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s'print BT
Portable thermal printer
DCA Intertel BV
Distributieweg 25, 2404 CM Alphen a/d Rijn
The Nederlands
Phone: +31(0)172 604963
Fax: +31(0)172 605237
website: www.dca-group.com
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual s’print BT Portable thermal printer DCA Intertel BV Distributieweg 25, 2404 CM Alphen a/d Rijn The Nederlands Phone: +31(0)172 604963 Fax: +31(0)172 605237 website: www.dca-group.com Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENS PRINTER COMPONENTS A. DPT100-B – Front external view B. DPT100-B – Under view INTRODUCTION MANUAL ORGANIZATION SYMBOL USED IN THIS MANUAL GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION UNPACKING THE PRINTER PRINTER FEATURES PRINTER DESCRIPTION 1. INSTALLTION AND USE 1.1 CONNECTIONS 1.1.1 Battery Recharger 1.1.2 Turning the printer On and Off 1.2 BATTERIES...
  • Page 3 2.3.1.4 Link Management-Information Access Service (LM-IAS) 2.3.1.5 IrCOMM 2.3.1.5.1 3-Wire Raw and IrLPT in Detail 2.3.1.5.2 How 3-Wire raw and IrLPT differ 2.3.1.5.3 IAS entry and hint bits 2.3.1.5.4 Basic link operation 2.4 BLUETOOTH PROTOCOL OVERVIEW (Only mod. DPT100-BT) 2.4.1 Supported Protocols 2.4.1.1 Serial Port Profile 2.4.1.2 Object Push Profile 3.

  • Page 4: Printer Components

    PRINTER COMPONENTS A. DPT100-B – Front external view 1- Printer base 2- Cover 3- Paper holder 4- Printing mechanism 5- Multi-function + ON key 6- Paper exit slot 7- Infrared device Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 5: Dpt100-B - Under View

    B. DPT100-B – Under view 1- Serial connector and battery recharger 2- Battery compartment Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION MANUAL ORGANIZATION In addition to the Introduction which includes a description of the explanatory notes used in the manual, general safety information, how to unpack the printer and a brief description of the printer including its basic features, this manual is organized as fol- lows: Chapter 1: Contains the information required for correct printer installation and its proper use, as well as interface specifications...

  • Page 7: Unpacking The Printer

    Make sure that all the components illustrated in figure are present and that there are no signs of damage. If there are, contact DCA Intertel. 1. Warning sheet 2.

  • Page 8: Printer Features

    PRINTER FEATURES The new s’ print portable thermal printer offers an innovative alternative to impact- based systems, with a range of interface options (RS232 serial,R232+IRDA, RS232+Bluetooth). The printer is powered using batteries. The battery version (with RS232+IRDA interface) is primarily intended for the auto- matic identification and mobile telephony market, combined with portable terminals without printer;...

  • Page 9: Printer Description

    PRINTER DESCRIPTION The printers consists of a ABS-V0 casing (1) equipped with a cover (2) under which is housed the paper roll and print mechanism. On the front is the multi- function key (3) and red LED (4). Multi-function key. This key is used to access a variety of printer option sdepen- ding on how long it is held down.
  • Page 10 The red LED displays printer operating status and this check is performed “on-line”. Table 1 lists operating statuses and the LED signals connected to them: LED Status Description Always off Printer off Always on Printer on - no fault with batteries recharing very slow blinking Printer on - no fault with...

  • Page 11: Installtion And Use

    1. Installtion and Use 1.1 CONNECTIONS 1.1.1 Battery Recharger For the Battery Recharger/Power Supply and serial connection, the printer is equipped with a connecting cable (fig. 1.2) that comes packed with the printer and has a double connection system. On one side is a 9-pin female connector (fig. 1.2.A) for the serial port;...

  • Page 12: Turning The Printer On And Off

    1.1.2 Turning the printer On and Off How to turn the printer On • by briefly pressing the multi-function key • by sending a characters set on the serial line—it is better to send characters that are not read as printer controls (ex. 0x0E) •...

  • Page 13: Batteries

    1.2 BATTERIES 1.2.1 Recharging batteries Appearing in the printer set up print out (see sec. 1.3) is the parameter HEAD VOLT that gives the battery charge level. To recharge the batteries(4), use the cable packed with the printer and proceed as follows: - Connect the battery recharger jack to the cable jack (vedi fig.

