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Confidential EPSON Rec eipt Printer TM-T81 Specific ation STANDARD Rev. No. A Notes C o p i e d D a t e , , Copied by SEIKO EPSON CO RPORAT ION MATSUMOTO MI NAMI PLANT 2070 KOT OBUKI KO AKA, MATSUMO T.
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Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A T M-T 81 Specificati on (STANDARD) EPSON CONFI DENTI A LITY A GREEMENT BY USING THI S DO CUMENT, YO U AG REE TO ABI DE BY THE TERMS OF THI S AG REEMENT. PLEASE RETURN THIS DO CUM ENT IM M EDIATELY I F YO U DO NO T AG REE TO THESE TERM S.
Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A T M-T 81 Specificati on (STANDARD) EPSON GENERA L FEA T URES 1) T his speci f i cat i on appl i es to t he TM -T 81 pri nt er. * Thi s specif ic ati on descri bes onl y t he outl i ne of the general f uncti ons and the m odel - dependent f uncti ons of t he com m ands .
Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A T M-T 81 Specificati on (STANDARD) EPSON Table of Contents 1. GENER AL SPEC IFICATION S ........................................................................................................1 1.1 Prin ting Spe cification s .
Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A T M-T 81 Specificati on (STANDARD) EPSON 3.8 .3 D a ta R ec eiv e Er ror (o nly in th e s er ial inte rface s pecification ) ......................................... 47 3.9 Cov er O pen Sensor .....
Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A T M-T 81 Specificati on (STANDARD) EPSON ESC a n ......................................................................................................................... 70 ESC c 4 n ...............
Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A T M-T 81 Specificati on (STANDARD) EPSON GS ∗ x y d 1 ...dk [obsol ete com m and] ......................................................................... 98 GS / m [obsol ete c om m and] ....
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 2 1 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 1. G ENERA L SPECIFIC A TIONS 1.1 Prin ti ng Specif icat io ns 1) Pri nt i ng m et hod: Ther m al l i ne pr i nt i ng 2) Dot densit y : 180 dpi × 180 dpi [dpi : dot s per 25.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 3 2 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 1.2 Ch aract er Sp ecif icat io ns 1) Number of charact ers: Al phanum eri c c har ac t ers: 95 Ex t ende.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 4 3 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 1.4 Pa pe r Rol l Suppl y Devic e 1) Supply m ethod: Drop-i n paper r ol l 2) Roll paper end sensor: Detec t s whether paper i s present or not . W hen the sensor detect s a paper-end, t he pri nt er stops pri nt i ng.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 5 4 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 4) Speci f ied or i gi nal paper t ype no. : The f oll owing or i gi nal paper c an be used: NOT E: If paper other t han t he speci f i ed paper i s used, t he pr i nt head m ay be dam aged or the pr i nt quali t y m ay be poor.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 6 5 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 1.6 Prin t able Area 1) Paper r ol l The pri ntabl e area of a paper wi th widt h of 79. 5 ± 0. 5 m m {3.13 ± 0. 02"} i s 72.2 ± 0. 2 m m {2. 84 ± 0.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 7 6 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 1.9 Elect rical C h aract erist ics 1) Suppl y v olt age: +24 VDC ± 7% 2) Current c onsum pt i on ( at 24V, 25 ° C, nor m al pri nt densit y) : O perat i ng: S ee T abl e 1.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 8 7 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A NOT ES: 1. Notes on using t he Epson PS- 180 power supply uni t If the pri nt i ng i s conti nuously perf orm ed with t he high print rati o, the ov ercurr ent li m it ati on m ight be operat ed.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 9 8 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 1.1 0 E MI and S afe ty Sta nda rds A ppli ed EMC i s m easured using Sei ko E pson’s AC adapter.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 10 9 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 1.1 2 E nvironmental Condi tions 1) Tem perat ure: O per at i ng: 5 to 45 ° C {41 t o 113 ° F} Stor ag.