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  • Page 1 User's Manual CODESOFT PL-330 Series Printer...
  • Page 2 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Declare About Trademark Corporation names and product names are the registered trademarks or commodity names of the corporation. ＊ EPSON and ESC/POS are the registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. ＊ Star is a registered trademark of STAR MICRONICS CO.,LTD. ＊...
  • Page 3 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Warnings, Cautions, and Notes Pay attention to the following promises when using this manual: Warning: Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury. Caution: Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment. Note: Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer.

  • Page 4: Important Safety Instructions

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Important Safety Instructions Read all of these instructions carefully and thoroughly and save them for later reference. The unauthorized operation would lead to malfunction or accident. Manufacturers have no responsibilities for the problems which are led by unauthorized operations. Follow all warnings and instructions in the manual as well as marked on the product.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Table of Contents Declare................................i Important Safety Instructions ........................iii Chapter 1 Overview ............................1 1.1 Features ..............................1 1.2 Product Model Description ........................1 1.3 Main Parts of the Printer........................1 Chapter 2 Installing the Printer........................3 2.1 Unpacking and Checking ........................3 2.2 Removing the Protective Materials......................3 2.3 Connecting to Your Computer or Other Equipment ................3 2.3.1 Connecting the Cash Drawer Cable .....................3...
  • Page 6 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 3.5.1 Set the Printer Parameter by the Matching Driver ..............43 3.5.2 Set the Printer Parameter by the Browser Webpage ..............45 Chapter 4 Installing Paper........................47 4.1 Thermal Paper Installing Steps ......................47 Chapter 5 Specification ..........................49 5.1 General .............................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Overview

    Interface: CODESOFT PL-330 series products are configured with cash drawer interface, you can choose one of the following data interfaces when purchasing this product: ● Parallel interface (PL-330D) ● USB interface (PL-330S) ● USB interface + Serial interface (PL-330US) ● USB interface + Ethernet interface (PL-330UE) ●...
  • Page 8 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Power switch Power supply inlet Data interface Cash drawer interface Figure 1-2 Interfaces on the back of the printer Note: Please take the specific interface as standard. - 2 -...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Installing The Printer

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Chapter 2 Installing the Printer 2.1 Unpacking and Checking Check the following items in the package, if any of these items is missing, please contact your dealer. Power cord Interface cable (Optional) AC adapter Printer Driver CD Roll paper guide (Optional) (Including User's Manual and Driver) Figure 2-1 Packing list...

  • Page 10: Connecting The Parallel Cable

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Cash drawer interface Cash drawer cable Figure 2-2 Connecting the cash drawer cable Caution: Please use the appropriate cash drawer. Manufacturer will not honor warranty when using unauthorized cash drawer. 2.3.2 Connecting the Parallel Cable 1. Make sure the computer and the printer are both turned off, plug the parallel cable to the parallel interface of the printer, Squeeze the wire clips on both sides and make the connector fixed.

  • Page 11: Connecting The Serial Cable

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual USB interface USB cable Figure 2-4 Connecting the USB cable 2.3.4 Connecting the Serial Cable 1. Make sure the computer and the printer are both turned off, plug the serial cable to the serial interface of the printer. Tighten the screws on both sides and make the cable fixed (as shown in Figure 2-5).

  • Page 12: Connecting The Power

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Ethernet interface Ethernet cable Figure 2-6 Connecting the Ethernet cable Note: Please refer to the user’s manual for detailed instructions of network settings. 2.4 Connecting the Power 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. (The pressed down side on the switch with “O” mark denotes the printer is off) 2.

  • Page 13: Installing The Driver

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 2.5 Installing the Driver Please use the cable to connect computer with printer, then turn on the computer and the printer, put the driver CD into the CD-ROM. Install driver by the following ways: 2.5.1 Auto-installing Way (Recommended) Double click the file "Setup.exe"...

