printer active BT sniff mode O y y yO a CE statement The BlueRS I complies with the European safety regulations IEC 60950 and EMV regulations ETS 300 328 2 and ETS 301 489 1 and 17 FCC statement The printer contains a BlueRS I OEM serial adapter with the FCCID RFR BRSI IC 4957A BRSI The BlueRS I complies with part 15 of the FCC rules and with RSS 210 of Industry Canada The BlueRS I has been qualified as a product in accordance with the Bluetooth Qualification Program BQP GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net e GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 Operation 13 7 Operation The closed printer is protected against static dis charges in accordance with the EMV guidelines Since the user may come in contact with parts that are electrically sensitive when the printer is open like the print head during cleaning or the electronics during a battery exchange the user should make sure that all possible static charges are discharged through sufficient grounding of the body before touching the printer e g by touching grounded objects like radiators in order to safely avoid dam
26. it PRINTER SETUP Press ENTER to modify Press NEXT to store and continue Press NEXT ENTER to save and exit Density 25 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 90 2ply Speed Quality med 104 low low 32 low low 64 low med 104 high med 104 med med 104 low high 144 low Interface RS232 USB Blue RS232 USB Blue IrDA GeEBE IR GEBE COM Baud rate 115 200 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 COM parameter n 8 Tx n 7 Tx 0 7 Tx e 7 Tx n 8 Tx 0 8 Tx e 8 Tx n 7 x 0 7 Tx e 7 Tx n 8 Tx 0 8 Tx e 8 Tx Sleep Time 1 min OFF 5 sec 30 sec 1 min 10 min 1h 12h 32h Font 1 1 2 3 4 Text orientat Text mode D0 Text mode DO Data mode D1 Char size W0 HO WO0 HO W0 H1 WO0 H2 WO0 H3 W1 HO W1 H1 W1 H2 W1 H3 Char spacing 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Print width 104 mm 104 mm 88 mm Return to default settings Press ENTER to change Press NEXT to skip Press NEXT ENTER to save and exit GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 16 A Guide Through the OPD Menue ONLY when clock is included or connected 17 03 03 17 33 Change date time Press ENTER to change Press NEXT to skip Press NEXT ENTER to save and exit RTC SETUP Press ENTER to modify Press NEXT to store and continue Press NEXT ENTER to save and exit 00 49 Year 03 01 12 Month 11 01 31 Date 14 01 07 Day 7 00 23 Hou
27. le Without this care the cells will quickly become highly resistive with their capacity noticeably decrea sing In high current applications like thermal printers Ni MH batteries reach about 500 charging cycles ma ximum However the available energy starts to dis tinctly diminish from about 200 300 cycles The Correct Handling of a Ni MH Battery Charging NI MH batteries are extremely sensitive to any kind of over charging A trickle charge should only be applied if at all with very small currents and for short periods of time For technical reasons the printer needs to be sup pied with a very small charging current at all times Therefore it is recommended to disconnect the prin ter from the printer as soon as possible after the charging process was completed Never charge bat teries outside the temperature range of 10 to 25 C Overdischarged Batteries The printer will initially format overdischarged batte ries with a small charging current For very strong di scharges this process can take up to 30 minutes This status will not be indicated by the printer At the begin ning of the fast charge the printer will flash 1 1 For overdischarged batteries an effect develops at the be ginning of the fast charge phase that is similar to the turning off criteria of a full battery For this reason it may come to an early shutdown in rare cases There fore we recommend to check for overdischarged batte ries after abou
28. lso an issue Feed Enter 5 Through this button the printer can be reactivated from sleep mode and the paper can be transported forward When the feed button is pressed the printer will first feed one line of the set font If the button is held down for more than two seconds it will feed continuously Self Test By starting a self test printout the printer functions can be tested For this purpose the FEED button 5 has to be held down for at least three seconds when it is pressed to reactivate the printer from power OFF The interfaces are not tested Software version and character set are printed out For OEM special printouts can be activated during the self test OFF NEXT Button 3 By holding down the OFF NEXT button for more than three seconds during operation the processing of batch file T2 is initiated In the p p flash the command for power off after one second is filed in batch file T2 This way this button is programmed as OFF button for the printer controller with power off mode SET Button Currently without function Button FEED ENTER Button OFF NEXT not pressed paper feed by one line pressed gt 2s not pressed continous paper feed pressed during power on lt 1s not pressed reactivation no paper feed pressed during power on not pressed call TO self test paper inserted gt 2s pressed during power on not pressed call hexdump mode no paper gt 2s pressed in hexdunp mode not pressed end of hexd