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 11 10 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 5) Acousti c noi se (O per ati ng) : Approx i m at el y 51 dB ( B y stander posi t i on) NOT E: The v al ues abov e ar e m easured in t he E pson ev aluat i on condi ti on.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 12 11 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 2. CONFIGURA TION 2.1 In ter face 2.1.1 R S- 232 serial i nt erf ace 2.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 13 12 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 2.1. 1.3 I n t erf ace c on n ect or t ermin al assi g n men t s an d si g n al f u n ct i o n s Int erf ace connect or t erm i nal assignm ent s and signal f uncti ons are descri bed i n T abl e 2.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 14 13 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A Table 2 .1.1 TM-T 81 Pr inte r S ta tus a nd Signa ls (Cont inued) Pin num ber Signal nam e Signal dir .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 15 14 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 2.1. 1. 5 Seri al i n t erf ace c o n n ecti o n examp l e Ho st si d e P r i nt e r si de (DT E ex .8251) TX D .................................. RX D DSR .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 16 15 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 2.1. 1. 7 No t es on Resett i n g th e Pri n t er Usi n g th e I n terf ace The pri nter can be reset us ing i nt erf ace pins 6 and 25 by changi ng t he DI P sw i tc h setti ng.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 17 16 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 2.1.2 U SB ( U ni ver sal Seri al Bu s) In ter face Outline 1. Hi gh-speed t r ansm i ssion at 12 M bps [bps: bi t s per second] 2. Pl ug & P l ay , Hot I nserti on & Rem ov abl e 2.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 18 17 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 2.2 Co n nect or s 2.2.1 In t erf ace C onnectors See Sec t i on 2. 1, I nt er f ace. 2.2 .2 Power S upply Conne ctor Thi s connect or i s used to connect t he pr i nt er t o an ex t er nal power source.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 19 18 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 2.2 .3 Dra wer Ki ck -out Connec tor (Modula r Conne ctor) The pulse specif ied by ESC p or DL E DC4 i s output to t hi s connect or. T he host can conf ir m t he status of t he i nput signal by usi ng the DL E EO T , GS a , or GS r comm ands .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 20 19 TM-T81 Specifi cation (STANDARD) A 4) Draw er open/ c l ose signal I nput signal l ev el (c onnec t or pi n 3) : "L" = 0 t o 0. 8 V "H" = 2 to 5 V Drawer kick-out connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 F.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 21 20 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3. FUNCT IONS 3.1 Lis t of Comm ands Com m and Nam e HT Horiz ontal t ab LF Pri nt and l i ne f eed F.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 22 21 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A Com m and Nam e ESC a Se lec t ju s tificatio n ESC c 4 S elec t paper sensor(s) to stop pri nt i ng .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 23 22 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A Com m and Nam e GS ( k Set up and pri nt sym bol <Functi on 065> PDF417: Set the number of col um ns i n the data region. <Functi on 066> PDF417: Set the number of r ows.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 24 23 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A The com m ands li sted below in the f ir st col um n ar e def i ned as “obsolet e com mands” i n t he ESC/ PO S ® com m and system . T hi s pri nt er support s both upward-com pat i bl e com m ands and obsolet e com m ands.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 25 24 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2 Ch aract er C o de T ables • The character code tables show only character confi gur ati ons. They do not show the actual pri nt pat tern. • "SP" in the table shows space .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 26 25 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.2 Page 0 [ PC 437: U SA, Stan dar d Eu ro pe] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 Ç 128 É 144 á 160 ░ 176 .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 27 26 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.3 Pag e 1 [K at akana].
