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TransAct Ithaca 280 Programmer's Manual (318 pages)

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Brand: TransAct | Category: Printer | Size: 3.57 MB

Change History
3
Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement
3
Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Statement
3
Regulatory Compliance
3
Disclaimer
4
Copyright
4
Trademarks
4
Table of Contents
5
Introducing Your Itherm ® 280 Printer
13
About Your Itherm ® 280 Printer
15
Printer
15
Who Should Read this Guide
16
What Is Included in this Guide
16
Warranty Options
16
Technical and Sales Support
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- On-Line Technical Support
  17
- Telephone Technical Support
  17
- Return Materials Authorization and Return Policies
  18
- Service Programs
  18
- Sales Support
  18
- Contact Information
  19
Itherm ® 280 Specifications and Requirements
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280 Specifications and Requirements
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Itherm ® 280 Specifications and Requirements
23
Itherm® 280 Thermal Printer Models
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Standard Features
23
Optional Features
25
General Specifications
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Physical Characteristics
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- Dimensions
  30
- Weight
  30
Table 4 Standard Power Input Requirements
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Table 5 Power Input Requirements with the 24-Volt DC Power
31
Electrical Characteristics
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- Internal AC Powered
  31
- External Powered DC
  31
Thermal Print Head
31
Media Specifications
32
Buzzer
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Cover Interlock
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Display Pass through
34
Communications Interface
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- Parallel Interface
  35
- Table 7 Parallel Interface Pin-Outs
  35
- RS-232 Serial Interface
  36
- USB Interface
  36
- Table 8 Serial Interface Pin-Outs
  36
- Ethernet 10-Base-T Adapter
  37
- 802.11B Wireless Interface
  37
- Cash Drawer
  38
- Interface Description
  38
- Cash Drawer Pin Assignments
  38
- Figure 2 Cash Drawer Pin Definitions
  38
- Table 9 Cash Drawer Pin Assignment
  39
Vertical Wall Mount Kit Option
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Setup Procedures
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Verifying the Configuration
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Installing Cables
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Installing Paper
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Installing Windows Printer Drivers
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How to Operate the Itherm
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280 Printer
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Button
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FEED Button
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Indicator Lights (LED)
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- Power Indicator (LED)
  54
- Error Indicator (LED)
  54
- Paper Indicator (LED)
  54
Fault Indicators
54
Table 12 Error Blink Codes
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Testing the Printer Overview
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- Using Self-Test, Configuration, and Hex Dump Mode
  56
- Hex-Dump Mode
  58
- Level 0 Diagnostics
  59
- Boot Loader Mode
  59
- 280 Printer
  61
- Configuring Your Itherm ® 280 Printer
  61
Configuration Mode Overview
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- Most Frequent Configuration Incompatibilities
  63
How to Change Configuration Settings
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- Entering into Configuration Mode
  63
Using Configuration Mode
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Remote Configuration
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Setting up for Color Paper
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- Custom Color
  67
Programming Codes
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Nomenclature
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- Standard Emulation
  72
- IPCL Codes
  72
- EPOS Emulation
  72
- Axiohm
  72
- Ithaca ® Microline Emulation
  72
Control Codes Overview
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Application Development
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Ithaca Control Codes and Commands
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- Pcos Printer Control Codes
  73
- Quick Pcos Reference Chart
  74
- Quick Pcos Reference Chart (Alphabetic)
  81
- Low Level Paper Motion Control
  86
- Horizontal Motion Control
  87
- Vertical Motion Control
  89
- Feed to Black Dot
  95
- Character Pitch
  97
- Table 13 Character Pitch
  98
- Table 14 Inter-Character Spacing
  99
- Character Font
  100
- Table 15 Language Table ID's
  103
- Table 16 Code Page Definition Table
  104
- Table 17 Euro Character Substitution Matrix
  105
- Table 18 OCR MA-3
  110
- Print Rotation Commands
  117
- Rotated Print Summary
  120
- Itherm
  123
- Itherm ® 280 Page Mode
  123
- Figure 6 Page Mode Entry Orientations
  123
- Graphic Mode
  127
- Graphics Compression
  133
- User Store (Graphic Save)
  133
- User Macros
  141
- Bar Codes
  143
- Figure 7 Code 39 Full 128 Character Encoding
  145
- Figure 8 Expanded Function Coding
  147
- Figure 9 Code 128 Encoding Values
  149
- Electronic Journal
  154
- Unicode and Downloaded Fonts
  166
- Unicode Encoding
  166
- Miscellaneous Control
  171
- Table 20 Paper Sensor Commands
  176
- Remote Power Control
  179
- Documented Extended Control Commands
  180
- Printer Status
  181
- Inquire Commands
  182
- ESC/POS TM Codes
  191
- Differences between Epson TM T90 and Itherm ® 280
  191
Supported TM-T88 Commands
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Undocumented TM-T88 Commands
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Table 22 Undocumented TM-T90 Commands
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Supported TM-T90 Commands
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Table 23 Supported EPOS Commands
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Table 19 Paper Sensor Commands
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Table 21 Supported TM-T90 Commands
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TM-T88 / TM-T90 and ESC/POS
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- TM Command Descriptions
  202
Print and Feed Commands
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Line Spacing Commands
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Character Commands
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Table 24 Select Character Font Table
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Table 25 International Character Sets
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Table 26 Character Code Pages
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Table 27 Character Code Table
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Table 28 Print Modes
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Table 29 Rotation Modes
