Star Micronics NP-225 manual

S pec. No D-F0301 S pecifications for Kiosk module printer NP-215 NP-225 NP-325 NP-415W Revision 1.00 2000.08.01 1 edition Revision 2.00 2001.04.18 2 edition Revision 2.10 2001.06.13 3 edition Revision 2.20 2002.01.29 4 edition Revision 2.30 2002.02.15 5 edition Revision 2.40 2002.03.26 6 edition Revision 2.50 2002.04.12 7 edition Revision 2.60 200[...]

Read carefully Before Using the Printer Wrong handling of the printer may cause its performance declined and the product damaged. Please read the notes below before handling. 1. S tatic discharge prevention must be made for inst allation and removal of the printer to protect IC and other electrical parts. Connect it to the earth ground. It is also [...]

T able of Contents 1. Overview 1.1 Overview 1 1.2 Features 1 1.3 Configuration 2 2. S pecifications 2.1 Basic specifications 2 2.2 Printing area and cutter position 4 2.3 Power suppl y specific ations 5 2.4 Reliability 5 2.5 Dimensions 1) NP-215 dimensional drawing 6 2) NP-225 dimensional drawing 7 3) NP-325 dimensional drawing 8 4) NP-415W dimensi[...]

1 1. Overview 1.1 Overview The printer is categorized as following. NP - * * 5 * * 1 2 3 4 1: Paper width, 2 = 2 inches, 3 = 3 inches 2: Paper setting, 1= Paper holder type, 2 = Drop-in type 3: Interface, P = Parallel, R = Serial, D = Parallel/Serial compatible 4: OEM number * D type is parallel and serial comp atible. Interface connector is not in[...]

2 1.3 Configuration The printer consists of the following components. Product Name Description S pecification Part No. Q’ty NP-215 NP-225 NP-325 NP-415W NP-215 1 X NP-225 1 X NP-325 1 X Printer NP-415W 1 X 60x Ø 48mm 24-X1 17 1 X X 80x Ø 48mm 24-X121 1 X Thermal paper 1 12x Ø 48mm 24-X1 16 1 X 80R 35-029Q 1 X Paper holder 80L 35-030Q 1 X Screw[...]

3 CODABAR (NW-7) Å Å CODE128 Å Å 2-D symology QR code Å Å Parallel Centronics Å Å 5 Interface Serial RS-232C Å Å 6 Auto-cutter 1. Cut method Guillotine type Å Å 2. Applicable paper Thermal 65 - 125 (micro) Å Å 3. Cut cycle 30 cut s / minute Å Å 4. Cut mode (by command setting) To t a l c u t Partial cut (a 2mm tab left at the center[...]

4 2.2 Printing area and cutter position Cutter position (Cutting place) A T O P 0 . 0 m m C u t t e r p o s i t i o n 3 . 0 m m Unprintable area Head position 17.5mm Sensor position 28.5mm 1 2 D 0.125mm B C B 9 . 1 + - 0 . 5 m m Black mark printing 5.3+-0.2mm min. 10.3+-0.2 mm min. NP-215 NP-225 NP-325 NP-415W A 60mm 80mm 1 12mm B 3mm 4mm 4mm C 54m[...]

5 2.3 Power supply specifications 1) Power voltage : DC24V ± 5% 2) Current consumption *2, *3 NP-215/225 NP-325 NP415W 1 partition 2 partition 1 partition 2 p artition 1 partition 2 partition S tandby Approx. 0.1A ASCII printing (Printing average of 16%) Approx. 1.4A Approx. 0.9A Approx. 1.7A Approx. 1.1A - Approx. 1.3A Bit image printing (Max 100[...]

6 2.5 Dimensions 1) NP-215 dimensional drawing frame ground frame ground frame ground wires L=(75) frame ground ＮＰ−２１５Ｄ ＮＰ−２１５Ｒ paper exit 181.4 59 73 10 10 7 65 99 49.4 10.9 60 (33) (33) paper width φ 3.4 φ 5.4×3.4 118 27.8 111.3 17.7 148.4 D type R type (8) 27 ( φ 8 0 ) (54) ) (120 27 M3 screw holes to fix frame gr[...]

7 2) NP-225 dimensional drawing frame ground frame ground wires L=(7 5) frame ground frame ground ＮＰ−２２５Ｒ ＮＰ−２２５Ｄ ) (12027 M3 screw holes to fix fr ame ground. 10 7 65 10 7 49.4 192.9 79.3 (54) 17.7 118 60 (33) (33) φ 5.4× 3.4 paper exit paper width 120.8 60.5 124 38.7 φ3 . 4 This drawing is for NP-225P .[...]

