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Epson Ap1310-DC manual

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    ABLE Systems Limited DENTON DRIVE, NORTHWICH, CHESHIRE, CW9 7TU, E NGLAND Tel: +44 (0)1606 48621 Fax:+44 (0)1606 44903 Website: www.able-systems.com e-mail: contact@able-systems.com USER GUIDE to the Ap1310-DC Thermal Printer Revision: “1.2” Filename: “AP1310DCusg12.doc” Date: “28 May 2008”[...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 2 of 13 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Table Of Contents ............................................................................................................ ............ 2 2 Introdu ction ................................................................................................................. .................. 3 [...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 3 of 13 2 INTRODUCTION This document is a User Guide, written f or t he person connecting and usi ng the Able Systems Ap1310-DC thermal printe r. Please read this Guide carefully before makin g any conne ction. A separate Programmer Guide provides details of the control codes, and descri bes the internal operation of thes[...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 4 of 13 2.4 ORDERING PART CODE S, OPTIONS AND ACCESSORIES The following table details full Able Systems part co d es for products related to the Ap1310-DC printer: ASL Product Code Description AP1310-DC Standard RS-232 pr inter suitable for direct powere d o peration Printer Ap1310-DC-KIT1 Complete kit suitable for evalua[...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 5 of 13 3 MODES OF OPERATION The Ap1310-DC has two operating mod e s, when not actually printing:  "Idle Mode": ready to accept data, but no dat a are in t he buffer a waiting printing, and the printer motor is not running;  "Spool Mode": active, but storing data fo r later printing. Modes are in[...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 6 of 13 4 PAPER Pressing the paper feed button when the printer is id le, or in spo ol mode, advances paper at typically 50 mm per second. However, the feed button has add itional functions: "Double-clicking" the button: (i.e. pressing and releasing twice in qui ck succession just like a PC mouse)  in idle mo[...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 7 of 13 5 LED INDICATIONS The LED indicator at the front of the Ap1310-DC ha s a numbe r of colour combinations, whic h repe at in up to a 4-phase pattern to provide st atus information (se e table b elow). In summary, if the LED is constant green it indica tes that the printer is operating n ormally. Flashing on and off [...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 8 of 13 6 PRINTER OPERATION AND PROGRAMMING The Ap1310-DC utilises a Fujitsu FTP -628MCL103 printer mechani sm, with a fixed (parallel) print head with 384 horizontally -arran ged thermal elements. The pap er is advan ced by a stepper motor, and printing takes place in a singl e dot row for each step of the paper. Each p [...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 9 of 13 7 INTERFACE DETAILS 7.1 RS-232 SERIAL INTERFACE The Ap1310-DC printer has an ind ustry standard RS -232 interfa ce. The default parameters are 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no parity. Other bau d rates can be prog rammed by control code s, or by using a setup utility available from the factory. Serial dat[...]

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    8 CONNECTIONS AND EMC PRECAUTIONS 8.1 CABLING DETAILS The Ap1310-DC has a single mould ed cable, see be low for connection detail s. 8.2 MOULDED CABLE CO NNECTION INFORM ATIO N User Cable Detail Colour (typical*) Input / Output (Ap1310-DC) Ap1310-DC Function Red i/p Positive Battery Input (+) Black i/p 0V Common (RS-232 signal return and power supp[...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 11 of 13 8.5 DATA CABLE You can attach a suitable data cable terminated with a female D9 connector. As a guide the pinout for a standard 9 way PC comm port (mal e) is given below. D-9 Pin Name Function (refers to PC) 3 TxD Serial Data Output 2 RxD Serial Data Input 6 & 8 CTS & DSR Busy Input 5 SGND Signal Co mmon [...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 12 of 13 9 GETTING STARTED You may find that you can connect up the printer to your Personal Computer (PC), and everything works perfectly first time. However, there are many variables, an d the following guide may help if you find you need some assistance. These are only su gge stions, and may not work with all PC’s. 9[...]

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    Ap1310-DC User Guide P age 13 of 13 It is important to recognise that other Windo ws p rin ter drivers, even for ESCPOS compatible printers, may not work with the Ap1310-DC, as they format ev erything as dot graphics patterns, in a way which is unique to each kind of printer. The Windo ws “G eneric Text Only” printer driver should, however, wor[...]