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Citizen 291 User Manual

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LINE THERMAL PRINTER
MODEL CBM-290/291
User's Manual

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  • Page 1 LINE THERMAL PRINTER MODEL CBM-290/291 User’s Manual...

  • Page 3: Declaration Of Conformity

    CITIZEN is a registered trade mark of CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., Japan CITIZEN es una marca registrada de CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., Japón Declaration of Conformity Class A EN61000-3-2 EN61000-3-3 EN55024 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 4 F. If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for service. Please keep the poly bag which this equipment is packed in away from children or throw it away to prevent children from putting it on. Putting it on may cause suffocation to them. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 5 Bitte halten Sie den Kunststoffbeutel, in den die Ware verpackt ist, von Kindern entfernt, oder werfen Sie ihn weg, damit er nicht in die Hande von Kindern gerät. Ersticken führen. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual Keine Flüssigkeiten oder Aerosolreiniger benutzen. Drucker nicht in der Nähe eines Heizkörpers Das Überstülpen des Beutels kann zum...
  • Page 6 CBM-290/291 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 7 9. Please note that, notwithstanding Item 8 above, we will not be responsible for any effects resulting from operation of the equipment. This is an illustration mark used to alert your attention. This is an illustration mark used to indicate such information as an instruction or the like. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual Please note that CITIZEN...
  • Page 8 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual Never handle the equipment in the following manners, as it may break, become out of order, or overheat causing smoke and resulting in fire or electric shock. If you find any damage, problem, smoke, or abnormal odor/sound, turn off the power, disconnect the power cable, and contact your dealer.
  • Page 9 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual Do not use or store the equipment in a place exposed to fire, moisture, or direct sunlight, or in a place near a heater or a thermal device where the prescribed operating temperature and humidity are not met, or in a place exposed to much oil, iron powder, or dust.
  • Page 10 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual Do not print without setting a roll of paper. Be careful not to drop foreign substances, such as clips, pins, and screws, into the main body. Do not spill any liquid or spray any chemical-containing liquid over the equipment.
  • Page 11 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual A caution label has been pasted to the position shown in the figure below. Read the precautions for handling thoroughly, to operate the equipment correctly. CITIZEN...
  • Page 12 1. Make sure to maintain the equipment afterswiching OFF the power. 2. When cleaning the platen of printer mechanism, wipe out the dirty portion by a cotton pud dipped into ethyl alcohol. 3. When cleaning the surface of the main unit case, use soft cloth.
  • Page 13 2.3. Specifications of Roll paper ... 4 2.3.1. Recommended paper ... 4 2.3.2. Printing position ... 4 2.3.3. Position of printer head and auto cutter... 4 2.4 Specified Power Supply ... 4 2.4 Specified Power Supply ... 5 2.5 Outer appearances and parts name ... 5 2.5.1 Outer appearances and parts name ...
  • Page 14 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual 6.2 Explanation of input / output signals... 16 6.3 Electrical characteristics ... 17 6.4 Timing chart ... 18 6.5 Data receiving control ... 18 6.6 Buffering ... 18 7.1 Specifications ... 19 7.2 Explanation of Input / Output signals ... 20 7.2.1 Input / Output signals ...
  • Page 15 CBM-290 is a Line Thermal printer which can be equipped in a rack and is widely used for various data communication, POS terminal and various measurement devices. This printer can be used for various applications since abundant functions are incorporated. Prior to actual use, please read this instruction manual carefully for your correct understanding.
  • Page 17 Safety standard UL, CUL, TÜV. GS FCC: Class A , VCC I: Class A (These standards are applied only for the printer which is used with our exclusive Reliability Print head life : Auto cutter life : 300,000 cuts (CBM-291) Paper Width : 58 mm 5V ±...
