E. If the product has been dropped the cabinet has been damaged. F. If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for service. CITIZEN CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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CBM-910 User’s Manual IMPORTANT: This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment.
8. PRINT CONTROL FUNCTION ... 24 8.1 List of Control Codes... 24 8.2 Input Data Format... 25 9. CHARACTER SET ... 38 9.1 U.S.A. Specifications... 38 9.2 Character code Table... 39 10. EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS (in mm) ... 41 CITIZEN CONTENTS CBM-910 User’s Manual...
1. INTRODUCTION The CBM-910 is a dot-impact printer widely usable with various data communication terminals and measurement terminals. This printer, being extremely compact and equipped with extensive functions, is suitable to a wide range of applications. You are kindly requested to read this manual thoroughly to understand the product prior to actual use.
Please use the exclusive adapter indicated below. 91AD-U (AC 120V) 91AD-E (AC 230V) CITIZEN Adapter 120 : AC 120V 230 : AC 230V Character F : International CBM-910 User’s Manual Printer cover A : 60mm(Dia.) Paper roll B : 80mm(Dia.) Paper roll...
Use exclusive adapter (DC 7V, 1.6A) Printing : approx. 7VA Stand-by : approx. 0.5VA Approx. 400g MCBF 1 million lines MCBF 700,000 lines 106(W) × 180(D) × 88(H) mm 0 C to 40 C -20 C to 60 C CBM-910 User’s Manual CBM-910-40*...
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2. Free of flaps 3. Not adhered to core part (if there is one) RECOMMENDED PAPER: Single paper ...45 55 kg/1,000 sheets/1,092 788 mm/1,000 sheets/ Copy paper...non-carbon paper/original(34 Kg-paper)+copy 1 sheet (34 Kg-paper) Total thickness ...0.13 mm or less CITIZEN CBM-910 User’s Manual...
Lighted when power is turned ON and goes out when turned OFF. 4. SEL Lamp Printer lights up in Select (ON LINE) state, and is put off in Deselect (OFF LINE) state. Printing operation is available only while this lamp is lit.
(1) Ensure that the power switch is OFF. (2) Insert the output plug of the AC adapter into the DC jack of the printer. (3) Insert the power plug of the AC adapter into a power outlet supplying the designated voltage.
4.2 Setting of the Printer Cover (1) Hold the protruding section at the rear of the printer cover and lift in the direction indicated. (2) Attach the cover by pressing downward after hooking the cover to the acceptor located in the front part.
CBM-910 User’s Manual 4.3 Setting Ribbon Cassettes (1) Remove the printer cover turning OFF the printer. (2) Press down on the Ribbon cassette while inserting the ribbon between the printing head and the platen. (3) Wind up the ribbon slack by turning the knob in the direction of the arrow.
(4) Insert paper into the slot of the printer mechanism. (5) Following turning-on of the power switch, as pressing the LF switch, take out printing paper by 5 to 6 cm from the printer mechanism. As passing the paper through paper outlet, mount the printer cover. (NOTE) Paper, if held aslant at the paper feed or the paper discharge side, may cause paper jamming.
At this point, SEL lamp is held off where BUSY signals are output. Only with a 40-column type printer, following printing of dip switch information, printing is available in on-line in hexadecimal dump mode. (3) Hexadecimal dump mode All data sent from the host computer are printed in hexadecimal codes.
If it is in the course of printing, printing is started at the beginning of the interrupted line. (Content of the input buffer is still held.) However, this dose not apply to a case where power has been cut due to a severe trouble. CITIZEN CBM-910 User’s Manual...
(4) To operate the printer, hold it on a flat stable table. If it not being flat or stable, the main body will be displaced by vibrations while in printing, creating possible danger. Fixing it steadily is also important to avoid erroneous operation.
ACK, STB, BUSY, RESET, Printer side : 57LE-40360 (AMPHENOL or equivalent) Cable side : 57-30360 (AMPHENOL or equivalent) SIGNAL NAME CBM-910 User’s Manual SIGNAL NAME TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND...
(2) Output signal * ACK…………..8 bit data signal for requesting data. ACK is issued at the end of the BUSY signal (negative logic) * BUSY…………Signal indicating the printer is busy. Input new data when the signal is in “LOW” condition. (positive logic) * HI-LEVEL……Connected to Vcc via 3.3 k resistance.
