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  • Page 1 KS 55 THERMAL PRINTER SERIES Operation manual V1.0...
  • Page 2 INDEX 1 -INTRODUCTION......................3 2 -IMPORTANT NOTES ON THERMAL PRINTER HANDLING........4 2.1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS......................4 2.2. ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS..................5 2.3. CLEANING PROCEDURE AND PRECAUTIONS..............5 2.4. RECOMMENDATIONS......................5 3 -GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS..................6 3.1. PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS....................6 3.2. CHARACTER SPECIFICATIONS................... 6 3.3. PAPER SPECIFICATIONS...................... 6 3.4.
  • Page 3 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 1 - INTRODUCTION The KS55 is a very high-performance thermal printer, specially designed to control EPSON M-T500II printer mechanism series. Its compact and functional design covers many industrial uses. It is capable of printing text, graphics, logo and bar codes.

  • Page 4: Important Notes On Thermal Printer Handling

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 2 - IMPORTANT NOTES ON THERMAL PRINTER HANDLING In order to preserve the life of the printer, it is necessary to keep in mind some precautions on the handling of the KS55 printer. Please read carefully the following points in order to make a good use of the printer.

  • Page 5: Absolute Maximum Ratings

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 2.2 - ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS Supply voltage ........

  • Page 6: General Specifications

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 3 - GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 3.1 - PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS Printing method Thermal line printing Dot density 203 x 203 dpi Printing direction Unidirectional with friction feed M-T522II 60mm (448 dots) Printing width M-T532II 80mm (640 dots) Printing speed...
  • Page 7 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL NOTES: → Print quality varies depending on paper types. → Use the specified thermal paper, or proper print quality may not be obtained, the life of the print head and autocutter unit may be shortened, or printer troubles may be caused.
  • Page 8 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 3.10 - RELIABILITY AND ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS Printer service life 15 millions lines MCBF 37 millions lines Print head service life 100 Km, one hundred million pulses Autocutter service life 1 million cuts -20 to 70ºC Reliable printing: 5 to 50°C...

  • Page 9: Installation Considerations

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 4 - INSTALLATION 4.1 - INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS The KS55 is designed to be fixed in a bigger case or structure or another kind of appropriate chassis. A wrong installation may cause many issues like paper jam, difficult maintenance of the printer, difficulty in changing the paper roll, etc.
  • Page 10 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 4.1.1 - Outer case structure The following points must be assured when designing the outer case: • If the paper jams, it should be possible to open the presenter; it is recommended to implement some system to allow printer retraction as show in previous figure and provide enough space to open or close de presenter.
  • Page 11 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL • Foresee a receptacle to collect the tickets that have not been picked up by the user. Size and design depends on the length of the ticket and the space availability in each case. NOTE: Even if the box or receptacle for not picked up tickets is not implemented, this area must be cleared, since the KS55 loops the ticket down before presenting it.
  • Page 12 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 4.2 - KS55 CONNECTORS On the KS55 could be found the following connectors: POWER POWER RS232 SUPPLY SUPPLY Fig.4.5. USB or SERIAL RS232 interface connectors. 4.2.1 - Power supply connector The KS55 is powered by an external power supply by means of 3-pins connector shown below.
  • Page 13 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL Ipeak = [24/657] x number of printing dots FENIX offers different power supplies as an accessory option (See APPENDIX – HOW TO ORDER). These power supplies which have been exhaustively tested are available in open frame or enclosed version.

  • Page 14: Usb Interface

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 4.4 - USB INTERFACE The KS55 USB interface has the following general features: • USB specification USB 2.0 (480Mbits/s full speed) • Transfer type Bulk • Maximum receive/transmit endpoint size 64 bytes • Current consumption from USB bus 2mA max.
  • Page 15 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL All presenter configuration parameters are saved in non-volatile memory, and can be checked in the self-test. Only the first 3cm of the ticket are shown. If the collection time expires, warning is executed. If the ticket is not picked up,...

  • Page 16: Basic Operations

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 5 - BASIC OPERATIONS 5.1 - PAPER LOADING There are mainly two ways of loading paper: automatic and manual. In any case, before starting the paper load sequence, please make sure the paper roll has been placed in the right way.
  • Page 17 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 5.3 - OPEN CUTTER UNIT Sometimes the cutter could get jammed if thicker paper is used, the printer mechanism is not properly closed or other reason. In that case the printer will report a cutter error and may not be possible to open the printer mechanism to fix it.