8 3) NP-325 dimensional drawing frame ground wires L=(75) frame ground frame ground frame ground ＮＰ−３２５Ｒ ＮＰ−３２５Ｄ ) (12027 M3 screw ho les to fix frame ground. 10 7 65 10 7 79.3 118 φ 5.4×3. 4 paper exit paper width 120.8 (23) (23) 49.4 80 59.5 37.9 124 45.2 (53) 12.9 192.9 φ3. 4 This drawing is for NP-325P .[...]

9 4) NP-415W dimensional drawing ＮＰ−４１５ＷＤ ＮＰ−４１５ＷＲ 1 9 119.0 149.0 183.7 28.0 112.0 28.0 paper width φ 4.5 115.5 82.2 54.3 paper exit 5.9 156.1 6.0 10.0 This drawing is for NP-415WP .[...]

10 3. Interface s pecifications 3.1 Parallel interface (Centroni cs) 1) Data input : 8 bit paralle l method(DA T A 0 – DA T A 7) 2) Control signals : /ACK, BUSY , /STB, /ERROR, PE, SLCT , /INIT 3) Input signal to a printer DA T A 0 – 7 : 8 bit parallel signal(positive logic) /STB : Signal to read 8 bit dat a(negative logic) /INIT : Signal to re[...]

11 7) T iming chart POWER T2 T3 DA T A /STB BUSY T 1 T 4 T 5 T 6 /ACK T1 = 3500msec (Max) T4 = 500nsec (Max) T2, T3 = 500nsec (Min) T5, T6 = 4microsec(TYP) 8) Receive control When BUSY signal st ays at LOW , it is feas ible to receive data from host computer . But not feasible when BUSY signal st ays at HIGH. 3.2 Serial interface (RS-232C) 1) Synch[...]

12 3.3 Connector connections 1) J1 Power input 2) CN2 Connect to printer mechanism (head) 3) CN3 Connect to printer mechanism (motor) 4) CN4 Connect to printer mechanism (sensors) 5) CN5 Data signal input 6) CN6 Connect to autocutter 7) CN7 Connect to auxiliary sensor(paper low end) 8) CN8 Connect to operation panel 9) CN9 Connect to presenter (NPT[...]

13 3. Dat a signal input connecter (Parallel) Printer side connecter: 57-40360 (DDK) equivalent Mating connecter: 57F-40360-20N (DDK) equivale nt Pin# Signal In/Output Function Remarks 1 /STB Input Data read assign signal 2 PD0 Input Parallel print data 0 3 PD1 Input Parallel print data 1 4 PD2 Input Parallel print data 2 5 PD3 Input Parallel print[...]

14 5. Dat a signal input c onnecter (Parallel/Serial) Printer side connecter: XG4C-2631 (Omron) equivalent Corresponding housing: XG4M-2630-T (Omron) equivalent Pin# Signal In/Output Interface Function Remarks 1 /STB Input Parallel Data read assign signal 2 PD0 Input Parallel Parallel print data 0 3 PD1 Input Parallel Parallel print data 1 4 PD2 In[...]

15 8. CN8 Connect to operation panel Printer side connector: 53047-0310(Molex) Mating connector 51021- 0300(Molex) Pin# Signal name In/Output Functions Remarks 1 /LF Input Paper feed si gnal input Active at L 2 ALM Output Printer error signal Output Output in printer error 3 SG - Signal ground 1) Paper feed is executed according to the paper feed p[...]

16 4. Functions 4.1 Function setting 4.1.1 DIP switch S1 Factory setting Function ON OFF **5P **5R **5D S1-1 Interface Serial Parallel OFF ON OFF S1-2 Select emulation Windows ESC/POS OFF OFF OFF S1-3 Select fixed division 2 p artition 1 p artition OFF OFF OFF S1-4 OFF OFF OFF S1-5 Baud rate Refer to the following table OFF OFF OFF S1-6 Parity chec[...]

17 2. S tart and end of self diagnostic print Set the power on while pressing the FEED switch and release the FEED switch after the printer mechanism activates to start self-printing. The self diagnostic print automatically ends when a preset number of c haracters are finished printing. While printing, the printer is in Off-line mode . 4.1.4 No pap[...]

18 4.4 Automatic p aper cut “Automatic paper cut” af ter paper is manually fed by pressing FEED button. If manual line feed is conducted for more than 10 li nes, the paper is automatically cut o ff after the paper feed is finished. This function is not available wh en the line feed is conducted by control command. 4.5 Winder drive When no autoc[...]

