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Safety Precautions Before using the present appliance, please keep the following safety regulations in order to prevent any hazard or material damage. WARNING (1) Connect the printer with a reliable grounded power receptacle. Do not plug with large electronic machines in one multi-outlet, which can provoke power fluctuation or over-heating, even a fire.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................. 1 Application Range ..........................1 Unique Functions ..........................1 Advanced Functions and Features ..................... 1 Specifications ............................. 2 Appearance ............................3 Accessories ............................4 INSTALLATION ............................... 5 Display Installation (The printer with customer display) ..............5 Communication Board Replacement(Only apply to the printer with dip switch) ......6 Paper Installation ..........................
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Application Range The quality of easy operation, high speed and stable performance has made the printer one of the most economical and practical printing devices. It has been applied in various fields such as supermarkets, department stores, hotels, franchises, finance, telecommunications and ticket business as a receipt printer.
1.4 Specifications Optional type PP7M21NX PP7M1NX PP7M1HX Speed 150mm/s 150mm/s 250mm/s Power Supply Print Method thermal print Resolution 203dpi Paper type Thermal paper Paper width 57.5± 0.5mm 79.5± 0.5mm Paper Paper roll Max. 80mm diameter Paper installation type Easy paper loading ANK character set, Chinese GB2312, Character set Traditional Chinese BIG5, 12×...
1.5 Appearance The printer without customer display: (2inches) Upper cover switch Power switch The printer without customer display: (3inches) Upper cover switch Power switch The printer with customer display: (3inches) Customer display Upper cover switch Power switch...
1.6 Accessories AC adapter AC power cord User manual Paper roll Customer display (only for the printer with the customer display) Communication cable ① ② ③ ④ Cable ①:This is the Ethernet cable, it is used for printer with Ethernet interface. Cable ②...
2 INSTALLATION 2.1 Display Installation (The printer with customer display) Install customer display before using the PP7MX printer. Press printer upper cover button upwards to open the printer cover as picture1. Install the customer display via the interface as picture 2. Use screwdriver to lock the customer with screw tightly as picture 3.
2.2 Communication Board Replacement(Only apply to the printer with dip switch) Note: Make sure that PP7X is powered off when you are changing the communication board. Power off PP7X for more than 10s, then the communication board can be replaced. (1) Use cross screwdriver to unscrew the two screws of the communication board as picture 4.
2.3 Paper Installation Note: Bad quality thermal paper with rough surface and low sensetivity may reduce the life time of the printer head, please use high quality thermal paper, such as OJI, PD-160R or Aclas paper. (1) Make sure that the printer is not receiving data; otherwise, data may be lost. (2) Open the printer upper cover by pressing the cover button as picture 6.
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(4) Be sure to note the correct direction thats the paper comes off the roll shown as picture 8. √ × Thermal sensitive side Picture 8 (5) Pull out a small amount of paper to make it parallel with the alignment line as picture 9,and then close the upper cover by pressing its front middle part until you hear a ‘click’...
3 SETTING THE PRINTER 3.1 Using the Printer Power indicator light To prompt error To prompt the paper is run out Press the button once to advance paper once line. You can also hold down the Feed button to feed paper continuously. 3.2 Connecting the Computer (1) Power off the printer.
3.3 Connecting the Power Supply ※ CAUTIONS When connecting or disconnecting the power supply from the printer, make sure that the power supply is not plugged into an electrical outlet. Otherwise you may damage the power supply or the printer. If the power supply’s rated voltage and your outlet’s voltage do not match, contact your dealer for assistance.
4 SELF TEST Press key ‘Feed’ and hold it, and then power on the machine at the same time, it will print a piece of Test Page. The information of this Test Page includes the printer’s model, version, IP address (Ethernet port), ID and the default setting of the dip switch when leave factory.
RS232 (D9) Port Definition Host side Printer side RS233 RS232 /RTS /RTS /RXD /RXD HOLE1 HOLE1 /CTS /CTS /TXD /TXD DSUB 9PIN/公座焊接型 DSUB 9PIN/母座焊接型 The definition of D9-P9 Pin No. Signal Name Direction Function Output Transmit Data Input Receive Data ———...
Pin No. Signal Name Function TXO+ TXO+ TXO- TXO- RXI+ RXI+ N.C. Not Connect Not Connect RXI- RXI- Not Connect Not Connect Ethernet and USB Interface USB Port Definition Pin No. Signal Name Function Shell Shield Frame Ground VBUS Host Power Data Line(D-)...
Ethernet Port Definition Pin No. Signal Name Function TXO+ TXO+ TXO- TXO- RXI+ RXI+ N.C. Not Connect Not Connect RXI- RXI- Not Connect Not Connect 5.4 Parallel Interface...
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Compatibility Pin No. Source Nibble Mode Byte Mode Mode Host nStrobe HostClk HostClk Host/Printer Data 0 Data 0 Host/Printer Data 1 Data 1 Host/Printer Data 2 Data 2 Host/Printer Data 3 Data 3 Host/Printer Data 4 Data 4 Host/Printer Data 5 Data 5 Host/Printer Data 6...
(Only apply to the printer with dip switch) 6 DIP SWITCH The communication port module is with dip switch, please refer to the picture below: The Dip Switch There are 8 Dip Switch altogether, each switch has its own function, please refer to the diagram below: DIP-8 Function...
SW-5 SW-6 Density Dark Middle Dark Middle Light Light NOTE: We suggest that you should not select ‘dark’ density level, or it may reduce the life time of the printer head for 15%. b) SW-7 and SW-8 are used to control baudrate, the on/off status of SW-7 and SW-8 is able to compose different baudrate.
(1) Open the printer cover and remove the paper if exists. (2) Clean the printer head with a cotton swab moistened with alcohol solvent. (3) Clean the platen roller and paper end sensor with cotton swab moistened with water. (4) Insert a paper roll and close the printer cover. Thermal printer head Attention:...
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Note: Using high quality of thermal paper with standard width and smooth surface could avoid paper deviation. 4) The printed character is unclear. a. Check that the thermal printer head is clean enough. Otherwise, please refer to Chapter 7 to clean it.
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