29. nstallation in a Front Panel The printer GPT 4454 can be installed with two screws in an easily done front panel cut out of with a thickness of up to 4 mm The contact surface is flat The edge of the housing juts out by 1 mm covering the space between the housing wall and the panel and the plastic housing The plastic housing is pushed into the cut out from the outside Then it can be easily mounted to two mounting plates The two 2 8 mm holes allow the use of M 2 5 screws 4 2 Partial Installation in Plastic Housing As shown in the picture on the left the printer housing can also be installed yer at the edge of a casing This installation variation has the part of the printer ere housing that contains the paper roll extending beyond the unit casing This saves room in the device casing for the installation of other components To facilitate installation in different casing shapes the outer wall of the pa per storage was left smooth below the bearing collar The housing can pro ject about 19 mm from the casing edge since about half of the paper stora hi ge can be used right up to the slanting slot for inserting the mounting pla eee N te 6 Connection Installation 5 Connection Installation During installation Always disconnect the power Attention 5 1 Power Supply The printer can either be supplied with a fixed voltage from a power supply or from a battery During installation and operation
30. oting and Recovery 17 Troubleshooting and Recovery Not every failure means that there is an error that cannot be cleared by the user himself You will save time and mo ney by recognizing and fixing simple errors on your own The following tips are meant to help you with this Hardware RESET Triggered by holding down the OFF NEXT button for more than three seconds This will set the printer according to the TINIT located in the batch file Test printout Triggered by holding down the FEED button for more than three seconds after reactivating the prin ter from power OF F turning off with the OFF NEXT button Hexdump mode Triggered by holding down the FEED button for more than three seconds after reactivating the printer from power OFF if no paper is inserted After the paper has been inserted the printer will print the data it re ceives as hex numbers with the appropriate ASCII code without interpreting the data This shows which information the printer reads from the incoming data In order to leave the HEXdump mode the FEED button has to be held down for at least three seconds while the paper is removed After it leaves the HEXdump mode the printer will pro cess the TINIT for reinitialization evneom iri Power Supply The printer seems to be prin Paper Wrong side toward print head Only Insert paper correctly The thermosensitive side should be tur ting Paper is transported but is one side of the paper can be
31. ough timefor the mechanism to be closed temp high print head temperature too high parity error aes ceo eof E parity or framing error no interruption of printing EEPROM command completed without errors EE invalid EW invalid text file no reen EE password pE j wrong password for EEPROM access EE overflow mE 4 text file memory overflow EE time out E programming time for EEPROM byte exceeded E eee E a GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 18 Batch Files 12 Batch Files Almost all commands that the printer can receive through the interfaces and then performs can be ente red in the batch files When a batch file is processed the commands it contains are added to the data stream of the print program sequentially as if they were coming through the interface from outside This way all settings that can be done by command can be processed via batch file Besides settings commands batch files can also contain text and graphics The file structure consists of one TMenu and a TINIT which are both processed with each system boot up as well as 10 files that can be used freely and can be retrieved by command Some of these files can be addressed through additional events If the controller has an EEPROM it contains a file structure that is identical to that of the program memory flash When a file is retrieved the printer will check if it con tains data in
