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- Page 1 Advanced Printing Systems Front page EPM205-MRS Technical reference “Preliminary” EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 1...
- Page 2 Advanced Printing Systems Preface · This manual provides a complete technical information for the EPM205-MRS "Easy Loading Printing Module". · For customized mechanisms, A.P.S. supplies documentation in addition to the present specification. · The present specification is valid also for customized types, where the different condition has not effects for common data (e.g.: different colour of case parts).
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Advanced Printing Systems TABLE OF CONTENTS Sec. Page INTRODUCTION EPM205-MRS F ............................6 EATURES GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS..........................7 PRINTER DEVICE INTERCONNECTION ......................... 8 ..........................8 OW ER SUPPLY CONNECTOR ........................9 ERIAL COMMUNICATION CONNECTOR ............................10 EYBOARD CONNECTOR ........................ 11 ARALLEL COMMUNICATION CONNECTOR ........................ - Page 4 OW TO OPEN THE COVER GROUP ..........................41 OW TO LOAD PAPER ROLLS ...................... 42 OW TO CORRECTLY CLOSE THE OVER ROUP .......................... 43 OW CORRECTLY CUT THE PAPER ORDERING CODE ............................... 44 EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 4...
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Page 5: Introduction
Advanced Printing Systems 1. INTRODUCTION The EPM205-MRS is the world’s first 2 inch 5V, Easy Loading Printing Module with an integrated control board using serial and parallel communication protocols. The EPM module consists of a set of mechanical and electronic parts. -
Page 6: Epm205-Mrs Features
Advanced Printing Systems EPM205-MRS Features · Fully hot plug printer mechanism · Software programmable consumption Dynamic division, and high speed (up to 60mm/s) · Full control over printing quality/speed Speed clamping, acceleration smoothing… via control codes · Sleep mode Current consumption <10nA Wake-up on serial/parallel port or external switch ·... -
Page 7: General Specifications
(Ω) of any dot, from pulse resistance pulses - Mounting plane: parallel its initial value to the ground plane Abrasion/wear 50 km of paper resistance Cover Group, 2000 operations Opening/closing or more cycle EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 7... -
Page 8: Printer Device Interconnection
Molex, 53048 Series 9 contacts (male) Contacts: 50079/50058. Pin number Signal name V bat V bat V bat V bat IMPORTANT NOTE: Wires AWG28 must be used in order to avoid current losses EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 8... -
Page 9: Serial Communication Connector
User side matching connector Molex 51021 Series (female) Molex, 53048 Series 5 contacts (male) Contacts: 50079/50058. Pin number Signal name Transmit data (Txd, output) Receive data (Rxd, input) CTS/DSR (input) RTS/DTR (output) EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 9... -
Page 10: Keyboard Connector
Pin 2 - ON/OFF Line Pin 3 – Paper FEED Pin 4 – LED * (*) A serial resistor (390 Ohms) is placed on the EPM elec. board, setting the LED current at about 7 mA. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 10... -
Page 11: Parallel Communication Connector
The EPM is supplied with sleep mode enabled at power up, thus the contacts on this connector are not wired together. If pin 1 and 2 are wired together, the sleep mode feature is disabled. See "ESC S" control code for more details about the sleep mode. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary... -
Page 12: Epm Device Operations
Feeds Paper if not Printer Paper already printing Executes self-test if On Line Off Line pressed during Push Button Power- Switches the printer if pressed more than 2.5 seconds (simultaneously with push button #1) EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 12... -
Page 13: Self Test Mode
Example of self test Printer type Firmware Revision 8x16 Internal Character set 12x20 Internal Character set 7x16 Internal Character set EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 13... -
Page 14: Timing For Parallel Communication
Time tVALDATA 25 µs This time is fixed by the host. Time ACK (tACK) 3µs IMPORTANT NOTE: The data (D0-D7) must be stable for tVALDATA. If not, please contact APS for additional cabling. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 14... -
Page 15: Byte Mode Timing (Host Reads Data From Printer)
If the first character is received on the serial port, the communication will be serial, and vice versa for parallel. This first character will be interpreted like any other incoming byte into the printer. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary... -
Page 16: Text Printing Format
10mm height. Horizontal character spacing and line spacing may be adjusted via the software. Character per line is up to 64 in standard text, 32 in double width, and 16 in quadruple width. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 16... - Page 17 Horizontal character spacing and line spacing may be adjusted via the software. Character per line is up to 48 in standard text, 24 in double width, and 12 in quadruple width. This font includes the Katakana characters set. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary...
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Page 18: Operating Control Codes
Set/reset Rotated character ESC { n Line feed Carriage return ESC J n Feed paper (n dot lines) forward Feed paper (n dot lines) backward ESC j n Cancel print data buffer (text mode) EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 18... - Page 19 Set Mark to Cut position GS X n1 n2 GS x n1 n2 Set Cut Line to Head Dot line length GS Y n1 n2 Set opto to head dot line length EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 19...
