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THERMAL PRINTING SOLUTIONS
ASTRIUM PRINTER

USER MANUAL

Reference: 3108343 - Issue A
AXIOHM
1, rue d'Arcueil, BP 820
92542 MONTROUGE CEDEX
FRANCE
Tel : (33) 1 58 07 17 17, Fax : (33) 1 58 07 17 18

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    THERMAL PRINTING SOLUTIONS ASTRIUM PRINTER USER MANUAL Reference: 3108343 - Issue A AXIOHM 1, rue d'Arcueil, BP 820 92542 MONTROUGE CEDEX FRANCE Tel : (33) 1 58 07 17 17, Fax : (33) 1 58 07 17 18...
  • Page 2 Date Issue Modifications 02/2005 Creation Addition of duty cycle and more information about power supply 05/2005 1 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 3 3. USB with RJ display connector 4. Bi-directional PARALLEL Wall mounting bracket (vertical position) Kit for using 58 and 60 mm wide paper rolls Spill resistance cover (available on specific request) 2 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Codepage WPC 1254 (Turkish)..........39 3.7.6.17 Codepage WPC 1255 (Hebrew) ..........40 3.7.6.18 Codepage 1257 (Baltic)............. 41 3.7.6.19 Codepage 255 (Space page) ............42 National variants............... 43 3.7.6.20 3 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 5 List of TM-T90 Series Emulation Environment ........59 Commands ....................60 Explanation of Terms ..............60 5.5.1 5.5.2 Command conventions (AXIOHM) ..........61 6. COMMANDS FUNCTION............62 Reset Commands ..................62 INITIALIZE PRINTER ................62 Paper Cut Commands ................63 SELECT CUT MODE................
  • Page 6 GENERATE PULSE ................123 ISSUES AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL ............123 SELECT PERIPHERAL DEVICE ............123 ENABLE/DISABLE PAPER END SIGNAL ........... 124 6.14 Page Mode commands ................125 5 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 7 12. PAGE MODE................140 12.1 Introduction ..................140 12.2 Setting Values in Standard and Page Modes .......... 140 12.3 Formatting of Print Data in the Printable Area ........140 6 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 8: Technical Specifications

    V DC Watt Power consumption: - Standby < 5 Watt - Operating 36 (average) Watt External (110/240 Vac, 50-60 Power supply unit Hz), with detachable power Hertz cord 7 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 9: Mechanical Features

    2 MECHANICAL FEATURES General description OPEN FEED ON/OFF ROLL OPEN Physical characteristics Width: 140 mm Depth: 217 mm Height: 157 mm Weight: 1.9 Kg Horizontal installation Vertical installation 8 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 10: Interface Board Feature

    Operating console INTERNAL VIEW Automatic cutter counter blade Manual cutter Printhead Printer cover Automatic cutter Paper feed roller blade Almost out of paper sensor adjustment Paper roll compartment 9 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 11: Plugging & Connecting Your Printer

    Plug the power cord of the external power supply unit into printer power jack (B). Attach one end of the power cord, provided with the printer, into the related connector (C) on the external power supply unit. 10 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 12 Power on the printer as explained in the section Powering On the Printer. Load the paper roll as explained in the section Loading the Thermal Paper Roll. 11 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 13: Powering On The Printer

    When on red: Paper jam, cutter locked, printer failure. When off: Printer loaded with paper. ROLL ( ) When on yellow: Printer almost out of paper. When flashing yellow: Printer out of paper. 12 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 14: Communication's Management

    See page 1-9 of this manual for the Display Output Connector pinout. 3.3.2 Parallel Interface Board The following figure shows the parallel interface board that can be installed on the printer. Parallel Interface Board 13 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 15: Serial Interface Board

    25-Pin Serial Not used DSR/Reset (According to jumper configuration) Not used Not used 9 - 19 Not used 21 - 24 Not used Reset (According to jumper configuration) 14 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 16 I/F pin 25 used as Reset signal Jumper J3 NOT INSTALLED (OFF) Not used When jumper J3 is installed, the printer is reset when the signal remains SPACE for 1 ms or more. 15 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 17: Installation Procedure

    Secure the board in place by tightening the two screws A. The printer FW will automatically detect the new board installed. 16 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 18: Display Connector

    The two drive transistors should not be energized simultaneously. Use pin 4 to power the drawer. • The resistance of the drawer solenoid must not be below the specified value otherwise an overcurrent could damage this component. 17 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 19: Software Components And Tools

