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LINE THERMAL PRINTER
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CBM-230/231
Japan CBM Corporation
Information Systems Div.

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual LINE THERMAL PRINTER MODEL CBM-230/231 Japan CBM Corporation Information Systems Div.

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    This declaration is applied only for 230V model. CITIZEN Declaration of Conformity : Japan CBM Corporation : 1-1-7, Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169, Japan Thermal Printer CBM230 Series (CBM230R,CBM230P,CBM231R, BM231P (S.NO.95Y0001 - : EN60950 :1992+A1+A2:1993 : EN55022...
  • Page 3 Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. Do not use this product near water.
  • Page 4 CBM-230/231 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.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ...6 1.1 Features ... 6 1.2 Precautions for Installation ... 6 2 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS ...7 2.1 Model Classification ... 7 2.2 Specifications List ... 8 2.3 Specifications for Printing Paper ... 9 2.3.1 Specified Paper ... 9 2.3.2 Printing Position ...

  • Page 6: General Description

    5. Prepare a separate AC power supply from other equipment which causes noises. 6. Connect only a specified solenoid to the drawer kick connector. 7. When transporting or not using the printer for a long period of time, leave the printing head kept up. CITIZEN...

  • Page 7: Basic Specifications

    2 BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 2.1 Model Classification The model is classified by the following designation method. CBM-230 Model CBM-230 : Standard model CBM-231 : Auto cutter incorporated CITIZEN AC power source 120 : AC120V(60Hz) 230 : AC230V(50/60Hz) Character set F : International use Interface R : Serial (RS-232C) P : Parallel (Conforms to CENTRONICS)

  • Page 8: Specifications List

    2.2 Specifications List Item Printing system Print width Dot density Printing speed No. of columns Character size Character type Bar code type Line pitch Paper Interface Input buffer Power supply voltage Power consumption Weight External dimensions (main body) Operating temperature/humidity Storage temperature/humidity Reliability * Special ROM only...

  • Page 9: Specifications For Printing Paper

    2.3 Specifications for Printing Paper 2.3.1 Specified Paper Type Paper width Paper thickness Roll diameter Print surface Recommended paper : TF50KS-E2C made by Nihon Paper Mill. or other equivalent Core [Caution] Do not paste the paper to the core. 2.3.2 Printing Position 2.3.3 Head and Cutter Positional Relations CITIZEN : Thermal paper...

  • Page 10: Appearance And Component Parts

    CBM-230/231 User’s Manual 3 APPEARANCE AND COMPONENT PARTS CITIZEN...

  • Page 11: Operation

    4 OPERATION 4.1 Connecting the Interface Cable 1. Turn off the power. 2. Confirm the vertical direction of a cable terminal and connect it to the interface connector. 3. Fix the cable terminal. Serial interface Parallel interface 4. Connect the cable to the computer. CITIZEN : Tighten screws to fix.

  • Page 12: Connecting The Drawer Kick Connector

    2. Confirm the vertical direction of a drawer kick cable connector and insert it into the drawer kick connector on the back of the printer. 3. Using a screw, fix a drawer's earthing conductor to the earth terminal of the printer. [Caution] Connect only a specified drawer(solenoid) to the drawer kick connector.

  • Page 13: Inserting The Paper Roll

    CBM-230/231 User’s Manual 4.3 Inserting the Paper Roll [Caution] Be sure to use a specified paper roll. 1. Open the printer cover. 2. Shift the head-up lever in an arrow direction to move up the printing head. [Caution] When setting the paper roll, you do not have to open the auto cutter. (CBM-231)
  • Page 14 3. Using the scissors, cut the end of the paper at a right angle. [Caution] Do not insert the paper with its end fluffed or bent. 4. Confirm the winding direction of the paper roll. Opening the paper holder in the direction of the arrow, set the paper and hold the core center properly.
  • Page 15 5. Insert the end of the paper into the paper inlet, turn the paper feed knob in the direction of the arrow to feed out the paper about 5 cm from the paper outlet of the auto cutter or nose of the manual cutter. (The figure below shows the CBM-231).
  • Page 16 (1) Change the setting of the DIP switch to the auto loading mode. (Turn on DS1-3) (2) Move the printing head up. (3) Insert the end of the paper straight into the paper inlet of the printer and move down the printing head. The paper is automatically pulled in by a constant amount.

