Rice Lake TicketPress User manual

TicketPress
Ticket Printer
Version 1.00
Installation & Operation
Manual
128032 Rev B

Contents
About This Manual ................................................................................................................................... 1
1.0 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.0 Installation ................................................................................................................................... 2
2.1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 Interface Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.3 Installing The Ribbon Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.4 Inserting A Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.5 Printer Self Test & Hex Dump Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.0 Daily Operation ............................................................................................................................ 6
3.1 Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2 Check Ticket Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.0 Printer Configuration ................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Introduction To Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.1 Entering Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.2 Selecting a Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.3 Entering a Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1.4 Making Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1.5 Exiting Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2.1 Loc, Time, Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2.2 ID Action (Weight Extraction Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2.3 Ticket Out Fault (Weight Extraction Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2.4 Ticket Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2.5 Toledo Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.2.6 Fairbanks Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.2.7 Print Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.2.8 Data Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2.9 EAT (LF) After (CR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2.10 High Impact Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2.11 Character Config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2.12 Invert Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2.13 Reverse Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.14 Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.3 Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.3.1 Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.3.2 Interface Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4 Interface Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4.1 Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.4.2 Data Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.4.3 Stop Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.4.4 Parity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Technical training seminars are available through Rice Lake Weighing Systems.
Course descriptions and dates can be viewed at www.ricelake.com/training
or obtained by calling 715-234-9171 and asking for the training department.
© Rice Lake Weighing Systems. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
Specifications subject to change without notice.
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4.4.5 DTR (Data Terminal Ready). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4.6 XON/XOFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4.7 RTS/CTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4.8 Auto CR (Automatic Carriage Return) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4.9 Auto LF (Automatic Line Feed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4.10 ECHO (Enabled Data Echo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.4.11 Different Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.0 Weight Extraction ...................................................................................................................... 23
5.1 Weight Extraction - Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.2 Weight Extraction - Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.3 Data Input Record – Toledo Mode = No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.4 Data Input Record – Toledo Mode = Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.5 Printed Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.0 RS-422 And 20mA Current Loop Interfaces............................................................................... 26
6.1 Optional Interface Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
6.2 RS-422 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.3 20mA Current Loop Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
7.0 Maintenance And Troubleshooting............................................................................................ 31
7.1 Fault Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.2 Preventive Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
8.0 Printer Commands ..................................................................................................................... 33
8.1 Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
8.2 Print Position Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
8.3 Control Character Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
8.4 ASCII Character Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
8.5 Selected Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Indicator Connection Set-up Samples................................................................................................... 37
Specifications........................................................................................................................................ 39
Glossary Of Terms .................................................................................................................................. 40
TicketPress Limited Warranty................................................................................................................ 41
For More Information ............................................................................................................................. 42
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Introduction 1
About This Manual
This manual is intended for use by qualified service technicians responsible for installing and servicing the
TicketPress printer.
Authorized distributors and their employees can view or download this manual from the Rice Lake
Weighing Systems distributor site at www.ricelake.com.
1.0 Introduction
The TicketPress printer is a heavy duty, friction feed printer for printing on friction fed single or multipart tickets.
It has been designed to be easily integrated with many common weigh indicators and to be placed in harsh
environments.
Some of the key features of the TicketPress include:
• Prints at 200 characters per second (cps).
• Automatic head gap adjustment for single to five part tickets.
• Double strike mode for printing on poor quality multipart tickets.
• Standard RS-232 interface and optional RS-422 or 20mA Current Loop interfaces.
• Easy to change no-mess ribbon cartridge.
• Simplified configuration through easy to use setup menus.
• Internal battery back up for time and date, and for tracking serialized ticket ID numbers.
For complete details, please refer to the “Specifications” on page 39.
1.1 Safety Instructions
Note
Failure to heed may result in serious injury or death.
Don’t pour any liquid near the equipment, as it may result in electric shock.
Only qualified service personnel should open the equipment.
Don’t repair or adjust energized equipment alone under any circumstances. Someone
capable of providing first aid must always be present for your safety.
Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the equivalent type
recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of batteries according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
Hazardous moving parts, keep fingers and other body parts away.
To prevent equipment damage:
Keep the equipment away from humidity.
Before you connect the equipment to the power outlet, check the voltage of the power source.
Disconnect the equipment from the voltage of the power source to prevent possible transient
over-voltage damage.
WARNING

