Citizen Systems CBM-910 Type II manual

DOT MA TRIX PRINTER MODEL CBM-910 T ype II User’ s Manual[...]

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— 1 — CITIZEN is registered trade mark of CITIZEN W A TCH CO., L TD., Japan CITIZEN es una marca registrada de CITIZEN W A TCH CO., L TD., Japón ESC/POS is a trade mark of Seiko Epson Corporation.[...]

— 2 — IMPORT ANT : This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, wh[...]

— 1 — < GENERAL PRECAUTIONS > 1. Prior to using the printer , be sure to read this User ’ s Manual thoroughly. Please keep it handy so that you can refer to it whenever necessary . 2. The information contained herein is subject to change without prior notice. 3. All rights reserved. Reproduction of part or all of this document is prohib[...]

— 2 — SAFETY PRECAUTIONS -WHICH SHOULD BE STRICTL Y OBSERVED In order to prevent injury hazard to operators, third parties or damage to property , special warning symbols are used in this user ’ s manual to indicate important items to be strictly observed. Please be familiar with the following precautions before reading this manual. ● The f[...]

— 3 — ● Never handle the printer in the manners described below; otherwise, it may be damaged, get out of order or overheated, possibly causing smoke, fire or electric shock. If the printer is damaged or breaks down, be sure to turn off the power , disconnect the power plug from the wall outlet, and contact your CITIZEN SYSTEMS dealer . • D[...]

— 4 — ● Do not use or store the printer in a place exposed to heat of fire, moisture or direct sunlight, or in a place where the prescribed operating temperature and humidity are not met, or in a place exposed to oily mist, iron powder or dust; otherwise, the printer may get out of order , emit smoke or catch fire. ● Do not install the prin[...]

— 5 — Do not handle the equipment in the following manners, because problems may result. ● Do not print when there is no recording paper or ink ribbon set in the equipment. ● Be careful not to drop foreign substances, such as clips, pins, and screws, into the equipment. ● Do not spill any liquid or spray any chemical-containing liquid ove[...]

— 6 — THE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 8 1.1 Features .................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Accessories .....................................................................................[...]

— 7 — 9. CHARACTER CODE T ABLE ............................................................... 47 9.1 ASCII + 910 Emulation (International) .................................................. 47 9.2 910 Emulation (Japan) ........................................................................... 47 9.3 Codepage PC437 (USA, Standard Europe) .....[...]

— 8 — 1. INTRODUCTION The CBM-910II is a dot-impact printer widely usable with various data communication terminals and measurement terminals. This printer , being extremely compact and equipped with extensive functions, is suitable to a wide range of applications. Read this manual thoroughly to understand the product before use. 1.1 Features ?[...]

— 9 — Model Name Number of columns 24: 24 columns/144 dots 40: 40 columns/180 dots Interface P: Parallel (Conformity to Centronics) R: Serial (RS-232C) CBM-91 0II - 24 R J 1 0 0 - A CBM-910II 24 40 P R J F 100 120 230 A B Printer cover A: 60 mm (Dia.) Paper roll B: 80 mm (Dia.) Paper roll Adapter 100: For AC 100 V 120: For AC 120 V 230: For AC [...]

— 10 — Item CBM-91 0II-24 CBM-910II-40 1 Printing method Dot matrix 2 Printing direction One-way printing 3 Character configuration (W × H) (5 + 1) × 8 (4 + 0.5) × 8 4 Number of columns per line 24 columns: 144 dots/line 40 columns: 180 dots/line 5 Printing speed Approx. 2.5 lines/sec. Approx. 1.8 lines/sec. 6 Character size (W × H) 1.62 ×[...]

— 11 — (8) Print cover Upper cover Lower cover (2) Power switch (5) LF switch (6) SEL switch (4) SEL lamp (3) Power lamp (1) DC jack (7) Interface connector 3. EXTERNAL APPEARANCE AND P AR T DESCRIPTIONS 3.1 External Appearance[...]

— 12 — 3.2 Part Descriptions (1) DC jack Insert the output plug of the AC adapter attached. (2) Power switch When switched ON, power is supplied to the printer and the Power lamp goes on. (3) Power lamp Li ghted when power is turned ON and goes out when turned OFF . Blinks during memory switch setting and at the occurrence of memory error . Whi[...]

— 13 — 4. OPERA TIONS 4.1 Connection of the AC Adapter (1) Ensure that the power switch is OFF . (2) Insert the output plug of the AC adapter into the DC jack of the printer . (3 ) Insert the power plug of the AC adapter into a power outlet supplying the designated voltage. (Be sure to use an AC adapter for the power source.)[...]

