Datecs EP-50 User Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Datecs Manuals
  4. Printer
  5. EP-50
  6. User manual

Datecs EP-50 User Manual

Line thermal printer
Hide thumbs
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

1 DATECS
User's Manual
LINE THERMAL PRINTER
EP-50
MODEL

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the EP-50 and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Subscribe to Our Youtube Channel

Related Manuals for Datecs EP-50

Summary of Contents for Datecs EP-50

  • Page 1 1 DATECS User’s Manual LINE THERMAL PRINTER EP-50 MODEL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    POWER CONNECTOR ............. 2 8 MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC WAY AND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT FROM DATECS LTD. COMMAND lIST ................ 2 9 Sofia 1784 - BULGARIA, tel: +359 2 974 00 55, fax: +359 2 974 11 00, e-mail: sales@datecs.bg...
  • Page 3 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 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. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners.
  • Page 4 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual C. If the product has been exposed to rain or water. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS – BE SURE TO OBSERVE D. If the product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are followed. Adjust only those controls that are covered be the operating...
  • Page 5 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual WARNING PRECAUTIONS FOR INSTALLATION Do not use or store the equipment in a place exposed to fire, moisture, or direct Never handle the equipment in the following manners, as it may break, become out of sunshine, or in a place near a heater or thermal device where the prescribed order, or overheat causing smoke and resulting in fire or electric shock.
  • Page 6 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual Use a shielding wire or twisted pair wire for a signal line, in order to minimize PRECAUTIONS FOR HANDLING noise effect. Do not route the cable too long or connect it to a noisy device.

  • Page 7: Outline

    1. OUTLINE DAILY MAINTENANCE The EP-50 is a compact-sized, line thermal printer developed for variety of applica- At the time of maintenance, be sure to turn off the power switch of the printer tions. It can be used as a data communication terminal, POS terminal, kitchen terminal, and unplug it from the socket.

  • Page 8: Unpacking

    1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 1.2 Unpacking 2. BASIC SPECIFICATIONS 2.1 Basic specifications When unpacking the package, confirm that the following parts are provided: Printer body ......... 1 unit Printing system Line thermal dot printing Sample paper roll ......1 roll...

  • Page 9: Paper Specifications

    1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 2.2 Paper Specifications 2.2.2 Recommended Paper 2.2.1 Recommended Paper Thermal paper Thermal paper roll Type: Thermal paper Paper width: 58 + 0/–1 mm Paper thickness: 60~75µm φ Roll diameter: 83 mm or less Printing surface: Outside of the roll (Surface)

  • Page 10: Outer Appearance And Component Parts

    1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 3. OUTER APPEARANCE AND COMPONENT PARTS POWER switch Turns on/off the power for the printer body. POWER lamp (14) Printer Cover Lights green when the printer is switched on ERROR lamp Upper Cover Flashes red when the printing head is overheated.

  • Page 11: Operation

    1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 4. OPERATION 4.2 Connecting Interface Cable Turn off the power. (Mating side included) 4.1 Connecting AC Adapter Check the top and bottom of cable terminals, and connect to the interface Turn off the power. connector.

  • Page 12: Eliminating The Paper Jam

    1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 4.4 Eliminating the Paper Jam CAUTION The printer cover is not stationary (Opening/Closing). After detaching it, be careful not to lose or break it Do not insert a ragged or dog-eared end of the paper roll, because it could result in a paper jam or insertion error.

  • Page 13: Leds

    1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 4.5 LEDs 5. DIP SWITCH SETTING 5.1 Location of DIP Switch POWER Lights green when the printer is switched on. ERROR Flashes red when the printing head is overheated. Turn off the power. PAPER Flashes red when the printer is out of paper, lights red con- Detach the printer cover, and take out the paper roll.

  • Page 14: Serial Interface Cable Attachment

    1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 6. SERIAL INTERFACE CABLE ATTACHMENT If the code table is selected using the DIP switches, ESC t command is disabled and the code table cannot be changed by a command. Turn off the printer before attaching the cable. After connecting the connectors screw the two screws.

  • Page 15: Power Connector

    1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 7. POWER CONNECTOR 8. COMMAND LIST This connector is to supply the power from the special AC adapter (DATECS PS). Sounds the beeper Connector Schematic Horizontal tab command Printing and paper feed Function Print command...