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 28 27 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.4 Page 2 [ PC850: Mu lt ili ngual] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 Ç 128 É 144 á 160 ░ 176 └ 192 ð .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 29 28 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.5 Pag e 3 [PC 860: Po rt ug uese] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 Ç 128 É 144 á 160 ░ 176 └ 192 ╨ .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 30 29 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.6 Pag e 4 [PC 863: C anad ian -F ren ch] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 Ç 128 É 144 ¦ 160 ░ 176 └ 1.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 31 30 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.7 Pag e 5 [PC 865: N or dic] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 Ç 128 É 144 á 160 ░ 176 └ 192 ╨ 208 .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 32 31 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.8 Page 16 [ W PC1252] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 € 128 SP 144 SP 160 ° 176 À 192 Ð 208 à 224 ð .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 33 32 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.9 Page 17 [ PC866: C yrillic #2] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 А 128 Р 144 а 160 ░ 176 └ 192 ╨ 2.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 34 33 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.10 Pag e 18 [PC 852: L ati n2] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 Ç 128 É 144 á 160 ░ 176 └ 192 đ 208 .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 35 34 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.11 Pag e 19 [PC 858: Eu ro] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 Ç 128 É 144 á 160 ░ 176 └ 192 ð 208 Ó .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 36 35 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.12 Pag e 255 [U ser- d efi ned pag e] HEX 8 9 A B C D E F 0 SP 128 SP 144 SP 160 SP 176 SP 192 SP.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 37 36 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.2.13 In ter nat io nal Ch aract er Set s ASCI I c ode (Hex ) Countr y 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E US A # $ @ [ ] ^ ` { | } ~ Fr ance # $ à ° ç § ^ ` é ù è ¨ Ger m any # $ § Ä Ö Ü ^ ` ä ö ü β U.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 38 37 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.3 Sw it ches an d B u tt o ns 3.3.1 Pow er But t on The pow er button (a rocker s witc h) locat ed on the lower ri ght f ront of the pri nt er t urns the power on or o ff.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 39 38 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.3.3 D IP Sw it ches 3.3. 3.1 S eri al i n t erf ace speci fi cati o n 1) DIP sw i tc h 1: 8 switc hes T ab l e 3.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 40 39 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 2) DIP sw i tc h 2: 8 switc hes T ab l e 3. 3. 3 DI P S w i t ch 2 SW 2 Func ti on ON OF F Factory s .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 41 40 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.3. 3. 2 USB i n t erf ace sp eci f icat i o n T ab l e 3.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 42 41 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.3.4 C ust o m ized v alu e The c ustom i zed v al ue i s s et wit h GS ( E com m and.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 43 42 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.4 Pa nel LED Indi ca tors 1) Pow er LED: G reen On: Pow e r is s ta ble.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 44 43 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.5 Self -t est 1) The pri nt er has a self - test f uncti on t hat check s the f ol l owing: • Con.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 45 44 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.6 Hexad ecim al Du m p ing 1) Hexadec i m al dum pi ng f uncti on Thi s f unct i on pri nt s the dat a tr ansmi t t ed f r om the host c om put er i n hex adec i m al num bers and i n it s corr esponding char act ers.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 46 45 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.7 NV G raph ics Pr int M od e 1) NV graphi cs pri nt f uncti on Thi s f unct i on pri nt s the NV gr aphi cs that are regi ster ed i n the pr i nter .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 47 46 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.8 Erro r Pro cessin g 3.8.1 Err or T yp es 1) Errors that aut om at i cal l y r ecov er T ab l e 3.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVI SI ON NO SHEET NEXT 48 47 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3) Errors that are i m poss ibl e t o recov er T ab le 3.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVI SI ON NO SHEET NEXT 49 48 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 3.9 Co v er Op en Sen so r The c ov er open sens or m oni t ors the pri nt er c ov er. W hen the sensor detect s a cov er open duri ng pri nti ng, t he error LED f lashes and the pri nter stops pri nti ng.