Custom Audio Electronics SMICE-PS User manual

SMICE-PS
SMICE
Desktop Thermal Printer
with integrated power supply
112/80 mm
User Manual
www.custom.it

SMICE-PS
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COD. DOME - SMICE-PS VERS. 1.00
Copyright 2001 CUSTOM ENGINEERING SPA – Italy
CUSTOM ENGINEERING SPA
Str. Berettine 2 - 43010 Fontevivo (PARMA) - Italy
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PRINTER COMPONENTS
A. SMICE-PS - front exterior view
1- Printer base
2- Cover
3- Paper guide
4- Print mechanism + Cutter
5- Backlighting FEED key
6- Key “KEY2”
7- Paper opening
8- Paper control edges for 80mm roll
9- Plate

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B. SMICE-PS - rear view
1- Interface connector
2- Drawer connector
3- Power supply connector
4- ON/OFF switch

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
MANUAL ORGANIZATION ............................................................................1
SYMBOLS USED IN THE MANUAL...............................................................1
GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION.............................................................1
UNPACKING THE PRINTER .........................................................................2
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS...........................................................................3
PRINTER DESCRIPTION .............................................................................4
1. INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
1.1 CONNECTIONS................................................................................... 1-1
1.1.1 Power supply ................................................................................. 1-1
1.1.2 Connectors for Drawers 1 and 2.................................................... 1-2
1.2 SETUP.................................................................................................. 1-3
1.3 HEXADECIMAL DUMP ........................................................................ 1-5
1.4 MAINTENANCE.................................................................................... 1-5
1.4.1 Changing the paper roll.................................................................. 1-5
1.4.2 Cleaning ......................................................................................... 1-7
2. INTERFACES
2.1 SERIAL - RS232 / TTL ........................................................................ 2-1
2.2 SERIAL - RS422 .................................................................................. 2-3
2.3 SERIAL - RS485 .................................................................................. 2-4
2.4 PARALLEL - CENTRONICS................................................................ 2-5
2.5 OFF LINE ............................................................................................. 2-6
3. PRINTER FUNCTIONS
3.1 COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS .............................................................. 3-1
3.1.1 ESC/POS Emulation..................................................................... 3-1
4. TECHNICAL DATA
4.1 TECHNICAL DATA............................................................................... 4-1
4.2 DIMENSIONS....................................................................................... 4-3

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5. CHARACTER SETS
5.1 CHARACTER SETS ............................................................................ 5-1
APPENDIX A. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
A.1 TICKET ALIGNMENT.......................................................................... A-1
A.1.1 Ticket alignment............................................................................. A-1
A.1.2 Alignment sensor calibration ......................................................... A-1

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MANUAL ORGANIZATION
In addition to the Introduction which contains information regarding the
symbols used in the manual, general safety information, instructions for
unpacking the printer and a brief description and main characteristics of the
machine, this manual is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Contains the information required for correct printer installation
and use
Chapter 2: Contains interface data
Chapter 3: Contains a description of printer controls
Chapter 4: Contains printer technical data
Chapter 5: Contains the character sets (fonts) used by the printer
SYMBOLS USED IN THE MANUAL
NOTE
Gives important information or suggestions for printer use.
WARNING
Information indicated by this symbol must be followed carefully to
avoid damaging the printer.
DANGER
Information indicated by this symbol must be followed carefully to
avoid damage or operator injury.
GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION
•Read and retain the instructions which follow.
•Follow all indications and instructions given on the printer.
•Before cleaning the printer, be sure to pull out the electrical cable.
•Use a damp cloth to clean the printer. Do not use liquid or spray products.
•Do not operate the printer near water.
•Make sure that the surface on which the printer rests is stable. If it is not,
the printer could fall, seriously damaging it.