  • Page 18 : 58 + 0, - 1 mm : 65 ± 5 micro m : Ø50 mm or less : Outside of roll : Japan Paper Mill TF50KS-E2C or equivalent : Ø12 mm (Inner diameter) , Ø 18 mm (Outer diameter) CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 19 The following specifications is required for Power supply. VCC : DC 5V ± 5% 0.2 - 0.5 A : DC24V±5% 2 - 3 A (6A or more at peak) Avoid using power supply which its power capacity of power current is extremely high. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 20 Mechanism lock lever This lock lever is used to pull down the printer mechanism to lift up the print head and to remove the paper manually. Or move the cutter blade in case the cutter blade is locked due to paper jam.
  • Page 21 (5) Thickness of rack panel to fix the main body is to be approx. 1 - 3 mm. Precautions for Installation • This printer does not support natural falling of paper with full cut by auto cutter. • Obstruction such as door, etc. shall not be located in front of the front cover.
  • Page 22 Pay attention not to connect power supply cable in reverse polar. (5) Earth the frame of main body. Earthing this is recommended to avoid noise and electronic statistic problem. For connecting, fix it with FG terminal on rear side properly. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 23 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. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 24 With the LF switch pressed once, paper is fed by one line. Do not pull paper forcibly to feed paper. Use the LF switch. While the front cover is open or printer mechanism is pulled down, paper can be fed. But, do not do this often. This may cause a paper jam, etc.
  • Page 25 In case that the paper is bent or the paper is not fed properly, set print head at head up condition and remove the paper carefully by turning paper feed knob. For replacing roll paper, set print head at head up condition, and remove the paper which remains in printer unit carefully by turning paper feed knob. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 26 (5) After fixing the problem, pull down head up lever and return printer mechanism to its home position. Since print head and motor are hot, do not carry out this action right after printing.
  • Page 27 Auto paper cutter lock, paper jam. 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.
  • Page 28 " " " " International model International character Auto-loading Input Buffer Serial communication bit length : 8 bit CBM-290/291 User’s Manual FACTORY SETTING OFF = CBM-290 ON = CBM-291 BAUD RATE 1200 bps 2400 bps 4800 bps 9600 bps 19200 bps...
  • Page 29 PARALLEL INTERFACE DATA 0 PARALLEL INTERFACE DATA 1 PARALLEL INTERFACE DATA 2 PARALLEL INTERFACE DATA 3 PARALLEL INTERFACE DATA 4 PARALLEL INTERFACE DATA 5 PARALLEL INTERFACE DATA 6 PARALLEL INTERFACE DATA 7 PARALLEL INTERFACE RESET Not available CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 30 RESET terminal is pulled up by 3.3K Ohm. Make sue to make this terminal NC, when this terminal is not used. Absolutely, do not carry use No.19, No.21 and No.40 pins. Since they are used for printer main unit. In case they are used, they may cause abnormality or break control board.
  • Page 31 "LOW" level : 0.1V MAX (3) I/O Conditions Input signal of STB and RESET are pulled up by 3.3K Ohm. All the output signals are pulled up by 50K Ohm. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual Others are pulled up by 50K Ohm. CITIZEN...
  • Page 32 When BUSY signal is "LOW", data from the host can be received. received. 4 K bytes input buffer is incorporated. Due to this large buffer, host side is released immediately. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual When it being "HIGH", data can not be CITIZEN...
  • Page 33 (7) Receiving control (DTR signal) RS-232C Mark Data transfer not available Space : Data transfer available (8) Transmission control (TD signal) DC1 code (11H) X-ON DC3 code (13H) X-OFF (Selectable by user) +12V) Data reception available Data reception not available CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 34 (3) TD When, while in data reception, the rest of input buffer on the printer side goes less than 128 bytes , DC3 (13H) data reception impossible signals are output. When the rest of input buffer goes more than 256 bytes, DC1 (11H) data reception possible signals are output to the host.
  • Page 35 Bits are named as Bit 0, Bit 1, ... parity bit counted from the one On detection of any error, the data are stored in the buffer as "?". CBM-290/291 User’s Manual When "space" state is confirmed, The state thus sampled is...
  • Page 36 MAX 232 equivalent ( 8V) : When busy Space (+8V) : When ready Mark = ( 8V) : Stop bit Space = (+8V) : Start bit Mark = ( 8V) : 1 Space =(+8V) : 0 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...