  • Page 14: Selecting The Cutter

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 1. Enter “Control Panel” → “Device and Printers”. 2. Click “Add Printer”, then a window of “Add Printer Wizard” pops up, select “Add Local printer Manually” in the “Local or Network Printer” window. 3. A window of “Select a Printer Port” pops up, according to your requirement, click “Use the Current Port”, select “LPT1: (Printer Port)”, serial interface or USB interface, click “Next”.

  • Page 15: Installing The Bluetooth Interface Driver

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 2.7 Installing the Bluetooth Interface Driver Note: Select to install this driver according to the chosen model. 1. Choose the appropriate Bluetooth adapter, the operation system is Window XP or above which is with Bluetooth adapter driver. 2.
  • Page 16 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 4. Select the “CODESOFT PL-330”, and then click “Next”. CODESOFT PL-330 5. Tick off the option of “Let me choose my own passkey” and enter “1234” as shown, then click “Next”. - 10 -...
  • Page 17 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 6. Record the Outgoing COM port and click “Finish”, then reboot the computer. 7. Set the printer driver print port as the outgoing port and the installation is finished. Note: Every Bluetooth device has its own address. Please reinstall it when replacing the Bluetooth device.

  • Page 18: Ethernet Settings

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 2.8 Ethernet Settings Note: The network printing function needs the operation systems of Windows2000 and above and the operation systems of Window 98/ME and below are not supported. 2.8.1 Connecting the Printer Power on the printer, connect with the Ethernet interface cable which has been connected to LAN, and look into the information of Ethernet LED to ensure the printer has entered the normal connection.
  • Page 19 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual If the printer connects correctly, the IP address can be found in a search period. If the printer still can not be found out when the network connection is correct in the same network. Please check whether the network fire wall on the PC is open or not. If there is fire wall, please close it temporarily, open again after finish searching and setting the printer completely.

  • Page 20: Wi-Fi Setting

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual It is suggested that printer’s IP is set to static in actual usage, which can cut down the time when initializing the Ethernet interface as the printer is turned on and prevent IP conflicts (The dynamic address used in printer may conflict with another one).
  • Page 21 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual (1) Connecting to the equipment in Windows Take Windows XP operating system as an example to show how to connect the printer with the equipment in Windows system. 1. Turn on the printer and make sure the printer is in normal working condition. Start the operation 30 seconds after the printer is on.
  • Page 22 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Figure 2 (3) Connecting to the equipment in iOS Take the mobile phone of iOS 8.1 as an example to show how to connect the printer with the equipment in iOS. 1. Turn on the printer; make sure the printer is in normal working condition. Start the operation 30 seconds after the printer is on.

  • Page 23: Wi-Fi Parameters Description

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual The printer Wi-Fi of this example. Figure 3 2.9.2 Wi-Fi Parameters Description After connecting the equipment with the printer through wireless network, please import http://10.10.10.1 in the browser address bar and enter, then the setting interface pops up. The display style of setting interface may differ in different systems, but the parameter items are the same.
  • Page 24 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Figure 4 You can select Simple Chinese, Traditional Chinese and English in the “Select Language” and the default language is English. When you need to change the language, just select the language you need in the “Select Language” and then click “Apply” (as shown in Figure 5). Figure 5 - 18 -...
  • Page 25 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual (1) Printer-equipment connected printing Printer-equipment connected printing is a way of printing which uses printer as the hotspot and connects the wireless equipment for printing. “Wireless Settings” is the relevant setting parameter when the printer is as the hotspot (as shown in Figure 6).
  • Page 26 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Security Mode: The security mode of the printer wireless card. You can modify it if necessary. If the connection between printer and computer is exceptional, please restart the printer or modify “Channel’ in “AP Client”. (2) AP connected printing AP connected printing is a way of printing which connects the printer with the wireless equipment by the outer hotspot.
  • Page 27 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Double click it Figure 8 ② The dialog box “Wireless Network Connection Status” pops up, then click “Properties” (as shown in Figure 9). Figure 9 - 21 -...
  • Page 28 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ③ When the dialog box pops up, click “Wireless Networks” on the upper side of the dialog box (as shown in Figure 10). Figure 10 ④ Select the current wireless network name in “Preferred networks” and then click “Properties” ( as shown in Figure 11).
  • Page 29 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Figure 11 ⑤ When the window of “Properties” pops up, find out the security mode and encrypt type in “Wireless network key” (as shown in Figure 12). - 23 -...
  • Page 30 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual WIFI001 Security mode Encrypt type Figure 12 ⑥ Close the windows in turn, then the dialog box “Local Area Connection 2 Status” pops up according to the operation of step ①, click “View Wireless Networks” (as shown in Figure 13). When the window of “Wireless Network Connection”...
  • Page 31 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Figure 13 - 25 -...
  • Page 32 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual The current Wi-Fi hotspot of this example. Figure 14 The setting of Security Mode and Encrypt Type Refer to “Connecting the Printer”, connect the wireless equipment with the printer and select the parameters acquired by the above steps in the “Security Mode” and “Encrypt Type” of the “AP Client”.

