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Notice: LXE Inc. reserves the right to make improvements or changes in the products described in this manual at any time without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, LXE assumes no liability resulting from any errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein.
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Tab ......................2-24 Character Control ................2-26 Font Selection ................... 2-26 Character Pitch ..................2-27 Character Style ..................2-30 Miscellaneous ................... 2-38 Bit Image Control................2-39 Creating 8-Pin Bit Images............... 2-39 Density Change ..................2-45 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
(LXE DocID 2325A137OPGD) for operation and installation information The portable LXE™ 2325 Vehicle Printer, for use with LXE’s 2325 handheld computers, combines a rugged dot matrix printer with the charging and storage functions of a storage cradle for the handheld computer.
Introduction About This Guide Refer to the LXE 2325 Operator’s Guide (LXE DocID 2325A136OPGD) for instructions when operating a 2325 in the 2325 Vehicle Printer. This guide presents information on the printer, paper, ribbons, printer settings, indicator lights, charging the battery, care and maintenance, programming the printer, and supported character sets.
Internal 12V Battery Instruction Important The LXE 2325 Vehicle Printer is shipped with a disconnected battery. This method preserves the overall life of the battery as well as maintains the original charge. Make sure to connect the battery before using the printer.
The printer is turned off and left plugged into a charger when not in use. The battery is disconnected if the printer is to be unused for more than four weeks. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
Lead acid gel battery. Figure 1-2 Proper Connection of the Vehicle Cable The printer chassis (green wire) is isolated from the printer electronic ground. Therefore, the printer can be used with positive or negative ground vehicle systems. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
The internal fuses F1 and F2 are rated at F1: 250V 4 Amps Slow Blow F2: 250V 3 Amps Fast Blow Caution: For continued protection against risk of fire, replace only with the same type and rating of fuse. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
Plug one end of the telephone cord (four conductor flat cable) into the 6- pin RJ-45 connector and the other end into an analog telephone wall jack. The modem supports the AT Command set with extensions and can operate with industry standard communication software. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
2325 communications active • 2325 battery charging • Printer power on • Printer battery charging • Printer on-line • User Controls Printer Power On/Off • Printer On-line/Off-line • Line Feed • Back Space • Form Feed E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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15% to 85% humidity, non- condensing • -30°C to 70°C, -22°F to 160°F 5% to 95% humidity, non-condensing storage • Power Input 10 - 30 VDC at 3 amps maximum Requirements • Options Spare battery • Spare ribbons 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
The printer must then be turned OFF and back ON. This will set the top of form to the correct position. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
To determine if the print mechanism is functioning properly: Turn the printer OFF. Turn the printer ON while holding down one of the following buttons: BACK FEED for NLQ test LINE FEED for DRAFT test. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
On line Light on Light on Paper Empty Light on Light on Light on Charging Fully charged Light off Power supply error Flashing ROM/RAM error Flashing Flashing Flashing Flashing Flashing Flashing Carriage position error E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
Figure 1-8 Cradle Indicators Green. The battery is charging. When battery is fully charged, the light goes out. DATA Green. The 2325 is sending data to the printer. When transmission is complete, the light goes out. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
Enable Paper Empty Sensor ............2-15 Paper Feed Control .................. 2-16 Vertical Feed..................2-16 Line Feed ..................2-16 Form Feed ..................2-16 ESC ] Reverse Line Feed................ 2-16 ESC J Execute n/216” Line Spacing ............2-17 E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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Cancel Double-Width Character Mode Set by SO ......2-30 ESC ! Change Print Mode Parameters............ 2-30 ESC - Activate/Deactivate Underline Function........2-31 ESC E Set Emphasized Character Mode ..........2-32 ESC F Cancel Emphasized Character Mode .......... 2-32 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
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Set Double-Speed and Double-Density Bit Image Mode... 2-42 ESC Z Set Quadruple-Density Bit Image Mode........2-42 Density Change..................2-43 ESC ? Change Bit Image Density............2-43 ESC r Select International Character Set ..........2-44 E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
*1 Print attributes include the condensed, underline, overline, italic, emphasized, double-strike, super/subscript, double-width, double- height/double-width, and proportional prints. *2 Bit images, NLQ, and graphic characters may be printed bidirectionally by modifying parameter p2 (bit 5) of ESC [ K command. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
ESC ! n Change Print Mode Parameters 1B 21 n ESC * m n1 n2 data Select Bit Image Mode 1B 2A m n1 n2 data ESC - n Activate/Deactivate Underline 1B 2D n Function 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
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1B 43 00 n ESC D n1 ...n28 NUL Set Horizontal Tab Stops 1B 44 n1 ...n28 00 ESC E Set Emphasized Character 1B 45 Mode ESC F Cancel Emphasized Character 1B 46 Mode E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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1B 54 Mode ESC U n Set/Cancel Unidirectional 1B 55 n Printing ESC W n Set/Cancel Double-width 1B 57 n Character Mode ESC X n1 n2 Set Right and Left Margins 1B 58 n1 n2 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
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ESC _ n Activate/Deactivate Overline 1B 5F n Function ESC k n Select NLQ Font 1B 6B n ESC r n Select International Character 1B 72 n ESC x n Select Print Quality 1B 78 n E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