— 14 — Protruding 4.2 Setting of the Printer Cover (1) Hold the protruding section at the rear of the printer cover and lift in the direction indicated. (2) Attach the cover by pressing downward after hooking the cover to the acceptor located in the front part.[...]

— 15 — Knob Platen Printing head 4.3 Setting Ribbon Cassettes (1) Remove the printer cover turning OFF the printer . (2) Press down on the Ribbon cassette while inserting the ribbon between the printing head and the platen. (3) Wind up the ribbon slack by turning the knob in the direction of the arrow .[...]

— 16 — OK NO GOOD NO GOOD OK 4.4 Setting Paper (1) Remove the printer cover . (2) Ensure that the end of the paper is straight or incline as indicated in the diagram. (3) Insert printing paper with the paper holder turned down in the arrow-indicated direction, hold the core. (4) Insert paper into the slot of the printer mechanism. (5) Following[...]

— 17 — * SPECIAL REMARKS CONCERNING P APER SHAPE: The beginning of winding (end part of the inside diameter) should satisfy the following (Refer to Drawing A): 1. Free of fold and well aligned to inside diameter 2. Free of flaps 3. Not adhered to core part (if there is one) RECOMMENDED P APER: Single paper ... 45 ~ 55 kg/1,000 sheets/1,091 × 7[...]

— 18 — 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 12345678 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 40 9*+,-./@ 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 ABCDEFGH 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 IJKLMNOP 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 QRSTUVWX 4.5 Self-Printing Function When activating self-printing function, be sure to start with a paper loaded (or in the printable state). (1) T est printing T urn the printer powe[...]

— 19 — NOTE Before turning the printer power on, restore the DIP switch No. 4 to the former position. 4.6 Memory Switch Setting <Memory Switch Initial Setting> Memory switch can be changed by a command or by manual operation. a) Change by command Memory switch can be changed by a command. For details, refer to 8. Print Control Function. W[...]

— 20 — <Contents of Memory Switch Setting> In square brackets ([ ]), choose one of the options for each setting item. Item marked * is the default setting. 1. Country (Selecting international character set) [*USA, FRA, GER, U.K, DEN, SWE, IT A, SPE, JPN] Selects a international character set. For international character set, refer to Inte[...]

— 21 — 7. BUSY (Busy signal clear timing) [*Standard, CBM-910] *1 Selects the clear timing of Busy signal for parallel I/F . Standard: Clears after confirming the rise of STB signal. CBM-910: Clears after completing data storage to input buffer . 8. Buffer [*2k bytes, 72 bytes] Select buffer size. *1: For ACK timing and Busy timing, only settin[...]

— 22 — 4.8 General Remarks (1) Do not print without ink ribbon properly provided. It may cause damage on the print head. (2) Replace the ink ribbon with a new one before it becomes worn-out. Do not replenish ink. (3) Be careful not to drop foreign substances, such as a clip and a pin into the equipment. Otherwise, equipment failure may result. [...]

— 23 — Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 STB 19 TWISTED P AIR GND 2D A T A 1 2 0 3D A T A 2 2 1 4D A T A 3 2 2 5D A T A 4 2 3 6D A T A 5 2 4 7D A T A 6 2 5 8D A T A 7 2 6 9D A T A 8 2 7 10 ACK 28 11 BUSY 29 12 P .N.E. 30 TWISTED P AIR GND 13 SELECT 31 RESET *1 14 GND 32 F AUL T *2 15 33 GND 16 GND 34 17 FRAME GND 35 18 36 *1: For RESET signal, [...]

— 24 — POWER DATA STB T1 DATA DATA DATA T2 BUSY ACK T3 T1: 1.6 µ s MIN T2: 500 µ S MIN T3: 10 µ s TYP T4: 5 µ s TYP T5: 5 µ S TYP 5.3 Description of Input/Output Signals (1) Input signal • DA T A 1 to DA T A 8 . . . 8 bit parallel signal (positive logic) • STB . . . Strobe signal for reading out data (negative logic) • RESET . . . Si[...]

— 25 — DATA VCC 3.3k < HOST SIDE > < PRINTER SIDE > (HC04 or equivalent) STB ACK BUSY P.N.E. OUTPUT SIGNAL RESET VCC 3.3k 100 102 471 (HC04 or equivalent) VCC 3.3k 104 (HC04 or equivalent) VCC 3.3k (HC04 or equivalent) 5.4 Electrical Characteristics (1) Input signal level All inputs are HCMOS level. As the input side is pulled up wi[...]