  • Page 18: Special Printing Modes

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 5.5 - SPECIAL PRINTING MODES Besides the normal printing mode in which all the received data are printed according to the settings or conditions fixed by the commands, the KS55 printer allows two special working modes: self- test mode and the hexadecimal mode.

  • Page 19: Black Mark Sensor

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 5.5.2 - Hexadecimal dump mode To enter the hexadecimal mode, proceed in the same way as in the continuous self-test, but keeping pressing the button until printing "Enter in hexadecimal mode?...". Then continue with the button pressing for four seconds until the text "~~~ HEXADECIMA MODE ~~~"...
  • Page 20 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL Printing direction Fig.5.6. Black mark programming parameters. When the black mark photo-sensor is enabled, the behaviour of the printer will change in the following way: When pressing the paper feed button the printer will feed paper to the next cutting line –...

  • Page 21: Error Processing

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL NOTES: 1. The size and position of the black mark detector must be as shown in figure above. The misalignment between the paper edge and a black mark must be 0.5 mm or less. 2. The reflecting rate of the black mark must be 10% or less, and the reflecting rate of the white be 75% or less.
  • Page 22 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL NOTES (*1) All DLE EOT n commands sent should have associated a time_out to detect a communication failure or malfunction in the printer. This time_out can be 1s <= T10> = 0.5s. (*2) The goal of this second time_out is to control that ticket has been printed: transmission, processing, printing and cutting have been implemented and process to that ticket is completed.

  • Page 23: Hardware Error

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL TICKET NOT PICKED UP WARNING [Description] Every time a ticket is printed if the correspondent sensor is properly installed in the output paper nozzle, the printer will warn that the ticket has not been picked up. The print will not stop working. This error is informational only (warning).

  • Page 24: Cutter Error

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL CUTTER ERROR [Description] If the cutter is not working correctly either due to an internal malfunction or a paper jam, this error pattern will be triggered. [Status flags] This error involves the following flags activation: n=<01>H Printer status → Offline bit 3=”1”.
  • Page 25 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL NO PAPER ERROR / PLATEN OPEN [Description] The out-of-paper sensor detects there is not paper on the printing line. When the door is open the printer will also detect it the same way. [Status flags] This error involves the following flags activation: n=<01>H Printer status →...

  • Page 26: Page Mode

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 5. 8 - PAGE MODE KS55 operates in two print modes: standard mode and page mode. In standard mode, the printer prints and feeds paper each time it receives print data or paper feed commands. In page mode, all the received print data and paper feed commands are processed in a virtual ticket memory.

  • Page 27: Control Commands

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 6 - CONTROL COMMANDS [Name] Print and line feed [Format] ASCII Decimal [Description] Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds one line, based on the current line spacing. [Note] This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line.
  • Page 28 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL Offline Not used. Fixed to ON Does not wait for online error recovery Waits for online error recovery 6* ON/OFF Ticket completed Not used. Fixed to OFF (*) Bit 6 is toggled every time a cut command is executed n = <02>H: Offline status...
  • Page 29 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL n = <04>H: Continuous paper sensor status Bit OFF/ON Function Not used. Fixed to OFF Not used. Fixed to ON Paper jam sensor: Paper not present Paper jam sensor: Paper present Paper near-end sensor: Paper present Paper near-end sensor: Paper not present Not used.
  • Page 30 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL DC3 ESC FS GS [Name] Program printer settings [Format] ASCII s1...sn s1...sn Decimal s1...sn <00>H ≤ n ≤ <07>H [Range] [Description] Changes any of the programmable settings and saves them into non-volatile memory. Any of the settings can be programmed simultaneously with any other settings.
  • Page 31 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 8- Carriage return Enable Disable Enable 9- Near-end paper sensor Disable [Example] The following command will change baudrate to “115200 bauds”, parity to “Even” and handshake to “No handshake”. handshake parity baudrate number of setting If all the features are supported by the printer, it will print the following message on paper: Feature saved successfully->...
  • Page 32 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL ESC ! n [Name] Select print mode(s) [Format] ASCII Decimal <00>H ≤ n ≤ <FF>H [Range] [Description] Selects print mode(s) using n as follows: OFF/ON Function Character font A (12 x 24). Character font B (8 x 16).
  • Page 33 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL ESC 3 n [Name] Set line spacing [Format] ASCII Decimal <00>H ≤ n ≤ <FF>H [Range] [Description] Sets the line spacing to [n x 0.125 mm]. [Default] n = <1E>H [Reference] ESC 2 ESC @ [Name]...

