Custom Audio Electronics FT190SP User manual

FT190SP
Thermal panel printer
FT190SP
User’s manual
www.custom.it

FT190SP
Printer components
1-Print mechanism
2-Case
3-Paper outfeed
4-Paper loading label
5-Front panel
6-Paper roll compartment
7-Control panel
8-Feed connector
9-Paper winder connector
10-Interface connector
11-External “print” key
connector

FT190SP
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will, nonetheless, be greatly appreciated. The products are continuously
checked and improved. For this reason Custom Engineering s.r.l. reserves
the right to modify the information contained in this manual without prior
notice.
COD. DOME - FT190SP REV.1.20
Copyright 1998 Custom Engineering s.r.l. – Italy
Custom Engineering
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FT190SPi
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS OF THE MANUAL......................................................................1
CONVENTIONS USED IN THE MANUAL .....................................................1
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING SAFETY .....................................1
UNPACKING THE PRINTER .........................................................................3
GENERAL FEATURES..................................................................................3
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINTER...............................................................4
1. INSTALLATION AND USE
1.1 CONNECTIONS................................................................................... 1-1
1.1.1 Power supply ................................................................................. 1-1
1.1.2 Paper winder .................................................................................. 1-2
1.1.3 External print key............................................................................ 1-2
1.2 CONFIGURATION ............................................................................... 1-2
1.3 AUTOTEST .......................................................................................... 1-3
1.4 HEXADECIMAL DUMP ........................................................................ 1-3
1.5 MAINTENANCE.................................................................................... 1-4
1.5.1 Changing the paper roll.................................................................. 1-4
2. INTERFACES
2.1 RS232 SERIAL .................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 CENTRONICS PARALLEL.................................................................. 2-3
2.3 CALENDAR CLOCK (OPTIONAL)...................................................... 2-4
2.3.1 Adjusting the clock through the keypad ......................................... 2-4
3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS
3.1 PRINT DIRECTION ............................................................................. 3-1
3.2 CONTROL CHARACTERS ................................................................. 3-2
4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
4.1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS......................................................... 4-1
4.2 DIMENSIONS....................................................................................... 4-2

TABLE OF CONTENTS
FT190SP ii
5. CHARACTER SETS
5.1 CHARACTER SETS ............................................................................ 5-1
APPENDIX A - ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS
A.1 ACCESSORIES................................................................................... A-1
A.1.1 Power supply ................................................................................. A-1
A.1.2 Paper winder.................................................................................. A-2
A.2 SPARE PARTS.................................................................................... A-3

INTRODUCTION
FT190SP1
CONTENTS OF THE MANUAL
Inadditionto theintroductionwhichlists:theconventionsused inthemanual,
generalinformation relativeto safety,unpacking ofthe printerandabriefde-
scriptionof theprinteritself, highlightingitsmain features,themanual issplitup
intothefollowingchapters:
Chapter1: Containingtheinformationrequiredfor installingandusing theprinter
correctly
Chapter2: Containing thespecifications ofthe interfaces
Chapter3: Containing thedescriptionof theprintercommandset
Chapter4: Containing thetechnicalspecificationsofthe printer
Chapter5: Containing thecharacter sets(fonts) usedby theprinter
CONVENTIONS USED IN THE MANUAL
N.B.
Givesimportant informationor suggestionsrelative totheuseofthe
printer
WARNING
Theinformationmarked withthissymbolmustbecarefullyheeded to
safeguardagainstdamaging theprinter
DANGER
Theinformationmarked withthissymbolmustbecarefullyheeded to
safeguardagainst injurytotheoperator
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING SAFETY
• Readandkeep thefollowinginstructions.
• Observeallwarningsandfollowall instructionsattachedto theprinter.
• Beforecleaning theprinter, disconnectthe feedcable.
• Cleanthe printerwitha dampcloth.Donotuse liquidorspray products.
• Donot operatetheprinterneartowater.
• Donot placethe printeron unsteadysurfaces.Itcouldfall andget seriously
damaged.