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVI SI ON NO SHEET NEXT 50 49 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 4. CA SE SPECIFICA T IONS 4.1 Ext ernal Dim ension s an d M ass Height : Approx i m at el y 145 m m { 5.71" } W idt h: Approx i m at el y 144 m m {5.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVI SI ON NO SHEET NEXT 51 50 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A 5. OPT IONS A ND CONSUMA BLES 5.1 Stan d ard Accesso ries • Roll paper • User' s Manual ( La.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 51 52 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) 6. COMMANDS 6.1 Command Notation XXXX [Nam e] The nam e of t he com mand. [F orm at ] T he code sequence. [ ]k indi cat es the cont ent s i n br acket s [ ] should be r epeat ed k tim es .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 52 53 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) 7) Max i m um pr i nt abl e area The m ax im um print abl e area of thi s pri nt er i s as f ol l ows: • Standard Mode (Horizontal di r ection) : 72. 25 m m {512/ 180"} • Page Mode (Horizontal di recti on) : 72.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 53 54 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) 6.3 Control Commands HT [Nam e] Hori z ontal tab [Format] A SC II HT Hex 09 Deci m al 9 [Descri pt i on] • Mov es the pri nt posi t i on t o t he nex t hor i z ont al t ab posi t i on.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 54 55 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) CAN [Nam e] Cancel pr i nt data i n page m ode [Format] A SC II CAN Hex 18 Deci m al 24 [Descri pt i on] • In page m ode, del et es al l t he pri nt dat a i n t he cur r ent pri nt area.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 55 56 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) • Of f l i ne c ause status ( n = 2) Bit Off /On He x De cimal Statu s 0 Of f 00 0 F i x ed. 1 On 02 2 Fi x ed. 2 Of f 00 0 Cov er i s cl osed. O n 04 4 Cov er is open.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 56 57 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) • Roll paper sensor status ( n = 4) Bit Off /On He x De cimal Statu s 0 Of f 00 0 F i x ed. 1 On 02 2 Fi x ed. 2, 3 O f f 00 0 Rol l paper near - end sensor: paper adequat e.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 57 58 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) DLE ENQ n [Nam e] Send real - t i m e request t o pri nt er [Format] A SC II DL E ENQ n Hex 10 05 n Deci m al 16 5 n [Range] n = 1, 2 [Descri pt i on] • Responds to a request i n r eal - t i m e f rom t he host c om puter.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 58 59 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) DLE DC4 fn m t ( fn = 1 ) [Nam e] Generat e pul se i n r eal - t i m e [Format] A SC II DL E DC 4 f n.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 59 60 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) DLE DC4 fn a b ( fn = 2 ) [Nam e] Ex ec ut e power-of f sequence [Format] A SC II DL E DC 4 f n a b H.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 60 61 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) DLE DC4 f n d 1 …d 7 ( fn = 8 ) [Nam e] Cl ear buf f er(s) [Format] A SC II DL E DC 4 fn d1… d7 H.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 61 62 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC ! n [Nam e] Selec t pri nt m ode(s) [Format] A SC II ESC ! n Hex 1B 21 n Deci m al 27 33 n [Range.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 62 63 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC $ n L n H [Nam e] Set absolut e pri nt posit i on [Format] A SC II ESC $ n L n H Hex 1B 24 n L n .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 63 64 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC ∗ m n L n H d1...d k [Nam e] Selec t bi t- i m age mode [Format] A SC II ESC ∗ m n L n H d1...d k Hex 1B 2A m n L n H d1 ...d k Deci m al 27 42 m n L n H d1 .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 64 65 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC 3 n [Nam e] Set l i ne spaci ng [Format] A SC II ESC 3 n Hex 1B 33 n Deci m al 27 51 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Def ault ] Equi v al ent t o approx im at el y 4.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 65 66 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC @ [N a me] In itia lize pr in te r [Forma t] ASC II ESC @ Hex 1B 40 Deci m al 27 64 [Descri pt i .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 66 67 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC G n [Nam e] Turn doubl e-str i k e m ode on/of f [Format] A SC II ESC G n Hex 1B 47 n Deci m al 27 71 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Def ault ] n = 0 [Descri pt i on] • Tur ns doubl e- str i k e m ode on or of f .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 67 68 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC M n [Nam e] Selec t char ac t er f ont [Format] A SC II ESC M n Hex 1B 4D n Deci m al 27 77 n [Range] n = 0, 1, 48, 49 [Def ault ] n = 0 [Descri pt i on] • Sel ect s a charact er f ont.