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THERMAL PRINTING SOLUTIONS
APOS PRINTER SERIES
8 dots/mm

USER MANUAL

Reference 3107082 Issue Z
October - 2002
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 APOS PRINTER SERIES 8 dots/mm USER MANUAL Reference 3107082 Issue Z October - 2002 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 10/02 Creation APOS 8 dots/mm Printer Series User Manual Page 1 /39 Reference: FDE – 3107082 Issue Z...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION............4 2 SPECIFICATIONS ............... 5 Physical specification................5 2.1.1 Dimensions ................5 2.1.2 Print specification..............5 2.1.3 Power supply ................5 Environmental specifications ..............6 2.2.1 Environmental conditions............6 2.2.2 EMI and Safety Standards Applied........... 6 Operational performance ............... 7 2.3.1 Data hold up................
  • Page 4 4 TROUBLE SHOOTING .............. 16 5 CLEANING YOUR PRINTER............. 17 Cleaning the printer ................17 Cleaning the print head ................ 17 6 PRINTER CONTROL SOFTWARE..........18 Commands..................... 19 7 SPARES ................... 38 APOS 8 dots/mm Printer Series User Manual Page 3 /39 Reference: FDE –...

  • Page 5: General Description

    This set-up guide describes how to set up and operate the high-speed, thermal, point-of-sale (POS) printer manufactured by Axiohm SARL. The printer has many features, which give advantages to retailers, and is versatile enough to be used in other applications such as for printing out tickets and coupons.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    205mm 1390 g Weight (with cutter) 2.1.2 Print specification The APOS printer uses a fixed-head thermal print head designed and manufactured by Axiohm, using proprietary thick-film techniques to ensure the highest performance. Print head type: Thermal line Printing width: 72 mm...

  • Page 7: Environmental Specifications

    2.2 Environmental specifications 2.2.1 Environmental conditions Operating temperature: 0°C - +50°C Storage temperature: -40°C - +70°C Maximum humidity: 90% RH (non-condensing) 2.2.2 EMI and Safety Standards Applied Europe CE marking: Directive: 89/336/EEC EN55022 Class A Safety Standard: EN 60950 North American EMI: FCC/ICES-003 Class A Safety Standards: UL60950: 2000 cUL60950: 2000 APOS 8 dots/mm Printer Series User Manual...

  • Page 8: Operational Performance

    KANZAKI F380 Emulsion (sensitive) side On outside of roll * You must contact Axiohm if you wish to use an alternative type of paper; otherwise your warranty might not be valid and you could cause damage to your printer. 2.3.3...

  • Page 9: Warranty

    AXIOHM, or its official distributor, will invalidate this warranty. In no event shall AXIOHM assume any liability in excess of that defined above. It is agreed that AXIOHM will not be liable for any indemnity for accidents to persons, damage to property or for loss of earnings.

  • Page 10: Order Codes

    APOSY2OG: printer supplied for use in Great Britain, with a cutter and an RS232 interface. Note : Axiohm can supply custom versions of the APOS printer to suit specific applications. In this case, the product code will be APOSSxxx, where S stands for customized and xxx is a chronological serial number starting at S000 defining the special version.

  • Page 11: Your Printer

    The APOS printer contains a patented easy-loading printer mechanism designed and manufactured by Axiohm. This mechanism consists of a main cavity into which a paper roll is dropped for loading. The thermal print head is in front of this cavity and a rubber roller is attached to the lid of the mechanism.

  • Page 12: Cutter

    Cutter The printer may be fitted with Axiohm’s patented semi-rotating ceramic cutter. It is split with one blade in the lower cavity and the other fitted to the lid. These blades are also correctly aligned when the lid is closed to make paper loading very easy and jam-free.

  • Page 13: Choosing The Proper Location For Your Printer

    To reduce the electromagnetic emissions and susceptibility, all cables should be screened. If you are not using cables supplied by Axiohm for this purpose, please ensure that your cables match the printer and are rated at the appropriate voltage and current capacities.

  • Page 14: Communications Interface Connectors

    3.5.2 Communications interface connectors RS232 interface uses 9-pin D-type male connectors Centronics interface uses a 25-pin D-type female connector. RS232 Connector Cable for DTR/DSR protocol male DB9 connector male DB9 connector CONNECTOR VIEW Note : RTS/CTS should be tied together if using DOS print commands on a PC station. Centronics Connector CONNECTOR VIEW 9 10 11 12 13...