* Mark : 1 * Space : 0 (6) Transmit Data (TD) * Mark : 1 * Space : 0 (7) Received control (DTR signal) * Mark : Data transmission not possible * Space : Data transmission possible CITIZEN CBM-910 User’s Manual...
Input command or data while this signal is in ready state. Data input while the signal is BUSY will cause an overrun error to occur. Data can be provided to the input buffer even if the printer is printing. Busy state may also occur when power is applied, or during test printing, on-line, or when the printer is reset.
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(2) Data configuration CITIZEN (1) Start bit (1 bit) (2) Data bit (7 or 8 bit) (3) Stop bit (more than 1) CBM-910 User’s Manual...
Input (RD / TD) Mark = (-8V): Space = (+8V): Output (DTR) Mark = (-8V): Space = (+8V): (2) TTL Circuit Input (RESET) [HOST] Set to low when reset CITIZEN stop bit start bit for Busy for Ready [CBM-910] [HC04 or equivalent] CBM-910 User’s Manual...
On occurrence of the above error, convert data at the time of occurrence into ‘ ’ (7FH) to print it out. RECEIVING CONTROL AND BUFFERING The CBM-910 controls, on receipt of print data, receiving (DTR Control) in one-word unit. If the host disregards DTR and carries out data transmission at this time. over-run of receiving data may be resulted.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 S P A C E Head stop position CITIZEN CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 CITIZEN Mixed printing Although the last letter has been assigned to lateral enlargement, it is printed in standard letter as it is in 24th columns. (For 40- column mechanism this applied to 40th columns.) CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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With this command input and printing data existing in a input buffer, printing is performed. The printing line (10-dot line), however, is included in line feed volume “n”. With 4 n 9, inline space is made “0”. CITIZEN CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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To register sentences exceeding 24 (40) bytes, sentence up to 24 (40) bytes are registered, and the data following are printed out as printed data. The ESC command cannot be registered. CITIZEN Country Sweden Italy Spain Japan CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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Printed out with ESC + “!” + 1. CITIZEN Sentence registered in 1. No registration made with 9. Overwritten on sentence registered initially in 1. Printing of sentence registered in 1. Registration with 9 was invalid Immediately printed because not being within 1~8 scope. CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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C I T I Z E N NEW PRODU This is a pen Japan CBM Corporation Mi Impact dot printer CITIZEN No. of columns has overflowed. CITIZEN NEW PRODUCTS enlargement canceled NEW PRODUCTS CBM-910 User’s Manual Directly printed out since overflow has occurred.
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JAPAN CBM JAPAN CBM Sentence registered in x 4 enlargement is printed. Because x 4 enlargement assignment has not been cancelled, this sentence is printed still in x 4 enlargement to the request of printing without setting. CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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A1 as the starting address and A2 as the ending address. Note) A1<A2, A2 – A1 7 CITIZEN 41 FF FF FF FF FF FF 8 dot matrix full dot is output whenever the character code 41H is specified. CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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With 0 set to this parameter while the uppermost bit is in use, 4 enlargement results in incomplete images for which the uppermost part is lacking. [Setting of Addresses] A1 : Registration starting address (20H~FFH) A2 : Registration ending address (20H~FFH) CITIZEN CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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CBM-910 User’s Manual [Pattern Data Configuration](For 40-Column Model) Pattern data to be registered must consist of 9 bytes per character. That is, pattern data configured by 9 8 dot matrix is broken up into 9 vertically each of which is represented by 1 byte of data.
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The initial setting is 0 (inside fixed character). Even with letters already registered by pattern registration, printing of registered letters cannot be effectuated unless the patterns registered are mode valid with this command. NOTE) This command is applicable only to the 40-column printer. CITIZEN CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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In case that assignment has been made out of the assignable range or n2 = n3 = 0 has been assigned, Bit Image mode is cancelled and Text mode starts. With this printer, on completion of read-in of 4-dot-line data or on completion of n1/ n2/n3 assigning data, lacking data are printed as spaces.
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A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 B CITIZEN 12345678901B The last letter, although in 4 assignment, is printed in standard letter since it being in the 24th column. (For 40 column mechanism, this applies to the 40th column.) CBM-910 User’s Manual...
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Information Systems Division Head Office CBM Bldg., 5-68-10, Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0001, Japan Tel: (+81-3) 5345-7540 Fax: (+81-3) 5345-7541 13E-20000208-1500-0048-02.25 Printed in Japan...