TH82 Series Reference Manual CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..........................3 FCC CLASS B ................................3 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ......................... 3 SAFETY STANDARDS (Power supply) ......................... 3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL.............................. 4 CHAPTER 1 SET UP.........................5 UNPACKING ..............................5 PRINTER COMPONENTS ..........................5 ATTACHING INTERFACE CABLE TO THE PRINTER................5 ATTACHING THE DRAWER, GROUND WIRE AND POWER SUPPLY............
TH82 Series Reference Manual INTRODUCTION FCC CLASS B This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, may cause interference to radio and television reception. It has...
TH82 Series Reference Manual 1 CHAPTER 1 SET UP 1.1 UNPACKING Check for the following items in your box. 1 thermal printer 2 roll paper 3 AC adapter 4 AC cord 1.2 PRINTER COMPONENTS PRINTER COVER COVER OPEN KNOB CONTROL PANEL...
TH82 Series Reference Manual 1.4 ATTACHING THE DRAWER, GROUND WIRE AND POWER SUPPLY DRAWER KICK CABLE DC CABLE GROUND WIRE 1.4.1 THE DRAWER CAUTION : You need a drawer that fits the printer’s specification. Do not connect a telephone line to the drawer kick-out connector.
TH82 Series Reference Manual 2 CHAPTER 2 OPERATION Use the indicator’s lights to monitor the printing status. 2.1 POWER SWITCH Turn the printer ON or OFF. 2.2 CONTROL PANEL 2.2.1 FEED Press the FEED button to advance the paper by one line. Hold down the FEED button to advance paper continuously.
TH82 Series Reference Manual 3 CHAPTER 3 MAINTERNANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 3.1 INSTALLING OR REPLACING PAPER ROLL CAUTION : make sure that paper rolls meets printer’s specification. Do not use paper rolls that have one end glued to the core. This causes excessive load on the paper feed.
TH82 Series Reference Manual 3.3 PAPER JAM CAUTION : Do not touch the printer head because they are very hot after continuous printing. Do not attempt to clear a paper jam until the printer cools down. 1 : Turn the printer off and press the cover open button.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual Error Contents Check/points to check Solutions ERROR Indicator is ON The Printer Cover doesn’t close completely Open the Cover by pressing the Cover Open Button, and Close it again by pushing at center of ERROR Indicator doesn’t light up...
TH82 Series Reference Manual 4 CHAPTER 4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION • ¡ Read all the direction and keep this manual for future use. • ¡ Follow all of the warnings and instructions marked on the product and in this manual.
TH82 Series Reference Manual 5 CHAPTER 5 SPECIFICATION 5.1 PRINTING SPECIFICATION TYPE TH-82 TH-200, TH-200s LTPE347B-C576 • ¦ 1 LTPF347A-C576 • ¦ 1 Model NO. of Printer Mechanism Printing Method Direct Line Thermal Direct Line Thermal Dot pitch 8 dot/mm 8 dot/mm 75 mm per second (Max.)
TH82 Series Reference Manual 5.2 PAPER SPECIFICATION 79.5• } 0.5mm(3.13• } 0.02”) Paper Width: Roll diameter: Maximum 80mm (3.15”) Paper roll size: Take-up paper roll width: 80 +0.5/-1.0mm (3.15+0.02/-0.04”) Specified thermal roll paper: Specified paper: NTP080-80 [Original paper: TF50KS-E2C Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.] Packaged roll paper: [Original paper: PD160R-N (Oji Paper Mfg.
TH82 Series Reference Manual 5.3.3 POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR The connector is connected the printer to an external power source. SIGNAL +24V SHELL SHELL CONNECTOR MODEL: Printer side: Hosiden TCS7960-532010 or equivalent User side: Hosiden TCP8927-631100 or equivalent Hosiden TCP8927-531100 or equivalent 5.3.4...
TH82 Series Reference Manual 5.4 PACKAGE SPECIFICATION OUTER CASE Weight: 10.5 Kg 330 mm 560 mm 410 mm Serial no. Care mark on both sides Model name *Mark “C” should be stamped below the model name for identification. ENCLOSED GOODS:...