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 68 69 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC S [Nam e] Selec t standard m ode [Format] A SC II ESC S Hex 1B 53 Deci m al 27 83 [Descri pt i on] • Swit c hes f r om page mode t o standard m ode.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 69 70 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC W x L x H y L y H dx L dx H dy L dy H [Nam e] Set pri nt area i n page m ode [Format] A SC II ESC.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 70 71 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC a n [N a me] Se le ct jus tif ica tio n [Format] A SC II ESC a n Hex 1B 61 n Deci m al 27 97 n [R.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 71 72 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC d n [Nam e] Pri nt and f eed n l i nes [Format] A SC II ESC d n Hex 1B 64 n Deci m al 27 100 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Descri pt i on] • Pri nt s the dat a i n t he pri nt buf f er and f eeds the paper [ n × (c ur r ent l i ne spaci ng)] .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 72 73 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC t n [Nam e] Selec t char ac t er c ode t abl e [Format] A SC II ESC t n Hex 1B 74 n Deci m al 27 116 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 5 , 16 ≤ n ≤ 19 , n = 255 [Def ault ] n = 0 [Descri pt i on] • Sel ect s page n f rom t he char ac t er c ode t abl e.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 73 74 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) FS g 1 m a1 a2 a3 a4 n L n H d1...dk [ obsol ete comm and] [Nam e] W r i t e t o NV user m em ory [Format] A SC II FS g 1 m a1 a2 a3 a4 n L n H d1...d k Hex 1C 67 31 m a1 a2 a3 a4 n L n H d1 .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 74 75 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS ! n [Nam e] Selec t char ac t er si z e [Format] A SC II GS ! n Hex 1D 21 n Deci m al 29 33 n [Ran.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 75 76 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS ( A p L p H n m [Nam e] Ex ec ut e t est pr i nt [Format] A SC II GS ( A p L p H n m Hex 1D 28 41 .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 76 77 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS ( D p L p H m [a1 b1]...[ak bk] [Nam e] Enable/ di sabl e real -t i m e c om mand [Format] A SC II GS ( D p L p H m [ a1 b 1 ]...[ ak b k ] Hex 1D 28 44 p L p H m [ a1 b1 ].
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 77 78 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS ( E p L p H fn [parameter s] [Nam e] Set user setup com m ands [Descri pt i on] • Contr ol s the user sett i ng m odes . • p L , p H specif y ( p L + p H × 256) as the num ber of bytes af t er p H ( fn and [paramet ers ] ).
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 78 79 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 2> GS ( E p L p H fn d1 d2 d3 ( fn = 2) [Nam e] End the user setti ng m ode s ess ion.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 79 80 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) • Pri nt densi t y sett i ng ( a = 5) ( n L + n H × 256) P r i nt densit y 100 Densit y l ev el dependi ng on t he DI P switc h sett i ngs 65530 Pr i nt densit y l ev el 1.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 80 81 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 6> GS ( E p L p H fn a ( fn = 6) [Nam e] Transm i t t he c ustom ized sett i ng v al .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 81 82 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 12> GS ( E p L p H fn a ( fn = 12) [Nam e] Transm i t t he c onf igur at i on i tem f.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 82 83 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS ( K p L p H fn [param eters] [Nam e] Selec t pri nt cont r ol m ethod(s) [Descri pt i on] • Sel ect s the pri nt cont r ol m ethods. • p L , p H specif y ( p L + p H × 256) as the num ber of bytes af t er p H ( fn and [paramet ers ] ).
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 83 84 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS ( L p L p H m fn [param eter s] GS 8 L p1 p2 p3 p4 m fn [parameter s] [Nam e] Set graphi c s data .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 84 85 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) [Not es] • Fr equent writ e com mand ex ecuti ons by an NV m em ory writ e com m and may dam age the NV m emor y. T heref ore, i t i s recom m ended to writ e t o t he NV m emor y l ess than 10 ti m es a day.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 85 86 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 51> GS ( L p L p H m f n ( fn = 3, 51) [Nam e] Transm i t t he r em aini ng capac i t.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 86 87 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 66> GS ( L p L p H m fn kc1 kc2 ( fn = 66 ) [Nam e] Delete t he speci f ied NV gr aph.