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Introducing Your Epic 880TM Printer

Who Should Read This Guide?

This document provides information useful to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) who will integrate the Epic 880TM printer into their products.

What Is Included in This Guide?

This Integration Manual includes information on the mechanical, electrical and command language requirements of the Epic 880TM printer. It provides the following information to support your integration efforts:

•Warranty and technical support information.

•Specifications and functionality description.

•Mounting requirements and mounting locations.

•Power and interface connections.

•Operational procedures.

•Programming information, including documentation of low-level and high- level command interfaces, as well as sample scripts to guide your own implementation efforts.

We want you to have a trouble-free implementation with your TransAct® printer. For any issues not covered in this guide, quality technical support is available on-line at www.transact-tech.com, or by telephone or fax – consult the following pages for more details about our support services.

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Contents

OEM Integration Manual Change History Regulatory Compliance Copyright DisclaimerTrademarks Table of Contents Epic 880TM Specifications and Requirements Configuring Your Epic 880TM Printer Epic 880TM Color Graphics 179 219 Rev B Figures Tables Rev B Page Chapter This page intentionally left blank About your TransAct Epic 880TM Printer What Is Included in This Guide? Who Should Read This Guide? Technical and Sales Support On-line Technical Support Telephone Technical Support Service Programs Return Materials Authorization and Return PoliciesSales Support Contact Information Page Epic 880TM Specifications and Requirements This page intentionally left blank Epic 880TM Specifications and Requirements Standard Features Optional Features Printer Dimensions General SpecificationsWeight Interface Type Printer TypePrinter Environmental Conditions Reliability AC Power Requirements DC Power Requirements Input Power Requirements Power connector Test Standards Accoustic Noise Printing Specifications Paper Roll SpecificationsAuto Cutter Position Paper Out Communications Interface Signal Voltage and Current levelsRS232 Serial Communications Interface USB Configuration USB Interface Rev B Page Operational Procedures This page intentionally left blank Indicator Lights LED Feed button Rev B Diagnostics/Config button Location of Diagnostics/Config Button Using Self-Test Testing the printer Factory Test Boot Loader Mode Level 0 DiagnosticsPower On TransAct Boot Load Mode Self Test ModeSoft Errors Printer Status LED’s Auto Error Recovery Rev B Cleaning the Print Head Loading Paper Rev B Page Configuring Your Epic 880TM Printer This page intentionally left blank Configuration Mode Overview How to Change Configuration SettingsMost Frequent Configuration Incompatibilities Entering into Configuration Mode Setting up for Color Paper Remote ConfigurationRemote Boot Load Custom Color Field Configuration Feature Using Field Configuration Sample pre-loaded configuration Mounting Requirements This page intentionally left blank Mounting Requirements Epic 880TM Mounting Locations Bezel Mounting Specifications Bezel to Printer Mechanism mounting points Spindle Mounting Options 45˚ Up Spindle Mounting Straight Back Spindle Mounting 45˚Down Spindle Mounting Straight Down Center Spindle Mounting Straight Down Center Spindle Location Straight Down Rear Spindle Mounting Control Panel Side Spindle Mounting Retract Opening Retract Opening Dimensions for Retract Opening Printer Sensors This page intentionally left blank Cover-Open Switch Printer SensorsPaper Out Sensor Top-of-Form Sensor Anti-Jam Sensor Paper Low SensorTransport Ticket Taken Sensor Transport Ticket Retract Sensor Transport Ticket Retract SensorPage Electrical Connections This page intentionally left blank Power connector USB port Serial communications port Power and RS232 Left hand Exit Cable connection locations Printer Block Diagram Page Control Codes This page intentionally left blank Control Codes Overview NomenclatureN1 n2 M1 m2 TransAct Control Codes and Commands Application Development Rev B Quick PcOS Reference Chart Horizontal Motion Transport Control Character Attributes Horizontal Graphics Bar Codes Miscellaneous Commands Low Level Paper Motion Control Ascii CRIpcl &%CR Epos 0DH Ascii LF Horizontal Motion Control Ascii ESC R Ipcl Epos Vertical Motion Control ESC Enable ESC a n variable line spacing ESC Set line spacing to 21/216 inch