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Citizen iDP-3210 User Manual

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User's Manual
Line Thermal Printer
Model : iDP-3210
Rev.
Issued
Japan CBM Corporation
Information Systems Div.

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual Line Thermal Printer Model : iDP-3210 Rev. Issued Japan CBM Corporation Information Systems Div.

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    :1992 : IEC801-2 :1991 4KV CD, 8KV AD : IEC801-3 :1984 3V/m, 27MHz-500MHz : IEC801-4 :1988 0.5KV Signal Line 1KV AC mains Signature Full Name : Koji Tanabe Position iDP-3210 User’s Manual 1996.08.02(10-DCL)15 : General Manager R & D Department...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    E. If the product has been dropped the cabinet has been damaged. F. If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for service. CITIZEN iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 4 User’s Manual 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 5 Please note that notwithstanding the conditions in above 8, this company will not be responsible for the consequences of results obtained through operation of this equipment. ! This symbol represents an illustration shown to attract user’s attention. ! This symbol represents an illustration shown the information like method etc… CITIZEN <Cautions> iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 6 Please keep the poly bag which this equipment is packed in away from children or throw it away to l prevent children from putting it on, putting on it may cause suffocation to them. CITIZEN iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 7: Precautions For Installation

    Do not fasten the screws excessively. This may cause abnormality and breakage. l Do not use this printer near radio or television, and do not use same outlet as the one used for radio and television. This may cause a trouble with receiving an electric wave.
  • Page 8 Do not use sheets of paper by adhering them together with plastic tape, etc.. Do not pull the paper in printer forcibly by hand in condition that the platen roller unit is positioned properly. Do not touch the printing portion of print head.
  • Page 9 User’s Manual This Caution label is attached in the following position. Make sure to use this equipment properly reading the cautions for handling carefully. This label indicates the danger of burn due to the heat of print head. CITIZEN...
  • Page 10 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 pud 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 11: Table Of Contents

    6.2 Serial Interface ... 37 6.2.1 Specifications ... 37 6.2.2 Connector’s Pin Configurations ... 38 6.2.3 I/O SIGNALS... 39 6.2.4 Data Configuration ... 40 6.2.5 Error Detection ... 41 6.2.6 Data Receiving Control ... 41 6.2.7 Buffering ... 41 CITIZEN CONTENTS iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 12 10.1 International (IBM Character #2)... 61 10.2 International Character Code Table ... 62 Appendix 1 Outline Drawing... 63 1.1Outler Drawing of Printer (Model : iDP-3210)... 63 1.2Outer Drawing of AC Adapter (Model : 30AD) ... 64 Appendix 2 Block Diagram ... 65 CITIZEN iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 13: Outline

    1. OUTLINE This printer, a small-sized line thermal printer, has been developed to be applicable to various data communication terminals, POS terminals, kitchen printers, etc.. Since the printer is equipped with abundant functions, it can be used widely in various applications.
  • Page 14 2) Holding the paper guide of the platen roller section, pull it in the arrowed direction. 3) Pull out the protective paper in the arrowed direction. 4) In case the printer is not used for a long time period of time, set the protective paper to keep platen roller away from thermal head.

  • Page 15: Basic Specifications

    *Model name of exclusive AC Adapter and AC power supply cord 30AD-U (120V 3 pin cord) 30AD-E (230V class 1 cord) CITIZEN AC Adapter 120 : for AC 120V 230 : for AC 230V Character set F: International Interface R: Serial (RS232C) P: Parallel(Conforms to Centronics) iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 16: Basic Specifications

    Auto cutter’s life : 500,000 cut (Normal temperature, normal humidity, recommended paper) 120V Model : UL-C-UK, FCC Class A 230V Model : TUV, GS, CE, Marking iDP-3210 User’s Manual (can be selected by dip switch.) 30AD-E(For 230V)

  • Page 17: Printing Paper Specifications

    : 80 plus 0/minus 1 mm : 65 ± 5 micro m : Ø83mm or less : Outside of the roll (surface) : TF50KS-E2C by Nippon paper Mil. or other equivalent : Ø12mm (inner diameter), Ø18mm (outer diameter) iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 18: Printing Position

    User’s Manual 2.3.2 Printing position 2.3.3 Head and Cutter Layout CITIZEN...

