Scaime TP200 User manual

THERMAL PANEL PRINTER
TP200
User Manual
SCAIME SAS
BP501
F 74105 ANNEMASSE
Tel: + 33 4 50 87 78 64
Fax: + 33 4 50 87 78 46
www.scaime.com

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GENERAL INDEX
GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION.............................................page 3
1.PRINTER COMPONENTS...........................................................page 3
2.GENERAL FEATURES ..............................................................page 4
3.PRINTER CONNECTIONS .........................................................page 5
3.1 Power supply ...............................................................................................page 5
3.2 Serial RS232 ................................................................................................page 6
3.3 Self test ...........................................................................................................page 7
3.4 Printer configuration .................................................................................page 7
3.5 Hexadecimal Dump ..................................................................................page 9
3.6 Maintenance ................................................................................................page 9
4.TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..............................................page 10
4.1 Printer dimensions .............................................................page 11
4.2 Set of characters.................................................................page 12

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GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION
-Read and keep the instructions which follow.
- Follow all warnings and instructions indicated on the printer.
- Before cleaning the printer, disconnect the power supply cable.
- Clean the printer with a damp cloth. Do not use liquid or spray products.
- Do not operate the printer near water.
- Pay attention that the external frame, the cover and the printer frame are made from
polypropylene, so it’s better to keep away from:
• ammonia • hydrocarbon
• methanol • dichloromethane
• acetone • perchloretylene
• washing-up liquid • ethylene
• benzol • trichlorethylen
• dishwasher liquid • toluene
1. PRINTER COMPONENTS
A) Front external view
1- Paper mouth
2- Open key
3- Status Led
4- FEED key
5- Paper roll compartment
6- End Paper sensor
B) External posterior view
1- Power supply connector
2- Serial interface connector
Panel cut out:
82 x 82 mm +/-0.5

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2. GENERAL FEATURES
The ultra-compact thermal panel printer, paper width 58mm, with .SIXLOAD. easy paper
loading system.
The printer is supplied by 5 Vdc and is available with serial RS232/TTL interface, parallel
Centronics/TTL and paper sensor.
It’s equipped with a 203 dpi thermal printing mechanism, using 57,5 mm-wide paper rolls.
It can print 24 or 40 characters per line according to the selection made at the setup stage or
through a software command; label printing is not possible.
• FEED key. When the FEED key is pressed, the printer advances the paper.
During power-up, if the FEED key is held down, the printer enters the SETUP routine.
• The green STATUS led displays printer operating status and this check is performed
.on-line. Table 1 list operating statuses and the LED signals connected to them:
LED STATUS DESCRIPTION
Always off Printer off
Always on Printer on – no fault
Slow blinking Papier Out message
Fast blinking Recoverable error (head overtemperature, supply voltage error)

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3. PRINTER CONNECTIONS
3.1 POWER SUPPLY
The printer is equipped with a 4 pin JS4 male connector (90°) for the power supply. The
signals on the connector pins are as follows:
Model no. type: Header S4B-PH-K-S 90°gradi (JST)
Housing :PHR-4 (JST) o equivalent
PIN SIGNAL NOTE
1 GND
2 GND
3 +VP: from 4Vdc to 8 Vdc (head voltage)
4 +VC: from 4Vdc to 8 Vdc (logic supply voltage)
ATTENTION
Respect the polarity of the power supply.
With the cable provided with the printer, connect only the red wire to the + power
supply and the black wire to the - power supply
CABLE TP200
+ power 5Vdc (red)
- power (black)

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3.2 Interfaces
SERIAL RS232
The printer with a serial RS232/TTL interface has a molex 6 –pin male connector 53048 series (90°). Refer to
the table below for the connector pin signals:
PIN SIGNAL IN/OUT DESCRIPTION
1 DTR OUT Ready to send
2 TX OUT Data transmission
3 RX IN Data reception
4 GND - Signal ground
5 NC - Not connected
6 NC - Not connected
CONNECTING PRINTER TO INDICATOR
Below is the connection between the PRINTER TP200 and the indicators, serial port:
STANDARD TP200 CABLE IPC50 IPE50 IPB50 PAX
GND (black) GND GND GND 14 (commun)
RTS (yellow) CTS RX N.C N.C
RX (grey) TXD TX TX2 12 (TxD)
Modification from RS232 to TTL on the PCB
Open the 4 jumpers of RS232 and close the 4 jumpers TTL

