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  • Page 1

    Rev.: A0 Aura Series (PP - 5000 / PP - 5200) Thermal Printer User's Guide IMPORTANT!!!! Please read carefull y before using this printer Before opening the Top Hood, make sure there is no paper jam or cutter jam trouble. (Read page 3 - 4 , 3 - 5 and Warranty Limit in the user’s Manual.)[...]

  • Page 2

    P/N: 19740900010 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limit s are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a [...]

  • Page 3

    i Table Of Contents GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 1 CONGRATULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 1 PRODUCT BRIEFING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 1 UNPACKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -- 2 OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

  • Page 4

    ii Printing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 2 Paper jam problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 4 Auto cutter problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 4 Advanced analysis tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -- 6 SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 -- 1 PRINTER . . [...]

  • Page 5

    1 - 1 I. GETTING STARTED A. CONGRATULATION You have made a very wise decision by purchasing the easy loading ; low noise ; high resolution ; light weight ; high reliability thermal printer Aura (PP - 5000 & PP - 5200) series of Posiflex products. This series of printers has been elegantly designed for a Point - Of - Sale, kitchen & kiosk ap[...]

  • Page 6

    1 - 2 Aura series also supports user’s company’s LOGO downloading for superior performance. It even supports some enhancement capability for reminder fun ction to persons around. It can be used to drive a separately purchased kitchen bell for such reminder function in noisy environment. This printer also supports application in different countr[...]

  • Page 7

    1 - 3 ordered). b Power supply cable (when no power adaptor ordered) This printer power supply cable is used to supply power to the printer from the Posiflex POS system. … T his User’s Manual D. OPTIONS • 38 mm paper roll adaptor (for PP - 5000 only) • Kitchen bell (KL - 200) • Language to add to standard model: Japanese Kanji; Korean; Tr[...]

  • Page 8

    1 - 4 F. INDICATORS • Power LED: green • Error LED: red • Paper Out LED: red Parallel Connector Serial Connector Power Connector Peripheral Connector Rear View Screws Window Plate Screw Setup Window Bottom View Power Switch Front View[...]

  • Page 9

    2 - 1 II. QUICK START - UP A. LOADING PAPER 1. Desk top application 1. Press down the hood release button to release the top hood. 2. Raise the released hood wide open manually. 3. Drop the thermal paper roll inside the printer in the orientation as shown in the picture. 4. Close the hood back leaving the tail of the paper roll coming out of the op[...]

  • Page 10

    2 - 2 2. When to rep lace paper Whenever the printer gives paper out signal or a red line appears on the thermal paper, it is the proper timing for replacing the paper. Do not wait till the print engine is dragging the paper roll at the very end. Remove the leftover and replac e a new paper roll as illustrated above to prevent excessive paper dust [...]

  • Page 11

    2 - 3 keep parallel interface in fast operation, please adjust in setup window the switch positions both 1, and 2 to ON leaving the rest unchanged as factory default setting . 3. Peripheral connection The peripheral co ntroller is a 6 pin RJ11 jack between the power connector and the parallel connector. With use of Posiflex cash drawer cable 208630[...]

  • Page 12

    2 - 4 5. Power on When all the above cable connections are made correctly, you may connect your power adaptor to the wall outlet. Make sure that the ty pe of power cord and the voltage requirement of the power adaptor meet the local power conditions. Now the printer is ready for power on. 6. Self test Press and hold down the feed button while turni[...]

  • Page 13

    2 - 5 The header is printed in text mode and the rest part of this slip is printed in page mode. If FEED button is pressed at this moment, a font table will be printed in text mode again. To exit the test printing, please turn the printer off and on again. C. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS 1. Paper near end sensor The near end sensor for paper roll in the pri[...]

  • Page 14

    2 - 6 either paper near end sense or paper feed action. It is also noticed that some market available paper roll has extremely light bobbin, easi ly causing the paper roll to go off position when paper feeding with low remaining paper. In this case, the paper near end sensor may function abnormally and it would be a good solution to set in the setu[...]

  • Page 15

    3 - 1 III. MAINTENANCE GUIDES A. MAINTENANCE GUIDE LINES • Always turn off and disconnect power before opening the hood or cover. • The areas around the print head and motor become very hot during and just after printing. Do not touch them. • When handling the interior of the thermal printer, please pay attention not to be hurt by any sharp e[...]

  • Page 16

    3 - 2 Before putting back the paper roll for printing, alcohol solvent must be dried completely. D. TROUBLE SHOOTING This section gives solutions to some printer problems you may have. 1. General Problems No LED lights up on con trol panel when switched on – Make sure that the power supply cables are correctly plugged into the printer, the power [...]

