SPRT SP-POS5IV User manual

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SPRT
SP-POS58Ⅳ
Line Thermal Printer
User’s Manual
Beijing Spirit Technology
evelopment Co, Ltd.

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Content
Content. .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Introduction. ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter1 Characteristic Specification ........................................................................................... 3
1.1 Printing Specification..........................................................................................................3
1.2 Printing Paper...................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Printing Font........................................................................................................................4
1.4 Printing Interface................................................................................................................. 4
1.5 Printing Control Command ................................................................................................. 4
1.6 Power Supply ...................................................................................................................... 4
1.7 Operation Environment.......................................................................................................5
1.8 Outline imension .............................................................................................................. 5
Chapter 2 System Installation and Operation ........................................................................... 6
2.1 Printer Appearance .............................................................................................................. 7
2.2 Paper Installation................................................................................................................. 8
2.3 Interface Connection ........................................................................................................... 8
2.3.1 Interface Connection.. ............................................................................................................. 10
2.3.2 Parallel Interface .................................................................................. .................................. 11
2.3.3 Cash drawer Interface.................................................................................. ...........................12
2.3.4 Power connection ...................................................................................................................12
2.4 Buttons and Indicators....................................................................................................... 13
Chapter3 Print Controling Commands........................................................................................ 13
3.1 Summary ...........................................................................................................................13
3.2 Command escriptions..................................................................................................... 14
3.2.1 Printing Commands .................................................................................... ........................ 14
3.2.2 Line Spacing Setting Commands.........................................................................................14
3.2.3 Character Printing Commands ............................................................................................15
3.2.4 Special Control Commands ......................................................... .......................................17
3.2.5 Graphics Printing Commands ............................................................................................. 17
3.2.6 Barcode Printing Commands ...................................................... ........................................20
3.2.7 . Other Commands............................................................................................... ................... 22
Appendix 1 Performance Index.......................................................................................................28
Appendix 2 Index of Printing Commands.......................................................................................30
Appendix 3 Index of Printing Characters ............................................ .......................................... 33

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Introduction
POS58 Ⅳ printer is a new type line thermal printer ,it features in fast speed printing, low
printing noise, high reliability, perfect printing quality and
ribbon needless avoiding the
vexation of regular maintenance.
POS58Ⅳ 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 printing.
Chapter 1 Characteristic Specification
1.1Printing Specification
●Printing method: direct thermal
●Printing paper width:57.5±0.5mm
●Printing density:8dots/mm,384dots/line
●Printing speed:approx.60mm／sec.
●Reliability:
Printing head life:100km
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 exceed11 times
＊Use specified thermal paper
●Valid printing width:48mm
1.2 Printing Paper
●Thermal paper model:TF50KS－E（Japan paper co. ltd）
AF50KS-E(JUJO THERMAL)

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●Thermal paper: Width－－－－－－－－ 57.5±0.5mm
Outer iameter －－－80mm（max.）
Inner iameter －－－ 13mm（min.）
Thickness－－－－－－ 53～60g／m
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1.3
Printing Font
●IBM Character set II (ANK):
12×24dots，1.25（W）×3.00（H）mm;
●GB2312-80(Chinese):
24×24dots，3.00（W）×3.00（H）mm.
1.4 Interface
●Serial interface (POS58
s ) :
B25 socket (orifice), supports RTS/CTS protocol,
Baud rate: 1200~115200bps.
Adjustable.
ata structure: one start bit +seven or eight data bits +one or over one stop bit (s),
no parity.
●Parallel interface(POS58P):
B25 sockets (needle), 80bit parallel interface, supports BUSY/ACK
handshaking protocol ,TTL signal level.
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Ethernet Interface:
It is a way to connect to Ethernet for ordinary printer. Can work on full duplex or half-duplex
mode.
Ethernet 802.3 protocol, upper layer protocols have TCP、U P、ICMP、IP、ARP、HTTP.
● Cash drawer control
C12V，1A，60pinRJ-11socket.
1. Printing Control Command
●Character printing command: supports double width and double height print
of ANK characters, user-defined characters and Chinese characters, the
character line spacing is adjustable.
●Graphics printing command: supports the print of bit map graphics and
download bit map graphics with different density
●GS barcode printing command: supports EAN-13，EAN-8 barcode printing.
1.6 Power Supply