  • Page 15: Drawer Kick-Out Connector

    3.5.3 Drawer kick-out connector The connector used to open a cash drawer and monitor, whether the drawer is opened or closed, is a 6-pin modular RJ11 connector. CONNECTOR VIEW PINOUT 1 2 3 4 Frame ground Solenoid 1 (-ve) Switch (+ve) Solenoid Common (+ve) Solenoid 2 (-ve) Switch (-ve)

  • Page 16: Configuration Of The Switches

    3.6 Configuration of the switches Respect the following procedure in order to set the switches: Switch the printer off Set the switches as requested (see tables below) Switch the printer on 3.6.1 RS232 mode Switches 1,2,3 and 6 are used to define functions. Switches 4 and 5 are used to set the data transmission speed (see Annex B1 for RS232 timing).

  • Page 17: Trouble Shooting

    4 TROUBLE SHOOTING Problem Possible Causes and What to Do a) Printer Problems: Light is off. Check that the power-supply and cables connections are properly connected. Light is continuously on, but Check to see if the interface cable is properly connected. printer does not operate.

  • Page 18: Cleaning Your Printer

    5 CLEANING YOUR PRINTER The APOS printer is a highly reliable unit, which requires very little maintenance but may benefit from cleaning as described in the next sections. Before cleaning, unplug all electrical connections. 5.1 Cleaning the printer Keep the external surfaces clean by wiping with a lightly damp cloth. Make sure that the inside surfaces are kept dry at all times, and that the external surfaces are thoroughly dry before re-connecting.

  • Page 19: Printer Control Software

    Code Name Dec. value Hex. value Escape General “escape sequence” commands Graphic Sequence Often used for special graphic commands Axiohm Special commands for the APOS printer KANJI sequence General Kanji commands The general command syntax is as follows: Command (Description) Name and description of the command The code sequence to be sent to the printer.