TH82 Series Reference Manual 6.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMANDS The name of the command. NAME The code sequence. ASCII indicates ASCII equivalents. HEX indicates the [FORMAT] hexadecimal equivalents. < >H represents hexadecimal number, < > represents decimal number and [ ]k represents a repeat count of k-times.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual DLE NUL Clear <10>H<00>H [FORMAT] This command is invalid. *DLE NUL clears the data in the print buffer. [FUNCTION] *This command clears part of the printer configuration. DLE ENQ Real-time request to printer <10>H<05>H<n> [FORMAT] 1≦n≦2H [RANGE] DLE ENQ responds to a request in real time from the HOST, specified by n.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual DLE DC4 Real-time pulse output <10>H<14>H<n><m><t> [FORMAT] [RANGE] m=0• C 1 1≦t≦8H This command outputs the pulse specified by t to connector pin m as follows. [FUNCTION] Connector pin Plug 1 Plug 2 The pulse ON time is t x100msec. and the OFF time is t x100msec..
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TH82 Series Reference Manual High Drawer open/close signal(connector pin 3) Off/On Online Offline Not used Fixed to off Undefined Undefined Not used Fixed to off n = 2: Offline status VALUE Function Not used Fixed to off Not used Fixed to off...
TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC FF Print data in page mode <1B>H<0C>H [FORMAT] Prints all buffered data in the printing area collectively in page mode. [FUNCTION] *This command is enabled only in page mode. [DETAILES] *After printing, the printer keeps the buffered data, setting values for ESC T and ESC W, and the position for buffering character data.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual Sets the distance from the beginning of the line to the position at which subsequent characters [FUNCTION] should be printed. The distance from the beginning of the line to the print position is (nl + n2x256) x (vertical or horizontal motion unit).
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TH82 Series Reference Manual 0≦n2≦1 High 8 bits of the number of printing dot. 0≦d≦FFH Bit image data Prints data following the bit image modes specified by m [FUNCTION] Vertical direction Vertical direction Horizontal direction Mode No. of data No. of dots...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual Function 0,48 Turns off underline mode 1,49 Turns on underline mode of 1-dot thick 2,50 Turns on underline mode of 2-dot thick *An underline is attached to the full character width including right side character spacing, but not [CAUTION] attached to the space set by HT and 90o clockwise rotated character by ESC V.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual *n1 is the total block number of logo pattern which should be set. [CAUTION] Block number 1(n2) Total bock number(n1) Block number N-1 Block number N ¥ n2is the block number which should be set. ¥...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual *The DIP switch settings are not checked again. [CAUTION] *The data in the receive buffer is not cleared. *The macro definition is not cleared. *The NV bit image data is not cleared. ESC D Set horizontal tab positions <1B>H<44>H[d1...dk]<00>...
