THERMAL PRINTING SOLUTIONS TPOS PRINTER SERIES USER MANUAL Reference: 3107226 Issue B January 2009 AXIOHM 10, av Descartes 92350 Le Plessis Robinson Tel : (33) 1 58 07 17 17 Fax : (33) 1 58 07 17 18 www.axiohm.com...
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Modifications 03/2003 Creation 04/2003 Update: addition of power supply chapter 01/2009 Addition of 2 control codes: Generate Pulse for CDKO Select or Cancel Unsolicited Status Mode (USM) TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 1 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
8 CUTTING FEATURES ............... 18 9 STANDARD DEFAULT SETTINGS ........... 18 10 DUTY CYCLE................18 11 LIST OF CONTROL CODES ............. 19 12 COMMAND DESCRIPTION ............21 TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 2 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
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12.9 Logo commands..................37 12.9.1 Select the Current Logo ............37 12.9.2 Define Downloaded Bit Image..........38 12.9.3 Print Downloaded Bit Image............ 39 12.9.4 Return Logo Checksum ............39 TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 3 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
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Set Communication Interface Parameters......62 12.15.2 Set Knife Option ..............63 12.15.3 Set Print Density ..............64 12.15.4 SeLECT OR CANCEL UNSOLICITED STATUS MODE ..64 12.15.5 Reset EEPROM ..............65 TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 4 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
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Printer Problems ..............67 13.2.2 Printer LED Diagnostic............68 13.2.3 Printing Problems..............69 13.2.4 Auto Cutting Problems ............70 14 CLEANING YOUR PRINTER............. 70 15 SPARES ................... 71 TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 5 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Activate the paper feed button while turning the power ON. Release the ON/OFF button keeping the paper feed button pushed. Release the paper feed button as soon as the printer starts to print the self-test ticket. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 6 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
0 to 50° C for operating (-40 to + 70 for storage). no risk of water exposure. no mechanical vibration or stress. Wall mounting diagram: TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 7 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
USB Connector Connector Power Supply cable connector Cash drawer USB LED Note : All connectors should be SELV types in order to safety standards (Safety extra low voltage). TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 8 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
To reduce the electromagnetic emissions and susceptibility, all cables should be shielded. If you are not using cables supplied by Axiohm for this purpose, make sure that your cables match the printer and are rated at the appropriate voltage and current capacities.
The maximum recommended cable length is 3 meters. Refer to USB specification rev 1.1, chapter 6, for more information. USB PARAMETERS Axiohm’s implementation of USB complies with “Universal Serial Bus Specification” revision 1.1. 2.3.4.1 Capabilities: TPOS is only a device, and doesn’t provide hub capabilities.
For transmission of real time commands from host to printer. 2.3.4.4 Other information: Vendor Id Axiohm USB Vendor Id = 0x05D9 Product Id TPOS Product Id = 0xA000 2.4 General safety specification All communication connectors should be SELV connectors in order to meet safety standards.
Close the cover leaving a small length of paper out. Cut the small length left with the tear bar. Your paper roll is set. Notes The paper used should be recommended by AXIOHM. 0/-0.3 The paper width must be 58 The maximum paper roll diameter is 90 mm.
RJ11 / DB 9 / USB type Certification: CE Class A, FCC Class A. Safety UL 60950 * Speed will depend on the paper type, %of dots on, power supply available, and temperature TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 13 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
6 POWER SUPPLY Input power printer : DC 24V Minimum power recommended : DC 24V 2.5A/60W Axiohm cannot guarantee the correct operation of the printer if another power supply is used other than an Axiohm power supply. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual...
