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1. i e a ol ps 5 aw H 4 i I Sw95028 Figure 18 Printout example 54 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Ticket Examples Text attributes TTPM3 does not handle word processor like text attributes You can reverse text and you can make bold text according to the procedure described below Bold and reversed cannot be combined 5 1 1 Printing Bold text Bold text is created by repeating the text you want bold but with new coordinates IC IC IF T E 370 087 10 02 01 1 This text is normal IF T E 309 087 10 02 01 1 This text is bold IF T E 309 088 10 02 01 1 This text is bold IP You can increase the boldness by changing the coordinates more than one pixel or by repeating the text more times with a shift also in the vertical direction 5 1 2 Reversed text If an R character is appended to the font selection digit no space between the text is reversed IC IC IF T E 100 110 1 02 02 1R Reversed text IF T E 200 110 1 02 02 1 Normal text IP NOTE 1 Only print single words in reverse Reversing a complete line may reset the printer due to the high current consumption when printing all black NOTE 2 Reversed text work with fonts 1 2 and 4 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 55 Default parameter settings 56 DEFAULT PARAMETER SETTINGS Some of the printer settings can be stored in non volatile memory so that they will be used also after po
2. Default Min Encoding retries ax 15 oOw Sets how many times a ticket should be encoded verified before being erased and voided when the verification fails H P 15 5 Makes five encoding attempts per ticket before giving up and erasing and voiding the ticket NOTE See also P 62 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 3 16 10 50 I 250 22 50 E a 19 Oa 20 Oa 21 31 2 255 0705 Default Min Max Default Min Max Default Min Max Default in Max Default Min Max Default Min Max Default Min Max Default parameter settings Encoding attemps No of tickets Attempts are the number of tickets the TTPM3 should attempt to encode when verification fails If set to 1 one ticket is encoded and if verification fails the stripe is erased VOID printer on the ticket and an error code sent to the system H P 16 2 Two tickets will be used before giving up NOTE See also F M Beak feed length Determines how far the ticket should be fed out after the last pixel line is printed Cut position Short tickets Determines how far the ticket should be fed from when the sensor before the cutter sees the trailing edge and the ticket is being cut One step is 0 4 mm Bit order for B 1 1 means normal bit order and 0 means reversed bit order for binary encoding of track 1 using the 8 1 command Normal means that a hex nibble 01h is en
3. e The characters immediately following the 21H form the actual command to the printer The command consists of 1 3 characters and is followed when applicable by a sub command formatting commands and data separated by space characters as shown in Figure 11 e Carriage Return and Line Feed end each command Command identifier Command 1 to 3 characters 1 Sub command Data enclosed in F 1 Formatting commands quotation marks separated by spaces F_T H 1 4 2 3 wtfin_ Data lt d New line CR LF Space character ASCII 13 10 ASCII 32 or HEX 20 or HEX OD 0A 1 Only used with some commands 2 Graphical data starts directly without any quotation mark and ends after the specified number of bytes Figure 11 Command syntax 4 2 Initialization after power OFF To initialize the printer after power ON you just send a clear command C and the printer is ready for use NOTE If no clear command has been received the first P after power ON initializes the printer No ticket is produced from the data sent before this P TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Programming 4 3 Printing and encoding capability overview 4 3 1 Text It is possible to print text in four fonts in four orientations and in 16 different sizes 4 3 2 Graphics Bitmap graphics such as logotypes prints in the size and orientation in which they where downloaded Graphics print on all following tick
4. xpos ypos Bar 1 height Bar 2 38 Command to load print parameter information Indicates bar code mode Indicates print orientation Can be north N east E south S or west w Starting position pixel for the upper left hand corner of the first code bar in the string Automatically rounded off to be divisible by 8 first bit in a byte Starting position pixel for the upper left hand corner of the first code bar Width in pixels of both black and white bars range 1 16 For EAN13 and EAN Code 128 the value must be set to 1 For Code 39 and Code 2 of 5 this sets the wide bars Code bar height in pixels Value 1 16 pixels 2 7mm 2 32 pixels 5 3 mm 3 48 pixels etc 4 64 pixels 5 80 pixels 16 256 pixels 42 7 mm Width in pixels of both black and white bars range 1 16 For EAN13 and EAN Code 128 the wide narrow ration is fixed and this sets the width of the entire code For Code 39 and Code 2 of 5 this sets the narrow bars TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Programming type Selects type of bar code The following types are available Value 1 EAN13 partly implemented no check sum Value 2 Code 2 of 5 interleaved Value 8 EAN 128 Value 9 Code 128 Value 11 Code 39 space A space blank has to be inserted between the type parameter and the data string bar code data This is a block of data to be converted by the TTPM3 and printed in bar code form
5. 5 6 i g i ui y NOTE No paper in the entry path selected with L1 L2 L17 or L18 Paper jam when executing L1 L2 L17 or L18 Reserved Cutter error No full cut performed Cutter blade returned to home position by reversing the cutter motor Cutter error Cutter blade not returned to home position Cutter error Cutter blade not moving If this error code is received immediately after power ON it indicates that something is wrong with the 24V supply Paper jam when executing the P command Magnetic encoding on track 2 or center track failed Magnetic encoding on track 1 or 3 failed Not possible to read magnetic information with D D1 D2 or D3 commands No document inserted within time limit following an L3 command front load Document inserted front load but immediately retracted Document inserted through front load is blocked Document blocked in the front load input feeder during an L3 command Also used when combining the characters and in a hex magnetic string to get normal behavior if the encoding was successful If an error occurs then the ticket is transported back to the start position and NAK E is sent Document found in the ticket path during power on has been erased VOID printed and ejected If P is sent to the printer and paper is out it replies with NAK P and discards data Critical error This is issued when the printer must be turned off error c
6. 30 S Tickets with 45 cut Commands 34 Select document entry COMETS oain 74 Format parameter Lower rear32 33 34 35 36 38 4 p coating 70 commands 26 Lower rear and signal Transfer tape 71 Speed ssnsssai saine 38 paper out 34 TTPM editor 37 Print speed 60 61 62 Single ticket handling 16 SSS Ss Printer mechanism 10 SWI tauren eae 71 U Printing Specifications 69 Upper document entry 13 Capability 21 Start up ccecceeeeeeees 15 UV coating c ce 70 Printout Start up synchronization15 Triggering 22 Status request 29 WwW Programming 56 Stock format 71 WindOWS ceeseeee 2 68 Progress indicator25 29 30 31 32 Stdp4it 39 36 38 40 489 43 64 Windows bitmap 37 Pushbuttons 0 0 12 Store parameters 48 n Summary of commands 25 x R Syntax sssstsoniaciercincs 20 27 Xon XOff ceceeccseeecseeesseees 58 RAM oon 23 System commands 25 XON XOFF ann 69 Read after write Cancela ranis 44 T Reading and decoding 43 Text nn ate 21 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 79
7. A file for downloading and printing the above graphics will look like this in Windows Notepad IC Ic IF GN 140 140 1711 e8 p 8e c IC IL1 IP A utility program called Swecoin TTPM editor can help you convert Windows bitmap images BMP files to TTPM graphics format You can download the TTPM editor free of charge from the Swecoin Internet web site at http www swecoin se TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 37 Programming 4 6 6 Print IF C 21 46 20 43 20 n1 n8 Hex 33 70 32 67 32 n1 n8 Decimal ing bar codes Format bar code for printing Bar code printing can be used as ticket data carrier instead of or in addition to magnetic encoding NOTE To produce sharp code bars the TTPM3 printer automatically reduces the print speed by approx 50 when printing tickets with east and west oriented bar codes This speed reduction is only valid for bar widths 1 and 2 Wider bar codes are printed at full speed Bar code data is treated as fixed data You can however replace a bar code by overlaying the previous data with new bar code data on the same X and Y coordinates This way you avoid deleting the complete ticket with a reset C when you want to update the bar code The syntax for defining and downloading of bar code data is as follows IF C lt orientation gt lt xpos gt lt ypos gt lt bar 1 gt lt height gt lt bar 2 gt lt type gt _ lt bar code data gt IF C lt orientation gt
8. TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 13 Operation 14 3 2 3 Loading through front document entry optional An 43 command must be sent to the printer to prepare it for front loading When this command has been received and the input sensor detects a ticket being inserted into the document exit it will be pulled into the active position of the upper rear document entry For the magnetic stripe to be readable the ticket must be inserted with the stripe facing down to the left as seen from the front of the printer Magnetic stripe a Figure 9 Position of the magnetic stripe at front load 3 3 Paper jam removal Open the cover to locate and remove the ticket that is stuck in the mechanism Use the following procedure 3 3 1 Select paper jam clearing mode 1 Power OFF 2 Push and hold the Clear Jam pushbutton while turning ON the power The red indicator shows a steady light to indicate paper jam clearing mode 3 3 2 Tickets stuck in input module Press and hold the Eject Ticket push button to feed the ticket towards the rear of the unit 3 3 3 Tickets stuck in output module Press and hold the Feed Ticket push button to feed the ticket towards the front of the unit 3 3 4 Exit paper jam clearing mode Power OFF and back ON again the TTPM2 is operational but any ticket information previously sent to the unit is lost You can also power OFF the printer and turn the feed rolls manually to remo
9. 1 Overview The TTPM3 comes with one of two different single ticket handling systems upper rear entry load standard and front load optional In both cases the upper document entry of the printer is used for the single tickets This means that single ticket processing restricts the use of fanfold ticket stock to the lower entry TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Operation Standby position upper track Front load Printer ticket entry exit Active position upper track Active position Standby position lower track lower track Input module Magnetic encoder decoder Waste bin ticket exit Read head Write head SW97104A Figure 10 Active and standby ticket position PREVIOUSLY ENCODED TICKETS One use of the single ticket handling is to process a ticket several times For example if you issue a return train ticket Stockholm to Oslo and back to Stockholm you can add print and re encode the magnetic stripe when the first part of the journey is made 1 Use the applicable decode command to read the previously encoded ticket information 2 The data is transmitted to the host computer and the ticket is positioned in the active position of the upper entry ready for a new encoding and printing 3 Printing and encoding is affected using the same commands as for processing a ticket from a fan fold ticket stock and the ticket is ejected to the customer TIP To avoid printi
10. affecting the printer operation requires proper connection of the printer chassis to protective earth through a mounting platform or through a separate earth conductor Trouble free printer operation also requires the printer s optical sensors to be shielded from ambient light Additional space is required for paper stock and handling Consider mounting the printer on a movable platform so that the printer can be maintained outside the printer enclosure Ticket centerline 53 6 TOP VIEW Ticket in out ee Oe O 106 1 Ticket in out 106 1 Ticket entry ji Optional front load M4 0 4x RS232 interface mechanism RIGHT SIDE VIEW Figure 4 Dimension drawing for printer mechanism All measurements are in mm TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Installation With Swecoin power supplies just connect the cable from the power supply to J5 If you use another type of power supply unit 24 V cables are available from Swecoin AB order No 01370 000 Should you make cables of your own connect the voltages according to the following illustration Note that protective ground and minus output should not be interconnected in the power supply At the printer end of the cable use an AMP Mate N Lok connector housing and two co
11. auto clear at startup TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 10 11 0705 0 Default Min 1 Max 30 Default in 999 Max 450 Default Min 999 Max Default parameter settings Verify encoding When enabled the data encoded to the selected tracks are verified by the printer before the ticket is issued Tracks 123 You enable verification of a track by setting the bit for that track to 1 H P 9 111 Enables Verification of tracks 1 2 and 3 H P 9 110 Enables Verification of tracks 1 and 2 H P 9 011 Enables Verification of tracks 2 and 3 H P 9 010 Enables Verification of track 2 g P 9 000 Disables verification of all tracks NOTE Always disable verification on the tracks not covered by the magnetic stripe on the tickets used in the application For example if you only use track 2 set P9 to 010 This controls the self test of the printer If erroneously set all self test tickets may be voided Encoding start speed Sets the speed at which the stepper motor starts to accelerate Normally you never have to change this setting 10 100 steps s 30 300 steps second 300 steps s gives 30 mm s H P 10 40 Sets 400 steps second NOTE Some settings result in printer chassis resonance causing increased noise and deteriorated print quality Encoding full speed 1 1000 steps s 450 4500 steps second 1000 steps s gives 100 mm s H P 11 400 Sets 4000 steps second NOTE1 Some settings result in printer
