Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product NP-325 Star Micronics
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S pec. No D-F0301 S pecifications for Kiosk module printer NP-215 NP-225 NP-325 NP-415W Revision 1.00 2000.08.01 1 edition Revision 2.00 2001.04.18 2 edition Revision 2.10 2001.06.13 3 edition Revision 2.20 2002.01.29 4 edition Revision 2.30 2002.02.15 5 edition Revision 2.
Read carefully Before Using the Printer Wrong handling of the printer may cause its performance declined and the product damaged. Please read the notes below before handling. 1. S tatic discharge prevention must be made for inst allation and removal of the printer to protect IC and other electrical parts.
T able of Contents 1. Overview 1.1 Overview 1 1.2 Features 1 1.3 Configuration 2 2. S pecifications 2.1 Basic specifications 2 2.2 Printing area and cutter position 4 2.
1 1. Overview 1.1 Overview The printer is categorized as following. NP - * * 5 * * 1 2 3 4 1: Paper width, 2 = 2 inches, 3 = 3 inches 2: Paper setting, 1= Paper holder type, 2 = Drop-in type 3: Interface, P = Parallel, R = Serial, D = Parallel/Serial compatible 4: OEM number * D type is parallel and serial comp atible.
2 1.3 Configuration The printer consists of the following components. Product Name Description S pecification Part No. Q’ty NP-215 NP-225 NP-325 NP-415W NP-215 1 X NP-225 1 X NP-325 1 X Printer NP-4.
3 CODABAR (NW-7) Å Å CODE128 Å Å 2-D symology QR code Å Å Parallel Centronics Å Å 5 Interface Serial RS-232C Å Å 6 Auto-cutter 1. Cut method Guillotine type Å Å 2. Applicable paper Thermal 65 - 125 (micro) Å Å 3. Cut cycle 30 cut s / minute Å Å 4.
4 2.2 Printing area and cutter position Cutter position (Cutting place) A T O P 0 . 0 m m C u t t e r p o s i t i o n 3 . 0 m m Unprintable area Head position 17.5mm Sensor position 28.5mm 1 2 D 0.125mm B C B 9 . 1 + - 0 . 5 m m Black mark printing 5.
5 2.3 Power supply specifications 1) Power voltage : DC24V ± 5% 2) Current consumption *2, *3 NP-215/225 NP-325 NP415W 1 partition 2 partition 1 partition 2 p artition 1 partition 2 partition S tandby Approx. 0.1A ASCII printing (Printing average of 16%) Approx.
6 2.5 Dimensions 1) NP-215 dimensional drawing frame ground frame ground frame ground wires L=(75) frame ground ＮＰ−２１５Ｄ ＮＰ−２１５Ｒ paper exit 181.4 59 73 10 10 7 65 99 49.4 10.9 60 (33) (33) paper width φ 3.4 φ 5.4×3.4 118 27.
7 2) NP-225 dimensional drawing frame ground frame ground wires L=(7 5) frame ground frame ground ＮＰ−２２５Ｒ ＮＰ−２２５Ｄ ) (12027 M3 screw holes to fix fr ame ground. 10 7 65 10 7 49.4 192.9 79.3 (54) 17.7 118 60 (33) (33) φ 5.4× 3.
8 3) NP-325 dimensional drawing frame ground wires L=(75) frame ground frame ground frame ground ＮＰ−３２５Ｒ ＮＰ−３２５Ｄ ) (12027 M3 screw ho les to fix frame ground. 10 7 65 10 7 79.3 118 φ 5.4×3. 4 paper exit paper width 120.8 (23) (23) 49.
9 4) NP-415W dimensional drawing ＮＰ−４１５ＷＤ ＮＰ−４１５ＷＲ 1 9 119.0 149.0 183.7 28.0 112.0 28.0 paper width φ 4.5 115.5 82.2 54.
10 3. Interface s pecifications 3.1 Parallel interface (Centroni cs) 1) Data input : 8 bit paralle l method(DA T A 0 – DA T A 7) 2) Control signals : /ACK, BUSY , /STB, /ERROR, PE, SLCT , /INIT 3) I.
