Megatron TP UP-NH User Manual

Manual is about: Line Thermal Printer

Summary of TP UP-NH

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    24 25 tp up-nh line thermal printer user's manual april 1998 contents introduction 1 chapter 1 features and specifications 2 1.1 printing features 2 1.2 printing paper 2 1.3 printing character 2 1.4 printing buffer size 2 1.5 printing commands 2 1.6 operation format 3 1.7 printer-head energy compens...

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    24 25 introduction tp up-nh is a new type of line direct thermal printer. The special features of this printer are small in size, light in weight, low noisy and high in printing quality and reliability. It is suitable for printing receipt of cash register and data records of medical instruments. Cha...

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    24 25 - voltage control: by test of voltage 1.8 printer-head protection function - stop warning for out of paper - stop warning for printer-head over/under the normal temperature 1.9 interface - serial (compatible with rs232) baud rate: 1200/2400/4800/9600, selected by dip switch built-in handshakin...

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    24 25 figure.2-1 appearance 2.2 loading printing paper paper roll can be put inside the case, loading paper as follows: 1. Push the removable upper cover plate forward till its off the printer like figure 2-2 below, figure 2-3 is not correct. Figure 2-2 figure 2-3 2. Cut the paper end like figure 2-...

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    24 25 4. Pull the paper out through paper out slot on upper cover plate and then close the plate like figure 2-7 below. Figure 2-7 put upper cover plate back to the printer 2-3 power on and off this printer provides auto power cut off function to save energy. 2.3.1 connecting of power after connecti...

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    24 25 com1. Bit4: cts allow for transmitting” input high (ok). Bit5: dsr data ready” input high (ok). Bit7: rlsd receipt route signal testing” input high(ok). 2.3.2 auto power off this printer provides auto power cut off function. If no paper feed and printing function performed more than 10 seconds...

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    24 25 baud rate (bps) parity check on ■ ■ off □ □ 1 2 1200 on ■ □ □ off □ ■ ■ 4 5 6 8 bit odd parity on □ ■ off ■ □ 2400 on □ ■ □ off ■ □ ■ 8 bit even parity on ■ □ off □ ■ 4800 on □ □ □ off ■ ■ ■ 8 bit non-parity on □ □ off ■ ■ 9600 on ■ □ ■ off □ ■ □ 7 bit odd parity on □ ■ ■ off ■ □ □ 7 bit even ...

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    24 25 esc j 'n' dot line feed format ascii : esc j n decimal : 27 74 n hexadecimal: 1b 4a n explanation: print data in buffer of the printer and feed 'n' -dot line forward. The value of n is between 0 and 255. Line space will be automatically adjusted when using commands esc v & esc w for enlarge ch...

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    24 25 characters or graphics following this command are printed at n times normal height. The value n should be within the range 1-2. Default value n=1, that means normal height. Esc w enlarge width & height format ascii : esc w n decimal : 27 87 n hexadecimal: 1b 57 n explanation: characters or gra...

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    24 25 see esc% and esc: commands. Esc % replace with user defined characters format ascii : esc % m1 n1 m2 n2 ... Mk nk nul decimal : 27 37 m1 n1 m2 n2 ... Mk nk 0 hexadecimal: 1b 25 m1 n1 m2 n2 ... Mk nk 00 explanation: this command is used to replace font characters n with user-defined characters ...

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    24 25 k = (n1 + 256 x n2) x 3 (m = 32,33) - the number of horizontal dots of the graphics is n1 + 256 x n2. - the width of bit map data should be within the line width, excess parts will be ignored. - d presents bit map data, and k presents number of bit map data. „ m for the setting of bit map. The...

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    24 25 3.7 initialization command esc @ initialize printer format ascii : esc @ decimal : 27 64 hexadecimal: 1b 40 explanation: this command initialize printer in following aspects: - clear data in printing buffer. - reinstate default value. - select internal character font a. - clear user defined ch...