  • Page 33: Wi-Fi Interface Status Display And Parameters Reset

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Figure 15 Note: The green handshaking mark on the right side of the SSID column denotes the connection between the printer and the outer Wi-Fi hotspot is successful. IP Address: Set the IP address of the printer wireless card and the IP address should be in the same segment with the wireless networks you are using.

  • Page 34: Mobile Equipment Wi-Fi Printing Function Application

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual After turning on the printer, the Wi-Fi LED blinks fast, which denotes the interface is in the ON status. 30 seconds later, the Wi-Fi LED blinks slowly, which denotes the Wi-Fi interface is in normal working condition.
  • Page 35 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 1. Install the print service Install AdrPrintSvc.apk, the “JM Print Service” will be added in the Android system. 2. Connect Wi-Fi printer 2.1 Enter into the “Settings” of system, as shown in Figure 18. 2.2 Find out the “WIRELESS & NETWORKS” in “Settings” interface, then click “Wi-Fi”, as shown in Figure 19.
  • Page 36 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 3.1 Enter into the “Settings” of the system, as shown in Figure 18. 3.2 Find out “Printing” in “Settings” interface and enter into, as shown in Figure 21. 3.3 Find out “JM Print Service” in “Printing” interface and enter into, as shown in Figure 22. Figure 21 Figure 22 3.4 Switch the “JM Print Service”...
  • Page 37 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 4. Run APP APP has to support the system’s print service, WPS Office is taken as an example to describe. 4.1 Run the APP “WPS Office”, as shown in Figure 25. 4.2 Open the document which is to be printed in the software, then click the “Tools” button, as shown in Figure 26.
  • Page 38 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 4.5 When the “Select Print Service” interface pops up, select “System Print Service”, as shown in Figure 29. 4.6 Select “Wireless Printer@10.10.10.1”, as shown in Figure 30. Figure 30 Figure 29 4.7 Make sure the printer and the corresponding printing parameters are correct, click “Print”, as shown in Figure 31.

  • Page 39: Airprint Printing Application Of Iphone Ios Equipment

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 2.10.2 AirPrint Printing Application of iPhone iOS Equipment iPhone iOS equipment used in this example is iPad Air2, iOS system version is 9.1. The application situation of other iOS equipment or system version may be different to this example. 1.
  • Page 40 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 2. Run APP As the interface designs of APP are different, the operating way of printing function will also be different. “Word” is taken as an example to describe. 2.1 Install and run “Word”, as shown in Figure 37. 2.2 Open the document which is to be printed, as shown in Figure 38.