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2.0 Installation
2.1 Getting Started
This chapter will use the fewest possible steps to get the first time user up and running quickly. You will be
guided through the following steps:
• Finding a suitable location and installing the printer.
• Setting up a host interface if necessary.
• Installing the ribbon cartridge.
• Inserting a ticket to be printed.
• Performing a printer self-test.
Before installation, a suitable site must be chosen. TicketPress printers have been designed to be rugged,
heavy-duty printers. They will handle most harsh environments, but should not be placed in direct sunlight or in
areas that will exceed the rated temperature, humidity or power requirements.
For details, refer to “Specifications” on page 39.
Important
Before connecting power, open the top cover on the printer and make sure all shipping
materials have been removed.
Refer to Figure 2-1 to connect the power cord to the printer and a power receptacle.
Next verify that the interface parameters are set correctly as described in the following section “Interface Set Up”
and connect the interface cable from the host computer to the appropriate connector on the printer.
Figure 2-1. Connectors on Back of Printer
2.2 Interface Set Up
The TicketPress is supplied with a standard RS-232 serial interface. The default settings and connector pin out are
shown below. For proper communication, the interface settings must match the settings on the host device. To
modify these settings, please refer to “Interface Menu” on page 19.
Interface Menu Item Value
Interface RS-232
Baud Rate 9600
Data Bits 8
Stop Bits 1
Parity None
DTR Power On/Off
XON/XOFF Off
RTS/CTS Off
Auto CR On
Auto LF Off
Echo Off
Table 2-1. Interface Menu Values

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Table 2-2. RS-232 Serial Interface Connector
2.3 Installing The Ribbon Cartridge
The TicketPress has been design to make ribbon installation a clean, easy process with no need to touch the
ribbon fabric.
1. Remove the new ribbon cartridge from its packaging and turn the knob on top of the ribbon in the
direction indicted until the fabric is taut.
Fabric
Knob
Figure 2-2. Ribbon cartridge
2. Open the printer cover to expose the print head area.
3. Orient the ribbon as needed and press the ribbon onto the carriage. See Figure 2-3.
Pin Signal Cable Part # 130213
1 Chassis Ground
2 Transmit Data (Printer output)
3 Receive Data (Printer input) Red
4 Request To Send (set) (Printer output) Jumpered
5 Clear To Send (ignored) (Printer input)
6 Data Set Ready (ignored) (Printer input)
7Ground Black
8 Carrier Detect (ignored) (Printer input)
11 Print (Open collector output pulsed low 
when Print is pressed on front panel)
Yellow
13 Ground
14 +5V
15 Data Terminal Ready (Printer output)
13
14
1
25

Without Ribbon With Ribbon
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Figure 2-3. Print Head/Carriage
4. To remove the ribbon, grasp the sides where indicated above and pull the ribbon toward the front of the
printer.
2.4 Inserting A Ticket
To insert a ticket for printing, simply slide the ticket into the printer as shown below. Align the right edge of the
ticket with the printer’s edge guide, and slide the ticket in far enough to align the desired print position with the
print line indicator on the left side of the printer. The line of the indicator is aligned with the base line of the
characters that will be printed.
Print Line
Indicator
Ticket Edge
Guide
Figure 2-4. Insert A Ticket
2.5 Printer Self Test & Hex Dump Mode
The printer performs many self-diagnostics each time power is applied. If you wish to perform an actual printing
test and/or use the Hex Dump mode to diagnose host data sent to the printer, use the following steps.
1. Make sure the printer is powered off.
2. Make sure the printer has a ribbon installed and a blank ticket loaded. This ticket must be at least 4" wide
and 8" long. You may also use a blank piece of copier/laser paper.
3. Press and hold .

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4. Turn the printer on while continuing to hold .
5. When printer beeps, release . The printer will automatically begin to print. Printer displays entering
Self Test. A sample self test printout is shown below.
Figure 2-5. Self Test Printout Example
6. After the self test has completed, the printer will be in Monitor mode and any data received will be
printed in the following format. Insert a new ticket or blank piece of paper if needed.
Figure 2-6. Hex Dump Printout Example
7. To exit the Self Test & Monitor mode, turn the printer off by holding the power button.