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 87 88 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) [Descri pt i on] • Def i nes the NV gr aphi c s dat a ( r aster f orm at ) as a recor d speci f ied by t he key c odes ( kc1 , kc2 ) in t he NV gr aphi c s area.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 88 89 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 112> GS ( L p L p H m fn a bx by c x L x H y L y H d1...dk ( fn = 112) [Nam e] Store t he graphi c s data i n t he pri nt buf f er ( r aster f orm at ) [Format] A SC II GS ( L p L p H m fn a bx by c x L x H y L y H d 1 .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 89 90 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS ( k p L p H cn fn [parameter s] [Nam e] Set up and pri nt sym bol [Descri pt i on] • Proc esses the dat a f or t wo-dim ensional c odes.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 90 91 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) [Not es] • W hen <F unct i on 082 or 182> i s tr ansm i tt ed, t he dat a f oll owing m ust not be tr ansm i tt ed unt i l t he stat us i s rec ei v ed.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 91 92 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 067> GS ( k p L p H cn fn n ( cn = 48 , fn = 67) [Nam e] PDF417: S et t he widt h of .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 92 93 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 069> GS ( k p L p H cn fn m n ( cn = 48 , fn = 69) [Nam e] PDF417: S et t he er r or .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 93 94 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 070> GS ( k p L p H cn fn m ( cn = 48 , fn = 70) [Nam e] PDF417: S el ec t t he opt i.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 94 95 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 081> GS ( k p L p H cn fn m ( cn = 48 , fn = 81) [Nam e] PDF417: P r i nt t he sym bo.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 95 96 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 165> GS ( k p L p H cn fn n 1 n2 ( cn = 49 , fn = 65) [Nam e] QR Code: S el ec t t he.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 96 97 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 169> GS ( k p L p H cn fn n ( cn = 49 , fn = 69 ) [Nam e] QR Code: S el ec t t he er .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 97 98 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <Function 181> GS ( k p L p H cn fn m ( cn = 49 , fn = 81) [Nam e] QR Code: P r i nt t he sym b.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 98 99 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS ∗ x y d1...dk [obsol ete comm and] [Nam e] Defi ne downl oaded bi t i m age [Format] A SC II GS ∗ x y d1 ...dk Hex 1D 2A x y d 1...d k Deci m al 29 42 x y d1 .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 99 100 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS : [Nam e] Start / end m ac ro def ini t i on [Format] A SC II GS : Hex 1D 3A Deci m al 29 58 [Descri pt i on] • St ar t s or ends mac r o def ini t i on.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 100 101 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS I n [Nam e] Transm i t pri nt er I D [Format] A SC II GS I n Hex 1D 49 n Deci m al 29 73 n [Rang.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 101 102 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS L n L n H [Na me] Set le ft m arg in [Format] A SC II GS L n L n H Hex 1D 4C n L n H Deci m al 2.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 102 103 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS W n L n H [Nam e] S et pri nt area widt h [Format] A SC II GS W n L n H Hex 1D 57 n L n H Deci m.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 103 104 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS a n [Nam e] Enabl e/ di sable Aut om ati c St at us Back (ASB) [Format] A SC II GS a n Hex 1D 61 n Deci m al 29 97 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Def ault ] n = 0 [ when DIP sw it ch [ SW 2- 1] i s of f .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 104 105 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) • Second byt e (pr i nt er i nf orm at i on) Bit Off /On He x De cimal Statu s 0 - 2 -- -- -- Res erv ed. 3 Of f 00 0 No aut ocut ter error . O n 08 8 Autoc ut t er er ror oc c ur r ed.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 105 106 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS f n [Nam e] S el ec t f ont f or HRI char ac t ers [Format] A SC II GS f n Hex 1D 66 n Deci m al 29 102 n [Range] n = 0, 1, 48, 49 [Def ault ] n = 0 [Descri pt i on] • Sel ect s a f ont f or the HRI c har ac ter s when print i ng a bar c ode.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 106 107 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS g 2 m n L n H [Nam e] T ransm i t m aint enanc e c ount er [Format] A SC II GS g 2 m n L n H Hex.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 107 108 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) <A> GS k m d1...dk NUL <B> GS k m n d1...d n [Nam e] P r i nt bar c ode [For mat] <A> ASC II GS k m d1 ...dk N U L Hex 1D 6B m d1 ..