  • Page 41: Installing Printer Network Driver

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Figure 42 Figure 41 2.7 Return to “Printer Options” interface and click “Print”, the system sends print data to the printer, as shown in Figure 43. Wireless Printer Figure 43 2.11 Installing Printer Network Driver The ways of installing network driver are classified into Newly-install way and Upgrade-install way according to whether the PC is installed the printer driver or not.
  • Page 42 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 1. Newly-install printer network driver 1) Click “Start” → “Settings” → “Select Printers”. 2) Click “Add printer”, then a window of “Add Printer Wizard” pops up, click “Next”. 3) A window of “Add Printer Wizard” pops up, select “Local printer” in the “Local or Network Printer” window, and then click “Next”.
  • Page 43 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 7) A window of “Additional Port Information Required” pops up, select “Custom” in the “Device Type”, then click “Settings”. 8) A window of “Port Settings” pops up. Affirm that “Port Name” and “Printer Name or IP Address” are correct, “Protocol”...
  • Page 44 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 9) Return to “Additional Port Information Required”, click “Next”. 10) A window of “Completing the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard” pops up, click “Finish”. 11) In the window of “Install Printer Software”, click “Have Disk”. 12) A window of “Install From Disk”...
  • Page 45 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 5) A window of “Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard” pops up, click “Next”. 6) A window of “Add Port” pops up, import the IP address reported by the “Setting printer’s IP address” in the “Printer name or IP address” column. Take IP address “192.168.0.240” for example.
  • Page 46 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 8) A window of “Port Settings” pops up. Affirm that “Port Name” and “Printer Name or IP Address” are correct, “Protocol” is “RAW” and “Port Number” is “9100”, click “OK”. - 40 -...
  • Page 47 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 9) Return to “Additional Port Information Required”, click “Next”. 10) A window of “Completing the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard” pops up, click “Finish”. 11) Return to “Printer Ports”, click “Close”. 12) Return to “Properties”, make sure the network port is selected, click “Apply”, and then click “Close”.

  • Page 48: Chapter 3 Control Panel

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Chapter 3 Control Panel 3.1 Control Panel There are three LEDs and one button on the control panel. (As Figure 3-1 shown) Figure 3-1 Control Panel 3.1.1 LED Description Denotes whether the printer’s power supply is connected or not. The LED is on POWER (Green) when the power is connected.

  • Page 49: Online-Aptitude Parameter Settings

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual printer. 3.5 Online-aptitude Parameter Settings 3.5.1 Set the Printer Parameter by the Matching Driver CODESOFT PL-330 supports the function of parameter settings, which can be set in the PC with the driver installed in. The concrete setting steps are shown as follows: 1.
  • Page 50 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual correctly. 6. To set parameter, first click the parameter icon, then open the parameter setting window. There are Parameter options, Explanation and Control buttons in the window. Select the corresponding parameter and click “Set”; the printer will change the setting at the time it receives the command. Click “Cancel”...

  • Page 51: Set The Printer Parameter By The Browser Webpage

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 8. When the setting is finished, click “Set” to exit the window of “Properties”. 9. Restart the printer and the new settings take effect. 3.5.2 Set the Printer Parameter by the Browser Webpage This printer supports the function of checking the printer state and setting parameters in the host through Ethernet.
  • Page 52 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 4. When setting the parameter, after setting the parameter in the corresponding webpage, click “submit” button, after the webpage reloading, the new settings take effect. Note: In the “System Information” interface, if you change the setting of DHCP and click the “submit”, please restart the printer after 5 seconds so that the printer can update the information! - 46 -...

  • Page 53: Chapter 4 Installing Paper

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Chapter 4 Installing Paper The printer can use the paper with the width of 79.5±0.5mm and 57.5±0.5mm conveniently. How to install the paper will be explained in details in this chapter. Installing 4.1 Thermal Paper Steps Caution: 1.
  • Page 54 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Roll paper Wrong Correct Figure 4-3 The direction of installing paper Note: Paper head should be placed down and pulled towards the paper-input slot, but not the opposite. 3. Put the paper head on the printer as shown below and close the upper cover. Roll paper Figure 4-4 Pull out the paper head and close the cover Note: After installing the paper, if PAPER OUT LED and ERROR LED still light, or the printer...

