POS-TECHNOLOGY PT80USEWB User manual

PT80USEWB Thermal Printer
User’s Manual
Version:1.0

PT80USEWB Thermal POS printer User’s manual
contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Brief introduction..........................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Main features................................................................................................................................................1
2 Specification............................................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Specification.................................................................................................................................................2
2.2.1 Paper parameters................................................................................................................................5
2.2.2 Mark paper parameters ......................................................................................................................5
2.2.3 Printing paper using attention............................................................................................................5
2.3.1 Printing position.................................................................................................................................6
2.3.2 Paper cutting position ........................................................................................................................6
3 Appearance and components ...................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Appearance and components ........................................................................................................................7
3.2 Indicator and buzzer instruction ...................................................................................................................9
4 Printer installation...............................................................................................................................................10
4.1 Open the package........................................................................................................................................10
4.2 Requirements of installation position.........................................................................................................10
4.3 Connect to power adapter...........................................................................................................................10
4.4 Connect Communication cables .................................................................................................................10
4.5 Connect to cash drawer...............................................................................................................................10
4.6 Paper roll loading........................................................................................................................................11
4.6.1 Printing paper type confirmation .....................................................................................................11
4.6.2 Loading or change paper roll...........................................................................................................11
4.7 DIP switch setting.......................................................................................................................................13
4.8 Printing self-test page.................................................................................................................................13
4.9 WINDOWS driver installation ...................................................................................................................13
4.9.1 USB/serial port/Ethernet port/WiFi driver installation..............................................................13
4.9.2 Set Ethernet port IP Address............................................................................................................19
4.9.3 WIFI CONNECT.............................................................................................................................22
4.10 LINUX driver installation.........................................................................................................................23
4.10.1 USB/serial port/parallel port/Ethernet port driver installation................................................23
5 Interface pin definitions.........................................................................................................................................32
5.1 Parallel interface pin definition（DB25M）..............................................................................................32
5.2 USB interface pin definition（standard B type female base).....................................................................32
5.3 Power interface pin definition（MPC-3-001B）.......................................................................................33
5.4 Cash drawer interface pin definition（RJ11-6P6C）.................................................................................33
5.5 Serial port pin definition（DB9F）...........................................................................................................34
5.6 Ethernet interface pin definition（RJ45）.................................................................................................34
6 Faults handling ......................................................................................................................................................35
6.1 Printer does not work..................................................................................................................................35

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6.2 Indicator error and buzzer warning.............................................................................................................35
6.3 Problems when it is printing.......................................................................................................................35
6.4 Problems when cutting paper......................................................................................................................36
6.5 Paper jam and cutter retraction troubles removal .......................................................................................36

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1 Introduction
1.1 Brief introduction
PT80 is a thermal POS printer with auto-cutter. It has good printing quality, high printing speed and high
stability, which is widely used in POS system, food service industry and many other fields.
PT80 connects other devices WiFi, Ethernet ,serial or USB port. It offers drivers for Android ,WINDOWS
and LINUX operating systems.
The supported operating systems are as below:
WINDOWS XP
WINDOWS 7 32/64
WINDOWS 8
UBUNTU 12.04 32/64
UBUNTU 14.04 32/64
Android 2.0 above
1.2 Main features
1) With auto-cutter
2) Low noise and high printing speed
3) Easy paper loading
4) Easily use and maintain
5) Support mark paper and continuous paper printing
6) Compatible with many kinds of paper width
7) With cash drawer interface
8) Optional communication interfaces
9) Support Wireless communication function(Optional wifi and bluetooth)

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2 Specification
2.1 Specification
Item
Parameter
Printing parameter
Printing method
Thermal printing
Resolution
203DPI,8 dots/mm
Printing width
72mm(576 dots)
Printing speed
200-220 mm/s
Interfaces
Standard: cash drawer /USB/WiFi/Ethernet/serial interface
Optional Wireless Communication: Wi-Fi or Bluetooth
Page mode
/
Support(Optional)
Command set
/
ESC/POS compatible commands
Storage
RAM
RAM 8M bytes, receive buffer area 1M bytes
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

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CP857[Turkish]
WCP1250[Central Europe]
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
PDF417、QR Code
Detection function
Sensor
Paper out, cover opened, paper will be lack(optional),un-take out
printed paper(optional)
LED indicator
Power indicator
Green
Paper out indicator
Red
Error indicator
Red
Paper Requirement
Type
Standard thermal receipt paper
Width
79.5±0.5mm
Thickness
0.056~0.1mm
Diameter
80mm(Max.)
Physical
characteristics
Paper loading
Easy paper loading
Paper cutting
Manual or automatically cut paper
Operating condition
-10℃~ 50℃，25% ~ 80%RH
Storage condition
~40℃~ 70℃，≤93%RH（40℃）
Outline dimension
145mm×195mm×144mm（W×L×H）
Weight
1.1Kg
Reliability
TPH life
150km
Cutter life
2,000,000 times
Motor life
360,000 hours

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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:80±0.5 mm
3) Paper roll diameter: 80 mm (Max.)
4) Paper thickness:0.065 ~ 0.10mm
2.2.2 Mark paper parameters
Black mark imprint position is on the front side of the receipt when using mark paper. The black mark
reflectivity is no more than15%, the other parts of paper reflectivity should be more than 85%.There are not any
patterns in black mark area, such as ad, and the mark size shall be satisfied with requirements as below:
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: 82±0.5mm
L2-Effective printing width: 80mm
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 72mm.
L7-Right margin: Default is 4mm.
2.3.2 Paper cutting position
The distance between print head to cutter: 12.5mm