TH82 Series Reference Manual n=<*******0>B Double-strike mode is turned off. n=<*******1>B Double-strike mode is turned on. *n is valid only for the lowest bit. [DETAILES] *Printer output is all the same with emphasized mode. n=0 (double-strike mode off) [DEFAULT] ESC J Print and feed paper <1B>H<4A>H<n>...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual 1,49 Font B (8x16) selected. The ESC ! command can also select the character fonts but the setting of the last received [DETAILES] command is effective. ESC R Select an international character set <1B>H<52>H<n> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦13 [RANGE] *Selects an international character set.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC T Select print direction in page mode <1B>H<54>H<n> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦3 • A 48≦n≦51 [RANGE] Selects the print direction and start position in page mode. [FUNCTION] Print direction Starting position 0,48 Left to right Upper left (A in the right figure•...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC W Set printing area in page mode <1B>H<57>H<xL><xH><yL><yH><dxL><dxH><dyL><dyH> [FORMAT] 0≦xL• A xH• A yL• A yH• A dxL• A dxH• A dyL• A dyH≦255 [RANGE] ATTN: Except dxL=dxH=0 or dyL=dyH=0 Sets printing area and position.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC ╲ Select relative print position <1B>H<5C>H<n1><n2> [FORMAT] 0≦n1≦FFH [RANGE] 0≦n2≦FFH *Sets the print starting position based on the current position. [FUNCTION] *[(n1+n2×256)× horizontal or vertical motion unit]. *Setting that exceeds the printable area is ignored.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC c 3 Select paper sensor to output paper end signals <1B>H<63>H<33>H<n> [FORMAT] This command is invalid. 0≦n≦255 [RANGE] Selects the paper sensor to output paper end signals. [FUNCTION] FUNCTION HEX. Paper roll near end sensor disabled Paper roll near end sensor enabled.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC c 4 Select paper sensor to stop printing (Near-end sensor model only) <1B>H<63>H<34>H<n> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦255 [RANGE] Selects the paper sensor to stop printing when a paper near end is detected. [FUNCTION] VALUE FUNCTION Paper roll near end sensor.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC k Select characters (ANK) <1B>H<6B>H<n> [FORMAT] This command is invalid. 0≦n≦1 [RANGE] Select ANK characters specified by n. [FUNCTION] VALUE FUNCTION Select characters Mintyo Gothic Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined This command ignores in the model with one of above characters...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC p Generate pulse <1B>H<70>H<m><n1><n2> [FORMAT] m=0,1,48,49 [RANGE] 0≦n1≦FFH 0≦n2≦FFH n1≦n2 m=0,48: Outputs the pulse specified by n1 and n2 to drawer no. 1. [FUNCTION] m=1,49: Outputs the pulse specified by n1 and n2 to drawer no. 2.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC u Transmit drawer status <1B>H<75>H<n> [FORMAT] This command is invalid. n=0• A 48 [RANGE] Transmits the status of drawer sensor. [FUNCTION] Status bit 0 = 0: plug 1 Closed Bit 0 = 1: plug 1 Open...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual ESC • ` Select print density <1B>H<7E>H<m><n> [FORMAT] m=0, [RANGE] 0≦n≦7 Selects print density. [FUNCTION] Sets print density specified by n as follows. Lightest Deepest This command is enabled only when processed at the beginning of a line.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual FS g 2 Read to NV user memory <1C>H<67>H<32>H<m><a1><a2><a3><a4><nL><nH> [FORMAT] [RANGE] 0≦(a1+(a2x256)+(a3x65536)+(a4x16777216))≦1023 1≦(nL+(nHx256))≦80 *Transmits data of NV (Non-volatile) user memory. [FUNCTION] *m is set to 0. *a1• A a2• A a3 and a4 specify the stored starting address of the data to (a1+(a2x256)+(a3x65536) + (a4x16777216).
