Rego RG-MTP58B User manual

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RG-MTP58B
User Manual
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Beijing RuiGong Tech Co., Ltd.

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V1.00
2014.05.12
The first version

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content
Precautions..................................................................................................- 5 -
Safety Precautions................................................................................- 5 -
Operation Precautions..........................................................................- 5 -
Storage Precautions.............................................................................- 6 -
Chapter I Appearance and Model................................................................- 7 -
1.1 Appearance ....................................................................................- 7 -
1.2 Model..............................................................................................- 8 -
Chapter II Features......................................................................................- 9 -
2.1 Print Performance...........................................................................- 9 -
2.2 Power Supply..................................................................................- 9 -
2.3 Interface..........................................................................................- 9 -
2.4 Physical Parameters.......................................................................- 9 -
2.5 Environmental Parameters .............................................................- 9 -
2.6 Others...........................................................................................- 10 -
Chapter III Operation Method ....................................................................- 10 -
3.1 Preparation Before Use ................................................................- 10 -
3.1.1 Battery Installation..............................................................- 10 -
3.1.2 Loading Paper Roll.............................................................- 10 -
3.2 Basic Function Operation..............................................................- 11 -
3.2.1 Power On............................................................................- 11 -
3.2.2 Power Off............................................................................- 11 -
3.2.3 Feeding Paper (Feeding manually).....................................- 11 -
3.2.4 Self-Test.............................................................................- 11 -
3.2.5 Hex Printing........................................................................- 11 -
3.2.6 Enter The Program Upgrade Mode.....................................- 12 -
3.2.7 Power Charging..................................................................- 12 -
3.3 Printer Parameter Settings............................................................- 13 -
3.4 Printer Connection and Print.........................................................- 13 -
3.4.1 USB Connection.................................................................- 13 -
3.4.2 Serial Connection ...............................................................- 13 -
3.4.3 Bluetooth Connection .........................................................- 15 -
3.4.4 WI-FI Connection................................................................- 15 -
3.5 Indicator Light and Buzzer Description .........................................- 16 -
Chapter IV Other Settings..........................................................................- 18 -
4.1 Programming Command Manual..................................................- 18 -
4.2 Pre-printed Black Mark Description ..............................................- 18 -
Chapter V WI-FI Wireless Module..............................................................- 20 -
Setting and User guide ..............................................................................- 20 -
5.1 Web Management Page Description ............................................- 20 -
5.1.1 Open Management Page....................................................- 20 -
5.1.2 System Information Page ...................................................- 21 -
Pic. 5-2 System information page................................................- 21 -

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5.1.3 Work Mode Selection Page................................................- 21 -
5.1.4 STA Settings Page .............................................................- 22 -
5.1.5 AP Settings Page................................................................- 23 -
5.1.6 Other Setting Page.............................................................- 24 -
5.1.7 Account Management Page ...............................................- 25 -
5.1.8 Software Upgrade Page .....................................................- 25 -
5.1.9 Module Reset Page............................................................- 26 -
5.1.10 Restore Factory Default Settings......................................- 26 -
5.2 WI-FI Interface Usage Instructions ...............................................- 27 -
5.2.1 Software Debugging Tools .................................................- 27 -
5.2.2 Net work Connection ..........................................................- 27 -
5.2.3 The Initial Parameters.........................................................- 28 -
5.2.4 Printer Test.........................................................................- 28 -