  • Page 34: T H I S I S

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL ESC J n [Name] Print and feed paper [Format] ASCII Decimal <00>H ≤ n ≤ <FF>H [Range] [Description] Prints the data in the print buffer and feeds the paper [n x 0.0625 mm (0.0024”)]. [Notes] After printing is completed, this command sets the print starting position to the ●...
  • Page 35 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL [Notes] The vertical and horizontal character scaling effect to paper feed direction regardless ● of the character rotation setting. It is not allowed both normal and rotated mode in the same character line. ● When any rotated mode is setting, the inverse mode is disabled.
  • Page 36 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL ESC i [Name] Full Cut [Format] ASCII Decimal [Description] Cuts the paper completely in the current position. [Notes] If this command is sent without cutter connection the printer enters cutter error status. ● The interval between each cutting operation must be two seconds or more.
  • Page 37 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL ESC & y c1 c2 [table name] [ table data] [Name] Load an external character table [Format] ASCII & [table name] [table data] [table name] [table data] Decimal [table name] [table data] [Range] y = <00>H to table A (12x24 format); y = <01>H to table B (8x16 format).
  • Page 38 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL GS FF [Name] Feed marked paper to print starting position [Format] ASCII Decimal [Description] Feeds paper until finding the black mark. Then moves the ticket, forward or backward, placing it at the printing position. [Notes] This command is only effective when the optical mark sensor is enabled.
  • Page 39 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL GS ( A pL pH n m [Name] Execute test print [Format] ASCII Decimal [Range] (pL + (pH x 256)) = 2 (where pL = <02>H, pH = <00>H) <00>H ≤ n ≤ <02>H, <30>H ≤ n ≤ <32>H <01>H ≤...
  • Page 40 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL GS B n [Name] Turn white/black reverse printing mode [Format] ASCII Decimal <00>H ≤ n ≤ <FF>H [Range] [Description] Turns on or off white/black reverse printing mode. When the LSB of n is 0, white/black reverse mode is turned off.
  • Page 41 Thus, the system could check whether the current version is less than the new provided (contact with FENIX IMVICO or distributor if necessary). Returns one byte indicating numerically the current firmware version and revision (1 ●...
  • Page 42 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL GS P nL nH d1...dn [Name] Print a 2D AZTEC format barcode [Format] ASCII d1..dn d1..dn Decimal d1..dn [Description] Prints a 2D Aztec barcode with n characters where n = nL + nH x 256. nH = <00>H, <00>H ≤ nL ≤ <FF>H.
  • Page 43 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL GS j n [Name] Enable QR code version [Format] ASCII Decimal <30>H ≤ n ≤ <35>H [Range] [Description] Enables the possibility to choose the symbol version (symbol size). QR code Version <30>H V-7 (45x45) <34>H V-1 (21x21) <35>H...
  • Page 44 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL GS V m (1) GS V m n (2) [Name] Select cut distance and cut paper [Format] ASCII Decimal ASCII Decimal [Range] m = <01>H m = <42>H; <00>H ≤ n ≤ <FF>H [Description] Selects a distance for cutting paper and executes a full cut. The value of m sets the...
  • Page 45 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL First status sent ........Last status sent (status1) ..........(status5) status1 = Transmit printer status status2 = Transmit offline status status3 = Transmit error status status4 = Continuous paper sensor status status5 = Paper sensor status [Default] n = <30>H...
  • Page 46 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL Bar Code Num. of characters Remarks System 48 ≤ d ≤ 57 <43>H EAN13 n = 12 48 ≤ d ≤ 57, 65 ≤ d ≤ 90, 32, 36, 1 ≤ n ≤ 255 <45>H CODE39 37, 43, 45, 46, 47 1 ≤...
  • Page 47 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL [Example] Example data for printing “Ref. 258710” In this example, the printer first prints “No.” Using CODE B, then prints the following numbers using CODE C. GS k 73 11 123 66 82 101 102 46 123 67 25 87 10 3.
  • Page 48 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL xL, xH, select the number of data bytes (xL+xH x 256) in the horizontal direction for ● the bit image. yL, yH, select the number of data bits (yL+yH x 256) in the vertical direction for the ●...
  • Page 49 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL [Notes] NV bit image means a bit image which is defined in a non-volatile memory by FS q ● and printed by FS p. This command is not effective when the specified NV bit image has not been defined.
  • Page 50 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL [Reference] FS p IMPORTANT NOTE: FENIX provides a powerful utility to the Windows driver, that makes logo load extremely easy and useful. Taking advantage of high features in drawing and image handle software like Word, Paint, Photoshop, etc. the user can load a logo, selecting in “Device operation”...
  • Page 51 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL FS DC2 ESC [Name] Serial number transmission [Format] ASCII Decimal [Description] Transmits the interface exclusive serial number. This number consists of 12 hexadecimal digits (6 bytes). Transmission order is from least to most significant byte. Example: Serial number = 12D4AC78F38E First byte sent ........Last byte sent...
  • Page 52 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL ESC L [Name] Select page mode [Format] ASCII Decimal [Description] Switches from standard mode to page mode. [Notes] ● This command is enabled only when processed at the beginning of a line in standard mode. ● After printing by FF command, or using ESC S command, the printer returns to standard mode.
  • Page 53 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL • The printer has a maximum of 52.5KB for paged mode, allowing to set the maximum page of 56mm x 120mm, for example. [Reference] ESC L, ESC T ESC $ nL nH [Name] Set absolute horizontal print position in page mode...
  • Page 54 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL Print direction Start position Left to right Upper left (A) Bottom to top Lower left (B) Right to left Lower right (c) Yop to bottom Upper right (D) [Default] n = 0 [Reference] ESC $, GS $, ESC W...
  • Page 55  The "2 Warning" option will not run for tickets with a length of less than 85 mm.  FENIX IMVICO recmmends using the "LONG" option for tickets with a length greater than 180 mm.  This option can be tested or configured with our application FenixDemo.exe (www.feniximvico.com).
  • Page 56 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL DC 3 L n ton toff [Name] Light indicator in presentation. [Format] ASCII toff toff Decimal toff <00>H ≤ n ≤ <03>H [Range] <00>H ≤ ton/toff ≤ <FF>H [Description] Turns on/offthe light indicator while presenting, setting the operating color and duty cycle.
  • Page 57 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL DC 3 D n ton toff [Name] Light indicator in the 2 warning. [Format] ASCII Decimal <00>H ≤ n ≤ <03>H [Range] <00>H ≤ ton/toff ≤ <FF>H [Description] Enable/disable the light indicator while second warning. If the second feed is enabled, after the collection time has elapsed, extracts 30mm more of ticket and reset the collection time one again.