— 26 — 6. SERIAL INTERF ACE 6.1 Specifications (1) Synchronization: Asynchronous (2) Baud rate 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 Baud/sec (User selection) (3) W ord configuration • Start bit: 1 bit • Data bit: 7 bits or 8 bits (User selection) • Parity bit: odd, even, no parity (User selection) • Stop bit: 1 bit or more (4) Signal polarity [...]

— 27 — 6.2 Connector Pin Assignment *1: Enable/Disable of RESET signal can be selected by DIP switch No. 3. In addition, changing the internal resistance allows selection of pin 23/pin 25. In Factory setting, pin 23 (TTL Reset) is set. Note: 1. Signals for RS-232C are based on EIA RS-232C level. Applicable connector (D-sub connector) Printer si[...]

— 28 — Mark Space t b0, b1, b2 • • • • • (1) (2) (3) (1) Start bit (1 bit) (2) Data bit (8 bits) (3) Stop bit (more than 1 bit) 6.3 Description of Input/Output Signal (1) Input signal 1) TD (TRANSMIT DA T A) Serial transmission data signal. 2) RD (RECEIVE DA T A) Serial receive data signal. 3) DTR (DA T A TERMINAL READY) Input command[...]

— 29 — 6.4 Electrical Characteristics (1) RS-232C I/O signals (RD/TD/DTR) • Input (RD) Mark = ( − 8 V): Stop bit Space = (+8 V): Start bit • Output (TD, DTR) Mark = ( − 8 V): For Busy Space = (+8 V): For Ready (2) TTL circuit Input (RESET) 2: TD SP232ENC 20: DTR 3: RD 25: RESET 12 9 R1 in R2 in R1 out R2 out 13 8 14 7 T1 in T2 in T1 out[...]

— 30 — 6.5 Error Detection ● Communication error • Parity error Parity error occurs when parity check is specified and parity is not observed in the even and odd parity checks. • Framing error When space state detected on detection of stop bit. • Overrun error When next following data having been transferred to receiving buffer register[...]

— 31 — 7. DIP SWITCH SETTING 7.1 Serial Interface T ype *1: A difference is developed by the emulation set by the memory switch. *2: After setting DIP switch No. 4 to ON, turning the printer power on with the SEL switch pressed and held causes the printer to enter the Manual memory switch setting mode. With normal power on operation, bit length[...]

— 32 — 7.2 Parallel Interface T ype *: Difference may occur in accordance with the emulation set by the memory switch. After setting DIP switch No. 4 to ON, turning the printer power on with the SEL switch pressed and held causes the printer enter the Manual memory switch setting mode. Switch No. Function OFF ON Factory Setting 1 Character dire[...]

— 33 — 8. PRINT CONTROL FUNCTION 8.1 List of Control Codes Code (Hexadecimal) LF 0A Line feed after print O*1 O*1 CR 0D Carriage return and line feed O*1 O*1 SI 0F Normal size character O O SO 0E Double width character O O US 1F Normal size character O — RS 1E Double width character O — CAN 18 Cancel data O — DC2 12 Inverted character O ?[...]

— 34 — 8.2 Control Code Details (1) Command for Line Feed After Printing (CR/LF) By entering CR (0DH)/LF (0AH) codes, data in the print buffer is printed followed by a line feed. Without data in the print buffer , only a line feed is performed. This command is ignored just after buffer full in case of 910 emulation. CR and LF are valid in the f[...]

— 35 — 2. Laterally enlarged letter assignment (SO/RS) command: With SO (0EH)/RS (1EH) codes input in any columns, the data following are printed in prints enlarged double in width. Although standard and enlarged letters can be mixed within one line, automatic (buffer -full) printing takes place when the number of columns reaches 24 (or 40) cou[...]

— 36 — (4) Inverted Letter Assignment (DC2) Command When data are input with DC2 (12H) attached at the beginning of a line (invalid when attached to any other place), data following are all printed in inverted letters. T o cancel this, input either DC2 again or DC1 (initial setting.) (5) Initial Setting (DC1) Command With DC1 (11H) input, vario[...]

— 37 — (7) Continuous Paper Feed Assignment (ESC + “ B ” + n) Command With ESC (1BH) + “ B ” (42H) + n code input, continuous paper feed at n-dot line is executed. However , n allows continuous paper feed to be executed at even-numbered dot line in the range of 4 ≤ n ≤ 255. If n is specified otherwise, this command is cancelled. Whe[...]