19 5. Control commands 5.1 Control command table Control codes Functions Pages 1 HT Horizont al tab 20 2 C R C a r r i a g e r e t u r n 2 0 3 LF Print and line feed 20 4 FF Page feed 20 5 ESC C n Page length set for n lines 20 6 ESC SP n Character right space set 20 7 ESC ! n Print mode overall set 21 8 ESC % n Down load character set/reset 21 9 E[...]

20 5.2 Printer driver Please apply the driver st ated below for us ing under Windows environment. Please refer to the User ’s Manual for a driver . 1) Windows 95/98: NII printer driver Windows 95/98, V ersion 1.00 2) Windows NT4.0: NII printe r driver Windows NT4.0, V ersion 1.00 3) Windows 2000: NII printer driver Windows 2000, V ersion 1.00 5.3[...]

21 7) Overall print mode setting: <<ESC ! n>> Code : [1B] h + [21] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ FF] h Sets print mode. “n” has following meanings V alues Bit Function 0 1 0 Character font Font A Font B 1 Undefined - - 2 Undefined - - 3 Bold Reset Set 4 Double height Reset Set 5 Double width Reset Set 6 Undefined - - 7 Underline Reset Set *[...]

22 < Reference > In the case of Font A P1= 〔 00 〕 h,P4= 〔 00 〕 h,P7= 〔 00 〕 h, P10= 〔 00 〕 h, … P2= 〔 00 〕 h,P5= 〔 00 〕 h,P8= 〔 0F 〕 h,P1 1= 〔 72 〕 h, … P3= 〔 08 〕 h,P6= 〔 F8 〕 h,P9= 〔 08 〕 h,P12= 〔 00 〕 h, … P1 24dots 12dots P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P34 P35 P36 MS B LSB[...]

23 < Reference > In the case of Font B P1= 〔 40 〕 h,P4= 〔 7F 〕 h,P7= 〔 41 〕 h,P10= 〔 41 〕 h, … P2= 〔 04 〕 h,P5= 〔 FC 〕 h,P8= 〔 04 〕 h,P1 1= 〔 04 〕 h, … P3= 〔 00 〕 h,P6= 〔 00 〕 h,P9= 〔 00 〕 h, P12= 〔 00 〕 h, … P1 17dots P2 P4 P5 P7 P25 P26 MSB 9dots LSB MSB LSB P27 P6 P3[...]

24 10) Bit image mode set: << ESC * m n1 n2 Dn >> Code: [1B] h + [2A] h + m + n1 + n2 + Dn * [m = bit image mode(refer to below)] h * [ 0 0 ≤ n1 ≤ FF] h * [00 ≤ n2 ≤ 02] h Data is printed in bit image by following the bit image mode specified by “m”. * Print total d ots divided by 256, quotient is n2 and remainder is n1. * T[...]

25 < Relationship between bit image data and printed dots > 8 dots bit image D A T A s i n g l e d o u b l e 24 dots bit image D A T A s i n g l e d o u b l e D1 D2 D3 MSB LSB D1 D2 D3 =1dot D1 D4 D7 MSB LSB D4 D5 D6 =1dot D2 D3 D5 D6 D9 D8 D1 D2 D3 D7 D8 D9[...]

26 1 1) Underline set/reset : <<ESC - n>> Code : [1B] h + [2D] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ 02 ]h Sets and resets the underline * Underline is valid for all characters exc ept for the area skipped by horizontal tab. * Also Underline is not valid for 90 ° rotated character . * Underline is verified with n value as shown bellow . n(hex) T ype o[...]

27 16) Bold print set/reset :<< ESC E n >> Code : [1B] h + [45] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ FF] h Sets and reset s the bold print * “n” is only valid fo r LSB(b0) LSB (b0) is defined as following. b0 V alues 0 Resets bold print 1 Sets the bold print V alid for all characters Bold print and double strike resu lts in the same on this printe[...]

28 20) Panel switch enable/dis able:<< ESC c 5 n >> Code : [1B ] h + [63] h + [35] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ FF] h Changes the FEED switch valid or invalid. * “n” is only valid for LSB(b0) * “n” bit has a following meanings b0 Description 0 enable FEED switch 1 disable FEED switch Default value of “n” is [00]h. 21) Print and “[...]