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•Make sure that the printer rests on a hard (non-padded) surface and that
there is sufficient ventilation.
•When positioning the printer, make sure its cables will not be damaged.
•Use the type of electrical power supply indicated on the printer label. If
uncertain, contact your dealer.
•Make sure the electrical system that supplies power to the printer is
equipped with a ground wire and is protected by a differential switch.
•If power is supplied to the printer using an extension cord, make sure
that the total electrical input of the connected devices does not exceed
the maximum current permitted by the type of extension in use or, in any
case, a maximum of 15A.
•Do not block the ventilation openings.
•Do not insert objects inside the printer as this could cause short-circuiting
or damage components that could jeopardize printer functioning.
•Do not spill liquids onto the machine.
•Do not carry out repairs on the machine yourself, except for the normal
maintenance operations given in the user manual.
•Make sure that there is an easily-accessible outlet with a capacity of no
less than 15A in the vicinity of where the printer is to be installed.
•Unplug the printer from the electrical mains and call a specialized
repairman if any of the following conditions should arise:
A. the power supply connector is damaged
B. liquid has spilled into the printer
C. the printer has been exposed to rain or water
D. the printer is not functioning normally despite the fact that all
instructions given in the user manual have been followed
E. the printer has been dropped and the cover is damaged
F. printer performance is noticeably reduced
G. the printer is not working
•Periodically perform scheduled maintenance on the printer to avoid dirt
build-up that could compromise the correct, safe operation of the unit.
UNPACKING THE PRINTER
Remove the printer from the carton, taking care not to damage the packing
materials which should be retained for future shipping/moving.
Make sure all components listed below are present and not damaged. If any
part is missing and/or damaged, contact customer service.

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3
2
1
45
3
6
7
8
1. Upper tray
2. Manual (or CD-rom)
3. Upper packing frame
4. Printer
5. Paper roll
6. Lower packing frame
7. Lower tray
8. Carton
9. Power supply cable
•Open the printer packaging
•Remove the protective tray
•Lift off the upper packing frame and remove the manual (or CD-rom)
•Lift out the printer and remove it from the plastic bag
•Store the carton, trays and other packing materials for future shipping/
moving
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
It is a practical, easy-to-use, tabletop printer.
It offers an excellent solution for all industrial, professional and laboratory
applications that require immediate data printout onto a receipt: POS,
weighing systems, cashier systems, bookkeeping, receipts or fiscal
(Fig.1)

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documents, security, checking and diagnosis.
It is equipped with a 200 dpi (8 dots/mm) thermal printing mechanism that
utilizes 112mm-wide paper rolls. In addition to normal printing features, the
printer includes a wide range of added functions:
• High-speed printing: 85 mm/sec (normal), 100 mm/sec. (High speed).
• Easy paper changing (automatic paper loading)
• ESC/POS emulation
• Paper width : 112/80 mm.
• Bar code UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN13, EAN8, CODE39, ITF, CODABAR,
CODE93, CODE128 and CODE32
• 3 standard and international character fonts
• Programmable fonts
• Widht and height characters setting from 1 to 8, boldtype, italic,
underlined, rotated 90°/180°
• Possibility to define function macros for automatic operation repetition
• Graphic printing
• Printing density (from -50% to +150%)
• 1 programmable logo (832 x 630 dots).
• Serial interfaces ( from 1200 to 115200 bps) : RS232, RS422, RS485,
TTL.
• Alternatives interfaces : CENTRONICS.
• Reception buffer : from 16 bytes to 8 Kbytes.
PRINTER DESCRIPTION
The printer (fig.2) consists of a shell in ABS-V0 (1) equipped with a cover (2)
that provides access to the paper roll and printing mechanism.
On the front are the backlighting FEED key (3); the “KEY2” key is located
inside of the printer by side of the roll holder opening (4).

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(Fig.2)
•FEED key. When the FEED key is pressed, the printer advances the
paper. During machine power-up, pressing the FEED key, the printer
performs the GRAPHIC TEST and the FONT TEST.
- The GRAPHIC TEST allows to verify the print of logos stored with the
FS q command (see paragraph 3.1), or without these, the print of logo
located in the flash memory.
- The FONT TEST allows to verify the print of characters font stored.
•”KEY2” key. During machine power-up, pressing the ”KEY2” key, the
printer goes in the SETUP procedure that allows to print and modify the
mains setup parameters (see paragraph 1.2) besides to perform the
Hexadecimal Dump function (see paragraph 1.3).
•The backlighting of the key displays the printer functioning status as
follows:
sutatsDELsutatsDEL sutatsDEL sutatsDELsutatsDELnoitpircseDnoitpircseD noitpircseD noitpircseDnoitpircseD
enoNFFOretnirP
neerG)yb-dnats(gninoitcnuftcerroc:NOretnirP
esahpgnissecorpataD:gnihsalF
wolleYdeneporevoc,tuorepap:sutatsgninrawniretnirP
deR egatlovylppusrewop:sutatsrorreniretnirP .erutarepmetrevognidaeh,tcerrocni
(Tab.1)
Internal sight of the
“KEY2”key

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(Fig.3)
•ON/OFF key. When pressed, it turns on the printer (fig.3); when
released, the printer shuts off.