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Precautions
Please read the user manual carefully and strict compliance with use of
following instructions before operating the printer.
Safety Precautions
Warning: Do not touch the cutter of printer.
Warning: The print head is heating element; do not touch it and its peripheral
parts during the printing process or the print just ended.
Warning: Do not touch the surface of print head and its connections to avoid
damage it.
Operation Precautions
The printer can not be immersed in water, and do not expose it to rain, it may
cause damage to the printer
When printing by USB interface, you can not disconnect the USB cable,
otherwise, it may cause incomplete data. When using the Bluetooth mode
printing in the printing process no more than 10 meters, it may cause printing
garbled or not print.
Although the printer can operate stably at 0 ℃to 50 ℃, however, the high
ambient temperature (45 ℃) or low temperature (5 ℃) will result in poor print
quality.
High ambient humidity (above 85% relative humidity) or low humidity (20%
relative humidity or less) will result in reduced print quality.
Use inferior paper or printing paper stored too long may cause the print quality
to reduce, or even damage to the printer.
When the printer is working under black mark detection mode (when printing
black mark paper), pls. refer to 4.2 Black Mark Detection Description

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Instructions. Otherwise, it may cause the printer inaccurately detected the
black mark
Using out of batteries before charge them, in this case you can effectively
ensure the battery life. Battery life is generally: ≥ 300 times charge and
discharge times, battery performance will decrease based on the increase of
charging.
Storage Precautions
The printer should be stored at a temperature of -40 ℃to 70 ℃, relative
humidity of 10% to 95% of the environment.
Ordinary thermal paper storage time is shorter, if you want to print long-term
preservation of documents, please use the long-term thermal paper.
Do not put the thermal paper in direct sunlight or high temperature storage, if
you have opened the paper, please save it at dark place.
If want to prolonged storage printer, users need to make sure to remove the
printer batteries stored separately, otherwise it may lead to battery failure,
even leakage and damage the printer.
If the battery is stored for more than three months, it needs to be installed on
the printer and charge it one time to avoid damage due to self-discharge.
Statement
This product is Class A. In a normal environment, this product
may cause radio interference. In this case, users may be required to
take practical measures against interference.
Manufacturer reserves the right to modify the contents of the
specification without prior notice!

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Chapter I Appearance and Model
1.1 Appearance
Platen
Paper warehouse
【POWER】
【FEED】
【BATTERY】【MODE】【ERROR】
【BATTERY】: Battery indicator 【MODE】: Mode indicator

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【ERROR】: Error indicator
【POWER】: Power button【FEED】: Feeding button
1.2 Model
RG –MTP58B - **
Interface
S: Serial
U: USB
BT: Bluetooth
W: WI-FI
Product Model
Manufacture code
RG-MTP58B-SU Support serial and USB
RG-MTP58BBT-SUBT Support serial, USB, Bluetooth
RG-MTP58BW-SUW Support serial, USB, WI-FI

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Chapter II Features
2.1 Print Performance
Printing method: Direct thermal line
Paper width: 58mm
Printing effective width: 48mm
Resolution: 8 dots/mm(203dpi)
Dots/line: 384 dots
Printing speed: Max 80mm/s
Paper thickness: 60~80μm
Font: GB18030-2000 and BIG5 (16*16 and 24*24),
ASCII, codepage, defined character (12*24 and 9*17)
1D barcode: UPCA, UPCE, EAN13, EAN8, CODE39, ITF25,
CODABAR,
CODE93, CODE128
2D barcode: PDF417, QR CODE, DATA Matrix
2.2 Power Supply
DC 5~8.5V, 2A；
2.3 Interface
Serial, USB, Bluetooth, WI-FI
2.4 Physical Parameters
Outer Dimension:108(L)*78(W)*45(H)mm
Weight: 150g (Paper roll and batteries excluded)
Paper roll diameter:≤40mm
2.5 Environmental Parameters
Working temperature: 0℃~50℃
Working Humidity:10%~80%