  • Page 55: Chapter 5 Specification

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Chapter 5 Specification 5.1 General Item Description Printing method Thermal line printing Paper feed mode Unidirectional with friction feed Paper eject direction Eject from top Dot density 640 dots/line (203×203 DPI) Printing width Max:80 mm, 640 dots Print speed Max: 300 mm/s Paper feed speed...
  • Page 56 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Dot image printing command: Support different densities dot images and downloading image printing, can save NV bitmap without electricity (Can save LOGO for long) Linear bar code: UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, CODE39, CODE128, ITF-25, CODABAR Bar code Two-dimension code: PDF417, QR CODE Voltage: 100 ~ 240 V (AC) Frequency: 50Hz/60Hz...

  • Page 57: Interface

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 5.2 Interface The printer is configured with one cash drawer interface and one data interface (you can select Parallel interface, USB interface, USB interface + Serial interface, USB interface + Ethernet interface, USB interface + Serial interface + Ethernet interface, USB interface + Bluetooth or Wi-Fi). Connect the computer with the suitable cable.

  • Page 58: Usb Interface

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual DATA1 DATA2 DATA3 These signals respectively represent the parallel data DATA4 from the first bit to the eighth. “1” means high level, DATA5 while “0” in logic means low level. DATA6 DATA7 DATA8 Acknowledge pulse, Low level means that printer is /ACK ready to receive data.

  • Page 59: Serial Interface

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 5.2.4 Serial Interface CODESOFT PL-330 serial interface is compatible with RS-232C protocol, supporting RTS/CTS and XON/XOFF handshaking protocol. Its connector is a DB-9 type connector and pin number of serial interface connector is shown as below. Figure 5-5 Pin number of serial interface connector Table A-3: Signal definition of the serial interface pin Pin number...

  • Page 60: Ethernet Interface

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Printer 9PIN connector Host 25PIN connector Figure 5-7 The connection figure of host 25 PIN and printer 5.2.5 Ethernet Interface Ethernet interface of 10/100 Base-T can be connected to 10/100M Ethernet. Figure 5-8 Ethernet interface 5.2.6 Power Supply Inlet The CODESOFT PL-330 connects with a 24V±10% and 2.5A AC adapter.

  • Page 61: Chapter 6 Printer Maintenance

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Chapter 6 Printer Maintenance 6.1 Cleaning the Printer Cleaning periodically and the cleaning tool Periodical cleaning: every 3 months or every 300 working hours once Cleaning tool: dry cloth (please use soft cloth to clean metal parts) Cleaning the spare parts Clean the oily spare parts of the printer with dry cloth.

