CONTENTS 1. GENERAL OUTLINE 1.1.Features 1.2.Unpacking 1.3.Specifications 2. PREPARATION 2.1.Connecting the AC adapter and AC power cord 2.2.Connecting the interface cables 2.3.Loading the paper 3. OPERATION PANNEL 3.1.LED indicators 3.2.Buttons Functions 3.3.Wireless Bluetooth communication 4. COMMAND LIST...
1 GENERAL OUTLINE 1.1 Features The Daisy 1200 Printer is a line thermal printer which can be used in different applications like communication terminals, ESC/POS terminals & networks, and more. ESC/POS printer • Compact design • Low-noise printing • Auto cutter mechanism provided as a standard unit •...
1.3 Specifications Item Specifications Print Method Line thermal print method Printer SEIKO CAP G247A Print Width 54 mm, 432 dots Dot Density 8 dots/mm (Horizontal/Vertical) Paper Feed Pitch 0.125 mm Print Speed 100 mm/sec, Max 150 mm/sec Number of print 36 (Font A) columns 43 (Font B)
2 PREPARATION 2.1 Connecting the AC adapter and AC power cord 2.1.1 Switch the printer's power button off. 2.1.2 Insert the power cable connector into the power connector on the back side of the printer. 2.1.3 Connect the AC power cord to the AC adapter, and insert the AC-power cord plug into a suitable wall outlet.
2.2 Connecting the interface cables 2.2.1 Turn the printer off. 2.2.2 Insert the RJ connector into the interface connector on the back panel. 2.2.3 Connect the other end of the interface cable to the host computer. If the printer has a Bluetooth module you may not need to connect the interface cable.
Loading the paper 2.3.1 Turn the printer off. 2.3.2 Push the eject button and open the printer cover. 2.3.3 Place the paper roll into the the roll holder as shown on the picture above. 2.3.4 Push on the printer cover until a “click” is heard.
3 OPERATION PANEL 3.1 LED indicators Power LED • The LED is activated when printer's power is turned Mode LED • The LED is activated when the printer is printing. On error the LED is blinking until the error is cleared. 3.2 Buttons functions FEED •...
“Restore default settings?” “* press MODE for Yes” “* press FEED for No” Press MODE to restore the defaults settings or FEED to cancel the operation. Wireless Bluetooth communication If your printer has a Bluetooth module installed You will be able to establish connections to the host computer without communication cable.
4 COMMAND LIST Horizontal tab command Print and Line feed This command is ignored ESC SP Set character spacing ESC $ Set absolute position ESC % Select/cancel user character set ESC & Define user characters ESC ! Print mode collective specification ESC * Set bit image mode ESC -...
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ESC v Transmit printer’s status ESC s Save configuration to the non-volatile memory GS D n Set intensity level (2nd variant) GS ( A Print a self-test GS L Set left print margin GS V Cut paper GS W Set width of printable area GS k Print barcode GS w...
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4. ESC SP n Set character spacing [Code] [1Bh] + [20h] + n [Range] {0 <= n <= 0Fh} [Outline] The rightward spacing is set in dot units (1/203 inch unit). [Caution] The rightward spacing is doubled if double width print mode is enabled.
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n1 is the ASCII code of the first and n2 is the ASCII code of the last of (n2-n1+1) consecutive symbols. To define a single symbol choose n1=n2. d is the data that defines the symbols. Every Font A symbol consists of 44 bytes while every Font B symbol consists of 40 bytes.
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those not – cleared (“0”). • The bit image modes specified by m are as follows: Vertical Direction Horizontal Direction Mode Dots Dot Density Dot Sensity Max. Dots 8-dot single density 67 dpi 101 dpi 8-dot double density 67 dpi 203 dpi 24-dot single density 203 dpi...
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[Compression procedure for mode 17 and 18] A simple RLE encoding like this in PCX files is used. If two most significant bits of the byte are set, the 6 LSB contain a repeat counter (1-63), and the next byte contains the data to be repeated. A single data byte with 2 MSB set must be sent as two bytes.
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15. ESC @ Reset printer [Code] [1Bh] + [40h] [Outline] Clears data stored in the print buffer and resets the following settings to their default values: remove all attributes from the printing mode; • set the character spacing to 0; •...
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18. ESC G n Set/cancel Double Printing [Code] [1Bh] + [47h] + n [Range] {0 <= n <= FFh} [Outline] Set/cancel double printing mode. Only bit 0 of n is valid: 0 Cancel double printing. 1 Specify double printing. [Caution] The print result of double printing and highlighted character printing is completely the same.
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[Outline] Sets text encoding table Text Encoding CP1250 CP1251 CP1252 CP1253 DOS866 Daisy fiscal printers 24. ESC X n Set maximum printing speed [Code] [1Bh] + [58h] + n [Range] {0 <= n <= 9} {‘0’ <= n <= ‘9’}...
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[Outline] Selects the maximum printing speed according to the value of ‘n’: 0 or ‘0’ about 100 mm/s 1 or ‘1’ about 90 mm/s 2 or ‘2’ about 85 mm/s 3 or ‘3’ about 75 mm/s 4 or ‘4’ about 70 mm/s 5 or ‘5’...
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29.1 Korean support 29.2 Black mark support 29.3 Bar code reader support 29.4 USB A installed 29.5 USB B installed 29.6 Not Used 29.7 Reserved – always 1 Bytes 30, 31 and 32 are always 0x80 27. ESC \ n1 n2 Set Relative Position [Code] [1Bh] + [5Ch] + n1 + n2...
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31. ESC m Cut the paper (partial cut) [Code] [1Bh] + [6Dh] [Outline] The command performs a partial cut (one point remaining in the middle). The command is valid only at the beginning of a line. 32. ESC p Generate a drawer-kick pulse [Code] [1Bh] + [70h] + m + n1 + n2 [Range]...
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36. GS (A pL pH n m Print a self-test [Code] [1Dh] + [28h] + [41h] + pL + pH + n + m [Range] { 0 <= pL <= 255 } { 0 <= pH <= 255} { 0 <= n <= 255 } { 2 <= m <= 3 } [Outline] This command is intended for compatibility purposes.
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If the width is longer than the left end of the printable area + n1+256*n2, the width is set to the width of the whole printable area minus the left end of the printable area. The printable area is expanded to right to hold the last symbol. 40.
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41. GS w n Select barcode horizontal size (scale factor) [Code] [1Dh] + [77h] + n [Range] {2 <= n <= 4} [Outline] Select the bar code width. n denotes the number of dots in element width. [Default] The initial value of this width is “3”. 42.
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{0 <= n <= 255} [Outline] Sets communication speed. Bit 7 controls flowcontrol: Value 0: Flowcontrol is used (xon/xoff); Value 1: Flowcontrol is not used. Bits 3-0 select communication speed: Speed [bauds] 1200 2400 4800 9600 (default) 19200 38400 57600 115200...
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