  • Page 20: Commands

    6.1 Commands ESC = (Description) Select device (Format) <1Bh> <3Dh> <n> (Comments) It allows the user to select a printer. If n = 0 all the printers are deselected. If n = 1 to 32, the printer with address #n s selected, all the other printers are deselected.
  • Page 21 AX V Send printer software version (Description) (Format) <1Dh> <56h> (Comments) The printer returns 4 characters representing the software version eg. “01.0” for Version 1.0 (Cross reference) – ESC @ (Description) Initialize printer (Format) <1Bh> <40h> (Comments) Clears data in the buffer and initializes the printer settings. (Cross reference) –...
  • Page 22 ESC D (Description) Set tab positions (Format) <1Bh> <44h> [<n>] k <00h> n represents the nth character position at which you wish the tab to be set. (Comments) To set k tabs on a line, <n> must be sent k times ensuring that n1<= n2...
  • Page 23 ESC ! (Description) Set print mode (Format) <1Bh> <21h> <n> 0 <= n <= 255 (Comments) The value of n can be set to vary the mode of print according to the table below. Default value is n = 0 (ie. Font A in standard mode) (Cross reference) –...
  • Page 24 ESC G (Description) Double-strike on / off (Format) <1Bh> <47> The double-strike mode is selected if n is odd. (Comments) The double-strike mode is cancelled if n is even. (Cross reference) ESC ! (set print mode) ESC { (Description) Set / cancel upside-down character printing (Format) <1Bh>...
  • Page 25 ESC $ (Description) Set absolute position (Format) <1Bh> <24h> <n1> <n2> Sets the print starting position to the specified number of dots (1/8 mm units) (Comments) from the beginning of the line so that the position is (n1 + n2 x 256) dots from the left hand side, where 0 <= n2 <= 1 If n2 = 0: 0 <= n1 <= 255...
  • Page 26 ESC d (Description) Print and line feed n character lines (Format) <1Bh> <64h> <n> This command prints the line in the buffer and performs n blank lines (Comments) including the line in the buffer. 0 <= n <= 255 (Cross reference) – ESC J (Description) Print and line feed n dot lines...
  • Page 27 GS w Set horizontal magnification of bar code (Description) <1Dh> <77h> <n> (Format) n defines how many 1/6mm units are used to print the thin line of each (Comments) barcode symbol. The thick lines will be set to twice the value of n. 2 <= n <= 4 Default value is n = 3 (Cross reference) GS h, GS k...
  • Page 28 GS H (Description) Select printing position of bar code data (Format) <1Dh> <48h> <n> The value of n is used to set how the characters will be printed in accordance (Comments) with the following table. (Cross reference) GS f Printing position Not printed Above bar code Under bar code...
  • Page 29 AX & (Description) Define proportional characters (Format) <1Fh> <26h> <s> <n> <m> [<a> <p1> <p2> ... <ps x a>] (m-n+1) This command works as the ESC & command but allows the definition of (Comments) characters smaller than the selected font so that a proportional font may be defined.
  • Page 30 GS * (Description) Define down-loaded bit image (Format) <1Dh> <2Ah> <n1> <n2> [<d>] k The bit image is defined as an array whose width is 8 x n1 bytes and whose (Comments) height is n2 bytes. As for the user-defined characters, the image data, [<d>], is defined with the MSB at the top and with data sent to represent the image “scanned”...
  • Page 31 ESC * (Description) Print bit image (Format) <1Bh> <2Ah> <m> <n1> <n2> [<d>] (k x n) The mode of printing the bit image is defined by the value of m as given in the (Comments) table below. m = 0, 1, 32 or 33 Beware that if an invalid value of m is sent, the command will be ignored and the following bytes may be interpreted as either printable or control characters.
  • Page 32 ESC p (Description) Generate solenoid pulse (Format) <1Bh> <70h> <m> <n1> <n2> Generates a pulse on pin m of the drawer kick-out connector in accordance (Comments) with the table below. n1 x 2 ms is the on-time of the pulse. n2 x 2 ms is the off-time of the pulse.
  • Page 33 GS C0 (Description) Select counter print mode (Format) <1Dh> <43h> <30h> <m> <n> Sets the format of how the counter is printed. (Comments) 0 <= m <= 5 If m = 0, all digits of the counter will be printed, otherwise <m> of the least- significant digits will be printed.
  • Page 34 GS C2 (Description) Set binary counter value (Format) <1Dh> <43h> <32h> <n1> <n2> Counter value = n1 + n2 x 256 (Comments) Default values are n1 = 1, n2 = 0 If the counter value is out of range, it will be converted to the maximum (if counting-down) or minimum (if counting-up) value defined by GS C1 or GS (Cross reference) GS C0, GS C1, GS C, GS c GS C...
  • Page 35 GS c (Description) Print counter value (Format) <1Dh> <63h> Puts the current value of the counter in the print buffer & updates the counter. (Comments) The format of the printed value is set by the GS C0 command. (Cross reference) GS C, GS C0, GD C1, GS C2 GS : Set start / end of macro definition (Description)
  • Page 36 FS ! (Description) Specifies Kanji print mode (Format) <1Ch> <21h> <n> 0 <= n <= 255 (Comments) The value of n can be set to vary the mode of print according to the table below. Default value is n = 0 Function Bit = 0 Bit = 1...
  • Page 37 FS . (Description) Cancels Kanji mode (Format) <1Ch> <2Eh> (Comments) (Cross reference) FS S Specifies Kanji space amount (Description) (Format) <1Ch> <53h> <n1> <n2> (Comments) 0<= n1 <= 32 0<= n2 <= 32 (Cross reference) n1 defines left space in dots n2 defines right space in dots FS W Specifies Kanji 4 fold mode...
  • Page 38 Defining the external characters FS + ‘2’ + a1 + a2 +Dn Kanji characters are downloaded one by one Code: 1Ch + 32h + a1 + a2 + Dn a1 = 77h or 78h a2 = 21h to 7Eh (meaning 94 characters) Dn = p1, p2, p3 ...

  • Page 39: Spares

    7 SPARES All spare parts kits are supplied as individually packaged loose parts. It is possible to obtain different groups of spare parts kits. AXIHOM customer service will provide the list later. Reference Designation Contents 3101046 DOOR OPEN SWITCH KIT Door switch (x1) For Products: APOSY20E, APOSY20G...
  • Page 40 3103211 PRINT HEAD KIT 8 DOTS/MM ~ to be created 8 dots/mm print head (x1) For Products: platen (x1) 3103212 EQUIPPED PLATEN KIT ~ to be created APOSY20E, APOSY20G For Products: Platen gear (x1) 3104129 TOP ASSEMBLY KIT APOSS001 Light gray top assembly (x1) For Products: APOSY20E, APOSY20G 3105803...

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