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Citizen CBM-291 User Manual

Citizen CBM-291 User Manual

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Japan CBM Corporation
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  • Page 1 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual User’s Manual Model CBM-290/291 Japan CBM Corporation Information Systems Div.

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instruction

    Read all of these instructions and save them for later 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. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. Do not use this product near water.
  • Page 3 IMPORTANT: 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 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 4 Before using this equipment, be sure to read this User’s manual thoroughly and save it for future reference. Portions of the contents of this User’s manual may be changed without prior notice. The reproduction of parts or all of the contents of this User’s manual without permission is strictly forbidden. Absolutely do not carry out maintenance, disassembly, or repair of parts that are not specified in this User’s manual.
  • Page 5 Do not drop or insert foreign subjects like paper clips or split pins, etc. into the equipment. In case of dropping those foreign object into the equipment, remove power supply plug and contact your sales shop.

  • Page 6: Precautions For Installation

    This may cause a trouble with receiving an electric wave. Do not use voltage or power supply other than specified in this manual. Do not use this printer in case + side and GND are not connected properly. This may cause breakage and a fire.
  • Page 7 Caution label is attached on the following position. Make sure to use this equipment properly. Read the cautions for handling carefully. This label indicates the danger of burn due to the heat of print head. CITIZEN...
  • Page 8 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 pad 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 9: Table Of Contents

    2.5.2 Explanation of each parts ... 16 3 Operation ... 17 3.1 Rack mounting ... 17 3.2 Connecting a cable for power supply and interface... 18 3.3 Opening/closing front cover... 19 3.4 Paper feeding... 19 3.5 Auto paper loading function ... 20 3.6 Setting roll paper...
  • Page 10 7.3 Date configuration... 30 7.4 Error detection... 30 7.5 Data receiving control ... 31 7.6 Buffering ... 31 7.7 Electrical characteristics ... 31 8. Print Control Function ... 32 8.1 Command Lit... 32 8.2 Command Details... 33 9. Character Table... 46 9.1 International ...

  • Page 11: Outline

    4 Serial(RS-232C) and Parallel(Centronics) interface are available by dip switch 5 Input buffer incorporated 6 Bar code printing(by special command) 7 Auto paper cutter is equipped(CBM-291 only) 8 User-defined character registration function (94 characters) 1.2 Package Make sure to confirm the following components are contained in this package.

  • Page 12: Basic Specifications

    2.1 Model classifications CBM-290 CITIZEN - ( ) Model name CBM-290 : No auto paper cutter CBM-291 : Auto paper cutter equipped Number of print columns 34 : 34 columns (Font A) (LT-282 mechanism) Character set F : International Supplement code...

  • Page 13: Specifications

    (These standards are applied only for the printer which is used with Print head life : Pulse resistance 50 million pulse (printing ratio 12.5%) Wear resistance 30 km (at normal temperature and humidity, Auto cutter life : 300,000 cuts (CBM-291) (Selectable by dip switch) (Peak approx. 6 A) our exclusive AC Adapter.)

  • Page 14: Specifications Of Roll Paper

    2.3. Specifications of Roll paper 2.3.1. Recommended paper Type : Thermal Paper Paper width Paper thickness Outer diameter Recording side Recommended type Core ! Cautions : Do not paste the paper to the core. Chemicals or oil may change the color of paper, or printed characters may fade. Change of paper color starts from approx.

  • Page 15: Specified Power Supply

    VCC : DC 5V ± 5% 0.2 - 0.5 A VP : DC24V±5% 2 - 3 A (6A or more at peak) Avoid using power supply which its power capacity of power current is extremely high. 2.5 Outer appearances and parts name 2.5.1 Outer appearances and parts name...

  • Page 16: Explanation Of Each Parts

    Used to mount this equipment on the rack etc. Interface connector Connect a cable for power supply and interface to this connector. DIP switch Used to set the initial setting such as the type of interface (serial/parallel) or print density etc.

  • Page 17: Operation

    3 Operation 3.1 Rack mounting (1) Put the main body into the rack as shown in the following drawing. (2) Hold the main body from rear side with mounting bracket, fasten the screws to fix the main body. (3) After mounting, make sure that front cover opens/closes properly. (4) In fasten screws, do not fasten the screws until the main body is deformed.

