PRINTEX P250 User manual

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USER MANUAL
PRINTEX P250 THERMAL PRINTER
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION.........................................................................................................................................1
1.1.......................................................................................................................................................................

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Basic Specifications.......................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2......................................................................................................................................................................
Printable Area................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3......................................................................................................................................................................
Internal Buffer................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.4......................................................................................................................................................................
Printing Position and Tear off Position .............................................................................................................. 3
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CONFIGURATION AND INSTALLATION................................................................................................................... 5
2.1......................................................................................................................................................................
Interface Specifications ................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1.1..........................................................................................................................................................
RS232 Serial Interface............................................................................................................................ 5
2.1.2..........................................................................................................................................................
IEEE 1284 Bidirectional Parallel Interface................................................................................................ 8
2.1.3..........................................................................................................................................................
Ethernet Interface...................................................................................................................................12
2.1.4..........................................................................................................................................................
USB Interface.........................................................................................................................................13
2.2......................................................................................................................................................................
Printer Installation............................................................................................................................................13
2.2 Power Connector..............................................................................................................................13
2.3......................................................................................................................................................................
Drawer Connector............................................................................................................................................14
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FUNCTIONS.............................................................................................................................................................15
3.1......................................................................................................................................................................
List of Commands ...........................................................................................................................................15
3.2......................................................................................................................................................................
Power Button and Buttons ...............................................................................................................................17
3.2.1..........................................................................................................................................................
Power Button..........................................................................................................................................17
3.2.2..........................................................................................................................................................
Panel Button ..........................................................................................................................................17
3.3......................................................................................................................................................................
DIP Switch.......................................................................................................................................................17
3.3.1..........................................................................................................................................................
DIP Switch 1...........................................................................................................................................18
3.3.2..........................................................................................................................................................
DIP Switch 2...........................................................................................................................................19
3.4......................................................................................................................................................................
LED/Alarm.......................................................................................................................................................19
3.5......................................................................................................................................................................

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Roll Paper Cover.............................................................................................................................................20
3. 6 Self-test....................................................................................................................................................20
3. 9 Error Processing.......................................................................................................................................21
3. 9. 1 Error Type ...................................................................................................................................21
3. 9. 2 Printer Operation When an Error Occurs .....................................................................................21
3. 10 Status Conditions....................................................................................................................................21
3.11 Buffer-Full Printing ..................................................................................................................................22
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CASE SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................23
4.1.......................................................................................................................................................................
External Dimensions and Mass ......................................................................................................................23
4.2.......................................................................................................................................................................
Color ..............................................................................................................................................................23
4.3.......................................................................................................................................................................
External Appearance ......................................................................................................................................23
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COMMANDS............................................................................................................................................................24
5.1.......................................................................................................................................................................
Command Notation..........................................................................................................................................24
5.2.......................................................................................................................................................................
Explanation of Terms ......................................................................................................................................24
5.3.......................................................................................................................................................................
Detailed Explanation of Commands.................................................................................................................25
HT .........................................................................................................................................................25
LF ..........................................................................................................................................................25
CR .........................................................................................................................................................26
DLE EOT n ............................................................................................................................................26
DLE ENQ n ............................................................................................................................................28
ESC SO .................................................................................................................................................29
ESC DC4 ...............................................................................................................................................29
ESC ! n...................................................................................................................................................29
ESC $ nL nH..........................................................................................................................................30
ESC % n ................................................................................................................................................30
ESC & y cl c2 [x1 d1 ...d(y x x1)]...[xk d1...d(y xxk)]................................................................................31
ESC * m nL nH d1... dk ..........................................................................................................................33
ESC 2 ....................................................................................................................................................34
ESC 3 n..................................................................................................................................................35
ESC ? n..................................................................................................................................................35
ESC @...................................................................................................................................................35
ESC a n..................................................................................................................................................35
ESC D n1 . . . nk NUL.............................................................................................................................36
ESC i......................................................................................................................................................37
ESC J n..................................................................................................................................................37