7.2 Character sets 7.2.1 Code Page 858 Note : This code page is not available with all models. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 16 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
7.2.2 Code page 437 Note : This code page is not available with all models. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 17 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
1D 07 Return Boot Sector CRC 1D 08 Return SRAM Size 1D 0E Erase All Flash Contents Except Boot Sector 1D 0F Return Main Program Flash CRC TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 19 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
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Print Test Form 1D 6C m Transmit Selected A/D Channel 1F 03 0A n Set Partial Cut Distance 1F 77 n Return User Flash Memory Allocation Status TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 20 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Describes any exceptions to this command, for example, other commands that the command cannot be used with. Related Information This section describes any related information for this command and provides references to other sections for additional information. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 21 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Number of Columns Width 28 characters Extra Dot Rows Character Set Default Printing Position Column 12.2.2 ESET IRMWARE Reboots the printer. ASCII GS (SPACE) Hexadecimal 1D FF 29 255 Decimal TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 22 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Value of n: n = 0 160 steps n = 1 165 steps n = 2 170 steps n = 3 175 steps n = 4 180 steps TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 23 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Partial cut Feeds paper n steps beyond the cut position, then executes a full Feeds paper n steps beyond the cut position, then executes a partial cut TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 24 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
DC4 n ASCII Hexadecimal 14 n 20 n Decimal The number of lines to feed at current line height Value of n setting. Range of n 0-255 TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 25 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Decimal Value of n n/406 inch 0-255 Range of n 0.13 inch (3.37 mm) Default Exceptions The command is valid only at the beginning of a line. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 26 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Prints one line from the buffer and feeds paper n lines at the current line height. ESC d n ASCII Hexadecimal 1B 64 n 27 100 n Decimal 0-255 Range of n TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 27 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
ASCII ESC SP n Hexadecimal 1B 20 n 27 32 n Decimal 0 – 32 Range of n Default Note: where n is a multiple of 4. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 28 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
: where nL is a multiple of 4. Formulas The example shows how to calculate 280 dots as the absolute starting position. 280/256 = 1, remainder of nL = 24 nH = 1 TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 29 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
The example shows how to set the relative position 260 dots to the right of the current position. 260/256 = 1, remainder of 4 nL = 04, nH = 01 TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 31 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Or, to set the left margin to two inches, send the four-byte string: GS L 150 1 Where 2 inches = 406/203, and 406 = (1 X 256) + 150. Printable area 448 dots Left margin Printing area width TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 32 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
This command is effective only at the beginning of a line. If the setting exceeds the printable area, the maximum value of the printable area is used. The maximum printable area is 448 dots. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 33 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
12.7 Compressed 16.9 Exceptions Refer to the above table for exceptions. Related Information See the Print Specifications Guide for a description of standard and compressed character pitches. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 34 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Bit, LSB 0 = Off Value of n 1 = On 0 (Off) Default Exceptions Only the lowest bit of n is valid. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 35 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
An application using multiple logos, into flash memory, is responsible for erasing the flash memory page when the logo area is full. GS # n ASCII Hexadecimal 1D 23 n 29 35 n Decimal 0 – 64 Range of n TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 37 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
= 8 x n1 x n2 (n1 x n2 must be less than or equal to 49138). Exceptions: See the illustration for the Print Downloaded Bit Image command (1D 2F) for a representation of the bit image. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 38 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Checksum is two’s complement of sum of all bytes in the download sequence. Ex: Checksum = -(0x1D + 0x2A + … ) for the “Define Downloaded Bit Image” command. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 39 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Fixed to Zero Fixed to Zero Related Information See Busy Line and Fault Conditions in the Real Time Commands section of this document for details about fault condition reporting. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 40 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Note : for n = 66, 67, 68 the printer response is sent back in the following format. Header: 5F (hex) Data: ASCII string NULL: 00 (hex) TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 41 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Return Flash firmware version, returns 6 bytes version 0 x 20 digit 0 x 7A If any digit is out of the defined range, Write to NVRAM is ignored. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 42 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Example: the printer returns 1.07 1.15 This means the boot version is 1.07 and the flash version is 1.15. US V ASCII Hexadecimal 1F 56 Decimal 31 86 TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 43 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
AD measure = 60 => Temp = 24.43° C AD measure = 27 => Temp = 47.47° C Note : tolerance not taken into consideration and calculation not precise TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 44 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Then it will stay busy and stop processing data out of the receive buffer until the condition clears. It will respond to the Real Time commands as described below. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 46 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