  • Page 14: Information Regarding Battery Use

    1.2.2 Information regarding battery use - Please note that the new NiMH battery reaches maximum performance levels only after having been completely discharged and recharged at least two or three times. - Never use battery rechargers and/or batteries that are damaged or worn. - Battery life varies greatly depending, for example, on print density and the text to be printed.
  • Page 15 To replace batteries, proceed as follows: - Remove the cover on the battery compartment (1) by unscrewing the screws (2) and, using a flat-head screwdriver, pry open at points A and B (see fig.1.5). - Remove the battery pack (2) by lifting the battery removal tape (1) (see fig. 1.6). Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 16: Disposing Of Batteries

    - Insert the 5 batteries(7) inside the compartment following the layout indicated in fig. 1.7 and re-position the battery removal tape; (7) Note: when inserting the batteries, make sure the + and – signs are positio- ned correctly. - Reclose the battery compartment by tightening the fastening screws. 1.2.4 Disposing of batteries - Batteries must be recycled or disposed of properly.

  • Page 17: Configuration

    1.3 CONFIGURATION 1.3.1 Configuration Mod. DPT100-B/I The printer set up print out (see fig. 1.9) includes a range of information, and among these should be pointed out the HEAD VOLT parameter that indicates the battery charge level, i.e., the print head battery voltage. The printer’s configurable parameters are: •...
  • Page 18 Please note: the parameters marked with the symbol D represent the default values. (8) Note If the Interface parameter is set in infrared and flow control is required, any time a transmission is effected a time break of one time and a half the byte transmission is needed (for example 1.5 msec at 9600 bps).

  • Page 19: Configuration Mod. Dpt100-Bt

    1.3.2 Configuration Mod. DPT100-BT The printer set up print out (see fig. 1.10) includes a range of information, and among these should be pointed out the HEAD VOLT parameter that indicates the battery charge level, i.e., the print head battery voltage. The printer’s configurable parameters, with Bluetooth interface selected, are: •...
  • Page 20 The printer’s configurable parameters, with RS232 interface selected, are: • Interface: RS232D, Infrared(8). • IR Protocol(9): Enable, DisableD. • Baud Rate: 38400, 19200, 9600D, 4800, 2400, 1200, 600. • Data length: 7, 8D bits/car. • Parity: NoneD, even or odd. •...

  • Page 21: Hexadecimal Dump

    1.4 HEXADECIMAL DUMP This function is used to display the characters received from the communications port; after the reception of each 6 characters from the communications port, the printer prints out both the hexadecimal code received as well as the corresponding ASCII code. Shown below is an example of a Hexadecimal Dump: 48 65 78 61 64 65 Hexade...

  • Page 22: Maintenance

    1.6 MAINTENANCE 1.6.1 Changing the paper roll To change the roll of paper, proceed as follows: 1) Open the printer cover (see fig. 1.12) levering on the cover lateral projections and position the paper roll so that it unrolls in the direction shown in figure 1.13;...
  • Page 23 2) Pull up on the edge of the paper and close the cover (fig. 1.14); 3) Tear off the paper. The printer is now ready (fig.1.15). Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 24: Cleaning

    1.6.2 Cleaning To clean the printer, use a vacuum cleaner or soft cloth. Before cleaning the printer, unplug its electrical cord and make sure that the printer is off. Do not use alcohol, solvents or hard-bristled brushes. Do not let water or other liquids seep into the printer. (Fig.1.16) Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 25: Interfaces

    2. INTERFACES 2.1 RS232 SERIAL The printer is equipped with an RS232 serial interface with RJ11 connector (fig. 2.1) located underneath the printer. For serial connection, a connecting cable (fig. 2.2) with double connection system is packed with the printer. On one side is a 9-pin female connector (fig.
  • Page 26 RJ11 connector DPT100 (tab 2.1) Signal IN/OUT Discription +VRIC Battery recharge volltage Ground signal Receive data Transmit data Ready to send/ready to receive data Ground signal 9-pin female connector Signal IN/OUT Description Data carrier identification. Printer On (active at RS232 high) Transmit data.
  • Page 27 9 pin connector (s‘Print cable) Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 28: Infrared Bidirectional Serial (Only Dpt100-B Model)

    2.2 INFRARED BIDIRECTIONAL SERIAL (only DPT100-B model) The printer has a serial interface for bidirectional data exchange. The infrared port is centered on the lower part of the front (see fig. 2.4); it uses the encode method bits as described in the IrDA physical layer, for speeds up to 115.2 kbps (a 3/16th optical pulse time of bit time).

  • Page 29: Infrared Communication Protocol

    EXAMPLE: To use this protocol to print the text “CUSTOM” in double height and width, send the following data to the printer Start Command Data Stop Command Mode Line Feed 0x1B 0x002 0x03 0x43 0x55 0x53 0x54 0x4F 0x4D 0x0A 0x1B 0x03 NOTE The LED is always switched on (not flashing) when using the...
  • Page 30 An ACK response is returned in the event the entire protocol was interpreted correctly and the check sum calculated is the same as that received by the host. A NACK response is returned in the event of transmission errors that cause a discrepancy between the calculated and received check sums.

