Anchor Data Systems (NI) Ltd Unit 36 North City Business Centre Duncairn Gardens, Belfast, BT15 2GG (028) 9074 0315 www.AnchorData.co.uk enquiries@AnchorData.co.uk ELLIX 20 RECEIPT PRINTER OPERATOR’S Manual All specifications are subject to change without notice...
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If the printer is damaged by the static electricity, you should turn the printer “OFF”. INTRODUCTION The ELLIX 20 Roll Printer is designed for use with electronic instruments such as system ECR, POS, banking equipment, computer peripheral equipment, etc. The main features of the printer are as follows: High speed printing : 52 lines per second.
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. SETTING UP THE PRINTER 1-1. U NPACKING 1-2. C ONNECTING THE ABLES 1-3. C ONNECTING THE COMPUTER 1-4. C ONNECTING THE RAWER 1-5. C ONNECTING THE OWER UPPLY 1-6. I NSTALLING OR EPLACING THE APER 1-6-1.
Chapter 1. Setting Up the Printer 1-1. Unpacking Your printer box should include these items. If any items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer for assistance.
1-2. Connecting the Cables You can connect up to three cables to the printer. They are all connected to the connector panel on the back of the printer, which is shown as below: NOTES : Before connecting any of the cables, make sure that both the printer and the computer should be turned off.
1-3. Connecting the computer You need an appropriate interface cable. 1. Plug the cable connector securely into the printer’s interface connector. 2. Tighten the screws on both sides of the cable connector. 3. Attach the other end of the cable to the computer.
1-4. Connecting the Drawer WARNING: Use a drawer that matches the printer specification. Using an improper drawer may damage the drawer as well as the printer. CAUTION: Do not connect a telephone line to the drawer kick-out connector; otherwise the printer and the telephone line may be damaged.
1-5. Connecting the Power Supply Use the optional Power supply for your printer. WARNING: Make sure that you use the attached Power supply or equivalent. Using an incorrect power supply may cause fire or electrical shock. CAUTIONS: When connecting or disconnecting the power supply from the printer, make sure that the power supply is not plugged into an electrical outlet.
1-6-1. Partition Installation NOTES : The Paper partition is factory option item. You can install the partition for 58mm paper printing on ELLIX20. Push the Open-Button and open the Cover-Open. Insert the Partition into the Paper-Supply as shown. Push the Partition until the two hook locks firmly.
Drill the wall to make the three holes and put the three anchors into the each hole. (Notice the position of the holes.) Tighten the three screws into the each anchor to fix the BRKT-Wall to the wall as shown. Hang the printer on the three hooks and fix it down.
1-6-3. Paper Roll Installation NOTES : Be sure to use paper rolls that meet the specifications. Do not use paper rolls that have the paper glued to the core because the printer cannot detect the paper end correctly. 1. Open the paper roll cover by pressing the cover-open button. If the cover-open button will not open the cover, see page 3-4 or 3-6 in Troubleshooting.
1-7. Adjustments and Settings The ELLIX 20 is set up at the factory to be appropriate for almost all users. It does, however, offer some settings for users with special requirements. It has DIP switches that allow you to change communication settings, such as handshaking and parity check, as well as printing density.
1-8. Using the Printer You can control the basic paper feeding operations of the printer with the button on the control panel. The indicator lights help you monitor the printer’s status. 1-8-1. Control Panel Feed Button The button can be disabled by the ESC c 5 command. Press the FEED button once to advance paper one line.
Chapter 2. Hexadecimal Dumping This feature allows the experienced users to see exactly what data is coming to the printer. This can be useful in finding software problems. When you turn on the hexadecimal dump function, the printer prints all commands and data in hexadecimal format along with a guide section to help you find specific commands.
Chapter 3. The self test The self-test checks whether the printer has any problems. If the printer does not function properly, contact your dealer. The self-test checks are as follows; Make sure paper roll has been installed properly. Turn on the power while holding down the FEED button. The self-test begins. The self-test prints the current printer status, which provides the control ROM version and the DIP switch setting.
Chapter 4. Code Table The following pages show the character code tables. To find the character corresponding to a hexadecimal number, count across the top of the table for the left digit and count down the left column of the table for the right digit. For example, 4A = J. Page 0 ( PC437 : USA, Standard Europe) ( International Character Set : USA )
Chapter 5. Control Commands 5-1. EPSON mode commands Command Hexadecimal Function <HT> Horizontal tab <LF> Print and line feed Print and return to standard mode <FF> (In page mode) <CR> Print and carriage return <CAN> Cancel print data in page mode <DLE>...
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Command Hexadecimal Function Select paper sensor(s) to output <ESC> c 3 n 1B 63 33 n paper-end signals Select paper sensor(s) to stop <ESC> c 4 n 1B 63 34 n printing <ESC> c 5 n 1B 63 35 n Enable/disable panel buttons <ESC>...
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Command Hexadecimal Function Enable/disable Automatic Status <GS> a n 1D 61 n Back (ASB) <GS> f n 1D 62 n Select font for HRI characters <GS> g 0… 1D 67 30… Initialize maintenance counter <GS> g 2… 1D 67 32… Transmit maintenance counter <GS>...
