Epson TM-T88III Series инструкция обслуживания

Confidential EPSON Receipt Printer TM-T88 III series Specification STA NDARD Rev. No. B Notes C o p i e d D a t e , , Copied by SEIKO EPSON CORPOR A TION MATSUMOT O MINAMI PLANT 2070 KOTO BUKI KOAKA, MAT SUMOTO -SHI, NAGANO, 399-8702 J APAN PHONE(0263)86- 5353 FAX(0263)86- 9923[...]

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Confidential REVISION SHEET Sheet 4 of 4 REV. SHEET CHANGED CONTENT S All All pages are revis ed, due to addition of the m ultilingual support. II GENERAL FEAT URES The f ollowing models ar e available … (added) III - VI Table of Contents ( changed) 1 – 3 1.1 Printing Specif ications 1.2 Character Specific ations Description f or Kanji and T ha[...]

Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) EPSON CONFIDENTIA LITY AGREEMENT BY USING THIS DOCUMENT , YOU AGREE T O ABIDE BY THE T ERMS OF T HIS AGREEMENT. PLEASE RETURN T HIS DOCUM ENT IM M EDIA TELY IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO T HESE TERM S. 1. This docum ent contains conf idential, proprietar y infor[...]

Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) EPSON GENERA L FEATURES This specif ication applies the f ollowing models of the TM- T88 III s eries printer: TM- T88 III (wit h serial interface (* 1)) TM- T88 III P (with parallel interf ace) The f ollowing models ar e available for eac h product above.[...]

Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) EPSON Table of Contents 1. GENERAL SPECIFICAT IONS 1.1 Printing Specific ations .................................................................................................... .............. 1 1.2 Character Specif ications ...........................[...]

Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) EPSON 3.4 Panel LED Indicators ....................................................................................................... ........... 55 3.5 Self-test ...........................................................................................[...]

Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) EPSON ESC J n ............................................................................................................................... ......... 92 ESC L ..............................................................................................[...]

Confidential TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) EPSON APPENDIX A: MISCELLANEO US NOTES ................................................................................ App.1 APPENDIX B: PAPER RO LL SETUP ......................................................................................... App.4 APP[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 2 1 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 1. GENERA L SPECIFICAT IONS 1.1 Printing Specifi cati ons 1) Printing method: Ther mal line pr inting 2) Dot density : 180 dpi × 180 dpi [dpi: dots per 25.4 m m {1"}] 3) Printing direction: Unidirectional with fr iction feed 4) Printing wi[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 3 2 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 8) Paper feed speed: Approxim ately 150 mm /s {appr oxim ately 5.9"/s} (continuous paper feeding) 9) Line spacing (default) : 4.23 mm {1/6"} Program m able by control c omm and. 1.2 Character Specifications 1) Number of characters : Al[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 4 3 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 3) Character size: Refer to T able 1.2.1. Table 1.2.1 Character Size Standard Double-height Double-width Double-width/ Double-height W × H ( mm) cpl W × H (mm) cpl W × H (mm) cpl W × H (mm) cpl Font A 12 × 24 1.41 × 3.39 42 1.41 × 6.77 42[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 5 4 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 1.3 A u tocutter Partial cut: Cutting with one point left unc ut NOTE: T o prevent dot displacem ent, af ter cutting, paper m ust be f ed approxim ately 1 mm {14/360"} or m ore befor e printing. 1.4 Paper Roll Suppl y Device 1) Supply m eth[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 6 5 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 1.6 Printable A rea 1) Paper roll The printable ar ea of a paper with width of 79.5 ± 0.5 mm {3.13 ± 0.02"} is 72.2 ± 0.2 m m { 2.84 ± 0.008"} (512 dots) and the space on the right and lef t sides are approx imately 3.7 ±2 m m { 0[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 7 6 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 1.7 Print i ng and Cut t ing Positi ons Paper feed direction [ Units: mm (All the numeric values are typical.) ] Center of the print dotline Auto-cutter blade position Manual-cutter position 14.8 26.3 Figure 1.7. 1 Printing and Cutting Pos i tio[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 8 7 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 1.9 Electrical Characteri sti cs 1) Supply voltage: +24 VDC ± 7% 2) Current consum ption (at 24V, room tem perature): High speed m ode: Mean: Approximately 1.8 A (Character font A α -N, capital letters, 36-c haracter r olling pattern, 42 colum[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 9 8 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 1.11 R eliability 1) Life: Mechanis m: 15,000,000 lines Ther mal head: 100 million puls es, 100 k m Auto cutter: 1,500,000 cuts (End of lif e is defined to have r eached the end of its life when it reaches the beginning of the W earout Period.) [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 10 9 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 3) Vibration resis tance: W hen Packed: F requency: 5 to 55 Hz Accelera tion: Appr oxim ately 19.6 m /s 2 {2 G} Sweep: 10 minutes ( half cycle) Duration: 1 hour Directions: x, y, and z No external or internal dam age s hould be found af ter the[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 11 10 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2. CONFIGURATION 2.1 Interface 2.1.1 RS-232 serial i nterface 2.1.1.1 Specification s Data transm ission: Serial Sy nchronization: Asynchronous Handshak ing: DT R/DSR or XO N/XOFF c ontrol Signal levels: MARK = -3 to -15 V: Logic "1"[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 12 11 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.1.3 Interface connector terminal assignments and signal functions Interfac e connector ter minal as signm ents and signal func tions are desc ribed in Table 2.1.1. Table 2.1.1 TM -T 88 III Printer Status and Signals Pin number Signal name [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 13 12 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B Table 2.1.1 TM -T 88 III Printer Status and Signa ls (Continued) Pin number Signal name Signal direction Function 2) W hen X ON/XO FF control is selected: T he signal indicates whether the printer is cor rectly connected and is ready to receiv[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 14 13 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.1.5 Serial interface connection example Host si de Prin ter sid e (DT E ex.8251) TXD .................................... RXD DSR .................................... DT R CTS .................................... RTS RXD ..................