INTRODUCTION
FT190SP 2
• Usethe typeofelectricity supplymarkedontheprinter label.Intheevent
ofuncertainty,contact theseller.
• Positionthe printerin sucha wayas toensure thatthe cablesconnected
toitwillnotbedamaged.
• Ensurethat themaximumabsorbedcurrentof theprinterdoesnotexceed
themaximum acceptablecurrentforthetype offeed cableused.
• Donot putobjects ofany kindinside theprinter asthey couldcause a
shortcircuit ordamage partswhich couldaffect itsperformance.
• Donotspillliquidsontheprinter.
• Donot carryout technicaloperations onthe printerwiththeexceptionof
thescheduled maintenanceoperationsspecifically indicatedinthe user’s
manual.
• Disconnectthe printerfrom theelectricitysupplyandhave itrepaired bya
specializedtechnicianshouldanyofthe followingconditionsoccur:
A. Thefeed connectorhasbeendamaged.
B. Liquidhas penetratedto theinsideof theprinter;
C. Theprinterhasbeenexposedtorainorwater;
D. Theprinteris notoperatingnormally despitetheinstructionsinthe
user’smanualhavingbeenfollowed.
E. Theprinter hasbeendroppedandits casedamaged.
F. The performance of the printer is poor.
G. Theprinter doesnotwork.

INTRODUCTION
FT190SP3
UNPACKING THE PRINTER
Removethe printerfromthebox,taking carenottodamagethe packingmate-
rial,as itcould beneeded forfuture transportationofthemachine.
Ensurethat allthecomponentsillustratedare infactpresentandthat theyare in
perfect condition. If this is not the case, contact the after-sales assistance de-
partmentimmediately.
Printer
Manual(or Cdrom)
Paperroll (insidetheprinter)
Longscrews
N.B.
Beforeusing thelong screws,read thenotetoparagraph4.2.
GENERAL FEATURES
TheFT190SP isaprinter which,inaddition tohavingan innovativedesign,guar-
anteeshigh performanceandis reliableanduser-friendly.
Forthese reasons,it isthe idealsolution forapplications whichrequiretheim-
mediateprinting ofdataonaticket, whethertheybeofan industrial,professional
orlaboratory nature.Typical fieldsofapplicationare:weighing systems,receipts
(notfor taxpurposes) aswell asfor security,controlling anddiagnostics pur-
poses.
Ithas a200dpithermalprint mechanismanduses57.5mmpaper rolls.Itcan
print24or 40characters perline accordingtothe selectionmade atthe setup
stageor throughasoftwarecommand.
TheFT190SP printerisso compactandlightweightthatit canbeinstalled ex-
tremelyeasilyonanytypeofequipment.Itissuppliedwithtwointerfaces:an
RS232serialandCentronicsparallel interface.To selectone ortheother inter-
face,some jumpersmust bemoved. Thereception bufferis1Kbytes.Itcanalso
beequippedwith aRealTimeClock.
(Fig.1)

INTRODUCTION
FT190SP 4
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINTER
TheFT190SPprinterhasan ABScasing (1)with afront cover(2)which opens
toallow accessto thepaperroll andprint head.
Thecontrolpanel islocatedon thefront (3) andhas aPRINTkey, aFEED key
andtwoLEDs:PowerandStatus.
• PRINT key. When pressed, in serial causes the “$0D” control character to
betransmittedifenabledduringprintersetup.InparalleltothePRINT key
isthe J6connectorwhichcanbeusedtoconnectto anexternal key
(fig.1.1).
• FEEDkey.When thisis pressed,the paperfeedsforwardmanually. Ifthis
keyis pressedbriefly, whentheRTCKoption isinstalled,the dateandtime
ofday isprinted.
• ThePOWER LEDindicates thatthe printeris receivingadigitalpower
supply.
• TheSTATUSLED,whenflashing, signalsthatthe paperisfinished. When
litsteadily,it signalsthe presenceofanerror(head powersupply toohigh
ortoo lowor headtemperaturetoo high).
(Fig.2)