    LED on the operator console. If the sensor is enabled (by ESC c 4), printing is interrupted. Suggested paper roll core diameter is: internal 12.7 mm (0.5") external 17.7 mm (0.7") 18 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 20: Cutter

    The printer automatically recognizes the type of interface installed. 3.5.5 External power supply • Switching type • Input voltage: 110 – 220 Vac • Output voltage: 24 Vdc 19 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 21: Paper Specifications

    Emulation: 180 x 180 dpi (printing 203 x 203 dpi) Max. printing field 72 mm / 576 dots Max. paper width 80 mm Max. paper roll diameter 100 mm 20 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 22: Printable Area

    70.0 (9 + 1) 64.0 Font A 52.0 (11+2) Font B 52.5 (9 + 1) 48.0 Font A 48.7 (11+2) Font B 50.0 (9 + 1) 45.0 21 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 23: Character Specifications

    The section "Printable character set tables" indicates the codes that correspond to the characters in the resident character sets. 22 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 24: Printable Character Sets

    (see ESC t n) Code Page 255 (Space Page) only via software (see ESC t n). National variants only via software (see ESC R n). 23 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 25: Printable Character Set Tables

    0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 24 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 26: Codepage 437 (International)

    0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 25 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 27: Codepage 850 (Multilingual)

    0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 26 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 28: Codepage 852 (Latin 2)

    0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 27 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 29: Codepage 857 (Turkish)

    0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 28 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 30: Codepage 858 (Multilingual Latin I + Euro)

    0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 29 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 31: Codepage 860 (Portuguese)

    0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 30 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 32: Codepage 862 (Hebrew)

    0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 31 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 33: Codepage 863 (Canadian-French)

    1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 ¶ 1000  ¤ 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 32 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 34: Codepage 864 (Arabic)

    3.7.6.10 Codepage 864 (Arabic) 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 33 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 35: Codepage 865 (Nordic)

    1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 ø Ø 1001 ¤ 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 ● 1111 34 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 36: Codepage 866 (Russian)

    0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 35 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 37: Codepage Wpc 1251 (Cyrillic)

    1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 Gray cells are undefined (print a space). 36 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 38: Codepage Wpc 1252 (Latin I)

    1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 Gray cells are undefined (print a space). 37 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 39: Codepage Wpc 1253 (Greek)

    1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 Gray cells are undefined (print a space). 38 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 40: Codepage Wpc 1254 (Turkish)

    1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 Gray cells are undefined (print a space). 39 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 41: Codepage Wpc 1255 (Hebrew)

    1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 Gray cells are undefined (print a space). 40 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 42: Codepage 1257 (Baltic)

    1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 Gray cells are undefined (print a space). 41 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 43: Codepage 255 (Space Page)

    1100 1101 1110 1111 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 Gray cells are undefined (print a space). 42 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 44: National Variants

    # ¤ É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü 10 Denmark II # $ É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü 43 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 45: Configuration Menu

    The number printed alongside the printer menu option indicates the number of times the [ON/OFF] button must be pressed to access the required environment. 5. Press the [FEED] button to confirm your choice and activate the procedure. 44 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 46: Self Test

    Provided below is a Self-test printout example. Firmware release Setup parameters and related values Code page 45 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 47: Set Up

    Setup parameters and related values Description of button functions Now, you can start programming the printer and modifying the setup parameters according to your needs (see later sections) 46 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 48: Button Functions In The Setup Mode

    Confirms selection of the last item or parameter printed; prints the first [FEED] parameter of the item selected or the next item of the menu FEED ON/OFF 47 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 49: Navigating Through Printer Setup

    HAND on/off XOFF SHAKE feed feed on/off feed ON RX on/off IGNORE PRINT ? ERROR feed feed on/off on/off EXIT feed 48 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 50 DEVICE DISPLA Y PRINTER ENABLE on/off feed feed on/off EXIT on/off feed feed feed on/off EMULA TION EMULA TION TM-T88 III TM-T90 feed feed feed on/off 49 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 51 P APER feed feed on/off feed OPTIMIZE on/off SPEED QU ALITY feed feed on/off feed LINE 42/56 on/off 43/57 LENGTH CHARS CHARS feed feed on/off EXIT on/off feed 50 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 52 La stampante esce dalla feed modalità setup ed è pronta SA VE EXIT per la stampa on/off feed LOAD DEF AUL T DEF AUL T on/off REST ART feed on/off 51 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 53: Notes And Meaning Of The Parameters/ List Of Parameters That Can Be Changed