  • Page 31: Printing Instructions

    2.2.3 Printing instructions 1) To use the printer’s infrared port, a computer or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) with IR port is required. 2) Position a computer conforming to the specifications in point 2) not more than a meter away from the printer’s infrared port. Make sure the two ports are in front of each other with an angle of not more than 15°...

  • Page 32: Irda Protocol Overview (Only Dpt100-I Model)

    2.3 IrDA PROTOCOL OVERVIEW (only DPT100-I model) This paragraph contains a general overview information about IrDA protocol implemented on the printer. For further detrils about the complete IrDA standard specifications are available from the IrDA website www.IrDA.org. The IrDA standard specifies the following protocols: •...

  • Page 33: Irda Data Protocols Supported

    2.3.1 IrDA DATA PROTOCOLS SUPPORTED The printer supports these required IrDA standard protocols: • Physical Signaling Layer(PHY) • Link Access Protocol(IrLAP) • Link Management Protocol/information Access Service(IrLMP/IAS) The printer also supports some of the optional protocols for IrDA data. The optional protocols that the printer implements are: •...

  • Page 34: Irlmp

    types of frames and is also used to count frames. Frames can carry status, data, or commands. The IrLAP protocol has a command syntax of it’s own, and these commands are part of the control byte. Lastly, IrLAP frames carry data.

  • Page 35: Ircomm

    2.3.1.5 IrCOMM IrCOMM provides the method to support serial and parallel port emulation. This is useful for legacy COM applications, such as printers and modem devices. The IrCOMM standard is simply a syntax that allows the primary device to consider the Secondary device as a serial device. IrCOMM allows for emulation of serial or parallel (printer) connections of various capabilities.

  • Page 36: Ias Entry And Hint Bits

    2.3.1.5.3 IAS entry and hint bits An entity advertising 3-Wire raw must set up the IAS entry in one of two forms: • Classname IrDA:IrCOMM with two attributes, called IrDA:IrLMP:LsapSel, and Parameters. The Parameters attribute has at least the service type parameter with at least the 3-Wire raw bit set in it.

  • Page 37: Bluetooth Protocol Overview (Only Mod. Dpt100-Bt)

    2.4 BLUETOOTH PROTOCOL OVERVIEW (Only mod. DPT100-BT) In the following paragraph there is a brief description of Bluetooth protocol implemented in the printer and differented elements that composed Bluetooth protocol. To Use the Bluetooth communication protocol is necessary that in the set up the parameter “Interface”...

  • Page 38: Supported Protocols

    2.4.1 Supported Protocols The figure 2.10 shows the protocols that are previews in the standard Bluetooth, and the profiles that have been implemented in the printer (Object push profile e Serial port profile). Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 39: Serial Port Profile

    2.4.1.1 Serial Port Profile The Serial Port Profile provides RS232 serial cable emulation for Bluetooth devices. In this way, legacy applications do not have to be modified to use Bluetooth; they can simply treat a Bluetooth link as a serial cable link. The Serial Port Profile uses RFCOMM to provide serial port emulation.

