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EC Printer EC-520 Series User Manual

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  • Page 1 User's Manual EC-520 Series Impact Receipt Printer...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instruction

    EC-520 User’s Manual Important Safety Instruction Be sure to have read the manual carefully before your operation. Neither our Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or failure to strictly comply with our Corporation’s operating and maintenance instructions.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    EC-520 User’s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Important Safety Instruction........................i Chapter 1 Overview ..........................1 1.1 Printer Types...........................1 1.2 Application ............................1 1.3 Chief Printer Parts...........................1 Chapter 2 Installation ..........................3 2.1 Unpacking ............................3 2.2 Removing Packing Materials ......................3 2.3 Connecting Computer or Other Equipments ...................3 2.3.1 Connecting the Cash Drawer Cable ..................3 2.3.2 Connecting the Parallel Interface Cable ...................4 2.3.3 Connecting the USB Interface Cable..................4...
  • Page 4 EC-520 User’s Manual Appendix. Commands List ........................35 - iii -...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Overview

    EC-520 are series products developed by our Corporation according to different requirements and different using environments. “EC” means EC printer, “520” means printer type, “C” means having auto-cutter module. EC-520 series printers can be chosen among parallel interface, USB interface, serial interface or USB + Ethernet interface.
  • Page 6 EC-520 User’s Manual 57.5mm Partition Board Ribbon Knob Roll Paper Cover Ribbon Cassette Ribbon Cassette Cover Paper Ladle Open Button Power Switch Figure 1-2 Main parts of printer (downwards) 〖without auto-cutter〗 Power Connector Interface Connector Cash Drawer Connector (Parallel / Serial / USB / Ethernet) Figure 1-3 Main parts of printer（backwards）...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Installation

    EC-520 User’s Manual Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Unpacking Check the pack list as following (See the Figure 2-1). It contains the following items:（1）Printer; （2） Power cord; （ 3） Interface cable; （ 4） AC adapter; （ 5） Facility user's guide; Printer Driver Disk (Including user's manual and windows driver);...

  • Page 8: Connecting The Parallel Interface Cable

    EC-520 User’s Manual Cash Drawer Connector Cash Drawer Cable Figure 2-2 Connecting the cash drawer cable Must use the cash drawer following the requirements noted on Table A-1 (Part 5.2) ， or the printer’s damage caused by this reason is out of maintenance service. 3.2 Connecting the Parallel Interface Cable 1.

  • Page 9: Connecting The Serial Interface Cable

    EC-520 User’s Manual USB Interface USB Interface Cable Figure 2-4 Connecting the USB interface cable 3.4 Connecting the Serial Interface Cable 1. Make sure that the host computer and the printer are both turned off, connect the serial interface cable to the connector of the printer and tighten the screws as shown in Figure 2-5. Screw Serial Interface Serial Interface Cable...

  • Page 10: Connecting The Power Supply

    EC-520 User’s Manual 2.4 Connecting the Power Supply 1. Make sure the power switch is on the OFF position (when the pressed side of power switch is on the “O” position). 2. Check and ensure the voltage supplied from electrical outlet is matched with the printer’s specifications.

  • Page 11: Installing The Driver

    EC-520 User’s Manual 57.5mm Partition Board Ribbon Core Ribbon Knob Roll Paper Cover Ribbon Cassette Ribbon Cassette Cover Paper Filler Cover Opening Button Power Switch Figure 2-8 Installing the ribbon cassette (without auto-cutter) 57.5mm Partition Board Ribbon Core Ribbon Knob Roll Paper Cover Ribbon Cassette Ribbon Cassette...
  • Page 12 EC-520 User’s Manual Double click the file "Setup.exe" in the driver disc, install driver by the following direct. Hand operated installing way The flow of hand operated installing driver on windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7 system as follows, another system's please refer to the User's Manual. 1.Click “Start”...

  • Page 13: Chapter 3 Control Panel

    EC-520 User’s Manual Chapter 3 Control Panel 3.1 Control Panel There are three LEDs and one key on the control panel as shown in Figure 3-1. Figure 3-1 Control panel 3.1.1 Indicator LEDs Blinks —— Power on Power off POWER Paper out ;...

  • Page 14: Printer Default Setting

    EC-520 User’s Manual 3.2 Printer Default Setting EC-520 9Pins Mini Printer V2.00 EC-520C 9Pins Mini Printer V2.00 Have no Cut 200903110KY76F Have Cut 200903110KY76F Invalid Invalid Black Mark setting： Black Mark setting： Print Direction： BI-DIR Print Direction： BI-DIR Paper Width： 76mm Paper Width：...