  • Page 18: Connecting A Cable For Power Supply And Interface

    (1) Make sure that main power supply is turned OFF before connecting this cable. (2) Prepare power supply which satisfies the power voltage and current capacity specified in this manual. (3) Firmly connect, in appropriate direction, the power supply and the main body using this cable.

  • Page 19: Opening/Closing

    3.3 Opening/closing front cover (1) Applying your finger on the projection on the left side of the front panel, pull it forward when the lock is released. It opens by about 180 ° centering around the fixed axis. (2) For closing, pressing the front panel, tightly close it until click sound is heard. Also, confirm, on closing, that paper is free of slack.

  • Page 20: Auto Paper Loading Function

    3.5 Auto paper loading function This printer equips a function to feed the paper automatically when a new paper for replacement is inserted into paper inlet of printer mechanism. This printer feeds paper automatically when the printer detects the paper in paper inlet. 3.6 Setting roll paper Open the front cover.

  • Page 21: Removing Paper Jam And Canceling Cutter Lock

    ON power supply after clearing the problem. Make sure that the data which is stored in the buffer is to be cleared due to power supply is turned OFF. Absolutely, do not carry out clearing the problem during power is ON.
  • Page 22 Turn OFF power supply and clear the problem. To make printer ready for print, turn ON power again after clearing the problem. In this case, the print data which is remaining inside of print buffer is cleared due to power supply is turned OFF. Absolutely, do not carry out clearing problem supplying power.

  • Page 23: Dip Switch Setting

    " " " " International model International character Auto-loading Input Buffer Serial communication bit length FACTORY SETTING OFF = CBM-290 ON = CBM-291 BAUD RATE 1200 bps " 2400 bps " 4800 bps " 9600 bps " 19200 bps 1200 bps "...

  • Page 24: Connecting Connector

    Make sure to confirm the following configuration before connecting the connector. 5.1 Function of each connector pins PIN NO. SIGNAL NAME I/O 1 – 3 VCC OUTPUT POWER SUPPLY FOR CIRCUIT (+5V) 4 – 6 GND 7 – 12 VP INPUT 13 –...

  • Page 25: Precautions

    Please use LED which its voltage is approx. 2V. LED over 10 mA may break a control board. Make sure to supply power to all pins of power supply for circuit and power supply for operation to keep required current capacity.

  • Page 26: Electrical Characteristics

    6.3 Electrical characteristics (1) Input Signal Level All the input signals are at TTL level. "HIGH" level : 0.7Vcc MIN "LOW" level : 0.3Vcc MAX (2) Output Signal Level All the input signals are at TTL level. "HIGH" level : Vcc – 0.1V MIN "LOW"...

  • Page 27: Timing Chart

    6.4 Timing chart (1) Data Input and Printing Timing ACK is not outputted. 6.5 Data receiving control When BUSY signal is "LOW", data from the host can be received. When it being "HIGH", data can not be received. 6.6 Buffering 4 K bytes input buffer is incorporated.

  • Page 28: Serial Interface

    7 Serial Interface 7.1 Specifications (1) Data transfer system: Asynchronous (2) Baud rates 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 bps (Selectable by user) (3) Configuration of one word Start bit 1 bit Data bit 8 bits Parity bit : Add/even or no parity (Selectable by user) Stop bit 1 bit or more (4) Signal polarity...

  • Page 29: Explanation Of Input / Output Signals

    7.2 Explanation of Input / Output signals 7.2.1 Input / Output signals (1) RD Serial receiving data signal. On occurrence of framing error, overrun error, or parity error, the data is printed as "?". (2) DTR When this signal is READY, write data or a command. When they are written in BUSY, overrun error is occurred and data is ignored.

  • Page 30: Date Configuration

    7.3 Date configuration 1 Start bit 2 Data bit (+ parity bit) 3 Stop bit ( 1 or more ) 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. If it is "mark" state, it is not taken as the start bit.

  • Page 31: Data Receiving Control

    7.5 Data receiving control When DTR/DSR control having been selected, with BUSY signal at "LOW", data from the host side are received. With the signal at "HIGH", they can not be received. When DTR/DSR control not having been selected, after X-ON transmission, data is received from the host side.

