Xiamen Hanin Electronic Technology HTP58B User manual

HTP58B
User Manual
Xiamen Hanin Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd.
ADD: Room 305A,Angye Building, Pioneering Park,
Torch High-tech Zone, Xiamen, China 361009
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web: www.hprt.com

REVISION RECORDS
REV.
DATE
DESCRIPTION
Drawn
Checked
Approved
1.0
2014.11.07
Preliminary
Cui Xiao
Yang Kaiqu
Ren Xiaowei
1.1
2015.10.23
1.Modify the Chinese and Alphanumeric of
characters;(P6)
2.Add 4.6 Ethernet Interface;(P14)
3.Update Chapter 6 Printer Cleaning.(P16)
Lin Yun
Yang Kaiqu
Ren Xiaowei

CONTENTS
Statement......................................................................................................................... 1
Important Safety Instructions...........................................................................................2
1.Production Introduction................................................................................................3
1.1 Packing List.........................................................................................................3
1.2 Appearance.........................................................................................................4
1.3 Definition of the LED Indicator...........................................................................5
2.Specifications.................................................................................................................6
2.1 General Specification..........................................................................................6
2.2 Overall Structure Dimensions............................................................................ 7
3. Operation Methods...................................................................................................... 9
3.1 Paper Roll Installation........................................................................................ 9
3.2 Basic Operation................................................................................................ 10
3.2.1 Power On/Power Off.............................................................................10
3.2.2 Print Self Test Page................................................................................10
3.2.3 Feed Paper.............................................................................................10
3.2.4 Tear Paper............................................................................................. 10
4.Interfaces..................................................................................................................... 11
4.1 USB Interface....................................................................................................11
4.1.1 Connecting USB Cable...........................................................................11
4.1.2 USB Specification...................................................................................11
4.2 Power Supply Interface.................................................................................... 11
4.2.1 Connecting Power Cable....................................................................... 11
4.2.2 Power Specification...............................................................................12
4.3 Cash Drawer Interface......................................................................................12
4.3.1 Connecting Cash Drawer.......................................................................12
4.3.2 Cash Drawer Specification.................................................................... 12
4.4 RS232 Interface................................................................................................ 13
4.4.1 Connecting RS232 Cable....................................................................... 13
4.4.2 RS232 Specification............................................................................... 13
4.5 Parallel Interface.............................................................................................. 13
4.5.1 Connecting Parallel Cable..................................................................... 13
4.5.2 Parallel Specification............................................................................. 14
4.6 Ethernet Interface............................................................................................ 14
5.Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................... 15
6.Printer Cleaning........................................................................................................... 16
6.1 Cleaning Head...................................................................................................16
6.2 Cleaning Sensors, Roller and/or Paper Path....................................................16

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Statement
This manual content may be altered without permission, and Xiamen Hanin
Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. reserves the rights to make changes without notice in
technology, spare parts, hardware and software of the products. If more information
is needed about the products, please contact Xiamen Hanin Electronic Technology
Co., Ltd. Without any written permission from the company, any section of this
manual is prohibited to be copied or transferred in any form.
Copyright
This manual is printed in 2015, the copyright belongs to Xiamen Hanin Electronic
Technology Co. Ltd.
Printed in China.
1.1 Version.
Warnings :
This must be complied with in order to avoid any damage to the human body
and to the equipment.
This is showing the important information and tips for the printer operating.
Note: Due to continuous improvement of our product, the description of printer
specification, accessories, design in this manual may slightly different, please in kind
prevail.

