TP UP-PN24S User Manual

Portable dot matrix printer

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TP UP-PN
Portable Dot Matrix Printer
User' s Manual
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Summary of Contents for TP UP-PN24S

  • Page 1 TP UP-PN Portable Dot Matrix Printer User’ s Manual The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice .
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 3.3 Formatting Commands ..............15 3.4 Character Setting Commands............21 Brief introduction....................2 3.5 User-Defined Character Commands..........26 Chapter 1 Features .....................3 3.6 Printing Graphics Commands ............28 1.1 Printing Features .................3 3.7 Initialization Command ..............31 1.2 Print Paper ..................3 3.8 Data Control Commands..............
  • Page 3: Brief Introduction

    1000 1.1×2.6 thousand UP-PN40S TP UP-PN portable 8 dot matrix printer is suitable for application of mobile lines instrument or such as PDA¡¢ POS etc device. 1.2 Print Paper • Normal paper roll, max OD: 50mm, ID: 12.5mm •...
  • Page 4: Printing Control Commands

    Detect the Black Mark and feed paper to the beginning of next paper. • Humidity: 10~80%RH 1.6 Interface 1.11 Overall dimension TP UP-PN provides both interfaces of RS-232 serial port and IrDA infrared • 153(L)¡Á 116(W)¡Á 65(H)mm port . •...
  • Page 5: Chapter 2 Installation And Operation

    Release Bar 2.1 Installation DC Jack TP UP-PN portable dot matrix printer has an outline as shown figure 2-1: Battery installation: put the battery into the battery house in the bottom of Serial Port the printer. Please notice the polarity of the battery fitting to the electrode in Electrod the battery house.
  • Page 6: Replacing The Ribbon Cassette

    Figure 2-4 Ribbon holder 2.5 Interface Selecting Figure 2-3 Loading paper TP UP-PN printer allows to select using RS-232 serial interface or IrDA infrared interface. 1). RS-232 serial interface: 2.4 Replacing the ribbon cassette Connect the RS-232 serial interface cable specified with the printer, the TP UP-PN printers have a ribbon cassette loaded at ex-factory but printer will set to use RS-232 serial interface.
  • Page 7: Operation Of Indicators And Buttons

    2.7 Operation of Indicators and Buttons Printer interface mode TP UP-PN has two indicators: the left one is a dichromatic light, red light Mark=logic¡° 1¡ ± £ ¨EIA level -3V~-15V£© indicate charging the battery green light indicate printer under working, the Space=logic¡°...
  • Page 8: Chapter 3 Printing Control Commands

    3.1 Summary Press button ON and keep more than 5 seconds, then release the button, the TP UP-PN portable thermal printer provides a set of print control printer will power off. commands includes: byte control commands¡¢ ESC control commands¡¢ FS (3) Self Test: when power off, press and hold button LF, and then press control commands ¡¢...
  • Page 9: Formatting Commands

    40 NEXT I Line feed n dot-lines forward. The value of n is 1¡« 255. A printout of above program on TP UP-PN is below: Note: the line spacing may be changed after use enlarging character command ESC V or ESC W.
  • Page 10 'VT command Hexadecimal 70 PRINT #1, "VTAB3"; 'print string The BASIC program sending above code sequence is below: PRINT #1, CHR$(27);"N";CHR$(3); The printout running this program in TP UP-PN is as follows: ESC O Cancel bottom margin Format: ASCII ESC O...
  • Page 11 70 PRINT #1, CHR$(9); 'HT command Decimal 102 1 80 PRINT #1, "HT3"; 'Print string Hexadecimal : The printout of running this program in TP UP-PN is as follows: ESC Q Set right margin Format: ASCII ESC Q Decimal Hexadecimal...
  • Page 12: Character Setting Commands