    If paper is less sensistive than standard paper, use a positive value to make the image darker. COLOR: MONOCHROME, Selects between monochrome or two-color printing. TWO-COLOR PAPER 52 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 54 Stores the pre-settings selected in the current SET-UP section.and exit. DEFAULT Restore the setup parameter values set in the factory. RESTART Reinitialize the setup procedure, without storing the pre-settings set before. 53 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 55: How To Select The Parameters

    To access printer setup, press the [ON/OFF] button twice. • Press the [FEED] button to confirm your choice and activate the procedure The printer prints the hexadecimal codes indicated below. 54 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 56: Command Description

    ("emulate") the original leading printers; hence the concept of “EMULATION”. This printer model uses the Epson TM-T88III and TM-T90 series emulation code set. 55 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 57: List Of Control Codes

    Turn 90° clockwise rotation mode on/off 1D 42 n Turn white/black reverse printing mode on/off 1D 48 n Select printing position of HRI characters 1D 62 n Turn smoothing mode on/off 56 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 58 Select cut mode and cut paper 1D 5C .. Set relative vertical print position in page mode 1D 5E .. Execute macro 1B 07 Issues an audible signal 57 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 59: List Of Tm-T88Iii Series Emulation Environment

    GS / GS : Start/end macro definition GS B Turn white/black reverse printing mode on/off GS H Select printing position of HRI characters GS I Transmit printer ID 58 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 60: List Of Tm-T90 Series Emulation Environment

    All command codes including parameters are ignored and nothing is executed. GS P function: codes whose parameters are interpreted by the value defined in the GS P command code. 59 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 61: Commands

    21 dots. When font B (9⋅17 dots) is selected, this height is for 16 dots. Rotated character in standard mode (only when font A is selected) 60 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 62: Command Conventions (Axiohm)

    Describes any exceptions to this command, for example, other commands that the command can not be used with. Related Information This section describes any related information for this command and provides references to other sections for additional information. 61 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 63: Commands Function

    • The macro definition is not cleared. • The NV bit image data is not cleared. • The data of the NV user memory is not cleared. 62 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 64: Paper Cut Commands

    • The paper feed amount is calculated using the vertical motion unit (y . However, the value cannot be less than the minimum horizontal movement amount, and it must be in even units of the minimum horizontal movement amount. 63 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 65: Vertical Positioning And Print Commands

    The automatic line feed is ignored with a serial interface model. • This command is set according to the SETUP setting with a parallel interface model. See also: 64 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 66: Select Default Line Spacing

    1016 mm {40"} is set, the printer feeds the paper only 1016 mm {40"}. Line spacing equivalent to approximately 4.23mm {1/6"}. Default: See also: ESC 2, GS P 65 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 67: Print And Feed Paper

    (n ⋅ line spacing) of more than 1016 mm {40"} is specified, the printer feeds the paper only 1016 mm {40"}. See also: ESC 2, ESC 3 66 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 68: Horizontal Positioning Commands

    • The default setting of the horizontal tab position for the paper roll is font A (12 × 24) every 8th character (9th, 17th, 25th, ... column). ESC D See also: 67 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 69: Set Absolute Print Position

    (2) When the starting position is set to the upper right or lower left of the printable area using ESC T, the vertical motion unit (y) is used. ESC \, GS $, GS \, GS P See also: 68 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 70: Set Horizontal Tab Positions

    • The previously specified horizontal tab positions do not change, even if the character width changes. • The character width is memorized for each standard and page mode. See also: 69 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 71: Set Relative Print Position

    (2) When the starting position is set to the upper right or lower left of the printable area using ESC T, the vertical motion unit (y) is used. See also: ESC $, GS P 70 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 72: Select Justification

    • The horizontal motion unit (x) is used for calculating the left margin. The calculated result is truncated to the minimum value of the mechanical pitch. See also: GS P, GS W 71 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 73: Set Printing Area Width

    • If the width set for the printing area is less than one line in vertical, the following processing is performed only on the line in question when data other than character data (e.g., bit image, user-defined bit image) is developed: 72 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 74: Set Horizontal And Vertical Motion Units

    = 180, y = 360 See also: ESC SP, ESC $, ESC 3, ESC J, ESC W, ESC \, GS $, GS L, GS V, GS W, GS \ 73 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 75: Print Characteristics Commands