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3.0 Daily Operation
This section describes the features of the TicketPress that will be used daily by most users of the printer.
3.1 Control Panel Features
The following picture shows the printer’s control panel. Each of these items is described below.
Power
Indicator
Power Button
Print Button
Fault Indicator
Enter Button
Increment LCD Display
Figure 3-1. Control Panel
LCD Display This two line by sixteen-character display is used to convey current printer status information and for
printer configuration.
During normal operation the printer will display the message shown in the picture above.
POWER Indicator Off – The printer is powered off.
On – The printer is powered on and ready to receive data.
FAULT Indicator Off – The printer is operating normally.
On – The printer has detected a fault condition that prevents printing.
A description of the fault is displayed on the LCD.
See “Fault Messages” on page 31 for a description of all fault messages and how to clear them.
The “Check Ticket” fault is also described below.
Flashing – Random pattern = Data being received from host.
Steady pattern = Printer is in setup mode, input data is ignored.
Audible Alarm Sounds where a fault condition has occurred.
Table 3-1. LCD Display and Status Indicators
POWER
POWER
Press and release to turn the printer on. When the printer has first been connected to a power source,
the printer performs internal diagnostics and the power button will not function for several seconds.
Press and hold for approximately five seconds to turn the printer off. The printer will display “Powering
Off” for several seconds as the printer shuts down.
INCREMENT
ENTER
These buttons are only used to initiate a self test or for printer configuration. Self test instructions are
described in “Printer Self Test & Hex Dump Mode” on page 4.
Configuration instructions are provided in “Printer Configuration” on page 8
PRINT
PRINT
The Print button action is determined by the current settings and whether a fault condition currently
exists. See Ta ble 3-3 on page 7.
Table 3-2. Front Panel Control Buttons

Menu Settings Print Button Actions
Normal Operation 
(Fault Indicator is Off)
Print Mode = Standard
Data Mode = N/A
Interface Pin 11 Pulsed.
Print Mode = Weight Extraction
Data Mode = Continuous (Streaming)
Interface Pin 11 Pulsed.
Print Mode = Weight Extraction
Data Mode = Demand
Print next valid indicator record.
Fault Condition
(Fault Indicator is On)
N/A Printer will only attempt to clear the fault and continue
printing.
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Table 3-3. Print Button Actions
3.2 Check Ticket Fault
If the TicketPress receives data to print and no ticket has been inserted, the printer will sound a long beep and
Ticket Out will display.
To clear the fault:
1. Make sure a ticket has been inserted, is aligned with the ticket edge guide, and inserted far enough to be
aligned with the print line indicator.
2. When the ticket is inserted properly, the printer will automatically continue printing.
Note
The ticket sensor may be disabled as described in the “Options Menu” on page 9. This is not
recommended for normal use as printing without a ticket installed causes additional wear on the
print head and causes ink to be deposited on the platen surface.
For a complete list of all fault messages and instructions for clearing the fault, refer to “Fault Messages” on
page 31.

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4.0 Printer Configuration
4.1 Introduction To Setup
The TicketPress printer features simple, easy to use menus for setting the various interface and operating
parameters. These parameters usually only need to be set once at the time of installation. These values are stored
in nonvolatile memory, which means that they will remain set even if the printer is turned off.
Note
The value that is last displayed before advancing to the next item is the value that will be saved
when Setup mode is exited.
Figure 4-1. Control Panel Setup Buttons
4.1.1 Entering Setup
1. To enter Setup, with printer on.
2. Press and hold . Entering Setup Menus is displayed as shown below.
Entering
Setup Menus
4.1.2 Selecting a Menu
After the above message has been shown, the display will show the first menu choice available, which is the
OPTIONS menu as shown below.
Options
To cycle through the available menus, press . This will advance you to the INTERFACE menu, the Exit
Setup Menus choice, and back to the OPTIONS menu.
Options Interface Exit Setup Menu
Save Changes