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1.1 CONNECTIONS
1.1.1 Power supply
The printer is equipped with a standard IEC320-C6 connector (IEC320-C6
standard) to connect directly to the main supply (see Fig. 1.1.A).
(Fig.1.1)
(Fig.1.1.B) (Fig.1.1.A)

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1.1.2 Connectors for Drawers 1 and 2
The impulse specified by the ESC P command is in output at these connec-
tors. The host can confirm the status of input signals through the DLE EOT,
ESC u, GS r commands.
The functions assigned to the pins in the connector are as follows:
NIPNIP NIP NIPNIPLANGISLANGIS LANGIS LANGISLANGISTUO/NITUO/NI TUO/NI TUO/NITUO/NI
11
1
11 DNG
22
2
22 LANGIS1EVIRDTUO-KCIKLLITTUO
33
3
33 LANGISESOLC/NEPOLLITNI
44
4
44 V42+
55
5
55 LANGIS2EVIRDTUO-KCIKLLITTUO
66
6
66 DNG
The solenoid must be connected between connector pins 2 or 5 and 4.
WARNING:
To avoid current overload, the resistance of the drawer kick-out
solenoid must be ≥24 Ω.
Drawer kick-out drive signal
Current: 1A (max 10 sec.) or less
Output waveform: t1 (ON time) and t2 (OFF time) are specified by ESC P.
In ON time phase (t1), output voltage is approx. 0V.
In OFF time phase (t2), the output signal is at high impedance.
Solenoid 1 Solenoid 2
(Fig.1.2)
Output
waveform
(Tab.1.2)

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SMICE-PS31-
1.2 SETUP
The printer indicates the functioning status in the print’s configuration.
The printer can be configured with default parameters which are:
•Paper width: 112D, 80.
•Printer emulation: ESC/POS.
•Baud Rate: 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600D, 4800,2400,1200.
•Data length: 7, 8Dbits/char.
•Parity: NoneD, even or odd.
•Handshaking: XON/XOFFDor Hardware.
•Busy condition: RxFullDor OffLine/RxFull (1).
*PRINTERSETUP*
PROGRAMMEMORY......OK
DYNAMICRAM.................OK
CUTTER............................OK
INTERFACE.....................RS232-TTL
HEADVOLT [V] =24.00
HEADTEMP. [°C] =22.0
Paperwidth :112mm
Printeremulation :ESC/POS(TM)
BaudRate :9600bps
Datalength :8bits/chr
Parity :None
Handshaking :Xon/Xoff
BusyCondition :OffLine/RxFull
Receiveerror :Ignored
Rxbufferdimension :8KBytes
Autofeed :CRdisabled
PanelKey :Enabled
PrintMode :Normal
Chars/inch :A=11B=15cpi
Notchalignement :Disabled
Speed/Quality :Normal
Currentconsumption :Normal
RedPrinting :Disabled
PrintDensity :Normal
[KEY2]Keytoentersetup
[FEED]Keytoskipsetup
(Fig.1.3)