11 7) T iming chart POWER T2 T3 DA T A /STB BUSY T 1 T 4 T 5 T 6 /ACK T1 = 3500msec (Max) T4 = 500nsec (Max) T2, T3 = 500nsec (Min) T5, T6 = 4microsec(TYP) 8) Receive control When BUSY signal st ays at LOW , it is feas ible to receive data from host computer .
12 3.3 Connector connections 1) J1 Power input 2) CN2 Connect to printer mechanism (head) 3) CN3 Connect to printer mechanism (motor) 4) CN4 Connect to printer mechanism (sensors) 5) CN5 Data signal i.
13 3. Dat a signal input connecter (Parallel) Printer side connecter: 57-40360 (DDK) equivalent Mating connecter: 57F-40360-20N (DDK) equivale nt Pin# Signal In/Output Function Remarks 1 /STB Input Da.
14 5. Dat a signal input c onnecter (Parallel/Serial) Printer side connecter: XG4C-2631 (Omron) equivalent Corresponding housing: XG4M-2630-T (Omron) equivalent Pin# Signal In/Output Interface Functio.
15 8. CN8 Connect to operation panel Printer side connector: 53047-0310(Molex) Mating connector 51021- 0300(Molex) Pin# Signal name In/Output Functions Remarks 1 /LF Input Paper feed si gnal input Act.
16 4. Functions 4.1 Function setting 4.1.1 DIP switch S1 Factory setting Function ON OFF **5P **5R **5D S1-1 Interface Serial Parallel OFF ON OFF S1-2 Select emulation Windows ESC/POS OFF OFF OFF S1-3.
17 2. S tart and end of self diagnostic print Set the power on while pressing the FEED switch and release the FEED switch after the printer mechanism activates to start self-printing. The self diagnostic print automatically ends when a preset number of c haracters are finished printing.
18 4.4 Automatic p aper cut “Automatic paper cut” af ter paper is manually fed by pressing FEED button. If manual line feed is conducted for more than 10 li nes, the paper is automatically cut o ff after the paper feed is finished. This function is not available wh en the line feed is conducted by control command.
19 5. Control commands 5.1 Control command table Control codes Functions Pages 1 HT Horizont al tab 20 2 C R C a r r i a g e r e t u r n 2 0 3 LF Print and line feed 20 4 FF Page feed 20 5 ESC C n Pag.
20 5.2 Printer driver Please apply the driver st ated below for us ing under Windows environment. Please refer to the User ’s Manual for a driver . 1) Windows 95/98: NII printer driver Windows 95/98, V ersion 1.00 2) Windows NT4.0: NII printe r driver Windows NT4.
21 7) Overall print mode setting: <<ESC ! n>> Code : [1B] h + [21] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ FF] h Sets print mode. “n” has following meanings V alues Bit Function 0 1 0 Character font Fon.
22 < Reference > In the case of Font A P1= 〔 00 〕 h,P4= 〔 00 〕 h,P7= 〔 00 〕 h, P10= 〔 00 〕 h, … P2= 〔 00 〕 h,P5= 〔 00 〕 h,P8= 〔 0F 〕 h,P1 1= 〔 72 〕 h, … P3= .
23 < Reference > In the case of Font B P1= 〔 40 〕 h,P4= 〔 7F 〕 h,P7= 〔 41 〕 h,P10= 〔 41 〕 h, … P2= 〔 04 〕 h,P5= 〔 FC 〕 h,P8= 〔 04 〕 h,P1 1= 〔 04 〕 h, … P3= .
24 10) Bit image mode set: << ESC * m n1 n2 Dn >> Code: [1B] h + [2A] h + m + n1 + n2 + Dn * [m = bit image mode(refer to below)] h * [ 0 0 ≤ n1 ≤ FF] h * [00 ≤ n2 ≤ 02] h Data is printed in bit image by following the bit image mode specified by “m”.
25 < Relationship between bit image data and printed dots > 8 dots bit image D A T A s i n g l e d o u b l e 24 dots bit image D A T A s i n g l e d o u b l e D1 D2 D3 MSB LSB D1 D2 D3 =1dot D1 .
26 1 1) Underline set/reset : <<ESC - n>> Code : [1B] h + [2D] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ 02 ]h Sets and resets the underline * Underline is valid for all characters exc ept for the area skipped by horizontal tab. * Also Underline is not valid for 90 ° rotated character .