1. INSTALLATION AND USE
FT190SP1-1
1.1 CONNECTIONS
1.1.1 Power supply
TheFT190SPprinterisequippedwithastandard4-pinmaleAMPMODU1-type
connector(J4). Thesignals ontheconnectorpinsareasfollows:
WARNING
Respectthepolarityofthepowersupply.
(Fig.1.1)
(Tab.1.1)
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11
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1. INSTALLATION AND USE
FT190SP 1-2
1.1.2 Paper winder
ConnectorJ5 (fig.1.1)is usedto feedthe externalpaper winder. Theposition
andfunction ofthesignals aregivenbelowinTable 1.3.
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2-ROTOM
1.1.3 External print key
Anexternal printkey maybe connectedtoconnectorJ6(fig. 1.1).The polarity
andfunction ofthe signalsaregiveninTable 1.4.
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1.2 CONFIGURATION
TheFT190SP enablestheconfigurationofthe printerdefaultparameters.This
procedureisenabled byholdingdownthePRINTandFEEDkeyswhileswitching
on,with thejumperJP2(Fig.2.1) presentontheprintercard open.
(Tab.1.2)
(Tab.1.3)
(Tab.1.4)
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11
1
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22
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1. INSTALLATION AND USE
FT190SP1-3
After this, each time the PRINT key is pressed, the parameter is modified
and its current value is printed. Once the required value has been obtained,
press the FEED key to proceed to the next parameter, and so on. Once all
the parameters have been run through, the printing of a message signals the
end of the setting procedure.
Theparameters affectedduring configurationare:
• Selectionof thenumberofcolumns(24or40)
• Printdirection (normalor reverse)
• Selectionofthe characterdimensions(normal,double width,double
height,expanded)
• Selection of the font (font 1 or font 2)
• Enabling or disabling of the CR command
• AUTOFEED enabling or disabling : if the function is enabled when the
printer receives a characters number equal to the line buffer the next
character will place on the left margin in a new line
• Selection of the print speed in function of the absorption
• Selection of the red intensity : using two-colour thermal paper is
possible to set different red tonality
• Selection of the parameters for serial or parallel communication
• Enablingordisablingofthe1Kbyte buffer
• Enablingsettingoftherealtimeclock
• Enablingof secondsprintingin therealtime clockfunction
Thesettings madearesaved ontheEEPROM(nonvolatile memory).
1.3 AUTOTEST
Toruntheautotest,holddownthe FEEDkey, whileswitchingonthe printer.The
autotestcauses theprintingoftheprinter’scurrentsetting dataandtheprinting
ofthe completeASCII characterset.
1.4 HEXADECIMAL DUMP
Ifthe PRINTkeyis helddownduring switchingon,the printerenters
HexadecimalDump mode.This functionisusedforthe diagnosticsof
charactersreceived inserial orparallel. Infact, theseare printedinhexademical
code together with the corresponding ASCII code.

1. INSTALLATION AND USE
FT190SP 1-4
1.5 MAINTENANCE
1.5.1 Changing the paper roll
Tochange thepaperroll, proceedas follows:
1) Open theprintercoverandpressdowntheswinging supportofthe print
mechanismatthepointmarkedPUSH;
2) Insert theend ofthepaperrollin theslit oftheprintmechanismand position
thepaper rollso thatit rotatesin therightdirection,asshowninthe figure;
3) The paperis automaticallypulledbytheroller for3 or4centimetres;
4) Tear off the paper and re-close the cover.
WARNING
Makesure thepaper edgeis straight
beforeinserting itinthemachine.
(Fig.1.2)

2. INTERFACES
FT190SP2-1
The selection of the RS232 or CENTRONICS interface is made through the 20-
contactstrip:
Whenthe stripis placedin position1-2 (fig.2.1)the standardCENTRONICS
interfaceis selected;whenplacedinposition 2-3the RS232interface is
selected.
2.1 RS232 SERIAL
Theprinterhas anRS232 serialinterface andis connectedusinga 25-pin
femaleconnector. Thecommunicationsignalsusedfor serialprotocol areTXD,
RXD and RTS (if the RTS/CTS protocol was selected) or TXD and RXD if the
XON/XOFprotocol wasselected.
Givenbelow arethesignalspresenton theconnector:
PIN SIGNAL DIRECTION DESCRIPTION
1NC -
2TXD Output Data transmission
3RXD Input Data reception
4RTS Output Same as DTR signal
7SG - Ground signal
(Fig.2.1)