[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 15 14 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B To res et the printer, the f ollowing requirements m ust be satisf ied. • DC characteri stics: Table 2.1.4 Reset DC Characteristics Pin 6 (DSR) Pin 25 (INIT) Reset active voltage V A -15 to -3 V +2 to +15 V Reset negative voltage V N +3 to +[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 16 15 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.2 IEEE 1284 Bi di rect i onal Paral lel Interf ace Copy right © 1994 by the Institute of Electrical and Elec tronic Engineers , Inc. 2.1.2.1 Compatibility Mode (Data T ransm ission f rom Host to Printer: Centronic s com patible) 1) Outlin[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 17 16 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.2.3 Interface Pin Assignments fo r Each M ode Pin Source Compatibility Mode Nibble Mode By te Mode 1 Host nStrobe HostClk HostClk 2 Host/Ptr Data0(LSB) Data0( LSB) Data0(LSB) 3 Host/Ptr Data1 Data1 Data1 4 Host/Ptr Data2 Data2 Data2 5 Host[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 18 17 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B NOTES: 1. A pref ix “n” to s ignal names refers to “L” active s ignals. To the hos t provided with none of the signal lines listed above, both- way c om munic ation fails. 2. F or interf acing, signal lines shall us e twisted pair cabl[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 19 18 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.2.5 Data Receiving Timing ( Compatibility Mode) D A T A D a t a n D a t a n + 1 nStrobe B u s y P e r i p h e r a l B u s y nAck tHold tSTB tSetup tBUSY tReady tNex t tnB USY tACK tR eply Specific ations Characteris tics Symbol Min[ns] Max[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 20 19 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.2.6 Notes on resetting the printer through the interface To enable the pr inter reset in c ompatibility mode, the f ollowing signal tim ing shall be satisf ied. However, the printer res et is ignored when the signal nSelectln ( #36 pin, 12[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 21 20 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.2.7 Reception of status from the printer through the bidirectional parallel interface In the bidirectional parallel inter face s pecific ations, the printer s tatus trans mis sion is available by using the both-way com m unication fac ilit[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 22 21 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.3 RS-485 Serial I nterface (An RS-485 ser ial is a factor y option.) 2.1.3.1 Specification s (RS-485 compat ible) Data transm ission: Serial Sy nchronization: Asynchronous Handshak ing: Depend on the DIP s witch settings (DT R/DSR or XON/X[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 23 22 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.3.2 Switch ing betw een onlin e and offlin e The printer does not have an online/off line switch. The printer goes off line: 1) Between when the power is turned on (including reset using the interf ace) and when the printer is ready to rec[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 24 23 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.3.3 Interface pin assignments Table 2.1.5 TM -T 88 III Printer Status and Signals Pin Number Signal name Signal direction Function 1 FG -- Fram e ground 2 3 SD1 SD2 O utput Trans mit data 4 5 RD1 RD2 Input Receive data 7 SG - - Signal grou[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 25 24 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B Table 2.1.5 TM -T 88 III Printer Status and Signa ls (Continued) Pin Number Signal name Signal direction Function 10 11 CS1 CS2 Input T his signal indicates whether the host com puter is BUSY or READY. CS1>CS2 indicates that the printer is [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 26 25 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.1.3.4 XON/XOFF t ransmit timing Refer to Sec tion 2.1.1.4. For the DIP switch s ettings of the of fline status , refer to Sec tion 2.1.1.6. 2.1.3.5 Data format w hen usin g RS-485 Trans mis sion data (8 bits, none parity) ST ART STO P H 1 2 [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 27 26 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.2 Connectors 2.2.1 Interf ace Connectors Refer to Sec tion 2.1, Interface. 2.2.2 Power Supply Connector This connector is us ed to connect the printer to an external power sourc e. 1) Pin as signments : Refer to Table 2.2.1. Table 2.2.1 Pow [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 28 27 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 2.2.3 Drawer Kick-out Connect or ( Modular Connector ) The puls e specif ied by ESC p or DLE DC4 is output to this c onnector. T he host can c onfirm the status of the input signal by using the DLE EOT , GS a , or GS r comm ands. 1) Pin as sig[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 29 28 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 4) Drawer open/close signal Input s ignal level (connector pin 3): "L" = 0 to 0.8 V "H" = 2 to 5 V Drawer kick-out connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 F. G P-GND P-GND A B Printer side User side (Drawer kick-out side) +24V With shielded [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 30 29 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3. FUNCTIO NS 3.1 List of commands Comm and classifica tion Command Name Executing S e tt i n g Standard mode Page mode GS P function HT Horizontal tab { { { LF Pr int and line feed { { { FF Pr int and return to standard m ode (in page m ode) [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 31 30 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) Comm and classifica tion Command Nam e Executing S e t t i ng Standard mode Page mode GS P function ESC W Set printing area in page m ode { ▲ { { ESC Set r elative print position { { { { ESC a Select jus tific ation { ( { ) ▲ ESC c 3 Sel[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 32 31 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) Comm and classifica tion Command Nam e Executing S et t i n g Standard mode Page mode GS P function GS h Set bar code height { { { GS k Print bar code { ● { GS r Tr ansm it status { { { GS v 0 Print r aster bit im age { ● Disabl ed GS w Se[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 33 32 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2 Character Code Tables 3.2.1 Page 0 (PC437: USA , Standard Europe) (International Character Set: U.S.A .) F S CAN DC4 NOTE: T he character c ode tables show only character conf igurations. T hey do not show the actual print pattern.[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 34 33 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.2 Page 1 (Katakana)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 35 34 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.3 Page 2 (PC850: M ultilingual)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 36 35 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.4 Page 3 (PC860: Portuguese)[...]

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Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 39 38 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.7 Page 16 (WPC1252)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 40 39 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.8 Page 17 (PC866: Cyrillic#2)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 41 40 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.9 Page 18 (PC852: Latin2)[...]

