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    CITIZEN User’s Manual DOT MATRIX PRINTER MODEL iDP-5 62 Japan CBM Corporation Information Systems Div .[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 2 199 6.01.22(10- DCL)1 1 Declaration of Conform ity Manufacturer's Nam e : : Japan CBM Corp oration Manufacturer's Address : 1-1-7, Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, T okyo 169, Japan Declare the Product Product Name Dot Matrix Printer Model Number (s) iDP-562 Series (iDP-562RSL 2, iDP-562RSL , iDP-562CNL, iD P-562RS, [...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 3 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS * Read all of these instructions and sav e them for future reference. * Follow all warnings and instructions m arked on the product. * Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol clean ers. * Use a damp cloth for cleaning. * Do not use this[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 4 *iDP562- RSL/ RS, iDP562-CNL /CN ty pe IMPOR T ANT : This equipment has bee n tested and found to com ply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the F CC Rules. These lim its are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipm ent is operated in [...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 5 Contents 1. Outline.................................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Features ....................................................................................................................[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 6 1. Outline iDP562 is a dot impact printer. The compact and light w eight printer is sufficiently provided with v arious functions in order to suffice the requirements of personal com puters. This printer is useful especially for receipts and data recording on normal and carboned roll papers. Use this printer prope[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 7 2. Basic Specifications 1 P rinting Method :Serial Dot Matrix 2 P rinting Speed :74 LPM with 40colum n, 235 LPM with 5 colum n (approx..) 3 Character :7 ´ 5 (Dots) 4 Column Capacity :40 column 5 Character Size :2.75 mm (H) ´ 1.25 mm (W) 6 Line Spacing :5.5 mm 7 Line F eed Speed :6.2 lines / second approx.. 8 Cha[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 8 3 .Appearance and P arts Name 3.1 Appearance and Parts name (Front view) (Fig.1) (Rear view) (Fig.2)[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 9 3.2 Description on Each Part 1 P ower Plug Insert this plug in the plug socket under the prescribed v oltage. 2 P ower Switch As the power switch is turned on, initializing performance of the printer starts and the print head returns to the left end (hom e position). 3 P ower Lam p The lamp lights up as power swit[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 10 4. Operation 4.1 The Ribbon Cassette Installation Before inserting the ribbon, disconnect the p ower source. If the printing has be en continued for many hours, be careful not touch printer head as it might be hot. 1) Remove the printer cov er . 2) While inserting the ribbon into the space betwee n the print head[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 11 4.2 Loading the Paper (Fig.5) Paper Insertion procedures 1. T urn OFF the power switch. 2. Remove the printer cov er . 3. Cut the paper in right angle to its longitudinal center line as show n in Fig. 6. 4. Insert the paper into insertion inlet on the rear side of the printer . 5. T urn on the power switch. And t[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 12 4.3 T esting Y our Printer IDP562 Model has a self-printing pattern in order to check the printing function. T ake the following proced ures to test your printer . 1. Set the power switch. 2. T urn off the power sw itch. 3. T urn on the power switch while pressing the LF switch., then release the LF switch. 4. T [...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 13 5. Serial Interface 5.1 Serial Specifications (1) Synchronous Asy nchronous (2) Baud rate 150, 300, 600, 12 00, 2400, 4800 , 9600 BPS One of the above ba ud rates is selected by users. (3) Data Format Start bit: 1 BIT Data bit: 7 or 8 BIT Parity bit: Odd number parity , even number parity or no parity check, one [...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 14 5.2 Setting of DIP Switch and SL IDE Switch Following function are av ailable by setting DIP switch and SLI DE Switch. Selection of “CR” and “L F” code function. Please refer to the table below . DSW- 1 DSW- 2 DSW-3 CR and LF code When CR code comes are valid function. immediately after full When the buf [...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 15 5.3 Connectors and Sig nals Signal Return Signal Direction Function RS232C CURRE NT TTL Pin Line Nam e of Signal LOOP 1F G F r a m e G N D 7S G G N D 3R D A ® B Input DA T A OO 20 DTR ¬ BUS Y signal OO 14 F AUL T ¬ ALARM signal OO 25 23 RD ® Input DA T A O 17 24 DTR ¬ BUSY signal O A: Computer B: Printer Not[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 16 5.5 Current L oop and TTL 5.5.1 Interface L oop (a) Current Loop Input (RD) P r i n t e r s i d e C o m p u t e r s i d e Output (DTR) Note: Resistance should be set so that Current Loop is restricted within 10 ~ 20 m A. (b) TTL Input (RD) Printer side Computer side Equivalent to 7407 Output (DTR F AUL T) Note: O[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 17 5.5.2. Setting of P reset jumper Following function are av ailable by setting preset jumper 1 ~ 6. Please turn off pow er and remov e a bottom case before setting. iDP5 62-RSL2 iDP562-RS L/RS[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 18 Preset jumper Preset Mode Jumper RS-232C CURRE NT L OOP TTL 1A × B 2A × B 3A B B 4× B A 5A × B ´ : Both A and B can be set. B position A position A B DA T A can be transferred at DTR = S P ACE A (RS-232C / TTL level) DA T A can be transferred at DTR = MARK 6 (CURREN T LOOP ) DA T A can be transferred at DTR [...