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4.1.3 Entering a Menu
Once the display shows your choice of either OPTIONS, SECURITY or INTERFACE:
1. Press and hold approximately two seconds to enter that menu. The display will change to show the
first item available in the menu.
4.1.4 Making Changes
The values for most menu items can be changed by pressing to cycle through the items available and then
pressing to change the value.
Note
Remember the value that will be saved is the value displayed when you press to advance
to the next menu item or exit the menu.
The one area where changing values works differently is for making changes to the location, time, date and ID.
To change these values see “Options Menu” on page 9.
4.1.5 Exiting Setup
1. If you are currently in the options or interface menu, press until OPTIONS or INTERFACE menu is
displayed.
2. Press until Exit Setup Menus is displayed.
Exiting Menus
No Changes
Note
Note that the bottom line displays Save Changes. If you wish to exit without saving any changes,
press to display Discard Changes.
3. Press and hold to exit setup. The printer will display one of the following messages. No Changes
will be displayed automatically if no changes were made or if Discard Changes was selected.
Exiting Menus
Save Changes
or
4.2 Options Menu
The OPTIONS menu is used to configure various operating modes, current time and date, and ticket ID values of
the TicketPress.
Options
Enter Setup and select the OPTIONS menu as describe earlier. Each menu item and possible values are described
in detail as follows. The factory default values are indicated with an asterisk (*) where applicable.

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4.2.1 Loc, Time, Date
Loc,Time,Date
No
Controls whether the location, time, date, and ticket ID number are printed, and if so,
where.
Value Action
Off*Press to skip all the related value settings and advance to the Ticket Out Fault menu item.
Print First Time, date and ticket ID will be printed at the top of the next ticket followed by one blank line.
Press to proceed to setting ALL of the values for location, time, date, and ticket ID.
Print Last Time, date, and ticket ID will be printed on line following the weight after a <CR>.
Press to proceed to setting ALL of the values for location, time, date, and ticket ID.
Print After Unit Time, date, and ticket ID will be printed following the weight on the same line.
Press to proceed to setting ALL of the values for location, time, date, and ticket ID.
This value is only valid when “Print Mode” is set to Weight Extraction.
Note
When set to any value other than No , you must advance through the values for all of the items
below before continuing on to the remaining options menu items.
Submenus:
Location.
This item sets the format used to display and print the time and date as described for
each of those items below.
Location
US
Value Action
US*
Use to select the desired value, then press advance to Time.
Intl
Time
Value Display Action
US*
Time
12:00 AM
Each portion of the time will be highlighted and may be changed by pressing
.
Press to highlight the next value to be set, or press and hold to
advance to Date.
Intl
Time
23:00
The two formats shown are selected by setting the location to US or Intl.
Note
To exit when Time/Date is turned on press twice until Options is displayed.

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Date
The two formats shown are selected by setting the Location to US or Intl.
Value Display Action
US*
Date
mm/dd/yy
Each portion of the date will be highlighted and may be changed by pressing
.
Press to highlight the next value to be set, or press and hold to
advance to ID.
Intl
Date
dd/mm/yy
Note
To exit when Time/Date is turned on press twice until Options is displayed.
4.2.2 ID Action (Weight Extraction Mode Only)
ID Action
Count
This item sets how the five digit ticket ID number is to be controlled. The value
selected determines how the number entered in ID Number will be used.
Value Action
Count Up*Value will be incremented BEFORE it is printed.
Constant Value Value entered here will be printed on every ticket and will not be incremented.
Count in Range Value will be incremented within a specified range, BEFORE it is printed.
Note
With ID Min on display and cursor flashing on the I of ID , press to toggle to ID Max. 
If ID Max is less than ID Min value will default to ID Min.
Note
When “Loc,Time,Date,ID” is set to “Yes”, you may suppress printing the ticket ID by setting “ID
Action” to “Constant Value” and setting the ID number to all spaces .
Value Display Action
ID Number
ID Number
00000000
Eight characters of All Spaces (ASCII SP) … 00000000* … 99999999
This item displays the value of the LAST ticket ID value that was printed.
Changing this value will affect the ID printed on the next ticket.
If “ID Action” is set to Count UP or Count in Range, this value will be
incremented BEFORE it is printed.
If “ID Action” Constant Value is selected, the value entered here will be printed
on every ticket and will not be incremented.
This value is entered one character at a time, left to right, by pressing to
select the value.
Leading spaces are represented by an underscore character (“_”). Once a
non-space character has been entered, the remaining characters must be
numeric.
To advance to the next character position, press .
After entering the last character, press to advance to the next menu item.
Note
Must be set to “No Value” to turn off ID values.