  • Page 62: Chapter 7 Control Commands

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Chapter 7 Control Commands 7.1 General CODESOFT PL-330 supplies ESC/POS printing commands and is compatible with STAR Line Mode printing commands. The format is described as follows: Command Function Format: ASCII: Indicates the ASCII equivalents Decimal: Indicates the decimal equivalents Hex: Written in hexadecimal code Description: The function and using instruction of that command Example: Some examples will be listed for easier understanding...
  • Page 63 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual DLE EOT n Status transmission Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Transmit the selected printer status in serial interface, 1≤n≤4; this command is still valid even in error or off-line status. n=1: Transmit print status n=2: Transmit off-line status n=3: Transmit error status n=4: Transmit paper sensor status ESC BEL n1 n2...
  • Page 64 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC $ Set absolute print position Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Set the distance from the beginning of the line to the print position. The distance is (nL+nH*256)* (horizontal or vertical minimal unit). nL, nH=0~255. Horizontal or vertical minimal unit are specified by GS P command. ESC % Select/cancel user-defined characters set Format:...
  • Page 65 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 8-dot 68 DPI 203 DPI double-density 24-dot 203 DPI 101 DPI single-density 24-dot 203 DPI 203 DPI double-density ESC - Turn underline mode on/off Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: n=0, 48 Turn underline mode off n=1, 49 Single underline mode on Double underline mode on n=2, 50...
  • Page 66 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC @ Initialize the printer Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Initialize the printer to the state when the printer is turned on. ESC D Set horizontal tab position Format: ASCII: n1……nk NUL Decimal: n1……nk NUL Hex: n1……nk NUL Description: Set the horizontal tab position to n columns from the beginning of the line.
  • Page 67 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC V Turn 90°clockwise rotation mode on/off Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: n=0, 48 Turn off 90°clockwise rotation mode. n=1, 49 Turn on 90°clockwise rotation mode. No underline effect in 90°clockwise rotation characters in underline mode. ESC \ Set relative print position Format:...
  • Page 68 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC d Print and feed n lines Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Print the data in input buffer and feed n lines, n= 0~255. ESC p m t1 t2 Generate pulse Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Printer generates pulse, whose width specified by t1 and t2.
  • Page 69 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual FS ! Select Chinese character mode Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Off/On Decimal Function Not defined Not defined Double-width is not selected Double-width is selected Double-height is not selected Double-height is selected Not defined Not defined Not defined Underline is not selected Underline is selected...
  • Page 70 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual FS S Set Chinese character spacing Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: 0≤n1≤255, 0≤n2≤255 Set the character left-side spacing to n1* horizontal motion unit, right-side spacing to n2* horizontal motion unit. FS W Turn quadruple-size mode on/off for Chinese character Format: ASCII: Decimal:...
  • Page 71 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual n1 specifies the beeping times, n2 specifies the length of beeping time and n3 specifies the length of intermission time. The unit of n1, n2 is 0.1 second. GS ！ Select Character size Format: ASCII: ！ Decimal: Hex: Description:...
  • Page 72 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual GS B Turn white/black reverse mode on/off Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: When the last bit of n is 0, turn the white/black reverse mode off. When the last bit of n is 1, turn the white/black reverse mode on. GS H Enable/disable the printer to print HRI character Format:...
  • Page 73 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual nL, nH=0~255. Horizontal or vertical minimal unit is specified by GS P. GS f Select the HRI character font Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Select the HRI character when printing a bar code: n=0, 48; Selects character A (12*24) n=1, 49;...