    'CR command The position is absolutely set by this command, so it is not affected by The printout of running the program in TP UP-PN printer is shown below: ESC U and ESC W character enlarge commands. For instance, to set left margin into 6, you can send following command:...
  • Page 13 'From 1 to 3 times 20 PRINT #1, CHR$(27);"V";CHR$(I); 'ESC V command 30 PRINT #1, "TP" 'Print string 40 NEXT I The printout of running the program in TP UP-PN printer is shown below: ESC - Turn underline on/off Format: ASCII...
  • Page 14 All characters in use will be from Font 1 after issuing this command. Decimal 105 n There are two sets of fonts available in TP UP-PN printers. Font 1 is Hexadecimal : 1B selected when power on or ESC @ command is active.
  • Page 15: User-Defined Character Commands

    Explanation: ESC % Replace with user-defined character If n=1, then turn inverse printing on. If n=0, turn it off. Reverse printing Format: ASCII : ESC % n2...mk nk NUL is usual in wall-mounted printer, so that the printout is easy to read. The Decimal :27 n2...mk nk 0 default is n=0.
  • Page 16: Printing Graphics Commands

    ESC K command is determined by the formula n2¡Á 256+n1. According to printer TP UP-PN, n2 should be 0 and n1 should range among 1 to the maximum number of dots in one line specified by the model of printer.
  • Page 17: Initialization Command

    70 NEXT X All data in the buffer will be printed and the paper will be fed one line The printout of running above program in TP UP-PN printer is as below: forward when sending a CR command to the printer.
  • Page 18: Hexadecimal Dumping Command

    Explanation: FS ? Exit Chinese printing Mode The NUL command needs to combine several commands and ends those Format: ASCII commands, for example ESC B, ESC D, and ESC %. It would be no effect if Decimal issuing alone. Hexadecimal Explanation: This command is used to exit Chinese Character Printing mode.
  • Page 19 After power on, printer default the black mark has been at the paper tear bar. The content to be printed should be between two black marks in sequence. This command is valid only on using the paper with pre-printed black mark.
  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Battery Charge And Discharge

    Chapter 4 Battery Charge and Discharge 4.4 Method of getting back the capacity If the battery discharged not entirely (the printer can work or the battery 4.1 Battery is discharged not sufficiently before charging) and charged not entirely (the The printer uses a rechargeable battery with DC 6V 1500mAh. charging time is not enough) more times, the battery capacity will reduce due to Ni-MH battery have some remembrance effect.
  • Page 21: Chapter 5 Notice About The Irda Infrared Interface

    Chapter 5 Notice about the IrDA Infrared Interface Chapter 6 Notice about the Rechargeable Ni-MH Battery When use the IrDA infrared interface the user must notice the following: 6.1 Ni-MH Rechargeable Battery characteristics 6.1.1 Charging characteristics 1 The communication parameter must meet the following The charging characteristic is affected by the current¡¢...
  • Page 22: Notice

    relative humidity about 45%¡« 85%. Store in high temperature may cause Explanation: leakage, store in high relative humidity may cause corrode. C=rated charging current (or discharging current)/hour The capacity of the battery may be lower after along time storage. Charge =rated capacity mAh/h and discharge the battery for several times can get back the capacity.
  • Page 23: Appendix 1 Specifications

    Appendix 1 Specifications Appendix 2 Printing Control Commands q Printing method: Dot matrix printing Hexade Decimal Command Description q Printing mechanism: 8 pin shuttle head cimal q Printing width: 57.5mm Ending mark q Printing paper: (normal paper, paper will-ended sensor) Horizontal tab Outside diameter:¦µ...
  • Page 24: Appendix 3 Character Code Tables

    1B 44 ESC D n1…nk NUL Set Horizontal tabs Appendix 3 Character Code Tables 1B 4A ESC J n Perform ‘n’ dot-line feed 1B 4B ESC K n1 n2…data… Set a n1¡Á 8 dot-matrix graphics Character code table 1 1B 4E ESC N n Set bottom margin 1B 4F...
  • Page 25 Character code table 2...

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