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Summary of 122X

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    User's manual model 122x miniprinter series.

  • Page 2: Caution

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 2 risk of electrical shock. Do not remove cover. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. Weigh-tronix reserves the right to change specifications at any time. Caution 05/27/04 122x_u.P65 pn 7424-14954i e2 printed in u.S.A...

  • Page 3: Table of Contents

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 3 specifications .....................................................................4 introduction ........................................................................6 installation ..........................................................................6...

  • Page 4: Specifications

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 4 specifications interface-serial character buffering character matrix character spacing line feed spacing print speed paper print method power ac voltage dc voltage external dimensions operating temp. Available baud rates: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 5 ribbon life paper print head life 500,000 lines mean character before failure. Black- 200,000 characters purple- 250,000 characters large roll - 12,500 lines small roll - 3,000 lines.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 6 introduction installing the paper the model 122x impact printer series consists of these models and electronic interfaces: model 1220 - rs-232 model 1221 - parallel model 1222 - ttl model 1223 - current loop model 1224 - rs-485 this manual is split into the fol...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 7 4. Cut a straight edge on the paper roll if it is jagged. This will facilitate the entry of the paper into the printer. 5. Slide the paper through the slot connecting the paper compartment and the printer compartment. You can slide it in about one-quarter inch ...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 8 10. Push the back of the printer cover down and into place. 11. Press the front of the printer cover down to lock in place. 12. Put the paper spindle into the paper roll as shown below, and place the roll with the spindle onto the snaps near the back of the pri...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 9 to remove the paper roll 1. Advance the paper about one inch beyond the paper cutter by using the paper feed switch. 2. Lift the paper roll away from the printer housing and cut the paper feeding to the printer with scissors. Try to make the cut as square as po...

  • Page 10: Operation

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 10 operation connecting and powering up your printer 1. Attach the appropriate cable between the printer and your host device. The connector on the printer side is “keyed” so that you cannot plug the cable in the wrong way. This means that the pins should be posi...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 11 if your printer is used infrequently, the print impres- sion may become weak because the ribbon has dried out. To advance the ribbon to a new section, hold down the paper feed switch for several seconds. Below are the steps for replacing the ribbon: 1. Turn th...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 12 if you get ribbon ink on the printer case, wipe it off immediately. Once it dries it is difficult to remove. 5. Install new cartridge. Be sure the ink cartridge is inserted firmly to prevent weak or irregular printing. The cartridge must be properly seated and...

  • Page 13: Printer Test and Setup

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 13 the printer can be tested and setup using the steps described in this section. Testing and setup are done using the rocker switch on the printer. With the printer unplugged at the outlet or at the back of the printer, press and hold the right side of switch as...

  • Page 14: Configure

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 14 to access the setup menu follow these steps: 1. Unplug the printer either at the outlet or at the back of the printer. 2. Press and hold down the left side of the rocker switch and plug in the printer. The printer will advance the paper. After the paper advanc...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 15 with the printer in the setup menu and with configure [next/ok] as the last item printed, press ok (right side) to access the configure menu. The following is printed: load defaults gives you the opportunity to reset the printer to all default settings (shown ...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 16 stop bits handshake handshake is used for serial interface only. Parity columns invert font magnification parity can be selected only if 7 data bits are set. Choose odd or even. If you choose 8 data bits, parity defaults to none. Stop bits is the next paramete...

  • Page 17: Custom

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 17 custom double high double wide/high after you choose one of the magnifications the printer will print ready to show the printer is out of the configuration menu and the setup menu and is ready to print. The next setup menu item after configure is custom. With ...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 18 t/d format this feature is avail- able only on units with the time/date option installed. Time/date option is y2k compatible. Auto seq# auto t&d pound sign zero _underscore busy invert appears only if the clock is installed. Time/date format is the next parame...

  • Page 19: Set Clock

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 19 ext ch set the choice to use the extended character set is available only when 8 data bits are chosen. Print ready set clock online/offline if you choose no, then you will need to hold the left side of the rocker switch down for 4 to 6 seconds to access the se...

  • Page 20: Reset Seq#

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 20 the cursor now appears over the 2nd position. Press next (left side) to increment this number if needed and ok if it is right. Continue this sequence of accepting or changing the year, month, day, and dow (day of week). When you have completed the set date men...

