SPRT SP-RME4 User manual

SPRT®
SP-RME4
Thermal Receipt Printer User’s Manual
Ver 1.04
Beijing Spirit Technology Development Co.,Ltd.
www.sprt-printer.com

Content
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 1
Chapter 1 Feature and Performance.......................................................................................................2
1.1 Print Performance........................................................................................................................ 2
1.2 Print Paper.................................................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Print Font....................................................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Interface.........................................................................................................................................3
1.5 Print Control Commands............................................................................................................ 3
1.6 Power Supply................................................................................................................................3
1.7 Operation Environment............................................................................................................... 3
1.8 Outline Dimension........................................................................................................................3
Chapter 2 Operation Specification...........................................................................................................6
2.1 Printer Appearance...................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Installation of the printer..............................................................................................................7
2.3 Paper Installation......................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.1 Paper Loading...................................................................................................................8
2.3.2 Solution to Paper Jam..................................................................................................... 8
2.4 Interface.........................................................................................................................................8
2.4.1 Serial Interface.................................................................................................................. 8
2.4.2 USB interface.................................................................................................................. 10
2.4.3 Power Connection..........................................................................................................10
2.5 Indicator Light, Buzzer and Buttons........................................................................................11
2.6 Normally Working Status.......................................................................................................... 12
2.7 Self test........................................................................................................................................13
2.8 Hexadecimal Printing................................................................................................................ 13
2.9 Setup of printer parameter....................................................................................................... 14
2.10 Entering program upgrading mode.......................................................................................14
APPENDIX A: Parameter Setting.......................................................................................................... 15

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Introduction
RME4 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.
The RME4 printer is small in size, easy to operate and widely used.

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Chapter 1 Feature and Performance
1.1 Print Performance
●Print method: direct thermal
●Print paper width: 79.5±0.5mm/57.5±0.5mm
●Print density: 8 dots/mm, 576 dots/line
●Print speed: max 170mm／sec.
●Reliability
(1) Print head life: 100km
Using condition:
＊Print 12 × 24 ANK characters, print 50 lines each time, intermittent print
repeatedly.
＊Use specified thermal paper.
(2)Cutter life: 700,000 cuts
Using condition: less than 30 cuts/minute.
●Valid print width:72/48mm
1.2 Print Paper
●Thermal paper roll model: TF50KS－E(Japan paper co.ltd)
AF50KS-E (JUJO THERMAL)
●Thermal paper roll: Width－－－ 79.5±0.5mm/57.5±0.5mm
Outer Diameter －－－ 80mm(max.);
Inner Diameter－－－ 13mm(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):

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24×24 dots, 3.00(W)×3.00(H)mm.
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: 1start bit + (7 or 8) data bits + 1 stop bit.
Parity checking: no parity or odd, even parity optional.
● USB Interface:
Mini USB interface
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, CODEBAR, CODE93, CODE128,PDF417, QR code, DATA Matrix bar
code print.
1.6 Power Supply
● DC24V±10％，2A，2114s-02 power socket.
1.7 Operation Environment
● Operation temperature: -10～50℃; Operation related humidity: 10～80％
● Storage temperature: -20～60℃; Storage related humidity: 10～90℃
1.8 Outline Dimension
Weight: 400g(exclude paper roll)

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Outline dimension: 132mm×125.5mm×87mm(L x W x H)
Depth:81.5mm
Please check outline dimension in the below figure 1-1:
Fig.1-1 SP-RME4 Outline dimension

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Installing hole dimension of customer’s panel, refer to figure 1-2:
Fig.1-2 SP-RME4 Installation dimension

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Chapter 2 Operation Specification
2.1 Printer Appearance
About the name of each part of printer, please refer to figure 2-1:

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Fig.2-1 Printer Appearance
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. Please refer to Figure 2-2.
Clockwise rotation

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Fig. 2-2 Installing instruction
2.3 Paper Installation
2.3.1 Paper Loading
RME4 adopts 79.5±0.5mm/57.5±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 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,a void to influence the
printing quality.
2.3.2 Solution to Paper Jam
If cutter is jammed, turn off the power, and turn on again, the cutter will be back
to original position. If paper jammed, open the paper cover, and take out the paper.
If the cutter can not be back to the original position after power on again, open
the paper cover directly, the cutter will be back to original position before the paper
cover opening.
2.4 Interface
2.4.1 Serial Interface
The serial interface of SP-RME4 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 Figure 2-3 shows:
！Caution!