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Citizen iDP-3210 User Manual

Citizen iDP-3210 User Manual

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  • Page 1 LINE THERMAL PRINTER iDP3210 MODEL...

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    This declaration is applied only for 230V model. Declaration of Conformity : Japan CBM Corporation : CBM Bldg.,5-68-10, Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0001, Japan Thermal Printer iDP3210 Series (iDP3210R, iDP3210P) (S.No.0090001 ~ : EN60950 : A4:1997...
  • Page 3 Read all of these instructions and save them for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. a damp cloth for cleaning. Do not use this product near water. Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand or table.
  • Page 4 Lesen Sie die nachfolgenden Anweisungen sorgfältig durch und bewahren Sie sie auf. Befolgen Sie alle auf dem Drucker vermerkten Hinweise und Anweisungen. grundsätzlich Stecker aus der Steckdose ziehen. Nut mit einem feuchten Tuch abwischen. Der Drucker darf nicht in der Nähe von Wasser aufgestellt werden. Drucker nicht auf einem unstabilen Wagen, Stand oder Tisch aufstellen.
  • Page 5 iDP3210 User’s Manual 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 off FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 6 1. Before using the equipment, be sure to read this User's Manual thoroughly. referred to any time at need. 2. Portions of the contents of this User’s manual may be changed without prior notice. 3. The reproduction of parts or all of the contents of this User’s manual without permission is strictly forbidden. 4.
  • Page 7 iDP3210 User’s Manual Do not subject this equipment to excessive force or shocks such as by treading on it, dropping it or hitting it. Do not install this equipment in locations with poor ventilation, and do not use the equipment in such way that the ventilation port is obstructed.
  • Page 8 This may cause abnormality and breakage. Do not use this printer near radio or television, and do not use same outlet as the one used for radio and television. This may cause a trouble with receiving an electric wave.
  • Page 9 Do not operate the operation panel using sharp objects such as the top of a pen etc. Do not use sheets of paper by adhering them together with plastic tape, etc… Do not pull the paper in printer forcibly by hand in condition that the platen roller unit is positioned properly.
  • Page 10 iDP3210 User’s Manual This Caution label is attached in the following position. Make sure to use this equipment properly reading the cautions for handling carefully. CITIZEN...
  • Page 11 Make sure to maintain the equipment after switching OFF the power. When cleaning the platen of printer mechanism, wipe out the dirty portion by a cotton pud dipped into ethyl alcohol. When cleaning the surface of the main unit case, use soft cloth. In case the dirty portion can not be cleared out by the soft cloth, use wet cloth squeezed tightly.
  • Page 12 Features ...1 Unpacking ...1 Model Classification...3 Basic Specifications ...4 Printing Paper Specifications ...5 2.3.1 Recommended Paper...5 2.3.2 Printing position...6 2.3.3 Head and Cutter Layout ...6 Connecting AC Adapter ...8 Connecting Interface Cable ...9 Connecting Drawer Kickout Connector ...10 Setting the Roll Paper...10 Setting the Roll Paper...11 How to Remove Remaining Roll Paper ...13 Removing Paper Jam...13...
  • Page 13 Drive Circuit...31 Command List ...33 Command Details ...34 10.1 International (IBM Character #2) ...55 10.2 International Character Code Table ...56 Outler Drawing of Printer (Model : iDP3210) ...57 Outer Drawing of AC Adapter (Model : 30AD) ...58 iDP3210 User’s Manual CITIZEN...

  • Page 14: Unpacking

    This printer, a small-sized line thermal printer, has been developed to be applicable to various data communication terminals, POS terminals, kitchen printers, etc.. As being provided with many abundant functions, it can be used widely in various applications. start using it, read this manual thoroughly and understand the content.
  • Page 15 2) Holding the paper guide of the platen roller section, pull it in the arrowed direction. 3) Pull out the protective paper in the arrowed direction. 4) In case the printer is not used for a long time period of time, set the protective paper to keep platen roller away from thermal head.
  • Page 16 iDP3210 User’s Manual *Model name of exclusive AC Adapter and AC power supply cord 30AD-U (120V 3 pins cord) 30AD-E (230V 3 Class I cord) CITIZEN...