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 19 5.6 DA T A Construction 5.6.1 Serial Data form at 1. Start BIT 2. DA T A BIT ( + Parity BIT) 3. Stop BI T (1 ~ 2 BIT) (1) ST AR T BIT At 1 / 2 BI T after (a), signal level is checked out, (b). When signal lev el is MARK, continuous se arch for ST AR T BIT is m ade for the next bit. (2) DA T A BIT + P ARITY BIT DA[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 20 5.6.2. Detection System for Error The printer detects P ARITY and F RAMING ERROR. ALARM (ALM) L AMP informs the user error occurrence. When any error is detected, the printer deletes the wrong DA T A and waits for new DA T A , AL M LAMP can be put out by depressing SEL switch. Framing Error Framing error occurs w[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 21 (2) I nput Control for Double Buf fer Double buffer transfer is m ade as follows. 1. The computer transfers 1 st and 2 nd B YTE of DA T A after checking R EADY condition. 2. The printer continues BUSY condition for receiv ing 2 nd BYTE of DA T A. 3. The computer transfers 3 rd BYTE of DA T A after checking RE ADY[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 22 6. Parallel Inte rface 6.1 Description on I nput / Output Signals (a) Input signals to printer O DA T A 1 …. 8 bit parallel input Data Sign al, Logic “1” repr esent HIGH lev el. DA T A 2 DA T A 3 DA T A 4 DA T A 5 DA T A 6 DA T A 7 DA T A 8 O ST B ……. This is a strobe for reading- in the data signal. Th[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 23 6.2 Setting the Dip Switch IDP562CNL / CN h as Dip Switch with w hich you can select the followings to m eet your computer’s function. Selection of “CR” and “L F” code function. Please refer to the table below . DSW- 1 DS W- 2 DSW- 3 CR and LF code When CR code comes are valid function. immediately afte[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 24 6.3 Connector and Pin Assignment PIN N O. Si gnal Nam e P IN NO. Signal Nam e 1 STB 19 TWISTED P AIR GND 22 0 32 1 42 2 52 3 62 4 72 5 8 DA T A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 26 9D A T A 8 2 7 10 ACK 28 1 1 BUS Y 29 TWISTED P AIR GND 12 GND 30 1 3 S L C T 3 1 14 32 F AUL T 15 33 16 GND 34 17 GND 35 18 36 Data Entry Method : 8 Bit[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 25 6.4 Electric Characteristics (a) Input Signal Lev el All the input / output signals are of TTL level. “HIGH” level 2.0 V MIN “LOW” level 0.8 V MAX (b) Output Sig nal Level “HIGH” level 2.4 V MIN “LOW” level 0.4 V MAX (c) Input / Output Conditions All the input signal are pulled up by 1 K ohms. (Fi[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 26 6.5 T imi ng Chart (1) I nput Data and print timing T1, T2, T3 0.5 m s MIN T4 100 ns MAX T 5 7 m TYP T 6 1 1 0 0 m s M A X 400 m MAX When data is stored input buf fer . (2) F AUL T and SEL switch T1 0.5 m s MIN T2 100 ns MAX T3 550 ms TYP (Note) preset by SEL is done m anually[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 27 7. Control Code Control codes are the sam e for 7 BIT DA T A and 8 BI T DA T A except SI & SO code. 7.1 SI & SO Code Sym bol 8 BIT D A T A 7 BIT D A T A SI Standard character designation (Sam e as US) Designation of SI side character SO Enlar ged character designation (Sam e as RS) Designation of SO side [...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 28 7.3 Input Data F ormat The input data to the printer is made by the codes listed in the Character Code T a ble. 1 Standard Character print Mode Designation US(1F ) DA T A Designation of standard character print m ode is made immediately after power-on and initialization or after print. Therefore US code can b e o[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 29 4 Graphic Print Mode Designation ESC(1B) K(4B) n1 n2 DA T A Input ESC K (1B 4B) at the top of the line and the n input Graphic Print Data, which is conv erted to binary , into n1. After that, input dum my data in n2. If it is also the Graphic Print in the next line, ESC K n1 n2 sh ould be input once again b efore[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 30 6 Paging designation and pag e length designation ESC(1B) C(43) n Input ESC C (1B, 43) at the top of the line and ne xt input n, which are integers. W ith this code, the length (number of line) per page can be set, and paging action is started, and the spa ce of three lines are left at the both top and bottom of [...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 31 8. I nitial Setting Followings are autom atically set after Power-on or depressing SEL switch (After AL ARM condition). 1. A printer head returns to its home position. 2. Printer becomes SEL ECT (ON-L INE) condition. (*1) 3. Print buffer function is cleared. 4. Standard character m ode is set. 5. 66 per lines per[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 32 9. Character Code T able (1) Character Code T able[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 33 (2) F oreign Character Designation of characters can be m ade for four languages by ON and OFF of Dip switch.[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 34 (3) Character Code T able for 7 BIT DA T A SI Side SO Side[...]

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    iDP-562 User’s Manual CITI ZEN 35 10. Maintenance W ith respect to maintenance: The mechanical part of the printer must be free from dirt and dust. Remove the printer cover periodically to clean printer mechanism with soft brush to elim inate any dirt and dust.[...]