  • Page 19: Outer Appearance And Components

    User’s Manual 3 OUTER APPEARANCE AND COMPONENTS CITIZEN...

  • Page 20: Operation

    (2) Holding the AC Adapter cable connector with its arrowed side facing downward, put it into the power connector on the rear side of the printer. (3) Connecting the AC power cord to the AC Adapter, put the AC plug of the cord into the plug socket.

  • Page 21: Connecting Interface Cable

    4.2 Connecting Interface Cable (1) Turn OFF the power switch. (Both for the printer and the host side.) (2) Confirming the up and down side of the cable terminal, connect it to the interface connector. (3) Fix the cable terminal.

  • Page 22: Connecting Drawer Kickout Connector

    (2) Confirming the up and down side of the drawer kickout cable connector, put it into the drawer kickout connector on the rear side of the printer. (3) Fix, with a screw, the drawer earth wire to the printer earth terminal. Cautions : Do not connect the drawer (solenoid) other than the specified in this manual.

  • Page 23: Inserting The Paper Roll

    Holding the projections on both sides of the printer cover, open it until it stops. Cautions : The printer cover is not detachable. Do not try to further open beyond the stop position. Do not insert the paper roll with its end fluffed or bent.
  • Page 24 Cautions : In case the slack of paper remains, remove the slack by rolling up the roll paper. In case the paper is tilting, keep pressing FEED switch after closing printer cover. Then, this tilting is automatically corrected. Do not open printer cover during printing.

  • Page 25: How To Remove Remaining Roll Paper

    (7) Confirming direction of the platen roller unit, insert it into the inside of bush guide of chassis. (8) Lightly pushing the platen roller unit, fit the head springs on both sides on the hook part. CITIZEN iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 User’s Manual Caution : Since print head and motor are hot, do not carry out this action right after printing. In case of moving the head springs, do not move it beyond the removable range of the springs. When removing the remaining paper, do not touch the surface of heating unit of the print head by naked hands or by a metal piece etc.

  • Page 27: Canceling Cutter Lock

    Paper cutter enable/disable can be selected by dip switch setting. In case of using this printer at paper cutter disable mode, make sure to confirm the cutter blade is in the home position.

  • Page 28: Cleaning Print Head

    Caution : Do not touch the surface of heating unit of the print head by naked hands or by a metal piece etc. Since print head and motor are hot, do not carry out this action right after printing. CITIZEN iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 29 POWER LED ERROR LED Illuminated Illuminated Illuminated Illuminated (Quick blinking) Illuminated (Quick blinking Illuminated (slow blinking) iDP-3210 User’s Manual RESETTING METHOD Illuminated Not possible Illuminated Close the cover Illuminated Automatically recovered when cooled. Illuminated Set new paper Set new paper Eliminate paper jam &...
  • Page 30 When printer cover is opened, printer cover open sensor detects the cover opening and has ERROR LED illuminate, then stops printing operation. But, depending on dip switch setting, paper feed can be performed when printer cover is opened. To protect print head from excessive heat, in case the temperature of print head goes high(approx.

  • Page 31: Dip Switch Setting

    5 Dip Switch Setting 5.1 Location of Dip Switch (1) Turn OFF the power switch. (2) Remove the rear cover. (Remove it by taking off two screws at the bottom and turning the cover in the arrowed direction.) CITIZEN iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 32: Dip Switch Setting

    42 columns See the table below. See the table below 7 bits 8 bits Provided Not provided Even XON-XOFF DTR/DSR See the table below. ------------------ STANDARD 1200 2400 iDP-3210 User’s Manual FACTORY SETTING FACTORY SETTING DARK DARKER 4800 9600 19200...

  • Page 33: Interface (Connecting With Peripheral Equipment)

    DATA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 DATA 8 BUSY +5V DC FRAME GND iDP-3210 User’s Manual ,RESET SIGNAL NAME TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND TWISTED PAIR GND...