12. document in that entry is retracted from the active position NOTE When set up as a dual document entry printer a select rear entry command L1 L2 L17 or L18 must precede the print command P An ACK character is returned if the command was successful If no paper is present the yellow indicator lights up and the printer waits until the operator insert new paper stock Note that ACK NAK signaling must be enabled DIP switch no 6 See alternative command L17 IL 2 21 40 32 nex Select upper rear document entry 33 76 50 Decimal Same function as L1 but selects upper rear document entry See alternative command L18 IL 3 gt 21 40 33 Hex Load document from front entry front load printers only 33 76 51 Decimal This command lifts the print head for a specified time to permit document insertion through the TTPM3 front document entry exit At the same time any document in active position is retracted The document inserted in the front document input exit is loaded into the printer and placed in active position in the upper entry see page 16 for entry definition To speed up ticket handling the magnetic code is read and placed in memory when loading the ticket D1 D2 and D3 will read data from memory without having to move 32 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Programming the ticket Issuing a second read command will move the tickets over the read head and back to make a new
13. entry e Decoding of documents e Generation of status requests All applicable commands are listed in the following pages Detailed descriptions of the software commands are given with syntax explanations as well as commented examples 4 3 9 Ticket memory The TTPM3 printer has 128k of RAM This memory is used as input buffer and storage for the ticket image before being printed out The memory is cleared at power off In normal resolution mode the ticket image is 384x512 pixels for an 86 mm ticket and 384x656 pixels for a 110mm ticket In high resolution mode the ticket image is 384x727 pixels for an 86 mm ticket and 384x935 pixels for a 110mm ticket NOTE Make sure not to print data outside this area when you use the F command If you do you write in parts of the memory that are used for other functions in the printer and the result is totally unpredictable TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 23 Programming 24 4 4 How the commands are described Mnemonic Purpose of command 7 IB 1 21422031 Hex Encode Binary Data on Track 1 a io Decimal representation of command Hex representation of command 4 4 1 Mnemonic Mnemonic is the popular command name that should be easy to remember 4 4 2 Hex Give the command in hex representation 4 4 3 Decimal Give the command in decimal representation 4 4 4 Values n1 n2 etc represents values that you set with the commands What you should enter
14. erasing the data to avoid that the ticket material in the upper track is being pushed out minus sign Disables encoding on magnetic retries If magnetic retries occur it is almost certain that it is the read after write fails due to interference If encoding is disabled on the retry the interference level is drastically reduced and the possibility of a successful reading increases This is especially useful for HiCo tickets MAGNETIC ENCODING RETRIES See Canceling a ticket on page 40 ENCODING TWO TRACKS ON A HICO TICKET The character in the IC ye string makes the ticket IM 1234567890123456789012345678901234567 J return to active position LPJ after encoding this track ICJ J ON TRACK 1 YOU CAN ENCODE UP TO 79 ASCII ALPHANUMERICAL CHARACTERS AND DIGITSJ F T N 50 140 11 1 3 HiCo Test IPJ TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 45 Programming 4 6 10 What can you encode TRACK 1 ISO ENCODING ASCII Character Parity Magcode 32 Space 1 000000 33 0 000001 Character not defined in Standards 34 m 0 000010 Character not defined in Standards 35 1 000011 36 0 000100 37 1 000101 Start Character Start Sentinel 38 amp 1 000110 Character not defined in Standards 39 0 000111 Character not defined in Standards 40 0 001000 41 1 001001 42 1 001010 Character not defined in Standards 43 0 001011 Character not defined in Standards 44 1 001100 Character not defined in Standa
15. front pushbuttons pressed while switching on the power 3 When the printer has started release the buttons 4 Press and hold the Clear Jam button for 3 seconds Now the printer will return to default settings above or if the printer is customized the settings agreed on with that customer REMOTE The printer returns to factory default settings if you send IH P 0 0 lt CR gt lt LF gt H S lt CR gt lt LF gt Power OFF ON TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 1 Default parameter settings 6 3 Parameter Reference 96 Default 11 Min Baud rate 96 Max Stores the communication speed on the serial interface IH P 1 12 1200 bps IH P 1 24 2400 bps IH P 1 48 4800 bps IH P 1 96 9600 bps IH P 1 19 19200 bps IH P 1 38 38400 bps IH P 1 57 57600 bps IH P 1 11 115200 bps NOTE 1 If you set an invalid value the baud rate will return to 115200 bps NOTE 2 The new baud rate will not be valid until after the parameters are stored with the 1H s command Default aN cam Flow control Select what handshaking to use on the serial interface 1H P21 Xon Xoff IH P 2 2 Hardware 2 Default F 1 Min Printer type Select what handshaking to use on the serial interface IHP 3 1 Standard One consecutive lower entry handfed tickets upper entry IH P 3 2 DCT Dual Consecutive entries IH P 3 3 Card dispenser NOTE Must not be set to DCT when front loading is used 1 DO NOT USE If you send any t
16. here depends on what you want the command to do 4 4 5 Examples Command examples are formatted in Courier and typed in the same way as used in the Swecoin TTP editor P lt CR gt lt LF gt Where lt cr gt means the carriage return character 13 decimal hex D Numbers between less than and greater than characters for example lt 001 gt lt 019 gt means 1 and 19 decimal When the numbers indicate a hex value h is appended to the number lt 01h gt lt 13h gt EXAMPLE lt 065 gt lt 65d gt lt 41h gt and a are four different ways of expressing the character A TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Programming 4 5 Summary of commands 4 5 1 IC IC 1 ICA IF A IP IP IP E 1U 1s IS L IS R ENQ CAN Q IV IW 1X IY IY 1 IZ 4 5 2 IA IE IL 3 IL 4 IL 5 IL 17 IL 18 IT System commands Clear all Clear retract counter Clear all and enable extended acknowledgement Feed acceleration and speed Encode and print document Encode and print document and eject it in wastebasket FL3 printers Encode and print document and eject it to tray for FL3 printers Firmware version query Status request Status request paper low Power has been off Status request immediate General reset equivalent to power OFF ON takes 20 s to execute Writes a transaction string to non volatile memory Reads the transaction string written by Q Reads thermal print progress indicator Set resoluti
17. in accordance with the parameters identified For available characters and data string formats please refer to the specific type of bar code The following command string produces the ticket illustrated to the left below Ic IL1 IF C N 12 102 1 4 3 1 1234567890128 1P X If dots are missing the bar code will still be readable ae SLOWER Feed but more direction reliable SW97103A Figure 15 EAN13 bar code Use east or west oriented bar codes wherever possible to guarantee readability Code 39 example IF C N 100 230 6 2 2 11 12345 Code 128 example IF C N 100 320 1 5 2 9 abc123 Code 2 of 5 example IF C N 100 410 5 2 2 2 123456 NOTE Code 2 of 5 must have an even number of digits TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 39 Programming 4 6 7 Canceling a ticket IF M 21 46 20 4D 20n1 n8 Hex Format print on cancelled ticket 33 70 32 77 32 n1 n8 Decimal The TTPM3 can cancel a ticket after an unsuccessful magnetic encoding The feature relates to the read after write function When the lt message gt has been encoded the TTPM3 reads and compares the magnetically encoded message with the original lt message gt string If the comparison is negative a second attempt to encode read the same ticket is done If also this attempt is negative the ticket is cancelled The magnetic stripe is erased and stripes are printed across the ticket see figure below By default the TTPM3 attempts
18. read from the ticket On error the TTPM3 sends the following error codes to the host computer Error code Error NAK B No document is inserted within 60 seconds Command L3 is abandoned NAK C A document is inserted and immediately retracted NAK D A document is inserted but the TTPM3 is blocked paper jam NAK E Paper jam in the input feeder during an L3 command A front loaded document resting in active position can be processed using one of the following alternatives e Using the appropriate decode command D1 D2 D3 or 01 02 03 e Using print parameter format command F and applicable encoding command I J K IM or N followed by print command P e Document related commands E L4 and L5 IL 4 7 214034 Hex Eject document through front document entry only already cut ticket 33 76 52 Decimal A document positioned in the active position is ejected through the front document entry without encoding or printing Compare with the command that ejects the document through the upper rear document entry IL5 A F 214C 35 Hex Eject document into waste bin only printers w waste bin 33 76 53 Decimal Only for printers with front load 3 with waste bin This command transports the ticket from active position to the waste bin The same function can be obtained for cancelled tickets if character or a Y is inserted into the string of data to be encoded IL 6 21 4C 36 Hex Read ticket from front loa
19. sent as 12 decimal digits CR LF IY 1 215931 Hex Read retract counter 33 89 49 Decimal Reads out the internal retract counter This counter is incremented by one for each ticket that is retracted and thrown in the wastebasket To reset the counter to zero send the command c1 The result is sent as 12 decimal digits CR LF NOTE Retract function is only available on printers with waste bin option part of front load FL3 and FL4 IZ R 215A Hex Set burn time 33 90 Decimal The burn time controls the print Setting Burn time Print density density It is used to set the heating so 16 512us __ Lightest print that it is adequate for the thermal paper used as ticket material Set it to the lowest burn time that gives acceptable print quality Default Example 12 20 lt CR gt lt LF gt sets burn time 640 us The burn time setting is stored in the non volatile memory Power off on reset returns the setting to default value Darkest print CAUTION A longer burn time put more load on the printhead so do not use a longer burn time than required for a clearly legible print Settings over 27 are not recommended E 3 05 ne Hex Status request immediate 05 Decimal The TTPM3 responds by sending the same 1 byte response to the host computer as is sent as byte 1 in response to the S command The ENQ command is effected immediately after receipt whereas the S command is effected in sequence when recei
20. setting memory These parameters are then used as default parameters Storing takes approximately 4 seconds The printer activates the cutter to indicate that storing is complete TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Programming ISP n1 n2 2153205020n1 Hex Parameter setting data Enquiry 33 83 32 80 32n1 Decimal This command requests information about the setting of parameter n1 The reply is the parameter value stored in flash PROM or any parameter value temporarily set by other commands n1 Parameter number to start from as decimal digit s n2 Number of parameters to read out The parameter names are listed on page 59 EXAMPLE IS P 1 1 lt CR gt lt LF gt Recalls the setting of parameter 1 baudrate IS P 1 4 lt CR gt lt LF gt Recalls the setting of parameter 1 to 4 IS P lt CR gt lt LF gt Recalls the setting of all parameters IS P 0 1 lt CR gt lt LF gt Parameter number 0 reflects the No of parameters stored in the printer So If you send s P o 1 tothe printer and get a 14 as reply you know that there are 14 parameters that you can read out IH F 21 48 20 53 Hex Load firmware 33 72 32 83 decimal A utility program for loading firmware is available on the Swecoin web site The TTP Editor If you want to make remote upgrading of firmware possible though your ticketing system you should implement the H F Command EXAMPLE C lt CR gt lt LF gt Prepares the printer for incoming data H F lt CR gt lt LF gt
21. space character after J it will be encoded on the stripe See page 46 for a list of the characters that can be encoded Encode ISO data track 2 Hex Decimal This command encodes ASCII digits to track 2 of the ticket Encode ISO data track 3 Hex Decimal This command encodes ASCII digits to track 3 of the ticket Hex Reads and decodes ISO data Decimal ID 1 Reads and decodes ISO track 1 and transmits the data to the host computer ID 2 Same as D1 but reads and decodes ISO track 2 or center track ID 3 Sameas D1 but reads and decodes ISO track 3 ID A Reads and decodes all three ISO tracks The ticket is taken from active position and after reading the ticket returns to active position 0 Hex Decimal 0 1 Reads and transmits bit by bit data from ISO track position 1 to the host computer No decoding takes place in the TTPM3 A one is transmitted as ASCII 1 and a zero as ASCII 0 Reads binary data 10 2 Same as 01 but reads and decodes ISO track 2 or center track 10 3 Same as 01 but reads and decodes ISO track 3 or center track The ticket is taken from active position and after reading the ticket returns to active position TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 43 Programming 44 4 6 9 Additional encoding information CHECKSUM To ensure correct reception of the message to be magnetically encoded a checksum can be appended to the data by the host computer This checksum will then be com