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Important Safety Instructions
1. Safety Warning
Warnings: The print head will become very hot during printing; avoid contact
with the print head after printing has finished.
Warnings: Do not touch the thermal head and connector in case static
damage the printer head.
2. Instructions
Read the following instructions thoroughly before starting up your printer.
1) Place the printer on a solid and even base so that it cannot fall.
2) Leave enough space around printer for operation and maintenance.
3) Keep all liquids away from the printer.
4) Do not expose the printer to high temperatures, direct sunlight or dust.
5) Protect the printer from shock, impact and vibration.
6) Ensure the printer is connected to a socket with the correct mains voltage.
7) Switch off the printer power supply when won’t use it for a long time.
8) To ensure the printing quality and reliability, suggest use the recommended
paper or the same quality paper.
9) Pls switch off the power supply when connect/disconnect all the ports or it will
cause damage to the printer control circuit.
10) Never carry out maintenance or repair work yourself. Always contact a
qualified service technician.
11) Keep this User Manual in a place which is easily accessible at all times.

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1.Production Introduction
1.1 Packing List
Standard Accessories
Printer Power Cord Power Adapter
Paper Roll Quick Start Guide
Optional Accessories
USB Cable Parallel Cable Serial Cable

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1.2 Appearance

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Specification of some part elements
1) Power indicator(Green)
Indicate the status of power.
2) Error indicator(Red)
Indicate the error status of printer.
3) Feed Button
①Feed paper
When printer is in normal, push this button to feed paper. Pushing it once, printer
feed a fixed distance. Pushing it continuously, printer feed a long distance.
②Print paper
When printer is power off, hold this button down and power on the printer. Printer
will print self test page.
4) Power switch
Push “O” to power off and push “—” to power on.
1.3 Definition of the LED Indicator
LED
ON/OFF
Description
Power indication
(Green)
ON
Printer is ON and ready to receive data
OFF
Power is off
Error indication
(Red)
ON
Out of paper or cover open
OFF
The printer is an normal state
Flashing
Error status

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2.Specifications
2.1 General Specification
Table2-1 General Specification
(1/2)
Items
Parameter
Printing
Printing method
Thermal line printing
Resolution
203dpi
Printing width
48mm
Printing speed
100mm/s
Interface(Optional)
RS232/USB/Cash drawer/Ethernet/Parallel
(It depends on the different model)
Memory
RAM
20K Byte
Flash
2M Byte
Character
Chinese
GBK16x16, 24x24dots
Alphanumeric
ASCⅡ8×16,12×24dots
User-defined
Yes
Codepage
[PC437 (USA: Standard Europe)]、[Katakana]、[PC850
(Multilingual)]、[PC860 (Portuguese)]、[PC863 (Canadian-
French)]、[PC865 (Nordic)]、[PC857 (Turkish)]、[PC737 (Greek)]、
[ISO8859-7 (Greek)]、[WPC1252][PC866 (Cyrillic #2)]、[PC852 (Latin
2)]、[PC858 (Euro)]、[KU42]、[TIS11 (Thai)]、[TIS18 (Thai)]、
[PC720]、[WPC775]、[PC855 (Cyrillic)]、[PC862 (Hebrew)]、
[PC864 (Arabic)]、[ISO8859-2 (Latin2)]、[ISO8859-15 (Latin9)]、
[WPC1250]、[WPC1251(Cyrillic)]、[WPC1253]、[WPC1254]、
[WPC1255]、[WPC1256]、[WPC1257]、[WPC1258]、[MIK(Cyrillic
/Bulgarian)]、[CP755 (East Europe，Latvian 2)]、[Iran]、[Iran II]、
[Latvian]、[ISO-8859-1 (West Europe)]、[ISO-8859-3(Latin 3)]、
[ISO-8859-4(Baltic)]、[ISO-8859-5(Cyrillic)]、[ISO-8859-6(Arabic)]、
[ISO-8859-8(Hebrew)]、[ISO-8859-9(Turkish)]、[PC856]
Barcode
1D
UPC-A、UPC-E、EAN8、EAN13、CODE39、ITF、CODEBAR、
CODE128、CODE93
Detection
Sensors
Paper out detection