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Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 43 42 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.11 Page 20 (Thai character code 42)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 44 43 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.12 Page 21 (Thai character code 11)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 45 44 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.13 Page 22 (Thai character code 13)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 46 45 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.14 Page 23 (Thai character code 14)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 47 46 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.15 Page 24 (Thai character code 16)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 48 47 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.16 Page 25 (Thai character code 17)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 49 48 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.17 Page 26 (Thai character code 18)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 50 49 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.18 Page 255 (Space Page)[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 51 50 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.2.19 International Character Set ASCII code (Hex) Country 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E U.S.A # $ @ [ ] ^ ` { | } ~ France # $ à ° ç § ^ ` é ù è ¨ Germ any # $ § Ä Ö Ü ^ ` ä ö ü ß U.K. £ $ @ [ ] ^ ` { | } ~ Denmar [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 52 51 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.3 Switches and Buttons 3.3.1 Power Button The power button (a rock er switch) loc ated on the lower right front of the printer turns the power on or off. NOTE: T urn on the power only after c onnecting the power supply. 3.3.2 Panel Buttons 1[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 53 52 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.3.3 DIP Switches 3.3.3.1 Serial interface specif ication 1) DIP switch 1: 8 switches Table 3.3.1 DIP Swit ch 1 SW 1 Function ON OFF 1 Data rec eption error Ignored Prints '?' 2 Receive buf fer c apacity 45 bytes 4K by tes 3 Handsha[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 54 53 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 2) DIP switch 2: 8 switches Table 3.3.3 DIP Swit ch 2 SW 2 Function ON OFF 1 Handshak ing (BUSY condition) • Recei ve bu ffer ful l • O ff line • Rec ei ve buffe r full 2 Reserved (Do not change settings) --- Fixed to OFF 3 4 Selects pri[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 55 54 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.3.3.2 Parallel interface specif ication Table 3.3.5 DIP Swit ch 1 SW Function ON OFF 1 Auto line f eed Alway s enabled Alway s disabled 2 Receive buf fer capacity 45 by tes 4 KB 3-8 Undefined --- --- Table 3.3.6 DIP Swit ch 2 SW Function O N[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 56 55 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.4 Panel LED Indi cat ors 1) Power (POW ER) LED: Gr een On: Power is stable. Off: Power is not stable. 2) Paper ro ll end (PAPER OUT ) LED: Red On: T he paper roll near end is detected. Off: Paper is loaded (Nor mal c ondition) Blink ing: •[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 57 56 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.5 Self-test 1) The printer has a s elf-tes t function that c hecks the following: • Control circ uit functions • Printer m ec hanism s • Print quality • Control software versio n • DIP sw itch sett ings 2) Starting the self-tes t T[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 58 57 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.6 Hexadecimal Dumpi ng 1) Hexadecimal dum ping f unction This f unction pr ints the data trans m itted fr om the host c om puter in hex adec im al num bers and in its corres ponding character s. 2) Starting hexadecim al dumping Open the cove[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 59 58 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.7 Error Processing 3.7.1 Error Ty pes 1) Errors that autom atically recover Table 3.7.1 Errors T hat A utomat ically Recover Error Descri ption ERROR LED Blink ing Pattern 160 m s Rec overy Print head temper ature error The tem perature of t[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 60 59 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3) Errors that are im poss ible to recover Table 3.7.3 Unrecoverable Errors Error Descri ption ERROR LED Blinking Pattern 160 m s Rec overy R/W error in memo ry o r gate array After R/W check ing, the printer does not work correctl y . Impos s[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 61 60 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.8 Paper Sensors The printer has 2 paper sens ors as f ollows: 1) Paper roll end sensor The sensor which detects whether paper is present or not. W hen the sensor detects a paper -end, the printer st ops printing. 2) Paper roll near-end sens [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 62 61 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.12 Page Mode 3.12.1 General Descri pti on The printer oper ates in two print m odes only when the paper roll is selected as the pr int s heet: standar d mode and page mode. In standard mode, the printer prints and f eeds paper eac h tim e it[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 63 62 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3.12.3 Formatting of Print Data i n the Printabl e A rea Form atting of pr int data in the printable area is perf orm ed as f ollows: 1) The printable ar ea is set us ing ESC W . If all printing and feeding are com plete bef ore the printer r[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 64 63 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) Exam ple W hen printing a downloaded bit image of s ix bytes in the vertical direction, us e the following form ula: {num ber of vertical dots (8 × 6) - num ber of dots for f eeding at the beginning of the printable area (21)} × ver tical m[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 65 64 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 24 - 3 24 nH x 256 + nL 6 x 8 = 48 User-defined bit image (GS* xy) GS h n x x 8 Bar Code (GPS k m) Bit image (ECS - m nL nH) 24 x 2 - 6 = 42 3 6 12 12 P oint B P oint B Baseline (HRI characters) P oint B P oint B Double-height character 2B_4.