SPRT SP-POS88V User manual

SPRT®
SP-POS88ⅤThermal Receipt
Printer
User’s Manual
（Ver 1.05）
Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd.
www.sprt-printer.com

Content
Introduction...................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1 Feature and Performance....................................................................... 1
1.1 Print Performance.................................................................................................1
1.2 Print Paper............................................................................................................. 2
1.3 Print Font................................................................................................................2
1.4 Interface................................................................................................................. 3
1.5 Print Control Commands..................................................................................... 3
1.6 Power Supply........................................................................................................ 4
1.7 Operation Environment........................................................................................4
1.8 Outline Dimension&Weight................................................................................. 4
1.9 Model classification.............................................................................................. 4
Chapter 2 Operation Specification............................................................................6
2.1 Printer Appearance...............................................................................................6
2.2 Paper Installation.................................................................................................. 7
2.2.1 Paper Loading.............................................................................................7
2.2.2 Solution to Paper Jam............................................................................... 7
2.3 Interface................................................................................................................. 8
2.3.1 Serial Interface............................................................................................8
2.3.2 Parallel Interface...................................................................................... 11
2.3.3 Cash Drawer Interface............................................................................ 14
2.3.4 Power Connection....................................................................................15
2.4 Buttons and Indicators....................................................................................... 15
2.5 Self-test................................................................................................................ 16
2.6 Hexadecimal Printing......................................................................................... 16
2.7 Parameter Setting...............................................................................................17
2.8 Enter the program upgrade mode....................................................................17
Appendix A................................................................................................................. 18

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Introduction
POS88V 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.
POS88V 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.
Chapter 1 Feature and Performance
1.1 Print Performance
● Print method: direct thermal
●Print paper width: 79.5±0.5mm
●Print density: 8 dots/mm, 576 dots/line
●Print speed: approx.250mm／sec. (max)
●Reliability
(1)Print head life: 150km
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 vertical printing repeatedly should not
Warning
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this pr
oduct may cause radio interference in which case the user
may be required to take adequate measures.

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exceed 11 times
＊Use specified thermal paper
（2）Cutter life: 1500,000 cuts
●Valid print width: 72mm
1.2 Print Paper
●Thermal paper roll model: TF50KS－E（Japan paper co.ltd）
AF50KS-E (JUJO THERMAL)
●Thermal paper roll:Paper Type:thermal paper 79.5xф80mm (max)
Thickness－－－ 0.06mm～0.08mm
1.3 Print Font
●ANK Character Set
12×24 dots,1.5（W）×3.00（H）mm
●GB GB2312-80(Chinese):
24×24 dots,3.00（W）×3.00（H）mm.
1.4 Interface
●RS－232C Serial Interface:
DB-25 socket (female), supports XON/XOFF and TR/DSR protocols.
Baud-rate:2400,4800,9600,19200,38400,57600,115200bps adjustable。
Data structure: 1start bit + (7 or 8) data bits + 1 stop bit.
Parity checking: no parity or odd, even parity optional.
●Parallel Interface
36-pin,8-bit parallel interface,BUSY/ACK handshaking protocol, TTL signal
level.
●Ethernet Interface: Standard Ethernet interface.

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●USB Interface:USB interface
●Cash Drawer Control
DC24V,1A,6-pin RJ-11 socket.
1.5 Print Control Commands
● Character print commands: support double-width, double height print of ANK
characters, user-defined characters and Chinese characters, the character line
spacing is adjustable.
●Graphics print commands: support the print of bit-map graphics and
download bit-map graphics with different density
●GS bar code print commands: support UPC-A, UPC-E,EAN-13, EAN-8,
CODE39, ITF25, CODABAR, CODE93, CODE128, PDF417, QR bar code
print.
1.6 Power Supply
● DC24V±10％,2A,A-1009-3P power socket.
1.7 Operation Environment
● Operation temperature: 0～50℃; Relative humidity: 10～80％
● Storage temperature: -20～60℃; Relative humidity: 10～90℃
1.8 Outline Dimension&Weight
●Dimension: 200（L）mm×150（W）mm×139（H）mm
●Weight: 1500g (not including paper roll)

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1.9 Model classification
Model
Interface
SP-POS88ⅤSF
RS－232C Serial Interface
SP-POS88ⅤPF
Parallel Interface
SP-POS88ⅤEF
Ethernet Interface
SP-POS88ⅤUF
USB Interface
SP-POS88VMF
RS－232C Serial Interface, USB
Interface, Ethernet Interface
SP-POS88VBTF
USB Interface, Bluetooth2.0
SP-POS88VBT4F
USB Interface, Bluetooth4.0
SP-POS88VBTi
USB Interface, Bluetooth with MFI
certification

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Chapter 2 Operation Specification
2.1 Printer Appearance

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2.2 Paper Installation
2.2.1 Paper Loading
POS88V adopts 79.5mm width thermal paper roll.
Steps of Loading Thermal Paper Are as below:
Hold down the upper cover button on the left side, open the movable upper
cover and put the paper roll into it, draw a certain length of the paper roll, put
the paper end on the print head, close the upper cover and press it downwards
lightly.
1. Pay attention to the direction of loading paper,
make the printing surface face to the print head.
2. Please don’t feed or draw the paper forwards or
backwards with hands.
3. Keep clean of the print head, avoid to influence
the printing quality.
2.2.2 Solution to Paper Jam
If cutter jam, turn off the power, and turn on again, the cutter will be back to
original position. If paper jam, open the paper cover, and take out the paper. If
the cutter can not be back to the original position, open the cover of it, and turn
the white plastic gear by the direction suggestive on the cutter by hand to
make the cutter be back to the original position.
！Caution!