This command will be ignored until manual intervention has occurred to clear the fault condition. The indication of manual intervention for clearing paper out, paper jams, cutter fault, consists of opening and closing the clamshell. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 47 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Fixed to On. Fixed to On. Not busy at the communication interface. Printer is Busy at the communication interface. Fixed to On. Undefined. Undefined. Fixed to Off. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 48 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
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Unrecoverable error occurred. Thermal print head temp. and power supply voltage are in range. Thermal print head temp. or power supply voltage are out of range. Fixed to Off TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 49 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
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Paper low (if paper low sensor enabled) Paper adequate Paper low (if paper low sensor enabled) Fixed to On Paper present Paper exhausted Paper present Paper exhausted Fixed to Off TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 50 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Decimal 29 102 n Value of n 0 = Standard Pitch at 12.7 CPI 1 = Compressed Pitch at 16.9 1 (Standard Pitch at 16.9 CPI) Default TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 51 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Sets the bar code module to n/203 inch (n/8 mm). ASCII GS w n Hexadecimal 1D 77 n Decimal 29 119 n 1 2, 3, 4, 5,6 Value of n Default Formulas n/203 inch (n/8 mm). TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 52 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
= dk = 42 (start/stop code is supplied by printer if necessary) Interleaved 2 of 5 48- 57 Variable Length (Even Number) Second Variation Length of Byte Specified at Beginning of String TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 53 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
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Variable (Even (ITF) Number) Code 128 0-105 Variable d1 = 103-105 (must be a Start code) d2 = 0-102 (data bytes) (Stop code is provided by the printer) TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 54 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
4.1.1) Program segment of N bytes 4.1.2) if more segments, loop back to 4.1.1) 4.2) if more sectors to program, loop back to 4.1) 5) Check Flash CRC 6) Reboot Printer TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 55 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
The returned value corresponds to the highest sector number that can be accepted by the Select Sector to Download (1D 02 nn) command. : 1 = 128 Kbytes Flash Exceptions Available only in download mode. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 56 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
GS DLE n ASCII Hexadecimal 1D 10 n Decimal 29 16 n Value and Range of n 0-1 = 128k bytes Flash Exceptions Available only in download mode. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 58 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
(for number of data bytes) ((ch * 256) + cl) 0000-FFFF 0001-FFFF (hexadecimal) (hexadecimal) Range Addresses run from 0 to 64K. Related Information Available only in download mode. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 59 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Exceptions Available only in download mode. Note: During erase and download sequence, power supply must be maintained at all times and no reset sequence should be performed. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 60 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Hexadecimal 1F 77 n Decimal 31 119 n Value of n Returns the number of bytes available as a zero terminated ASCII string. Each digit is coded in decimal. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 61 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
If the printer is running in normal mode, send first command “switch to Boot Mode” (1B 5B 7D). 2) This command must be followed by “Printer Reset” command (1D FF). TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 62 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
This command will store the knife option in non-volatile memory. Note: KNIFE OPTION OPERAND DEFINITION Decimal Mode Disabled Enabled This command must be followed by a reset. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 63 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Failure to observe this rule may result in a printer service call. Failure to observe this rule may void the printer warranty. Consult your Axiohm technical support specialist if you have questions. 12.15.4 LECT OR CANCEL UNSOLICITED STATUS MODE Synopsis: Select or cancel unsolicited status mode.
Note: This command must be sent while the printer is in its boot-operating mode. Once the configuration parameters are downloaded to the printer using this command, the printer must be reset before they take effect. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 65 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
Description: Generates a pulse Ton, Toff on pin m of the drawer kick out connector in accordance with the table below. Connector m decimal 0 or 48 Drawer Kick-Out 1 or 49 Drawer Kick-Out (1) Common with drawer pin 2. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 66 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
13 TROUBLESHOOTING Axiohm printers are simple and generally trouble-free, but from time to time minor problems may occur. Follow these procedures to determine the cause and resolution of any problems the printer may be having. If the procedures in this section do not correct the problem, contact a service representative.
Open the cover and refer to the chapter mobile blade) "Set knife option" to disable the knife. You are in auto cutter If the problem continues, please contact mode. your authorized service representative. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 68 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
One side of This indicates a Contact your authorized service representative. receipt is serious problem with missing. the printer electronics. TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 69 /71 Reference: FDE 3107226 Issue B...
(ethanol, methanol, or IPA) but do not touch the print head with your fingers! Allow the solvent to dry and close the cover. N.B AXIOHM can provide cleaning kits Ref : CK60000A TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 70 /71...
Lot of: items/kit) 12 power supplies 24V DC 2,5A For Products: TPOS200x-Axx, TPOS210x-Axx 12 Great Britain cable CLEANING KIT 60MM AXIOHM (10 units/kit) Lot of: CK60000A For Products: 10 cleaning kits 60mm TPOS PRINTER Series User Manual Page 71 /71...
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