[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 66 65 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 4. CA SE SPECIFICAT IONS 4.1 External Dimensi ons and Mass Height: Approx imately 148 mm {5.83"} W idth: Approxim ately 145 mm {5.71"} Depth: Appr oxim ately 195 m m { 7.68"} Mass: Approxim ately 1.8 kg {3.96 lb} (ex cept for a[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B 67 66 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 5. OPTIONS AND CONSUMA BLES 5.1 Standard A ccessories • Paper r oll (diam eter 50 m m [1.96"]) × 1 roll • User 's Manual (Languages: English, G erm an, French, Spanis h, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Simp lified Chinese, T raditi[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 68 67 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 6. COM MANDS 6.1 Command Not at i on [Name] The name of the com m and. [Form at] T he code sequenc e. [Range] Gives the allowable ranges f or the argum ents. [Description] Des cribes the c omm and’s f unction. [Details] Descr ibes the usage [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 69 68 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B (5) Printable area The m axim um range within which printing is pos sible under the printer s pecific ations. T he printable area f or this printer is as f ollows: ① T he length of the horizontal direction in standar d mode: appr oxim ately [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 70 69 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 6.3 Control Com m ands HT [Name] Hor izontal tab [Format] ASCII HT Hex 09 Decim al 9 [Description] Moves the print position to the next hor izontal tab position. [Details] • This c omm and is ignored unless the nex t horizontal tab position [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 71 70 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FF [Name] Print and return to standard m ode in page m ode [Format] ASCII FF Hex 0C Decim al 12 [Description] Pr ints the data in the print buf fer collec tively and returns to standard m ode. [Details] • The buff er data is deleted af ter b[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 72 71 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B DLE EOT n [Name] Real-time status transm ission [Format] ASCII DLE EOT n Hex 10 04 n Decim al 16 4 n [Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 4 [Description] T ransm its the s elected printer s tatus spec ified by n in real-time, acc ording to the following param [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 73 72 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B n = 1: Printer s tatus Bit Off /On Hex Decim al Func tion 0 Of f 00 0 Not used. Fixed to O ff. 1 O n 02 2 Not used. Fix ed to O n. 2 Off 00 0 Drawer open/c lose signal is LOW (connec tor pin 3). On 04 4 Drawer open/c lose signal is HIGH ( conn[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 74 73 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B n = 3: Error status Bit Off /On Hex Decimal F unction 0 Of f 00 0 Not used. F ixed to Off . 1 On 02 2 Not us ed. Fixed to On. 2 – – – Undef ined 3 Of f 00 0 No autocutter er ror. On 08 8 Autocutter error o ccurs. 4 On 10 16 Not used. Fix[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 75 74 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B DLE ENQ n [Name] Real-time reques t to printer [Format] ASCII DLE ENQ n Hex 10 05 n Decim al 16 5 n [Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 2 [Description] Res ponds to a request f rom the host com puter. n spec ifies the reques ts as f ollows: n Request 1 Recove[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 76 75 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B DLE DC4 n m t [Name] Generate pulse at real-tim e [Format] ASCII DLE DC4 n m t Hex 10 14 n m t Decim al 16 20 n m t [Range] n = 1 m = 0, 1 1 ≤ t ≤ 8 [Description] O utputs the pulse spec ified by t to connector pin m as f ollows: m Connect[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 77 76 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC FF [Name] Print data in page mode [Format] ASCII ESC FF Hex 1B 0C Decim al 27 12 [Description] In page m ode, prints all buff ered data in the printing area c ollectively. [Details] • This com m and is enabled only in page mode. • Afte[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 78 77 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC ! n [Name] Select print mode( s) [Format] ASCII ESC ! n Hex 1B 21 n Decim al 27 33 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Selec ts print m ode(s) using n as fo llows: Bit Off /On Hex Decimal F unction 0 Off 00 0 Character font A (12 × 24[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 79 78 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC $ n L n H [Name] Set absolute print position [Format] ASCII ESC $ n L n H Hex 1B 24 n L n H Decim al 27 36 n L n H [Range] 0 ≤ n L ≤ 255 0 ≤ n H ≤ 255 [Description] Sets the distance f rom the beginning of the line to the position [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 80 79 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC % n [Name] Select/cancel user- defined charac ter set [Format] ASCII ESC % n Hex 1B 25 n Decim al 27 37 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Selec ts or canc els the user- defined char acter set. • W hen the LSB of n is 0, the us er-d[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 81 80 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC & y c1 c2 [x1 d1...d( y × × × × x1)]...[xk d1...d(y × × × × xk)] [Name] Define user-defined c haracters [Format] ASCII ESC & y c1 c2 [x1 d1...d(y × x1)]...[xk d1...d(y × xk)] Hex 1B 26 y c1 c2 [x1 d1...d(y × x1)]...[xk d[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 82 81 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B [Default] The inter nal character set [Referenc e] ESC % , ESC ? [Exam ple] • W hen font A (12 × 24) is s elected. MSB d1 LSB d4 d7 d34 d2 d5 d35 d3 d6 d36 24 dots 12 dots d1= <0F>H d4 = <30>H d7 = <40>H . . . . d2 = <0[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 83 82 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B • W hen font B (9 × 17) is s elected. LSB MSB d7 d4 d1 17 dots 9 dots d26 d5 d2 d27 d6 d3 d1 = <1F > H d 4 = < 08>H d7 = <10>H... d2 = <F F >H d5 = <08> H d8 = <04>H... d3 = <80> H d6 = <00> H[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 84 83 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ m nL nH d1...dk [Name] Select bit-image m ode [Format] ASCII ESC ∗ m n L n H d1...dk Hex 1B 2A m n L n H d1...dk Decim al 27 42 m n L n H d1...dk [Range] m = 0, 1, 32, 33 0 ≤ n L ≤ 255 0 ≤ n H ≤ 3 0 ≤ d ≤ 255[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 85 84 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B • After printing a bit im age, the printer retur ns to norm al data process ing mode. • T his c omm and is not af fect ed by print m odes (em phasized, double-strik e, underline, character size or white/black rever se printing), ex cept u[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 86 85 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B • W hen 24-dot bit im age is selec ted: MSB d1 LSB d4 d7 d2 d5 d8 d3 d6 d Print data Bit-image data d1 d2 d3 Bit-image data Print data 1 dot d4 d5 d6 d7 d8 d9 Single density Double density d9[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 87 86 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC - n [Name] Turn underline m ode on/off [Format] ASCII ESC - n Hex 1B 2D n Decim al 27 45 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 2, 48 ≤ n ≤ 50 [Description] T urns underline m ode on or off , based on the following values of n : n Func tion 0, 48 T ur[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 88 87 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC 3 n [Name] Set line spacing [Format] ASCII ESC 3 n Hex 1B 33 n Decim al 27 51 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Sets the line spacing to [ n × vertical or horizontal motion unit]. [Details] • The line spacing c an be set independ[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 89 88 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC = n [Name] Set peripheral device [Format] ASCII ESC = n Hex 1B 3D n Decim al 27 61 n [Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Selec ts