  • Page 32: Print Control Function

    8. Print Control Function 8.1 Command Lit CONTROL CODE Horizontal tab command Print command Printing and paper feed ESC SP Setting the right space amount of the character Collective specifying printing mode Specifying/canceling download character set & Defining download characters Specifying the bit image mode Specifying/canceling underline Specifying 1/6-inch line feed rate...

  • Page 33: Command Details

    8.2 Command Details (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 each 8 characters in 9th, 17th, 25th, 33rd columns.
  • Page 34 (6) Specifying/Canceling Download Character Set (ESC % n) Code: [1B]h + [25]h + [n] * {0 n FF} data is described in Hex code. Specifying/canceling download characters. Download characters and download bit images cannot be defined simultaneously. Further, only the lowest bit (n0) is valid for n. The lowest bit (n0) indicates the following.
  • Page 35 (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} Data is described in Hex code. According to the number of dots specified in n1, n2, specify the bit image of mode n.
  • Page 36 (10) Specifying 1/6 inch line feed rate (ESC 2) Code : [1B]h + [32]h The line feed rate per line is specified by 1/6 inch. (11) Setting line feed rate of minimum pitch (ESC 3 n) Code : [1B]h + [33]h + n * {0 n FF} data is described in Hex code.
  • Page 37 (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. l "n" is valid only for the lowest bit (n0). l Control by n is shown as follows. l The print result of Double printing and highlight character printing is completely same (16) Printing and feeding paper at minimum pitch (ESC J n) Code : [1B]h + [4A]h + n...
  • Page 38 (20) Enabling/Disabling Panel Switch Code : [1B]h + [63]h + [35]h + n * {0 n FF} Data is described in Hex code. Selecting the LF switch valid/invalid. l "n" is valid only in the lowest bit (n0). l "n" bit means the followings. l The initial value of n is "0".
  • Page 39 (24) Transmitting the printer status (ESC v) Code : [1B]h + [76]h Current printer status is transmitted.. l Status sent out consists of 1 byte whose content is as in the table below. l In DTR/DSR control, after receptible state of the host (DSR signal being in SPACE state) is confirmed, only 1 byte is transmitted.
  • Page 40 (26) specifying/Canceling Inverted Characters (ESC { ) Code : [1B]h + [7B]h + n * {0 n FF} Specifying/canceling inverted characters. l "n" is valid only for the lowest bit (n0). l Bit n (n0) means the followings. l Inverted printing means printing the line at 180° turned. l This is valid only when this is specified at the beginning of a line.
  • Page 41 (30) Bar Code Printing (GS k n Dn NUL) Code : [1D]h + [6B]h + n + Dn + [00]h * {0 n 7} Data are described in Hex code. Specifying a type of bar code and printing bar codes. l The beginning of line is considered as the next printing start position.
  • Page 42 (34) Selecting the font of HRI code (GS f n) Code : [1D]h + [66]h + N * n = 0, 1 Selecting the font of HRI code in printing bar code. The type of font can be printed by selecting n is as follows. (35) Defining Download Bit Image (GS * n1 n2 Dn) Code : [1D]h + [2A]h + n1 + n2 Dn * {1 n1 FF}...
  • Page 43 (36) Printing Download Bit Image (GS / m) Code : [1D]h + [2F]h + m * {0 m 3} Data is described in Hex code. Prints download bit iamges in a mode specified by m. l Modes can be selected by m are shown in table for selection with m are shown below. MODE NAME Normal mode Double wide mode...
  • Page 44 (39) Data Input Control (ESC = n) Code : [1B]h + [3D]h + n * {0 n FF} Data is described in Hex code. Selecting equipment in which data input from the host is effective. l Each bit of n indicates as follows: EQUIPMENT Printer Not defined...
  • Page 45 (41) Full Cut (ESC i) Code : [1B]h + [69]h Activating auto cutter (Full cut) l This is valid only when n is inputted at the beginning of line. l Make sure to feed the paper by 18 mm or more before cutting paper, unless characters remain before the cutting point.

  • Page 46: Character Table

    9. Character Table 9.1 International CITIZEN...

  • Page 47: International Character Code Table

    9.2 International Character Code Table CITIZEN...

  • Page 48: Appendix 1. Block Diagram

    Appendix 1. Block Diagram CITIZEN...

  • Page 49: Appendix 2. Outer Appearance

    Appendix 2. Outer Appearance CITIZEN...

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