22. te eaa ani 3 1 Operator controls cccceeeettteeeeeeees 3 2 Paper loading einasi 3 3 Paper jam removal s es 3 4 Self test mode ticket repeat mode 3 5 Emor handling aea nE 3 6 Single ticket handling cee 4 Programming cccceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeneeeeeenees Ast Saka a EAA 4 2 Initialization after power OFF 4 3 Printing and encoding capability overview 4 4 How the commands are described 4 5 Summary of commands eee 4 6 Command Reference eeen 5 Ticket ExampleS i ic0 cc i sedescuncetcteecereevcatectteetenevesceece Text attributes cece cece eee eeeceeeeeeeeeeeees 6 Default parameter settings cccsssccessereeeeseees 6 1 How the parameters are described 6 2 Summary of parameter settings 6 3 Parameter Reference ccceeees 7 Error codes and Status reporting ccseeeeeeee Telo Status 2 0 fuienie awe eee 7 2 Security Additions ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Tid EMOS 2 hha deere tari ts ane aie aee 74 Extended acknowledgement 0 87 Maintenance wx 25035 r area aaraa Aint aana iaria 81 Fault findings irssi raai 8 2 Cleaning the print head 0 0 0 eee TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual Introduction Introduction 8 2 JFIPMNWAE2eieciiviacta eek eee EN AE TA EE EE 69 9 Specifications cesijeciscsesssicsedeeaieciesaetecidect ented cedens aaaea a aa aA
23. to encode three tickets The desired number of attempts as well as the text used to indicate the cancellation is programmable through a subcommand to the F command as follows IF M lt orientation gt lt xpos gt lt ypos gt lt attempts gt lt height gt lt width gt lt font gt lt text gt All parameters must be specified The syntax is identical to F T with the exception of the parameters lt text gt and lt attempts gt Text must be a text string Attempts are the number of tickets the TTPM3 should attempt to encode If lt attempts gt is set to 1 the TTPM3 will make only one attempt plus the automatic second attempt on the same ticket to encode the ticket If this fails lt text gt will be superimposed on the ticket that is now being printed Setting lt attempts gt 2 results is one striped ticket first unsuccessful attempt and the superimposed text for the second unsuccessfully attempted ticket and so on Ir is also possible to set how many times the printer should try to verify each ticket by adding a single digit after the P command This is described in the P command description All parameters in this command are stored in memory and remain in effect until overwritten or the power is interrupted The following command string produces the tickets illustrated below at 2 unsuccessful encoding attempts IF M N 20 200 2 8 8 1 VOID 1 Inserting an asterisk in the data string to be encode
24. upper input track When successful eject through front entry After successful eject through rear entry After transaction string is written in memory After burn time is changed After changed resolution Acknowledgement NG 06h 04h IC A 06h 04h IF T E 309 014 10 03 02 1 TEST TICKET WITH FULL 06h 05h IF T E 259 024 10 03 02 1 75 BPI TRACK 2 STRING 06h O5h IM 1234567890123456789012345678901234567 06h 80h IP 06h 02h TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 67 Maintenance 68 MAINTENANCE 8 1 Fault finding In connection with service of the printer it is good practice to remove paper dust and lint from the paper path cutter and sensor areas Paper dust when accumulated may interfere with printer functions such as optical sensors To avoid smudging the paper do not apply oil on the cutting knife Symptom Nothing is printed when you press the feed button in self test mode but the document is transported cut and ejected Paper jam Printer does not work at all Self test prints OK but the printer works strangely in normal operation No cutting Bad cutting uneven top and bottom document edges Inconsistent cutter operation Paper is fed straight through the printer Paper does not loop Missing print or irregular spots White longitudinal lines in the printout Faint print Strange characters or graphics printed or any kind of strange printer behavior Suggested actions Check th
25. way to change the string other than issuing a new ticket 4 During printing a byte counter is incremented and stored in the RAM The counter starts at zero and when the ticket is ready the counter has reached 5BEOh which is 23520 Dividing the byte counter value by the number of pixels on a line 384 gives the current pixel line When the ticket is completed we have printed ey 61 25 bytes of pixel lines in the y direction 61 25 x 8 490 pixel lines You have 5 7 pixel lines mm Po 7 86 mm which is one ticket length Should a power failure occur before the counter reaches the full value 5BE0h you can analyze the counter value to see if the ticket was as ready enough to pass as a 1 After a power off the printer must first receive a C or P before answering status queries 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 65 Error codes and Status reporting 66 usable ticket In such case you should not issue a new ticket unless you get the NAK G that shows that the almost ready ticket has been voided 5 A critical error status message informs the host computer if something happens in the printer that requires the operator to power it off 7 3 Errors TTPMS reports error conditions in the form of error codes An error condition is reported as a NAK 15H followed by a one character error code The error codes have been defined starting with ASCII character 1 31H according to the following table an ig g i
26. 1 0101 54 6 1 0110 55 7 0 0111 56 8 0 1000 57 9 1 1001 58 1 1010 Account Separator Track 3 only 59 0 1011 Start Character Start Sentinel 60 lt 1 1100 61 0 1101 Field Separator 62 gt 0 1110 63 1 1111 Stop Character End Sentinel Mag Code the four LSB of ASCII value 48 parity bit is added by printer Sending M 12345 to the printer results in encoding of 00000 123457000000 This results in 0000000000000000000000001011000100100011010001011111 on the stripe 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 47 Programming 48 4 6 11 Storage commands IH P n1 n2 21 48 20 50 20 n1 n2 33 72 32 80 32 n1 n2 hex Set Parameter Value decimal A number of bytes in the flash PROM hold various parameter values called default parameters One or several of them can be overridden temporarily with this command n1 Parameter number as decimal digit s n2 Parameter value A space must separate the parameter number and the parameter value See Default parameter settings on page 25 The permanently stored parameters will be used again after a printer reset command or at power ON The temporary values can however be stored in the flash PROM as permanent values with command H s EXAMPLE IH P 1 11 lt CR gt lt LF gt sets parameter 1 baudrate to 115200 bps IH S 21 48 20 53 Hex Store current Parameter Values 33 72 32 83 decimal Stores the current setting of all parameter values in the
27. 6 1 System commands IC 2143 n1 Hex Clear all 33 67 n1 decimal This command takes no parameter All definitions are cleared Stored layout is erased Subsequent c s are ignored The command is also used to initialize TTPM3 after a power ON Auto clear can be used to clear the memory between tickets instead of using c Auto clear executes faster than c When auto clear is enabled any c commands in the received data will be ignored apart from when initiating the printer Use parameter 57 to enable disable auto clear ICA adding an A to the c command enables extended acknowledgement C1 adding the digit 1 to the c command clears the wastebasket counter See Y1 IP i 2150 Hex Print 33 80 Decimal This command triggers both the encoding printing cutting and ejecting of a ticket Printing follows a successful encoding The magnetic code and print information as well as cut and eject behavior must first be defined using the applicable commands If P is received before a clear all command after power ON the P will initiate the printer without printing a ticket This means that all data received prior to the P will be discarded If P is received and the printer is out of paper it will give error code NAK P and discard the received data EJECT TO WASTE BASKET Adding an character P makes the printer eject the completed ticket into wastebasket FL3 printers One use for this can be to make status printouts that
28. A Eaa aA EEEa 70 9 1 Interface COSCr POM sizes vschircevsnadlensaagteddaaachcteavapentansadccnssagteadeagadadedaseadcdaennalce 70 92 Document StOCKis2 208 ck ceil eileen ie eed hs 71 93 FINMWANC sis ccdeis secede fanad e a pode ceateansdsdssaseis Usavenceasduaedcaaasaeeebsnaeds 76 MO NOK EA EET E A A E E TAEA E E 78 REGISTER NOW If you wish to stay informed of product changes manual updates etc you are welcome to subscribe to our bulletin service To register as a subscriber either visit our web site http www swecoin se to fill in your subscription request or send e mail to bulletins swecoin se Enter the text Subscribe bulletins as the subject Do not enter any text in the message area Registration date for your own records REVISION HISTORY Edition AX Not yet issued working copy for Edition A TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION This document describes installation and operation of TTPM3 Ticket Printer Encoder which creates credit card wide tickets with magnetic encoding and thermal printing 1 1 Document printing TTPM3 uses the direct thermal printing technique and can print the entire surface of the ticket with text bar codes or graphics or any combination hereof Text block position and orientation is software programmable as is the character size The data sent to the printer is converted to a ticket image which is stored in the unit until an All Clear
29. AM completely since the RAM is used during the loading process Any print data residing in RAM will thus be lost 4 6 13 Logotypes Logotypes can be stored in the flash PROM of the printer and printed on demand The memory available for logotype storage is printed on the self test ticket The number of logotypes that fit depends on the size of the font files You position and print a logotype with the command F L LOADING Windows software that converts black and white BMP bitmap files to logotypes and load them into the printer is available on the Swecoin web site If you need to load logotypes in a non Windows environment use the 18 L command The time required by the printer to process logotype data excluding transfer time from the PC is typically 15 to 20 seconds per logotype During this time any data sent to the printer will be lost ERASING All logotypes are erased with the H L Command CAUTION Loading to the flash PROM will erase the RAM completely since the RAM is used during the loading process Any print data residing in RAM will thus be lost TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 51 Ticket Examples 5 TICKET EXAMPLES The command language will be explained in detail with the following examples NOTE These examples work with a TTPM3 set up for single entry If your printer is set up for dual entries you must insert an entry selection command L1or L2 on a separate line before the P co
30. I O 39 Description Baud rate Flow control Printer type Network Enable Burn time ACK NAK error code Clear memory after print Clear ticket path at startup Mag stripe verification read Encode start speed Encode full speed Print start speed Print full speed Print Resolution Encoding retries Encoding attempts No of tickets Beak feed length Feed to cut Bit order for B 1 command Bit order for B 2 command Bit order for B 3 command Character sent after print Long ticket length Top margin short ticket Fix ticket length Feed after black mark in black mark mode character pitch for font 1 Paper out behaviour Steps after which the print motor is started for long tickets Feed to cut long tickets Default parameter settings Default 11 115200 Baud 2 Hardware 2 Two Consecutive 0 disabled 20 1 enabled 0 disabled 1 enabled 0 Verify all 30 450 100 400 0 Normal 5 7dots mm 3 3 50 mm 22 1 1 1 0 disabled 94 10 123 196 12 1 keep data 280 27 NOTE When the printer is set up the way you like it to be you send 0705 H sS and all settings will be stored TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual Page 59 59 59 60 60 60 60 60 61 61 61 62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 64 64 64 64 64 64 57 Default parameter settings 58 6 2 1 Restore factory default MANUALLY 1 Switch off the power 2 Hold the three
31. If the customer takes the ticket before the timeout elapses the printer sends a Bel 07H character Expands the signaling If you have a Front load with waste basket function the printer retracts the uncollected ticket and ejects it into the wastebasket exit NOTE The T command should be sent after the P print command NOTE2 DIP switch 6 must be ON for status replies to be sent EXAMPLE IP IT 20 Retracts the ticket and sends NAK F if it has not been taken within 20 seconds 4 6 3 Print related commands INTRODUCTION F is the general command for formatting the ticket print F lt type gt lt data gt The parameters are used as follows IF Indicates that this is the start of a print field definition TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Programming lt type gt Specifies the type of the field T Text G Graphics M Magnetic encoding failure ticket cancellation See page 40 C Bar Code lt data gt Depends on the type of field specified See the following pages 4 6 4 Text printing FT am 21 46 20 54 20 n1 n8 Hex Format text for printing 33 70 32 84 32 n1 n8 Decimal IF T lt orientation gt lt xpos gt lt ypos gt 1 lt height gt lt width gt lt font gt lt text gt The parameters are used as follows IF Indicates that this is the start of a print field definition T Indicates text mode lt orientation gt Specifies the way in which the text is to be oriented This can
32. S Specification subject to changes without notice 9 1 Interface description The TTPM3 communicates through an RS232 serial interface 9 1 1 Setup options Baud 2 400 4 800 9 600 19 200 38 400 57 600 and 115 200 bits s Flow control None Xon Xoff or Hardware Data bits 8 fixed Stop bits 1 fixed Parity None Odd or Even Default settings 115200 bits s 8 bits No parity 1 stop bit and hardware flow control See also Default parameter settings on page 25 9 1 2 Communications protocol The protocol is 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity Handshaking is DIP switch selectable either or RTS CTS or XON XOFF parameter n4 Recommendation Use RTS CTS hardware handshake parameter n4 2 and ACK NAK error code enabled parameter n5 0 9 1 3 Communications cable Use a 9 pin serial cable to connect the TTPM3 printer to the host computer Such a cable is available from Swecoin Part number 10825 000 The cable is 1 5 m long with 9 pole D sub connectors at both ends PC and TTPMS3 mL Printer Female Female Serial Cable 10825 000 Figure 3 Serial connector pin assignment NOTE This cable is not connected as a standard null modem cable So we recommend you to use the original cable from Swecoin or manufacture a cable according to the above drawing If you use a null modem cable you will lose d
33. TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual Publ No 104860 Ed AX May 28 2007 SWEC N A Zebra Technologies Company Acknowledgments Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation This is a publication of Swecoin AB Box 322 SE 192 30 SOLLENTUNA Sweden Phone 46 8 623 45 60 Fax 46 8 594 709 89 E mail techsupport swecoin se sales swecoin se Web site http www swecoin se Swecoin AB 2005 2006 All rights reserved Reproduction in whole or in parts is prohibited without written consent of the copyright owner We have taken great care to ensure that the information in this manual is correct and complete However if you discover any errors or omissions or if you wish to make suggestions for improvements you are welcome to send your comments to us Swecoin AB disclaims any liability resulting from the use of this information and reserves the right to make changes without notice Edition AX May 2007 Printed in Sweden 0705 CONTENTS 1 INtrOCUCTION cceeeeeeeseseeeeeeneseeeeeeesneeeesesneeeeneeeenens 1 1 Document printing s es 1 2 Magnetic encoding eeeeeeeeeeeeeetees 1 3 Document handling 0 ce eeeeeeeeeees 2 Installation cc sceecee ck occ cc tet edaeedeeeeted ce deeh ce cteneecatliceeeed 2 1 Installing a desktop printer 0005 2 2 Installing an OEM printer mechanism BS Operation e e enaar Eaa
34. Technical Manual 0705 0705 Specifications L 85 6 standard as per ISO 7810 L 110 150 customer special R ae 54 0 2 mm Figure 22 Alternative non gapped ticket profile Perforation for stub Placed at the trailing end of the ticket Ticket viewed from bottom magnetic stripe side Transport direction Min 85 6 mm Perforation not allowed within this 6 mm wide area Figure 23 Stub perforation to create a tear off tab TICKETS WITH 45 CUT CORNERS Some applications are using tickets with cut corners without radius These tickets are not within the specifications for use in the TTPM3 printer series The effect will be that the ticket detection point moves about 1 3 mm not only causing incorrect cut but also erroneous placement of the magnetic code The coding starts 1 3 mm too early resulting in synchronization zeroes being lost in the beginning of the ticket On units configured for center track the ticket should be readable in both directions If synchronization is lost the tickets will be readable if inserted one way but not the other way around A solution to this problem is using HEX code for the magnetic message instead of ISO code Thus you can compensate for the lost synchronization zeroes by adding additional TTPMs3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 75 Specifications synchronization zeroes in the beginning of the message However note that HEX encoded tickets are no
35. Tells the printer that the binary to come is a firmware file Delay 100 ms Here you should have a delay of 100 ms before sending the firmware file to the printer port Binary file Firmware file with the version you intend to upgrade to After burning the new firmware into the Flash PROM the printer will make a reset 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 49 Programming IH C 21 48 20 43 33 72 32 67 IHCE 21 48 20 43 33 72 32 67 50 Hex Load character set font decimal Loads and stores an SWF font into the flash prom of the TTPM3 A character set loaded gets the next free character set number So character sets must be loaded in the order that you want them A utility program for loading character sets is available on the Swecoin web site the TTP Editor If you want to make remote upgrading of fonts possible though your ticketing system you should implement the c command EXAMPLE C lt CR gt lt LF gt Prepares the printer for incoming data H C lt CR gt lt LF gt Tells the printer that the binary to come is a character set file Delay 100 ms Here you should have a delay of 100 ms before sending the font file to the printer port Binary file SWF font file with the font you intend to load After burning the new character set into the Flash PROM the printer will make a reset meee Erase all character sets fonts decimal You cannot delete a single font from the printer but must delete all fon
36. all be printed but with another magnetic data string then only the following commands need be sent to the printer IM 987654321 IP This sequence will encode a ticket with a different number on the magnetic stripe but will produce a print picture with the same text and layout as the previous one NOTE If data shall be encoded on track 1 or 3 use the applicable command J or K to precede the data The same Encoding Read after Write routine applies as for track 2 or center track encoding Multiple tracks can be encoded in the same operation unless the printer uses HiCo tickets IJ lt message gt and K lt message gt for encoding track 1 or 3 shall precede the IM lt message gt and N lt message gt for simultaneous encoding read after write of message data on tracks 2 and 1 3 NOTE X position range is 0 380 at North orientation Y position range is 0 470 for 86 mm tickets at North orientation 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 53 Ticket Examples We have so far been printing text oriented in the North direction The printer is capable of printing in four directions NOTE Fonts 2 and 3 can only be printed in North orientation The following example prints text oriented in all four directions IC IC IF T N 120 190 1 1 1 1 Prints N North IF T E 190 250 1 1 1 1 In E East IF T S 170 350 1 1 1 1 Four S South IF T W 120 330 1 1 1 1 Directions W West IP x FEED DIRECTION Is
37. are at normal resolution lt text gt Text to be printed enclosed in quotes Example of a command for text IF T N 150 150 1 1 1 1 Text 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 35 Programming 4 6 5 Graphics printing IF G 21 46 20 47 20 n1 n8 Hex 33 70 32 71 32 n1 n8 Decimal Format graphics for printing TTPM3 can print bit map graphics Graphic images are stored in the fixed memory area and will therefore be repeated on every ticket until the next C command is received Remember when creating graphics for the TTPM3 printer that the pixels are not square but have a height width ratio of 1 32 1 or 0 88 1 depending on resolution setting Syntax for defining and downloading graphics data is as follows IF G lt orientation gt lt xpos gt lt ypos gt 1 lt height gt lt width gt 1_ lt Graphic_data gt IF Command to load print parameter information G Indicates graphics mode lt orientation gt Print orientation This is ignored in graphics mode Orientation is always North N The printer requires the N to be inserted xpos Horisontal starting position in pixels for the upper left hand corner of the graphics block Position will automatically be rounded off to be divisible by 8 as a graphic block has to start at the first bit in a byte ypos Vertical starting position in pixels for the upper left corner of the graphics block 1 Not used for graphics printing Must be set to 1 height Height in pi
38. are not intended for the customer ENCODING RETRIES Adding a single digit after the P makes it possible to set the maximum number of encoding retries for one ticket The number given is the number of additional tries i e 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 27 Programming 21 51 n1 n15 33 81 n1 n15 2153 33 83 P 1means one normal attempt plus one retry Default is 1 which is the value used if no digit is present EJECT FULLY Adding an E PE makes the printer eject the ticket fully so that it can fall down into a tray for FL3 printers Digits and or digits and E can be mixed on the same line for example P5 makes five encoding retries and ejects the ticket into the wastebasket Hex Write transaction string Decimal Q writes a string with up to 15 ASCII characters to a non volatile buffer memory in the printer Example Q asdfgh lt CR gt lt LF gt After the ticket has been correctly encoded printed the string is copied to a non volatile buffer This buffer can be read by the V command The transaction string is committed at the precise point where a useable ticket has been produced The only way to reset a transaction string is to successfully print another useable ticket that was initiated with Q Hex Status request Decimal The TTPM3 responds by sending two bytes to the host computer Byte 1 indicates the status of the various TTPM3 sensors according to the following table By
39. ase temporarily change it to the same third digit as on the configuration card Then connect to the printer and give the printer a new IP address that works in your network environment NOTE _ The serial connector on the back of the printer is used by the network card so you cannot run both interfaces at once 2 1 2 Testing If you want to test the printer through the network you can use the SwcSockTerm exe utility program that allows you to send command scripts and binary files to the printer 8 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Installation 2 1 3 Output tray or nozzle The output nozzle is used if the operator only prints one ticket at a time and should take the ticket from the printer The output tray collects the printed and coded tickets in a neat stack Use the tray if you intend to print many tickets at a time 1 If an output nozzle is fitted press it out from behind and remove it 2 Loosen the two screws in the front a couple of turns 3 Hook the tray onto the screws and tighten them 4 Press tray downwards so it is securely fastened Hook tray onto Screws and tighten Fit output SW97105 R3 Figure 3 Installing an output tray or nozzle 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 9 Installation 10 2 2 Installing an OEM printer mechanism The TTPM3 OEM printer mechanism should be installed in some kind of enclosure such as a self service kiosk Preventing ESD and earth currents from
40. at the paper roll is turned the correct way with thermal sensitive layer facing up Check that the paper used meets the paper Check that the printhead cable is fully inserted into the connectors at each end Check cutter home sensor Check that the printhead is closed Check that power is supplied to the printer Check the function of the paper out sensor Check that both ends of the interface cable are properly connected Application program might be incorrect Contact system manager Check that the connector for the cutting motor is fully seated on the control board Switch OFF printer and remove any obstructing paper particles in cutter and presenter modules Check clean cutter home sensor Check clean presenter sensor Check setting of parameter p9 Paper may be too humid Let it adapt to ambient temperature and humidity for approximately 24 hours before use The paper used might not meet the paper specification Faulty print head replace The paper used might not meet the paper specification Clean print head with ethyl or isopropyl alcohol Adjust print contrast see page 60 Might be caused by erroneous data sent from the host Check validity of transferred data Table 2 Faultfinding TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Maintenance 8 2 Cleaning the print head The print head can be cleaned without removal 1 Open the printhead 2 Clean the heat elements with a cotton swab immersed in
41. ata in the transfer to the printer TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Specifications 9 2 Document stock The TTPMS3 printers are produced and calibrated for and tested with the customer s ticket stock To ensure accurate ticket issuing we do require 100 tickets of the customer ticket stock for each ordered printer 9 2 1 Ticket base material Type of paper Ricoh 150UT 240p Mitsubishi TF 2475 and Tyco Sharkskin are recommended See www swecoin se for current recommendation Material Paper 100 chemical pulp no ground wood permitted Triplex laminate Plastic polypropylene Sharkskin Stiffness 18 36 g cm in grain direction Thickness Paper and laminate 0 18 0 40 mm 170 210 g m Plastic polypropylene Sharkskin 0 18 0 25 mm Factory setting Set to the customer s tickets A minimum of 100 tickets per printer ordered must be sent to Swecoin when ordering printers Curl Deviation from flatness lt 0 6 mm across the length width or diagonal of the ticket 9 2 2 Coating and preprint Thermal coating Shall meet or exceed the ANSI 3 11 specification Smoothness Max 75 Sheffield units Properties Same as fax grade 3 Top coating The thermo sensitive surface of the document stock can be provided with a protective UV or moisture proofing top coating Preprint Tickets can be preprinted on one or both sides Ink for thermo sensitive side Laser printer approved ink with out whiten
42. be either N orth E ast S outh or W est This terminology is described in detail in the examples given in this document Specific fonts may be limited to one orientation only see lt font gt below lt xpos gt lt ypos gt Specifies starting position for the text on the ticket That is the distance in pixels from the upper left corner of the printable area to the upper left hand pixel of the bounding box of the first character to be printed Note that the resolution is 7 52 pixels mm on the X axis and 5 7 pixels mm on the Y axis lt fixed pitch gt No of pixels from the start of one character to the start of the next Range 6 to 16 A value below 6 sets the default pitch NOTE Only used for font 1 Must be set to 1 for all other fonts lt height gt lt width gt Specifies the height and width expansion of characters to be printed The height range is 1 16 times the default value The width range is 1 16 for fonts 1 and 4 and 1 3 for fonts 2 and 3 See font samples on page 21 lt font gt Selects the font text appearance Fonts 1 2 3 and 4 apply Font 2 and 3 can only be North oriented Fonts 1 and 4 can be set to any orientation Font 4 is a proportional character font See font samples on page 21 Font appearance may differ from the font samples if you have custom firmware in your printer NOTE The space to the following character is included in the matrix of the character and that the pixels are not squ