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2.3 Interface
2.3.1 Serial Interface
The serial interface of SP-POS88Ⅴprinter is compatible with RS-232C,
supports DTR/DSR and XON/XOFF handshaking protocols, uses DB25 socket
(female). The pin order of the serial port is as Fig.2-2 shows:
Fig.2-2 Pin Order of Serial Port
The pin assignment of serial interface is shown in Fig. 2-3:
Pin
No.
Signal
Name
Signal
Direction
Source
Description
1
FG
——
——
Cover ground
2
TXD
Output
Printer
Printer transmits control code
X-ON/X-OFF and data to
host
3
RXD
Input
Host
Printer receives data from
host
4
RTS
Output
Printer
The same with 20pins DTR
signal
6
DSR
Input
Host
Signal “MARK” means the
host is busy and can not
receive data. Signal
“SPACE” means the host is
ready to receive data.
7
GND
——
——
Signal Ground

8
20
DTR
Output
Printer
Signal “MARK” means the
host is busy and can not
receive data. Signal
“SPACE” means the host is
ready to receive data.
Fig. 2-3 The pin assignment of serial interface
Note: (1)“Source” denotes the source that signal come from;
(2)Logical signal level is EIA.
The baud rate and data structure in serial interface mode is 9600bps, 8-bit
data bits, no parity bit and 1 stop bit.
The serial interface of SP-POS88Ⅴcan be connected to standard RS-232C
interface. When it is connected to IBM PC or its compatible machine,
connection can accord to Fig.2-4.
RXD
DTR
RTS
TXD
DSR
TXD
DSR
CTS
RXD
DTR
3
2
6
7
8
20
2
5
4
6
3
4
RXD
DTR
RTS
TXD
DSR
TXD
DSR
CTS
RXD
DTR
3
2
6
7
5
20
3
7
20
6
2
4
Printer
25PIN Socket
Printer
25PIN Socket
IBM PC
DB9 Socket
IBM PC
DB25 Socket
Fig.2-4 Connection between SP-POS88V and IBM PC Serial Interface Sketch Map
The pin assignment of DB9 interface is as below shows:
Pin No.
Signal Name
Source
Description
2
TXD
Printer
Printer transmits control code
X-ON/X-OFF and data to host
3
RXD
Host
Printer receives data from host

9
6
DSR
Printer
The same as CTS
8
CTS
Printer
Signal “MARK” means the host
is busy and can not receive
data. Signal “SPACE” means
the host is ready to receive
data.
5
GND
Signal Ground
2.3.2 Parallel Interface
The parallel interface of POS88Ⅴprinter is compatible with CENTRONICS,
supports BUSY or ACK handshaking protocol, which uses 36pin CENIRONICS
socket (female)
The pin assignment of DB25 parallel interface is as Fig. 2-5 shows:
Pin No.
Signal
Direction
Description
1
STROBE
In
Strobe pulse to latch data, Reading
occurs at falling edge.
2
D1
In
These signals represent the 1st bit to
8th bit of the parallel data
respectively ,each signal is at HIGH
level when data is logic 1, and LOW
when data is logic 0.
3
D2
In
4
D3
In
5
D4
In
6
D5
In
7
D6
In

10
8
D7
In
9
D8
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.
11
BUSY
Out
HIGH level signal indicates that the
printer is BUSY and can not 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
17
FG
---
Signal Cover
18
Logic-H
---
Logic “1” level
32
nFault
Out
Low level means the printer is at fault
14,15,17
18,34,36
NC
---
No connection
16,19~30,
33
GND
---
Grounding logical 0 level
35
+5V
---
+5V power
Fig.2-5 36Pin assignment of parallel interface
Note: (1)“In” denotes input to the printer,“Out” denotes output from the printer.
(2)Signal level is TTL standard.
The timing chart for interface signal of parallel interface is as Fig.2-6shows:

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Fig.2-6 Signal Timing Chart of Parallel Interface
2.3.3 Cash Drawer Interface
The cash drawer interface of POS-POS88Ⅴadopts RJ-11 6-pin socket, as
Fig.2-7 shows:
Fig.2-7 Cash Drawer Interface
The pin assignment is as below:
Pin No.
Signal
Direction
1
Chassis Ground
——
2
Cash drawer driver
signal 1
Out
3
Cash drawer on/off
status signal
In
4
+24VDC
——
5
Cash drawer driver
signal 2
Out
6
Signal ground
——