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The number of leading spaces in these values must match those entered for “ID Number”.
These menu items are only available when ID Action is set to Count in Range.
4.2.3 Ticket Out Fault (Weight Extraction Mode)
This item selects the action to be taken when the printer attempts to print past the
bottom of the current ticket.
Ticket Out Fault
Break Page
Value Action
Off*No Action
Reprint Page The print job will restart at the beginning of the job when the next ticket is inserted in the printer.
Note
Note
Works in standard mode only.
For normal printing there will be a 1/2” margin at the bottom of the ticket, if printing is required
below the margin select the Reverse Feed
option (see “Reverse Feed” on page 16).
4.2.4 Ticket Sensor
Ticket Sensor
On
ID_min
and
ID_max
ID_min
00000000
ID_max
00000000
Eight characters of All Spaces (ASCII SP) … 00000000* … 99999999
These items set the minimum and maximum ticket ID values to be used when
“ID Action” is set to Count in Range.
After ID_max is printed, ID_min + 1 will be the next number printed.
These values are entered one character at a time, left to right, by pressing
to select the value.
Leading spaces are represented by an underscore character (“_”). Once a
non-space character has been entered, the remaining characters must be
numeric.
To advance to the next character position, press .
After entering the last character, press to advance to the next menu item.
Value Action
On*The printer receives data when no ticket is installed, the red Fault indicator will light and “Ticket Out” will be
displayed.
Off The printer will print regardless of the presence of a ticket.
Value Display Action

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4.2.5 Toledo Interface
Toledo Mode
Off
XON/XOFF must be set to “OFF” during weight extraction when in Toledo Mode.
Note
The checksum must be disabled in the Toledo indicator.
Placement of text may not be identical to the Toledo positions.
A sample printout of the Toledo menu is shown below:
Figure 4-2. Toledo Ticket Example
4.2.6 Fairbanks Interface
Fairbanks iface
On/Off
4.2.7 Print Mode
Print Mode
Standard
Note
The TicketPress must be configured for “Weight Extraction” mode when connected to devices
sending data as continuous output.
Value Action
Off*No communication with Toledo indicators
On Allows the TicketPress to communicate with Toledo indicators and format the weight information in both
standard and weight extraction modes.
The expected data format for Weight Extraction mode is as described in Print Mode, below.
Value Action
Off*No communication with Fairbanks indicators
On Allows the TicketPress to communicate with Fairbanks indicators and format the weight information in both
standard and weight extraction modes.
The expected data format for Weight Extraction mode is as described in Print Mode, below.
Value Action
Standard*Data is printed as sent by the host device.
Weight
Extraction
The printer extracts weight, units, and status information from a predefined data input stream.
Please refer to “Weight Extraction” on page 23 for details.

Value Action
TicketPress*Alignment at the margin.
SP2200 Alignment with offset.
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Submenu of Weight Extraction
WeightEXAlign
WeightExAlign
TicketPress
This menu is only visible when the Weight Extraction mode is set to ON.
4.2.8 Data Mode
Data Mode
Note
This feature is only available when Print Mode is set to Weight Extraction.
4.2.9 EAT (LF) After (CR)
Eat<LF>After<CR>
No
Note
This menu item is only available when Print Mode = Standard
4.2.10 High Impact Mode
Double Strike
Off
Note
Using this feature causes the TicketPress to print at one-half the normal print speed.
Value Action
Demand*The printer will ignore all weight extraction records received until is pressed.
At that time, the printer will decode the next complete input record and print as described for the Print Mode
setting above.
Value Action
No*No Action.
Yes Causes a Line Feed character that immediately follows a Carriage Return to be ignored.
All other Line Feed commands will be performed.
This feature is used to convert double-spaced data to a single-spaced format.
Value Action
On All data are printed in a bold format. This feature may improve the readability of back pages of a carbon or
carbonless ticket.
Off*No Action.
PRINT

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4.2.11 Character Config
Character Config
Off
Value Action
Normal The mentioned values determine how the characters will be displayed on the printed tickets.
2 x Wide
2 X High
2 x W/ 2 X H
Sample printouts of character config printouts are shown below:
Standard
2X Wide
2X High
2X Wide & 2X High
Figure 4-3. Character Config Example Tickets
4.2.12 Invert Text
Invert Text
Off
Value Action
Off No Action
On Prints inverted text.
Figure 4-4. Inverted Text

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4.2.13 Reverse Feed
Reverse Text
Off
Value Action
Off No Action
On Reversed feed while pritning.
Figure 4-5. Reversed Feed