— 38 — (10) Sentence Registration (ESC + “ / ” + n) Command With input of ESC (1BH) + “ / ” (2FH) + n + ‘ registered sentence ’ code, 24 (40)-bytes data following n are registered. Set a numeral of 1~8 to n. With any other numeral having been set, data following are regarded as normal printing data, where no registration takes place[...]

— 39 — <Registered State> It is pen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 <Printing Result> Is this a pen ? It is a pen (Printed out with ESC + “ ! ” + 1) (12) Character Registration (ESC + “ & ” ) Command 1. For 24-column model (ESC + “ & ” + A1 + A2) Individual patterns can be registered by entering the code ESC (1BH) + ” & ?[...]

— 40 — [Method of data transmission] d-1) Single character registration Select the address to be defined (character code) from among 20H to FFH and designate is as A1. When registering a single character , starting and ending addresses match each other . That is, A1=A2. <Example> A 6 × 6 dot matrix full dot pattern is to be registered in[...]

— 41 — 2. For 40-column model In 910 emulation (ESC + “ & ” + C1 + A1 + A2) In 3110 emulation (ESC + “ & ” + A1 + A2) With ESC (1BH) + ” & ” (26H) + {C1} + A1 + A2 code and the pattern data following input, a pattern is registered. Only 910 emulation for { }. T otal 224 characters are available for registration into addr[...]

— 42 — In 3110 emulation Following ESC + & + 01 (Note) + 41H + 42H sending data 80H, 00H, 81H, 00H, 89H, 00H, 89H, 00H, FFH 00H, 89H, 00H, A9H, 40H, 81H, 00H, 80H, 00H allows “ ” to be registered at 41H and 42H. [Printing registered character] T o print a registered character , executing Activate Registered Character command (ESC + “ [...]

— 43 — (13) Registered Letter V alid/Invalid (ESC + “ % ” + n) Command Whether a registered pattern is valid or invalid is set with ESC (1BH) + ” % ” (25H) + n code being input. n = 1 (01H): Registered pattern to be made valid. (Addresses for which no registration change has been conducted are taken as inside fixed characters.) n = 0 (0[...]

— 44 — (14) Bit Image Printing (ESC + “ K ” + n1 + n2 + n3) Command With ESC (1BH) + K (4BH) + n1 + n2 + n3 code being input, conversion from T ext mode into Bit Image mode takes place. The n1/n2/n3 assigns amount of transmission of bit image data which follows these. Where, n1 represents the no. of bytes in lateral direction and n2 (lowerm[...]

— 45 — (15) × 4 Enlarged Letter Assignment (FS + “ W ” + 1) Command FS (1CH) + “ W ” (57H) + 1 (01H) code input, × 4 enlarged letters are assigned. Data following this code are printed vertically and laterally twice enlarged. (16) × 4 Enlargement Cancel (FS + “ W ” + 0) Command With FS (1CH) + “ W ” (57H) + 0 (00H) code being[...]

— 46 — NOTE When the set value is outside the specified range, writing to memory is not carried out. n1 Function n2 Content of Setting 0 Select international character set 0~8 See International Character Code T able. 1 Select code page. 0~11, 253, See Character Code T able Select 254, 255 Command. 2 Select 910/3110 emulation 0 910 Emulation 1 3[...]

— 47 — 9. CHARACTER CODE T ABLE 9.1 ASCII + 910 Emulation (International) 9.2 910 Emulation (Japan)[...]

— 48 — 9.3 Codepage PC437 (USA, Standard Europe) 9.4 Katakana[...]

— 49 — 9.5 Codepage PC858 (Multilingual) 9.6 Codepage PC860 (Portuguese)[...]

— 50 — 9.7 Codepage PC863 (Canadian-French) 9.8 Codepage PC865 (Nordic)[...]

— 51 — 9.9 Codepage PC852 (Eastern Europe) 9.10 Codepage PC866 (Russian)[...]

— 52 — 9.11 Codepage PC857 (T urkish) 9.12 Codepage WPC1252 (Windows Latin1)[...]

— 53 — 9.13 Codepage PC864 (Arabic) 9.14 Codepage PC869 (Greek)[...]

— 54 — 9.15 International Character Code T able[...]

— 55 — 10. EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS 80 Dia. Paper Roll 60 Dia. Paper Roll[...]

— 56 — Note 1: Drawings above indicate the bottom and side views of CBM-910 main body . Note 2: The wall hanging screw head shall be below 3 mm long. 2 Rubber foot guide height W all mounting hole Mounting screw Drawing for Installation Dimensions (Remarks) Details A-A (2/1) Rubber foot height 3.5 Rubber foot guide φ 15.4 Rubber foot (4)[...]

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