  • Page 37: Maintenance And Service

    CBM-290/291 User’s Manual 8. MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE For the information on maintenance and service, please contact our dealer. CITIZEN...
  • Page 38 Selecting the font of HRI code Defining the download bit image Printing the download bit image Starting/ending macro definition Executing the macro ESC = Data input control Aligning the characters Activating auto cutter (Full cut) Activating auto cutter (Partial cut) CBM-290/291 User’s Manual FUNCTION CITIZEN...
  • Page 39 Undefined Undefined High-lighting Double height Double width Undefined Underline Each n bit indicates the following: Font A Canceled Canceled Canceled Canceled CBM-290/291 User’s Manual columns. In the initial value, it is n=0. VALUE Font B Specified Specified Specified Specified CITIZEN...
  • Page 40 Download characters thus defined remain valid until redefinition, ESC @ execution, GS * execution, or power OFF is practiced. Download characters and download bit images cannot be The rest of the pattern on the right side is filled with space. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...

  • Page 41: Vertical Direction

    Data is described in Hex code. VERTICAL DIRECTION NO. OF DOTS DOT DENSITY DOT DENSITY MAX. NO OF DOTS 67 DPI 67 DPI 203 DPI 203 DPI CBM-290/291 User’s Manual HORIZONTAL DIRECTION 101 DPI 224 (208) 203 DPI 448 (416) 101 DPI...
  • Page 42 When the values set in m (bit image mode) are out of the above range, the data following after n1 is processed as normal printing data. After completion of bit image printing, printer returns to normal data processing mode. (9) Specifying/ Canceling Underline Code: [1B]h + [2D]h + n * {0 n 02} data is described in Hex code.
  • Page 43 Specifying highlighting. This is effective to all characters. Dot configuration of a highlighted character includes one extra dot added at its side. The print result of Double printing and highlight character printing is completely same. Type CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...

  • Page 44: Character Set

    Depending on the value of n, following character sets are specified. n(Hex) The initial value of n indicates the character set specified by Jumper setting (J1 - J3). Type CHARACTER SET U.S.A. France Germany U.K. Denmark 1 Sweden Italy Spain Japan Norway Denmark 2 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 45 Specified line does not remain. The beginning of the line is to be considered as the next printing start position. The initial value is not defined. (ESC c 5 n) Condition LF SW valid. LF SW invalid. (ESC d n) CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 46 "n" means the followings. n (Hex) The initial value of n is specified by Jumper setting (J1 - J3). Condition Drawer kick No. 2 pin Drawer kick No. 5 pin Condition IBM Character #2 Japanese Character CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 47 In DTR/DSR control, when the host is unreceptible state (DSR signal being in MARK state), it keeps waiting until receptible state is created. (ESC v) VALUE With paper Fixed to 0 Condition Drawer Kick Connector No. 3 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual Without paper – CITIZEN...
  • Page 48 (Hex) The initial value of n is "0". VALUE Paper remains Fixed to 0 Condition Canceling inverted characters. Specifying inverted characters. Condition Canceling 90° -right- turned Characters Specifying 90° -right- turned Characters CBM-290/291 User’s Manual Paper out – CITIZEN...
  • Page 49 Depending on the value of n, the following bar code can be selected. Dn indicates a character code to be printed. n (Hex) Bar Code System UPC-A UPC-E JAN13 (EAN) CODE 39 CODABAR (NW-7) CODE 128 (ESC ¥ NUL) Maximum Columns 8 (EAN) CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 50 Selecting printing position of HRI characters in printing bar codes. "n" means the followings. n (Hex) The initial value of n is "0". Printing Position No printing Above the bar code Below the bar code Both above and below the bar code CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...
  • Page 51 With this command executed, defined content of a download character is cleared. Relations between the bit image data and the dot defined are shown below: Font Font A Font B (GS * Data is described in Hex code. CBM-290/291 User’s Manual CITIZEN...

  • Page 52: Mode Name

    Specifying starting / ending macro definition. 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 53 Not defined Not defined When the printer has not been selected, this printer abandons all the 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 54 This is valid only when n is inputted at the beginning of line. Make sure to feed the paper by 18 mm or more before cutting paper, unless characters remain before the cutting point. Print Result (ESC POSITION Left end alignment Centering Right end alignment CBM-290/291 User’s Manual Cutting Condition CITIZEN...
  • Page 55 CBM-290/291 User’s Manual (42) Partial Cut (ESC m) (In selection of cutter option) Code : [1B]h + [6D]h Activating auto cutter unit (Partial cut) This is valid only when n is inputted at the beginning of line. Make sure to feed the paper by 18 mm or more before cutting paper, unless characters remain before the cutting point.
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