    Bit 7 Underlined Mode Cancelled Set (bar thickness = 2) Bits 1,2,3 and 6 are not used “0” Off/On Decimal Function Character font A (13 × 27). 74 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 76 • Emphasized mode is effective for alphanumeric. All print modes except emphasized mode is effective only for alphanumeric. See also: ESC -, ESC E, GS ! 75 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 77: Turn Underline Mode On/Off

    • White/black reverse mode has a higher priority than underline mode. Even if underline mode is on, it is disabled (but not canceled) when white/black reverse mode is selected. 76 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 78: Turn Emphasized Mode On/Off

    • Only the lowest bit of n is enabled. • Printer output is the same in double-strike mode and in emphasized mode. Default: n = 0 See also: ESC E 77 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 79: Turn 90° Clockwise Rotation Mode On/Off

    Turns off 90° clockwise rotation mode 1, 49 Turns on 90° clockwise rotation mode 2, 50 Turns on 90° clockwise rotation mode Default: n = 0 ESC !, ESC - See also: 78 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 80: Turn On/Off Upside-Down Printing Mode

    In upside-down printing mode, the printer rotates the line to be printed by 180° and then prints it. n = 0 Default: Example: When upside-down printing When upside-down printing mode is not selected Mode is selected Paper feed direction 79 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 81: Select Character Size

    The ESC ! command can also turn double-width and double-height modes on or off. However, the setting of the last received command is effective. n = 0 Default: See also: ESC ! 80 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 82: Select Character Style (Only Tm-T90 Emulation)

    • Even if smoothing mode is turned on, smoothing is not performed when either of character width or character height is the normal size. Default: n = 0 See also: GS : ESC !, GS ! 81 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 83: Graphics Commands

    • Refer to Figure 2 for the bit image development position in page mode. • The relationship between the image data and the dots to be printed is as follows: 82 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 84 • When 8-dot bit image is selected: • When 24-dot bit image is selected: 83 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 85: Print Raster Bit Image

    , select the number of data bytes (x image. • y ×256) in the vertical direction for the bit , select the number of data bytes (y image. 84 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 86: Font Commands

    Spain Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II 12 Latin America Korean Description: Selects an international character set n from the table above. See also: International Character Set 85 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 87: Select Character Code Table

    CP 862 [Israel] WPC 1255 [Israel] WPC 1257 [Baltic] Ignored WPC 1253 [Greek] WPC 1254 [Turkish] WPC 1251 [Cyrillic] Space page Default: n = 0 See also: Character set 86 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 88: Select/Cancel User-Defined Character Set

    • When the user-defined character set is canceled, the internal character set is automatically selected. • n is available only for the least significant bit. Default: n = 0 See also: ESC &, ESC ? 87 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 89: Define User-Defined Characters

    When the user-defined characters are defined in font B (9 x17), only the most significant bit of the 3rd byte of data in vertical direction is effective. Default: The international character set See also: ESC %, ESC ? 88 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 90 = <C0>H ..d2 = <FF>H d5 = <FF>H d8 = <60>H ..d3 = <FE>H d6 = <FE>H d9 = <06>H ..89 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 91 = <1F>H d7 = <7F>H ... d2 = <00>H d5 = <83>H d8 = <E3>H ... d3 = <00>H d6 = <00>H d9 = <80>H ... 90 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 92: Cancel User-Defined Characters

    (x x y x x 8) Hexadecimal d1…d (x x y x x 8) Decimal d1…d Range : x = 1-255 y = 1-48 x × y ≤ 1536 d = 0-255 91 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 93 GS / X x 8 dots (max 560 or 576 see note) Note: If the line length is set to 43/57, the maximum resolution is 576 dots. 92 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 94: Customize Nv Memory Area (Only Tm-T90 Emulation)

    (pL + pH x 256) = 4 (pL = 4 , pH = 0) fn = 2 d1 = 79 d2 = 85 d3 = 84 Description: Ends the user setting mode. 93 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 95: (Function 6)

    When the NV graphics memory capacity (a = 2) is specified: Setting status Transmission data Reply Memory capacity byte byte byte byte byte None 64 KB 128 KB 192 KB 256 KB 320 KB 384 KB 94 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 96: Select Graphics Data (Only Tm-T90 Emulation)

    While processing this command, the printer is BUSY while writing data to the NV graphics memory and stops receiving data. Therefore it is prohibited to transmit data including the real-time commands during the execution of this command. 95 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 97: (Function 48)

    (pL = 2 , pH = 0) m = 48 fn = 3, 51 Description: • Transmits the number of bytes of remaining memory (unused area) in the NV user memory. 96 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 98: (Function 64)