  • Page 16: Detailed Description

    1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 9. DETAILED DESCRIPTION ESC _ Restore factory settings 1BH 5FH ESC ‘ Transmits current battery voltage and the print XXXX ALL head temperature 1BH 60H ESC a Aligning the characters 1BH 61H n [Function] Command Function...
  • Page 17 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 4. CR [Sample Program] LPRINT “0123456789012345678901”; Print Command LPRINT CHR$ (&HA); [Code] [0Dh] LPRINT CHR$ (&H9) + “AAA”; This command is ignored. LPRINT CHR$ (&H9) + “BBB”; LPRINT CHR$ (&HA); LPRINT CHR$ (&H1B) + “D”;...
  • Page 18 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 7. ESC $ n1 n2 8. ESC % n Specifying the Absolute Positions Select/cancel user defined characters [Code] [1Bh] + [25h] + n [Code] [1Bh] + [24h] + n1 + n2 • Only bit 0 of n is defined [Range] {0 <= n1 <= FFh}...
  • Page 19 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual If switch 5 is ON: Function Value 0 Value 1 [Code] [1Bh] + [26h] + a + n1 + n2 + D1 + … + D Character Font Font A Font B (m-n+1)k [Range] { m = 0-3 Subcommand} Undefined {20h <= n1 <= FFh }...
  • Page 20 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 11. ESC * m n1 n2 [ d ] k [Range] {m = 16, 17, 18, 20 bit image mode } {0 <= n <= 40h} Specifying the Bit Image Mode {0 <= d <= FFh}...
  • Page 21 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 15. ESC 2 0 Canceling an underline. 1 Specifying an underline for 1-dot width. 2 Specifying an underline for 2-dots width. Specifying 1/6-inch line feed rate • [Caution] An underline is attached to the full character width. It is, however,...
  • Page 22 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 16. ESC 3 n 18. ESC > n Setting line feed rate of minimum pitch Set Factory Defaults [Code] [1Bh] + [33h] + n [Code] [1Bh] + [3Eh] + n [Range] {0 <= n <= FFh} [Range] {0 <= n <= FFh}...
  • Page 23 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 20. ESC D [ n ] k NUL 21. ESC E n Setting Horizontal Tab Position Specifying/canceling highlighting [Code] [1Bh] + [44h] + n + … + n + [00h] [Code] [1Bh] + [45h] + n [Range] {0 <= n <= FFh}...
  • Page 24 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 22. ESC G n 23. ESC I n Specifying/canceling Double Printing (ESC G n) Specifying/cancelling italic printing (ESC I n) [Code] [1Bh] + [47h] + n [Code] [1Bh] + [49h] + n [Range] {0 <= n <= FFh} [Range] {0 <= n <= FFh}...
  • Page 25 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 25. ESC M n 27. ESC V n Specifying/canceling highlighting Specifying/Canceling 90º -right- turned Characters [Code] [1Bh] + [4Dh] + n [Code] [1Bh] + [56h] + n [Range] {0 <= n <= FFh} [Range] {0 <= n <= 1}.
  • Page 26 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 29. ESC Y n Meaning 28.0 Supports IrDA mode Selecting the intensity level 28.1 Supports magnetic card reader [Code] [1Bh] + [59h] + n 28.2 Supports simultaneous reading of three tracks from a magnetic card [Range] {0 <= n <= 5}...
  • Page 27 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 32. ESC _ 31.6 Not Used 31.7 Reserved – always 1 Restore factory defaults and save them to nonvolatile RAM 32.0 Not Used [Code] [1Bh] + [5Fh] 32.1 Not Used [Outline] Select font A, no bold, no underline, etc. Restore tab defaults.
  • Page 28 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual • Depending on n value, positional alignment is carried out as in the [Caution] When the panel switch is disabled with this command, the LF switch is disabled. Therefore, the paper cannot be fed by op erating the LF table below: switch.
  • Page 29 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 37. ESC i 40. ESC t Cutting the paper Selecting the character code table [Code] [1Bh] + [74h] + n [Code] [1Bh] + [69h] [Outline] Performs a paper feed, so the last printed line remains after the cover’s [Range] { 0 <= n <= 19 }...
  • Page 30 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 42. ESC x n Code Table USA (CP437) Reversing the print direction Chinese GB2312 [Code] [1Bh] + [78h] + n [Caution] In the international version of the printer when the code page is set [Outline] This command changes the characters’...
  • Page 31 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 45. GS B n [Sample Program] LPRINT CHR$ (&H1B) + “{“ + CHR$ (0); Specifying/canceling the black/white inverted printing LPRINT “AAAAA” + CHR$ (&HA); [Code] [1Dh] + [62h] + n LPRINT “BBBBB” + CHR$ (&HA);...
  • Page 32 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 47. GS L n1 n2 49. GS c parameter string Setting the left margin Setting the real time clock [Code] [1Dh] + [4Ch] + n1 + n2 [Code] [1Dh] + [63h] + ASCIIZ string [Range] {0 <= n1 <= FFh}...
  • Page 33 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual a is a setting for PDF-417 barcode. Setting a=0 will make the printer • When a barcode whose number of characters to be printed is fixed has to automatically choose PDF-417 compression modes, while a=1 been selected, the number of characters k have to be always made will force byte compression mode.
  • Page 34 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 51. GS w n 53. GS H n Selecting the horizontal size (Scale factor) of the bar code Selecting of Printing Position of HRI Code [Code] [1Dh] + [77h] + n [Code] [1Dh] + [48h] + n [Range] {2 <= n <= 4}...
  • Page 35 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 54. GS f n 55. GS p n1 n2 n3 Selecting the font of HRI code Setting barcode PDF-417 parameters [Code] [1Dh] + [66h] + n [Code] [1Dh] + [70h] + n1 + n2 + n3...
  • Page 36 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual [Sample Program] Mode Dot density in Dot density in vertical direction horizontal direction LPRINT CHR$ (&H1D) + “p”; LPRINT CHR$(4) + CHR$(2) + CHR$(0); Normal 203 DPI 203 DPI LPRINT CHR$ (&H1D) + “k”; Double width...
  • Page 37 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 58. GS / m If switch 5 is ON: [Code] [1Dh] + [2Ah] + n1 + n2 { + n21 + n22 } + D + … + D Printing the downloaded bit image [Range] {0 <= n1 <= 7Fh}...
  • Page 38 1 DATECS EP-50 User’s Manual 61. FS p n m [Sample Program] [Print Results] LPRINT CHR$ (&H1D) + “: “ ; Printing the downloaded NV bit image LPRINT “+___+” + CHR$ (&HA); Normal Printing during LPRINT “ | | “ + CHR$ (&HA);...
  • Page 39 1 DATECS EP-50 yL and yH denote the vertical size of the NV bit image as (yL + yH × 256) × 8 dots. Total amount of data defining the bit image is (xL + xH × 256) × (yL + yH × 256) × 8 bytes.

Table of Contents