32. pped with a battery charging circuit for 5 NiMH cells or 2 Li lon cells Charging will take about 4 hours Intelligent power management increases the operatio nal readiness The printer can switch to a sleep mode 15 9 13 11 12 Parts and Functions of the Printer that will still allow it to receive data In sleep mode the power consumption can be lower at times than opening lever for paper supply lid LEVER paper supply lid the self discharge of the battery button OFF NEXT button SET currently without function The alarm timer of the optional real time clock of the button FEED ENTER MAXI MULDE wakes up the printer at the program med time to perform a previously defined action The GPT 4454 is also available with a 3 track mag LED STATUS green red LED communication red Window for IR transmitter receiver OOnNDOOAaRWND sleep jumper of DC DC version 10 power supply 10 18 18 36V Phoenix connector 11 serial interface RS232 3 different types 12 power supply 4 5 8 5 VDC or battery plug connection 13 connector for charger 14 SPI Bus connector 15 USB connector 16 rewinder 17 IrdA external transmitter receiver netic card reader and or a paper rewinder applies to te whole document features depending on the printer version GPT 4454 3 Packing List Please check during the unpacking process if all parts have been delivered completely and un
33. printed on ned to the outside of the roll most of the time Try the finger not blackened nail test Drag the tip of a finger nail across the paper pressing down The friction heat causes the thermosensitive side to bla cken Printer cannot be activated by No power Check power supply Charge batterie pressing the FEED button Rechargeable battery not charged The green LED should light up no later than after one minute Batteries not inserted empty At the beginning of printing the The power supply is not optimal External power supply Use power supply with sufficient di LED goes out just briefly mension and short feed lines Check all connections for possib The printer only prints a few Battery not charged le transfer resistances Since high peak currents occur with dots in one line thermal printers even the smallest transfer resistances can re sult in intolerable voltage drops In this case no power supply self test does not Cross section of the power feeding lines too The printer only prints a few small current output of the power supply too characters in one line If more low is entered it stops printing completely Serial Interface After a few characters the prin The printer buffer is over run 256 bytes Us or check handshake software Xon Xoff or hardware tout starts to be incomplete causing a loss of data The print data trans CTS If necessary slow down transmission speed
34. r 13 00 59 Minute 33 1 00 00 ON Change alarm Press ENTER to change Press NEXT to skip Press NEXT ENTER to save and exit ALARM SETUP Press ENTER to modify Press NEXT to store and continue Press NEXT ENTER to save and exit 01 07 Day 7 means periodic operation e g if is selected for day the alarm is called every day at the set time 00 23 Hour 13 00 59 Minute 33 ON OFF Mode OFF 10 Jumper for Power Down Mode Setting power down determines together with R37 or Br9 if idle standard plugged in idle mode in mode mode sleep mode or power off mode is connection with R37 power off used mode without R37 or Br9 open sleep mode Status Messages Through LEDs 17 11 Status Messages Through LEDs LED STATUS green 6 The STATUS LED will flash when everything is in order It will flash red in case of a failure During fast charging the green STATUS LED will flash while it permanently glows during trickle charge LED IR Communication red 7 During data transmission this LED will glow red under the IR window Status Messages of the Printer Through the Interfaces Besides the optical status messages displayed by the three LEDs on the control panel of the printer messages are also transmitted through the serial interface Most of the time they are sent as single ASCII characters that can be analyzed by the host Status Serial Inter messages tace Comments feedba
35. ransmission is processed in CRC protected blocks With each transmission confirmation the printer status is sent back to the host The implementation is very easy to realize The protocol is disclosed IrDA Protocol The printer works with the protocol service IrLPT In this service the printer will not send back any messages A bidirectional service IrCOMM 9 wire is available on request In the menu setting the selected baud rate represents the maximum baud rate If 57 600 baud is selected for Interfaces Infrared Interfaces example the printer will start to Communicate with 9 600 baud and then switch up to 57 600 or 38 400 baud depending on the transmitter The maximum baud rate of 115 200 should only be re duced if transmission errors occur When an infrared transmission is interrupted the printer will look for the transmitting master device for about 20 seconds in order to complete the transmission After that the stack is reset and new inquiries are answered irCcomm Services ee Uncooked Services n 3 wire Raw Cooked Services a Centronics 3 wire IEEE 1284 9 wire IrLPT Driver Ly ee ZS Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP and WinCE NET 4 2 You can find drivers on our Internet page www oem printer com Pocket PC drivers are available at www fieldsoftware com or www bachmannsoftware com PALM OS SYMBIAN Series 60 Drivers are available at www bachmannsoftware com Ir