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● C12V±10％，2A，A-1009-3P Power socket
1.7 Operation Environment
Operation temperature:5～40℃ Relative humidity:10～80％
Storage temperature:-20～60℃ Relative humidity:10～90%
1.8 Outline Dimension
● 138（W）×200×(L)×120(H) mm

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2.1Printer Appearance
Chapter 2 Installation and Operation
Such as figure 2－1，figure 2－2
Figure 2－1 Printer appearance（Planform）

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Figure 2－2 Printer appearance（back view）
2.2Paper Installation
POS58Ⅳadopts57.5±0.5mm width thermal paper.
The steps of thermal paper installation are as the following:
1.When there is no paper in the print head, please don’t press【FEE 】button ,avoiding to
influence the printing head life; as figure2-3，hold down【PUSH】，so open the paper case
and change paper.

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Figure 2－3 Paper Installation
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. Please don’t draw the paper forwards or backwards with hands .
2.3 Interface Connection
2.3.1
Serial Interface Connection
The serial interface of SP-POS58 Ⅳ printer is compatible with RS232C standard,
supports RTS/CTS handshaking protocol, it uses B25 socket (orifice),the pin order of
the serial port is as Fig.2-4 shows:

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Fig.2-4Pin Order of the Serial Port
The pin assignment of serial interface is shown in Fig.2-1:
Pin No. Signal
2 RX
3 TX
Source
Host
Printer
escription
Printer receives data from host
Printer transmits control code X-ON/X-OFF and
data to host
5 CTS
Printer
Signal “MARK” indicates that the printer is
“BUSY” and unable to receive data; “SPACE”
indicates that the printer
is “REA Y”
for receiving data.
6 SR Printer Signal“space”indicates that the printer is” online”
“
7 GN
8 C
Printer
Signal Ground
The same as CTS
Note:
Fig.2-1Pin Assignment of Serial Interface
① “Source” denotes the source that signal comes from;
② Logical signal level is EIA .
The baud rate and data structure in serial interface mode are set to 9600bps,8 data
bits ,no parity bit and1or over1stopbit(s).
The serial interface of POS58
Ⅳ can be connected to standard RS-232C interface.
When connected to IBM PC or compatible machine, connection can according to
Fig2-5.

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Fig.2-5Connection between POS58S and IBM PC Serial Interface Sketch Map
2.3.2 Parallel Interface Connection
The parallel interface of SP-POS58P printer is compatible with CENTRONICS, supports
BUSY and /ACK handshaking protocol, it uses
B25socket (needle), the pin order of parallel
port is as Fig.2-6 shows:
Fig.2-6Pin Order of the Parallel Port
The pin assignment of parallel interface is shown in Fig.2-2show
Note:
①“In” denotes inputting to the printer，“Out” denotes outputting from the printer
②Signal level is TTL standard
2.3.4 Cash rawer Interface

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The cash drawer interface of POS58Ⅳ adopts RJ-1160 pin socket ,as Fig2-7 shows:
Pin No.
Signal
irection
escription
1
/STB In
Strobe pulse to latch data, reading occurs at falling
edge.
2
ATA1
In These signals represent the 1st
3
ATA2
In bit to 8th bit of the parallel
4
ATA3
In interface data, each signal is at
5
ATA4
In HIGHT level when data is
6
ATA5
In logic1,and is LOW when data is
7
ATA6
In logic 0.
8
ATA7
In
9
ATA8
In
10 /ACK Out
Answer pulse, LOW level signal indicates that data
have
already been received and the printer gets
ready to receive the next data
Fig.2-2 The pin assignment of parallel interface
Figure 2－7
Cash rawer Interface
The pin assignment of the cash drawer interface is as follows：
11
Busy Out HIGH level signal indicates that the printer
is BUSY and cannot receive data.
12 PE Out HIGH level signal indicates that paper is end.
13
SEL Out Pulling up to HIGH level signal by a resistor
Indicates the printer is online
15 /ERR
Out Pulling up to HIGH level signal by a resistor
Indicates there is no error
14.16.17
NC --- No connection
18-25
GN
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Pin No.
Signal
irection
1
2
3
4
5
6
Cash is Ground
Cash drawer driver signal
Cash drawer on/off status signal
+12V C
N.C
Cash drawer on/off status signal ground
---
Out
In
Out
---
---
Figure 2-8 The pin assignment of the cash drawer interface
2.3.
Power Connection
POS58Ⅳ uses external power supply as12V C±10％,3.5A, power socket is A-1009-3P model,
as Fig.2-8 shows:
2
3 1
Fig.2-9 Power Socket
2.4
Buttons and Indicators
Power switch
Control the status of power
The feeding button
is power off，to push “－” is switch on.
Hold down FEE , start paper feeding, release the button paper feeding stops
(If install buzzer, it will ring when feeding paper, stop ring when feeding stops)
Opening button
Hold down the opening button，the upper cover will open.
Power indicator (red) show the power switch status.