    (See the tables below). When the status (existence of the next data block) is Hexadecimal = 41H / Decimal = 65 97 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 99: (Function 65)

    =66 32 < kc1 < 126 32 < kc2 < 126 • Description: Deletes the NV graphics data defined by the key codes kc1 and kc2. 98 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 100: (Function 67)

    • When this command is processed while NV bit image data is defined with FS q, the printer deletes all NV bit image data, then defines data with this command. 99 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 101: (Function 69)

    - yL, yH specifies the raster graphics data in the vertical direction as (yL + yH × 256) dots. - c specifies the color of the defined data. 100 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 102: Print Downloaded Bit Image

    2. If the printing area width cannot be extended by one line in vertical, the left margin is reduced to accommodate one line in vertical. See also: GS * 101 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 103: Print Nv Bit Image

    After printing the bit image, this command sets the print position to the beginning of the line and processes the data that follows as normal data. See also: ESC *, FS q, GS /, GS v 0 102 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 104: Define Nv Bit Image

    NV bit image is defined n=1, the printer processes a data group [xL xH yL yH d1...dk] once. The printer uses ([data: (xL + xH × 256) × (yL + yH × 256) × 8]   [ header :4]) bytes of NV memory. 103 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 105 At this time, SETUP settings are checked again. See also: FS p Example When xL = 64, xH = 0, yL = 96, yH = 0 104 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 106: Printer Configuration, Identification

    Printer Status commands. If the fault causing the busy condition can be cleared, such as by loading paper, or letting the thermal print head cool down, the printer will resume processing the data in its receive buffer. 105 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 107: Transmit Printer Id

    Taiwanese Kanji model: TAIWAN BIG-5 Thai character model: THAI 3 PASS Korean Kanji model: KOREA C-5601C See ‘DIP switch status Status of DIP switches information’ on the next sheets 106 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 108 Parity: Odd Parity: Even Serial Speed (see table below) Serial Speed (see table below) Serial Speed (see table below) Serial Speed (see table below) Reserved. Reserved. Fixed. Fixed. 107 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 109: Transmit Status

    • When Auto Status Back (ASB) is enabled using GS a, the status transmitted by GS r and the ASB status must be differentiated using the table in Appendix G. • The status types to be transmitted are shown below: 108 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 110: Enable/Disable Automatic Status Back (Asb)

    Online/offline status enabled. Error status disabled. Error status enabled. Paper roll sensor status disabled. Paper roll sensor status enabled. Undefined. Reserved Undefined. Reserved Undefined. Panel button status disabled 109 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 111 Cover is open. Paper is not being fed by using the PAPER FEED button. Paper is being fed by using the PAPER FEED button. Not used. Fixed to Off. 110 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 112 Paper roll end sensor: paper not present. Paper roll end sensor: paper present. Paper roll end sensor: paper not present. Fixed to Off. Reserved Reserved Fixed to Off. 111 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 113 When the memory switch Msw 8-7 is On, the printer transmits the ASB data with the panel button status always being ignored. See also: DLE EOT, GS r, Appendix G, Transmission Status Identification 112 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 114: Real Time Commands

    MARK before n is transmitted and then DLE EOT 3 interrupts before n is received, the code <10>H for DLE EOT 3 is processed as the code for ESC 3 <10>H. 113 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 115 Bit 6: When printing is stopped due to high print head temperature until the print head temperature drops sufficiently or when the paper roll cover is open during printing, bit 6 is 114 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 116: Generate Pulse At Real Time

    The user must consider this. • This command should not be used within the data sequence of another command that consists of 2 or more bytes. ESC p See also: 115 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 117: Real Time Request To Printer

    MARK before n is transmitted, and DLE ENQ 2 interrupts before n is received, the code <10>H for DLE ENQ 2 is processed as the code for ESC 3 <10>H. DLE EOT See also: 116 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 118: Bar Code Commands

    = 1-255 Operand: n = Number of dots in the vertical direction Default n = 162 Description: Selects the height of the bar code. See also: GS k 117 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 119: Print Bar Code Second Variation

    • If d is outside of the specified range, the printer only feeds paper and processes the mode: following data as normal data. • If the horizontal size exceeds printing area, the printer only feeds the paper. 118 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 120 <1F>H and <7F>H): Control character Control character ASCII Decimal HRI character ASCII Decimal HRI character Example: Printing GS k 72 07 67 111 100 101 32 51 57 119 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 121 Be sure to keep spaces on both right and left sides of a bar code. (Spaces are different depending on the types of the bar code.) See also: GS H, GS f, GS h, GS w, Page mode 120 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 122 This character switches the following code set to code set A, B, or C. • Function character (FNC1, FNC2, FNC3, FNC4) The usage of function characters depends on the application software. In code set C, only FNC1 is available. 121 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 123: Select Bar Code Width