device to which host c omputer sends data, using n as follows: Bit Off /On Hex Decimal F unction 0 Off 00 [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 90 89 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC @ [Name] Initialize printer [Format] ASCII ESC @ Hex 1B 40 Decim al 27 64 [Description] Clear s the data in the print buf fer and res ets the printer m ode to the m ode that was in eff ect when the power was turned on. [Details] • The D[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 91 90 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC D n1...nk NUL [Name] Set horiz ontal tab positions [Format] ASCII ESC D n1...nk NUL Hex 1B 44 n1...nk 00 Decim al 27 68 n1...nk 0 [Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 255 0 ≤ k ≤ 32 [Description] Sets horizontal tab positions. • n specif ies the col[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 92 91 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC E n [Name] Turn em phasized mode on/of f [Format] ASCII ESC E n Hex 1B 45 n Decim al 27 69 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] T urns em phas ized mode on or off W hen the LSB of n is 0, emphas ized mode is turned of f. W hen the LSB [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 93 92 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC J n [Name] Print and feed paper [Format] ASCII ESC J n Hex 1B 4A n Decim al 27 74 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Pr ints the data in the print buf fer and f eeds the paper [ n × vertical or horizontal motion unit]. [Details] •[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 94 93 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC L [Name] Select page mode [Format] ASCII ESC L Hex 1B 4C Decim al 27 76 [Description] Switches from standar d mode to page m ode. [Details] • This com m and is enabled only when processed at the beginning of a line in s tandard m ode. ?[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 95 94 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC M n [Name] Select character f ont [Format] ASCII ESC M n Hex 1B 4D n Decim al 27 77 n [Range] n = 0, 1, 48, 49 [Description] Selec ts char acter fonts . n Function 0, 48 Character font A (12 × 24) selected. 1, 49 Character font B (9 × 1[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 96 95 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC S [Name] Select standard m ode [Format] ASCII ESC S Hex 1B 53 Decim al 27 83 [Description] Switches from page m ode to standard m ode. [Details] • This com m and is ef fect ive only in page mode. • Data buffered in page m ode are clea[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 97 96 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC T n [Name] Select print direction in page m ode [Format] ASCII ESC T n Hex 1B 54 n Decim al 27 84 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 3 48 ≤ n ≤ 51 [Description] Selec ts the print dir ection and starting pos ition in page mode. n specif ies the pr[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 98 97 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC V n [Name] T urn 90 ° clockwise rotation m ode on/off [Format] ASCII ESC V n Hex 1B 56 n Decim al 27 86 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 1, 48 ≤ n ≤ 49 [Description] T urns 90 ° clockwise r otation mode on/of f n is used as f ollows: n Functio[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 99 98 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC W x L x H y L y H dx L dx H dy L dy H [Name] Set printing area in page mode [Format] ASC II ESC W x L x H y L y H dx L dx H dy L dy H Hex 1B 57 x L x H y L y H dx L dx H dy L dy H Decim al 27 87 x L x H y L y H dx L dx H dy L dy H [Range][...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 100 99 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B Dy Forw ard Dx Pri nt area (X + Dx -1, Y + Dy -1) Paper (X, Y) • This printable area f or this printer is approxim ately 72.2 mm {512/180"} in the hor izontal direction and appr oxim ately 117.3 mm {1662/360"} in the vertical dir[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 101 100 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC n L n H [Name] Set relative print position [Format] ASCII ESC n L n H Hex 1B 5C n L n H Decim al 27 92 n L n H [Range] 0 ≤ n L ≤ 255 0 ≤ n H ≤ 255 [Description] Sets the print star ting position based on the cur rent positio[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 102 101 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC a n [Name] Selec t justif ication [Format] ASCII ESC a n Hex 1B 61 n Decim al 27 97 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 2, 48 ≤ n ≤ 50 [Description] Aligns all the data in one line to the specif ied position n selects the justif ication as f ollo[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 103 102 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC c 3 n [Name] Select paper sensor( s) to output paper end s ignals [Format] ASCII ESC c 3 n Hex 1B 63 33 n Decim al 27 99 51 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Selec ts the paper sens or(s) to output paper end signals • Each bit o[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 104 103 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC c 4 n [Name] Select paper sensor( s) to stop pr inting [Format] ASCII ESC c 4 n Hex 1B 63 34 n Decim al 27 99 52 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Selec ts the paper s ensor(s) used to stop pr inting when a paper-end is detected, [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 105 104 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC c 5 n [Name] Enable/disable panel buttons [Format] ASCII ESC c 5 n Hex 1B 63 35 n Decim al 27 99 53 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Enables or disables the panel buttons . • W hen the LSB of n is 0, the panel buttons are enabl[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 106 105 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC p m t1 t2 [Name] G enerate pulse [Format] ASCII ESC p m t1 t2 Hex 1B 70 m t1 t2 Decim al 27 112 m t1 t2 [Range] m = 0, 1, 48, 49 0 ≤ t1 ≤ 255, 0 ≤ t2 ≤ 255 [Description] O utputs the pulse spec ified by t1 and t2 to connector pi[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 107 106 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC t n [Name] Select character c ode table [Format] ASCII ESC t n Hex 1B 74 n Decim al 27 116 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 5, 16 ≤ n ≤ 26, n = 255 [Description] Selec ts a page n f rom the c haracter c ode table. n Page 0 PC437 [U.S.A., Stand[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 108 107 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ESC { n [Name] Turns on/of f upside- down printing mode [Format] ASCII ESC { n Hex 1B 7B n Decim al 27 123 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] T urns ups ide-down printing m ode on or off . • W hen the LSB of n is 0, ups ide-down prin[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 109 108 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS g 1 m a1 a2 a3 a4 nL nH d1...dk [Name] W rite to NV user mem ory [Format] ASCII FS g 1 m a1 a2 a3 a4 n L n H d1...dk Hex 1C 67 31 m a1 a2 a3 a4 n L n H d1...dk Decim al 28 103 49 m a1 a2 a3 a4 n L n H d1...dk [Range] m = 0 0 ≤ ( a1 +( [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 110 109 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS g 2 m a1 a2 a3 a4 nL nH [Name] Read from NV us er m emor y [Format] ASCII FS g 2 m a1 a2 a3 a4 n L n H Hex 1C 67 32 m a1 a2 a3 a4 n L n H Decim al 28 103 50 m a1 a2 a3 a4 n L n H [Range] m = 0 0 ≤ ( a1 +( a2 × 256) +( a3 × 65536)+( a[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 111 110 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B [Notes] • The printer transm its all data c ollectively w ithout confir ming whether the host is ready to receive data. T o receive all data r esult corr ectly, (the capacity of the transm itted data + 2) by tes or m ore s pace is requir [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 112 111 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS p n m [Name] Print NV bit image [Format] ASCII FS p n m Hex 1C 70 n m Decim al 28 112 n m [Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 255 0 ≤ m ≤ 3 , 48 ≤ m ≤ 51 [Description] Pr ints a NV bit im age n using the m ode specif ied by m . m Mode Vertical D[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 113 112 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS q n [x L x H y L y H d1...dk]1...[x L x H y L y H d1...dk]n [Name] Define NV bit image [Format] ASCII FS q n [x L x H y L y H d1...dk]1...[ x L x H y L y H d1...dk]n Hex 1C 71 n [x L x H y L y H d1...dk]1...[ x L x H y L y H d1...dk]n De[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 114 113 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B • The d indicates the definition data. In data ( d ) a 1 bit specif ies a dot to be printed and a 0 bit specif ies a dot not to be printed. • This com m and defines n as the number of a NV bit im age. Numbers rise in order from NV bit i[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 115 114 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B [Exam ple] W hen x L = 64, x H = 0, y L = 96, y H = 0 ( x L + x H × 256) × 8 dots = 512 dots ( y L + y H × 256) × 8 dots = 768 dots d97 d96 d3 d2 d1 d49057 d49152 LSB MSB[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 116 115 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS ! n [Name] Select character s ize [Format] ASCII GS ! n Hex 1D 21 n Decim al 29 33 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 (1 ≤ vertical num ber of tim es ≤ 8, 1 ≤ horizontal number of tim es ≤ 8) [Description] Selec ts the charac ter height u[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 117 116 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B [Details] • This com m and is all char acters ( alphanumer ic and Kanji) ef fec tive except f or HRI charac ters. • If n is outside of the defined range, this com mand is ignored. • In standard mode, the ver tical direction is the pap[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 118 117 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS $ n L n H [Name] Set absolute vertical print position in page m ode [Format] ASCII GS $ n L n H Hex 1D 24 n L n H Decim al 29 36 n L n H [Range] 0 ≤ n L ≤ 255, 0 ≤ n H ≤ 255 [Description] • Sets the absolute vert ical print sta[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 119 118 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ x y d1...d(x × × × × y × × × × 8) [Name] Define downloaded bit image [Format] ASCII GS ∗ x y d1...d(x × y × 8) Hex 1D 2A x y d1...d(x × y × 8) Decim al 29 42 x y d1...d(x × y × 8) [Range] 1 ≤ x ≤ 255 1[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 120 119 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS ( A p L p H n m [Name] Execute test print [Format] ASCII GS ( A pL pH n m Hex 1D 28 41 pL pH n m Decim al 29 40 65 pL pH n m [Range] ( p L +( p H × 256))=2 ( p L =2, p H =0) 0 ≤ n ≤ 2, 48 ≤ n ≤ 50 1 ≤ m ≤ 3, 49 ≤ m ≤ 51 [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 121 120 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS / m [Name] Print downloaded bit image [Format] ASCII GS / m Hex 1D 2F m Decim al 29 47 m [Range] 0 ≤ m ≤ 3, 48 ≤ m ≤ 51 [Description] Pr ints a downloaded bit image us ing the mode s pecified by m . m selects a m ode f rom the ta[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 122 121 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS : [Name] Start/end macr o definition [Format] ASCII GS : Hex 1D 3A Decim al 29 58 [Description] Star ts or ends m acr o definition. [Details] • Macro definition s tarts when this com m and is rec eived during norm al operation. Mac ro [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 123 122 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS B n [Name] Turn white/black r everse printing m ode [Format] ASCII GS B n Hex 1D 42 n Decim al 29 66 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] T urns on or off white/black rever se printing m ode. • W hen the LSB of n i s 0, white/black [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 124 123 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS I I I I n [Name] Transm it printer ID [Format] ASCII GS I n Hex 1D 49 n Decim al 29 73 n [Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 3, 49 ≤ n ≤ 51, 65 ≤ n ≤ 69 [Description] T ransm its the pr inter ID specif ied by n as f ollows: n Printer ID Specific[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 125 124 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B [Details] • W hen DT R/DSR control is s elected in the serial inter face m odel, the printer tr ansm its the printer ID af ter conf irm ing that the host is ready to receive data (DSR signal is SPACE) . If the host com puter is not r eady[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 126 125 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS L n L n H [Name] Set left margin [Format] ASCII GS L n L n H Hex 1D 4C n L n H Decim al 29 76 n L n H [Range] 0 ≤ n L ≤ 255 0 ≤ n H ≤ 255 [Description] Sets the left m argin using n L and n H . • The left m argin is set to [( n[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 127 126 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS P x y [Name] Set horiz ontal and vertical m otion units [Format] ASCII GS P x y Hex 1D 50 x y Decim al 29 80 x y [Range] 0 ≤ x ≤ 255 0 ≤ y ≤ 255 [Description] Sets the horizontal and vertical m otion units to approxim ately 25.4/[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 128 127 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ① ① ① ① GS V m ② ② ② ② GS V m n [Name] Select cut mode and c ut paper [Format] ① ASCI I GS V m Hex 1D 56 m Decim al 29 86 m ② ASCII GS V m n Hex 1D 56 m n Decim al 29 86 m n [Range] ① m = 1 , 49 ② m = 66, 0 ≤ n ≤[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 129 128 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS W n L n H [Name] Set printing area width [Format] ASCII GS W n L n H Hex 1D 57 n L n H Decim al 29 87 n L n H [Range] 0 ≤ n L ≤ 255 0 ≤ n H ≤ 255 [Description] Sets the printing area width to the area specif ied by n L and n H . [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 130 129 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B • If the width set for the printing area is less than the width of one char acter, when the character data is developed, the following proc essing is per form ed: ① The pr inting area width is extended to the right to acc omm odate one [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 131 130 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS n L n H [Name] Set relative vertical print position in page m ode [Format] ASCII GS n L n H Hex 1D 5C n L n H Decim