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Panel Button Commands
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Table 30 Paper Sensor Commands
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Paper Sensor Commands
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Table 31 Paper Sensor Commands
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Print Position Commands
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Table 32 Print Density Selection
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Bit-Image Commands
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Table 33 Automatic Status Back (ASB) Values for <N
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Status Commands
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Table 34 Automatic Status Back (ASB) First Byte (Printer Information)
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Table 35 Automatic Status Back (ASB) Second Byte (Error Information)
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Table 36 Automatic Status Back (ASB) Third Byte (Paper Sensor Information)
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Table 37 Automatic Status Back (ASB) Fourth Byte (Paper Sensor Information)
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Table 38 Paper Sensor Status (<N> = 1, 49)
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Table 39 Drawer Kick-Out Connector Status (<N> = 2, 50)
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Table 40 Values for the Status Function, <N
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Table 41 Printer Status (<N> = 1)
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Table 42 off Line Status (<N> = 2)
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Table 43 Error Status (<N> = 3)
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Table 44 Paper Roll Sensor Status (<N> = 4)
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Table 45 Peripheral Status (<N> = 0, 48)
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Table 46 Paper Status
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Printing Paper Command
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Page Mode
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Bar Code Commands
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Table 47 Bar Code System Based on <M
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Table 48 Printing Position of HRI Characters
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Table 49 Font for Human Readable Interpretation (HRI) Characters
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Table 50 Horizontal Size of the Bar Code
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Mechanism Control Commands
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Miscellaneous Commands
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Table 51 Printer ID
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Table 52 Type ID (<N> = 2 or 50)
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Table 53 Peripheral Device Bit Definitions
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Macro Function Commands
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Table 54 Macro Control Bit Definitions
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User-Defined Images and Graphics Commands
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Itherm ® Citizen Emulation
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Itherm ® Star Emulation
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Itherm Axiohm Emulation
249
Itherm ® 280 Color Graphics
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280 Color Graphics
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Printing Graphics
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- Character Graphics
  253
- Figure 10 Example of Character Graphics
  253
- Figure 11 Example Commands for a Sample Receipt
  254
- Figure 12 Sample Receipt
  255
- APA Graphics
  256
- Figure 13 Receipt with Graphics
  259
- Print File Graphics
  260
- Store Graphics in the Printer
  261
- How to Use IPCL Commands in Text Strings
  262
- How Universal Graphics Is Done
  262
- Cautions
  263
- Universal Color Command Descriptions
  264
Itherm ® 280 Universal Color Graphics
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Itherm ® 280 Coupon-Cut-Logo Feature
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Unicode
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Unicode - a Software Font Solution
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About Unicode
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- Memory
  270
Transact's Implementation of Unicode in the Itherm ® 280
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Itherm ® 280 Extended Printer Control
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Communications
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Figure 14 Typical POS System
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Protocol and Print Buffers
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Figure 15 Host to Printer Link
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Figure 16 Printer Communications Buffer Flow
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Usb
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- USB Support
  286
Tcp/Ip
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- Print Server Features Standard Ethernet Connection
  287
- Supported Protocols
  287
- User Interface/Configuration
  287
- Other
  287
Parallel Port
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- Parallel Port Protocol
  288
- Figure 17 Parallel-Port Data Timing
  288
- Printer Buffer Size
  289
- Parallel Port Inquire and IEEE 1284
  289
- Figure 18 Parallel Port ACK Timing Options
  289
- Table 56 Parallel-Port Timing
  289
- Parallel Port Plug and Play
  291
Serial Port
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- Serial Port Protocol
  293
- Figure 19 Serial Port Flow Control Using DTR
  293
- Figure 20 XON/XOFF Serial Port Flow Control
  294
- Print Buffer Flow
  295
- Printer Buffer Size
  297
- Serial Mode Plug and Play
  297
- Using DSR
  297
- Serial Device Identification
  298
- Serial Port Inquire
  299
Display Pass through
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Remote Power Control
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Remote Printer Reset
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- Reset in Serial Mode
  301
- Reset in Parallel Mode
  301
Miscellaneous Communication Features
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- Power-Cycle Recovery
  302
- Data Pass-Through
  302
- Multi-Drop Configuration
  302
- Off-Line Active
  303
Recovery from Mechanical Errors
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Programmer's Notes
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Appendix A: Code Page Definition Table
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Appendix B - ASCII Code Table
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Appendix C: Ordering Supplies
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Table 57 Paper Ordering Information
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Table 58 Cables Ordering Information
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Index
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