    • HRI indicates Human Readable Interpretation. • HRI characters are printed at the position specified by GS H. Default: n = 0 See also: GS H, GS k 122 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 124: Peripheral Control Command

    SELECT PERIPHERAL DEVICE Synopsis: Select peripheral device. ASCII Hexadecimal Decimal Range: 1 ≤ n ≤ 3 Description: Selects device to which host computer sends data, using n as follows: 123 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 125: Enable/Disable Paper End Signal

    If either bit 2 or bit 3 is on, the paper roll end sensor is selected as the paper sensor outputting paper-end signals. • When all the sensors are disabled, the paper end signal always outputs a paper present status. Default: n = 15 124 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 126: Page Mode Commands

    • The printer returns to standard mode when power is turned on, the printer is reset, or ESC @ is used. FF, CAN, ESC FF, ESC S, ESC T, ESC W, GS $, GS \ See also: 125 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 127: Select Standard Mode

    • Standard mode is selected automatically when power is turned on, the printer is reset, or command ESC @ is used. See also: FF, ESC FF, ESC L 126 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 128: Select Print Direction In Page Mode

    × 256) × (vertical motion unit)] y0 = [(y × 256] × (horizontal motion unit)] dx = [dx + dx × 256) × (vertical motion unit)] + dy dy = [dy 127 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 129 = 2, dy = 126, dy CAN, ESC L, ESC T, GS P See also: Note: In the two-color print mode, the vertical direction is approximately 58.6 mm {470/203”)}. 128 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 130: Set Absolute Vertical Print Position In Page Mode

    When pitch N is specified to the movement upward (the negative direction), use the complement of 65536. • When pitch N is specified to the movement upward: nL + nH x 256 = 65536 – N 129 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 131: Macro Commands

    If data that existed in the previously specified printing area also exists in the currently specified printing area, it is deleted. ESC L, ESC W See also: 130 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 132: Select Paper Sensor(S) To Stop Printing

    • In the macro ready mode, the FEED button are enabled regardless of the settings of this command; however, the paper cannot be fed by using these buttons. Default: n = 0 131 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 133: Start/End Macro Definition

    • If the macro is not defined or if r is 0, nothing is executed. • When the macro is executed (m = 1), paper always cannot be fed by using the FEED button. See also: GS : Astrium Printer User Manual 132 / 142 Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 134: Control Panel

    • Printer failure. Printer loaded with paper. LED 3 On Yellow Printer in almost out of paper condition. (ROLL) Flashing Yellow Printer in out of paper condition. 133 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 135: Other Information

    10 lines of printing or paper feeding (to prevent small pieces of cut paper from dropping into the auto cutter). 134 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 136: Safety Precautions And General Operating Norms

    Step n°2: With the paper roll oriented as shown in the following figures, unroll about 20 cm of paper and then insert the roll into its compartment inside the printer while holding the unrolled portion of paper. 135 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 137: Adjusting The Near Paper End Sensor

    (in the case of cores with a larger diameter), or towards the rear of the printer if you wish to have a more delayed indication (in the case of cores with a smaller diameter). Load the roll of thermal paper. 136 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 138: Troubleshooting

    Remove the paper roll and check what caused the paper jam. When the paper roll compartment is clear of any paper residue, power on the printer and load the paper roll. 137 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 139: Cleaning Your Printer

    Unroll about 20 cm of paper and, while holding the unrolled portion of paper; close the printer cover by pressing on the right-hand and left-hand sides of the paper output slot. Make sure that the cover is properly closed on both sides. 138 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 140: Transmission Status Identification

    <0  1   1 0>B ASB (1st byte) <0  1   0 0>B ASB (2nd to 4th bytes) <0  0     > B 139 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

  • Page 141: Page Mode

    To avoid this, increase the amount of line spacing. The line spacing in Figure 3 requires 27 dots or more. 140 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 142 Setting the vertical motion unit to 1/180 using the GS P command does not change the current print position. Figure 1 Character Data Developing Position 141 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...
  • Page 143 Figure 2 Print Data Developing Position Figure 3 Downloaded Bit Image Developing Position 142 / 142 Astrium Printer User Manual Reference : 3108343 - Issue A...

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