  • Page 74: Star Line Mode Printing Commands

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Can be changed 1≤n≤255 (even) 0～9 48≤d≤57 0～9, A～D, 48≤d≤57, 65≤d≤68, 36, CODABAR Can be changed 1≤n≤255 $, +, -,., /, : 43, 45, 46, 47, 58 NUL ～ SP CODE128 Can be changed 2≤n<255 0≤d≤127 (7FH) GS v 0 Print raster bit image...
  • Page 75 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Specifies code page Code Page Code Page PC437 Thai (KU42) PC437 (USA, Std. Europe) WPC 1252 (Windows Latin-1) Katakana WPC 1250 (Windows Latin-2) PC437 (USA, Std. Europe) WPC 1251 (Windows Cyrillic) PC858 (Multilingual) PC 3840 (IBM-Russian) PC 852 (Latin-2) PC 3841 (Gost) PC 860 (Portuguese)
  • Page 76 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Legal ESC / n Specify/cancel slash zero Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: n=0, 1, 48, 49 Specifies and cancels slash zeros. Function 0, 48 Cancels slash zero 1, 49 Specifies slash zero ESC SP n Set ANK right space Format: ASCII: ESC SP n...
  • Page 77 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Specify the right space amount of ANK characters in 2 dots. ESC i n1 n2 Set/cancel the double wide/high Format: ASCII: ESC i n1 n2 Decimal: 105 n1 n2 Hex: n1 n2 Description: 0≤n1≤5 48≤n1≤53 (“0”≤n1≤“5”) 0≤n2≤5 48≤n2≤53 (“0”≤n2≤“5”) Specifies/cancels double high/wide for characters.
  • Page 78 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 2, 50 Specifies 3x high expansion 3, 51 Specifies 4x high expansion 4, 52 Specifies 5x high expansion 5, 53 Specifies 6x high expansion Set double wide Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Specifies double wide for characters. Cancel expanded wide Format: ASCII:...
  • Page 79 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC – n Select/cancels underling mode Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: n=0, 1, 48, 49 Specifies underlining (2 dots). Underline 0, 48 Cancels underline 1, 49 Specifies underline ESC _ n Specify/cancel upperline Format: ASCII: ESC _ Decimal: 95 n Hex:...
  • Page 80 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Line feed Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Feeds the currently specified amount of paper. If print data exists in the line buffer, it prints that data. Carriage return (line feed) Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: When the CR code is enabled, the CR code functions in the same way as the LF code. ESC a n Feed paper n lines Format:...
  • Page 81 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC I n n/8mm line feed Format: ASCII: ESC I Decimal: 73 n Hex: 49 n Description: 1≤n≤255 Executes a n/8mm paper feed. If print data exists in the line buffer, it prints that data. ESC GS P 0 Selects page mode Format: ASCII:...
  • Page 82 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Feed paper to vertical tab position Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Feeds paper to the next vertical tab position. ESC B n1 n2…nk NUL Set vertical tab position Format: ASCII: ESC B n1 n2 ... nk NUL Decimal: 66 n1 n2 ...
  • Page 83 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Move horizontal ta Format: ASCII: Decimal: Hex: Description: Move print position to next horizontal tab position. ESC D n1 n2…nk NUL Set horizontal tab Format: ASCII: ESC D n1 n2 ... nk NUL Decimal: 68 n1 n2 ... nk 0 Hex: 44 n1 n2 ...
  • Page 84 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Position alignment 0, 48 Left alignment 1, 49 Center alignment 2, 50 Right alignment ESC & c1 c2 n d1…d48 Register 12 x 24 dot font download characters Format: ASCII: ESC & c1 c2 n d1 ... d48 Decimal: 38 c1 c2 n d1 ...
  • Page 85 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual c2=0, 48 32≤n≤127 Deletes 12 x 24 dot font download characters registered to the nth address. ESC % n Specifies/cancels ANK download characters Format: ASCII: ESC % n Decimal: 37 n Hex: 25 n Description: n=0, 1, 48, 49 Specifies/cancels ANK download characters Download characters 0, 48...
  • Page 86 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 0≤d≤255 Prints bit images using 1 dot wide and 3 dots high per 1 dot of input data. ESC k n1 n2 d1...dk Fine density bit image Format: ASCII: ESC k n1 n2 d1 ... dk Decimal: 107 n1 n2 d1 ...
  • Page 87 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 ESC FS q n [x11 x12 y11 y12 d1...dk]1...[xn1 xn2 yn1 yn2 d1...dk]n Register logo Format: ASCII: ESC FS q n [x11 x12 y11 y12 d1 ...
  • Page 88 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Relationships of logo and registered data xn=xn1+xn2×256, yn=yn1+yn2×256 {(xn1+xn2×256)×8} dots Dots d[11] d[21] d[n1] (yn1+yn2×256 bytes d[12] d[22] d[n2] (yn1+ yn2×256×8 dots d[x1] d[x2] d[xn] ESC FS p n m Print logo Format: ASCII: ESC FS p Decimal: 27 28 112 n m Hex: 1B...
  • Page 89 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 2, 50 Double high mode 3, 51 Double high/wide mode ESC b n1 n2 n3 n4 d1...dk RS Print bar code Format: ASCII: ESC b n1 n2 n3 n4 d1 ... dk RS Decimal: 27 98 n1 n2 n3 n4 d1 ... dk 30 Hex: 1B 62 n1 n2 n3 n4 d1 ...
  • Page 90 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Paper is fed to cutting position, then a partial cut. 3, 51 Print data in line buffer is printed before the operation described above. This command is ignored if the printer is not equipped with an auto-cutter. ESC BEL n1 n2 Set external drive device 1 pulse width Format:...
  • Page 91 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC GS BEL m t1 t2 Ring buzzer Format: ASCII: ESC GS BEL m t1 t2 Decimal: 27 m t1 t2 Hex: 1B m t1 t2 Description: 1≤m≤2, 49≤m≤50 (“1”≤m≤“2”) 1≤t1≤255 1≤t2≤255 Rings the buzzer. m specifies the drive terminal of the buzzer. Buzzer Drive Terminal 1, 49 Buzzer Drive Terminal 1...
  • Page 92 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC RS d n Set print density Format: ASCII: ESC RS d Decimal: 27 30 100 n Hex: 1B 64 n Description: 0≤n≤6 48≤n≤57 (“0”≤n≤“6”) Sets print density. Print density 0, 48 Print density 1.3 1, 49 Print density 1.2 2, 50 Print density 1.1...
  • Page 93 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC ACK SOH Real-time printer status (ASB status) Format: ASCII: ESC ACK SOH Decimal: 27 Hex: 1B Description: Sends ASB status information to the host. This command is not used when ASB is valid. Real-time printer status (1) Format: ASCII: ENQ Decimal: 5...
  • Page 94 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Update ASB ETB status Format: ASCII: ETB Decimal: 23 Hex: 17 Description: Sets the ASB ETB status when reading this command from the reception buffer, then sends ASB. ESC RS E n Initialize ASB ETB counter and ETB status Format: ASCII: ESC RS E n Decimal: 27...
  • Page 95 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual 65≤n2≤70 (“A”≤n2≤“F”) Adds n1 dots left space amount and n2 dots right space amount to Chinese characters. ESC t n1 n2 Set 1 byte Chinese character left/right spaces Format: ASCII: ESC t n1 n2 Decimal: 27 116 n1 n2 Hex: 1B 74 n1 n2...
  • Page 96 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC @ Command initialization Format: ASCII: ESC @ Decimal: 27 Hex: 1B Description: Initializes each command after printing data in the line buffer. ESC ? LF NUL Reset printer (execute self print) Format: ASCII: ESC ? LF NUL Decimal: 27 63 10 0...

