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Norco Declaration AB Box 7146 S-250 07 Helsingborg, Sweden
Declaration of Conformity
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
For Uses in Canada
CAUTION Use shielded cable for this equipment Sicherheitshinweis
Pour L’utilisateurs Canadiens
Cautions
The CAUTION symbol indicates that if the methods of
The WARNING symbol indicates that if the methods of
there will be a possibility of the occurrence of problems
CAUTIONS FOR SAFE USE Be sure to follow these cautions
Do not install this equipment in locations with poor ventilation, and do not use the equipment in such a way that the ventilation port is obstructed, since these actions may result in fire or electric shock
Do not spill drinks such as tea, coffee or juice, or spray anti-mosquito preparations, etc. onto the equipment, since these actions will result in breakdowns, fire or electric shock
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Do not place objects on top of this equipment. since there will be a danger of the objects falling off or falling over, resulting in injury
BASIC SPECIFICATIONS
CONTENTS
OUTLINE
EXTERNAL APPEARANCE AND NAMES OF EACH PART
DRAWER KICK-OUT CONNECTOR
INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS
DIP SWITCH SETTlNGS
EXTERNAL DIMENSION
1. 2 Cautions for installation
1. 1 Features
1. OUTLINE
1.3 General cautions
8. Do not spill liquids or spray chemicals, etc. onto this equipment
2.2 Printing specifications
2. BASIC SPECIFICATIONS
2.1 Model classifications
CBM - 253 - ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗
2.3 Character specifications
Standard size
Number of columns
Double height
Double wide
Available bar codes
2.4 Paper specifications
Printing area
2. 10 Electrical specifications
2. 9 Drawer kick-out connector
2. 5 Interfaces
2. 6 Data buffer
2.12 Environmental specifications
2.11 External appearance specifications
2.13 Reliability specifications
2.14 EMI standards and safety standards
3.1 External appearance and part names
3. EXTERNAL APPEARANCE AND NAMES OF EACH PART
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3.2 Explanation of each part
LF switch
4.1 Opening the printer cover
4. OPERATION
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4.2 Opening the auto-cutter
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4.3 Setting the paper roll in the paper holder
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4.4 Loading the paper
4.5 Loading the paper when paper roll is small
4. Lift up the auto-cutter lever to open the cutter
10. Close the head-up lever 11. Close the printer cover
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4. 6 Setting the printer cover back
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4. 7 Opening the print head
4.9 Hexadecimal dumping function
4. 8 Self-printing
4.10 Paper end detecting function
5.1 Serial interface
5. INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS
2 DTR
Input/output
5.2 Parallel interface
Explanation of input and output signals
Input
6. DRAWER KICK-OUT CONNECTOR
1 Drawer opening and closing switch signal
7. DIP SWITCH SETTlNGS
1 DSW1 Used commonly by the serial and parallel interfaces
Spare
8. FUNCTIONS
8.1 Command table
Command
8.2.1 How to read each section
8.2 Details of commands
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8.2.2 Detailed explanations
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command
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ESC SP n
ESC ! n
ESC % n
Function
ESC & s n m a p s x a m - n +
Items requiring caution
ESC ∗ m n1 n2 d k
Items requiring caution
ESC - n
Name
Setting of the 1/6 inch line feeding amount
Code
1BH 32H
ESC 3 n
ESC = n
Esc @
ESC D n k NUL
ESC E n
ESC G n
ESC J n
ESC R n
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ESC V n
FOR I=0 TO LPRINT CHR$ &H1B + R + CHR$ LPRINT #$@¥
LPRINT CHR$ &H60 + ¥ LPRINT n = + STR$ LPRINT CFR$&HA NEXT
ESC a n
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ESC c 3 n
LPRINT CHR$&H1B + a + CHR$0 LPRINT AAAAA + CHR$ &HA
LPRINT CHR$&H1B + a + CHR$1 LPRINT AAAAA + CHR$ &HA
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ESC c 4 n
Situation in which the LF switch operation is valid
ESC c 5 n
Situation in which the LF switch operation is invalid
ESC d n
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Selection of the No. 2 pin
ESC p m n1 n2
The ON time is set to 10ms
The OFF time is set to 100ms
ESC t n
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ESC u n
ESC n
ESC $ n1 n2
The number of the dots can be specified is as follows
ESC ¥ n1 n2
GS FF
GS k n dk NUL
characters
JAN-8 EAN
Processing of special characters
Printing result
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LPRINT CHR$&H1D + H + CHR$ LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + k LPRINT CHR$4
LPRINT 123 + CHR$
GS w n
GS H n
GS h n
GS f n
Function
GS c
Printing result
GS C O m n
Name
Code
Function
GS C I n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 n6
Items requiring caution
LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + C0 LPRINT CHR$3 + CHR$0 LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + C1
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LPRINT CHR$50 + CHR$0 LPRINT CHR$0 + CHR$ LPRINT CHR$5 + CHR$2
LPRINT CHR$&H1D + C2 LPRINT CHR$ 50 + CHR$0 GOSUB CNT
GS C 2 n1 n2
GS C N1 N2 N3 N4 N5
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GS ∗ n1 n2 d n1 x n2 x
LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + C0 LPRINT CHR$ 3 + CHR$ LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + C
LPRINT GOSUB CNT LPRINT CHR$&H1D + C LPRINT *500525 GOSUB CNT END CNT
Function
GOSUB IMG LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + / + CHR$ LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + / + CHR$
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LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + / + CHR$ LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + / + CHR$ END
IMG n1=10n2=5 LPRINT CHR$ &H1D + LPRINT CHR$n1 + CHR$n2
GS / m
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GS n1 n2 n3
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GS A m n
Initial value
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GS R n
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8.3 Character code tables
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8.3.3 International character sets
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9. EXTERNAL DIMENSION
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