Adam Equipment 3126611270 User manual

© Adam Equipment Company 2011
Adam Equipment
ADAM THERMAL PRINTER
(P.N. 3126611270 Revision B, August 2011)
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CONTENTS
1. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...........................................................................4
2. PRINTER INSTALLATION AND OPERATION.....................................................6
2.1 Packing List.........................................................................................................6
2.2 Printer connection...............................................................................................7
3. PAPER ROLL INSTALLATION..............................................................................8
4. FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTIONS .........................................................................8
5. SERIAL INTERFACE.............................................................................................9
6. BAUD RATE SETTING INSTRUCTIONS……………………………………………12
7. COMMAND FUNCTION LIST...........................................................................113
WARRANTY INFORMATION.........................................................................................124

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•The Adam Thermal Printer is a general purpose thermal
tally roll printer specifically designed to work with the
Adam series of balances.
•The printer comes preset to work with the default
RS-232 interface found on the Adam balances but can
easily be changed to work on other equipment as well.
•The printer is easy to use with only an On/Off switch and
a paper feed button.

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CAUTION:
Avoid extremes of temperature. Do not place in direct sunlight
or near air conditioning vents.
Avoid unstable power sources. Do not operate near large
users of electricity such as welding equipment or large
motors.
Avoid high humidity that might cause condensation, and keep
away from direct contact with water.
IMPORTANT
Clean the print head regularly to avoid poor print quality, only attempt to clean
when the printer is off and the head has had time to cool. Clean with a soft
cloth using diluted alcohol.

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1. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
●Print method：Thermal line printing
●Paper width：57.5 ± 0.5mm
●Effective print width：48mm
●Print speed：50mm/s or 14 lines/s
●Print Head Performances：
Print columns：384 dots/line or 8 dots/mm
Reliability print：50Km
●Interface:
Serial interface: D-SUB 25 socket, optional baud rate 2400bps, 4800bps,
9600bps、19200bps、38400bps，57600, 115200, default is
at 4800bps, data structure no parity, 8 digital word size,1
digital stop bit, supports RTS/CTS and XON/XOFF
handshake protocol.
Cash drawer：6 wire RJ-11 socket，DC 12V/1Aoutput signal to drive the cash
drawer.

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●Characters：
ASCII character set：12×24 dot，1.25（W）×3.00（H）mm
.
●Print paper：
Paper type：Thermal print paper
Paper width：57.5±0.5mm,
Paper thickness：0.06～0.08mm
Roll outer dia. (max.）：Φ65mm
Roll inner dia. (min.）：Φ12mm
Recommend thermal print paper: ADAM
Box of 10 – part number 3126011281
Box of 20 – part number 3126011282
●Printer power adaptor:
Adaptor input voltage：AC 110V/220V，50～60Hz
Adaptor output voltage：DC 8.5V/3A
●Printer weight：0.8kg
●Overall dimensions：
114（W）× 184（D）× 90（H）mm
●Working temperature: 0～45ºC Working relative humidity：10～80%

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2. PRINTER INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
2.1 Packing List
Item Part Number Quantity
Adam Thermal Printer 2120011268 1
Power Adaptor Module 3124011269 1
Mains cable Country dependant 1
RS 232 (25 pin to 9 pin)
cable - female 3124011279 1
RS 232 (25 pin to 9 pin)
cable - male 3124011273 1
Thermal paper 3126011263 1
Manual 3126611270 1

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2.2 Printer connection
Please connect the cables as shown.
Make sure the printer and HOST machine are powered off and connect the
data communication cable to the SERIAL PORT
The RJ-11 jack is for use when connecting the printer to a cash drawer.
Connect the Power adaptor to the printer and electricity supply (c)
Turn the printer on using the ON/OFF switch located at the rear of the
printer

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3. PAPER ROLL INSTALLATION
The thermal paper is fitted as below
（1）Open the top cover
（2）Place the paper roll into the space provided in the following way.
Correct direction Wrong direction
（3）Pull the leading edge of the paper outside of the printer and then close
the top cover.
（4）Tear off the excess paper using the cutter in the top cover
4. FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTIONS
FEED key：To feed the paper through
POWER light：
：：
：Power light to indicate POWER is supplied to the printer
ERROR light：To indicate a paper jam or problem with printing
PAPER light: To indicate the printer is out of paper