. The printer will be initialized according to these parameters. n1 = 01H: The printer is initialized according to init. n1 = 03H: The printer is initialized according to init and p1 . 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
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Bit Function Accept p1 Ignore p1 Not used. Not used. AUTO CR AUTO LF Page length 11” 12” Zero font Unslashed Slashed Select character set Character set 1 Character set 2 E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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If bit 7 is 0, the printer is initialized according to the settings of that parameter. If bit 2 of p2 is 1 (invalid FF code), the FF code received at the top-of- form (TOF) position is ignored. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
If the (n2 x 256 + n1 ) > 1, this command is effective while the printer ignores the surplus data. If the (n2 x 256 + n1 ) = 1, or if a specification for m is 00H or 01H, the printer ignores this command. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
DC1 command or the ON/OFF LINE switch is pressed twice. CAN Clear Printer Buffer Format Dec. Hex. Function Clears the print data stored in the image buffer. All of the control commands except for BS, HT, and SO remain unaffected. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
Prints the data in the buffer and returns the print position to the left margin. If the auto line feed (LF) function is enabled by ESC 5 1 command, a line feed automatically accompanies a carriage return. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
CR command. If n is 00H or 30H, the printer prints data in the buffer and performs a carriage return with no line feed. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
= 00H or 30H: Draft mode n = 01H or 31H: NLQ mode Dec. 27 120 n Hex. 1B 78 n Function Selects the draft or near-letter quality (NLQ) mode with n as above. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
00H or 30H for n produces bi-directional printing; 01H or 31H for n, unidirectional printing from left to right. If the printer receives this command halfway on a line, the setting takes effect on that line and the following lines. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
Enables the paper empty sensor. If the paper empty sensor detects the paper empty state, the printer goes off-line. To resume printing, load paper and press the ON/OFF LINE switch. This command setting is a default. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
1B 4A n Function Advances the paper n/216” for one line only, after printing the data stored in the buffer. This command does not affect the current line feed pitch for the subsequent lines. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
TOF position. ESC O Deactivate Skip-Over Perforation Function Format ESC O Dec. 27 79 Hex. 1B 4F Function Deactivates the skip-over perforation function set by an ESC N command. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
1/72”. If no ESC A command has been sent in advance, this command sets the default line spacing of 1/6”. This setting remains effective until another spacing is specified. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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01H ≤ n ≤ FFH Dec. 27 65 n Hex. 1B 41 n Function Sets the text line spacing to n/72”. This setting takes effect when the printer receives an ESC 2 command. Refer to ESC 2 command. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
This command takes effect even if the printer receives it halfway on a line. This command cancels the skip-over perforation function set by an ESC N command. The vertical TAB stops remain unaffected. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
The valid ranges of n1 and n2 depend upon the character size as listed below: When the double-width character mode is selected, the right and left margins are set according to the normal character size. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
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04H ≤ n2 ≤ 89H Condensed 01H ≤ n1 ≤ 9DH 05H ≤ n2 ≤ A0H Condensed elite When the double-width character mode is selected, the right and left margins are set according to the normal character size. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
Sets the vertical tab stop positions up to 64 at the lines specified by n1 ... n64 on the same page. The tab stop positions are stored as absolute values obtained by multiplying the number of lines by the current line spacing. Tab stop 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
Cancels the vertical tab stops set by an ESC B command, and resets the horizontal tab stops set by an ESC D command to the default positions (every eight positions). After the printer receives this command, VT commands become functionally equivalent to LF commands. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
Dec. 27 107 n Hex. 1B 6B n Function Prints data with NLQ font selected by n: Font Prestige Quadro Brougham Gothic n should be character 0 through 3 (30 to 33 in hex.). 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
A DC2 or ESC P command cancels this setting. ESC P Set/Cancel Proportional Spacing Format ESC P n n = 00H or 30H: Cancel proportional spacing n = 01H or 31H: Set proportional spacing Dec. 27 80 n Hex. 1B 50 n E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
Allows the printer to print (n1 + n2 x 256) characters from the All- character Code Set. To print characters, the corresponding codes must be sent immediately following this command. ESC ^ Print One Character from All-character Code Set 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
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Dec. 27 94 Hex. 1B 5E Function Allows the printer to print only one character from the All-character Code Set. To print a character, the corresponding code must be sent immediately following this command. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
This mode can be canceled by a DC 2, ESC :, ESC P, ESC I, or ESC [ K command. DC4 Cancel Double-Width Character Mode Set by SO Format Dec. Hex. Function Cancels the double-width character mode set by an SO command. ESC ! Change Print Mode Parameters 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