43. chassis resonance causing increased noise and deteriorated print quality NOTE2 When long tickets are used the encoding speed must be reduced to 350 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 61 Default parameter settings 100 Default 12 omn Print start speed 999 Max Sets the speed at which the stepper motor starts to accelerate Normally you never have to change this setting 10 100 steps s 160 1600 steps second With normal resolution 1000 steps s gives 50 mm s H P 12 100 Sets 1000 steps second NOTE Some settings result in printer chassis resonance causing increased noise and deteriorated print quality 400 Default A 13 omn Print full speed 999 Max The print speed together with burn time is used to set print quality Experiment with these settings to get the most readable bar codes and text on your ticket material 1 1000 half steps s 16 1600 half steps second With normal resolution 2000 half steps s gives 100 mm s IH P 13 300 Sets 3000 half steps second NOTE1 Some settings result in printer chassis resonance causing increased noise and deteriorated print quality NOTE2 When long tickets are used the encoding speed must be reduced to 300 400 Default 14 omn Print resolution 999 Max This command sets the resolution of the print This only affects the resolution in the transport direction of the ticket IH P 14 0 normal resolution 5 7dots mm H P 14 1 high resolution 8 5 dots mm
44. coded as 0001 seen from the edge of the ticket that enters first when feeding in a ticket from the rear entries Reversed means that the same nibble is encoded as 1000 1H P 19 0 Reverses the bit order on track 1 Bit order for B 2 1 means normal bit order and 0 means reversed bit order for binary encoding of track 2 using the 8 2 command Bit order for B 3 1 means normal bit order and 0 means reversed bit order for binary encoding of track 3 using the 8 3 command Character sent after print An ASCII character can be returned to the host after a completed ticket generation 1H P 31 3 The character 03h ETX will be sent by TTPM when the last pixel line of the ticket has been printed TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 63 Default parameter settings 94 Default 32 omn Long ticket length 255 Max This parameter adjusts the transition between short and long ticket CAUTION Do not change unless you are told by Swecoin Technical Support to do so 10 Default 33 mamta Top Margin short ticket The start of print is measured from the rear edge of the ticket and this parameter can be used to adjust the start of print 123 Default A 5 34 2 Mn Fixed ticket length Length of ticket in fixed length mode Fix length means that there is no gaps or black marks to control cut The printer counts steps from the leading edge of the ticket and cuts when fed to the setting of this parameter 196 Default 35 Ea
45. d 33 76 54 Decimal Only for printers with front load Reads the ticket from the front load and immediately ejects it back out without transporting the ticket to the active position This command can be used to read tickets in a printer that is configured for two consecutive tracks where the normal L3 command would push out the ticket from the upper entry to make place for the ticket from the frontload TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 33 Programming 34 IL 17 Select lower rear document entry and signal if paper is out cis HEATER IEEE DSTA only dual entry printers Same function as L1 but when ticket loading fails the printer sends an error code NAK 1 instead of waiting for paper to be loaded It is then up to the system to determine if paper should be loaded from the upper document entry instead IL 18 Select upper rear document entry and signal if paper is out AA CRE only dual entry printers Same function as L2 but when ticket loading fails the printer sends an error code NAK 1 It is then up to the system to determine if paper should be loaded from the lower document entry instead IT 2154 n1 n2 Her Sets timeout for retract function only printers w waste bin 33 84 n1 n2 Decimal T nn nn is the delay in seconds When a ticket is left in the output of the front load after the timeout nn has expired NAK F is sent to the host controller to indicate that the ticket hasn t been picked up
46. d disables the read after write feature see page 44 40 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Figure 16 Indication of 1st and 2nd unsuccessful read after write TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual Programming FEED DIRECTION AN SwWw95031 41 Programming 21 42 33 66 42 4 6 8 Magnetic encoding and decoding related commands Track number and type of encoding ISO standard or hexadecimal bit by bit is determined by the encoding command used as specified below ENCODING Syntax lt command gt lt message gt IM 12345 Encodes 12345 on track 2 Encoding Commands Track method Encoding Reading Characters Soha ISO IJ ID 1 79 ASCII alpha 210 bpi Binary 1B 1 10 1 480 bits 120 hex Track 2 ISO IM ID 2 37 ASCII digits 75 bpi Binary 1B 2 10 2 200 bits 50 hex Track 3 ISO II ID 3 117 ASCII digits 210 bpi Binary IB 3 10 3 480 bits 120 hex NOTE With HiCo encoding only one track at a time can be used for encoding or reading In this case code first track with or in the magnetic string to return the ticket to active position after coding then reset the printer with C and code the other track and print the ticket Her Encode Bina
47. e 2 selects print motor Not used Must be set to 1 Not used Must be set to 1 Not used for graphics printing Must be set to 1 One space has to follow the 1 before the graphics data Here you can enter a remark describing the setting you just did It will not be printed IF A N 30 250 1 1 1 1 Encode speed full step lt CR gt lt LF gt IF A N 30 190 2 1 1 1 Print speed half step lt CR gt lt LF gt I P lt CR gt lt LF gt TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 31 Programming 4 6 2 Document entry related commands 2141 i Hex Set ticket length for roll paper 33 65 Decimal This command sets the ticket length if paper without gaps or black marks is used One step is 0 67mm IA 127 sets up a credit car sized ticket length A 0 turns off the function and reverts to gapped ticket stock This is the default setting The mechanics of TTPM3 works with ticket lengths between 54 and 120 mm IE 2145 Hex Eject through rear document entry 33 69 Decimal This command ejects through the rear document entry any document positioned in the active position for encoding or after decoding See page 16 for definition of active standby ticket position IL 1 214031 ner Select lower rear document entry 33 76 49 Decimal Selects lower rear document entry and feed the leading document in the consecutive supply entry to active position If in the preceding operation the upper rear document entry has been engaged the
48. ers Ink for magnetic stripe side Offset ink CAUTION Never use abrasive inks as they reduce the life of the thermal print head 1 Triplex is manufactured from three paper stocks The middle is usually recycled paper and the top and bottom are different papers Laminate with plastic core may destroy the printhead DO NOT USE The perforation of the tickets may leave parts of the plastic core protruding through the surface of the ticket These plastic tongues may scratch the printhead and also build up static electricity discharging through the printhead This may seriously limit the printhead life If plastic laminate still is used care must be taken in the manufacturing process to avoid the plastic protrusion and the printer must be life tested with the intended stock before taken into use 3 0 18 0 32 mm for Frontload 1 and Frontload 2 versions of the printer TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 71 Specifications 72 Thermal print to preprint alignment Tolerances in the printer and in the ticket stock itself can cause misalignment between the preprint of the ticket stock and the thermal print The ticket guides in the printer are set at 54 3 mm Narrower guides would cause paper jam when the relative humidity changes the ticket width A ticket width of 54 0 0 2 mm gives a maximum misalignment of 0 55 mm 54 3 0 05 53 3 0 2 HINT Avoid designing tickets that require close alignment bet
49. es 0 44 ta 26 42 Failiure 0008 65 Retries ccccceeeeeee 45 Magnetic media 71 Magnetic stripe 71 Orientation 13 Maintenance 67 Memory ss 23 Mnemonic 000066 24 Moisture proofing Coating neosasani 70 N n1 N2 etc ccnn 24 NAK Trnina 65 NAK 2r aian 65 NAK Aone 65 NAK Sidenhen 65 NAK Gl oe 65 NAK 7 vote ecceeedteccee 65 NAK 8 ee 65 NAK Q aiita 65 NAK A ee 65 NAK B on 65 NAK CG nietre nuina 65 NAK D o 65 NAK Eaa 65 NAK Gl Boe 65 NAK X aroi itri 65 No document inserted 65 NO P PeP ceeeeeeeeeeeees 65 Noise excessive 60 61 Non gapped tickets 73 Nonvolatile RAM 23 64 0 Operation c ccee 15 Orientation 35 Output tray 9 P Papei re 70 Loading eeaeee 12 Out indication 12 Paper jam n 14 65 Parameters 005 55 reset to default 57 SOU Aci A oe EEEE 48 SOTE wees ee 48 Partyen ess 69 Perforation 0066 72 Pin assignment Serial port 5 69 Pl ster 70 Positioning data 22 Power connection 11 0705 0705 Index Power failure 15 Reversed text 54 Text attributes 54 POWET Up oseese 15 RTSICTS isni 69 Ticket base material 70 Preprint 70 Ticket dimensions 71 Pritttezteececzcotacekcoeeseines
50. ethyl or isopropyl alcohol 8 3 Firmware The firmware is stored in flash PROM on the control board A replacement control board may not contain the same firmware version that you are currently using so if you replace control board for some reason upgrade it to the firmware version you want to use 8 3 1 Loading Firmware is loaded through the serial port of the TTPM3 Fetch the firmware from the Swecoin web site http www swecoin se There you will also find the TTP Editor Windows software you use for loading the firmware into the printer 1 Start the TTP Editor and select settings Printer type TTPM3 and set the Comm settings to the port etc that you use 2 Select Settings Debug Window and click on Text 3 Move the debug window so it does not cover the TTP editor The debug window will show status during program loading and must be open 4 Select Advanced TTP features and firmware load and follow the instructions on the screen lt 2 TIPM3 Editor V7 82 DER Settings i Comm settings Printer type Debug window Advanced TTP features Com1 Settings 115200 n 8 1 NOTE The connector that must be short circuited with a jumper during program loading is located close to the power connector If you have a desktop version of the TTPM3 a hole in the bottom of the cover gives access for the jumper 0705 TTPMs3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 69 Specifications 70 SPECIFICATION
51. ets until a Clear all command is received so you only have to download graphics once Remember when creating graphics for the TTPM3 printer that the pixels are not square but has a height width ratio of 1 32 1 in normal mode and 0 88 1 in high resolution mode 4 3 3 Barcodes Bar code data fed to the printer are converted to an EAN13 EAN 128 Code39 Code 128 and code 2 of 5 interleaved bar code The bar code prints on all subsequent tickets until a Clear all command is received or until new bar code data with the same coordinates and type is received 4 3 4 Magnetic codes Messages can be magnetically encoded on a stripe at the back of the ticket The message can be between 37 and 107 characters long depending on the coding standard and density you select TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual Font 1 Slze tx Font Size 2x1 Font 1 Size 2x2 2 Size Ixl Font 2 Size 2xi Fnt Font 2 5 Font 3 Slza ixt Font J Size dy Font 3 Size 2x2 Font 4 Size 1x1 Fant 4 Size 2x1 Font 4 Size 2x2 2x2 Font size 16x16 Figure 12 Font examples W97120 21 Programming 22 4 3 5 Positioning data on the ticket Items to be printed are positioned by defining the X and Y coordinate of the upper left corner and the orientation Y1 Print can overlap other print You Northiorientationat X i can for instance print text on top of graphics East oriented text at X 384 Y 1 4 3 6 Triggerin
52. g a printout FEED Putting text graphics bar and DIRECTION magnetic codes on the ticket as described above only builds an image of the ticket in the printer memory To actually print something on a ticket you must send a print command LPA Every received P CR LF prints 86 mm Y500 f Y700 in high res mode one ticket If the printer is configured for dual consecutive entries you must also send a select ument entry command se document entry command see page 410 mm Y650 32 X900 in high res mode jesssssssnananananannnnnnnnnnnnnnannnne 3 SW95026A G See eeeee eee eee Printable width 51 07mm 4 3 7 Command Figure 13 Coordinates on the ticket acknowledgment Ticket issuing is automatically acknowledged by the TTPM3 by sending an ACK 06h to the host computer after a successful read after write of the encoded magnetic information If no encoding command and data are sent to the TTPM3 the ACK is still sent read after write verifies that no data is encoded Some other commands are also acknowledged see Error Codes and Status reporting on page 65 NOTE ACK NAK must be enabled through parameter n5 see page 60 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Programming 4 3 8 Additional commands In addition to the command that specifies the print there are a number of other commands used for functions such as e Clearing of the TTPM3 buffer e Selection of document
53. he following read and decode commands apply for the single ticket in active position IDA Reads and decodes all three tracks and sends the data separated by CR LF D1_ Read and decode the track indicated by the digit With front load option track 2 D2 or center track is read and the data stored in memory when the ticket is entered p3 through the front entry D2 only reads the data from memory without moving the ticket The read string is decoded and scanned for an end character If found the string is sent to the host computer in ASCII format The start character is not included but the stop character and the checksum are transmitted If no number is found or if it does not comply with the ISO standard a NAK A is transmitted 101 Read data from track 2 or center track and transmit data to host 102 No decoding takes place in the TTPM3 103 Aone is transmitted as ASCII 1 and a zero as ASCII 0 After reading the stripe the ticket is automatically returned to active position waiting for either an eject command for a command sequence for printing or encoding or both followed by P for processing of that command string 3 6 4 Encode and print 1 Encode a new or modified string on the magnetic stripe Use any of the magnetic encoding commands I J M or K N K depending on what tracks are available in your printer and what encoding you want See page 42 2 Format the new p