  • Page 17: Recommended Paper

    Item Printing system Print width Dot pitch Printing speed No. of printing columns Character size Character type Bar code type Line pitch Paper Interface Input buffer Power supply voltage Power consumption Spec. of AC Adapter Model Weight External dimensions (main body) Operating temperature/humidity Storage temperature/humidity Reliability...
  • Page 18 Type Thermal paper Paper width Paper thickness 65 ± 5 Roll diameter Printed surface Outside of the roll (surface) Recommended paper TF50KS-E2C made by Nippon Seishi or other equivalent Core 1. In case of using the paper other than the specified, print qual ity may vary. 2.
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  • Page 21 (2) Holding the AC Adapter cable connector with its arrowed side facing downward, put it into the power connector on the rear side of the printer. (3) Connecting the AC power cord to the AC Adaptor, put the AC plug of the cord into the plug Do not use the power supply unit other than the specified.
  • Page 22 (1) Turn OFF the power switch. (Both for the printer and the host side.) (2) Confirming the up and down side of the cable terminal, connect it to the interface connector. (3) Fix the cable terminal. Serial interface: Parallel interface: (4) Connect the cable to the host side.
  • Page 23 (2) Confirming the up and down side of the drawer kickout cable connector, put it into the drawer kickout connector on the rear side of the printer. (3) Fix, with a screw, the drawer earth wire to the printer earth terminal. Do not connect the drawer (solenoid) other than the specified.
  • Page 24 (6) Paper is automatically pulled into the platen roller and led into the inside of paper cutter. (Paper comes out from paper outlet slightly.) (7) With the printer cover closed, paper feed is carried out automatically for a few lines and paper cut is carried out automatically.
  • Page 25 In case the slack of paper remains, adjust the position of roll paper pulling paper guide to the front side. In case the paper is tilting, keep pressing FEED switch after closing printer cover. Then, this tilting is automatically corrected. Do not open printer cover during printing.
  • Page 26 (1) Open the printer cover. (2) Holding the paper guide, pull it in the arrowed direction. The platen roller is detached from the print head and the remaining paper can be pulled out. Be sure to use the paper guide for pulling out paper. (Opposite direction).
  • Page 27 iDP3210 User’s Manual Since print head and motor are hot, do not carry out this action right after printing. In case of moving the head springs, do not move it beyond the removable range of the springs. For removing the remaining paper, do not touch the surface of heating unit of the print head by naked hands or by a metal piece etc.
  • Page 28 Paper cutter enable/disable can be selected by dip switch setting. In case of using this printer at paper cutter disable mode, make sure to confirm the cutter blade is in the home position. In case the cutter blade is not in the home position, return this blade to the home position by following the above procedure.
  • Page 29 (1) As referring to "4.6 Removing Paper Jam”, remove the platen roller unit. (2) Using a cotton pud containing ethyl alcohol, wipe off dust, etc. on the surface of the surface of the head. heating unit. (3) Mount the platen roller unit. Do not touch the surface of heating unit of the print head by naked hands or by a metal piece etc.

