SPRT SP-POS587 User manual

SPRT®
SP-POS587
Thermal Printer
User’s Manual
（VER1.02）
Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co, Ltd.
www.sprt-printer.com

Content
Chapter 1 Characteristics and Specification............................................................................................1
1.1 Printing specification..................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Printing Paper.................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Printing Font................................................................................................................................... 1
1.4 Interface.......................................................................................................................................... 2
1.5 Printing Control Command...........................................................................................................2
1.6 Power Supply................................................................................................................................. 2
1.7 Operation Environment.................................................................................................................2
1.8 Outline Dimension......................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 2 Installation and Operation........................................................................................................ 3
2.1 Printer Appearance........................................................................................................................3
2.2 Paper Installation........................................................................................................................... 4
2.3 Interface Connection..................................................................................................................... 4
2.3.1 USB interface......................................................................................................................4
2.3.2 Cash Drawer Interface...................................................................................................... 5
2.3.3 Power Connection..............................................................................................................5
2.4 Buttons and Indicators.................................................................................................................. 6
2.4.1 Power switch....................................................................................................................... 6
2.4.2 Feed Button.........................................................................................................................6
2.4.3 Opening Upper Cover Button...........................................................................................6
2.4.4 Power indicator light (Green)........................................................................................... 6
2.4.5 Status Indicator light and Buzzer.....................................................................................6
2.5 Self-test........................................................................................................................................... 7
2.6 Hexadecimal Dump....................................................................................................................... 7
2.7 Upgrade Mode............................................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 3 Printing Driver Installation ...................................................................................................... 8
Appendix 1 Performance Index..................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
SP- POS587 printer is a new type line thermal printer. It features in fast speed print,
low print noise, high reliability, perfect print quality and ribbon needless avoiding the
vexation of regular maintenance.
SP-POS587 printer: small in outline dimension, simple operation, and extensive
application, especially suitable for commercial cash register, PC POS, bank POS
and all kinds of receipts print.

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Chapter 1 Characteristics and Specification
1.1 Printing specification
● Printing method: direct thermal
● Printing paper width: 57.5±0.5mm
● Printing density: 8 dots/mm, 384 dots/line
● Printing speed: approx. 60mm/s (valid content of each line isn’t over 25%)
● Reliability:
Printing head life:50km
Using condition:
＊Print 12 × 24 ASCII characters, print 50 lines each time, intermittent print
repeatedly
＊Each dot-line printing at the same time should not exceed 25%, each
character-line and one dot vertically printing repeatedly should not exceed 11
times
＊Use specified thermal paper
●Valid printing width: 48mm
1.2 Printing Paper
● Paper Type: Thermal Paper 57.5xΦ60 mm（MAX）
● Paper Thickness －－－－－－0.06-0.08mm
● Paper Loading: Easy Paper Loading
● Paper Cutting: Manual Paper Tear
1.3 Printing Font
● ANK Character set:
12×24 dots,1.5（W）×3.00（H）mm;
● GB2312-80(Chinese):
24×24 dots,3.00（W）×3.00（H）mm.

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1.4 Interface
● USB interface:
Standard B type USB interface.
● Cash drawer control
DC12V,1A,6-pin RJ-11 socket
1.5 Printing Control Command
● Character print command: supports double width and double height
printing of ANK characters, user-defined characters and Chinese characters,
the character line spacing is adjustable.
● Graphics print command: supports the printing of bit map graphics with different
density.
● GS bar code print command: supports UPC-A、UPC-E、EAN-13、EAN-8、
CODE39、ITF25、CODABAR、CODE93、CODE128 bar code print.
1.6 Power Supply
●110VAC ~220VAC 50Hz,1A
1.7 Operation Environment
● Operation environment temperature: 0～50℃
Relative humidity: 10～80％
● Storage temperature: -20～60℃
Relative humidity: 10～90%
1.8 Outline Dimension and Weight
● Outline Dimension: 175 (L) X 117 (W) X99 (H) mm
● Weight: 460g (not including paper roll)

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Chapter 2 Installation and Operation
2.1 Printer Appearance
Printer appearance like below Fig 2－1－1,Fig 2－1－2.
Fig2－1－1 Printer Appearance
Printing
R
Paper Case Cover
Plastic Case
Power
Indicato
r
Status Indicator
Feed
Power
Button