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Page 20: Setup And Hardware Control Commands
Description: Set print Intensity Format: <1Dh> <44h> <n> Comments: n=80h (128d) : (Default). Nominal print intensity n>80h (128d) : Printout becomes darker n<80h (128d) : Printout becomes lighter (n from 0 to 255 (FFh)). EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 20... -
Page 21: Esc
Too short, too long or not found Cutter failure (If Optional cutter is mounted Please contact APS) This command is executed immediately after being received, even in case of a full buffer (DTR/RTS, Xoff or Busy active). Host must disable the handshaking controls to send the ESC v command. -
Page 22: Esc I
Note: the string always has a fixed format, that is: the print mechanism name padded to 16 bytes, a space, then 5 bytes for the firmware revision (the dot being in the middle), a space, then the logic voltage (the string ‘3.3V’ or ‘5.0V’) ended with zero. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary... -
Page 23: Esc S
= 0 to 255: (Default n = 0: feature disabled) This command puts the printer in sleep mode when no print activity has occurred after a certain. Timeout is n * 5 seconds. For more information, please contact A.P.S. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary... -
Page 24: Gs B N
By default n = 50 which gives 80µs for the minimum duration of tBUSY. The time is given by the formula: (n * 1µs) + 30µs. (n from 00h to FFh). EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 24... -
Page 25: Gs P N1 N2
Sets the length of the paper fed during the automatic paper loading. Bytes n1, n2, set the length L (in dot lines) of the feeding. L = (256*n1) + n2 Default : L = 40 mm : n1 = 1, n2 = 64. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 25... -
Page 26: Text And General Commands
ESC 3 n Description: Set line spacing Format: <1Bh> <33h> <n> Comments: Sets the character line spacing. (Default n=3). n may vary from 3 to 15. The character line spacing pitch is n/16mm. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 26... -
Page 27: Esc Sp N
The value of n specifies how text will be justified. n = 0: text will be centered. n = 1: text will be right justified. n = 2: text will be left justified. Default is left justification. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 27... -
Page 28: Esc ! N
Comments: Move the print position to the beginning of the next line. Note: if CR is followed by LF, the printer will ignore the LF after CR. So, CR = LF = CR+LF EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 28... -
Page 29: Esc J N
Description: Cancel print data buffer (text mode) Format: <18h> Comments: The print buffer is cancelled and print position is set to the beginning of the next line. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 29... -
Page 30: Graphic Commands
Byte n6 sets the width of the graphic to be printed out: - 01 to FF H : width is 1 to 255 bytes (to be less than total number of head’s bytes) Graphic Width Offset GRAPHIC Printing Width Paper Width EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 30... -
Page 31: Esc $ N1 N2
The number of bytes to be printed is equal to (n2+256*n3). n2 must be less than the total number of the head bytes, given by the total number of dots divided by 8 (EPM205-MRS is 384/8 = 72), and n3 is always 0. n1 is the resolution: 0 is standard size,1 is double width, 2 double height, 3 is expanded. -
Page 32: Bar Code Commands
Above and under bar code Note : If the barcode width exceeds the printing width, it will be ignored. The barcode text is printed out with the latest selected font (ESC %) EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 32... -
Page 33: Gs R N
Advanced Printing Systems GS R n Description: Set/reset rotated barcode Format: <1Dh> <48h> <n> n = 0: (Default) Barcode is printed horizontally. n = 1: Barcode is printed vertically. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 33... -
Page 34: Hole / Black Mark Detection Commands
Description: TOF feed paper Format: <1Dh> <45h> Comments: Makes paper feed to the next TOF position. The hole/mark detection error bit in the printer status is automatically cleared when the black mark is found. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 34... -
Page 35: Hole / Black Mark Detection Examples
Hole / Black mark detection examples 3 mm 3 mm 50 mm 37 mm 2 mm Top Of Form 10 mm 50 mm Top Of Form 90 mm 55 mm Cut Position 10 mm Cut Position EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 35... -
Page 36: Mechanical And Housing
Overall dimensions and fixing points See attached drawings for overall dimensions and recommended screws. 3D-IGES file, for mechanical details, is available upon request, ask APS for more information. The mechanism has to be fixed using the fixing points provided for this purpose. -
Page 37: Mounting Precautions
Orientation according to figure A-B is to be preferred, reliability and life tests have been based only according to this orientation. Alternatively, it is possible to choose different orientation angles as shown in figures C-D-E. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary... - Page 38 Advanced Printing Systems Mounting precautions (continued) EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 38...
- Page 39 Advanced Printing Systems Mounting precautions (continued) EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 39...
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Page 40: Handling The Epm
How to open the cover group Lift the Lever, acting as indicated by the arrow, until the Cover Group is released from its locking position. To avoid damages to the Lever do not use excessive force. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 40... -
Page 41: How To Load Paper Rolls
Advanced Printing Systems How to load paper rolls Step 1 Step 2 EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 41... -
Page 42: How To Correctly Close The Cover Group
How to correctly close the Cover Group Press on both sides of the Cover Group (simultaneously) Y E S Press on the middle area of Cover Group (near the paper exit). Y E S EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 42... -
Page 43: How Correctly Cut The Paper
How to correctly close the Cover Group (Continued) Do not close the Cover Group pressing only on one side. How correctly cut the paper Pull the paper towards the Tear Bar from one side to the other. EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 43... -
Page 44: Ordering Code
Advanced Printing Systems 8. ORDERING CODE Type Ordering code Standard EPM205-MRS EPM205-MRS - Technical reference - Preliminary Page 44...
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