  • Page 21: Pin No. Signal

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 21 pin no. Signal dte direction description 1 chassis ground - cable shield 2 (td) transmitted from printer printer data output line data 3 (rd) received data to printer printer data input line 7 (sg) signal - signal ground 11 (cts) clear to send from printer sig...

  • Page 22: Pin No. Signal

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 22 serial interface voltage levels received data: mark = off = logic “1” = -25v to -3v space = on = logic “0” = +25v to +3v clear to send: busy = off = logic “1” = -9v not busy = on = logic “0” = +9v transmitted data: mark = off = logic “1” = -9v space = on = log...

  • Page 23: Pin No. Signal

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 23 model 1221 parallel version pin no. Signal direction description 1 data strobe to printer samples input data when held low for 10 microseconds. 2 data bit 1 3 data bit 2 4 data bit 3 5 data bit 4 indicates input data. 6 data bit 5 to printer high level indicat...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 24 1. Connectors on the printer: 36-pin receptacle, equivalent to 57-40360-12-d56 amp on the cable: 36-pin plug, equivalent to 57-30360 amp or plug equivalent to 552274-1 amp cover equivalent to 552073-1 amp 2. Cable use a cable less than 10 feet long. A shielded...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 25 model 1222 serial ttl version pin no. Pin no. Pin no. Pin no. Pin no. Tttttype ype ype ype ype 1 busy 2 ground 3 rcv. Data 4 xmt data 5 not used.

  • Page 26: Pin No. Signal

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 26 pin no. Signal direction description 1* chassis ground - cable shield 23 (rd) received data(-) from printer printer data return line 25 (rd) received data(+) to printer printer data input line *optional model 1223 20 ma current loop version the rest are not us...

  • Page 27: Pin No. Signal

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 27 pin no. Signal dte direction description 2 txd - from printer printer data output line 6 txd + 3 rxd - to printer printer data input line 8 rxd + model 1224 rs-485 serial version the rest are not used..

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 28 1. Connectors on the printer: 25-hole receptacle, equivalent to db-25s on the cable: 25-pin plug, equivalent to db-25p 2. Cable use cable less than 2500 feet long. A shielded cable using twisted pair conductors is desirable..

  • Page 29: Control Codes

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 29 control codes according to the american standard code of informa- tion interchange (ascii), there are 32 control codes in addition to the codes for the printable characters. (control codes are sent as data, but the receiving device interprets them as abbreviat...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 30 back space code 8 line feed code 10 upon receipt of this code, the printer erases from its buffer the previously received character. This is useful in correcting typing errors for programs that send data both to a video screen and the hardcopy printer. Remembe...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 31 enlarged printing may be selected by sending both the double height command (control code 14) and the double width command (control code 15). The control codes may be sent in either order, but because of the double width restrictions, the codes should be sent ...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 32 the mechanism used in the printer prints one line of dots across at a time. This means that when it prints one line of characters it has actually printed ten lines of dots where the first eight lines make up the character and the last two lines are blank for t...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 33 by using chr$(19) you enter the custom character mode. This allows you to design and print your own 6 x 8 character by inputting data. A data statement is made of numbers that represent a row of dots which when read all together, will make up your character. T...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 34 1. Use quad ruled paper to design your character. 2. Number 8 consecutive rows like this: 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 3. Now design your character in dot form (see the example below). 4. Add together all the numbers from the column on the left, counting only where yo...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 35 after typing run, your custom character will be stored in the printer’s memory. It will retain this information until the printer is switched off or until you write over the data by defining a different character. To print your newly designed character, simply...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 36 the printer powers up in the column mode last selected by configuration. You can change the column width by sending the appropriate control code from the list below: control code 29 - 24 columns control code 30 - 32 columns control code 31 - 40 columns you can...

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    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 37 for special applications please contact our customer service department for further assistance: phone 800-982-6622 707-527-5555 fax 800-847-6743 707-579-0180 command print formatted data 0 hh:mm 24 hour format 1 hh:mm_?M 12 hour format with am or pm 2 mm/dd/yy...

  • Page 38: Default Table

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 38 default table below is a table showing the possible values for the custom and configuration menu parameters. The values shown in bold type are the default settings. Custom menu custom menu custom menu custom menu custom menu configuration menu configuration me...

  • Page 39: Notes

    Model 122x miniprinter user’s manual 39 notes.

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    1000 armstrong drive fairmont, mn 56031 telephone: 507-238-4461 facsimile: 507-238-4195 e-mail: service@wt-nci.Com www.Wt-nci.Com.