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Storage temperature: -40℃~70℃
Storage Humidity: 10%~95%
2.6 Others
Loading method: Clamshell paper loading, pls. refer to the details 3.1.2
Black mark positioning: Available (details see 4.2 black mark descriptions)
Paper ending detection: When running out of paper, the printer’s ERROR
LED has been lit. If set to allow Beep alarm, the internal buzzer will beep and
stops printing.
Printing commands: ESC/POS compatible with command set (Details see
REGO thermal printer commands manual)
Power supply: 7.4V/2000mAh rechargeable lithium polymer battery
Battery alarm: When the battery power is out, the printer [BATTERY] red
indicator light flashes
Recharge: Fast charging, about 3 hours
Available time on one charge: Less than 25% print density, printing length is
greater than 120 meters, standby time is more than 120 hours. This
parameter is only for reference. If the battery is used for a long time, it may
lead to decreased capacity, and can not be sure the print time;
Chapter III Operation Method
3.1 Preparation Before Use
3.1.1 Battery Installation
1. Place the battery in the warehouse
2. Replace the battery cover and lock the battery cover.
3.1.2 Loading Paper Roll
1. Hold the cover on both sides, open the paper warehouse cover
2. Put a new roll in. Please take a notice that use a valid print surface

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on the outside of the paper
3. Pull out the end part of the paper, put the paper in the machine paper-
out center.
4. Close the paper cover torn off the excess paper.
3.2 Basic Function Operation
3.2.1 Power On
After hold 【POWER】for one second, printer 【MODE】lights, and “beep” ,
then release 【POWER】, printer enter into working mode, 【BATTERY】
light show battery power.
3.2.2 Power Off
In power on, hold 【POWER】around 1 second, and printer will beep tone,
printer 【MODE】light-off. Release 【POWER】, printer is power off.
3.2.3 Feeding Paper (Feeding manually)
In the normal working status, press 【FEED】,the printer start feeding paper,
release 【FEED】, the printer stop feeding paper. In black mark mode, press
【FEED】, the printer start feeding paper, when passed the black mark it will
stop feeding. If the paper is not black mark paper, the printer stops feeding
automatically after feeding 30cm.
3.2.4 Self-Test
Self-test: in power off mode, hold 【FEED】, power on, after printer beep
tone, release 【POWER】and 【FEED】, the printer will print a receipt about
printer status and configuration.
3.2.5 Hex Printing
Hex printing function: print the data from host by hex and corresponding
character in order to easy debug application programming.

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Hex printing:
In power off mode, first hold FEED button, then power on the printer, ERROR
LED flashing, holding FEED button more than 3 seconds, then release FEED
button, printer enter hex printing mode, and print the entrance hex printing
mode prompt message.
ESC hex printing: Power off or press FEED button 3 times, printer will exit hex
printing mode, and print exit hex printing prompt message.
3.2.6 Enter The Program Upgrade Mode
In power off mode, first hold FEED button, then power on the printer, after the
printer beep, then release POWER button. ERROR light flashes. Keep
holding FEED button more than 3 seconds, then release FEED button, press
FEED button 5 times, wait 3 seconds, printer enter the program upgrade
mode. At this time ERROR LED flash each 2 seconds
Fast entrance the program upgrade mode: In power off mode, first hold FEED,
then power on the printer, when ERROR LED lights, release FEED button
immediately. Printer enter program upgrade mode. At this time ERROR LED
flash each 2 seconds
If users want to upgrade program by USB and serial, they need to use the
professional software which can be download on our website:
www.regotek.com.
3.2.7 Power Charging
After working a period of time, printer will use out of battery power. When the
printer battery is near end of power, red battery power LED will flash alarming,
users need to recharge the battery at this moment.
Recharging method: Connect printer and power supply by adapter. When
charging, printer BATTEERY LED flashes as color order. When well-
recharged, BATTERY LED is green. The whole recharging time is about 3
hours
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When recharging, if BATTERY LED is not lit, it means the battery charging
failure. Users need to check the battery installation and connection.
3.3 Printer Parameter Settings
By “Tool set”, printer can configure parameter by computer, such as setting
language, character, printing density, default code-page, printer bluetooth
name and password etc. Details see “Tool set” help file. This help file will be
available along with software.
3.4 Printer Connection and Print
3.4.1 USB Connection
RG-MTP58B printer USB interface standard is MICRO USB-B. Follow the
USB printer protocol.
3.4.2 Serial Connection
RG-MTP58B printer serial interface is compatible with RS232C. Support
RTS/CTS and XON/XOFF handshaking protocol, connection interface model
is JTC3-5A. See Pic..3-1 below
Pic.. 3-1 Serial interface socket pin no.
Serial interface socket pin no. Define as table 3-1 below:
Pin no.
Signal
Signal
direction
Specification
1
DTR
Out
The same as RTS
2
RXD
In
Printer received the data from PC.