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 108 109 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) For < F unc t i on B> m Bar c ode system Range of n Range of d 65 UPC-A n = 11, 12 48 ≤ d .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 109 110 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS r n [Nam e] T ransm i t status [Format] A SC II GS r n Hex 1D 72 n Deci m al 29 114 n [Range] n = 1, 2, 49, 50 [Descri pt i on] • Tr ansm i t s the stat us.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 110 111 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) GS w n [Nam e] S et bar c ode widt h [Format] A SC II GS w n Hex 1D 77 n Deci m al 29 119 n [Range] 2 ≤ n ≤ 6 [Def ault ] n = 3 [Descri pt i on] • Set s the hor i z ont al siz e of the bar c ode.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 111 112 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) 6.4 Ob solet e C om man ds ESC i [obsol ete comm and] GS V , which i s the upward-com pat i bl e com m and replac i ng ESC i , i s recom m ended f or use, si nc e ESC i is an obsolet e com m and in t he ESC / PO S ® com m and sys tem .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 112 113 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) ESC u n [obsol ete comm and] GS r , w hic h i s the upward-com pati bl e c om m and r epl ac i ng ESC u , i s recom m ended f or use, si nc e ESC u i s an obsolet e c om mand i n t he ES C/ PO S ® c om mand system .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 113 114 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) FS p n m [obsol ete comm and] GS ( L <Func t i on 69> , which i s the upward-c om pat i bl e com mand r epl ac i ng FS p , i s rec om m ended f or use, since FS p i s an obsolete c om mand i n t he ES C/ PO S ® c om mand system .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT 114 App.1 A TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) [Not es] • Fr equent writ e com mand ex ecuti ons by an NV m em ory writ e com m and may dam age the NV m emor y. T heref ore, i t i s recom m ended to writ e t o t he NV m emor y l ess than 10 ti m es a day.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.2 A pp.1 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A PPENDI X A : MISCELLA NEOUS NOTES A. 1 Notes on Pri nting and P ape r Fe e ding 1) Bec ause the TM -T 81 pri nt er i s a li ne pr i nter , i t aut om ati c al l y f eeds paper af t er pr i nti ng t he dat a.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.3 A pp.2 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A. 2 Notes on Suppl y ing the P ower to the P r i nte r • Connec t t he ex t ernal power supply t o t he power supply connec tor of t he pri nt er.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.4 A pp.3 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A.4 Oth er N o tes 1) Pri nter m echani sm handl i ng • Do not pul l t he paper out when the cov er i s closed.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.5 A pp.4 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A PPENDI X B: PAPER RO LL SETUP B.1 R ep lacin g t he Pap er R ol l 1) Open the pr i nter cov er. (Put your f i nger s in t he dint s indi c ated by A and l i f t the c ov er.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.6 A pp.5 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) APPENDIX C: RECOVERY FROM THE A UT O CUTT ER ERROR • If a f orei gn obj ec t such as a push .
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.7 A pp.6 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A PPENDI X D: ADJ USTI NG T HE PA PER ROL L NEA R- END SENSOR LOCATION The rem aini ng det ect abl e am ount of paper on the r oll paper v ari es w it h t he i nside and out side diam eters of t he paper c ore.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.8 A pp.7 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A PPENDI X E: PRINT HEA D CL EA NING Paper dust on the heati ng elem ent s m ay l ower the pri nt qual i ty . I n thi s case, cl ean t he pri nt head as follo w s: 1) O pen the pr i nter cov er.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.9 A pp.8 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) APPENDIX F : NOTES ON USING THE DRA WER KICK-OUT CONNECTOR 1) Draw er speci f i cat i ons (see Secti on 2.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.10 A pp.9 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) The dri v e signal wav ef or m generat ed when the drawer is dri v en acc ordi ng to t he abov e condi t i ons is show n in F i gure F -1.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.11 A pp.10 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) An exam pl e program i n whic h the dr awer connect ed to dr iv e signal 1 i s dri v en with an O N t i m e of 200 m s is show n below.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.12 A pp.11 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) APPENDIX G: NOTES ON UPDAT ING T HE MA INTENA NCE COUNTER AND T URNING THE PRINT ER’S POWER OFF G.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.13 A pp.12 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) APPENDIX H: NOTES ON PRINT ING 2- DIMENSIONAL CODE The T M- T81 support s 2-dim ens ional c ode pri nt i ng. Be sure to f oll ow the not es below w hen print i ng 2-di m ens i onal codes.
Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISI O N NO SHEET NEXT A App.2 A pp.1 TM -T8 1 Specificati on (STANDARD) A PPENDI X J: NOTES O N USI NG T HE A SB STA T US Any accum ulat ed ASB status signals lef t f.
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