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Table2-1 General Specification(Continued)
(2/2)
Items
Parameter
LED
indicator
Power indicator
Green
Error indicator
Red
Power
supply
Input
12V 2A( External power adapter)
Paper type
Thermal paper
Paper
loading
Paper width
0
1
58

mm
Recommended paper
FD210,PD150R,PD160R (OJI Paper CO.,LTD.)
Paper thickness
0.06~0.07mm
Paper roll diameter
83mm Max OD
Paper loading
Easy loading
Command
ESC/POS
Physical
characteristics
Working condition
0～40℃/20～85%RH
Storage condition
-20～70℃/5～95%RH
Dimension
186(L)*114 (W)*128(H)mm
Weight
930g (without paper roll)
Reliability
TPH
150km
NOTE:
Pls. use the recommended thermal paper or same quality paper, otherwise it will
influence the printing quality and decrease the thermal print head life.

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2.2 Overall Structure Dimensions

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3.Operation Methods
3.1 Paper Roll Installation
1.Push the cover open lever on any side of top cover and lift upwards.
.
2.Load the paper roll in the correct direction as shown below. And make sure the
printable side of the paper(thermosensitive layer) is facing to the thermal print head.
3.Pull out some paper roll and press down the center of printer cover to close the
cover.
4.Tear off any excess paper in the direction of the side of the printer.

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3.2 Basic Operation
3.2.1 Power On/Power Off
When printer is power off, push power switch “—” to power on. When printer is
ready, [Power] indicator is green. If there is paper out or error in the printer, [Error]
indicator is red.
When printer is power on, push power switch “O” to power off and indicators go out.
3.2.2 Print Self Test Page
Users can print self test page when they get the printer. If there is no error on the
self test page, it believe that printer works normally except communication function
and charging function.
Method of printing self test page:
1.Make sure that printer is power off;
2.Hold the [FEED] button and power on. Printer will print self test page.Then release
the [FEED] button.
There are model, configuration of communication and font library and other
information on the self test page. The last line of self test page is”***completed***”.
It indicate that self test page is finished. After that, printer enter to the normal work
status.
3.2.3 Feed Paper
Printer can feed paper by hand according to the users’ need. In normal, pushing the
button once, printer feed a line. If there is a need of long distance printing, push the
button continuously.
3.2.4 Tear Paper
After printing, it need to tear the receipt off the paper roll. HTP58B has a convenient
design of tear bar. Pay attention to the direction when tearing the paper.

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4.Interfaces
4.1 USB Interface
4.1.1 Connecting USB Cable
4.1.2 USB Specification
PIN No.
Signal name
1
VBUS
2
D-
3
D+
4
GND
4.2 Power Supply Interface
4.2.1 Connecting Power Cable
1) Confirm the power switch is turned off.
2) As shown, insert the USB cable into the USB
interface, and ensure they are matched.
3) The other end of USB interface cable should
connect to the host.
1) Confirm the power switch is turned off.
2) Insert the power cord into the power socket on the
back of the printer.
Caution:
When the printer is not in use for a long period of
time, disconnect the Power adapter from the wall
outlet for safety.
Be sure to use the specified battery and power
source provided by our company. Connection to an
improper power source may cause fire, explosion
or damage to the printer.

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4.2.2 Power Specification
The power of HTP58B is 12V 2A.
4.3 Cash Drawer Interface
4.3.1 Connecting Cash Drawer
4.3.2 Cash Drawer Specification
Pin No.
Signal
Function
1
FG
Frame Ground
2
DRAWER 1
Drawer kick-out drive
signal 1
3
DRSW
Drawer open/close signal
4
VDR
Drawer driving source
5
DRAWER 2
Drawer kick-out drive
signal 2
6
GND
GND
Note：
Strictly prohibit to hot plug the plug.
When arranging the line of communication, you have to avoid paralleling with the
strong current.
you have to use the shielded communication line.
1) Confirm the printer power is turned off.
2) Insert the cash drawer cable into the cash drawer
connector on the back of the printer.
Caution:
Cash drawer interface can be connected only with a
cash drawer device (Do not connect a telephone line
and so on).