  • Page 30: Power Led

    Macro execution wait Cover open When printer cover is opened, printer cover open sensor detects the cover opening and has ERROR LED illuminate, then stops printing operation. But, depending on dip switch setting, paper feed can be performed when printer cover is opened.
  • Page 31 Print Head overheat To protect print head from excessive heat, in case the temperature of print head goes high(approx. 65°C or over), head temperature sensor works and has ERROR LED illuminate, then stops printing operation. After head temperature is cooled (Approx. 60°C or less), printing operation automatically starts.
  • Page 32 iDP3210 User’s Manual (1) Turn OFF the power switch. (2) Remove the rear cover. (Remove it by taking off two screws at the botto m and turning the cover in the arrowed direction.) CITIZEN...
  • Page 33 Function DS1-1 Paper cutter DS1-2 Cover open DS1-3 CR switching DS1-4 Unused DS1-5 Print columns DS1-6 International Characters DS1-7 International Characters DS1-8 International Characters Print density Print density Function DS2-1 Bit length DS2-2 Parity DS2-3 Odd/even DS2-4 DTR/XON-XOFF DS2-5 BAUD RATE DS2-6 BAUD RATE DS2-7...
  • Page 34 Data input method : 8 bit parallel signal (DATA 1 ~ 8) Control signals: ACK ,BUSY ,STB ,FAULT ,PE ,RESET Applicable connector : Printer side 57LE-40360 (Equivalent to amphenol ) Cable side Signal Name DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3...
  • Page 35 (positive logic) FAULT : The signal which is made "LOW" when the printer is in alarm state. All the control circuits inside the printer are stop ped at this time.(negative logic) : The signal which is output when paper runs out or goes scarce. (positive logic) Drawer Switch Output : With the switch open, this signal goes "HIGH".
  • Page 36 (1) Input Signal Level All the input signals are at C-MOS level. "HIGH" level : 4.0V MIN "LOW" level : 1.0V MAX (2) Output Signal Level All the output signals are at C-MOS level. "HIGH" level : 4.5V MIN "LOW" level : 0.1V MAX (3) I/O Conditions Both input signal of STB and RESET are pulled up by 3.3K , and all of the other is pulled up by 50K .
  • Page 37 (1) Data Input and Printing Timing T1, T2, T3 : 0.5 : 270 ns MAX : 2.3 : 500 ms MIN (On supplying power) When BUSY signal is "LOW", data from the host can be received. received. As the buffer of 4K byte can be buffered in input buffer, the host side can be released immediately. iDP3210 User’s Manual When it being "HIGH", data can not be CITIZEN...
  • Page 38 (1) Data transfer system (2) Baud rates 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 bps (Selectable by user) (3) Configuration of one word Start bit Data bit Parity bit Stop bit (4) Signal polarity RS-232C Mark Space (5) Receive data (RD signal) RS-232C Mark Space...
  • Page 39 2. In case the receiving data is not being transmitted, keep receiving data in mark state. Frame Grand Signal GND Input Receiving data Output Printer BUSY signal Output Transmission data Input Data set READY 17LE-13250 (Equivalent to DDK) 17JE-23250 (Equivalent to DDK ) iDP3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 40 (3) TD When, while in data reception, the input buffer on the printer side has only 128 bytes .or less left,DC3(13H) data reception impossible signals are output.
  • Page 41 Mark Space (1) Start bit (2) Data bit (+ parity bit) (3) Stop bit ( 1 or more ) (1) Start Bit In 1/2 bit from the mark-to-space starting edge, state is read once again. When "space" state is confirmed, it is recognized as the start bit.
  • Page 42 Parity, framing, and overrun are detected. (1) Framing Error With "space" state having been detected on detection of a stop bit, error takes place.The data are stored in the buffer as "?". (2) Parity Error With an error having been detected under specifying parity check, the data is stored in the buffer as "?". (3) Overrun Error On detection of an overrun error, the data are stored in the buffer as "?".
  • Page 43 (1) RS-232C Circuit Input (RD, DSR) Output (DTR, TD) iDP3210 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 44 (1) Drawer-Kick Drive Signal Pulses specified by ESCp are output. Also, SW(+) state, in parallel interface, can be observed by Pin 34 of the interface connector and, in serial interface, by ESC u command. (2) Electrical Characteristics 1) Drive voltage 2) Drive current 3) SW signal Signal Name...
  • Page 45 This is the connector for power supply from exclusive AC Adapter. SHELL Connector used Applicable connectors Function +24V : TCS7960-53-2010 (Hoshiden) or equivalent : TCP8927-63-1100 (Hoshiden) or equivalent TCP8927-53-1100 (Hoshiden) or equivalent iDP3210 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 46 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 Specifying the absolute positions ¥...

  • Page 47: Printing Position

    (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. (2) Print Command (CR) Code : [0D]h 1) When DS 1 -3 is OFF:...
  • Page 48 (5) Specifying Collectively the Print Mode (ESC ! n) Code : [1Bh] + [21h] + n * {0 n FF} Data is described in Hex code. Printing mode is assigned. Function Undefined Undefined Undefined Highlighting Double height Double width Undefined Underline With double height and double width being specified simultaneously, double wide and double high characters are consisted.
  • Page 49 (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 50 (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} According to the bit image mode assigned in m, prints data in the bit image. The no.
  • Page 51 The line feed rate per line is specified by n/156 inch. The initial value is n = 26(18H), being 4.23 mm line feed rate. (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 52 (13) Setting Horizontal Tab Position (ESC D n NUL) Code : [1B]h + [44]h + n [00]h * {0 n FF} Dta is described in Hex code. Specifying a horizontal tab position. "n" indicates the no. of columns from the beginning to the horizontal tab position. At this time, n= set position –1 is to be specified.
  • Page 53 (15) Specifying/canceling Double Printing (ESC G n) Code : [1B]h + [47]h + n * {0 n FF} Data is described in Hex code. Specifying/canceling the double printing. "n" is valid only for the lowest bit (n0). Control by n is shown as follows. Canceling double printing.
  • Page 54 (17) Selecting International Characters (ESC R n) Code : [1B]h + [52]h + n * {0 n 0A) Data is described in Hex code. Selecting international characters. Depending on the value of n, following character sets are specified. n(Hex) U.S.A. France Germany U.K.
  • Page 55 (19) Setting of paper end detector available for print stop Code : [1B]h + [63]h + [34]h + n * {0 n FF} Specifying the condition of paper end detector to stop printing operation. n is valid only for the lowest bit. (n0) n bit means the followings.