  • Page 40: Prining Functions

    3. Prining Functions 3.1 CONTROL CHARACTERS The command table lists all the commands for the management of the printer functions. These commands can be transmitted to the printer with the serial interface. The commands can be transmitted to the printer at any moment, but they will only be carried out when the characters previously transmitted have been printed or the commands previously transmitted have been carried out.
  • Page 41 The following pages provide a more detailed description of each command. [Name] Small character printing [Format] ASCII Decimal [Description] The printer prints in small characters (normal) [Notes] • The commands 00H - 09H do not cancel the print buffer • The commands which modify the direction of the characters are only active at the beginning of the line [Default] Setting in option register by means of front keys...
  • Page 42 [Notes] • The commands 00H - 09H do not cancel the print buffer • The commands which modify the direction of the characters are only active at the beginning of the line [Default] Setting in option register by means of front keys [Reference] 00H, 02H, 03H, 04H [Example]...
  • Page 43 [Name] Cancel print data buffer [Format] ASCII Decimal [Description] Deletes all the print data in the current print buffer. [Notes] • If data that existed in the previously specified printing area also exists in the currently specified printing area, it is deleted. [Default] [Reference] [Example]...
  • Page 44 [Default] [Reference] [Example] [Name] Set CRLF mode [Format] ASCII Decimal [Description] Inhibits the command $0D maintaining enabled only the command $0A for printing [Notes] • To disable this option, reset the printer • This command clears the line buffer • On switching on the default value is in the Option Register [Default] Setting in the option register by means of the front keys [Reference]...
  • Page 45 ESC (STX) [Name] Enable infrared port [Format] ASCII (STX) Decimal 27 2 [Description] Enable infrared port. [Notes] • if the printer doesn’t receive this command all data sent to infrared port are ignored. • After receiving this command the infrared led is always switched [Default] [Reference] ESC (ETX)
  • Page 46 ESC # n [Name] Transmit printer ID [Format] ASCII ESC # 23 n Decimal 73 n [Range] 1 d”?n d”?3, 49 d”?n d”?51 [Description] Transmits the printer ID specified by n follows: [Notes] • This command is executed when the data is processed in the data buffer.
  • Page 47 [Notes] • Same as hardware reset • After the command has been transmitted, 1.5 seconds elapse before the printer is enabled [Default] [Reference] [Example] This can be useful during switching on in order to avoid the sending of false characters during initialization by the master device ESC A [nH] [nL] [Name] Executes [n] dots line feed...
  • Page 48 ESC Q [Name] Enable underlined printing [Format] ASCII ESC Q Decimal [Description] After this command has been received, the characters are printed underlined [Note] [Default] [Reference] ESC q [Example] ESC R [Name] Set reverse mode printing [Format] ASCII ESC R Decimal [Description] Selects printing in reverse mode: the receipt feeds out of the printer...
  • Page 49 [Reference] [Example] ESC c [Name] Management of bar code printing [Format] ASCII ESC c [code] [height] [position] [options] [length] [data] Decimal [Description] [ASCII code] Type of bar code I Interleved 2/5 C Code 39 B CodaBar e EAN8 E EAN13 [height] Number of dot lines in 1/8 mm.
  • Page 50 ESC q [Name] Disables underlined printing [Format] ASCII ESC q Decimal [Description] Annuls underlined printing [Notes] [Default] [Reference] ESC Q [Example] ESC s [Name] Transmits the next character in serial [Format] ASCII ESC s Decimal [Description] Transmits the next character it receives on the serial port [Notes] [Default] [Reference]...
  • Page 51 [Notes] • This command is executed immediately, even when the data buffer is full (Busy ). The status to be transmitted is shown in the table below: [Default] [Reference] [Example] GS $ n [Name] Set absolute shift into a graphic line. [Format] ASCII Decimal...
  • Page 52 [Description] Transmits the printer ID specified by n follows: [Notes] • This command is executed when the data is processed in the data buffer. Therefore, there could be a time lag between command reception and data transmission, depending on data buffer status. [Default] [Reference] [Example]...
  • Page 53 [Notes] • If the bit image data input exceeds the number of dots to be printed on a line, the excess data are processed as printable characters. • d indicates the bit image data. Set a corresponding bit to 1 to print a dot, or to 0 to not print the dot.

  • Page 54: Technical Specifications

    4 Technical Specifications 4.1 Technical Specifications The following table gives the technical specification for the s‘Print BT Resolution 203 DPI (8 dot/mm) Paper roll size 57.5 mm ± 1mm Sensors Paper out Print method Thermal (8 dot/mm) Print mode Forward, reverse Print styles Normal, reverse, underlines, expanded Character fonts...
  • Page 55 57mm paper 17.7 cpi Number of columns 24,40 Charcters (L x H mm) Normal 2 x 3 Double height 2 x 6 Double width 4 x 3 Double height and width 4 x 6 Bidirectional infrared port specifications Operating distance up to 1m Wave length 800-900 mn...

  • Page 56: Adaptor Specifications

    4.2 ADAPTOR SPECIFICATIONS 220Vac Adaptor Input Specifications Input Voltage 230 Vac Input Frequenzy 50 Hz Output Specifications Output Voltage 18 Vdc 120Vac Adaptor Input Specifications Input Voltage 230 Vac Input Frequenzy 50 Hz Output Specifications Output Voltage 18 Vdc Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 57: Dimensions

    4.3 DIMENSIONS Printer dimensions are shown below. The printer has a 224-character font, a print-out of which is shown below. Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 58: Character Sets

    5. Character Sets The printer has a 224-character font, a print-out of which is shown below. Intertel Intertel...

  • Page 59: Appendix A - Accessories And Spare Parts

    APPENDIX A - ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS A.1 TICKET ALIGNMENT A.1.1 Ticket alignment Paper stock with alignment marks is permitted so that tickets of a fixed length or with pre-printed areas may be utilized.To guarantee proper alignment, the “Alignment” pa- rameter must be enabled under setup using the key (see: setting configuration para- meters) The notch mark must be placed on the termic side of the ticket itself (printable area) .

  • Page 60: Accessories

    A.2 ACCESSORIES In the s’print-B battery model, there is a support kit available for the printer that con- sists of a belt and fastening screws. The figure below illustrates how the belt coupler is attached underneath the printer. A.3 SPARE PARTS RCT57X50 Roll of thermal printer BTNIHM-1.2V-1300MAH...
  • Page 61 Intertel Intertel...

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