36. rogrammed GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 Option Magnetic Card Reader 19 13 Option Magnetic Card Reader The magnetic card reader GPT 4454 can be used for magnetic cards of the type ISO 3554 It reads up to 3 tracks simultaneously The permissible swiping speed is 10 100 cm s The recording density and the number of bits per cha racter differ from one track to the next in accordance with ISO 3554 They determine the maximum number of characters including start and stop characters that can be recorded on each track track bpi bit character In accordance with the norm track 1 and 2 are only read during operation while track 3 is also used for re cording Operation After the swiping of the card the LED lights up for about 2 seconds if the card was read correctly If an error occured the LED will flash rapidly 3 times While the LED is on another reading process is not possible After the LED has gone out the internal buffers are getting ready for a new reading process waiting for a new card to be swiped The printer puts out the card data for each track with a header The data set is concluded with a check sum The card data per track contain the number of data on this track status byte type of error if available data A detailed description can be found in the software ma nual Applications Track 1 and 2 for credit cards Tra
37. s 10 4 1 Installation in a Front Panel 5 6 4 USB Interface 11 4 2 Partial Installation in a Plastic Housing 5 6 5 Bluetooth Wireless Technology 12 5 Connection Installation 6 7 Operation 13 5 1 Power Supply 6 8 Button Functions 14 5 1 1 Fixed Voltage Operation with Integrated DC DC 9 A Guide Through the OPD Menue 14 Converter 10 18VDC or 18 36VDC 6 10 Jumper for Power Down Mode Setting 16 5 1 2 Operation Through 4 5 8 5VDC Fixed Voltage 11 Status Messages Through LEDs 17 or Battery 6 12 Batch Files 18 5 1 3 Installation of an External Battery 6 13 Option Magnetic Card Reader 19 5 2 GPT 4454 Power Management 6 14 Character Sets 20 5 3 Charging the GPT 4454 7 15 Accessories and Spare Parts 21 5 3 1 How to Handle Batteries 7 16 Service DJ 6 Interfaces 8 17 Troubleshooting and Recovery 22 6 1 Serial Interfaces 8 18 CE Certification 29 6 2 Parallel Interface 9 19 Technical Data 24 6 2 1 Centronics Adapter with SUB D 25 pin 18 Mechanical Dimensions 24 Ce Connector The technology and configuration of the product described in this manual comply with the latest national and inter national standards regarding both functionality and safety Advancements and improvements are incorporated re gularly and therefore illustrations measurements technical data and general contents mentioned below are subject to change without notice These operating instructions will help you to operate our product which has been developed and manufactured in ac
38. s the only kind of label that can be used with the FLASH printers Archivally Safe Paper is a paper that maintains printed images for at least 15 and up to 99 years if stored in a dark and dry environ ment Two Color Paper prints red with the normal setting black with a higher temperature setting The temperature can be set by command Maintenance Cleaning After larger print jobs depending on the paper quality and adverse environmental conditions it may be ne cessary to clean print head sencor and platen roll especially if some areas are no longer printed properly Open paper supply lid and remove paper roll e Loosen dirt particles at paper sensor and tear bar with a small brush e Blow forcefully into the paper supply compartment in order to remove the coarse dust e Soak Q Tip with isopropanol IPA and clean the print head or use print head cleaning pin cleaning card e Other stubborn debris may also be removed with a Q Tip IPA 20 21 22 20 paper tear bar 21 print head 22 paper sensor Never use sharp objects for cleaning This may damage the print head GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net e GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 14 Key Functions 8 Key Functions Description of the Key Functions The keys have different functions depending on the status normal operation or print settings menu The time for which the buttons are held down is a
39. s with an infrared interface contain a light emitting diode of laser category This infrared trans mitter does not pose a threat for the human eye or skin even with long periods of exposure e The device complies with laser category in accordance with EN60825 1 A2 2001 e It is prohibited to operate the device if the housing is damaged If this occurs please contact GeBE Service You can find the information under Service and Mainte nance For the description of the infrared interface plea se refer to page 10 GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 4 Description 2 Description The GPT 4454 is an industrial printer for installation in a robust plastic housing reinforced with fiber glass The foil on the operating console can be printed with a custom design Due to the extended temperature range of 10 to 60 C MAXI MULDE is ideal for outdoor applications Easy paper roll exchange due to Easy Paper Loading technology The paper supply lid closes securely shut tested in accordance with DIN EN60068 2 6 vibrati ons and 27 shock A convenient OnPaperDisplay menu OPD Menue replaces the earlier configurating of the printer through DIP switches Besides wireless interfaces such as Bluetooth IrDA or GeBE Ir MAXI MULDE can also be controlled through a RS232 or USB interface The printer can be equi
