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  • Page 1 Thermal panel printer FT190SP User’s manual www.custom.it FT190SP...
  • Page 2 Printer components 1-Print mechanism 2-Case 3-Paper outfeed 4-Paper loading label 5-Front panel 6-Paper roll compartment 7-Control panel 8-Feed connector 9-Paper winder connector 10-Interface connector 11-External “print” key connector FT190SP...
  • Page 3 The products are continuously checked and improved. For this reason Custom Engineering s.r.l. reserves the right to modify the information contained in this manual without prior notice. COD. DOME - FT190SP REV.1.20 Copyright © 1998 Custom Engineering s.r.l. – Italy Custom Engineering Str.
  • Page 4 FT190SP...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.3 CALENDAR CLOCK (OPTIONAL) ............2-4 2.3.1 Adjusting the clock through the keypad ......... 2-4 3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS 3.1 PRINT DIRECTION ................3-1 3.2 CONTROL CHARACTERS ..............3-2 4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 4.1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ............4-1 4.2 DIMENSIONS ..................4-2 FT190SP...
  • Page 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5. CHARACTER SETS 5.1 CHARACTER SETS ................5-1 APPENDIX A - ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS A.1 ACCESSORIES................... A-1 A.1.1 Power supply ................. A-1 A.1.2 Paper winder .................. A-2 A.2 SPARE PARTS ..................A-3 FT190SP...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Clean the printer with a damp cloth. Do not use liquid or spray products. • Do not operate the printer near to water. • Do not place the printer on unsteady surfaces. It could fall and get seriously damaged. FT190SP...
  • Page 8 The printer has been exposed to rain or water; The printer is not operating normally despite the instructions in the user’s manual having been followed. The printer has been dropped and its case damaged. The performance of the printer is poor. The printer does not work. FT190SP...

  • Page 9: Unpacking The Printer

    Before using the long screws, read the note to paragraph 4.2. GENERAL FEATURES The FT190SP is a printer which, in addition to having an innovative design, guar- antees high performance and is reliable and user-friendly. For these reasons, it is the ideal solution for applications which require the im- mediate printing of data on a ticket, whether they be of an industrial, professional or laboratory nature.

  • Page 10: Description Of The Printer

    INTRODUCTION DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINTER The FT190SP printer has an ABS casing (1) with a front cover (2) which opens to allow access to the paper roll and print head. The control panel is located on the front (3) and has a PRINT key, a FEED key and two LEDs: Power and Status.

  • Page 11: Installation And Use

    1. INSTALLATION AND USE 1.1 CONNECTIONS (Fig.1.1) 1.1.1 Power supply The FT190SP printer is equipped with a standard 4-pin male AMPMODU1-type connector (J4). The signals on the connector pins are as follows: WARNING Respect the polarity of the power supply.

  • Page 12: Paper Winder

    P n i (Tab.1.4) 1.2 CONFIGURATION The FT190SP enables the configuration of the printer default parameters.This procedure is enabled by holding down the PRINT and FEED keys while switching on, with the jumper JP2 (Fig. 2.1) present on the printer card open.

  • Page 13: Autotest

    If the PRINT key is held down during switching on, the printer enters Hexadecimal Dump mode. This function is used for the diagnostics of characters received in serial or parallel. In fact, these are printed in hexademical code together with the corresponding ASCII code. 1 - 3 FT190SP...

  • Page 14: Maintenance

    The paper is automatically pulled by the roller for 3 or 4 centimetres; Tear off the paper and re-close the cover. (Fig.1.2) WARNING Make sure the paper edge is straight before inserting it in the machine. FT190SP 1 - 4...

  • Page 15: Interfaces

    RXD and RTS (if the RTS/CTS protocol was selected) or TXD and RXD if the XON/XOF protocol was selected. Given below are the signals present on the connector: SIGNAL DIRECTION DESCRIPTION Output Data transmission Input Data reception Output Same as DTR signal Ground signal 2 - 1 FT190SP...
  • Page 16 SPACE indicates that the printer is ready to receive data and MARK that the printer is busy. Ground Ground Ground (Tab.2.1) The diagrams below give sample connections between the printer and Personal Computer using a 25- and 9-pin female connector. (Fig.2.2) (Fig.2.3) FT190SP 2 - 2...

  • Page 17: Centronics Parallel

    Data bit 2 Input Data bit 3 Input Data bit 4 Input Data bit 5 Input Data bit 6 Input Data bit 7 Input Output BUSY Output PAPER END Output HIGHT Output FALT Output RESET Input 17-25 (Tab.2.2) 2 - 3 FT190SP...