2. INTERFACES
FT190SP 2-2
Thediagramsbelowgivesampleconnectionsbetweentheprinterand Personal
Computerusing a25-and9-pinfemale connector.
(Tab.2.1)
(Fig.2.2)
(Fig.2.3)
PIN SIGNAL DIRECTION DESCRIPTION
20 DTR Output
When the DTR/DSR command is selected,
this signal indicates when the printer is busy.
SPACE indicates that the printer is ready to
receive data and MARK that the printer is
busy.
23 GND - Ground
24 GND - Ground
25 GND - Ground

2. INTERFACES
FT190SP2-3
2.2 CENTRONICS PARALLEL
Theprinter hasa Centronicsparallel interfaceand isconnected usinga25-pin
femaleconnector.Thefollowingsignalscanbe usedforparallel communication:
1) 7 or 8 bit data bus;
2) STROBEsignalthatindicatesdatavalidity;
3) BUSY signalthat indicatesifprinterisavailable toreceive data;
4) ACK signalfor dataread confirmation.
Givenbelow arethesignalspresenton theconnector:
(Tab.2.2)
PIN SIGNAL DIRECTION
1Strobe Input
2Data bit 0 Input
3Data bit 1 Input
4Data bit 2 Input
5Data bit 3 Input
6Data bit 4 Input
7Data bit 5 Input
8Data bit 6 Input
9Data bit 7 Input
10 ACK Output
11 BUSY Output
12 PAPER END Output
13 HIGHT Output
14 NC -
15 FALT Output
16 RESET Input
17-25 GND -

2. INTERFACES
FT190SP 2-4
2.3 CALENDAR CLOCK (optional)
TheReal Time Clockisavailableasan option.
Printingand adjustmentof theclockaremanagedby aseries ofcontrol
characters,described asfollows.
N.B.
For the real time clock control characters, please refer to the
descriptionof theprinter commandsets inchapter 3
2.3.1 Adjusting the clock through the keypad
Thetime anddatecanbeadjusted usingthePRINTandFEED keyson the
printer’sfront panel.To set,proceed asfollows:
• WhileholdingdowntheFEEDkey,pressthePRINTkey.Theprinterwill
printthetimeanddatewithanarrowindicating thedigitto bemodified;
• Eachtime thePRINTkey ispressed, thedigitmarked bythearrowwill
increaseandanupdatedversionwill beprinted;
• Toproceedto modifyanother digit,presstheFEEDkey again.Each time
theprinterwillprint theupdatedtimeanddate,highlightingwithanarrowthe
currentlyselecteddigit;
• Toterminatethe settingprocedure, pressPRINT andFEED atthesame
time.

3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS
FT190SP3-1
3.1 PRINT DIRECTION
TheFT190SP printerhastwo printingdirectionswhichcanbe selectedby
meansof thecontrolcharacters:
normalandreverse.
(Fig.3.1)
Normalmode Reversemode
Panelprinter
Panelprinter
PaperOutfeed Direction
SP
SP

3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS
FT190SP 3-2
3.2 CONTROL CHARACTERS
ThecommandtablelistsallthecommandsforthemanagementoftheFT190SP
printerfunctions.Thesecommandscanbetransmittedtotheprinterwithboth
theserial andparallelinterfaces;if,however, theparallelinterface isbeing used,
theuserwill notbe abletoreceive anykind of response,as thisinterface is
mono-directional.
Thecommandscan betransmittedtotheprinteratanymoment,buttheywillonly
becarried outwhenthecharacterspreviously transmittedhavebeen printedor
thecommands previouslytransmittedhave beencarriedout.Thereare no
commandswith prioritystatus; allthe commandsarecarried outwhenthe
circular buffer is free to do so.
COMMAND TABLE
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