  • Page 17

    3 - 3 If there is no paper jam and the print head is not overh eated, turn off the printer and wait for half a minute then turn it back on. If the problem still remains, contact a qualified service person. Nothing can be printed with ERROR LED OFF – Try to run self - test according to previous chapter to check if the pr inter itself works properl[...]

  • Page 18

    3 - 4 setup and changing the switch positions 1 and 2 in the printer setup window to ON may he lp. 3. Paper Jam Problems Paper is jammed inside the printer – Turn off the printer and open the top hood by releasing the hood lock. Remove the jammed paper and reinstall the paper roll. Close the hood properly and firmly. Then turn on the printer for [...]

  • Page 19

    3 - 5 cutter blade along the track and reset it to home position. Please test push the top hood release button from time to time to see if the hood opens as result of cutter position reset. Close the cutter cover back when done. For PP - 5200 please refer to pictures below and lift up a transparent protective cover over the adjustment wheel. Turn t[...]

  • Page 20

    3 - 6 Please use manual cutter as temporary alternative measure once the auto cutter malfunctioned. 5. Advanced Analysis Tool This printer supports Hexadecimal Dump for experienced user to view exact ly what data is received by the printer. This can be useful in finding software problems. To start the dump mode: Turn off printer; Open print hood; H[...]

  • Page 21

    4 - 1 IV. SPECIFICATIONS A. PRINTER ITEM SPECIFICATION Printing method Thermal sensitive line dot method Effective printing width 54 mm Ther mal head configuration 432 dots / line PP - 5000 120 mm /sec. Printing speed PP - 5200 220 mm /sec. Paper feed method Friction auto - feed Paper load method Drop and use Auto - cutter type Guillotine type Auto[...]

  • Page 22

    4 - 2 C. POWER ADAPTOR ITEM REQUIREMENT INPUT VOLTAGE 100 V AC ~ 250 V AC INPUT FREQUENCY 50 ~ 60 HZ INPUT CURRENT 1.5 A MAX. @ 115 V AC OUTPUT VOLTAGE + 24 V DC OUTPUT POWER 60 W STATIC LOAD 0 A ~ 2.5 A OUTPUT REGULATION + / - 5 % MTBF 30,000 HRS EMI STANDARDS VDE – B, FCC – B, VCCI – B[...]

  • Page 23

    5 - 1 V. TECHNICAL INFORM A TION A. INTERFACES 1. Peripheral interface The connector for peripheral control is a 6P6C RJ11 jack with the following pin assignment. The best recommended cash drawers to this connector are Posiflex CR3100, CR3200, CR4000 and CR4100. Using th e cable 20863018001 ( CCBLA - 180 - 1) delivered with the cash drawer, the Aur[...]

  • Page 24

    5 - 2 2. Serial interface The serial interface cable is a RJ45 plug to DB9F cable of length 1.8 meters (about 6 feet). To use the serial interface with a distance longer than the cable length can be achieved through use of LAN cable and a RJ45 jack to DB9F converter. Please insert one end of the LAN cable into the RJ45 jack of the printer and the o[...]

  • Page 25

    5 - 3 points t o the connector area of the printer. The OFF direction points to the power switch. The functions of each position may evolve with the revisions of the firmware. The information below applies to the latest version to the date of print of this manual. This 8 position DIP switch works as following: Switch position ON OFF 1 2 RS232 baud [...]

  • Page 26

    5 - 4 Fo r switch position 5, if the switch is set to ON, the busy signal is sent to host only when input buffer is full. When it is set to OFF, busy signal is sent to host whenever an off line status occurs. Therefore, signals including the paper near end detect w ill generate busy signal to the host. Consequently, the printing may be stopped even[...]

  • Page 27

    6 - 1 VI. USEFUL TIPS • Please note that only those qualified technicians may adjust s everal jumpers for some technical settings . P lease visit our web site http://www.posiflex.com or http://www.posiflex.com.tw for detail s of th e technical information such as driver installation, DIP switch settings and command sets etc. if required. • Plac[...]

  • Page 28

    6 - 2 • Do not use a power outlet of a circuit shared with any equi pment that uses a lot of power or causes great electrical noises, such as a copier, electric motors or a coffee m aker. • Do not use thermal paper containing Sodium (Na+), Potassium (K+) and Chlorine (Cl - ) ions that can harm the print head thermal elements. • I f the surfac[...]