5-2. STAR mode commands Command Hexadecimal Function <ESC> R n 1B 52 n Select international character set <GS> t n 1D 74n Select character table <ESC> / 1 1B 2F 31 Select slash zero <ESC> / <1> 1B 2F 01 <ESC>...
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Command Hexadecimal Function <ESC> O 1B 4F Cancel bottom margin <ESC> I n 1B 6C n Set left margin <ESC> Q n 1B 51 n Set right margin <LF> Line feed <ESC> a n 1B 61 n Feed paper n lines <FF>...
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Command Hexadecimal Function <ESC> <GS> / m 1B 1D 2F 6D Printing of download bit image Define drive pulse width for <ESC> <BEL> n1 n2 1B 07 n1 n2 peripheral device #1 <BEL> Control peripheral device #1 Control peripheral device #1 <FS>...
APPENDIX A. Miscellaneous Notes A.1 Notes on Printing and Paper Feeding 1) Because the ELLIX series printer is a line printer, it automatically feeds paper after printing the data. Therefore, when the line spacing for one line is set to a smaller value than the print data, paper may be fed more than the set amount just to print the data.
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A.3 Other notes 1) Printer mechanism handling Do not pull the paper out when the cover is closed. Because the thermal elements of the printer head and driver IC are easy to break, do not touch them with any metal objects. Since the areas around the printer head become very hot during and just after printing, do not touch them.
B. Two-color printing Two-color printing is performed using two-color thermal paper if the two-color print command is executed and if two-color paper is selected by the customized value setting with Function 5 of the GS ( E command. Format Function Changes into the user setting mode GS ( E pL pH fn d1 d2 Ends the user setting mode...
C. Recovery form the Auto Cutter Error If a foreign object such as a push pin or paper clip drops in the auto cutter and causes the auto cutter to lock up, the printer enters an error state.(The error LED will blink and Buzzer will beep regularly.) 1) Turn ELLIX20 power off by pressing the POWER BUTTON.
D. Printer Head Cleaning Paper dust on the heating elements may lower the printing quality. In this case, clean the printer head as follows: 1) Open the printer cover. 2) Clean the thermal elements of the printer head using a cotton swab moistened with alcohol solvent (ethanol, methanol, IPA).
D.1 Interface Connector Serial Interface (RS-232) Pin No. Signal name Direction Function Frame Ground Output Transmit Data Input Receive Data Output Request To Send Input Data Set Ready Signal Ground Output Data Terminal Ready Serial Interface (RS-485) PinNo. Signal name Direction Function FGND...
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Parallel Interface (IEEE 1284) Source Compatibility Mode Nibble Mode Byte Mode Host nStrobe HostClk HostClk Host / Printer Data 0 (LSB) Data 0(LSB) Host / Printer Data 1 Data 1 Host / Printer Data 2 Data 2 Host / Printer Data 3 Data 3 Host / Printer...
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USB Interface Signal name Line Color Function Shell Shield Drain Wire Frame Ground VBUS Host Power White Data Line(D-) Green Data Line(D+) Black Signal Ground...
D.2 Drawer Connector Pin No. Signal name Direction Frame ground Drawer kick- out drive signal 1 Output Drawer open/close signal Input +24V Drawer kick- out drive signal 2 Output Signal ground...
F. Error Status The printer beeps the buzzer or continuously the ERROR LED blinks when it enters the Error status. There are four kinds if error status in ELLIX20 as below: Paper Out Error ( Buzzer status ) ELLIX20 beeps the buzzer as like “ Beep---,Beep---,…” and turns on the NO PAPER LED when detecting the paper out.
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Cutter Not Home ( Buzzer and ERROR LED status ) If the cutter blade is not in home position when the normal waiting time, the printer enters Cutter Not Home error status. The buzzer and ERROR LED beeps and blinks as like: (Beep beep beep----, Beep beep beep----, Beep beep beep…) If you want to clear error status above, open the cutter cover and screw a motor worm gear with a screwdriver until the buzzer stops ringing.
G. Adjusting the roll paper Near-End sensor location This sensor has five settings, which are scale #1,2,3,4 and 5. The Near-End sensor is set to #3 positions at the factory. You can change the setting to adjustment scale #1,2,3,4 and 5 as described below.
H. Specification G.1 General Printer specification Printing method Thermal line printing Dot density 180 dpi(8 dot/mm) Printing width 72 mm Paper width 80 mm 42 (Font A) Characters per line (default) 56 (Font B) 52 lines/sec Printing speed 220 mm/sec Receive Buffer Size 4K Bytes NOTE : Printing speed may be slower, depending on the data transmission speed and...
G.2 Paper specification Item Description Remark Mitsubishi F5841 Black color Paper Type Red/Black color Mitsubishi PB670* Blue/Black color Mitsubishi PB770* Paper Form Paper Roll Paper Width 80 (+0,-1) , 3.14”(+0,-0.039”) Paper Roll Size Max 83mm Spool Inside Dia. 12mm (0.47”) Spool Outside Dia.