Appendix a Miscellaneous Notes | Epson T88III guide

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APPENDIX A: MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

A.1 Notes on Printing and Paper Feeding

1)Because the TM-T88IIIseries printer is a line printer, it automatically feeds paper after printing the data.

Therefore, when the line spacing for one line is set to a smaller value than the print data, paper may be fed more than the set amount just to print the data.

For example, when the line spacing for one line is set to 10 dots (10/180 inches) and only paper feeding is executed, paper is fed for 10 dots; however, if bit-image characters are printed, paper is fed for 24 dots. (Refer to Table A.1.)

When only rotated characters are printed on one line, paper feeding is executed as shown in Table A.1.

Table A.1 Paper Feeding Amount

		Required Paper Feeding Amount (dots)
Normal Characters	Font A	24 ⋅	number of times enlarged in vertical
	Font B	17 ⋅	number of times enlarged in vertical
	Kanji font	24 ⋅	number of times enlarged in vertical
Rotated Characters	Font A	12 ⋅	number of times enlarged in vertical
	Font B	9 ⋅	number of times enlarged in vertical
	Kanji font	24 ⋅	number of times enlarged in vertical
Bit image (ESC ∗ )		24

2)When the printer goes to the standby (data-waiting) state during printing, it temporarily stops printing and feeding paper. When data is transmitted and printing is executed, paper may shift 1 to 3 dots from the print starting position, which especially affects bit-image printing.

3)Interval of autocutting operation in the receipt section

For driving the auto cutter of the receipt section, take the interval as a minimum of 10 lines of printing or paper feeding (to prevent small pieces of cut paper from dropping into the auto cutter).

