SPRT SP-RMD17 User manual

SPRT®
Thermal Printer User Manual
(SP-RMD17)
(Ver 1.04)
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...............................................................................................................................1
1.5 Print Control Commands.......................................................................................................2
1.6 Power Supply.......................................................................................................................... 2
1.7 Operation Environment..................................................................................................................2
1.8 Outline Dimension and installation size......................................................................................2
Chapter 2 Operation Specification..................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Printer Appearance................................................................................................................ 3
2.2 Installation of the printer........................................................................................................6
2.3 Paper Installation............................................................................................................................6
2.3.1 Paper Loading..................................................................................................................... 6
2.4 Interface........................................................................................................................................... 7
2.4.1 Serial Interface.................................................................................................................... 7
2.4.2 USB interface.......................................................................................................................8
2.4.3 Power Connection...............................................................................................................9
2.4.4 Parallel interface connection.............................................................................................9
2.4.5 Bluetooth Connection.......................................................................................................10
2.4.6 Cash Drawer Interface..................................................................................................... 11
2.5 Indicators, Buzzer and Buttons Operation............................................................................... 11
2.6 Power on the printer.................................................................................................................... 12
2.7 Self test.......................................................................................................................................... 13
2.8 Hexadecimal Printing...................................................................................................................13
2.9 Printer Parameter Setting........................................................................................................ 13
2.10 Entering program upgrading mode......................................................................................... 13
Appendix A: Parameter Setting................................................................................................................ 14

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Introduction
RMD17 printer is a new type line thermal printer, which features in fast speed print, low print
noise, high reliability, perfect print quality and ribbon needless, avoiding the vexation of regular
maintenance.
Chapter 1 Feature and Performance
1.1 Print Performance
● Print method: direct thermal
● Print paper width: 57.5±0.5mm
● Print density: 8 dots/mm, 384 dots/line
● Print speed: max 70mm／sec.
● Reliability
(1)Print head life: 60km
Using condition:
＊Print 12 × 24 ANK characters, print 50 lines each time, intermittent print repeatedly
＊Printing density of every dot line cannot be over 25%, repeat printing cannot exceed over 11
times on same dot of every character line.
＊Use specified thermal paper
● Valid print width: 48mm
1.2 Print Paper
● Thermal paper roll model: TF50KS－E(Japan paper co.ltd)
AF50KS-E (JUJO THERMAL)
● Thermal paper roll: Width－－－ 57.5±0.5mm
Outer Diameter －－－ 60mm(max.)
Inner Diameter－－－13mm±0.3(min.)
Thickness－－－0.06mm～0.08mm
1.3 Print Font
● ANK Character Set
12×24 dots, 1.5(W)×3.00(H)mm
● GB18030(Chinese):
24×24 dots, 3.00(W)×3.00(H)mm.

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1.4 Interface
● RS－232C Serial Interface:
IDC10 socket, supports XON/XOFF and DTR/DSR protocols.
Baud rate:1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200bps adjustable.
Data structure: 1 start bit + (7 or 8) data bits + 1 stop bit.
Parity checking: no parity or odd, even parity optional.
● USB Interface:
PH4 interface
● Parallel Interface:
IDC26 pin socket.
● Cash drawer control
DC12V, 1A, 6 cable RJ-11 socket.(support 24V cash drawer)
● Bluetooth:
Bluetooth double module and Bluetooth one-to-many multi-module.
1.5 Print Control Commands
● Character print commands: support ANK characters, user-defined characters and double-width,
double height print of 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 print UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, CODE39, ITF25,
CODABAR, CODE93, CODE128 barcode
1.6 Power Supply
● DC12V±10％, 2A, 2114s-02 power socket.
1.7 Operation Environment
● Operation temperature: 0～50℃; Operation humidity: 10～80％
● Storage temperature: -20～60℃; Storage humidity: 10～90℃
1.8 Outline Dimension and installation size
Installation size：111.5mm×128.5mm（W×H）depth:77mm
Outline dimension：132mm×115mm×79.5mm（W×H×D）
Please find outer dimension in pic.1-1:

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Pic.1-1 RMD17outline dimension drawing
Chapter 2 Operation Specification
2.1 Printer Appearance
About the name of each part of printer, please refer to picture 2-1:

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Fig.2-1 Printer Appearance

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2.2 Installation of the printer
Embedded printer in the installing hole of customer’s panel. open the printer paper cover,
clockwise to tighten the two screws to complete the installation of the printer . Print installation
shown in Figure 2-2.
Fig.2-2 Printer installation pic.
2.3 Paper Installation
2.3.1 Paper Loading
RMD17 adopts 57.5mm±0.5mm 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, draw a certain
length of the paper roll, put the paper end on the print head, close the upper cover and press it

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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.
2.4 Interface
2.4.1 Serial Interface
The serial interface of SP-RMD17 printer is compatible with RS-232C, supports DTR/DSR and
XON/XOFF handshaking protocols, uses IDC10 socket. The pin order of the serial port is as
Fig.2-3 shows:
Fig.2-3 Pin Order of Serial Port
The pin assignment of serial interface is shown in Fig. 2-4:
Pin No.
Signal
Name
Signal
Direction
Source
Description
2
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.
3
TXD
Output
Printer
Printer transmits control code
X-ON/X-OFF and data to host
4
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.
5
RXD
Input
Host
Printer receives data from host
！Caution!

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6
RTS
Output
Printer
Same with Pin No.2 DTR
Signal
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GND
----------
----------
Signal Ground
Fig. 2-4 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-RMD17 can be connected to standard
RS-232C interface. When it is connected to IBM PC or its compatible machine, connection can
accord to Fig.2-5.
Fig.2-5 Connection between SP-RMD17 and PC Serial Interface
2.4.2 USB interface
The USB interface of the RMD17 printer is PH-4A interface, outer appearance and pin
assignment is shown in Figure 2-6:
Figure 2-6: USB socket and pin definitions
PIN Assignment
Function
Reference
1
V BUS
Power + 5V
2
Data-
Data -
3
Data+
Data +
4
GND
Ground