  • Page 17: Operation Panel

    1. POWER LED(green) Illuminated when the power is supplied. 2. ERROR LED(red) Indicates different errors, depending on the illuminated or blinking condition. ERROR DETAIL DISPLAY PATTERN Printer cover open Head Up Memory check Head overheat Macro execution wait Cutter motor lock...

  • Page 18: Opening The Auto Cutter(Cbm-231)

    CBM-230/231 User’s Manual 5 LF switch and power switch Self-printing is performed by turning on the power switch with the LF switch held down. 4.5 Opening the Auto Cutter(CBM-231) When the paper is jamming or when you open the auto cutter in order to clean the head, raise the auto cutter, pulling the cutter lock lever in the direction of the arrow.

  • Page 19: Setting Of Dip Switches

    CBM-230/231 User’s Manual 5 SETTING OF DIP SWITCHES The DIP switches are located in the position shown in the figure below. Unscrew and remove the DIP switch cover. [Caution] Turn off the power to set the DIP switch. CITIZEN...
  • Page 20 FUNCTION Paper cutter Cover open Auto loading Input buffer Paper near end Paper near end remainder 1 Paper near end remainder 2 CR switching FUNCTION Print density Print density International character Unused International character International character International character International character Bit length Parity Odd / even...
  • Page 21 DS1-6 DS1-6 BAUD RATE DS4-1 CITIZEN 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200...

  • Page 22: Parallel Interface

    : ACK, BUSY, STB, FAULT, PE, RESET : Printer side : 57LE-40360(equivalent to amphenol) Cable side : 57-30360(equivalent to amphenol) SIGNAL NAME DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 CBM-230/231 User’s Manual SIGNAL NAME TWISTED PAIR GND...

  • Page 23: Input / Output Signals

    : This is an 8-bit data request signal. Pulse signal output at the end of the BUSY signal (Negative logic) l BUSY : This signal indicates the BUSY state of the printer. Enter new data when it is at LOW. (Positive logic) l FAULT : This signal is set to low when the printer has an alarm.

  • Page 24: Electrical Characteristics

    6.3.2 Electrical Characteristics (1) Input signal level All input signals are at the TTL level. "HIGH" level: 2.0 V at minimum "LOW" level : 0.8 V at maximum (2) Output signal level All output signals are at the TTL level. "HIGH"...

  • Page 25: Timing Chart

    6.3.3 Timing Chart (1) Data input and printing timing T1, T2, T3 0.5µs MIN 270 ns MAX 2.3 µs TYP 500 ms MIN (at power-on) 6.3.4 Data Receiving Control When the BUSY signal is at LOW, the data from the host side can be received, but when at HIGH, it cannot be received.

  • Page 26: Serial Interface

    7 SERIAL INTERFACE 7.1 Specifications (1) Synchronizing system : Asynchronous (2) Baud rate : 150, 300, 600, 1,200, 2,400, 4,800, 9,600, 19,200 bps (Selected by the user) (3) Word Length Start bit : 1 bit Data bit : 7 bits or 8 bits (Selected by the user) Parity bit : Odd/even parity or no parity (Selected by the user) Stop bit...

  • Page 27: Connector's Pin Configuration

    1. RS-232C signals are based on the EIA RS-232C. 2. When no data is being transferred, the receive data should be always maintained in the mark state. Applicable connectors (D-Sub connectors) Printer side : 17LE-13250 (Equivalent to DDK) Cable side : 17JE-23250 (Equivalent to DDK) CITIZEN FUNCTION...

  • Page 28: Input / Output Signals

    (3) TD When the remaining capacity of the input buffer on the printer side comes to 10 bytes(at 72 bytes) or 128 bytes(at 4K bytes) while receiving the data, DC3(13H), a data reception impossible signal, is output. When the remaining capacity of the input buffer comes to over 20 bytes(at 72 bytes) or 256 bytes(at 4K bytes)DC1(11H), a data reception possible signal is output to the host side.