54. ical Manual 0705 Specifications 9 3 2 Firmware history Functions and features are being added from time to time affecting the firmware in the TTPMS3 The following table lists the changes of general interest FW revision Change 4 60 First firmware version released to a customer 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 77 Index 10 78 INDEX 26 42 A ACK NAK 22 32 64 65 B Bar code 0 21 38 Baud rate c 00 58 BMP files 37 Bold text ccceeeeee 54 Burn time 0 59 60 Buttons cccccceeeeee 12 Byte counter 64 c Carriage Return 20 Center track 73 Center track tickets 74 Checksum n 44 Cleaning the printhead 68 Coating and preprint 70 Gode 39 fssce hesi cee es 39 Coercivity ccee 71 COM poft 7 Command acknowledgment 22 Command syntax 20 Commands Document entry related 25 Print related 26 34 Summary 000 25 System related 25 Communications cable 69 Communications protocol snene 69 Converting graphics 37 Corner radius Se Critical error 65 Current consumption11 61 Cutter error 06 65 D Data bits ee 69 Decimal cccceeeee 24 Decimal codes 56 Decoding ce 43 Default parameters 55 Defau
55. ing downwards as seen from the front of the printer Insert tickets in the lower document entry The printer feeds the tickets forward and cuts and ejects one ticket The printer is ready for use 2 1 1 Network option a fF OO N Open the cover Insert the network cable in the hole at the rear of the cover Connect the cable to the TCP IP connector at the rear of the network card Take out the configuration ticket that sits in the holster on the side of the network card Start a web browser and enter the IP address printed on the configuration card for example http 192 168 0 52 TTPMs3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 7 Installation 6 Now the server in the TTPM shows Here you can set new address and print a new configuration card Swecoin Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit view Favorites Tools Help ae Q sax amp x la A 2 Search 5 Favorites Ea y4 7 eS i law Links gt Address http 192 168 0 52 lan html MI gt E K TTPM Network Administration LAN TOOLS IP configuration Address type Static DHCP IP Address 192 168 0 52 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 0 1 Port 9100 MAC Address 006035024364 2006 Swecoin 4B Internet 7 If you have problem finding the TTPM from your PC please check that the PC uses the same third digit in the IP number as the printer does for example 192 168 0 52 If this digit differs ple
56. irmware revision in this case 4 80 IV z A 2156 Hex Read transaction string 33 86 Decimal Reads the string stored by Q from the memory in the printer IW F A 2157 Hex Read thermal print progress indicator 33 87 Decimal Reads a value indicating the number of bytes actually printed on the ticket both blank and non blank The number consists of 4 hexadecimal digits and should normally be equal to 5BEO A lower number together with the absence of the 03H indicates that the last ticket was not fully printed and a decision may be taken whether the system should reissue the ticket or alert the supervisor This is a safety feature to minimize the risk of valid tickets being duplicated without attention from the system by turning off the power at a certain point IX 7 2158 Hex Set resolution 33 88 Decimal This command sets the resolution of the print This only affects the resolution in the transport direction of the ticket 0 normal resolution 5 7dots mm 1 high resolution 8 5 dots mm This is for compatibility with older TTPM s They had a DIP switch on the control board instead of a parameter memory 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 29 Programming IY 21 59 HEX Read ticket counter 33 89 Decimal This command reads out the value of the internal ticket counter from the control board This counter starts from 0 when the printer is new and is incremented by one fore each completed P sequence The result is
57. ism or fully eject the ticket so that it falls into a tray You can also select that a ticket should be redirected to a wastebasket as described above 1 Encoding in ISO standard format or in hexadecimal format bit by bit is software selectable 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 5 Installation 2 INSTALLATION The TTPM3 comes as desktop printer or as an OEM printer mechanism for kiosk applications Control panel inlet 24V Interface connector Figure 1 Desktop printer Printhead open lever Interface inlet 24V connector Ticket output Figure 2 OEM printer mechanism 6 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Installation 2 1 Installing a desktop printer Connect the cable from the power supply to the connector at the back of the printer Connect the power supply to a line outlet with safety ground The ground potential should be the same as for the host computer If ground potentials differ use a short distance modem between the computer and the printer Connect a serial cable between the COM port of the host computer and the serial input of the TTPM3 printer For pin assignment see page 70 Turn on the printer The blue and green indicators should light up Press the front button The green indicator starts flashing and the yellow indicator lights up indicating Out of Paper Turn the tickets so that the magnetic stripe is on the left side fac
58. l print field definitions are stored in RAM and disappears when the printer power is switched OFF POWER FAILURE CLEANUP If Clear ticket path at startup is enabled parameter 8 TTPM3 tries to find out if a ticket is in the ticket path at any other location than at the top of form position at power ON If it finds a ticket it destroys the magnetic encoding prints VOID on it and outputs the ticket If the printer is equipped with a front load 3 unit the ticket is redirected to the waste bin START UP SYNCHRONIZATION To enable the TTPM3 to synchronize itself to the incoming data after power up either after a usual power ON or after a power failure the printer has to receive either a C command that it will execute or a P command that it will ignore TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 15 Operation 16 Using the C command to initiate the TTPM3 clears all data that has previously been stored To avoid having data cleared the P command can be used for example to retain document data stored in the TTPM3 prior to a power failure or power OFF NOTE Please remember that the TTPM3 has to receive either the C or P command after power up All other commands and data will be ignored until C or P has been received 3 5 2 Normal operation Different error types can show up during processing The most common is that the TTPMS is out of paper All errors encountered by the printer and requiring operator assista
59. lt settings Serial interface 69 SOFE re 48 Document Dimensions 71 Examples 51 Front entry 0 14 Rear entry 13 SOCK eei iritis 70 Document entry commands 25 E EANN Giir eseina 39 Eject document Into waste bin 33 Via front document entry naiseen 33 Encoding attributes 44 Error codes 65 Error handling 15 F Fault finding 67 Firmware loading 68 75 Firmware history 75 Flow control 58 59 POM see e apna 35 Fonts loading 00 50 Format Graphics printing 25 Print field type size position orientation34 Text printing35 36 38 40 Front load 17 Full tape ceeeee 71 G Gapped tickets 72 Graphics 21 Converting to TTPM2 format 37 Datar n 36 GOUNA oiii 7 H Hardware handshaking 58 HeX see etde 24 Hex codes ceeeeee 56 HiGO sees ees 71 I Indicators 12 Initialize Command 16 20 Installation 005 6 Interface description 69 Inversed textSee Reversed text L Laminate 0068 70 Line Feed 0008 20 Load document from front entry 32 Loading firmware 68 LOCO Aee E E EEEE 71 LogotypeS e 50 Lower document entry 13 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual M Magnetic codes 21 Attribut
60. mmand Assume that you want to print a document with the following layout and the number 123456789 to be encoded on ISO track 2 or center track TTPH Printer Encoder FEED DIRECTION SW95023 Figure 17 Printout example To achieve this the following data have to be sent to the printer IC IC IF T N 150 20 1 2 2 1 TTPM IF T N 110 70 1 1 1 1 Printer Encoder IM 123456789 IP 52 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Ticket Examples This command sequence will now be fully explained IC Clears all previously sent definitions IF T N 150 20 1 2 2 1 TTPM Defines a print field starting at X coordinate 150 pixel pos 150 Y coordinate 20 pixel pos 20 with characters of double height and double width font 1 X axis resolution is 7 52 pixels mm 0 133 mm pixel Y axis resolution is 5 7 pixels mm 0 175 mm pixel IF T N 110 70 1 1 1 1 Printer Encoder Defines a print field at X pos 110 Y pos 70 with standard size characters font 1 IM 123456789 Defines data to be encoded in ISO defined format on ISO track 2 or center track magnetic stripe as 123456789 Reads the encoded string compares with the input read after write NOTE For ISO encoding start stop and check digits as well as synchronization zeroes are automatically added by the TTPM3 IP Encodes and prints the document The F definitions are now stored in the printer If another document with the same text and layout sh
61. n track 1 Encode data in Hex format on track 2 or center track Encode data in Hex format on track 3 Reads data in Hex format from track 1 or center track Reads data in Hex format from track 2 or center track Reads data in Hex format from track 3 or center track Encode data in ISO format on track 1 Encode data in ISO format on track 2 or center track Encode data in ISO format on track 3 Reads and decodes data in ISO format from track 1 2 and 3 Reads and decodes data in ISO format from track 1 Reads and decodes data in ISO format from track 2 or center track Reads and decodes data in ISO format from track 3 Storage commands nl n2 Set parameter value Store current parameter values nl Parameter value enquiry Load Firmware Load Font Erase all Fonts 1 See note about Ticket memory on page 23 2 Grayed commands are obsolete or not yet implemented firmware version 5 12 26 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 35 36 38 40 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 48 48 49 49 50 50 0705 Programming 4 6 Command Reference The commands in this section are grouped after what they do and these groups are sorted in a theoretical usage sequence It starts with commands for setting up the printer through document entry commands text and graphics commands encoding reading commands Then we end with storage commands that handle the flash memory of the printer 4
62. nce are indicated with a signal from an indicator on top of the printer The operator then has to follow a specific procedure depending on the type of error that caused the stop The procedures are as follows e Yellow indicator lights up Indicates No paper in the selected paper entry Insert new paper supply or new single ticket The document will be automatically loaded to active position e Yellow indicator ON and green indicator ON or flashing No paper in the selected paper entry Data string and print command have been received Insert paper into the selected paper entry e Red indicator lights up Indicates unsuccessful read after write The TTPM3 makes a second attempt to encode and read the ticket During that attempt the red indicator will go out For each unsuccessful attempt the red indicator lights up again If a single ticket operation is in progress the red indicator stays ON until a new ticket is inserted and successfully processed Also refer to the previously described procedures regarding the yellow and green indicators e Red indicator is ON If the Red indicator stays ON even though ticket stock is present in the selected entry station this indicates that the paper path in the TTPM3 has been blocked Follow the description on the next page to remove blockage NOTE No data is lost in the process of detecting and acting on errors as long as the printer is not switched OFF 3 6 Single ticket handling 3 6
63. ng on top of the existing print of a previously used ticket e Include information in the magnetically encoded string about which area of the ticket has already been used for printing e Read the magnetic stripe and let the host computer position new text on free spaces of the ticket e Update the magnetic stripe with correct information about used areas if the ticket should be used further 3 6 2 Inserting a single ticket In the standard TTPM3 inserting a single ticket into the upper rear document entry will trigger the single ticket loading process In front load printers the application program must issue the command L3 to trigger the single ticket loading The yellow indicator on the printer will blink to indicate that the application program wants the operator to insert a single ticket When a ticket is inserted the loading process starts To speed up ticket handling the magnetic code of track two is TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 17 Operation read and placed in memory when loading the ticket from the front load option D will read track two data from memory without having to move the ticket The single ticket loading process will retract the fanfold ticket stock in the lower document entry to a standby position and position the single ticket in the active position of the upper entry The subsequent command string automatically processes the operation on the single ticket form 3 6 3 Read and decode T
64. ntact sockets Housing AMP No 350777 1 Socket AMP No 350689 1 GND 24 V Figure 5 Power connection Mode Idle Standard text printing Peak current Table 1 Current consumption NOTE The 24 V ground as well as the chassis of the printer must be connected to ground potential safety ground After fastening the printer proceed with the installation instructions for desktop printer on page 6 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 11 Operation 3 OPERATION 3 1 Operator controls Blue indicator Power ON OFF button Clear pushbutton Lights when Switches on or off the Press and hold at power ON power is ON TTPM3 to turn on paper jam clearing mode Press front button to advance ticket forward and middle button to retract ticket Error turn OFF backwards Turn printer OFF and ON the printer and ON to exit paper jam to clear clearing mode A Yellow Indicator aang Eject pushbutton Jam Fixed Out of paper2 1 Ejects any document in Out T the selected ticket track Tickets Eject Blinking Ticket Same as when an E Print command command is received received but out Feed 2 Press and hold at power of paper Ticket ON to run cleaning card through printer Red indicator d Green indicator Feed pushbutton Fixed Printer ready 1 Cuts and ejects a ticket Blinking Insert ticket 2 Press and hold at power ON to enter self test mode Press again to encode and print one ticke