27 16) Bold print set/reset :<< ESC E n >> Code : [1B] h + [45] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ FF] h Sets and reset s the bold print * “n” is only valid fo r LSB(b0) LSB (b0) is defined as following.
28 20) Panel switch enable/dis able:<< ESC c 5 n >> Code : [1B ] h + [63] h + [35] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ FF] h Changes the FEED switch valid or invalid. * “n” is only valid for LSB(b0) * “n” bit has a following meanings b0 Description 0 enable FEED switch 1 disable FEED switch Default value of “n” is [00]h.
29 Code : [1B] h + [7B] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ FF] h Sets or reset s the inverted character function * “n2 is only valid for the LSB(b0) * LSB (b0) has the following meaning b0 Description 0 resets inverted character 1 sets inverte d character * The command is only valid when it is assigned at the beginning of a line.
30 28) Barcode print :<< GS k n Dn NUL >> Code : < 1D >h + < 6B >h + n + Dn + < 00 >h * < 00 ≤ n ≤ 07 >h Description : Selects barcode symbology and prints barcode. * The next print start position is on the line head * Select following barcode symbology with “n” value.
31 33) Download bit image definition :<< GS * n1 n2 Dn >> Code : < 1D >h + < 2A >h + n1 + n2 + Dn * < 0 ≤ n1 ≤ FF >h * < 0 0 ≤ n2 ≤ 30 >h * < n 1 x n 2 ≤ 51F >h Description : Defines “download bit image” of number of dots specified by n1 and n2.
32 35) Macro definition, start and end :<< GS : >> Code : < 1D >h + < 3A >h Description : Assigns Ma cro definition start and end. The size of data defined by Macro is up to 1,024 bytes. Exceeding to 1,024 byte cannot be defined.
33 Code : < 1B >h + < 61 >h + n * < 00 ≤ n ≤ 02 >h Description : Aligns all data to be printed on the assigned position in a line. * “n” values are assigned to: n (Hex) Position 00 Left 01 Center 02 Right * This command is valid only when it is input at the head of a line.
34 42) Compulsory eject :<<ESC r n>> Code: <1B>h + <72>h + n * < 0 ≤ n ≤ 1 >h * When a ticket or receipt is cramped and it is left untaken for a certain period of time, this command is used to execute compulsory eject.
35 Following table shows the number of characters and input data cap acity for the model 1 in version 1 to 14. V ersion Correction level Data code Wor d Data bit Numeric Alpha numeric Byte Kanji 1 L M.
36 14 L M Q H 489 368 310 210 3908 2940 2476 1676 1 167 877 738 498 707 531 447 302 486 365 307 207 299 225 189 127 1. The first code word is 4 bit length, and follo wing all code words consist of 8 bit length. 2. Data bit numbers include “mode indica tor” and “character number indicators”.
37 47) Reverse print set and reset :<< GS B n >> Code : < 1D > h + < 42 > h + n * < 00 ≤ n ≤ FF >h Function : Sets and reset s reverse print. * “n” is available only for the least significant bit. * The characters incorporated and do wnloaded can be reverse printed.
38 51) Partition drive select :<< GS % n >> Code : < 1D > h + < 25 > h + n * < 01 ≤ n ≤ 03 >h D escription : Selects partition drive. * “n” indicates the following: n(HEX) Divide 01 02 03 1 fixed partition 2 fixed partitions automatic partition * Default value is selected by the DIP switch (1 or 2 partitions).
39 6. Character code table 6.1 Domestic code table (Internat ional character set: Japan) *[SP] indicates "sp ace". *Printer operation cannot be guaranteed if the blank control code (c odes b elow [1F]h) is transmitted to printer .
40 6.2 Overseas code table (Inter national character set: U.S.A) *[SP] indicates "sp ace". *Printer operation cannot be guaranteed if the blank control code (c odes b elow [1F]h) is transmitted to printer .
41 6.3 International character code table.
42 7 Cable 7.1 B501 power cable No. P ARTS NAME Q'TY MA TERIAL TREA TMENT 1 Mating connector 1 XHP-4 JST 2 T erminal 4 SXH-001T -P0.6 JST 3 High temp Vinyl cable (Red) 2 UL1007-AWG#22 No 1.2 4 High temp Vinyl cable (Black) 2 UL1007-AWG#22 No 3.4 +10 -10 400 No.
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