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- Page 1 Panel printer P 150 User’s Manual www.custom.it P 150...
- Page 2 COD. DOME - P150 REV. 1.10 Copyright © 1998 Custom Engineering s.r.l. – Italy Custom Engineering Str. Berettine 2 - 43010 Fontevivo (PARMA) - Italy Tel. : +39 0521-680111 Fax : +39 0521-610701 http: www.custom.it Email : support@custom.it P 150...
- Page 3 D. The printer is not operating normally despite the instructions in the user’s manual having been followed; E. The printer has been dropped and its case damaged; F. The performance of the printer is poor; G. The printer does not work. P 150...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Installation procedure Connections Self-test Precautions Maintenance Configuration of the jumpers INTERFACES TTL serial TTL parallel Current loop RS232 serial (option) CENTRONICS parallel (option) Real Time Clock (option) Installation of options PRINTER FUNCTIONS Printing modes Graphics Control characters Characters set P 150... - Page 5 POWER SUPPLY PSM05 power supply ALI 9/40 power supply CONNECTION EXAMPLES RS232 serial connection with PC (25-9 pin) RS232 serial connection with PC (25-25 pin) Centronics parallel connection with PC (25-36 pin) Centronics parallel connection with PC (25-25 pin) P 150...
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Page 6: Description
It has an 8-needle, rapid impact printing mechanism and uses 57.5 mm wide paper rolls. The P 150 printer is so light-weight and compact that it can be easily fitted on any kind of machinery. It can be personally programmed and is thus able to meet all possible requirements. It has a 150-byte print buffer. -
Page 7: Product Description
DESCRIPTION Product description The P 150 printer (figure1) has an ABS casing with a top covering the paper roll and print head. The dimensions of the printer are shown in Figure 1. The keyboard, located on the front of the printer, consists of the PRINT and FEED keys with their respective LEDs. -
Page 8: Technical Specifications
DESCRIPTION Technical specifications Table 1 lists the main features of the two printer models: P 150 24 and 42 columns. Table 1 Columns Characters (L x H mm) Normal 1,7 x 2,6 1,1 x 2,6 Double height 1,7 x 5,2... -
Page 9: Installation And Use
2. Insert the printer into the hole on the wall, open the front panel and, from the back, manually screw in the two brass washers, until the printer is firmly in place. 3. Insert the interface and the power supply connectors, located on the logic card. P 150... -
Page 10: Connections
The Figure 4 shows the layout of the interface card of printer P150 and the position of the connectors mentioned in this manual. The card can be accessed from the back of the printer, as shown in Figure 3. The functions of the connectors are described follows. Figure 4 P 150... - Page 11 INSTALLATION and USE J5 : Power supply With regard to power supply, the P 150 printer has a standard AMPMODU1 4-pin male type connector J5(see the figure 4). The power supply connector pins are marked as follows: +VT: 5 Vcc ± 15% (printer needle power supply) +VCC: 5 Vcc ±...
- Page 12 *The D7 signal is not taken into consideration in cases of 7-bit programming of the parallel port. In order to configure the P 150 with the extended character set, 8-bit programming of the parallel interface is required. The signals indicated have the following functions: GND: signal ground and power supply;...
- Page 13 This signal is in parallel with the contacts of FEED key on the front panel of the printer. STB/RD (input): in parallel configuration a low level tells the printer that there is valid data on the data bus (D0, ..., D7). In serial configuration this corresponds to the data reception pin. P 150...
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Page 14: Self-Test
To enable the self-test, hold down the FEED key (paragraph 1.2) while switching on the printer. The self-test consists of the printing of the printer’s currently set data, a memory check and the printing of the entire set of ASCII characters. Figure 5 P 150... -
Page 15: Precautions
2. insert the end of the roll in the slit (A) of the print mechanism; 3. press the FEED key (B) so that a few centimetres of paper come out of the printer; 4. insert the end into the slit on the top of the printer and close it. Figure 6 P 150... -
Page 16: Configuration Of The Jumpers
If open, it disables the possibility to set the Real Time Clock with the “PRINT” and “FEED” push buttons. Regardless of the status of JP3, it is always possible to set the Real Time Clock using the software controls (see paragraph 3.5). P 150... -
Page 17: Interfaces
TD and RD. The reception and transmission format is fixed at 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, without parity bits. It is possible, however, to vary the transmission speed, as indicated in paragraph 2.3. Figure 7 Transmission format RTS/CTS protocol XON/OFF protocol P 150... -
Page 18: Ttl Parallel
In parallel communication the useable signals are: • 7 or 8 bit data bus; • STROBE signal indicating data validity; • READY signal indicating that the printer is ready to receive data. Figure 8 Transmission format Flow diagram P 150... -
Page 19: Current Loop Rs232 Serial (Option)
INTERFACE Current Loop RS232 SERIAL (option) The printer has an RS232 serial interface and current loop to be installed on the P 150 controller. The connection is made with a 25-pin rectangular female connector. The signals on the connector pins are indicated in Table 2. - Page 20 O,7,1 (7 odd parity bits and 1 stop bit.) Figure 9 SERIAL INTERFACE To select operating mode, proceed as follows : Current Loop : solder together points 1 and 2 RS232 : solder together points 2 and 3 P 150...
