Introduction - Fenix PTD55 SERIES Operation Manual

1 - INTRODUCTION

The PTD55 is a very high-performance thermal printer, specially designed as Parking Ticket
Dispenser, for standard parking tickets 54mm wide.
The PTD55 mounts the EPSON M-T522II printer mechanism. Its compact and functional design covers
many industrial uses. It is capable of printing text, graphics, logo and bar codes.
PTD55 is intended to be integrated into the user's final system. Its structure allows an easy connection
both with the mechanism connectors and with the communications and power supply connectors.
Main features of the PTD55 thermal printer are:
• Simple installation and easy maintenance.
• 54mm Paper width.
• High speed printing: up to 250mm/s
• Single 24V DC power supply.
• Available sensors: No-paper, paper-near-end, optical mark, ticket pick-up and paper jam.
• Programmable optional output for user control (buzzer, LEDs, relay..)
• Printing resolution: 8 dots/mm (203 dpi).
• Port interface: - Serial RS232C data input interface on-board (up to 115200bps).
• Scalable font (independent scale in X / Y axis), up to 64 times.
• Programmable character and line space.
• Bold, underline, reverse and rotate character capabilities
• Graphic bitmap printing capabilities.
• Several format bar code (EAN13, Code39, Code128 and ITF).
• Several 2D format Bar Code (QR and AZTEC).
• Two internal character fonts (A font = 12x24 dots. B font = 8x16 dots).
• Control code based on ESC / POS commands
• Automatic paper load.
• Four maintenance counters (On/Off times, hours, meters and cuts)
• Hexadecimal mode for easy software debugging.
• Self test mode feature
• Input buffer of 32KBytes.
• Multiple logo load capability through Windows driver or command.
• Upgrading of firmware version through communication port
• TrueType font loading capability
• Extended operating temperature range (-20ºC to +70ºC).
• Storage temperature range (-35ºC to +75ºC).
• Automatic cut with partial or full cut capability.
• Windows XP and Windows 7 drivers and demo/configuration program.
• Linux Driver.
(1) Print speed changes according to the baud rate in RS232 connection and temperature. Higher printer speed rates are
achieved at higher baud rates and USB connection.
(2) ESC/POS are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation.
(3) In order to upload new firmware or new TrueType font, FWLoader and FontLoader application programs are available
on our website.
This manual is the printer operations' guide and is intended for the designer's application. The
following sections contain a detailed description of both hardware and configuration software that allow
obtaining the maximum benefit of the printer capabilities.
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- Universal Serial Bus (USB2.0).
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