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3
TXD
Out
The printer will be sent XON/XOFF
to PC when operating the
XON/XOFF handshake protocol.
4
RTS
Out
This signal reflect the printer
status. SPACE indicates printer is
ready, and can receive data.
MARK indicates printer is busy,
can receive data
GND
5
-
Signal ground
Table 3-1 Serial interface pin no.definition
Note: ①Source means the source of the signal emitted
In serial connection, set baud rate and data structures by “Tool set”. Default
setting is 9600bps, 8 bits of data, data structure is no parity, and 1 stop bit
There are 2 types of handshaking optional. 1. Hardware control, 2.X-ON / X-
OFF protocol. The description of two type handshaking is as follows Table 3-2
Handshaking
Data direction
RS-232C interface signal
Hardware control
Data can be
access
RTS and DTR in Space status
Data can be
access
RTS and DTR in Mark status
X-ON/X-OFF
control
Data can be
access
Send X-ON 0x11 based on
TXD
Data can be
access
Send X-OFF 0x13 based on
TXD
Table 3-2 Two types of handshaking
Corresponding connection relationship (Printer connect with computer DB9)
See Tablet 3-3.
No.
JTC3-5A socket
DB9pin
1
1
6
2
2
3
3
3
2

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4
4
8
5
5
5
Tablet 3-3 Printer serial port connect with computer DB9.
3.4.3 Bluetooth Connection
Hand terminal, notebook and other intelligence terminal drive to printer
through bluetooth. There are two versions of RG-MTP58B bluetooth, 2.0 and
4.0. Compatible with bluetooth 2.0 and bluetooth 4.0 standard bluetooth,
power lever is CLASS 2. Effective distance is 10m. Bluetooth of printer is
guest device. The initial device name for RG-MTP58B, the initial password is
"1234" or "123456" (4.0 Bluetooth). Users can use the "tool set" to modify the
device name and password. Changing the device name and password
method described in "setting tool" in the help file as needed.
The mobile printer need to pair with bluetooth host device first, the pairing
initiated by the master device before RG-MTP58B working. The pairing is as
follows:
1. Power on the printer
2. Host device search external bluetooth device
3. If there are many external bluetooth device, choose RG-K628 printer
4. Input password: 1234
5. Finish pairing
Pls. refer to the host device bluetooth manual with the detailed pairing method.
Note:
a. When pairing, printer RG-MPT58B must keep power on
b. When the bluetooth of printer and host device are well-paired, printer
bluetooth will not be available for other host device bluetooth
searching. Till the printer bluetooth disconnected from the paired host
device
c. After well-pairing, printer MODE LED flash 2 times
3.4.4 WI-FI Connection
With WI-FI hand terminal, notebook and other intelligence terminal drive to
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Printer RG-MTP58B WI-FI support AP, STA, AP+STA.
RG-MTP58B Printer default parameter as below:
Device name: RG-MTP58B
AP SSID: RG-MTP58B;
AP Encryption: OPEN, NONE;
AP IP address: 192.168.1.1;
Network parameters: TCP, SERVER,9000,192.168.1.110;
Printer IP address: DHCP,0.0.0.0,0.0.0.0,0.0.0.0;
AP mode:
The printer RG-MTP58B as a wireless access point, the other device
as a wireless information terminal is connected to the printing.
STA mode:
The printer RG-MTP58B as a wireless terminal through a wireless
access point connects with other devices.
AP+STA mode:
RG-MTP58B printer STA interface can be connected to wireless router
and connected to the network server via TCP connections, while the
printer AP interface is also available. Mobile phone, PDA etc can control
the printer or configure WI-FI module through AP interface,
In the first use of WI-FI interface, you need to set WI-FI module. The details
see chapter V
3.5 Indicator Light and Buzzer Description
【ERROR】LED:
Printer has three indicator lights: 3-color BATTERY LED, green MODE LED,
and red ERROR LED
The definition of the indicator light:
【MODE】LED:

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Long lit: The printer is turned on and the wireless module (Bluetooth, WI-FI) in
a disconnected state.
Flash 1 time: External power supply is plugged, but the printer is turned off.
Flash 2 times: The printer is turned on and the wireless module (Bluetooth,
WI-FI) is connected.
【ERROR】LED:
Long lit: printer is out of paper
Flash: Printer appears error. Different flashes, different errors
.
1. Automatic recoverable error, LED light continuous flashing. Such as print
head temperature error
Error type
Error description
ERROR flashing way
Automatic
recoverable
error
LED continuous flashing: print
head over-heated
2. Unrecoverable error. After flash several times, LED light is on for a period,
and then cycling. The number of flashes indicates the type of error
Error type
Error description
ERROR flashing way
Unrecoverable
error
LED flash 1 time: Memory read and
write errors
LED flash 2 times: Overvoltage
LED flash 3 time: voltage shortage
LED flash 4 times: CPU Execution
errors (wrong address)
LED flash 5 times: UIB error
LED flash 6 times: FLASH write
error
LED flash 7 times: Parameter write
error
LED flash 8 times: Temperature
detecting circuit errors
【BATTERY】LED:

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Power LED is made of 3 color, to indicate battery charge status
Green: High power capacity
Blue: Medium power capacity
Red: Low power capacity
Red light flash: low power capacity, need to recharge timely
3 color off: power off or mis-installed battery.
Printer has a buzzer which can give prompt message. Pls. see the description
of buzzer beep prompt message.
Different buzzer beeps, different error types
When printer is in error status, the meaning of beep number is the same as
LED light flash number.
Power on: Beep 1 time
Power off: Beep 2 times
In addition, the buzzer can be set to beep when a cut is performed, in order to
prompt a receipt printing is complete.
Chapter IV Other Settings
4.1 Programming Command Manual
“RG Thermal Printer Programming Command Manual” is a technical manual
guide for users to develop RG-MTP58B, this manual can be obtained from the
REGO
This manual includes printer hardware interface technical description, printing
control commands set technical document, and how to print black mark, and
how to position black mark.
4.2 Pre-printed Black Mark Description
If user want to position black mark printing, pls. follow the guidelines below
otherwise it may cause the printer does not recognize the black mark. Pre-
printed black mark specification:

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Print position: Black mark should be printed on the left or right edge of the
paper, the same as the drawing above.
Width: ≥7mm
Height: 4mm≤height≤6mm
The reflectance of infrared light: <10% (The reflectance of infrared light of
the rest of paper black mark width>65%)
HPS: HPS black mark from the edge of the printer to print on the edge of
starting distance.4.5mm≤HPS≤6.5mm

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Chapter V WI-FI Wireless Module
Setting and User guide
5.1 Web Management Page Description
In the first use of WI-FI interface of RG-MTP58B, users need to set the WI-FI
module. Users can connect PC with AP interface of RG-MTP58B, and set it by
WEB management.
The default SSID of AP interface is RG-MTP58B. IP address, user name and
passwords see below:
RG-MTP58B network default setting table
Parameter
Default configuration
SSID
RG-MTP58B
IP address
192.168.1.1
Subnet mask
255.255.255.0
User name
admin
Password
admin
5.1.1 Open Management Page
First connect PC with RG-MTP58B by wireless LAN. SSID is RG-MTP58B.
After well-connected, open IE, and enter http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar.
In the pop-up dialog box enter the user name and password, and then "OK."