  • Page 18: Calendar Clock (Optional)

    To proceed to modify another digit, press the FEED key again. Each time the printer will print the updated time and date, highlighting with an arrow the currently selected digit; • To terminate the setting procedure, press PRINT and FEED at the same time. FT190SP 2 - 4...

  • Page 19: Printer Functions

    3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS 3.1 PRINT DIRECTION The FT190SP printer has two printing directions which can be selected by means of the control characters: normal and reverse. Panel printer Normal mode Reverse mode (Fig.3.1) 3 - 1 FT190SP...

  • Page 20: Control Characters

    3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS 3.2 CONTROL CHARACTERS The command table lists all the commands for the management of the FT190SP printer functions. These commands can be transmitted to the printer with both the serial and parallel interfaces; if, however, the parallel interface is being used, the user will not be able to receive any kind of response, as this interface is mono-directional.
  • Page 21 FT190SP...
  • Page 22 • n i l ] t l t s i t n i • t n i • n i l ] t l t s i t n i • t n i • n i l FT190SP...
  • Page 23 3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS ] t l • • ] t l • • ] t l • FT190SP...
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  • Page 26 " " A " r " P o l l • r i f , t s t n i f f u ] t l ] e l : t i : t i FT190SP...
  • Page 27 : I I ] t l . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . ( . . ( . . ( . . ( . . ( ] t l FT190SP...
  • Page 28 3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS ] t l ] t l • • ] t l i t i FT190SP 3-10...
  • Page 29 3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS • l l i • ] t l t i r • l l i • ] t l t i r • l l i • ] t l t i r 3-11 FT190SP...
  • Page 30 ] t l t s i i r c t n i s t i f l e t n i i r c t n i s t i f l e t n i FT190SP 3-12...
  • Page 31 . t s i a t l i r c i l ] t l t s i ] e l i r c t n i n i l t n i ] t l ] e l 3-13 FT190SP...
  • Page 32 ] t l ] e l i r c c i f c i f • ] t l i a t t l u ] e l : I I i a t l l i FT190SP 3-14...
  • Page 33 0 i b 0 i b 1 i b 1 i b 1 i b 1 i t l t n i s t i l e l t n i c t i f f u ° 3-15 FT190SP...
  • Page 34 ] t l ] e l i t t o i t t n i t l u i t n i t n i t n i t n FT190SP 3-16...
  • Page 35 ] e l i r c s t i l a i t s i f I I • t n i e l l , l o ] t l ] e l t l u t s i 3-17 FT190SP...
  • Page 36 ] t l ] e l : t i l a i n i l i r c y f i n i l t n i n i l FT190SP 3-18...
  • Page 37 ' r r i f ] e l o l l o i t i v i t n i s t i i t n n i l , t c s t i n i l 3-19 FT190SP...
  • Page 38 [ ] h t i r c t n I ] t h n i l . s t t i s , n i s t i & ] h t t n I FT190SP 3-20...
  • Page 39 3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS ] t l ] e l i r c n i l ] t l ] e l i r c n i l t n i ] t l ] e l 3-21 FT190SP...

  • Page 40: Technical Specifications

    4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 4.1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The main technical features of the printer are listed in Table 4.1. Table 4.1 n i l Ø ± S “ ” t n i 4 - 1 FT190SP...

  • Page 41: Dimensions

    4.2 DIMENSIONS The dimensions of the FT190SP panel printer are shown in the figure below. With the screws fitted in the printer, the maximum thickness of the panel is 5 mm; using the two additional screws provided, the printer can be mounted on panels with a maximum thickness of 15 mm.

  • Page 42: Character Sets

    5. CHARACTER SETS 5.1 CHARACTER SETS The FT190SP printer has two characters sets, each containing 224 characters (font 1 and font 2), which can be called up through the programming (paragraph 1.2) or through the control characters (paragraph 3.2). (Fig.5.1) (Fig.5.2)

  • Page 43: Appendix A - Accessories And Spare Parts

    A.1 ACCESSORIES A.1.1 Power supply The drawing below shows the power supply manufactured by Custom Engineering to be used with the FT190SP printer. The power supply is available in 3 models: PSM05 for the 5V version PSM12 and PSM24 for the 9-40V version (Fig.A.1)

  • Page 44: Paper Winder

    Output voltage 24 V Output current Minimum Maximum Peak 3,5 A Short Circuit (Fig.A.2) A.1.2 Paper winder The AV03 model paper winder can be connected to the FT190SP at the J5 connector. Technical specifications: ± (Tab.A.2) FT190SP A - 2...

  • Page 45: Spare Parts

    APPENDIX A - ACCESSORI ES AND SPARE PARTS A.2 SPARE PARTS (Tab.A.3) y t i ° n ° < < < > i t n e i t (Fig.A.3) A - 3 FT190SP...

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