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Axiohm APM-90 User Manual

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February 25, 1998
AXIOHM S. A.
AXIOHM JAPAN

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  • Page 1 Users’ Manual APM-90 Panel Mount Type Printer February 25, 1998 AXIOHM S. A. AXIOHM JAPAN...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    <Contents> 1. Precautions for Use .......................... 2 2. Unpacking............................5 2.1 Unpacking ..........................5 2.2 Names of Each Part........................6 3. How to Operate ..........................7 3.1 Preparation..........................7 3.2 Paper Setting..........................7 3.3 Test Printing ..........................7 3.4 DIP Switch Setting ........................8 3.5 Cable Connection ........................

  • Page 3: Precautions For Use

    1. Precautions for Use When you use this printer, please treat it correctly taking care of the following points. *Please Check ! Please check the sticker attached this equipment. There are 2 kinds depending on the model. Interface A P M - 90 M P P: Parallel S: Serial MADE IN JAPAN...
  • Page 4 *Caution to Treat the Product Please take care of the following points on use of this equipment. Don’t drop it and don’t give it any shock. Don’t dissolve or repair it by yourself.
  • Page 5 Nippon Seishi: TF50KS-E2C TW80KK (double copy paper) There are other kinds of thermal paper capable to be used. Please contact to Axiohm Japan. *Input/Output Connector D-SUB (25 pin) is used for connector, as it can be used for various purposes.

  • Page 6: Unpacking

    2. Unpacking 2.1 Unpacking Please check if there are found all of the following things in the package. *APM-90 Printer 1 unit *Thermal Paper 1 roll *Users’ Manual 1 (this manual) *Power Supply Connector Housing: 1 pc Contact: 2 pcs...

  • Page 7: Names Of Each Part

    2.2 Names of Each Part Paper Feed Switch (FEED) Feeds the paper during putting this switch. Power Supply/Error Lamp Normally turns on as power supply lamp. When some error happens, blinks as error lamp. Concerning contents of errors, please see “Error Signals”. Connectors for Parallel/Serial Input/Output Pins to input the data from outside.

  • Page 8: How To Operate

    3. How to Operate 3.1 Preparation When you use the printer for the first time, as the paper is not loaded, please set the attached paper. 3.2 Paper Setting On this printer, paper setting is very easy. Please set as follows. Open the cover taking care about the paper cutter.

  • Page 9: Dip Switch Setting

    Error *1: APM-90 is set to be initialized on power supply turning on or by inputting outside reset to read setting of DIP Switch. So even if you change the switch during use, the contents of setting will not be changed.
  • Page 10 2400 4800 9600 19200 Table 3-3: Print Density Print Density Standard Thin -10% Thick +10% Thicker +20% Table3-4: Head Models Simultaneous Number of Head Model Resolution Dots OE Current Dots Transmission HTP-4050 3.8 dots 64/64/0/64 HTP-4150 3.8 dots 64/64/0/64 HTP-9050 8.0 dots 64/128/128/64 HTP-9150...

  • Page 11: Cable Connection

    3.5 Cable Connection 1) Interface Cable Connection There are 2 types of printers depending on the interface specifications. Please prepare the suitable cable for each interface specification (model). *Parallel Interface (APM-90MP) *Serial Interface (APM-90MS) Connect taking care about the direction of connector. Connect the printer to the host device and fix it.
  • Page 12 When the paper ends, LED blinks. When it blinks, set the paper as soon as possible seeing item 3.2. When you close the cover, print will start again. By setting the control code “Reprint position setting”, it is possible to print from the beginning. 4.2 Paper End Signal When the paper ends, power supply/error lamp blinks, and Paper End signal (active “H”) form input/output connector, the status from TXD by serial communication will be output.

  • Page 13: Paper End Signal

    Cover Open CN5-5 Cover Open Signal Error Status Feed Error Lamp Blinks Operation Control Power Supply Error Head Open Short Head Temperature CN5-17 Error Signal High/Low Error Thermistor Disconnection Error Paper End Cover Open Paper End CN5-19 Paper End High Signal *1: Concerning contents of automatic status transmission, see the control code GS + “a”...

  • Page 14: Specifications

    5. Specifications 5.1 General Specifications 1) Printer Specifications Model APM-90 Printing Method Thermal Line Dot Method Character Types ANK Characters: Katakana Character Set, International Characters, Special Characters Kanji: JIS Level 1/Level 2 (based on JIS X9052-83) Character Configuration ANK Characters: 18×16 dots Kanji Characters: 16×16 dots, 24×24 dots...

