2connet 2C-POS58-BU User manual

2C-POS58-BU Thermal
Printer
User’s Manual

Catalogue
1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Brief introduction..........................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Main features ................................................................................................................................................1
2 Specification ............................................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Specification .................................................................................................................................................2
2.2 Printing material requirements......................................................................................................................4
2.2.1 Paper parameters................................................................................................................................4
2.2.3 Printing paper using attention ............................................................................................................4
2.3 Printing and paper cutting position...............................................................................................................5
2.3.1 Printing position.................................................................................................................................5
3 Appearance and components ...................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Appearance and components ........................................................................................................................6
3.2 Indicator instruction......................................................................................................................................8
4 Printer installation.................................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Open the package..........................................................................................................................................8
4.2 Requirements of installation position ...........................................................................................................8
4.3 Connect to power adapter .............................................................................................................................9
4.4 Connect Communication cables ...................................................................................................................9
4.5 Connect to cash drawer.................................................................................................................................9
4.6 Paper roll loading..........................................................................................................................................9
4.6.1 Printing paper type confirmation .......................................................................................................9
4.6.2 Loading or change paper roll .............................................................................................................9
4.7 Printing self-test page .................................................................................................................................11
4.8 WINDOWS driver installation ...................................................................................................................11
4.8.1 USB/parallel port driver installation ...........................................................................................12
4.9 LINUX driver installation...........................................................................................................................13
5 Interface pin definitions.........................................................................................................................................21
5.1 Parallel interface pin definition （ DB25M ） ..............................................................................................21
5.2 USB interface pin definition （ standard B type female base).....................................................................21
5.3 Power interface pin definition （ MPC-3-001B ） .......................................................................................22
5.4 Cash drawer interface pin definition （ RJ11-6P6C ） .................................................................................22
6 Faults handling ......................................................................................................................................................23
6.1 Printer does not work..................................................................................................................................23
6.2 Indicator error .............................................................................................................................................23
6.3 Problems when it is printing .......................................................................................................................23

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1 Introduction
1.1 Brief introduction
KP206B is a thermal POS printer. It has good printing quality and high stability, which is widely used in POS
system, food service industry and many other fields.
KP206B connects other devices via USB port, optional Bluetooth. It offers drivers for WINDOWS,
ANDROID and LINUX operating systems.
The supported operating systems are as below:
WINDOWS XP
WINDOWS 7 32/64
WINDOWS 8
WINDOWS 10
UBUNTU 12.04 32/64
UBUNTU 14.04 32/64
ANDROID (4.0~6.0)
1.2 Main features
1) Optional communication interfaces(USB and Bluetooth)
2) With cash drawer interface
3) Low noise and high stability
4) Good printing quality
5) Easy paper loading
6) Easily use and maintain
7) Support continuous paper printing

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2 Specification
2.1 Specification
Item Parameter
Printing parameter
Printing method Thermal printing
Resolution 203DPI,8 dots/mm
Printing width 48mm(384 dots)
Printing speed 90mm/s
Interfaces and
printer types
Bluetooth ： KP206B-UB
USB: KP206B-U
Parallel ： KP206B-P
Page mode / No support
Command set / ESC/POS compatible commands
FLASH FLASH 4M bytes, NV bitmap 64K bytes
characters
Chinese GB18030 24×24
Words, figures ASCII 9×17,12×24
User-defined Support
Code pages
Optional international character sets 45
TRADITIONAL CHINESE
CHINESE
CP437 [U.S.A., Standard Europe]
Katakana
CP850 [Multilingual]
CP860 [Portuguese]
CP863 [Canadian-French]
CP865 [Nordic]
WCP1251 [Cyrillic]
CP866 Cyrillic #2
MIK[Cyrillic /Bulgarian]
CP755 [East Europe ， Latvian 2]
Iran
CP862 [Hebrew]
WCP1252 Latin I
WCP1253 [Greek]
CP852 [Latina 2]
CP858 Multilingual Latin Ⅰ +Euro)
Iran II
Latvian
CP864 [Arabic]
ISO-8859-1 [West Europe]
CP737 [Greek]
WCP1257 [Baltic]
Thai
CP720[Arabic]
CP855
CP857[Turkish]
WCP1250[Central Europe]