  • Page 56: Dip Switch Setting

    (22) Generating specified Pulse (ESC p Code : [1B]h + [70]h + m + n + n2 * {m = connector pin No. (See table below.)} {0 n1 FF} {0 n2 FF} Signals specified by n1, n2 are output to Connector Pin m. Bit m (m0) means the followings.

  • Page 57: Serial Interface

    (24) Transmitting the printer status Code : [1B]h + [76]h Current printer status is transmitted. Status sent out consists of 1 byte whose content is as in the table below. In DTR/DSR control, after receptible state of the host (DSR signal being in SPACE state) is confirmed, only 1 byte is transmitted.
  • Page 58 (25) Transmitting the status of Peripheral Equipment (ESC Code : [1B]h + [75]h + n * {n = 0} Current status of connector pin No.3 is transmitted. "n" means the followings. n (Hex) Drawer Kick Connector No. 3 Status transmitted consists of 1 byte whose content is as in the table below. Any equipment has not been connected to this connector, Bit 0 of n is always "1 ".
  • Page 59 (26) specifying/Canceling Inverted Characters Code : [1B]h + [7B]h + n * {0 n FF} Specifying/canceling inverted characters. "n" is valid only for the lowest bit (n0). Bit n (n0) means the followings. This is valid only when this is specified at the beginning of a line. The printing example is shown below.
  • Page 60 n (Hex) Canceling 90°-right- turned Characters Specifying 90°-right- turned Characters The initial value of n is "0". (28) Specifying Absolute Positions Code : [1B]h + [24]h + n1 + n2 * {0 n1 FF} {0 n2 1} The printing start position is specified in the number of dots from the beginning of line. The number of dots is divided by 256, whose quotient is taken as n2 and the residual as n1.
  • Page 61 CODE 39 CODABAR(CW-7) CODE 128 *maximum columns in the printer Data, when being held in the print buffer, are ignored. When the character code Dn cannot be printed,the data following after this is printed as ordinary print data. When a bar code whose number of characters to be printed is fixed has been selected, the number of characters have to be always made equal to the number of characters to be printed.
  • Page 62 (32) Selecting Bar Code Height Code : [1d]H + [68]H + N * {1 n FF} Selecting bar code height "n" indicates the number of dots in vertical direction. The initial value of n is "162". (33) Selecting Printing Position of HRI Characters Code : [1d]H + [48]H + N * {0 n 3} Selecting printing position of HRI characters for printing bar codes.
  • Page 63 (34) Defining Download Bit Image Code : [1D]h + [2A]h + n1 + n2 Dn * {1 n1 FF} {1 n2 48} {n1 n2 1311} Defines downloading bit images of the number of dots specified by n1/n2. The numbers of dots are n1 x 8 in horizontal direction and n2 x 8 in vertical direction. Dn indicates bit image data.
  • Page 64 Specifying starting / ending macro definition. Maximum content available for macro definition is 2048 bytes. A portion exceeding 2048 bytes is not defined. 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 65 (37) Macro Execution (GS^ Code : [1D]h + [5E]h + n1 + n2 + n3 * {0 n1 FF} {0 n2 FF} {0 3 1} Executing contents defined in macro. "n1 ~ n3" indicate as follows: : The number of times of macro execution : Waiting time on macro execution.
  • Page 66 Not defined Not defined When the printer has not been selected, this printer abandons all received data until it is selected by this command. Even when the printer has not been selected, it can become BUSY state through printer operation.
  • Page 67 (39) Aligning the characters Code : [1b]h + [61]h + n * {0 n 2} All the printed data within one line are aligned in the specified position. Depending on n value, positional alignment is carried out as in the table below: n (Hex) Left end alignment Centering...
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  • Page 73 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 15E-20000208- Printed in Japan...