  • Page 97: Chapter 8 Command List

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual Chapter 8 Command List 8.1 ESC/POS Command List Control command Description Beep once Horizontal tab Print and line feed Print and Feed paper to the next black mark position DLE EOT Real-time status transmission ESC BEL Beep for appointment ESC SP Set right-side character spacing...

  • Page 98: Star Line Mode Command List

    CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual FS . Exit Chinese mode FS 2 User-defined Chinese characters FS S Set Chinese character spacing FS W Turn quadruple-size mode on/off for Chinese character FS p n m Print NV bit image FS q n Define the NV bit image GS BEL Beep for appointment...
  • Page 99 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual ESC E (1B 45) Select emphasized printing ESC F (1B 46) Cancel emphasized printing ESC - (1B 2D n) Select/cancels underline mode ESC _ (1B 5F n) Specify/cancel upperline ESC 4 (1B 34) Select white/black inverted printing ESC 5 (1B 35) Cancel white/black inversion SI (0F)
  • Page 100 CODESOFT PL-330 User's Manual FS (1C) External device 1 drive instruction SUB (1A) External device 2 drive instruction EM (19) External device 2 drive instruction ESC GS BEL (1B 1D 07 m t1 t2) Ring buzzer ESC GS EM DC1 (1B 1D 19 11 m n1 n2) External buzzer drive pulse condition settings ESC GS EM DC2 (1B 1D 19 12 m n1 n2) External buzzer drive execution...

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