  • Page 15: Interface Specifications

    3) Thermal Paper Specifications (Recommended thermal paper: P220AG) Paper Width: 60mm Roll Diameter: 50mm (Max.) Roll Length: Approx. 25m 4) Power Supply Specifications *Full black printing Power Supply: +5.0 +5.25V, 4.3A or more *Print ratio 25% or less Power Supply: +5.0 +5.25V, 2.6A or more 5.2 Interface Specifications 1) Parallel Interface Specifications...
  • Page 16 Input/Output Signal Level Standard Value Item Symbol Unit Input “Low” Level Voltage Input “High” Level Voltage Output “Low” Level Voltage Output “High” Level Voltage Parallel Input/Output Signal Pins Connector Printer Side: HDBB-25PF (05) (Hirose) Locking: HD-LNA (05) Using mm nut (Hirose) Pin No.
  • Page 17 2) Serial Interface Specifications Data Input: RS-232C Hand Shake: DTR, RXD, Level TXD, GND Synchronism Type: Start/stop synchronism type Baud Rate: 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 bps Start Bit: 1 bit Data bit: 8 bits (fixed) Parity Bit: none Stop Bit: 1 bit (fixed) Control Chart Stop Bit Start Bit...
  • Page 18 Serial Input/Output Pins Pin No. Signal Direction Function Frame Ground Output Status transmission Inout Data input Not used Signal ground Not used Input Initialization Output Cover open Low Output Error status High 12 17 Not used Output Paper end High Not used Output Serial busy output...

  • Page 19: Control Codes

    6. Control Codes 6.1. List of Control Codes Control Code Function Page Printing Operation Print and feed one line Line feed ESC+"J"+n Print and feed paper forward n-dot line Form Setting ESC+"0" Set 4-dot line spacing ESC+"1" Set 8-dot line spacing ESC+"2"...
  • Page 20 Character Set ESC + "H" Cancel Kanji mode FS + "." FS + "!" + n Set Kanji font size FS + "C" + n Select Kanji code system FS + "2" + n1 Define extra characters + n2 + DATA Bit Image ESC + "V"...
  • Page 21 Paper Setting DC2 + "!" + n Select print paper Overwrite ruler line and character in OR mode DC3 + "O" Supplementary Overwrite ruler line and character in XOR mode DC3 + "X" Functions ESC + "@" Reset Cancel Delete one character AX + "S"...