or 7/72 inchHexadecimal 1BH 31H Decimal ESC a Set variable line spacing to n/72 inch Function Set minimum Line Spacing in Points All ESC + V d1BH 2BH 56H Decimal 27 43 Range = 0, 4 Function Set minimum Line Spacing in ¼ Points All Ascii VT Ipcl &%VT Epos VT Ascii FF ESC BIpcl &%FF Ipcl Epos ESC L ESC 5 Begin auto line feed Hexadecimal 1BH 35H n Feed to Black Dot Cut to center of black dot Character Pitch ESC + J d 1BH 2BH 4AHDecimal 27 43 Range = 0, 4 1BH 2BH 6AH Ascii DC2 Ipcl &%F31BH 3AH 0FH Character Pitch ESC P Set character pitch Set inter-character spacing Legacy Command Mode GlobalESC ESC V n Character Font Character Sets and Code Pages Codepage description files Black Hart Suit Double-Byte and Multi-Byte Code Page Description Files Code Page Selection ESC Select international character set Legacy Command Hexadecimal 1BH 21H n Decimal 27 33 nCS n ESC R n Function Select character code page by name All Hexadecimal 1BH 2BH 43HESC C Insert Euro character ESC C n Hexadecimal 1BH 5BH 43H n Decimal 27 91 67 n Hexadecimal 1BH 5EH n ESC Print Unicode character Ascii SO Ipcl &%MWAscii DC4 Ipcl &%MN ESC W Where k bits Ascii ESC G Ascii ESC H ESC E Ascii ESC EESC F Ascii ESC F ESC T Ascii ESC T Mode How to use page modeDefinition Auto-cutter and page mode Mechanism commands in page modeStopping page mode definition Function Select page mode Initial entry Function Set Print Area in Page Mode ESC W Height H LH H Function Set Printed Area in Page Mode Defined Page mode printed area ESC u O LO HW LW H H LH H Function Set Page Mode Entry Position Function Set Page Mode Entry Position Relative Function Exit Page Mode Graphic Mode Ipcl none ESC ? Reassign graphic mode ESC Z Print quad-density graphics 240h x 72v dpi Hexadecimal 1BH 55H 01H Decimal 27 85 ESC UHexadecimal 1BH 55H 00H Decimal 27 85 ESC h Process horizontal graphics data Horizontal Color GraphicsHexadecimal 1BH 68H Example Command ESC * Set horizontal graphic modeESC * 10 0 Set resolution to 102x102 dpi Graphics Compression Simple Raster Graphics ESC Simple raster graphic modeWhere Programming Considerations User Store Graphic Save and MacrosDefining Macros Function Begin named macro record Function End name macro recordESC US e Name Function Save macro data User Store Commands Function Load item from user store Function Flag as a start-up macroFunction Remove item from user store Function Flush information from user store Hexadecimal 1BH 1FH 62H Function End named macro recordHexadecimal 1BH 1FH 65H Function Save macro data in user store 1BH 1FH 6CH Function Delete item from user store ESC US d Name..macHexadecimal 1BH 1FH 64H Decimal 27 31 UD Name Function Redefine User Store Termination Character ESC EM T nHexadecimal 1BH 19H 54H n Decimal 27 25 84 n UT n Legacy User Macros Hexadecimal 1BH 67H 01H Decimal 27 103Hexadecimal 1BH 67H 02H Decimal 27 103 Hexadecimal 1BH 67H 03H Decimal 27 103 Rev B Bar Codes Function Print bar code Interleaved 2 Code Following table specifies the Code 39 character set FNC3 FNC2 Rev B Code 128 Encoding Values UPC E UPC aEAN-8 Ipcl None Epos None Function Set bar code height Function Set bar code width ESC EM W nHexadecimal 1BH 19H 57H n Decimal 27 25 87 n BW m Electronic Journal Configuring the Electronic JournalElectronic Journal Security ESCGSIPassword0 EIPasswordInitializing the Electronic Journal Function Erase the Electronic Journal Function Print the Electronic Journal Function Report the Electronic Journal Ascii Escgsl ENQ25 Function Query the Electronic JournalHexadecimal 05H 19H Decimal Printing/Reporting and Resetting the Electronic Journal Journal Entries and using Journal Print Mode Journal Print Mode Options Electronic Journal Entries Quick Martcrlf Resulting journal entry would then only contain Journal mode Function Electronic Journal Mode BeginAscii ESC Hexadecimal 1BH 7BH Carbon Copy Journal Mode Description This command begins a carbon copy journal entryFunction Electronic Carbon Copy Begin ESCl Transport Control 1BH 6BH ESC m Function Transport Ticket Retract1BH 6DH Miscellaneous Control CanAscii can Ipcl &%RP Epos can ESC q Query marker Hexadecimal 1BH 71H nResponse SOH n ESC Perform Auto Cut ESC p 3 Select paper sensors to output paper-end signals ESC p 4 Select paper sensors to stop printing ESC ~z User Control of Bezel Ipcl %&BF Where n ESC y Set control feature commandsHexadecimal 1BH 79H n ESC ~ n ESC ~ Extended Configuration and ControlHexadecimal 1BH 7EH n Decimal 27 126 n ESC y Remote Power Control Remote Power ControlHexadecimal 1BH 79H n Decimal 27 121 n Documented Extended Control commands 1BH 7EH 5AH Printer Status Serial and USB Mode InquireStatus Inquire Inquire Commands ENQ Inquire