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Fig2－1－2 Printer appearance（back）
2.2 Paper Installation
SP-POS587 adopts 58mm width thermal paper.
The steps of thermal paper installation are as the following:
1. When there is no paper in the print head, pls don’t press【FEED】button to avoid
affecting the life of printing head. Opening open button to open the case cover
and change paper.
2. After paper case cover is closed, pls do not draw the paper forwards or backwards
with hands.
2.3 Interface Connection
2.3.1 USB interface
Standard B type USB interface
Power Interface
USB Interface
Cash Drawer Interface

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2.3.2 Cash Drawer Interface
The cash drawer interface of SP-POS58VI is RJ-11, 6pin socket, as below,
Fig2－3－1 Cash Drawer Interface
The pin assignment of the cash drawer interface is as follows:
Pin No.
Signal
Direction
1
Chassis Ground
---
2
Cash drawer driver signal
Out
3
Cash drawer on/off status signal
In
4
+12V DC
Out
5
N.C
---
6
Cash drawer on/off status signal
ground
---
Table2－3－2 The pin assignment of the cash drawer interface
2.3.3 Power Connection
SP-POS587 uses external power supply as 110VAC~220VAC、50Hz 、1A, the power
socket is two core model, as below:
Fig2-3-3Power Socket

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2.4 Buttons and Indicators
2.4.1 Power switch
Control on/off status of power. is off status. Press “－”is on status.
2.4.2 Feed Button
【FEED】is paper feed button. Print command can enable or disable 【FEED】
status to be on or off. Under enable status, hold down【FEED】, start paper feeding,
release the button paper feeding stops.
2.4.3 Opening Upper Cover Button
Hold the paper case cover and pull up to open the case over.
2.4.4 Power indicator light (Green)
Status of the Power indicator light: If the power is on, the power indicator light will be
on.
2.4.5 Status Indicator light and Buzzer
The indicator light stands for error status,During normal working, red STATUS light is
off. If the working status is abnormal, the red indicator light will flicker to alarm error.
Setting Buzzer can also alarm the abnormal working status. Type of the error status
is the same as indicator light status.
When error indicator light flickers, or the buzzer alarms (under the buzzer on status),
error occurs on the printer. Different flicker way means different printer error type.
Error status indicator as below
Light status
Buzzer status
Printer Working status
Off
Off
Normal
Flicker 1 time and stay 1s
off
Alarm 1 time
and stay 1s off
Paper out and waiting for loading
paper
Flicker 2 times and stay
1s off
Alarm 2 times
and stay 1s off
Print head is overheated and just
waiting for back to normal
temperature.

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Flicker 3 times and stay
1s off
Alarm 3 times
and stay 1s off
Thermal print head damaged, needs
to repair.
Table 2－4
2.5 Self-test
The self-test can check the condition of printer. In the self-test, software version,
interface type, characters, etc will be printed. If the printer prints out the self-test
receipt correctly, it means the printer works normally except the interface with host.
Otherwise it needs to repair.
Method of self-test: Holding down 【FEED】button and turn on the power, the red
indicator light will flicker at 1 time/s, within 3 times then release the button, self-test
begins automatically.
2.6 Hexadecimal Dump
Holding down【FEED】 button and turn on the power, the red indicator light will flicker
at 1 time/s, after 3 times then release the button, the red light will go on flicker 3
times, then the printer will print out 3 lines information as bellow:
Hexadecimal Dump
To terminate hexadecimal dump,
Press FEED button three times.
Under this mode, all the input will print out as Hexadecimal data. Put the 【FEED】
button will feed one line each time. 3 times together will print out as bellow:
*** Completed ***
Then quit the Hexadecimal Dump print mode.
2.7 Upgrade Mode
Holding down【FEED】 button and turn on the power, the red indicator light will flicker
at 1 time/s, after 3 times then release the button. The printer enters into Mode
Choosing Status. Then press 【FEED】button 5 times and the time distance
between two times must be within 3s. The indicator will flicker at 1s on and 1s off
status. At this time, the printer enters into Upgrade Mode.