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TH82 Series Reference Manual FS p Print NV bit image <1C>H<70>H<n><m> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦255 [RANGE] 0≦m≦3• A 48≦m≦51 Prints a NV (Non-volatile) bit image n using the mode specified by m. [FUNCTION] Mode Vertical Dot Density Horizontal Dot Density 0,48 Normal...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual FS q Define NV bit image <1C>H<71>H<n>[xL xH yL yH d1...dk]1...[xL xH yL yH d1...dk]n [FORMAT] 1≦n≦255 [RANGE] 0≦xL≦255 0≦xH≦3 (When 1≦(xL+xH x256)≦1023) 0≦yL≦255 0≦yH≦1 (When 1≦(yL+yH x256)≦288) 0≦d≦255 k=(xL+xH x256)x(yL+yH x256)x8 Total defined data area = 2M bits (256K bytes) Defines the NV (Non-volatile) bit image specified.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual *Frequent command execution may cause damage the NV memory. Thus, it is strongly [CAUTION] recommended to write the NV memory 10 times a day. *The printer executes a hardware reset after finished writing to the NV memory. Thus, download characters, download bit images and macros should be undefined, the printer clears the receive buffer and initializes the mode to the mode that was effective at power on.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual FS r Read NV bit image This command is invalid. FS ! Specify Kanji character print mode <1C>H<21>H<n> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦255 [RANGE] Specifies print mode for Kanji characters. [FUNCTION] Value Function Undefined Undefined Double-width mode Double-height mode...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual FS & Specify Kanji character mode <1C>H<26>H [FORMAT] [RANGE] Specifies Kanji character mode. [FUNCTION] [CAUTION] [For Japanese model] *When the Kanji character mode is selected, the printer processes all the following data as two bytes code.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual FS - Turn underline mode on/off for Kanji character <1C>H<2D>H<n> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦2, 48≦n≦50 [RANGE] Turns underline mode on or off for Kanji characters. [FUNCTION] Function 0,48 Turns off underline mode for Kanji characters. 1,49 Turns on underline mode for Kanji characters with 1 dot thick 2,50 Turns on underline mode for Kanji characters with 2 dot thick.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual FS 2 Define download Kanji character <1C>H<32>H<a1><a2>data1……data72 24 X 24 dots [FORMAT] <1C>H<32>H<a1><a2>data1……data32 16 X 16 dots a1=77H, 21H≦a2≦7EH Japanese Kanji (JIS) [RANGE] Japanese Kanji (SHIFT-JIS) a1=ECH, 40H≦a2≦7EH / 80H≦a2≦9EH a1=FEH, A1H≦a2≦FEH Chinese Kanji (GB2312) a1=FEH, A1H≦a2≦FEH Korea Kanji (KS C 5601) Defines user-defined Kanji characters for the character code specified by a1, a2.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual FS C Select Kanji character code system (Japanese model only) <1C>H<43>H<n> [FORMAT] n=0,1,48,49 [RANGE] Selects a Kanji character code system. [FUNCTION] Selection 0,48 JIS code system 1,49 SHIFT JIS system *In the JIS code system, the available codes are as follows and this command is valid only on [DETAILES] Japanese model.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual FS W Turn quadruple-size mode on/off for Kanji character <1C>H<57>H<n> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦255 [RANGE] *Turns quadruple-size mode on or off for Kanji characters specified by n. [FUNCTION] Value Function Quadruple character Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS ! Select character size <1D>H<21>H<n> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦FFH [RANGE] Selects the character size, height and width. [FUNCTION] Function Value Character height selection See table 2 Character width selection See table 1 Table 1 Table 2 Character width selection Character height selection Hex.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS $ Set absolute vertical print position in page mode <1D>H<24>H<nL><nH> [FORMAT] 0≦nL≦255• A 1≦nH≦255 [RANGE] Sets the absolute vertical print position which is based on the starting position in page mode. [FUNCTION] The absolute print position is set to [(nL + nH x 256) x (horizontal or vertical motion unit)].
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS ( A Execute test printing <1D>H<28>H<41>H<pL><pH><n><m> [FORMAT] (pL+(pH x256)=2 (pL=2• A pH=0) [RANGE] This command is invalid. 0≦n≦2• A 48≦n≦50 1≦m≦3• A 49≦m≦51 Executes a test print specified. [FUNCTION] *pL, pH specifies the number of the parameter as (pL+(pH x256) bytes.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS : Start/end macro definition <1D>H<3A>H [FORMAT] [RANGE] Starts or ends macro definition. [FUNCTION] *Macro definition is useful when the same contents need to be printed several times. [CAUTION] *Macro definition starts when this command is received during normal operation. Macro definition ends when this command is received during macro definition.