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ESC m................................................................................................................................................... 37
ESC \ nL nH .......................................................................................................................................... 37
ESC c 3 n.............................................................................................................................................. 38
ESC c 4 n.............................................................................................................................................. 38
ESC c 5 n.............................................................................................................................................. 39
ESC d n................................................................................................................................................. 39
ESC t n.................................................................................................................................................. 39
FS p n m................................................................................................................................................ 40
ESC P m n1 n2...................................................................................................................................... 41
FS q n [xL xH yL yH d1...dk]1...[xL xH yL yH d1...dk]n........................................................................... 41
FS p n m..........................................................................................................
GS ! n.................................................................................................................................................... 45
GS * x y d1..d( x y 8 )............................................................................................................................. 45
GS / m................................................................................................................................................... 46
GS : ...................................................................................................................................................... 47
GS H n .................................................................................................................................................. 47
GS I n.................................................................................................................................................... 48
GS L nL nH............................................................................................................................................ 49
®GS V m Vm n................................................................................................................ 49
GS W nL nH.......................................................................................................................................... 50
GS лr t m............................................................................................................................................... 51
GS f n.................................................................................................................................................... 51
GS h n................................................................................................................................................... 52
®G S k m dl . dk NUL ©G S k m n dl . dn....................................................................................... 52
GS r n.................................................................................................................................................... 55
GS v 0 m xL xH yL yH d1 ...dk............................................................................................. 56
GS w n .................................................................................................................................................. 57
GS ( k PL PH cn fn n1 n2(cn=49 ,fn=65)................................................................................................ 58
GS ( k pL pH cn fn n1 n2(cn=49 ,fn=69).................................................................................................58
GS ( k pL pH cn fn m d1 dk(cn=49 ,fn=80).............................................................................................59
GS ( k pL pH cn fn m (cn=49 ,fn=81)......................................................................................................59
GS ( k pL pH cn fn m (cn=49 ,fn=82)......................................................................................................59
5.5 Chinese Character Control Command ..................................................................................................60
FS ! n.....................................................................................................................................................60
FS & ......................................................................................................................................................61
FS..........................................................................................................................................................61
FS W n ..................................................................................................................................................61
APPENDIX A: MISCELLANEOUS NOTES...............................................................................................................62
APPENDIX B: ROLL PAPER SETUP .......................................................................................................................62
APPENDIX C: GET RIGHT FROM AUTOCUTTER ERROR.....................................................................................62
APPENDIX D: CLEAN THE PRINT HEAD................................................................................................................63
APPENDIX E: CODE128 BAR CODE.......................................................................................................................63

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1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
1.1 Basic Specifications
1.2 Printable Area
79.5±0.5mm The printable area of thermal paper is 72.2 ± 0.2 mm, There are 4.0 mm blank area left and right side,
as follows:
Specifications
Parameter
Printing Method
Line Thermal Printer
Printing Speed
150mm/S(Max)
Printing Density
8dot/mm
Printing Directions
Feed Paper Directions
Printing Width
79±0.5mm
Max diameter
83mm
Printing effective width
72mm
Paper Solve Method
Full cut/Partial cut
Line Width
3.75MM
Print head
Seiko CADP347
Thermal Print Head
100KM
Auto cutter
700,000 times
Interface
Serial/Parallel/Ethernet/USB
Character
ASCII/GB18030 Simplified Chinese /Traditional
Chinese/Multinational Chinese
Print character each line
24/48 21/42 16/58
Print character each line
48/48 42/42 32/58
Emulation
, ESC/POS® standard command protocol
Power Supply
DC24V/2A
During Operation
0°C~50°C 0~85% (humidity)
During Storage
-20°C~60°C 0~85% (humidity)
Dimension
142X154X144(WXLXH)
Weight
1300g(no paper roll)
Support OS
XP/2000/2003/Win7/Win 8

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1.3 Internal Buffer
1.4 Printing Position and Tear off Position 1.5 ± 0.5mm
Full cut Partial cut
(Tab left at the center}
NOTE:
1. The values shown in the figures are typical values, the values may vary slightly as a result of the paper
slack or variations in the paper.
2. If the printer don’t work for a long time but installing the paper, the paper may be go to bad and fall on print
head; In such a case, before printing that must be fed paper 30mm firstly.
Receive Date Buffer Memory
4 KB
Macro Defined Buffer Memory
2 KB
NV Bit Image Buffer Memory
192KB

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2 CONFIGURATION AND INSTALLATION
2.1 Interface Specifications
2.1.1 RS232 Serial Interface
2.1.1.1 Specifications
Data Transmission: Serial
Synchronization: Asynchronous
Handshaking: RTS/CTS orDTR/DSR or XON/XOFF control
Signal Levels: MARK = -3 to -15 V; Logic “1”/ OFF SPACE = +3
to +15 V; Logic “0”/ ON
Baud Rate: 115200, 38400, 19200, 9600bps
Data Word Length: 8 bits
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1 bit or more
Connector (the side on the printer ): D-SUB25 male
NOTE: Handshaking, Baud rate and Parity decided by DIP Switch 1 setting. (refer to 3.3.1) the stop bits
fixed on 1.
Switching between online and offline:
The printer have not the online and offline switch.
The printer goes offline:
1) Between when the power is turned on (includes reset using the interface) and when the printer is get ready
to receive the data.
2) During the self-test.
3) When the cover is open.
4) During paper feeding pushing the paper feed button.
5) Stop printing when out of paper.
6) During macro executing standby status.
7) When an error have occurred.
2.1.1.2 Interface Pin Signal Definition
Interface connector terminal assignments and signal functions description as the following table:
Signal assignments and functions
Pin
NO.
Signal
Name
Signal
Direction
Function
2
RXD
Input
Receive data
3
TXD
Output
Receive data