If bit 0, bit 1 and bit 2 of the parameters are zero or the parameter bits are all zero, the pica pitch is selected. Bit 5 can cancel the mode set by an SO command. ESC - Activate/Deactivate Underline Function E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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Cancel Emphasized Character Mode Format ESC F Dec. 27 70 Hex. 1B 46 Function Cancels the emphasized character mode set by an ESC E command. ESC G Set Double-Strike Character Mode Format ESC G Dec. 27 71 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
This mode can be canceled by an ESC T command. ESC T Cancel Super-/Subscript Print Mode Format ESC T Dec. 27 84 Hex. 1B 54 Function Cancels the super/subscript print mode set by an ESC S command. ESC W Set/Cancel Double-Width Character Mode E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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To make your desired settings, add significant decimal values together and use the sum of each byte in m3 and m4 . Example: To print double-height/double width characters with double line spacing 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
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Normal-height character Definition of Attribute Byte Note: If bit 2 or 3 is 1, the character width setting is ignored. Decimal Values Settings Bit 7 (MSB) 128 = 2 Bit 6 64 = 2 E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
Activates or deactivates the overline function. After receiving this command with n being set to 01H or 31H, the printer prints the subsequent data with an overline. A specification of 00H or 30H for n deactivates the overline function. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
= 01H or 09H Draft elite Draft mode in elite pitch n = 02H, 03H or 0AH Currently selected NLQ font n = 0BH NLQ alternate Currently selected NLQ (Italic) font in italics E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
Prints 8-pin bit images at the selected horizontal density (m). First define the bit image density with the attribute m and the total number of columns to print the bit image with the variables n1 and n2. Input bit image data to fire pins. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
255. To reserve more columns for bit images, use the numbers n1 and n2 . The total number of columns for bit images are expressed with the calculation: n1 + n2 x 256. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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64 = 2 Bit 5 32 = 2 Bit 4 16 = 2 Bit 3 8 = 2 Bit 2 4 = 2 Bit 1 2 = 2 Bit 0 (LSB) 1 = 2 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
: Total number of columns to print bit image = n1 + n2 x 256 1 <= n1 + 256 x n2 <= 960 data: Bit image data Dec. 27 76 n1 n2 data Hex. 1B 4C n1 n2 data E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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(n1 + n2 x 256) columns. Adjacent dots are not printed so that the printing speed is not reduced. Define n1 , n2 , and data in the same way as for the ESC * command. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
See also ESC K, ESC L, ESC Y, ESC Z, and ESC * commands. Horizontal Max. Bit Image Density Number of Equivalent Mode (dots/inch) Dots/Line Codes Single-density ESC K Double- ESC L density Double-speed ESC Y and Double- density Quadruple- 1920 ESC Z density E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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UK I n = 04H Denmark I n = 05H Sweden n = 06H Italy n = 07H Spain I n = 08H Netherlands n = 09H Norway I n = 0AH Denmark II 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
= 0CH UK II n = 0DH France II n = 0EH Norway II n = 0FH South Africa n = 10H Japan n = 11H Latin America The USA character set is the default. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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2-46 Bit Image Control - Density Change 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
Character Set 1................... 3-1 Character Set 2................... 3-2 All-Character Code Set ..............3-3 Multilingual Character Set 1 .............. 3-4 Multilingual Character Set 2 .............. 3-5 Multilingual, All-Character Set ............3-6 Other 17 Countries ................3-7 E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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The SCUSS firmware allows the 2325 approximately 500 mSec to receive the ASCII character. If the character is not received in this window of time or if a bad character is received the SCUSS will switch back to the default port. E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
Repeat step #5 a total of 4 times. After waiting 180 mSec read COM1 (should be an <ACK>). Send character out COM1 (ASCII 1, 2 or 3). Read COM1 should be complement of ASCII character sent. 10. Close port COM1. 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
/* provides a 50 mSec delay */ asrts( COM1, ON ); timer( TICKS_PER_SECOND / 8 ); c = 0xff; c = asigetc( COM1 ); if ( c == 0x06 ) asiputc( COM1, (char)device ); printf( "ACK received\n%d sent\n", device ); E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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TICKS_PER_SECOND / 10 ); c = asigetc( COM1 ); c = ~c; c = c&0x00ff; if( c == device ) printf("Switch OK\n"); else printf("Switch failed\n"); asrts( COM1, OFF ); asiquit( COM1 ); return 0; 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
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Bit Image, Single Density ..... 2-42 Bit Images..........2-39 Factory Settings........1-15 Bit Numbers and Print Head Pins Form Feed ..........2-16 Table............ 2-42 Fuse Buttons............ 1-9 Replacement...........1-6 Cancel/Set Double Wide Character ..2-34 Horizontal Tab ........2-24 Carriage Return........2-11 E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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Normal printing ........2-1 Set/Cancel Auto Line Feed....2-12 Skip-over perforation ....2-1, 2-18 Software Controlled Universal Serial Switch ............4-1 Overline Function ......... 2-37 Specifications ..........1-9 Subscript ..........2-33 Superscript ..........2-33 Page length ........2-1, 2-21 Panel 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC...
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Vertical Tab ..........2-24 Tab, Horizontal........2-24 Vibration and shock ........1-3 Tab, Vertical ......... 2-24 VT setting..........2-1 Temperature Ranges Recommended ........1-10 Top of Form.........1-11, 2-22 Weight...........1-10 Wire to Vehicle Ground ......1-5 Underline ..........2-32 E-EQ-2325VPRG-A-ARC 2325 Vehicle Printer Reference Guide...
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