29 Code : [1B] h + [7B] h + n * [00 ≤ n ≤ FF] h Sets or reset s the inverted character function * “n2 is only valid for the LSB(b0) * LSB (b0) has the following meaning b0 Description 0 resets inverted character 1 sets inverte d character * The command is only valid when it is assigned at the beginning of a line. * The default value of n is [[...]

30 28) Barcode print :<< GS k n Dn NUL >> Code : < 1D >h + < 6B >h + n + Dn + < 00 >h * < 00 ≤ n ≤ 07 >h Description : Selects barcode symbology and prints barcode. * The next print start position is on the line head * Select following barcode symbology with “n” value. * Dn indicates the charac ter code t[...]

31 33) Download bit image definition :<< GS * n1 n2 Dn >> Code : < 1D >h + < 2A >h + n1 + n2 + Dn * < 0 ≤ n1 ≤ FF >h * < 0 0 ≤ n2 ≤ 30 >h * < n 1 x n 2 ≤ 51F >h Description : Defines “download bit image” of number of dots specified by n1 and n2. * Horizontal dot numbers are obtained by n1 x 8 [...]

32 35) Macro definition, start and end :<< GS : >> Code : < 1D >h + < 3A >h Description : Assigns Ma cro definition start and end. The size of data defined by Macro is up to 1,024 bytes. Exceeding to 1,024 byte cannot be defined. * Defined Macros cannot be cleared by “Print er initialization”. Therefore “printer initia[...]

33 Code : < 1B >h + < 61 >h + n * < 00 ≤ n ≤ 02 >h Description : Aligns all data to be printed on the assigned position in a line. * “n” values are assigned to: n (Hex) Position 00 Left 01 Center 02 Right * This command is valid only when it is input at the head of a line. * The default value of “n” is [00]h. 39) T ota[...]

34 42) Compulsory eject :<<ESC r n>> Code: <1B>h + <72>h + n * < 0 ≤ n ≤ 1 >h * When a ticket or receipt is cramped and it is left untaken for a certain period of time, this command is used to execute compulsory eject. * This command rotates a motor either cloc kwise or counter-clockwise until ticket or receipt is [...]

35 Following table shows the number of characters and input data cap acity for the model 1 in version 1 to 14. V ersion Correction level Data code Wor d Data bit Numeric Alpha numeric Byte Kanji 1 L M Q H 19 16 13 9 148 124 100 68 40 33 25 16 24 20 15 10 17 14 11 7 10 8 6 4 2 L M Q H 36 30 24 16 284 236 188 122 81 66 52 33 49 40 31 20 34 28 22 14 2[...]

36 14 L M Q H 489 368 310 210 3908 2940 2476 1676 1 167 877 738 498 707 531 447 302 486 365 307 207 299 225 189 127 1. The first code word is 4 bit length, and follo wing all code words consist of 8 bit length. 2. Data bit numbers include “mode indica tor” and “character number indicators”. 44) NV bit image registration :<<GS T n>&[...]

37 47) Reverse print set and reset :<< GS B n >> Code : < 1D > h + < 42 > h + n * < 00 ≤ n ≤ FF >h Function : Sets and reset s reverse print. * “n” is available only for the least significant bit. * The characters incorporated and do wnloaded can be reverse printed. * The right side space o f character set by [[...]

38 51) Partition drive select :<< GS % n >> Code : < 1D > h + < 25 > h + n * < 01 ≤ n ≤ 03 >h D escription : Selects partition drive. * “n” indicates the following: n(HEX) Divide 01 02 03 1 fixed partition 2 fixed partitions automatic partition * Default value is selected by the DIP switch (1 or 2 partitions). [...]

39 6. Character code table 6.1 Domestic code table (Internat ional character set: Japan) *[SP] indicates "sp ace". *Printer operation cannot be guaranteed if the blank control code (c odes b elow [1F]h) is transmitted to printer .[...]

40 6.2 Overseas code table (Inter national character set: U.S.A) *[SP] indicates "sp ace". *Printer operation cannot be guaranteed if the blank control code (c odes b elow [1F]h) is transmitted to printer .[...]

41 6.3 International character code table[...]

42 7 Cable 7.1 B501 power cable No. P ARTS NAME Q'TY MA TERIAL TREA TMENT 1 Mating connector 1 XHP-4 JST 2 T erminal 4 SXH-001T -P0.6 JST 3 High temp Vinyl cable (Red) 2 UL1007-AWG#22 No 1.2 4 High temp Vinyl cable (Black) 2 UL1007-AWG#22 No 3.4 +10 -10 400 No.1 CUT ONLY[...]