  • Page 58: Appendix A - Mechanical Dimensions

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL APPENDIX A – MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS NOTE: All dimensions in millimeters Fig. A1. KS55-60 mechanical dimensions. 58 of 66...
  • Page 59 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL Fig. A2. KS55-80 mechanical dimensions. 59 of 66...
  • Page 60 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL Fig. A3. Short paper holder (centered and extreme positions with Ø80 paper roll). Fig. A4. Middle paper holder (centered and extreme positions with Ø130 paper roll). 60 of 66...
  • Page 61 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL Fig.A5. Long paper holder (centered and extreme positions with Ø180 paper roll). 61 of 66...

  • Page 62: Appendix B - How To Order

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL APPENDIX B – HOW TO ORDER KS55- Paper width 60: 60 mm paper width. 80: 80 mm paper width. Communication thermal printer S: serial RS232 thermal printer. U: USB 2.0 thermal printer. Paper holder S: short paper holder (up to 80mm paper roll).

  • Page 63: Appendix C - Internal Character Tables . Loading External Character Tables

    KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL APPENDIX C – INTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES . LOADING EXTERNAL CHARACTER TABLES. FENIX printers have by default the PC437 table in 2 different formats: Table A : format 12 x 24 dots Table B : format 8 x 16 dots PC437: USA, Standard Europe (International Character Set: USA).
  • Page 64 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL FEATURES AND PERFORMANCE S → The active current format (font A / B) is set by "ESC M n" command, where Function <00>H <30>H Character Font A (12 x 24) selected <01>H <31>H Character Font B (8 x 16) selected →...
  • Page 65 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL 3) Using our DemoFenix application, whereby ISO-8859 sources can be loaded directly in format 12x24 or 8x16 dots (under agreement only: consult sales department). NOTE: DemoFenix and FontLoader applications, as well as the user manual of the respective printer, can be downloaded from our website www.feniximvico.com.
  • Page 66 KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL c/ Pacífico, 53-55 – 08027 BARCELONA, SPAIN Phone Num: +34 – 93 353 92 22 Fax Num: +34 – 93 353 97 21 E-mail: bcn@feniximvico.com http://www.feniximvico.com 66 of 66...

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