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CP775
WCP1254[Turkish]
WCP1255[Hebrew]
WCP1256[Arabic]
WCP1258[Vietnam]
ISO-8859-2[Latin 2]
ISO-8859-3[Latin 3]
ISO-8859-4[Baltic]
ISO-8859-5[Cyrillic]
ISO-8859-6[Arabic]
ISO-8859-7[Greek]
ISO-8859-8[Hebrew]
ISO-8859-9[Turkish]
ISO-8859-15 [Latin 3]
Thai2
CP856
Chart /
Supports different density dots and images printings
Supports grating bitmap printing
Supports download bitmap printing, every bitmap size should less
than 256K, and the total capacity of download bitmap is 256K.
Bar codes 1D UPC-A
、 UPC-E 、 EAN-8 、 EAN13 、 CODE39 、 ITF 、 CODEBAR 、
CODE128 、 CODE93
2D QR Code
Detection function Sensor Paper out
LED indicator Statue indicator Blue
Paper out indicator Red
Paper Requirement
Type Standard thermal receipt paper
Width 57.5
± 0.5mm
Thickness 0.056~0.1mm
Diameter 50mm(Max.)
Physical
characteristics
Paper loading Easy paper loading
Operating condition -10
℃ ~ 50 ℃， 25% ~ 80%RH
Storage condition ~40
℃ ~ 70 ℃， ≤93%RH （ 40 ℃）
Outline dimension 177mm
× 130.5mm × 107mm （ W×L×H ）
Weight 0.5Kg
Reliability TPH life 50km
Motor life 360,000 hours
Software function Driver procedure Windows
（ WIN7/WIN8/Vista/XP/2000 ）
Ubuntu 12.04 32/64, Ubuntu 14.04 32/64

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2.2 Printing material requirements
2.2.1 Paper parameters
1) Paper type: thermal receipt paper/thermal black mark paper
2) Paper width:58±0.5 mm
3) Paper roll diameter: 50 mm (Max.)
4) Paper thickness:0.065 ~ 0.10mm
2.2.3 Printing paper using attention
Note:
1) Please use good quality paper, otherwise, it will effect printing quality and even reduce printer head life.
2) Don’t make the paper stick on axis.
3) Paper will be fading out or reduced thermal sensitivity if it is polluted by chemical or oil, which will affect
printing effects.
4) Don’t use nail or hard things to clash printing paper, otherwise, it will be fade out.
5) Paper will be fading out if the environment temperature exceeds 70°C. So please take note the temperature,
humidity and illumination effects.

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2.3 Printing and paper cutting position
2.3.1 Printing position
L1-Paper storehouse’s width:58±0.5mm
L2-Effective printing width: 57mm
L3-Distance between print head to paper storehouse’s left edge (fixed width): 3±0.3mm
L4-Distance between print head to paper storehouse’s right edge (fixed width): 3±0.3mm
L5-Left margin: Default is 4mm
L6-Printing area width: it is set by commands (refer to programming manual). Default is 48mm.
L7-Right margin: Default is 4mm.

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3 Appearance and components
3.1 Appearance and components

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(1)Power indicator (6)Power port
(2)Bluetooth indicator (7)Open lid notch
(3) FEED button (8)Paper tearing port
(4)Under cover of printer (9)ON-OFF button
(5)Cover of paper warehouse

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Function instruction of components
1 ） Power switch
Press “O” side to power off, press “I” side to power on.
2 ） statue indicator(blue)
The indicator is on when power on, and statue of printer.
3 ） Blue indicator (Red)
Blue indicator is on when Bluetooth connected. .Flashing indication disconnected.
3.2 Indicator instruction
1 ） Function instruction of indicators and buzzer
Name Status Instruction
Statue indicator (Power)
Bright Printer is in normal status
flashing Printer is out of paper or open paper warehouse
Bright off Printer is power off
Bluetooth indicator
（ Paper ）
Bright Bluetooth is connected
Bright off Bluetooth is disconnected
Description Statue Indicator Bluetooth Indicator
Open paper warehouse Flashing Bright off
Paper is enough Bright Bright off
Paper out Flashing Bright off
Bluetooth is connected Bright Bright
Note: Printer detects printer head temperature via thermal resistance. It will cut off print head power
and stop printing if print head is overheat. The print head protection temperature is 80 ℃
℃℃
℃ .
4 Printer installation
4.1 Open the package
Please make sure everything is in good status when you open the package. Otherwise, please contact to distributor
in time.
4.2 Requirements of installation position
1) Put the printer on a stably place.
2) Let the printer far away from water, fire, and sunlight.
3) Avoid to put it on oscillatory and impassive place.
4) Make sure to connect printer with ground safety