  • Page 29: Data Configuration

    7.3.2 Data Configuration (1) Start bit When half a bit has passed since a fall edge of a mark to a space, the state of the bit is read in again, and if it is a space, it will be recognized as a start bit. If it is a mark, it will not be recognized as the start bit.

  • Page 30: Data Receiving Control

    7.3.4 Data Receiving Control When DTR/DSR control has been selected, if the DTR signal is at SPACE, the data from the host side can be received, but when at MARK, it cannot be received. When DTR/DSR control has not been selected, the data from the host side can be received after transmitting XON, but it cannot be received after transmitting XOFF.

  • Page 31: Electrical Characteristics

    CBM-230/231 User’s Manual 7.3.6 Electrical Characteristics (1) RS-232C circuit Input (RD,DSR) Output (DTR,TD) CITIZEN...

  • Page 32: Drawer Kick Connector

    3) A solenoid for the drawer should be of 36 Ohm or more. (See to it that an output current will not exceed 0.8 A. Be careful not to use a drawer with a current over 0.8A to avoid damage to the printer.) 8.3 Drive Circuit CITIZEN "L"...

  • Page 33: Print Control Function

    Printing and feeding the paper by n lines Generating the specified pulse(Drawer Kickout) Selecting the character code table Transmitting the printer status(Serial Mode Only) Transmitting the status of peripheral equipment(Serial Mode Only) Specifying/canceling the inverted characters Specifying/canceling the 90°- right-turned characters...