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Page 21: Centronics Parallel (Option)
BUSY High level active signal: indicates that the printer cannot receive data Paper out (always to GND) SELECT Connection to Vcc with 4.7 ohm resistance SELECT RESET Pin connected to GND Pins connected to GND P 150... -
Page 22: Real Time Clock (Option)
To install the RS232 serial and CENTRONICS parallel options, please refer to figure 3 : 1. insert the plastic spacers provided into the holes on the interface card; 2. insert the option (C) into the connector and its spacers, taking care to centre the pins correctly. P 150... -
Page 23: Printer Functions
PRINTER FUNCTIONS Printing modes The P 150 printer has two printing modes which can be selected by means of control characters: normal and reverse. The basic character matrix is 6 x 10 points. Characters may be printed in various formats. The size of the characters for the respective formats, shown in table 1, depending on whether the printer is the 24 or 42 column model. -
Page 24: Graphics
P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 To print a line of points, transmit: $11, N x $7F (where N is the number of characters per line), $OD. To print an empty line, transmit: $11, $40, $OD. P 150... -
Page 25: Control Characters
Enters date (mm:dd:yy) in buffer NOTES : This command clears the line buffer and for this reason, it must not sent after an ASCII string not ended with CR or LF character, therefore this string will be deleted. P 150... - Page 26 24-column printer, therefore, contains 12 characters, and a 42-column printer contains 21. Expanded characters are 12 dots wide and 20 dots tall. P 150...
- Page 27 $0A as a print command. This function can be useful in cases where the RETURN key is associated with the $0D and $0A commands, thus causing the P 150 to print in double spacing. To disable this option, the printer has to be reset, either by switching it off or by transmitting the software command “ESC @”.
- Page 28 Sets the time and date in serial The command $13 sets the time and date of the clock installed inside the P 150. There are two ways of setting it: the first uses the 24-hour clock and the second the 12 hour a.m., p.m. clock. In the first case the 10 ASCII characters corresponding to the time and date have to be transmitted, followed by the command $13.
- Page 29 DATA : $1B$44 TEST OK $0D If you only wish to print the date, it is enough to transmit $1B$44$0D. The date is transmitted in 8 characters and, if there is not sufficient space left in the line buffer, it is not printed. P 150...
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Page 30: 4.4 Characters Set
8 characters; if there is not sufficient space left in the line buffer, it is not printed. 4.4 Characters set The printer has a font of 224 characters, as illustrated below. The example is printed during the self-test. Figure 11 P 150... - Page 31 P150 printer. This card is connected to connector J5 of the printer interface card. Figure ssis GND cha LED on 0V 5V a t l a t l i n i t i u P 150...
- Page 32 The diagram below shows the layout of the ALI 9/40 power supply card, which supplies the printer with an available voltage ranging from 9 to 40 Vcc, through connector J1. The card is fitted directly onto the printer interface card, by means of connector J2. Figure P 150...
- Page 33 CONNECTION EXAMPLES B.1 Serial RS232 connection to PC (25-9) pin Serial connection from printer with 25-pin connector to personal computer with 9-pin connector. Figure P 150...
- Page 34 CONNECTION EXAMPLES B.2 Serial RS232 connection to PC (25-25) pin Serial connection from printer with 25-pin connector to personal computer with 25-pin connector. Figure P 150...
- Page 35 CONNECTION EXAMPLES B.3 Parallel Centronics connection to PC (25-36) pin Parallel connection from printer with 25-pin connector to personal computer with 36-pin connector. Figure P 150...
- Page 36 CONNECTION EXAMPLES B.4 Parallel Centronics connection to PC (25-25) pin Parallel connection from printer with 25-pin connector to personal computer with 25-pin connector. Figure The connections marked with an (*) are not essential for the functioning of the interface. P 150...
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