cover open status Inquire receipt paper out statusENQ ACK 11 06H 0BH 05H 0FH Rev B ACK 21 n ID string Desepic 880TM ACK 22 n r 05H 17H 05H 1DH ACK 32 168 …128 bytes MSB LSB ACK 35 41 n Rev B ESC EMPn Double Level Loader Entering Field Boot Load ModeAscii Stxb Ascii Stxk Ascii StxeAscii Stxx Epic 880TM Color Graphics This page intentionally left blank Printing Graphics Character Graphics Procedure for APA graphics APA Graphics Epic 880TM Universal Color Graphics Print File Graphics Store Graphics in the printerTo generate a print file To Store a graphic in the printer Print a stored graphic How universal color graphics is doneGenerate a file to store color graphics into a printer Load and store named graphic image How to use Ipcl commands in text stringsRecall and print stored named graphic image Universal Graphics Command Descriptions Ufall Ipcl Ufall Function Print Bitmap File command All Function Print Bitmap Data command AllBitmapped File Graphic Support Scale Epic 880TM Coupon-Cut-Logo Feature Unicode and Fonts This page intentionally left blank Character Generation FontsOutline characters Stroke-based characters Character SizeSelecting Character Size Legacy or Classic Method Possible Character Pitches Internal Fonts Custom FontsLine spacing Selecting character size by points Stacked or Linked fonts Font Storage Rev B Bitmap Fonts Space =0002 U=0021 Exclamination Mark =0003 U=0022 =0004 U=0023 Number Sign Unicode Unicode Encoding Scalar Value 1st Byte 2nd Byte 3rd Byte File system and the POR.INI file Rev B Function Select Font All ESC + 3 ID Hexadecimal 1BH 2BH 31H Decimal 27 43Function Define a Stacked or Linked Font All Function Select Font by name All 1BH 2BH 4CH Function Initiate Unicode UTF-8 Encoding Mbcs All ESC + M Hexadecimal1BH 2BH 4DH Function Initiate Unicode UTF-8 Text only Encoding Mbcs Function Initiate Normal 8-bit Ascii Character Encoding All ESC + a Hexadecimal 1BH 2BH 41H Decimal 27 43 Font Size and Spacing CPI Font Size and Spacing command interactions POR.INI Ascii 1BH 2BH 4AH ESC + j d Hexadecimal ESC P Set character pitch Legacy mode command Function Set stroke font brush size All User Defined Characters Legacy Printer Features that Have ChangedDynamic Code Page Definition Page File System This page intentionally left blank File System Commands Function Open File command AllESC RS O Mode space Filename Hexadecimal File System Interface Partition Definition Function Return Free space for Open FIle AllESC RS S Hexadecimal 1BH 1EH 53H Decimal 27 30 Function Return Free space for this partition All 1BH 1EH 4BH Function Return the last file command status All ESC RS ? Hexadecimal1BH 1EH 3FH Hexadecimal 1BH 1EH 57H Decimal 27 30 Function Read File command All ESC RS R L LL H Hexadecimal 1BH 1EH 52H Decimal 27 30Function Generate and return a file directory report All ESC RS Hexadecimal 1BH 1EH 49H Decimal 27 30 Function Verify files All ESC RS Hexadecimal 1BH 1EH 56H Decimal 27 30 Epic 880TM Extended Printer Control This page intentionally left blank Function Read and Return Totals Rev B Function Print Current Configuration and Totals Function Print Current Print Setup ValuesFunction Set Electronic Journal Print Configuration Control Hexadecimal 1BH 79H 0FH Decimal 27 121 Remote Printer Reset Reset in Serial Mode Power-cycle Recovery Miscellaneous Communication FeaturesOff-line Control Remote Boot Load Mode USB Recovery Watch Dog Esccan n ENQ Recovery from Mechanical Errors Eeprom Write ErrorFlash Write Error COM Adapter ErrorPage Epic 880TM Programmers Notes This page intentionally left blank What Drivers Are Needed General NotesDefinitions Do you want to use USB and simulate a communication port? Are you using Opos UnifiedPOS/UPOS?Do you want to print from a Windows application? When not to use a windows printer driver When to use a windows printer driverWindows Printer Driver When not to use an Opos driver When to use an Opos driverOpos driver When to use the USB driver USB driver When not to use the POSPrinter OCX When to use the POSPrinter OCXPOSPrinter Activex Control POSPrinter OCX Ascii Rev B Appendix B WGL4.0 Character Addresses Latin Capital Letter C with Cedilla Latin Small Letter N Preceded by Greek Small Letter PHI Vulgar Fraction Three Eighths There are 28575 Characters in this set Greek Capital Letter Omicron Approximately Equal to or BOX Drawings Left Heavy Right Vertical Light Left Black Lenticular Bracket Katakana Letter Small YA Small Plus Sign Windows 1252 Latin 1 to Unicode translation Latin Capital Letter S with Caron Appendix E Internal Code Pages Page Ascii Appendix G Ordering Supplies Index Index All-points-addressable APA Horizontal Motion Control Rev B