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4.4 RS232 Interface
4.4.1 Connecting RS232 Cable
4.4.2 RS232 Specification
PIN
Name
Description
1
--
--
2
TXD
Transmit Data
3
RXD
Receive Data
4
--
--
5
GND
Ground
6
--
--
7
CTS
Clear to send
8
RTS
Request to send
9
--
--
4.5 Parallel Interface
4.5.1 Connecting Parallel Cable
1) Connect the suitable interface cable with the
2) Correct connector to the connector of the interface
board of the printer plug screws
3) Connect the other end of the interface cable to the
host.
1) Confirm the power switch is turned off.
2) Connect the suitable interface cable with the correct
connector to the connector of the interface board of the
printer clip springs .
3) Connect the other end of the interface cable to the
host.

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4.5.2 Parallel Specification
Pin No.
Signal name
Direction
Signal definition
1
STROBE
Out
Gating pulse which host output to printer
2~9
D0~D7
Out
8 data lines
10
ACK
In
Acknowledge signal which indicates already
receive data
11
BUSY
In
Printer is busy that can’t receive new data
12
PE
In
Paper out
13
NC
——
Not connect
14
NC
——
Not connect
15
NC
——
Not connect
16
GND
——
Logic Ground
17
CHASSIS-GND
——
Chassis ground
18
NC
——
Not connect
19~30
GND
——
Logic Ground
31
NC
——
Not connect
32
ERROR
In
Printer is in a wrong status
33
GND
——
Logic Ground
34~36
NC
——
Not connect
4.6 Ethernet Interface
PIN NO.
SIGNAL
1
TX+
2
TX-
3
RX+
4
-
5
-
6
RX+
7
-
8
-

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5.Troubleshooting
1.Power indicator is off.
Check the connection of power cable and power socket.
2.Error indicator is on when there is no printing.
If there is a paper roll
If there is out of paper
If the top cover is closed correctly
3.Error indicator is flashing when there is no printing or no paper jam.
If thermal head is too hot, printer will stop working until it cool off.
If it can’t recover, power off the printer and power on after 10s.
4.Print faintly.
The cause of it is thermal head is dirty. Please clean the thermal head. See more
information in “6.Method of cleaning thermal head”.
5.Take out the jammed paper.
Note: Thermal head will get very hot after printing. Don’t touch it.
1.Power off the printer and open the top cover.
2.Take out the jammed paper. Reinstall the paper roll and close the top cover.

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6.Printer Cleaning
Print quality might be degraded by dust, foreign substance, adhesive substance, or
other pollution materials stuck in the printer head or inside the printer.
When dirty, clean the print head as follows:
※CAUTION
Make sure to turn off the printer prior to cleaning.
As the print head gets hot during printing, intending to clean the print head, turn
the printer off and wait approximately 2~3 minute before commencement.
When cleaning the print head, take care not to touch the heated portion of the
print head.→ Print Head is susceptible to damage from static electricity, etc.
Take care not to allow the print head become scratched and/or damaged in any
way.
6.1 Cleaning Head
1) Open the Printer Cover and then use the cleaning pen to clean the head in the
direction from the center of the head to the edges.
2) After cleaning the head, do not use the printer until the alcohol used for cleaning
evaporates completely (1~2 min) and the printer has completely dried.
6.2 Cleaning Sensors, Roller and/or Paper Path
1) Open the printer cover and then remove the paper.
2) Remove any dust or foreign substance using dry cloth or cotton swab.
3) Soak the cloth or cotton swab in alcohol for medical use and use it to remove
adhesive foreign substances or other pollution materials.
4) After cleaning the parts, do not use the printer until the alcohol evaporates
completely (1~2 min) and the printer has completely dried
※Clean the parts whenever print quality or paper detection degraded.