  • Page 34: I/O Signals

    : The signal to indicate BUSY state of the printer. Input new data for "LOW". (positive logic) : The signal which is made "LOW" when the printer is in alarm state. All the control circuits inside the printer are stopped at this time.(negative logic) : The signal which is output when paper runs out or goes scarce.

  • Page 35: Electrical Characteristics

    Both input signal of STB and RESET are pulled up by 3.3K Ohm, and all of the other is pulled up by 50K Ohm. <Printer side> All the output signals are pulled up by 50K Ohm. CITIZEN : 4.0V MIN : 1.0V MAX : 4.5V MIN : 0.1V MAX iDP-3210 User’s Manual <Host side>...

  • Page 36: Timing Chart

    When BUSY signal is "LOW", data from the host can be received. When it being "HIGH", data can not be received. 6.1.7 Buffering As the buffer of 4K byte can be buffered in input buffer, the host side can be released immediately. CITIZEN iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 37: Serial Interface

    (6) Data receiving control (DTR signal) RS-232C Mark : Data transfer not available Space : Data transfer available (7) Data transmission control (TD signal) DC1 code (11H) X-ON DC3 code (13H) X-OFF CITIZEN : Data reception available : Data reception not available iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Connector's Pin Configurations

    2. In case the receiving data is not being transmitted, keep receiving data in mark state. CITIZEN Input Output Output Input : 17LE-13250 (Equivalent to DDK) : 17JE-23250 (Equivalent to DDK ) iDP-3210 User’s Manual FUNCTION Frame Grand Signal GND Receiving data Printer BUSY signal Transmission data Data set READY...

  • Page 39: I/O Signals

    (3) TD When, while in data reception, the input buffer on the printer side has only 128 bytes .or less left,DC3 (13H) data reception impossible signals are output. When the input buffer has 256 bytes left, DC1 (11H) data reception possible signals are output to the host.

  • Page 40: Data Configuration

    The stop bit is a mark level of 1 bit or more. With "space" having been detected on detection of a stop bit, framing error takes place. CITIZEN Start bit Data bit (+ parity bit) Stop bit ( 1 or more ) iDP-3210 User’s Manual -------à t...

  • Page 41: Error Detection

    No transmission of data can take place after X-OFF is transmitted. 6.2.7 Buffering Data transfer to the input buffer include DTR signals and TD signals as the control signals concerned. (1) DTR signals (See 4.2.3 (2).) (2) TD signals (See 4.2.3 (3).) CITIZEN iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 Input (RD, DSR) (Printer Side) Equivalent to Max 232 Output (DTR, TD) Equivalent to Max 232 CITIZEN (Host Side) Mark = <-8V> : Stop bit Space = <+8V>: Start bit Mark = <-8V> : 1 Space = <+8V>: 0 iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 43: Drawer Kickout Connector

    Frame ground Drawer 1 driving signal DRSW Drawer SW input Drawer driving power supply Drawer 2 driving signal Common ground on the circuits Connector used : TM5RJ3-66 (Hirose) or equivalent Applicable connector : TM3P-66P (Hirose) or equivalent iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 44: Power Supply Connector Specifications

    8 POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR SPECIFICATIONS This is the connector for power supply from exclusive AC Adapter. Connector’s Pin Configurations SHELL Connector used Applicable connectors CITIZEN Function +24V : TCS7960-53-2010 (Hoshiden) or equivalent : TCP8927-63-1100 (Hoshiden) or equivalent TCP8927-53-1100 (Hoshiden) or equivalent iDP-3210 User’s Manual...

  • Page 45: Print Control Function

    Selecting the height of the bar code Selecting the font of HRI character Defining the download bit image Printing the download bit image Starting/ending macro definition Executing the macro Data input control Aligning the characters Full cut Partial cut iDP-3210 User’s Manual PAGE...