  • Page 34: Input Data Format

    9.2Input Data Format (1) Horizontal Tab Command (HT) Code : (09)h Shifts the printing position to the next horizontal tab position. The horizontal tab position is set by ESC D. Initial setting of the horizontal tab position is in 9th, 17th, 25th, 33rd, 41st columns of FONT A.
  • Page 35 (5) Specifying Collectively the Print Mode (ESC ! n) Code: [1Bh] + [21h] + n * {0 < n < FF} Printing mode is assigned. Each n bit indicates the following: FUNCTION Character font Undefined Undefined Highlighting Double height Double width Undefined Underline l With double height and double width being specified simultaneously, double wide and...
  • Page 36 (7) Defining Download Character (ESC & s n m a (D1D2 -Dn) Code: [1B]h + [26]h + s +n +m +a +Dn * {s = 02} {20 (Hex) n 7E (Hex)} {20 (Hex) m 7E (Hex)} {0 < a < 0A (Hex)} Defines the font of download characters of alphanumeric characters.
  • Page 37 CBM-230/231 User’s Manual Example For Font A CITIZEN...
  • Page 38 CBM-230/231 User’s Manual For Font B CITIZEN...
  • Page 39 (8) Specifying the Bit Image Mode Code : [1B]h + [2A]h + m + n1 + n2 + Dn * {m= bit image mode (See the table below.)} {0 n1 FF} {0 n2 02} Data is described in Hex code. According to the bit image mode assigned in m, prints data in the bit image.
  • Page 40 CBM-230/231 User’s Manual The relation between bit image data and printing dots are shown below. 8-dot Bit Image 24-dot Bit Image CITIZEN...
  • Page 41 The line feed rate per line is specified by n/156 inch. l The initial value is n = [22]h (12) Initializing Printer (ESC @) Code : [1B]h + [40]h Clears data stored in the print buffer and brings various settings to the initial state (Default state).
  • Page 42 (14) Specifying/canceling highlighting (ESC E n) Code : [1B]h + [45]h + n * {0 n FF} Data is described in Hex code. Specifying/canceling the highlighted characters. l "n" is valid only for the lowest bit (n0). l Control by the lowest bit (n0) is shown as follows: Canceling highlighting.
  • Page 43 (17) Selecting International Characters (ESC R n) Code : [1B]h + [52]h + n * {0 n 0A) Selecting international characters. l Depending on the value of n, following character sets are specified. n(Hex) l The initial value of n indicates the character set specified by the dip switch. However, setting is available only through use of this command for "Spain ", "Norway", and "Denmark II".
  • Page 44 (20) Enabling/Disabling Panel Switch Code : [1B]h + [63]h + [35]h + n * {0 n FF} Data is described in Hex code. Selecting the paper feed switch valid/invalid. l "n" is valid only in the lowest bit (n0). l "n" bit means the followings. l The initial value of n is "0".
  • Page 45 (24) Transmitting the printer status (ESC v) Code : [1B]h + [76]h Current printer status is transmitted.. l Status sent out consists of 1 byte whose content is as in the table below. l In DTR/DSR control, after receptible state of the host (DSR signal being in SPACE state) is confirmed, only 1 byte is transmitted.
  • Page 46 (25) Transmitting the status of Peripheral Equipment (ESC u n) Code : [1B]h + [75]h + n * {n = 0} Current status of connector pin No.3 is transmitted. l "n" means the followings. n (Hex) l Status transmitted consists of 1 byte whose content is as in the table below. l Any equipment has not been connected to this connector, Bit 0 of n is always "1".
  • Page 47 (26) specifying/Canceling Inverted Characters (ESC {n ) Code : [1B]h + [7B]h + n * {0 n FF} Specifying/canceling inverted characters. l "n" is valid only for the lowest bit (n0). l Bit n (n0) means the followings. l This is valid only when this is specified at the beginning of a line. l The printing example is shown below.
  • Page 48 (28) Specifying Absolute Positions (ESC $ n1 n2) Code : [1B]h + [24]h + n1 + n2 * {0 n1 FF} {0 n2 1} Data is described in Hex code. The printing start position is specified in the number of dots from the beginning of line. l The number of dots is divided by 256, whose quotient is taken as n2 and the residual as n1.
  • Page 49 (30) Bar Code Printing (GS k n Dn NUL) Code : [1D]h + [6B]h + n + Dn + [00]h * {0 n 7} Data are described in Hex code. Specifying a type of bar code and printing bar codes. l The beginning of line is considered as the next printing start position.
  • Page 50 (31) Selecting Bar Code width (GS w n) Code : [1d]H + [77]H + N * {2 n 4} Data is described in Hex code. Selecting bar code width. l The initial value of this width is "3". (32) Selecting Bar Code Height (GS h n) Code : [1d]H + [68]H + N * {1 n FF} Data is described in Hex code.
  • Page 51 (34) Selecting the Font of HRI characters (GS f n) Code : [1D]h + [66]h + n * {0 n1 1} Select the font of HRI characters when printing bar code. l “n” has the following meanings. n (Hex) Font Font A Font B (35) Defining Download Bit Image (GS * n1 n2 Dn)
  • Page 52 2048 bytes. A portion exceeding 2048 bytes is not defined. l Even with ESC @ (initialization of the printer) having been executed, defined content is not cleared. Therefore, it is possible to include ESC @ into the content of macro definition.
  • Page 53 Undefined Undefined Undefined l When the printer has not been selected, this printer abandons all received data until it is selected by this command. l Even when the printer has not been selected, it can become BUSY state through printer operation.

  • Page 54: Character Code Table

    CBM-230/231 User’s Manual 10 CHARACTER CODE TABLE 10.1International CITIZEN...

  • Page 55: International Character Code Table

    CBM-230/231 User’s Manual 10.2 International Character Code Table CITIZEN...

  • Page 56: Appendix 1. Precaution And Maintenance

    [Caution] Do not touch the printing head or motor immediately after printing because they are very hot. 1.5 Eliminating the Paper Powder When the printer is contaminated with paper powder, clean it with a brush or vacuum cleaner. [Caution] Do not touch the printing head or motor immediately after printing because they are very hot.

  • Page 57: Appendix 2. External Dimensions

    CBM-230/231 User’s Manual Appendix 2. External Dimensions 1. CBM-230 CITIZEN...
  • Page 58 CBM-230/231 User’s Manual 2. CBM-231 CITIZEN...

  • Page 59: Appendix 3. Block Diagram

    CBM-230/231 User’s Manual Appendix 3. Block Diagram CITIZEN...

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