65. on Read ticket counter Read retract counter Burn time Document entry commands Sets ticket length for roll ticket without black marks or gaps Ejects document through the upper rear document entry for example after decoding Selects lower rear document entry and waits if paper is out for units with dual consecutive entries Selects upper rear document entry and waits if paper is out for units with dual consecutive entries 1 Loads document through front entry Ejects document through front entry Transports document to waste bin only for printers with front load 2 and 3 Selects lower rear document entry and signals if paper is out Selects upper rear document entry and signals if paper is out Sets timeout for retract function IL4 L2 L17 or L18 must be selected when configured for dual document entries 0705 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 25 27 30 22 31 27 27 27 29 28 29 30 28 29 29 29 30 30 30 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 Programming 4 5 3 IF T IF G IF C IFM 4 5 4 IB IB N IB w 10 Hh 10 N 10 w IJ IM II ID ID ID w N HP P ID IH IH P S IS P IH F IH C C IH Print data commands Print text Print graphics Print bar code Specifies No of retries cancellation text to be printed if encoding fails Magnetic encoding decoding commands Encode data in Hex format o
66. ondition cleared then turned off again For TTPM3 to send ACK or NAK error codes the DIP switch 6 on the TTPMs3 control board must be set to ON Position OFF places the unit in a silent mode preventing these codes from being transmitted to the host computer TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Error codes and Status reporting 7 4 Extended acknowledgement It is possible to extend the acknowledgement procedure so that most commands are acknowledged by the printer To enable the function you have to the send the command ICA A ticket should therefore always start with the commands IC ICA The extended acknowledgement is a command number appended to the ACK The command number is a 1 byte hexadecimal number according to the following table Command Normal IP 06h IC IF IL IL 17 06h IL 18 06h IL 3 06h IL 4 06h IE 1Q 1Z IX Acknowledgement Extended 06h 06h 06h 06h 06h 06h 06h 06h 06h 06h 06h 06h 06h 80h 02h 04h 05h 08h 08h 08h 08h 08h 09h 14h 18h 19h The following is a simple example Sent to printer When After a successful magnetic encoding After printing After clear memory After formatting data in memory After successful track load eject operation When the lower input contains ticket stock When the upper input contains ticket stock When a ticket has successfully been loaded from the front to the
67. ork in any ISO 7810 compliant equipment Stock format Fanfold gapped or non gapped consecutive form tickets Sheet cut single tickets for manual or dispenser loading Perforation cut direction Perforation and cutting of ticket material must be done from the thermally sensitive side of the paper TTPM3 accepted sizes Ticket width 54 mm 0 2 mm Ticket length 85 6 0 25 mm or 110 150 mm Corner radius 3 18 mm 0 30 mm 0 125 0 012 preferably without minus tolerance Care should be taken to avoid misalignment between the rounded corners and the straight edges of the card The corner radius is for optical detection of top of form Card edges Edge burrs normal to the card face shall not exceed 0 08 mm 0 003 above the card surface On request versions for roll paper can be built Requires testing with customer paper When the width of the ticket exceeds 54 10 mm machine reading problems may occur TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 73 Specifications Gapped tickets Two bridges according to Figure 20 L 85 6 standard as per ISO 7810 L 110 150 customer special 54 0 2 mm Figure 20 Gapped tickets Non gapped tickets Equal distance between tabs according to Figure 21 L 85 6 standard as per ISO 7810 L 110 150 customer special R 3 18mm 54 0 2 mm 7 Figure 21 Non gapped tickets for printers with burst separator 74 TTPM3 Printer Encoder
68. pared by the TTPM3 before encoding which guarantees that the magnetic code data is correctly received 1 Calculate the checksum as the modulo 2 sum consecutive XOR of the ASCII data bytes sent in the 1M command The checksum must have bit 7 set to 1 to distinguish it from ordinary data 2 Append the checksum at the end of the M data string when encoding ISO data at track 2 or center track 3 When the message has been received the TTPM3 calculates the checksum and compares it to the checksum appended to the message If they are identical an ACK is returned otherwise a NAK followed by the checksum calculated by the TTPM3 will be returned The checksum is never encoded on the magnetic stripe it is only intended to secure data transmission The ISO format itself automatically adds a check digit to the magnetic code READING AND DECODING MAGNETIC ENCODING ATTRIBUTES The magnetic encoding data strings can be given attributes that govern versions of the standard encode read after write routines and cancellation functions The following attributes inserted anywhere in the applicable data strings will cause the following functional deviations from default standards NOTE The attributes in parenthesis only work for the M command or Cancels the read after write function The ticket is encoded and directly transported forwards for separation if applicable and subsequent printing according to the F command data without prio
69. r read after write or Encodes the ticket performs read after write but does not transport the ticket for printing Instead the ticket is backed into the active position without being cut waiting for the command to proceed for instance for a decode operation or Expands the read after write operation If this is successful the ticket is processed in accordance with standard routines that is it is separated and printed If the read after write operation is unsuccessful in the programmed number of attempts the ticket is transported forwards and the waste bin of the front load mechanism is activated only printers with front load amp waste bin option The ticket is dropped into a waste bin Combining the characters and results in normal behavior if the encoding was successful If an error occurs then the ticket is transported back to the start position and NAK E is sent TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Programming T Encodes the ticket performs read after write and cuts the ticket The ticket stops after the cutter where the after cutter sensor still can see the ticket Here it waits for print data and P command before proceeding to be printed and ejected to the customer Apart from print data and P only the following commands are allowed L3 L4 and L5 IL5 Eject document into waste bin will throw away the ticket from the waiting position into the waste bin without
70. rds 45 0 001101 46 0 001110 47 1 001111 48 0 0 010000 49 1 1 010001 50 2 1 010010 51 3 0 010011 52 4 1 010100 53 5 0 010101 54 6 0 010110 55 7 1 010111 56 8 1 011000 57 9 0 011001 58 i 0 011010 Character not defined in Standards 59 A 1 011011 Character not defined in Standards 60 lt 0 011100 Character not defined in Standards 61 1 011101 62 gt 1 011110 Character not defined in Standards 63 0 011111 Stop Character End Sentinel 64 0 100000 Character not defined in Standards 65 A 1 100001 66 B 1 100010 67 C 0 100011 68 D 1 100100 69 E 0 100101 70 F 0 100110 71 G 1 100111 72 H 1 101000 73 0 101001 74 J 0 101010 75 K 1 101011 76 L 0 101100 77 M 1 101101 78 N 1 101110 79 O 0 101111 80 P 1 110000 81 Q 0 110001 46 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Programming ASCII Character Parity Magcode 82 R 0 110010 83 S 1 110011 84 T 0 110100 85 U 1 110101 86 V 1 110110 87 W 0 110111 88 X 0 111000 89 Y 1 111001 90 Z 1 111010 91 0 111011 Character not defined in Standards 92 1 111100 Character not defined in Standards 93 0 111101 Character not defined in Standards 94 A 0 111110 Field Separator 95 1 111111 Character not defined in Standards Mag Code the six LSB of ASCII value 32 parity bit is added by printer TRACK 2 amp 3 ISO ENCODING ASCII Character Parity Magcode 48 0 1 0000 49 1 0 0001 50 2 0 0010 51 3 1 0011 52 4 0 0100 53 5
71. rint using the F command described on page 35 3 Encode and print the ticket with the P command The ticket will be ejected to the operator when correctly encoded and printed In case of unsuccessful encoding the single ticket is cancelled and a new single ticket form has to be inserted into the applicable document entry A blinking yellow indicator prompts this 1 The number of encoding retries as well as the text to be printed on cancelled tickets can be set with the F M command See page 40 Cancelled tickets can be redirected to the optional front load waste bin by inserting an or character in the string to be encoded on the stripe see page 44 18 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Operation 3 6 5 Ejecting the ticket If you want to eject the ticket without modifying the encoding or adding new print after reading the magnetic stripe use an applicable eject command 1E Ejects the ticket through the upper rear document entry L4 Ejects the ticket through the front entry L5 Ejects the ticket to the waste bin of the TTPM3 Front Load 3 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 19 Programming 20 PROGRAMMING 4 1 Syntax e Acommand string always starts with an exclamation mark ASCII 33 or HEX 21 serving as command identifier The exclamation mark must be at the first position of the line that is directly after a CR LF Otherwise it will not be recognizes as command identifier
72. rmally not readable in standard SO card readers 3 18 mm specified radius 1 3 mm trigger point movement with cut corners Ticket movement SW97115 Figure 24 Ticket position is erroneously detected with 45 corners 9 3 Firmware The firmware is stored in flash PROM on the control board A replacement control board may not contain the same firmware version that you are currently using so if you replace control board for some reason upgrade it to the firmware version you want to use Fetch the firmware from the Swecoin web site http Awww swecoin se Instructions how to load firmware using the Swecoin TTP Editor are bundled with the firmware Should you whish to integrate firmware loading into your own system please read the 89c420 User Guide available for download from www maxim ic com 9 3 1 Firmware versions FW Version TTPM2 TTPM3 Standard version 3 track magnetic module 30953 XXX Standard version 2 track magnetic module 00906 XXX 30906 XXX Standard version with POWER ON CLEAR 00946 XXX i Hebrew 01661 XXX 31661 XXX FL and 2 inputs 01741 XXX 1 Cyrillic 01751 XXX 31751 XXX No cutter 01785 XXX 31785 XXX 161BPI Track 2 only 01789 XXX 31789 XXX 105BPI track 2 only 01790 XXX 31790 XXX No encoding 01794 XXX 31794 XXX No black mark and no gap 01805 XXX 31805 XXX 16 Selected with parameters in standard firmware 76 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Techn
73. ry data Decimal Encodes binary data to the specified track The bit order specified with parameters 19 to 21 When using binary data you are in total control over the encoded data Data is sent to the printer as hex nibbles You have to specify leading synchronization zeroes start sentinel and stop sentinel yourself Leading zeroes are used by the readers to determine swiping speed The first 7 mm of the tickets should contain leading zeroes The start sentinel identifies the beginning of data The stop sentinel identifies the end of data Trailing zeroes are used as leading zeroes if the ticket is swiped backwards These are added automatically by the printer so do not add those to the string Example 1B 1 000000000000000FF1234567890ABCDEF99 lt CR gt lt LF gt In the above example we have 15 leading zeroes FF as a start sentinel and 99 as stop sentinel TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 214A 33 74 21 4D 33 77 2149 33 73 21 44 33 68 21 4F 33 79 Programming 15 leading zero nibbles give 15 x 4 bits 60 bits at 210 bits inch 7 2 mm FF as start sentinel encode 11111111 which is easy to detect 99 as stop sentinel encode 10011001 equally easy to detect Encode ISO data track 1 Hex Decimal This command encodes upper case ASCII text and digits to track 1 of the ticket NOTE _ The space character is a valid encode on track 1 so remember that if you insert a
74. software command is sent or the power is turned off on 1 2 Magnetic encoding Three magnetic tracks can be encoded Either with standard low coercivity recording or optional household magnet proof high coercivity recording ISO track version ISO track 1 at 210 BPI ISO track 2 at 75 BPI Bits Per Inch ISO track 3 at 210 BPI Center track version 7 mm wide center track at 75 or 210 BPI The TTPM3 can be used for encoding on one two or three tracks simultaneously Read after write is automatically performed You can also enter an already encoded ticket into the TTPM3 and read the magnetic stripe and output the data to the host computer See also Magnetic encoding and decoding related commands on page 42 1 3 Document handling TTPM3 printer has two rear inputs for ticket stock Both can take continuous ticket stock like fanfold or roll ticket material You can configure the printer so that one is used for continuous stock and the other is used for handfed tickets There is an optional front load mechanism that makes it possible to load single tickets through the ticket exit This replaces the upper ticket entry at the rear of the printer In addition to this the front load has a wastebasket function for redirecting used or invalid tickets to a wastebasket thus preventing useless tickets being presented to the customer You can select to partially eject the ticket so that the customer takes it from the frontload mechan
75. t The printout shows Temporarily OFF Commands are executed ee erat eraser a Flickering Receiving data Keyboard Figure 6 Indicators and pushbuttons 3 2 Paper loading The yellow indicator indicates paper out Press the center button to eject remaining tickets if you want to replace paper stock before paper is out 12 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Operation 3 2 1 Loading through rear document entries Insert the ticket stock into the desired document entry When the ticket is detected by the input sensor it will be pulled into the active position Consecutive ticket stock is usually loaded in the lower document entry and single tickets in the upper document entry If the printer is configured for two consecutive entries you may also use fanfold tickets in the upper document entry Upper document entry NAL Lower document entry Magnetic stripe SW97113R2 Figure 7 Position of the magnetic stripe when loading paper 3 2 2 Paper stock positioning The ticket stock should be oriented with the magnetic stripe down to the left as seen from the front of the TTPM3 It is good practice to place the pile of fanfold tickets at a distance of at least one ticket length behind and straight out from the printer 90 C0000 O00O0 SW97116R2 Figure 8 Positioning the ticket stock