40. t 4 gt Bidirektionale Unterstutzung aktivieren Druckerpool aktivieren wt Windows XP and Windows CE handle the numeration of a printer differently Therefore the printer must be conficurated to the operating system before delivery USB Specification V1 1 V2 0 compatible ff USB Fulspeed_12 Mbits rs 3 J USB active printer sleeping USB suspend printer sleeping 300 pA Never activate an action in the printer driver at the end of a job This can cause a loss of data GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 12 Interfaces Bluetooth Wireless Technology 6 5 Bluetooth Wireless Technology The GPT 4454 BT meets the BT specification V1 1 class 2 attaining a transmission range of about 10 15 m and even further in the free field The printer can be operated with a customary Blue tooth dongle that comes with a virtual Com port driver An RS232 remote receiver is available on request Operation The printer responds to an inquiry scan with its name GPT 4454 and its BT address However it can also be addressed directly without a scan with its BT address A BT connect activates the printer The printer will maintain the connection until it goes into sleep mode The online power consumption of the printer with an active BT link is about 35 mA The sleep mode discon nects an active connection and activates the BT sniff mode
41. t 30 minutes whether the fast charge is still running If not please start the charging process over by unplugging and plugging back in Discharging Printing If Ni MH batteries get overdicharged with high currents the polarity of the weakest cell will be reversed This re versal will cause damage to the cell and in the worst case will lead to a short circuit in the cell Should your printer refuse to print because of an empty battery you should not continue trying Any further attempt may lead to a reversal of polarity in a cell and therefore to the distruction of the battery Storage NI MH batteries have an increased self discharge They lose 10 15 of their capacity during the first 24 hours after the charging process and after that 10 15 per month Therefore the printer should be turned off whenever it is not being used for longer periods of time This is especially true for devices with Bluetooth technology Nevertheless the printer will have to be recharged after no more than 3 months or the battery may get dama ged Always store the battery with a charging state of gt 50 and in a temperature ranging between 10 and 30 C Regeneration If NI MH batteries have not been overdischarged they may indeed regenerate To achieve this the battery has to be discharged completely for about 50 charging cy cles 3 months For this purpose you can turn off the sleep function and let the printer discharge the batter
42. te cable has no function It is recommended to keep the length of the line as short as possible A line that is too long has a high line resistance causing bad print quality and pos sibly even printer failure The battery pack consists of 5 cells NIMH Mignon AA with 1 600 mAh A temperature sensor monitors the battery temperature during the charging process An in tegrated bi metal over current circuit breaker protects against short circuits and overheating The battery charging voltage is connected through so cket 12 see pictures in chapter 2 The specified plug in power supply is attached to the connecting cable and the matching connector With a fully charged 1 600 mAh battery up to about 40 m of thermal paper can be printed with normal text The use of a charger other than the one included in the deliery may cause damage to the printer The recommended temperature range for battery Attention charging is between 10 and 25 C 5 1 3 Installation of an External Battery For installation of batteries the following guidelines ap ply When a battery is installed sufficient surface area for heat dissipation is essential The battery has to be mounted stationary Only batteries from GeBE or authorized by GeBE may be used The cables have to be mounted unstrained 5 2 GPT 4454 Power Management Whenever there are no data to process the printer will automatically switch to idle mode In this mode it acts