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3 Appearance and components
3.1 Appearance and components

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1.Power light
2.Erorr light
3.Out of paper light
4.Paper feeding button
5.Paper cover's opening button
6.Cover of cutter
7.Power switch
8.Bttom of printer
9. Cover of paper warehouse
10.Power port
11.Ethernet interface
12.USB interface
13.Serial interface
14.Cash interface
15.Cover of DIP switch
16.LED alarm
Function instruction of components
1）Power switch
Press “O”side to power off, press “I”side to power on.
2）Power indicator(green)
The indicator is on when power on, and it is off when power off.
3）Error indicator (Red)
Error indicator is on when it detects error. Such as: paper out, upper cover is open and cutter is stocked.
4）Paper indicator(red)
Paper out indicator is on when it detects the paper is out. Please put a new paper roll to printer inside then.

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5）alarm LED(blue)
LED back and forth shining,wifi connect normal; LED Off, wifi disconnected; LED shining on both
sides,un-take out printed paper.
3.2 Indicator and buzzer instruction
1）Function instruction of indicators and buzzer
Name
Status
Instruction
Power indicator (Power)
On
Printer is power on
Off
Printer is power off
Error indicator (Error)
On
Printer is in error status
Off
Printer is in normal status
Paper out indicator
（Paper）
On
Printer is in paper out status
Off
Printer is in normal status
Alarm LED
Back and forth shining
WIFI connect normal
Off
WIFI disconnected
Shining on both sides
un-take out printed paper
Description
Power Indicator
Error Indicator
Paper Indicator
Buzzer
Open printer cover
On
On
On
It rings 6 times by 1.5s.
Paper is enough
On
Off
Off
Silent
Paper out
On
On
On
It rings 3 times by 1.5s.
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℃.

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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
4.3 Connect to power adapter
1) Make sure the printer is power off.
2) Connect power adapter’s DC output plug to the printer.
3) Connect power adapter’s AC input plug to a power outlet.
4) Please be careful to operate correctly when plug out the plug of power cord to avoid damage.
4.4 Connect Communication cables
1) Make sure the printer is power off.
2) Connect communication cable to the printer’s port, and fix it as plug lag spike (or snap spring).
3) Connect communication cable to the other side host.
4.5 Connect to cash drawer
1) Make sure the printer is power off.
2) Connect cash drawer to cash drawer port behind the printer.
Warning: The Voltage of cash drawer port is 24V. (It cannot connect to telephone cable.)

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4.6 Paper roll loading
4.6.1 Printing paper type confirmation
You can load paper roll to print after connecting power adapter and communication cables. Please make sure the
printing paper type before printing. The default paper type is continuous thermal receipt paper.
4.6.2 Loading or change paper roll
1) Power off the printer.
2) Slide or press paper roll storehouse button, and then open storehouse cover.
3) Draw out paper roll tap, and load paper roll as below.
4) Draw out a printing paper, and leave some on the paper out month, then close the storehouse cover.

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Warning: Please make sure the paper roll in tense status, if not, it maybe cause paper jam or other
problems.
5) The status after paper loading

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4.7 DIP switch setting
DIP switch
Switch
Function
On
Off
Default
1
Cutter
Forbidden
Enable
Off
2
Buzzer
Enable
Forbidden
On
3
Printing density
Dark
Light
Off
4
un-take out printed paper Buzzer
Forbidden
Enable
Off
5
Max. number of Printing
characters in each line
42
48
Off
6
Cash drawer
Enable
Forbidden
On
7
Baud rate options (bps)
Ref. Chart 1
Off
8
Off
Chart 1：Baud rate options
Baud rate
Switch 7
Switch 8
Default
9600
On
Off
19200
19200
Off
Off
38400
On
On
115200
Off
on
4.8 Printing self-test page
1) Make sure the printer loaded paper roll correctly.
2) Press down [FEED] button and hold on, then power on the printer, the printer will print a self-test page.
4.9 WINDOWS driver installation
The printer CD has WINDOWS driver procedure ,the position is :Drivers\Windows file.
4.9.1 USB/serial port/Ethernet port/WiFi driver installation
1）Right click “PT80Setup.exe”,and run as administrator.(Double click to run in XP system,and it needs
administrator to run in WIN7/WIN8)
2) Double click will automatically start the drive installation wizard, Choose language as “Simplified Chinese”

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3) Choose printer to connect PC port.,
4) Ensure that all communications cables are connected to the printer. For wireless WiFi, USB and network port,
if the printer is not connected, is not found in the device.
Printer print a self-test paper
①serial port
Serial port is COMx, and choose printer corresponding baud rate and parity type (can be learned in
self-test paper), click the next step of the installation can be completed.

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②Wired networks and wireless WiFi
Search is connected to a network printer, select the printer corresponding wired IP and wireless
WiFi IP (can be learned in self-test paper) and click next. Installation success will be prompted, click
OK to complete the installation.

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③USB
Every physical USB port on the computer is corresponding to a print port, if the only access to a
USB printer driver will automatically recognizes the USB printer, the replacement of the USB port will
not affect the print, or need to select the corresponding port.

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Click on the next step will be automatically installed, the installation will be show successful after
successful installation
④parallel port
Parallel port is LPTx , select the corresponding port and click next to install.