  • Page 15: Self-Test Function

    EC-520 User’s Manual ④ Data Length Data length is pre-set by 8 bits with no change. ⑤ Stop Bit Stop bit Data length is pre-set by 1 bit with no change. ⑥ Control Mode DTR/DSR, XOFF/XON; “DTR/DSR” is the factory default setting. ⑦...
  • Page 16 EC-520 User’s Manual print-pins test. As shown in the following figure. EC-520C 9Pins Mini Printer V2.00 EC-520 9Pins Mini Printer V2.00 Have Cut 200903110KY76F Have no Cut 200903110KY76F print-pins print-pins TEST TEST Figure 3-5 Sample of print-pins test ■ Mode of Column Setting While pressing the FEED key and holding on, turn on the printer.
  • Page 17 EC-520 User’s Manual NOTE：Adjustment of column can have effect on printing quality. You must think carefully before adjusting and must operate strictly according to instruction. ■ Hexadecimal Printing Mode While pressing the FEED key and holding on, turn on the printer. The printer sounds four beeps, and you should release the FEED key at the same time.

  • Page 18: Chapter 4 Loading Paper

    EC-520 User’s Manual Chapter 4 Loading Paper The printer can use the paper with the width 76mm or 57.5mm, and it is easy to load paper. How to load paper will be introduced in this chapter. 1. Press the open button to open the roll paper cover. If you want to use 57.5mm paper roll to print, you must install the 57.5mm roll paper guide and 57.5mm partition board, and set the paper parameter (as shown in Part 5.2).

  • Page 19: Chapter 5 Specifications

    EC-520 User’s Manual Chapter 5 Specifications 5.1 Basic Specifications Print method Dot matrix impact Print direction Bidirectional wizard Print width 42 columns / 63mm (76mm paper width) 30 columns / 45mm (57.5mm paper width) Print speed: 4.7rows/s (paper width 76mm, 40 columns); 6.0 rows/s (paper width 57.5mm, 30 columns) Print head 9 pins;...

  • Page 20: Interface

    Total Print Volume: No less than 12 million lines Note : The Print head life and MTBF above are realized by using appointed printing paper and ribbon cassette in the environment appointed by EC PRINTER. 5.2 Interface 5.2.1 Cash Drawer Connector (1) The cash drawer connector on rear panel of printer is RJ-11 connector (6 lines), shown as below.
  • Page 21 EC-520 User’s Manual a) Select pulse: Pulse is supplied from exterior/STROBE. b) Signal exchange: /ACKNLG (answer) and BUSY. c) Logic electric level: All the input data and interface control signal are compatible with TTL electric level. (2) Linker Parallel interface is 57-30360（AMPHENOL）.The parallel interface connector is shown as Figure 5-2.

  • Page 22: Usb Interface

    EC-520 User’s Manual 19～30 Ground Loop ground that is twisted with signal line. Initialization /INIT Input Low level means initialization of printer printer Error happens When the printer is in state of paper out, offline /ERROR with printer. condition or error, this signal level becomes low. Ground Same with 19～30 pins.

  • Page 23: Serial Interface

    EC-520 User’s Manual Printer’s 26PIN connector PDIUSBD12 chip USB-B connector Figure 5-5 connecting figure of printer and computer with USB interface USB Interface is 2.0 Full-Speed interface, and displayed as a USB port on the computer finally. You can use the USB Interface to print by selecting corresponding USB port. 5.2.4 Serial Interface (1) Serial interface is RS-232 type and the connector type is DB-25.

  • Page 24: Ethernet Interface

    EC-520 User’s Manual RTS Ask for Sending Output CTS Allowable to Send Input DSR Data Set Ready Input GND power GND DCD Data Carrier Detect Input …… DTR Data Terminal Ready Output …… 5.2.5 Ethernet Interface 10/100Base-T internet interface can connect to 10/100M internet. Fig 5-8 Ethernet connector 5.3 Auto-cutter Specification EC-520C is equipped with an auto-cutter, which parameter is shown as table A-4:...

  • Page 25: Chapter 6 Printer's Maintenance

    EC-520 User’s Manual Chapter 6 Printer’s maintenance 6.1 Clean the Printer It’s necessary to clean the printer periodically. Carriage shaft Carriage module Figure 6-1 Interval and Material for cleaning Interval: Every 6 months or 300 hours of working time. Material: Dry cloth（soft cloth for metal parts）. Cleaning the paper feed pathway and the area under the moving path of carriage Wipe soiled parts of the printer with clean cloth.
  • Page 26 EC-520 User’s Manual ① Phenomenon: Paper out LED is on and cannot print; Or the printing action stops suddenly while printing, and paper out LED is on; and at the same time the alarm voice is presented by the printer. Reason: Paper out Solution: Install paper roll once again, the printer will resume normal.