al 29 92 n L n H [Range] 0 ≤ n L ≤ 255 0 ≤ n H ≤ 255 [Description] Sets the relative vertical pr int starting[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 132 131 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS ^ r t m [Name] Ex ecute m acro [Format] ASCII GS ^ r t m Hex 1D 5E r t m Decim al 29 94 r t m [Range] 0 ≤ r ≤ 255 0 ≤ t ≤ 255 m = 0, 1 [Description] Ex ecutes a m acro. • r specif ies the num ber of tim es to exec ute the mac r[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 133 132 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS a n [Name] Enable/Disable Automatic Status Back (ASB) [Format] ASCII GS a n Hex 1D 61 n Decim al 29 97 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Enables or disables ASB and s pecifies the status item s to inc lude, using n as follows: Bit [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 134 133 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B • W hen the printer is disabled by ESC = (Select peripheral device), the f our status by tes are transm itted whenever the status changes . • W hen us ing DLE EOT , GS I I I I , or GS r , the status transm itted by these comm ands and A[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 135 134 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B Sec ond by te (printer inf orm ation) Bit Of f/On Hex Dec ima l Status for ASB 0 - - - Undef ined. 1 - - - Undef ined. 2 - - - Undef ined. 3 Of f 00 0 No autocutter error. On 08 8 Autocutter err or occur red. 4 Of f 00 0 Not used. F ixed to[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 136 135 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS b n [Name] Turns sm oothing m ode on/off [Format] ASCII GS b n Hex 1D 62 n Decim al 29 98 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] T urns s moothing m ode on or of f. W hen the LSB of n is 0, sm oothing mode is turned off . W hen the LSB [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 137 136 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS h n [Name] Select bar code height [Format] ASCII GS h n Hex 1D 68 n Decim al 29 104 n [Range] 1 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] Selec ts the height of the bar code. n specif ies the num ber of dots in the vertical direc tion. [Default] n = 1[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 138 137 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B [Description] Selec ts a bar code s y stem and prints the bar code. m selects a bar code system as follows: m Bar Code Sy stem Number of Character s Rem ark s ① 0 UPC-A 11 ≤ k ≤ 12 48 ≤ d ≤ 57 1 UPC-E 11 ≤ k ≤ 12 48 ≤ d ≤ [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 139 138 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B [Details for ② ] • n indicates the num ber of bar code data, and the printer pr ocesses n by tes from the next character data as bar code data. • If n is outside of the specif ied range, the printer s tops com m and proces sing and pr[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 140 139 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B • The printer prints HRI c haracters ( ■ + an alphabetic charac ter) as a c ontrol charac ter (<00>H to <1F>H and <7F>H): Control charac ter Control charac ter ASCII Hex Decim al HRI c haracter ASCII Hex Dec imal HRI c[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 141 140 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B ② Special c haracters are defined by com bining two characters "{" and one charac ter. The ASCII character "{" is def ined by transm itting "{" twice cons ecutively. Trans mit data Specific character ASCII He[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 142 141 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS r n [Name] T ransm it status [Format] ASCII GS r n Hex 1D 72 n Decim al 29 114 n [Range] n = 1, 2, 49, 50 [Description] T ransm its the s tatus specif ied by n as follows: n Function 1, 49 T ransm its paper s ensor status 2, 50 T ransm i[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 143 142 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B Dr awer kick -out connec tor status ( n = 2, 50) : Bit Off /On Hex Decim al F unction 0 Of f 00 0 Drawer k ick -out connector pin 3 is LOW . On 01 1 Drawer kic k-out c onnector pin 3 is HIG H. 1-3 - - - Undefined. 4 Of f 00 0 Not used. F ix[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 144 143 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B GS v 0 m x L x H y L y H d1....dk [Name] Print raster bit im age [Format] ASCII GS v 0 m x L x H y L y H d1...dk Hex 1D 76 30 m x L x H y L y H d1...dk Decim al 29 118 48 m x L x H y L y H d1...dk [Range] 0 ≤ m ≤ 3, 48 ≤ m ≤ 51 0 ?[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 145 144 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B • d indicates the bit-im age data. Set tim e a bit to 1 prints a dot and s etting it to 0 does not print a dot. [Exam ple] W hen x L + x H × 256=64 ( x L + x H × 256) × 8dots = 51 2 dots 1 2 3 • • • • • 62 63 64 65 66 67 • [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 146 145 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B 6.4 Kanji Control Commands (for Japanese m odel, Sim plified Chinese m odel, T raditional Chinese m odel, and Korean m odel) FS ! n [Name] Set print mode(s) for Kanj i charac ters [Format] ASCII FS ! n Hex 1C 21 n Decim al 28 33 n [Range] 0[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 147 146 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS & [Name] Select Kanji charac ter m ode [Format] ASCII FS & Hex 1C 26 Decim al 28 38 [Description] Selec ts Kanji c haracter mode. [Notes] • W hen the Kanji char acter code s y stem is SHIFT JIS, the printer perfor ms only inter[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 148 147 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS − − − − n [Name] Turn underline m ode on/off for Kanj i charac ters [Format] ASCII FS − n Hex 1C 2D n Decim al 28 45 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 2, 48 ≤ n ≤ 50 [Description] T urns underline mode f or Kanj i character s on or of [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 149 148 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS . [Name] Cancel Kanji character mode [Format] ASCII FS . Hex 1C 2E Decim al 28 46 [Description] Canc els nKanji c haracter m ode. [Notes] For Japanese m odel: • This com mand is eff ective only w hen the JIS code system is s elected. ?[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 150 149 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B d70 d7 d4 d1 [character] 24dots 24dots LSB MSB d71 d5 d2 d72 d6 d3 d1=<00>H p4=<03>H d7=<0F>H ••• d10=<0D>H d13=<0C>H d16=<0D>H ••• d2=<00>H p5=<C0>H d8=<C0>H ••• d11=&[...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 151 150 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS C n [Name] Select Kanji charac ter code system [Format] ASCII FS C n Hex 1C 43 n Decim al 28 67 n [Range] n = 0, 1, 48, 49 [Description] Selec ts a Kanji c haracter code system, bas ed on the following values of n : n Kanji System 0, 48 [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 152 151 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS S n1 n2 [Name] Set left- and right-s ide Kanji char acter spac ing [Format] ASCII FS S n1 n2 Hex 1C 53 n1 n2 Decim al 28 83 n1 n2 [Range] 0 ≤ n1 ≤ 255 0 ≤ n2 ≤ 255 [Description] Sets left- and right-side Kanj i character spacing [...]