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3.3 Self test
Printer operating status is indicated in the configuration print-out in which, next to the name of
the components displayed (see fig.1.4), the following information is given:
• under HEAD TEMPERATURE is given the temperature of the head.
• under HEAD VOLTAGE is given the voltage of head.
3.4 Printer Configuration
This printer permits the configuration of default parameters. The printer’s configurable
paramenters are:
• Baud Rate: 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400,1200, 600.
• Data length: 7, 8 bits/car.
• Parity: None, Even or Odd.
• Handshaking: XON/XOFF or RTS/CTS.
• Autofeed: CR disable o CR enabled.
• Columns: 24 col , 40 col. e 42 col.
• Print Mode: Normal or Reverse.
• Char mode: Normal , Double Width(2 x Width), Double height (2 x Height),
Expanded.
• Alignment: Disabled or Enabled.
• Density of printing: -2, -1, 0, +1, +2.
*PRINTER SETUP*
HEAD TEMPERATURE [°C] = 32.5
HEAD VOLTAGE [V] = 5,0
Baud Rate: 9600 bps
Data length: 8 bits/chr
Parity: None
Handshaking: Xon/Xoff
Autofeed: CR disabled
Columns: 24 col.
Print Mode: Normal
Chars Mode: Normal
Alignment: Disabled
Print Density: 0
[PUSH]ENTER SET-UP
[FASTPUSH]EXIT

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General note: The settings made are stored in nonvolatile memory and are loaded
automatically. During power-up, if the FEED key is held down, the printer enters the autotest
routine and prints out the setup report. The printer will remain in standby in Hexadecimal dump
mode (see section 1.7) until another key is pressed or characters are received through the
printer communication port. When the FEED key is pressed, the printer enters parameter
configuration. Each time the FEED Key is pressed, the parameter will change and the current
value will be printed out.
Once the desired value has been attained, hold the FEED key down for at least a second to
pass to the next parameter, and so on. Printing out of new printer set up report indicates that
set up is complete.
3.4.1 PARAMETERS SET-UP WITH IPC50 or IPE50
3.4.2 PARAMETERS SET-UP WITH IPB50 or INDICATOR SERIE PAX
*PRINTER SETUP *
HEAD TEMP [° C] = 27.5
HEAD VOLT [ V] = 4.6
Baud Rate :9600 bps
Data Length:8 Bits/ chr
Parity: None
Hanshaking:RTS/CTS
Autofeed: CR Enabled
Columns: 24 col.
Print Mode: Reverse
Chars Mode: Normal
Alignment: Disabled
Print Dens. + 1
*PRINTER SETUP *
HEAD TEMP [° C] = 27.5
HEAD VOLT [ V] = 4.6
Baud Rate :1200 bps
Data Length:8 Bits/ chr
Parity: None
Hanshaking:XON/XOFF
Autofeed: CR Enabled
Columns: 24 col.
Print Mode: Reverse
Chars Mode: Normal
Alignment: Disabled
Print Dens. + 1
*PRINTER SETUP *
HEAD TEMP [° C] = 27.5
HEAD VOLT [ V] = 4.6
Baud Rate :9600 bps
Data Length:8 Bits/ chr
Parity: None
Hanshaking:XON/XOFF
Autofeed: CR Enabled
Columns: 24 col.
Print Mode: Reverse
Chars Mode: Normal
Alignment: Disabled
Print Dens. + 1

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3.5 Hexadecimal dump
This function is used to display the characters received from the communications port, after the
reception of each 8 characters from the communications port, the printer prints out both the
hexadecimal code received as well as the corresponding ASCII code.
3.6 Maintenance
•CHANGING THE PAPER ROLL
1)Open the printer cover as shown 2) Position the paper roll making sure it unrolls in the
proper direction as shown
3) Tear off the paper as shown and re-close the cover 4) The printer is ready.

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4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
The table gives the main technical specifications for the 204 dpi printer model.
Print method Thermal
Resolution 203 DPI (8 dot/mm)
Paper specifications
Type of paper Thermal rolls
Heat – sensitive side on outside of roll
Width 57.5 mm ± 1 mm
Internal roll core diameter 13mm
External roll core diameter Max Ǿ50 mm
Core type Cardboard or plastic
Sensors Head temperature, paper and optional: Cover open sesor
Printing Mode Straight, Reverse
Printing Format Height/Width from 1 of 2, bold, reverse, underlined.
Character Fonts Standard ASCII, International
Available interfaces RS232/ Centronics Parallel/TTL
Baud Rate Da 600 a 38400 bps
Receive Buffer 128 bytes
Flash memory 32 Kbytes
Graphics memory 1 logo da 384 x 85 dots
Power supply 5 Vdc ± 5 % (Vcc)
4.5 to 7 Vdc (+ VP)
Absorptions (with power supply = 5 Volt)
Medium consumption 0.2 A (Vcc)
3.3 A (+ VP)
Stand by consumption 0.1 A
Weight (1) 141 gr.
Note: (1) Referred without paper roll
Environmental conditions
Operating temperature 0° C ± 50 ° C
Relative humidity 10 % ± 80% w/o condensation
Storage temperature/humidity -20 ° C ± 70 ° C / 10 % ±90%
Colmns 24 40
Character matrix 16 x 24 8 x 24
Printing speed
Lines/ sec 13
Chars / sec 307 512
Characters (L x H)
Normal 2 x 3 1 x 3

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4.1 Printer dimensions

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4.2 Set of characters
The printer has 2 fonts each width 224 characters. Below is an example:
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U-TP200-E-0908