  • Page 46: Command Details

    The rightward space amount is set in dot unit (0.165 mm unit). In the initial value, it is n=0. The rightward space amount in double wide mode is made double of the set volume. CITIZEN Data is described in Hex code. iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 47 Further, only the lowest bit (n0) is valid for n. The lowest bit (n0) indicates the following: n0= 0: Canceling download character n0= 1: Specifying download character CITIZEN The data is described in Hex code. VALUE Canceled Canceled Canceled Canceled iDP-3210 User’s Manual Specified Specified Specified Specified...
  • Page 48 The rest of the pattern on the right side is filled with space. Download characters thus defined remain valid until redefinition, ESC @ execution, GS * execution, or power OFF is practiced. Example CITIZEN iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 49 (ESC * m n1 n2 D1 - Dn) VERTICAL DIRECTION NO. OF DOTS DOT DENSITY DOT DENSITY 78 DPI 78 DPI 156 DPI 156 DPI iDP-3210 User’s Manual HORIZONTAL DIRECTION MAX. NO OF DOTS 77 DPI 154 DPI 77 DPI 154 DPI...
  • Page 50 ESC D NUL clears all the set tab positions. Following clearing, horizontal tab command is ignored. Initial value is specified for each eight characters(9.17.25.33.41) of ANK characters. CITIZEN Type Canceling an underline. Specifying an underline for 1-dot width. Specifying an underline for 2-dot width. iDP-3210 User’s Manual In double wide characters, it is...
  • Page 51 Prints data inside the print buffer and feeds paper by n/156 inch. Specified volume does not remain. The beginning of the line is to be considered as the next printing start position. CITIZEN Type Canceling highlighting. Specifying highlighting. Type iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 52 Condition Paper near end disable (initial value) Paper near end enable CITIZEN Data is described in Hex code. CHARACTER SET U.S.A. France Germany U.K. Denmark 1 Sweden Italy Spain Japan Norway Denmark 2 iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 53 (Other than Japanese character is specified, IBM #2 is specified.) CITIZEN (ESC c 5 n) Condition Paper feed SW valid. Paper feed SW invalid. Condition Drawer kick No. 2 pin Drawer kick No. 5 pin Condition IBM Character #2 Japanese Character iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 54 Fixed to 0 Not defined Not defined Not defined Condition Drawer Kick Connector No. 3 FUNCTION “L” Not defined Not defined Not defined Not used Fixed to 0 Not defined Not defined Not defined iDP-3210 User’s Manual VALUE Without paper VALUE “H”...
  • Page 55 The printing example is shown below. The initial value of n is "0". When inverted characters have been canceled: CITIZEN Data is described in Hex code. Condition Canceling inverted characters. Specifying inverted characters. Paper feed direction iDP-3210 User’s Manual When inverted characters have been assigned:...
  • Page 56 The number of dots is divided by 256, whose quotient is taken as n2 and the residual as n1. Specifying exceeding the end of line is ignored. CITIZEN Condition Canceling 90° -right- turned Characters Specifying 90° -right- turned Characters iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 57 Selecting bar code height. "n" indicates the number of dots in vertical direction. The initial value of n is "162". CITIZEN Bar Code System Maximum Columns UPC-A UPC-E JAN13 (EAN) JAN 8 (EAN) CODE 39 CODABAR CODE 128 iDP-3210 User’s Manual...
  • Page 58 Below the bar code Both above and below the bar code DOT DENSITY IN VERTICAL DIRECTION 156 DPI 156 DPI 78 DPI 78 DPI iDP-3210 User’s Manual DOT DENSITY IN HORIZONTAL DIRECTION 154 DPI 77 DPI 154 DPI 77 DPI...
  • Page 59 2048 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 60 Not defined Not defined Not defined When the printer has not been selected, this printer abandons all 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 61: Character Code Table

    User’s Manual 10 CHARACTER CODE TABLE 10.1 International (IBM Character #2) CITIZEN...

  • Page 62: International Character Code Table

    User’s Manual 10.2 International Character Code Table CITIZEN...

  • Page 63: Appendix 1 Outline Drawing

    User’s Manual Appendix 1 Outline Drawing 1.1Outler Drawing of Printer (Model : iDP-3210) CITIZEN...

  • Page 64: Outer Drawing Of Ac Adapter (Model : 30Ad)

    User’s Manual 1.2Outer Drawing of AC Adapter (Model : 30AD) CITIZEN...

  • Page 65: Appendix 2 Block Diagram

    User’s Manual Appendix 2 Block Diagram CITIZEN...

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