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Status indicator(green)
Indicator status
bright
turn off
Scintillation 1 times out
Scintillation 2 times out
2. Self-test
The assignment
as follows：
Figure 2－10
Introduction
Online
Offline
Lack paper
Printer head
over temperature
The self-test can check the condition of printer, if the printer prints out the self-test receipt
correctly, It means the printer works normally. Otherwise it needs to repair .
The self-test will print out the firm ware version, interface setting and 128ANK characters.
Holding down【FEE 】button and turn on the power, then release the button, self-test begins
automatically.
Chapter 3 Printing Control Commands
3.1 Summary
POS58Ⅳ offers ESC/POS printing command sets
Each command is described in following format :
Printing Command Function
Format: ASCII: the standard ASCII character sequence
ecimal: the decimal numbers sequence
Hex: the Hex number sequence
Explanation: what the command does and how to use it.
Example: some examples are listed to illustrate the command
for better
understanding.

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3.2 Command Specifications
3.2.1
Printing Command
LF Print and Feed Line
Format:
Explanation:
ASCII: LF
ecimal: 10
Hex: 0A
Print the content in the buffer and feed paper one line. Only feed paper
Forwards one line if the buffer is empty
ESC J
Print and Feed n Line
Format: ASCII: ESC J n
ecimal: 27 74 n
Hex: 1B 4A n
Explanation：
Print the content in the buffer and feed paper n dot lines.(n/203 inch),
n=0~255.
This command is only valid for current line and will not change the space
Example:
A A A
BBB
n / 2 0 3inch （n dot lines ）
3.2.2 Line Space Setting Commands
ESC 2 Set Line Spacing to 1/6 Inch
Format：
ASCII: ESC 2
ecimal: 27 50
Hex: 1B 32
Explanation:：
Set line spacing to1/6 inch.

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ESC 3 Set Line Spacing to n ot Lines(n/203inch)
Format：
ASCII： ESC 3 n
ecimal： 27 51 n
Explanation：
Hex: 1B 33 n
n=0～255。 Set line spacing to n dot lines .n=0~255
One dot line is 1/203 inch for POS58Ⅳ, this command sets the dot-line spacing
to n/203inch. efault n=10.
Example:
A A A
BBB
n = 3 0 , 3 0 dot spacing （3 0 / 2 0 3inch ）
3.2.3 Character Printing Commands
ESC ！
Format: ASCII: ESC ！ n
ecimal: 27 33 n
Hex: 1B 21 n
Explanation：
Set Character Print Mode
ESC ！n is a comprehensive command to set character print mode, is used
for selecting print character size . Each bit of print parameter n is defined :
× × 5 4 × × × ×
1: ouble Height Print
1: ouble Width Print
efault n=0,that means no character enlargement
ESC SO
Format： ASCII: ESC SO
ecimal: 27
Hex: 1
Set ouble Width Character
Printing
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Explanation:
All characters following this command on the same line are printed in
double width, this command can be canceled by a carriage return or C4
command
.
ESC C4 Cancel ouble Width Character Print
Format：
Explanation：
ASCII：
ecimal：
Hex
ESC C4
27 20
1B 14
After carrying out this command, the characters will be printed in normal width.
ESC % Select/Cancel User-defined Characters
Format:
ASCII: ESC ％ n
ecimal: 27 37 n
Explanation：
Hex: 1B 25 n
When n=1, select user-defined character set; When n=0, select internal
character set.
efault n=0.
ESC & efine User-defined Characters
Format: ASCII ESC & s n m [a [p]s×a]m-n+1
ecimal: 27 38 s n m [a [p]s×a]m-n+1
Hex: 1B 26 s n m [a [p]s×a]m-n+1
Explanation：
ESC & is used to define user-defined characters。s=3，32≤n≤m≤127,
0≤a≤12,0≤p≤255,
◆ s is the number of bytes inverted direction ,s=3here。
◆n is the starting ASCII code of user-defined character。
◆m is the stopping ASCII code of user-defined character。
When define only one character, n=m, the maximum number of user-defined characters
is 96。
◆a is the number of dots in horizontal direction。
◆
p is the data of self-defined characters, there are s×a bytes for each character, the total
number of user-defined characters is m-n+1。
◆User-defined characters are valid until re-defined, reset or power off, format of the user-
defined characters is shown as follows:

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d1
d2
d3
d 4
d 5
d 6
MSB
LSB
3.2.4 Special Control Commands
ESC c 5
Enable/ isable Switch Button Function
Format： ASCII：
ecimal：
Hex：
Explanation：
ESC c 5
27 99 53
1B 63 35
n
n
n
When n=1,button【LF】is enabled;
When n=0,button【FEE 】is disabled; efault n=0
3.2. Graphics Printing Commands
ESC * Set Bit-map Graphics
Format：ASCII： ESC * m n1 n2 [d]k
ecimal： 27 42 m n1 n2 [d]k
Hex： 1B 2A m n1 n2 [d]k
Explanation:
Select bit-map command, m is for setting bit-map mode; n1, n2 are for
setting number of dots; [d]k is for setting contents of bit-map.
m=0,1,32,33，n1=0～ 255。n2=0～1。d=0～255。
k=n1+256×n2 (m=0，1)
k=(n1+256×n2)×3 (m=32,33)
◆The number of horizontal dots of the graphics is n1+256×n2
◆If the number of dots is more than one line, the extra portion will be
Ignored (referring the following table)

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◆d is the bit map data,for1of bit means the related dot will be printed
And for 0 of bit means the related dot will not be printed.(k is the total
number of dot
◆m is the selected bit map mode
M
0
1
Mode
8-dot single
density
80dot double
density
Vertical
ot
8
8
ensity
68 PI
68 PI
Horizontal
ensity
101 PI
203 PI
Max. ots
192
384
32
33
24-dots single 24
density
24-dots double
density 24
203 PI
203 PI
101 PI
203 PI
192
384
◆ n is used to select bit-map graphics mode
GS / print download bit-map graphics
Format： ASCII： GS ／ n
ecimal： 29 47 n
Hex： 1 2F n
Explanation：
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To define downloading bit-map graphics using
GS* command:
N
Bit-map mode
Vertical density
Horizontal density
0
Normal
203 PI 203 PI
1
2
ouble width 203 PI
ouble height 101 PI
101 PI
203 PI
3
ouble height
And double
width
101 PI
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GS *
efine download bit-map graphics
Format： ASCII： GS * n1 n2 [d]k
ecimal： 29 42 n1 n2 [d]k
Hex： 1 2A n1 n2 [d]k
Explanation：
This command is used to define download bit-map graphics .
n1=1～48，n2=1～255，n1×n2<1200,k=n1×n2×8。
◆ d is the bit-map data。
◆The horizontal size of this graphics is n1×8 dots, and vertical size is
n2×8dots。
◆The definition is valid until re-define, power off or system reset。Format of the download
bit-map data is shown as follows：
3.2.6
Barcode Print
GS W Set barcode width
Format： ASCII： GS W n1 n2
ecimal： 29 87 n1 n2
Hex： 1 57 n1 n2
Explanation：
n1:barcode narrow bar width, unit: dot . Each dot for POS58Ⅳ
printer is 1/203 inch or 0.125mm. efault n1=3.
n2:barcode broad bar width