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5. SERIAL INTERFACE
Pin definition of serial interface：
Pins Signal Description Signal Source Explanation
2 TXD Printer When you use XON/XOFF
handshake protocol, printer
sends control code XON/XOFF
to the host machine.
3 RXD Host machine The printer receives data from
the host machine
4 RTS Printer This signal indicates the printer
status, low level indicates
printer busy, can not receive
data, the high level indicates
printer ready, can receive data.
7 GND
—— Ground signal
20 DTR Printer Same with RTS signal(pin 4)
All Adam Equipment scales and balances use a 3 wire cable connection which
includes TXD, RXD and GND. DTR and RTS are not required
Printer serial interface DB-25
Host machine serial interface DB-9

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6. ATP BAUD RATE SETTING INSTRUCTIONS
Please contactAdam Equipment to obtain the application tool required
1. Connect the ATP to your PC using the cable provided
2. Power ON the ATP
3. Open the ATP baud rate setting application
4. Select the COM port that your PC is using
5. Select the current baud rate that your ATP is set to(default is 9600)
6. Select your required baud rate from the drop down list on the right hand side
7. Click on “Set Default Baud rate”
8. Click Close
9. Power your ATP OFF and then ON again

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7. COMMAND FUNCTION LIST
No.
Commands Name
1
HT Horizontal tab
2
LF Print and line feed
3
CR Print and carriage return
4
ESC SO Select Double Width
5
ESC DC4 Disable Double Width
6
ESC SP n Set character right space amount
7
ESC ! n Batch specify print mode
8
ESC $ nL nH Specify absolute position
9
ESC % n Specify/cancel download character set
10
ESC & Define download characters
11
ESC * Specify bit image mode
12
ESC - n Specify/cancels underline mode
13
ESC 2 Set default line spacing
14
ESC 3 n Set line feed amount
15
ESC ? n Delete download characters
16
ESC @ Initialize printer
17
ESC D Set horizontal tab position
18
ESC E n Specify/cancel emphasized characters
19
ESC J n Print and Paper Feed

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WARRANTY INFORMATION
Adam Equipment offers Limited Warranty (Parts and Labour) for the components failed due to
defects in materials or workmanship. Warranty starts from the date of delivery.
During the warranty period, should any repairs be necessary, the purchaser must inform its
supplier or Adam Equipment Company. The company or its authorised Technician reserves the
right to repair or replace the components at any of its workshops depending on the severity of
the problems. However, any freight involved in sending the faulty units or parts to the service
centre should be borne by the purchaser.
The warranty will cease to operate if the equipment is not returned in the original packaging and
with correct documentation for a claim to be processed. All claims are at the sole discretion of
Adam Equipment.
This warranty does not cover equipment where defects or poor performance is due to misuse,
accidental damage, exposure to radioactive or corrosive materials, negligence, faulty
installation, unauthorised modifications or attempted repair or failure to observe the
requirements and recommendations as given in this User Manual. Additionally rechargeable
batteries (where supplied) are not covered under warranty.
Repairs carried out under the warranty does not extend the warranty period. Components
removed during the warranty repairs become the company property.
The statutory right of the purchaser is not affected by this warranty. The terms of this warranty is
governed by the UK law. For complete details on Warranty Information, see the terms and
conditions of sale available on our web-site.

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Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity
This product has been manufactured in accordance with the harmonised European standards, following the
provisions of the below stated directives:
Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC
Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC
Adam Equipment Co.
Bond Avenue, Denbigh East
Milton Keynes, MK1 1SW
United Kingdom
FCC COMPLIANCE
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15
of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. The equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
Shielded interconnect cables must be employed with this equipment to insure compliance with the pertinent RF
emission limits governing this device.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Adam Equipment could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment.
WEEE COMPLIANCE
Any Electrical or Electronic Equipment (EEE) component or assembly of parts intended to be incorporated into EEE
devices as defined by European Directive 2002/95/EEC must be recycled or disposed using techniques that do not
introduce hazardous substances harmful to our health or the environment as listed in Directive 2002/95/EC or
amending legislation. Battery disposal in Landfill Sites is more regulated since July 2002 by regulation 9 of the
Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 and Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005. Battery recycling has
become topical and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations are set to impose targets
for recycling.

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ADAM EQUIPMENT is an ISO 9001:2008 certified global company with more
than 40 years experience in the production and sale of electronic weighing
equipment.
Adam products are predominantly designed for the Laboratory, Educational,
Medical, retail and Industrial Segments. The product range can be described as
follows:
-Analytical and Precision Balances
-Compact and Portable Balances
-High Capacity Balances
-Moisture analysers / balances
-Mechanical Scales
-Counting Scales
-Digital Weighing/Check-weighing Scales
-High performance Platform Scales
-Crane scales
-Medical Scales
-Retail Scales for Price computing
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