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•Receive error: IgnoredDor Prints “?” (2).
•Reception buffer dimension: 16, 64, 1K, 4K, 8KD.
•Autofeed: CR disabledDor CR enabled.
•Front panel keys: EnabledDor disabled.
•Print mode: NormalDor Reverse.
•Characters/inch: A=11 B=15 cpiD, A=15 B=20 cpi .
•Notch alignment: Enabled or disabledD (3).
With ‘Enabled’:(3)
• Notch Threshold: 0.5V, 1.0V, 1.5V, 2.0V, 2.5V, 3.0V, 3.5DV, 4.0V,
4.5V (paragraph A.1).
• Alignment correction: -2, -1.75, -1.50, -1.25, -1.00, -0.75,-0.50,
-0.25, 0.00D, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, 2.00.
•Speed/Quality: NormalD, Draft or High Quality.
•Current consumption: NormalD, Low, High.
•Red Printing: DisabledDor enabled.
•Print Density: -50%, -37%, -25%, -12%, NormaleD, +12%, +25%,
+37%, +50%, +62%, +75%, +87%, +100%, +112%, +125%, +137%,
+150%.
Notes : The parameters indicates with a D symbol are the default values.
(1) NOTE: Parametervalidonlyonserialprinter. Using this parameter,itispossible
to select whether the Busy signal is activated when the printer is both in Off Line
status (see section 2.5) and the buffer is full, or only if the buffer is full.
(2) NOTE: Parametervalidonlyonserialprinter. Using this parameter,itispossible
to select whether when an erroneous character is received (erroneous baud rate,
parity, data length), if the character "?" is printed out, or if the received character is
simply ignored.
(3) NOTE: with Notch alignment enabled the printer performs automatically the
notch calibration.
Finished the print’s configuration (see figure 1.3), if the “KEY2” key is held
down, the printer goes into setup procedure; until a key is pressed the printer
stays in the Hexadecimal Dump function. Pressing the FEED key the printer
quits directly from the configuration. Pressing the “KEY 2” key can be modify
the printer’s parameters, during this procedure with the FEED key modifies
the parameter value and with the “KEY 2” key confirm it and advances to the
next parameter. Once the configuration procedure has been completed, the
settings are saved in permanent mode.

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SMICE-PS51-
(Fig.1.4)
1.3 HEXADECIMAL DUMP
This function is used to display the characters received from the communi-
cation port; for each 10 characters received from the communication port, it
prints out hexadecimal and ASCII codes (if the characters appear under-
lined, the buffer is full).
Below is shown a sample printer Setup printout.
48 65 78 61 64 65 63 69 6D 61 Hexadecima
6C 20 64 75 6D 70 20 66 75 6E l dump fun
63 74 69 6F 6E 20 30 31 32 33 ction 0123
34 35 36 37 38 39 61 62 63 64 456789abcd
65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E efghijklmn
6F 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 opqrstuvwx
79 7A yz
1.4 MAINTENANCE
1.4.1 Changing the paper roll
To change the paper roll in the printer, proceed as follows:
1) Open the printer cover and position the paper roll making sure it unrolls
in the proper direction as shown in the figure 1.4;
2) Position the beginning of the paper on the advertising sign of the rest
plate (fig.1.5);
(Fig.1.5)

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3) Close the cover (fig.1.6);
4) This starts the AUTOLOAD function, wait for the end of this procedure.
The paper recede back into the printer ... (fig.1.7);
5) And then the paper re-emerge for a few centimeters, at the end of that
procedure, the cutter will cut the paper (fig.1.8);
6) Remove the slip of paper. The printer is ready for use (fig.1.9).
WARNING
Before inserting the paper, maker sure it has a cleanly-cut edge.
(Fig.1.10)
(Fig.1.6) (Fig.1.7)
(Fig.1.9)(Fig.1.8)

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SMICE-PS71-
(Fig.1.11)
1.4.2 Cleaning
To clean the printer, use a vacuum cleaner or soft cloth.
Before cleaning the printer, unplug the electrical power supply cable.
Do not use alcohol, solvents or stiff-bristled brushes.
Do not let water or other liquids seep into the printer.

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13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
2.1 SERIAL - RS232 / TTL
The printer has an RS232 or TTL serial interface with a rectangular 25-pin
female connector. The signals on the connector pins and their connection to
the PC are shown in the table 2.1.
NIPNIP NIP NIPNIPLANGISLANGIS LANGIS LANGISLANGISTUO/NITUO/NI TUO/NI TUO/NITUO/NIAA
A
AANOITPIRCSEDNOITPIRCSED NOITPIRCSED NOITPIRCSEDNOITPIRCSED
22
2
22 XTTUOXR)tsohmorf(tuptuolaireS.atadevieceR
33
3
33 XRNIXT)tsohsdrawot(tupnilaireS.atadtimsnarT
44
4
44 STRTUOSTC evitca(atadeviecerotydaeR.dnesotydaeR )levelhgih232SRta
77
7
77 DNG-DNGdnuorglangiS
0202020202RSDTUORSD gninoitcnufdnanosiretnirP.ydaertesataD )levelhgih232SRtaevitca(
(Fig.2.1)
(Tab.2.1)