  • Page 22: Function Of Each Control Code

    6.2. Function of Each Control Code Printing Operation CR: Print and feed one line HEX: 0D DEC: 13 Prints the data in the line buffer and then feeds the paper with specified line spacing. Each type of printers has its own default value for line spacing. Line feed quantity is the total dot line of specified character height and line spacing.
  • Page 23 HEX: 1B + 32 DEC: 27 + 50 Sets line spacing to 16-dot line. (APM-90 default value) ESC + "3" + n, ESC + "A" + n: Set n-dot line spacing HEX: 1B + 33 + n or 1B + 41 + n DEC: 27 + 51 + n or 27 + 65 + n Sets line spacing to n-dot line.
  • Page 24 FS + "J": Set 90deg. turned Kanji characters HEX: 1C + 4A DEC: 27 + 74 Turns characters 90deg. to the left. FS + "K": Cancel 90deg. turned Kanji characters HEX: 1C + 4B DEC: 27 + 75 Cancels the turned character mode. FS + "I"...
  • Page 25 SI: Set double height with automatic reset HEX: 0F DEC: 15 Sets double height character. To be canceled by input of ENQ, CR, LF, CAN or ESC + "w" + 0, or by one line full printing. Usual characters, double width characters, reversed characters and double height characters can be printed in the same line.
  • Page 26 After setting of the double width characters mode, the following characters will be enlarged to double width. Usual characters, double width characters and reversed characters can be printed in the same line. When the command of double height is set at the same time, the characters will become double width-double height.
  • Page 27 Underline is effective on the space between characters. But the input of CR and LF makes it ineffective on the right space of the character just before. FS + SI: Set half width Kanji characters HEX: 1C + 0F DEC: 28 + 15 Sets half width Kanji characters.
  • Page 28 Sets the range of downloaded characters defined by n1and n2. n1 n2 Number of font data per character=36 bytes Input font data per character following the figure below. Horizontal 8 dots=1 byte. APM-90 dots dots The data can be cleared by power off and reset.
  • Page 29 ESC + "%" + n: Select downloaded characters HEX: 1B + 25 + n DEC: 27 + 37 + n Selects downloaded characters. n=0: Cancel (default value) n=1: Set ESC + "K", FS + "&": Set Kanji mode HEX: 1C + 26 or 1B + 4B DEC: 28 + 38 or 27 + 75 Sets Kanji mode.
  • Page 30 FS + "C" + n: Select Kanji code system HEX: 1C + 43 + n DEC: 28 + 67 + n Selects Kanji code system. n=0: JIS Code (default value) n=1: Shift JIS Code Table below shows valid range of Kanji codes. Codes out of the range specified in the table are not acceptable.
  • Page 31 5) Bit Image ESC + "V" + n1 + n2 + DATA: Set MSB bit image HEX: 1B + 56 + n1 + n2 + image data DEC: 27 + 86 + n1 + n2 + image data Prints the image data by bit image. Sets the number of dot lines of bit image by n1 (lower-order byte) + n2 (higher-order byte).
  • Page 32 <Details> 384dots Line 1 byte byte byte Line 2 byte byte byte Line 3 byte byte byte Line 4 byte byte byte Line 5 byte byte byte As the horizontal 1 line is 384 dots, data of 48 bytes is needed at 1 byte=8 bits. When you want to print bit image of the above 5 lines, the command data will be as follows.
  • Page 33 6) Ruler Line These commands are for continuous printing of vertical lines. Supports 2 kinds of ruler line buffers of 1 dot line and possible to select each of them to print. When printed characters in the state of ruler line ON, the dot corresponding to the bit which is 1 in the ruler line buffer will be printed black.
  • Page 34 Prints the dots of n1 n2 in the selected ruler line buffer black. n1 is lower-order byte and n2 is higher-order byte. 0 n1 0 n2 Set the position of the dot by n2 256 + n1 taking the dot on the left end as 0. DC3 + "L"...
  • Page 35 DC3 + "P": Print one dot line after printing HEX: 13 + 50 DEC: 19 + 80 When the ruler line mode is ON, if some data is in the line buffer, prints 1 dot line of the image of the selected ruler line buffer after printing.
  • Page 36 Status Status System Error Paper End (Timer observation error) Control Power Supply Error Cover Open Not specified Line (Buffer) Full Head Short “0” Fixed Head Open “0” Fixed Thermistor Disconnection “0” Fixed Head High Temperature “0” Fixed Head Low Temperature “0”...
  • Page 37 8) Bar Codes GS + "k" + n + D + NUL: Bar code printing HEX: 1D + 6B + n + D + 00 DEC: 29 + 107 + n + D + 0 Selects the type of bar codes and prints. Selects the type of bar codes by n value.
  • Page 38 GS + "x" + n: Set bar code print starting position HEX: 1D + 78 + n DEC: 29 + 120 + n Sets the print starting position of bar codes by n value. 0 n 255DEC If the bar code setting exceeds one line including width of bar codes to be printed, the exceeded portion will not be printed.
  • Page 39 9) Printing Control DC2 + "S" + n: Set print density HEX: 12 + 53 + n DEC: 18 + 83 + n Makes the print density n% thicker. 10 n 255 Possible to set 10 255% of the standard density. Default value is 100%.
  • Page 40 10) Paper Setting DC2 + "!" + n: Select print paper HEX: 12 + 21 + n DEC: 18 + 33 + n Selects print paper. n=0: P220AG (Mitsubishi Seishi) Usual paper mode n=1: Copy Paper Mode* n=2: PD160R (Oji Seishi) High sensitivity paper mode n=3: forbidden When copy paper printing is set by this control code, normal print operation will repeat 2 times overwriting.
  • Page 41 11) Supplementary Functions DC3 + "O": OR mode overwrite HEX: 13 + 4F DEC: 19 + 79 Sets the overwriting mode of ruler line and characters to OR. Prints black where there are dots of either image or ruler lines and characters. DC3 + "X": XOR mode overwrite HEX: 13 + 58 DEC: 19 + 88...
  • Page 42 *Errors such as abnormal head temperature etc. (But when the recovery is impossible or the contents of buffer is lost, this function will not be executed.) If the quantity between the position of this control code and the position where paper end has been detected exceeds the capacity of printer buffer (16KB), re-print will not be executed.
  • Page 43 "V" Command Print Form Version No. Date Interface Serial Parallel Baud Rate 2400 4800 9600 19200 Number of Data Bits 8 bits Parity None Stop Bits 1 bit Receive Error Ignored ‘ ‘ Prints ‘!’ or ‘?’ Input Buffer bytes Print Resolution 8.0 dots 3.8 dots...

  • Page 44: Trouble Shooting Of The Printer

    7. Trouble Shooting of the Printer When the printer doesn’t operate well or some error happens, Please check it following the items below. Printer is not turned on. Check Item Counter Measure Is the power supply cable connected ? Connect the power supply cable. Are the temperature and the humidity Use it within the standard range within the standard range ?

  • Page 45: Appendix 1: Character Code Table

    Appendix 1: Character Code Table...
  • Page 46 Table of the International Character Codes France à ° ç § é ù è ¨ U.S.A. Germany § Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß England £ ¡ ¿ Spain Ñ ¨ ñ Italy ° é ù à ò è ì...

  • Page 47: Appendix 2: Dimensions And Panel Cut Dimensions

    Appendix 2: Dimensions and Panel Cut Dimensions...

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