43. the EEPROM If not the file will be pro cessed in the flash This allows flash files to be over written Flash files can only be changed at the factory Factory Settings Allocated in the Flash Memory TINIT settings after hardware RESET e O aaa self test through FEED button after reset al ii eee form feed through NEXT button lt 1sec e T2 a power off through OFF button gt 3sec e T3 T9 unused Text or Graphics Batch Files in the EEPROM For the printing of text and graphics the GPT 4454 has an 8 KB EEPROM app 6 KB can be used for logos and the GPT 4454 has a 32 KB EEPROM app 30 KB can be used for logos It is recommended to store logos PCL compressed By using the Windows driver compression rates of app 3 4 1 can be achieved For comparison Uncompressed full graphics of 5 cm length take up 40 KB or app 11 4KB compressed D Configuration of the Printer with TMenu and TINIT After a hardware RESET connecting the power supply the printer will check for a described TMenu and or TINIT in the EEPROM If the search is success ful it will process the commands in these batch files and will then be ready for operation If not the TMenu and or the TINIT will be processed in the Flash with the factory settings Creating and Saving Logos A special printer driver is available for creating logos TMenu The OPD Menue is a printer function that allows the user to edit the TMenu in the
44. the user service operator must abide by the regulati ons regarding IEC 60950 1 Protection against contact with high volta ge parts and compliance with the require ments regarding insulation Attention 5 1 1 Fixed Voltage Operation with integrated DC DC converter 10 18 VDC or 18 36 VDC The GPT 4454 DC DC has an integrated DC DC con verter with an input voltage range of 10 18 VDC or 18 36 VDC depending on the type The DC DC supply is connected to socket 10 see pictures in chapter 2 The voltage inputs are protected against reverse polari ty and secured through a PTC The connected voltage supply has to be protected against overvoltage in ac cordance with EN IEC 60950 Suitable power supplies for these variants are available from GeBE 5 1 2 Operation through 4 5 8 5 VDC Fixed Voltage or Battery In order to comply with EN IEC UL60950 the power supply may ONLY be connected with the cable GKA 517 and MUST meet the requirements for power supp lies for limited power due to design For installation con forming to standards please also regard the instructi ons of the UL60950 and in our manual SMAN E 529 Only the battery GNA 6 0V 1 6Ah NiMH Pack 070 may be connected Battery or power supply are connected with the same connector 12 3 red wires for 4 5 8 5 VDC 3 black wi res for ground and one white wire for an NIC 6 8 KOhm of a Ni MH battery see pictures in chapter 2 For a simple power connection the whi
45. ump mode not pressed button released after lt 1s in nor call T1 mal paper mode default form feed 1 line not pressed Button held down gt 3s call T2 default power off after 1 second pressed call print settings menu 9 A Guide Through the OPD Menue The most important printer settings can be easily changed with a few strokes using the OPD Menues OnPaper Display Therefore they can be called at any time and can be quickly comprehended with the menu printout The inconvenient accessing of DIP switches and the programming through a terminal promgram are no longer ne cessary The OPD Menue is operated with only two buttons OFF NEXT and FEED ENTER The OPD Menue is an editor of the initialization batch file TINIT See chapter on batch files Button FEED ENTER Button OFF NEXT p Attion GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 A Guide Through the OPD Menue 15 Menu Guide Example Bold menu printouts Normal possible settings Italics comment Welcome to the OPD menu 1 0 5 Setup timeout after 10 minutes Actual printer settings Ubat 7 8V That 24 C displayed only with battery present Firmware GE xxxx Density 25 Speed med 104 low Interface RS232 USB Blue COM 115 200 n 8 Tx Sleep time 1 min Font 1 Char format DO WO H0 S0 104 Change actual settings Press ENTER to change Press NEXT to skip Press NEXT ENTER to save and ex
46. y As soon as the printer shuts down due to low voltage the battery should be charged immediately Do not print to speed up the process This may cause the polarity of one cell to reverse destroy ing the battery Do not forget to reactivate the Attention sleep mode afterwards GeBE E F GmbH www gebe net GeBE Dok Nr SMAN E 510 V1 5 Thermal Printer GPT 4454 8 Interfaces Serial Interfaces 6 Interfaces 6 1 Serial Interfaces RS232 Interface The interface cable that comes with the set connects to the plug in connector 11 see chapter 2 and directly with an RS232 connection COM interface of a PC on the other end An open ended cable with 5 single wires is available as an option The peripheral devices that are connected to the interfaces and the DC circuits of this printer have to meet the requirements for extra low safety voltage SELV with limited power in accordance with EN IEC 60950 Attention Serial RS422 485 Interface By mounting the GCT 4482 10 module an RS422 485 interface can be installed at the serial connectors With the solder bridges Br1 5 the interface can be configura ted as RS422 or RS485 Br6 activates a 120 Ohm ter minating resistor for RS422 systems GeBE COM In this setting the printer uses the GeBE Ir protocol for communication The protocol can be used either through the RS232 or the TTL interface Due to the CRC guarded transmission blocks a secure data connection can be
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