Confidential EPSON TITL E SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT 153 152 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) B FS W n [Name] Turn quadruple-s ize mode on/off for Kanj i charac ters [Format] ASCII FS W n Hex 1C 57 n Decim al 28 87 n [Range] 0 ≤ n ≤ 255 [Description] T urns quadr uple-size mode on or off for Kanj i character s. • W hen the LSB o[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.2 App.1 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDIX A: MI SCELLANEOUS NOTES A .1 Notes on Pri nt i ng and Paper Feeding 1) Because the T M-T 88 III s er ies pr inter is a line pr inter, it autom atically feeds paper af ter pr inting the data. T herefor e, when the line spacing f[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.3 App.2 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A .2 Notes on Printer Installati on • Connect the ex ternal power supply to the power supply connector of the printer. T hen plug in the external power supply and turn it on if nec essary. Be s ure not to connect the ex ternal power su[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.4 App.3 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 2) Therm al paper handling ① Notes on using ther mal paper Chemic als and oil on therm al paper m ay cause discolor ation and f aded printing. Theref ore, pay attention to the following: a) Us e water paste, starch pas te, poly viny l [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.5 App.4 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDIX B: PA PER ROLL SETUP B.1 Replacing the Paper Rol l 1) Open the printer cover by pressing the cover open button. 2) Remove the spool of the used paper roll f rom the paper holder and load the new paper roll. 3) Pull out some of [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.6 App.5 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDIX C: A DJUSTING THE PAPER ROLL NEA R-END SENSOR LOCA TI ON The rem aining detectable am ount of paper on the paper roll varies with the inside and outside diameter s of the paper cor e. The m inim um detec table amount of paper o[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.7 App.6 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) 3) Change the paper roll near-end s ensor position, in or der to detect the paper near -end corr ectly when the printer is attached to a wall. (1) Loos en the screw f or the detector. (2) Push the lever on the detector until it touches t[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.8 App.7 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDI X D: RECOVERY FROM THE AUTO CUTTER ERROR • If a f oreign object s uch as a push pin or paper clip drops in the auto cutter and caus es the auto cutter to lock up, the printer enters an error state and begins the r ecovery oper[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.9 App.8 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDIX E: PRINT HEA D CLEA NING Paper dust on the heating elem ents m ay low er the print quality. In this c ase, clean the print head as follows: 1) O pen the printer cover. 2) Clean the therm al elements of the print head us ing a c[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.10 App.9 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDI X F: NOTES ON USI NG THE DRA WER KI CK-OUT CONNECTOR 1) Drawer k ick -out connector use conditions (r efer to Sec tion 2.2.3, Drawer kic k-out c onnector) Because drawer s pecifications diff er depending the manuf acturer and t[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.11 App.10 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDIX G: TRA NSM ISSION STA TUS IDENTIFICA TION Because the spec ified status bits transmitted f rom the T M-T88 III series printer are f ixed, the user can confir m the c omm and to which the status belongs, as shown in the f ollo[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.12 App.11 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDI X H: CONFI GURING THE SPA CE PA GE The s pace page is the char acter code table where char acter codes 80H to FFH are all spaces . T his character code table is selec ted when n is set to 255 using the char acter code table se[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.13 App.12 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) • 9 × 17 font (in cas e of char acter code F0H on page 255) Character data top address F CBC80H+(F0H-80H) × 34 = FCCB60H M S B L S B d1 d3 d5 d7 d9 d11 d13 d15 d17 d19 d21 d23 d25 d27 d29 d31 d33 MS B LSB Addr ess da ta d 2 00 0000[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.14 App.13 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDIX I: EXA M PLE PRINTING IN PA GE MODE Exam ple use of page m ode is des cribed in this appendix. A ty pical proc edure for tr ansm itting com mands in page mode is as follows: ① Transm it ESC L to enter page m ode. ② Specif[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.15 App.14 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) Note that a line f eed w as inserted between "lesson" and "T EST 1" in Figur e I.1. This line feed was inserted autom atically because there was no room f or the blank " " f ollowing the word "les son[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.16 App.15 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) If the progr am lines listed below ar e included bef ore the FF is tr ansm itted, a portion of the data will be deleted: 170 PRINT #1,CHR$(&H1B);"W ";CHR$(72);CHR$(0);CHR$(96);CHR$( 0); 180 PRINT #1,CHR$(51) ;CHR$(0);CHR$[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.17 App.16 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDIX J: CODE128 BA R CODE J.1 Description of the CODE128 Bar Code In CODE128 bar code s y stem , it is poss ible to represent 128 ASCII char acters and 2-digit num erals using one bar code character that is defined by combining on[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.18 App.17 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) J.2 Code Tables Printable charac ters in code s et A Trans mit Data Trans mit Data Trans mit Data Character Hex Decim al Char acter Hex Dec imal Character Hex Decimal NUL 00 0 ( 28 40 P 50 80 SOH 01 1 ) 29 41 Q 51 81 STX 02 2 * 2A 42 R[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.19 App.18 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) Printable charac ters in code s et B Trans mit Data Trans mit Data Trans mit Data Character Hex Decim al Char acter Hex Dec imal Character Hex Decimal SP 20 32 H 48 72 p 70 112 ! 21 33 I 49 73 q 71 113 " 22 34 J 4A 74 r 72 114 # 2[...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.20 App.19 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) Printable charac ters in code s et C Trans mit Data Trans mit Data Trans mit Data Character Hex Decim al Char acter Hex Dec imal Character Hex Decimal 00 00 0 40 28 40 80 50 80 01 01 1 41 29 41 81 51 81 02 02 2 42 2A 42 82 52 82 03 03 [...]

Confidential EPSON TITLE SHEET REVISION NO. SHEET NEXT B App.21 App.20 TM-T88 III series Specification (STA NDARD) A PPENDI X K: COM PA RISON TA BLE BETWEEN TM -T88 I I I II I I II I I I A ND TM -T88 II TM- T88 III TM- T88 II 1. Print speed High speed m ode Approxim ately 150 mm /s m axim um Approxim ately 120 mm /s m axim um 2. Availability of a 5[...]