76. te 2 reports the temperature of the thermal print head and is only used internally in the TTPM3 Bit Function Sensor Value 1 Value 0 0 Lower rear document entry J6 Paper present No paper 1 Upper rear document entry J7 Paper present No paper 2 Top of form J8 Paper present No paper 3 Cutter position J9 Paper present No paper 4 After cutter position J10 Paper present No paper 5 Cutter J21 Cutter home Cutter not home 6 Print head OK Error 7 Front Load Sensor J11 Paper present No paper See also ENQ 1 On CD200 versions with card level low sensor this bit indicates low card level printer version 02441 002 5600 A0015 28 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Programming ISD 21 53 20 44 Hex Status request DIP switch settings 33 83 32 68 Decimal The TTPM3 responds with one byte containing 1 bit for each switch 1 on 0 off Bt 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 O Dip switch No 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 IS R 21 53 20 52 Hex Power has been off 33 83 32 82 Decimal IS R answers with one byte a 1 31h if the power has been off since the last time you asked or a 0 30h if the power has been on since the last check A hardware reset does not activate the bit It requires a genuine power off to be set to 1 1U i 2155 Hex Firmware version query 3385 Decimal The TTPM3 responds by sending the following string 30906_480 TTPM3 Ticket Printer Encoder Where 30906 is the firmware number for a standard TTPM3 and 480 is the f
77. the magnetic code is has been written and verified by sending an ACK 06H to the host This indicates that the ticket in almost ready and should just pass the printhead and be outputted to the customer You can extend the acknowledge procedure to send acknowledge for other things than magnetic encoding See command c A If you select a character by setting parameter 31 that character will be sent when the when the print cycle is completed which is when the ticket leaves the printhead At this stage you can be reasonably certain that the ticket has been correctly issued and you can proceed with the next ticket You can at any time read the sensors in the printer with the ENQ 05H and s commands See page 30 7 2 Security additions Status reporting is used as a security measure to ensure that no manipulation has occurred that makes it possible to issue more tickets than intended 1 If Auto Clear at Startup is enabled parameter 8 the printer it looks for any unfinished ticket voids it and then issues an NAK G error code to inform about this 2 If Character sent after print is selected parameter 31 the printer issues that character for example ETX 03H to tell that the print cycle has been completed 3 A transaction string can be appended to the ticket data using the Q command The string is stored in nonvolatile memory when the 03H is issued This string can be read by the v command but there is no
78. ts and then load the fonts you want again The Swecoin TTP Editor can be used to erase fonts If you want to make remote deleting of fonts possible though your ticketing system you should implement the H c E command EXAMPLE C lt CR gt lt LF gt Prepares the printer for incoming data H C E lt CR gt lt LF gt Erases all character set from the printer After erasing the character sets the printer will make a reset TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Programming 4 6 12 Font loading The printer can store fonts in its flash PROM The fonts are given font numbers when they are loaded into the printer The first font is assigned number 0 and the next font 1 etc up to font 3 The memory available for font storage is printed on the self test ticket The number of fonts that fit depends on the size of the font files You cannot erase a single font but must erase all four fonts with c E then reload the fonts you wanted to keep Utility software for generation of SWF font files and loading erasing fonts is available on the Swecoin web site If you need to load fonts in a non Windows environment use the H C command The time required for processing the font data that is loaded is typically 15 20 seconds per font excluding transfer time During this time any data sent to the printer will be lost NOTE The font processing ends with a reset CAUTION Loading to the flash PROM will erase the R
79. u Feed after black mark in black mark mode The printer counts steps from the middle of the black mark and cuts when fed to the setting of this parameter 12 Default 36 paum Character pitch for font 1 This parameter is used if the width parameter in the F command is set to 1 NOTE See also F T Default 1 37 o in Paper out behaviour The printer sends NAK P when a P is received and the printer is out of paper This parameter decides what the printer should do with ticket data when out of paper 1H P 37 0 The printer discards all data until paper is loaded 1H P 37 1 The printer waits for paper to be loaded and then print the ticket from memory 280 Default R a 3 38 me Steps after which the print motor is started for long tickets If long tickets are used the print motor must start before the ticket is cut This parameter sets when to start the print motor One step is 0 4 mm 27 Default DP H 39 OE Hi Cut position Long tickets Determines how far the ticket should be fed from when the TOF sensor sees the trailing edge and the ticket is being cut One step is 0 4 mm 64 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 Error codes and Status reporting 7 ERROR CODES AND STATUS REPORTING The host computer uses the TTPM3 status reporting to determine if the print cycle has been completed or not If not error codes help determine what went wrong 7 1 Status When executing the print command P the printer confirms that
80. ve the blocking ticket TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Operation 3 4 Self test mode ticket repeat mode 3 4 1 Self test 1 Press and hold the front pushbutton at power ON to enter self test mode 2 Press again to encode and print one ticket The printout shows current firmware version 3 Turn printer OFF and ON to exit self test mode 3 4 2 Repeat fixed print 1 Start self test mode as described above 2 Download the ticket data to the printer and print one ticket The data must only contain fixed text fixed encoding data and graphics 3 Press the front button once and an exact copy of the first ticket will be printed This will be repeated each time that the front button is pressed 4 Turn printer OFF and ON to return to normal operation NOTE Do not hold the front button depressed Doing so will result in erroneously cut tickets often resulting in paper jam NOTE Repeating fixed print only works on printers where the auto clear function is OFF Auto clear is enabled disabled with a parameter setting 3 5 Error handling The blue and green indicators lights up at power ON If they fail to light up switch the TTPM3 OFF and ON again If the indicators are still OFF check your power connection both in the TTPM3 and in the wall outlet Also check your main power supply fuse 3 5 1 TTPM3 start up The TTPM3 has Flash memory where the firmware and parameter settings are stored Al
81. ved 30 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 IFAN 21 46 20 41 Hex 33 70 32 65 Decimal Programming Feed acceleration and speed TTPM3 has two feed motors one for encoding and one for printing This command sets the start frequency and the top speed of each motor NOTE1 This command should not be used Suitable speed is selected by Swecoin and set as default parameters in the firmware The speed setting has to reflect the motors fitted in the printer and the mechanical buildup of the printer A single unit may be tunable to a higher speed but it is not certain that the settings work on the next printer NOTE2 Power off on will set the values to factory default Syntax for defining and downloading graphics data is as follows IF A N lt start freq gt lt top speed gt lt motor gt 1 1 1_ remark IF lt start freq gt Top speed motor 1 1 1 space Remark Example C lt CR gt lt LF gt Command to load print parameter information Indicates acceleration and speed mode Print orientation This is ignored in acceleration and speed mode Orientation is always North N The printer requires the N to be inserted Start frequency Set the base frequency from where the acceleration starts A value of 30 indicates a start frequency of 300 Hz Top speed is the frequency at which the acceleration stops A value of 450 sets top speed to 4500 Hz 1 selects encoding motor whil
82. ween preprint and thermal print 9 2 3 Magnetic media Magnetic stripe Side stripe positioned according to ISO 7811 2 Center stripe option Magnetic media Full tape transfer tape or slurry CAUTION In case of slurry care must be taken to avoid excess slurry material and abrasive particles that may cause unduly high degree of wear on the magnetic recording and read heads in the TTPM3 Coercivity Adjustable between 300 and 3500 Oersted Factory set to LoCo 300 Oersted HiCo 2750 Oersted option Non standard coercivity setting available on request If a ticket is perforated for stub separation for example the perforation shall not infringe on the magnetic track to prevent interference with magnetically encoded data Track widths Tracks 1 2 and 3 3 1 mm Center track 7 mm Center Track Transport direction Ticket viewed from bottom magnetic stripe side Figure 19 Position of the magnetic stripe TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Specifications 9 2 4 Ticket dimensions and perforation NOTE ISO No 7810 says that all points on the edges of the card in the finished state except for the rounded corners shall fall between two concentric similarly aligned rectangles which are dimensioned as follows Outer rectangle width 85 72 mm height 54 03 mm Inner rectangle width 85 47 mm height 53 92 mm Remember these measurements when ordering tickets to be sure that they w
83. wer OFF Each parameter has a parameter number n used when setting the parameter with the command 8 P n v Most parameter settings must be stored before being effective Do this by setting them up and then send s to store all settings in the non volatile memory NOTE 1 If you try to set a parameter to an invalid value the parameter will be set to the nearest valid value below except for the baud rate value which will return to the default value 115200 bps 6 1 How the parameters are described Parameter number Description Default value 0 Default 16 Min Burn Time 31 Max Range 6 1 1 Default value The default values indicated are factory default settings you get by following the procedure on the next page These are not necessarily the settings that your printer was originally delivered with because many printers have customized settings when delivered 6 1 2 Examples Command examples are formatted in Courier and typed in the same way as used in the Swecoin TTP editor IH P 1 11 lt CR gt lt LF gt Where lt cr gt means the carriage return character 12 decimal hex OC Numbers between less than and greater than characters for example lt 001 gt lt 015 gt means 1 and 15 decimal hex 1 and 13 TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 6 2 Summary of parameter settings Parameter oO OIN OO a BR oO N oOo vlo wlwo vlo lN nis a 2 na ONTO oO hk WILD ajs 0 0 OJN OO A BIL oO N
84. xel lines of the graphic block The length of the ticket determines maximum height For an 86 mm ticket the maximum height is approximately 500 pixel lines width Width in bytes of the graphic block Maximum width is 48 bytes 1 Not used for graphics printing Must be set to 1 space One space has to follow the 1 before the graphics data Graphic_data This is a block of bit mapped graphics data The block is stored in the printer starting at lt xpos gt lt ypos gt The numbers of bytes specified by lt width gt are stored in one pixel line The lt ypos gt is then incremented and the next line is stored This is repeated lt height gt number of times It is up to the user to send the correct number of bytes to the printer that is lt height gt x lt width gt as the printer will scan the input character stream for the correct number of bytes TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 0705 0705 Programming 1 2 3 4 Create Add empty Convert pixels Covert bits pixel vertical lines to bits to bytes graphics to get full bytes Black pixel 1 White pixel 0 12832 8 a 12345678 64164 010 10H Eo pa a eT 1 ef HE FE H I 7C H j 33 H 10 H w97123 71110H 38H 7CH FEH 7CH 38H 10H Figure 14 Converting graphics to TTPM3 format Note that the appearance on your screen depends on the editor you use to write your program
85. ype of binary data like graphics data status requests etc Xon Xoff only work when plain text is sent unidirectional to the printer Graphics and status replies may well contain the Xon 11h and Xoff 13h characters and will obstruct the communication TTPM3 Printer Encoder Technical Manual 59 Default parameter settings 0 4 0 1 20 5 16 31 1 6 0 1 0 7 0 1 1 8 0 1 60 Default Min Max Default Min Max Default Min Max Default Min Max Default Min Max Network enable Enables Disables extra handshaking used by TCP IP option IHP 4 0 Network disabled IHP 41 Network enabled Burn time A long burn time gives darker print On insensitive paper types you may have to increase the burn time to get an acceptable print quality H P 5 27 Sets burn time 27 CAUTION A longer burn time put more load on the printhead so do not use a longer burn time than required for a clearly legible print Settings over 27 are not recommended ACK NAK error code For the host computer to get status back from the printer ACK NAK must be enabled 1H P 6 0 Silent H P 6 1 Enabled Clear memory after print When enabled the memory is cleared after each print so that no extra copies of a printout can be made H P 7 1 Enables auto clear after print Clear ticket path at startup When enabled the printer looks for tickets in the printer at power on and voids any ticket found H P 8 1 Enables

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