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2.3.4 Power Connection
POS88Ⅴuses the external power supply adopter as 24V±10％、2A,
power socket is A-1009-3P model, as Fig. 2-10 shows:
Fig.2-8 Power Socket
The pin assignment is as below:
Pin No.
Signal
1
+24VDC
2
Ground
3
NC
2.4 Buttons and Indicators
There is one button and three indicators on POS88Ⅴprinter.【FEED】 is paper
feeding button, the function of its enabling or disabling the button on/off can be
set by print command, when the button is enabled, press 【FEED】button,
then the paper presenting driver starts up and paper feed into the printer;
release【FEED】button, paper feeding stops. The green POWER light is the
power indicator, red ERROR light is status indicator, it is dark when the printer
works normally, while it flashes when reporting an abnormal emergency, as the
following form shows:
Error
Indicator and Buzzer
Status
Description
Paper ending
“ERROR” indicator flashes
Paper is running out
Print head uplift
Buzzer rings
Put down print head
Print head
overheat
Hurried buzzer ring
Recovers automatically
when the print head cools.
Auto cutter
Position Error
Buzzer rings and indicator
blinks
Impossible to recover,
check if there is paper jam.
When any error shown above occurs, pin “nFault” of parallel change to “0”
level, and send 1 bit wrong code through serial TXD by itself, it can also send
out the printer state by answer the ESC v command.

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Red indicator of “Paper Out ” is the paper out indicator. When there is no paper
in printer head, it will light, and it is off under normal status.
2.5 Self-test
The self-test will check the condition of printer, if the printer prints out the
self-test receipt correctly, it means the printer works normally, except interface
with host. Otherwise it needs to repair. The self-test will print out 96 ANK
characters, default code page, name of Chinese Character library, interface
setting and software version.
Way of self-test: hold down【FEED】button and turn on the power, self-test
begins automatically at this moment.
2.6 Hexadecimal Printing
Turn on the printer according to the step below, it will enter the mode of
Hexadecimal Printing.
1.Open the cover；
2.Hold down【FEED】button,and connect with power；
3.Close the cover, the printer will print out 3 lines as below:
Hexadecimal Dump
To terminate hexadecimal dump,
Press FEED button three times.
This means the printer has entered hexadecimal printing mode, and under this
mode, all of the input will be printed out as
hexadecimal number, feed one line with single-click of “FEED” button, after 3
times, it will print out “*** Completed ***”,and exit hexadecimal printing
mode.
2.7 Parameter Setting
This function is for the setting of printer parameters.
Steps for setting parameters:
When printer power is off, open paper case cover firstly. Hold the【FEED】
button, then switch on the printer and release the【FEED】when the status
indicator and paper-out indicator flash alternately. Then press the 【FEED】
twice and close the paper cover, printer enter the setting mode and print out
the first set parameter and its default value. The details method of setting
parameter can refer to Appendix A.

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Steps for exiting of parameter setup:
Open paper case cover and press the【FEED】button; then close paper case
cover and release the 【FEED】button. The printer will save the setup of
parameters, exit setting mode and enter the normal working mode.
The data will not be saved if turn off the printer directly.
2.8 Enter the program upgrade mode
When printer is power off,open paper case cover. Hold the【FEED】button, then
switch on the printer and release the【FEED】when the status indicator and
paper-out indicator flash alternately. Then press the 【FEED】for five times and
close the paper cover, printer enter the program upgrade mode. At this time,
the status indicator flash once a second.
Quick enter method:
Open the paper case cover firstly when printer is power off. Hold the 【FEED】
button and switch on the printer, then release the 【FEED】button quickly, then
printer enter the program upgrade mode. At this time, the status indicator flash
once a second.

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Appendix A
This appendix is the method to set the printer parameter according to button
operation.
Setting introduction: Press【Paper cover】button to choose setting,when press
it once , the set become the next one and it will print the present set value; use
【FEED】button to set the set value, when press it once , the set become the
next one and it will print the present set value.
General Setting:
Paper cover Paper cover paper cover cover paper cover
Paper cover paper cover paper cover paper cover
Baud rate:
FEED FEED FEED
FEED FEED
FEED FEED FEED
Language:
FEED FEED
FEED
Font:
FEED
FEED
Print density:
FEED FEED
FEED
Baudrate
e
Print density
Print speed
Font
Languag
Buzzer
Paper-out
reprint
Black mark
China
English
9600
57600
38400
19200
4800
115200
1200
2400
China-BIG5
12×24
9×17
MEDIU
LOW
HIGH

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Print speed:
FEED FEED FEED
FEED
Buzzer:
FEED FEED FEED
FEED
Paper-out reprint:
FEED
FEED
Black mark mode:
FEED
FEED
220mm/s
150mm/s
250mm/s
200mm/s
OFF
Cut ON
Error ON
ALL ON
OFF
ON
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