Epson TK14 operation manual Open Platen Sensor, Special Printing Modes, Self-test mode

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FENIX IMVICO

TK14 OPERATION MANUAL

3.4- OPEN PLATEN SENSOR

When this sensor detects the opening of the platen, it lights the orange LED, blocking all the activity related to printing.

NOTE: If TK14 detects no paper or platen open while is printing, the current and the following data will be lose. The control error must be done before sending any byte data. ( See 3.7.4 and

3.7.5points, flow diagrams of the error detection). 3.5- LED INDICATOR

TK14 has one indicator led to visually inform the printer status.

The led lights GREEN whether the TK14 is powered on without errors.

The led lights ORANGE whether the TK14 does not have paper and/or the platen is opened.

The led lights RED (BLINKING) if there has been any error in the TK14 (See section: 3.7- ERROR PROCESSING).

3.6- SPECIAL PRINTING MODES

Besides the normal printing mode, in which all the received data are printed according to the settings or conditions fixed by the commands, the TK14 printer allows two special working modes: the self-test mode, programming mode and the hexadecimal mode.

3.6.1- Self-test mode

The TK14 provides the self-test mode with

two different functionality: showing information on the features of that particular printer model and verifying the printing.

To enter the self-test mode, the printer must be powered on while keeping pressed the paper advance button (FEED).

The TK14 will start printing a report, which allows checking the features of this particular model, like the firmware current version, control functions of the communications protocol, and so on.

If, once this printing has been finished, the FEED is still kept pressed, the TK14 will start printing continuously and repetitively a character map

until it finally concludes the self-test by printing

‘* * completed * *’.

This second option of the self-test mode has the goal to validate the printing speed and quality.

Fig. 3.5- SELF-TEST mode example.

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Contents TK14 Thermal Printer Version 1 Date Febraury Control Commands InstallationIndex IntroductionFenix Imvico Figures and Tables Security Precautons Important Notes in TK14 Thermal Printer ManagementRecommendations Cleaning Procedure and PrecautionsIntroduction General Specifications Printing specificationsCharacter specifications TW80KK-S TF77KS-E2TK14 Installation Considerations InstallationTK14 earth connection Minimal Nozzle Hole Dimension User Front PanelPower Supply Important Note about Power SupplyGND RS-232 Serial interface specifications Change between online and offline modeRS-232 Serial Interface Signal Serial RS-232 interface pins assignmentFunction PC serial interface connectionCentronics Parallel Interface PrtBusy/Data3,7 Male DB25 PC parallel interface connectionPaper Loading Basic OperationsAutomatic Paper Load Manual Paper LoadPfeed Button Prog Buttons FunctionsPfeed Button. Functions Prog ButtonSelf-test mode Open Platen SensorSpecial Printing Modes Programming mode Programming ModeYES Hexadecimal dump mode Error Processing Error typesNEAR-END Paper Error Power Supply Voltage Error Hardware ErrorThermal Head Temperature Error No Paper ErrorImportant Notes Paper JAM ErrorPrinter operation when an error happens Data reception error serial interface onlyFlow diagram of the error detection for the serial port END Flow diagram of the error detection for the parallel portCommand Notation Control ComandsTerm Definitions DLE EOT Description of the Control CommandsESC SP ESCDLE EOT n ESC 2, ESC= 01H Printer status Bit OFF/ONOFF/ON Appendix a Appendix FESC M, GS !, Appendix a ESC ESC @ESC !, ESC G ESC J n GS B nESC M n Reference ESC !, Appendix aABC Abcd Abcde JustificationESC c 3 n OFF / onESC c 5 n ESC d nESC 2, ESC GS ! n GS a pL pH n m ESC !, Appendix aPaper Test patternPrinting position GS T nGS V m FontGS H n GS f, GS k GS h nBar Code System Number of Characters Remarks GS h, GS w Mode Vertical Dot Horizontal Dot Density GS w nModule Width mm for Multi-level Bar Code FS p n m ModeHorizontal Dot Density FS q n xL xH yL yH d1…dk1…xL xH yL yH d1…dk TL69KS-HG76 Appendix a SpecificationsTL69KS-R2 # TW80KK-SAppendix B IF1500 Connectors and Buttons Autocutter UnitLine Thermal Printer Mechanism Appendix C External Appearance Partnumber Appendix D HOW to OrderFAPOS-1 FA-40TKDescription of the CODE128 Bar Code Appendix E CODE128 BAR CodeHex Decimal Codea DEL7B,42 123,66 52/65 Appendix F Internal Character Tables 0 80H to FFH 17. PC866 Cyrillic 55/65 PC Communication Port Configuration Appendix G Testing SoftwarePrinter Status Sample Ticket 59/65

TK14 specifications

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