  • Page 27: Chapter 7 Command Code Summary

    EC-520 User’s Manual Chapter 7 Command Code Summary 7.1 General The EC-520 printer‘s control commands are compatible with ESC/POS. Explanation of every command contains format and description. ”Format ” parts give three kinds of command format, including ASCII Code, Decimal code and hexadecimal code. “Description” parts describe the function of command.
  • Page 28 EC-520 User’s Manual Print and change page Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: [Description] Prints one line data in the line editing buffer and feeds to the top of next page based on the current page length. ESC SP Set right-side character spacing Format: ASCII: ESC SP n...
  • Page 29 EC-520 User’s Manual ESC & Define user-defined characters Format: ASCII: ESC & s n m a d1 d2……db Decimal: 27 38 s n m a d1 d2……db Hex: 1B 26 s n m a d1 d2……db [Description] This command is used for self-defining characters. The meaning of each parameter is shown as follows: S: The number of longitudinal byte.
  • Page 30 EC-520 User’s Manual ESC 2 Set 1/6 inch line spacing Format: ASCII: ESC 2 Decimal: Hex: [Description] Set the line spacing to 1/6 inch. ESC 3 Set n/144 inch line spacing Format: ASCII: ESC 3 Decimal: Hex: [Description] Set the line spacing to n/144 inch. n＝0~255.
  • Page 31 EC-520 User’s Manual ESC C Set the page length according to line spacing Format: ASCII: ESC C Decimal: Hex: [Description] The command sets the length of detecting black mark in the meantime. If the black mark can’t be detected in this length, then it is considered that the paper has no black mark. The specified page length = current line spacing* n.
  • Page 32 EC-520 User’s Manual ESC J Print and feed paper Format: ASCII: ESC J Decimal: 74 n Hex: 4A n [Description] Print the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper by n/144 inch. If there is no content in buffer, the printer will feed paper directly without printing.
  • Page 33 EC-520 User’s Manual ESC d Print and feed n lines Format: ASCII: ESC d Decimal: Hex: [Description] Print the data in the print buffer and feeds n lines. n=0～255. ESC e Print and feed reversely n lines Format: ASCII: ESC e Decimal: Hex: [Description]...
  • Page 34 EC-520 User’s Manual n1× ms n2×2ms ESC v Transmit printer status Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: [Description] This command is effective by using serial interface, and its function is to transmit the status of paper sensor as 1 byte of data. The signification of this byte is following: When paper is out, bit2=1;...
  • Page 35 EC-520 User’s Manual FS 2 Self-define Chinese characters Format: ASCII: a2 d1 d2 d3 …d32 Decimal: 248 a2 d1 d2 d3 …d32 Hex: a2 d1 d2 d3 [Description] Define the user-defined Chinese characters. a1=F8 (Hex); A1 ≤ a2 ≤ FE (Hex). Chinese code has two bytes: a1 is the first byte and a2 is the second byte.
  • Page 36 EC-520 User’s Manual GS （ F Set offset of black mark for printing and cutting position （ Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: [Description] The parameters set by this command will be valid even after the printer is restarted. This command is used for selecting permission of orientation control by black mark and used for setting the beginning print-position offset or tearing/cutting position offset from black mark.
  • Page 37 EC-520 User’s Manual Figure 7-3 Figure 7-2 2. (1) When the distance L of the tearing/cutting position offset from the black mark is less than the inherent mechanical value L of the printer (shown as figure 7-3), the calculation of tearing/cutting position offset is shown as follows: -L）/0.176 （dots number）...
  • Page 38 EC-520 User’s Manual Select cut mode and cut paper Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: [Description] m=66, 0≤n≤255 When m=66, paper is fed to the position (cutting position + n*1/144 inch) and paper is cut partially (only valid with auto-cutter type). But if the black mark is effective, the value of n is ineffective. The distance of paper feed is decided by the command of “GS ( F”.
  • Page 39 EC-520 User’s Manual Appendix. Commands List Control Code Hexadecimal Code Function Horizontal tab Print and line feed Print and carriage return Page mode print and return ESC SP 1B 20 n Set right-side character spacing ESC ！ 1B 21 n Select print mode(s) ESC % 1b 25 n...
  • Page 40 EC-520 User’s Manual Test command pH n m Set offset of black mark for printing and cutting position pH a m nL nH m nL nH GS r 1D 72 n Transmit status GS V m n 1D 56 m n Select cut mode and cut paper - 36 -...

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