TH82 Series Reference Manual GS H Select printing position of HRI characters <1D>H<48>H<n> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦3, 48≦n≦51 [RANGE] *Selects the printing position of HRI characters when printing a bar code. [FUNCTION] *n = 0,48: Not printed. *n = 1,49: Above the bar code.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS L Sets left margin <1D>H<4C>H<nL><nH> [FORMAT] 0≦nL≦255 [RANGE] 0≦nH≦255 *Sets the left margin specified by nL and nH. [FUNCTION] *The left margin is set to [(nL + nH x 256) x horizontal motion unit]. Printable area...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS P Specify basic calculate pitch <1D>H<50>H<x><y> [FORMAT] 0≦x≦255 [RANGE] 0≦y≦255 *Specifies the horizontal and vertical motion units to approximately 25.4/xmm{(1/x) inches} and [FUNCTION] approximately 25.4/ymm{(1/y) inches}. *When x = 0, the default setting of horizontal motion unit is used.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS W Set printing area width <1D>H<57>H<nL><nH> [FORMAT] 0≦nL≦255 [RANGE] 0≦nH≦255 *Sets the printing area width specified by nL, nH. [FUNCTION] *The printing area width is [(nL + nH x 256) x horizontal motion unit]. Printable area...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual *If the width set for the printing area is less than one line in horizontal, the following is processed only on the line in question when bit image is developed. ‡ @ The printing area width is extended to the right to accommodate one line in horizontal for the bit image within the printable area.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS ^ Execute macro <1D>H<5E>H<n1><n2><n3> [FORMAT] 0≦n1≦255 [RANGE] 0≦n2≦255 0≦n3≦1 *Executes a macro. [FUNCTION] *n1 specifies the number of times to execute the macro. *n2 specifies the waiting time when the macro is executed. *n3 specifies macro executing mode.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS a Enable/disable Automatic Status Back <1D>H<61>H<n> [FORMAT] 0≦n≦255 [RANGE] *Enable or disable Automatic Status Back (ASB) and select the status. [FUNCTION] Value Status Drawer kick-out connector Disabled Enabled Online/offline status Disabled Enabled Error status Disabled...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual b: Second byte (error information) Value Status Undefined Undefined Mechanical error occurred Not occurred Undefined Not used Fixed to 0 Unrecoverable error occurred Not occurred Head temperature error occurred Not occurred Not used Fixed to 0...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS b Turn smoothing mode on/off <1D>H<62>H<n> [FORMAT] This command is invalid. 0≦n≦255 [RANGE] Turns smoothing mode on or off. [FUNCTION] When n = <*******0>B, smoothing mode is turned off. When n = <*******1>B, smoothing mode is turned on.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS k Print bar code ‡ @ <1D>H<6B>H<m><d1>...<dk><00>H [FORMAT] ‡ A <1D>H<6B>H<m><n><d1>...<dn> ‡ @ 0≦m≦6 [RANGE] ‡ A 65≦m≦72 Selects a bar code system and prints the bar code. [FUNCTION] ‡ @ Bar code system Defined range of d...
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS r Transmit status <1D>H<72>H<n> [FORMAT] 1≦n≦2, 49≦n≦50 [RANGE] *Transmits the status specified by n. [FUNCTION] Function 1,49 Transmits paper sensor status 2,50 Transmits drawer open sensor status *The status which should be transmitted as follows.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS v 0 Print raster bit image <1D>H<76>H<30>H<m><xL><xH><yL><yH>[d1...dk] [FORMAT] 0≦m≦3• A 48≦m≦51 [RANGE] 0≦xL≦255 0≦xH≦255 0≦yL≦255 0≦yH≦8 0≦d≦255 k=(xL + xH x 256) x (yL + yH x 256) (k ≠ 0) Prints raster bit image specified by mode m.
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TH82 Series Reference Manual GS w Select bar code width <1D>H<77>H<n> [FORMAT] This command is invalid. 2≦n≦4 [RANGE] Sets the horizontal size of the bar code to dot n. [FUNCTION] [DEFAULT] 66/66...
TH82 Series Reference Manual APPENDIX A DIP SWITCH SETTING & CHECKING THE DIP SWITCHES CONTENTS STATUS STATUS Reset By Dtr Signals Invalid Valid (Reserved) (Fixed to OFF) (Fixed to OFF) Protocol XON/XOFF DTR/DSR Baud Rate 9600 19200 Even Parity Data Length...
3: Activation of Copy2Com.exe Select COM port from the Startup(S) menu. Default setting is COM1. Communication settings for downloading the TH82 program are 38400BPS, NON PARITY and 8BIT. Change the setting of COM port and Speed. Then, click “OpenCom” from the File(F) menu.
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