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Contents

TM-T88IIIseries Matsumoto Minami Plant Revision Sheet TM-T88 III seriesRevisions Design Section Sheet Rev. No Document Sheet Rev Confidential Rev Sheet REV Sheet Changed Contents General FeaturesTM-T88IIIseries III Confidentiality Agreement Trademarks General Features Table of Contents Options and Consumables Case SpecificationsCommands FS q n xL xH yL yH d1 Appendix F Notes on Using the Drawer KICK-OUT Connector Appendix K Comparison Table Between TM-T88 III and TM-T88 General Specifications Printing Specifications Character Specifications Character Size 2 Supporting Character on Each Model Type Paper Roll Supply Device Paper SpecificationAutocutter Printable Area 1 Paper Roll Printable Area Printing and Cutting Positions Internal Buffer EMI Electrical CharacteristicsEMI and Safety Standards Applied Reliability Environmental Conditions Installation Configuration SpecificationsSwitching between online and offline Interface 1 RS-232 serial interface 1 TM-T88IIIPrinter Status and Signals GS a 2 XON/XOFF Transmit Timing DLE ENQ 1 or DLE ENQ 2 commands1.4 XON/XOFF transmit timing Reset Switching Serial interface connection example 4 Reset DC Characteristics 1 Minimum Reset Pulse Width pin Ieee 1284 Bidirectional Parallel Interface Compatibility ModeReverse Mode Data Transmission from Printer to Host Dkstatus Interface Pin Assignments for Each ModeGND Logic-H Signal Sender Characteristics +5 V Signal Sender Characteristics Data Receiving Timing Compatibility Mode Data TRS Near end detection Specifications RS-485 compatible 3 RS-485 Serial InterfaceCS1 CS2 DR1 DR2 Confidential SD1 SD2 RD1RD2 DR1 CS1 Other Interfaces Connectors Interface Connectors Power Supply Connector1 Power Supply Connector Pin Assignments Shell Drawer Kick-out Connector Modular Connector 2 Drawer Kick-out Connector Pin Assignments 4 Drawer Circuitry ESC ∗ List of commandsFunctions ESC a ESC cESC d ESC p GS h GS kGS r GS v DC4 Can 1 Katakana 2 PC850 Multilingual 3 PC860 Portuguese 4 PC863 Canadian-French 5 PC865 Nordic 16 WPC1252 17 PC866 Cyrillic#2 18 PC852 Latin2 19 PC858 20 Thai character code 21 Thai character code 22 Thai character code 23 Thai character code 24 Thai character code 25 Thai character code 26 Thai character code 255 Space International Character Set Switches and Buttons Power Button Panel Buttons 2 Transmission Speed DIP SwitchesXON/XOFF DTR/DSR DIP Switch 4 DIP Switch 2-3 7 DIP Switch 2-3 Parallel interface specification DIP Switch6 DIP Switch Panel LED Indicators 1 Standby State Indication Self-test Hexadecimal Dumping C D E F G H I J 2 Errors That Can Possibly Recover Error Processing Error Types1 Errors That Automatically Recover CPU Printer Operation When an Error OccursUnrecoverable Errors Paper Sensors Cover Open ButtonCover Open Sensor Print Buffer-full Printing Mode General Description Setting Values in Standard and Page Modes Formatting of Print Data in the Printable Area ESC T n 12.2 Character Data Developing Position 12.3 Print Data Developing Position Case Specifications External Dimensions and MassColor External Appearance Standard Accessories Options and ConsumablesOptions Consumables Explanation of Terms CommandsCommand Notation When font B Dots is selected, this Control Commands Ascii ESC FF, ESC L, ESC S Ascii Can DLE EOT n Ascii DLE EOT Confidential Confidential DLE ENQ n Ascii DLE ENQ DLE DC4 n m t Ascii DLE DC4 ESC SP n Ascii ESC ESC ! n ESC − ESC $ nL nH ESC % n ESC &, ESC ? ESC & y c1 c2 x1 d1 Dy ⋅ Xk d1 Dy ⋅ xk ESC %, ESC ? When font B 9 ⋅ 17 is selected dots ESC ∗ NL nH d1...dk MSB When 24-dot bit image is selected ESC n ESC ESC 3 n ESC 2 , GS P ESC = n ESC ? nESC ESC & , ESC % ESC @ ESC D n1...nk NUL ESC E n ESC G n ESC J n ESC L ESC M n ESC R n ESC S ESC T n ESC $ , ESC L , ESC W , ESC \ , GS $ , GS P , GS \ ESC V n ESC !, ESC − ESC W xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH ASC ESC Paper ESC \ nL nH ESC a n ABC Abcd Abcde ESC c 3 n ESC c 4 n ESC 2 , ESC ESC c 5 nESC d n ESC p m t1 t2 Character Code Tables , Appendix H Name Turns on/off upside-down printing mode Format FS g 1 m a1 a2 a3 a4 nL nH d1...dk FS g 2 m a1 a2 a3 a4 nL nH NUL Bytes or more space is required in the receive buffer FS p n m FS q n xL xH yL yH d1...dk1...xL xH yL yH d1...dkn 114 113 Dots = 768 dots 256 ⋅ GS ! n 117 116 GS $ nL nH GS ∗ x y d1...dx ⋅ GS a pL pH n m GS / m Name Start/end macro definition Format GS f , GS k GS B nGS H n GS I n EpsonTM-T88 Kanji Japanese 125 124 GS L nL nH GS P x y ② Ascii ① GS V m ② GS V m n① Ascii GS W nL nH 130 129 GS \ nL nH GS r t m GS a n 134 133 135 134 GS f n ESC ! , GS ① GS k m d1...dk NUL ② GS k m n d1...dn UPC-A 139 138 140 139 Shift Code aCode B Code C Transmits drawer kick-out connector status GS r n 143 142 GS v 0 m xL xH yL yH d1....dk GS w n CODE39, ITF, Codabar Kanji Control Commands FS ! nBit Off/On Hex Decimal Function FS − , FS W , GS Name Select Kanji character mode Format FS − n FS & , FS C 150 149 FS C n Kanji System FS S n1 n2 N2 ≤ FS W n FS ! , GS Appendix a Miscellaneous Notes Table A.1 Paper Feeding Amount Other Notes App.4 App.3 Appendix B Paper Roll Setup Replacing the Paper Roll Table C.1 Adjustment Positions Figure C.1 Near-end Adjusting Position Figure C.2 Changing the Near-end Adjusting Position Appendix D Recovery from the Auto Cutter Error Appendix E Print Head Cleaning Figure E.1 Print Head Thermal Elements Appendix F Notes on Using the Drawer KICK-OUT Connector Appendix G Transmission Status Identification Table G.1 Transmission Status Identification FCA480H FCBC80H Appendix H Configuring the SpaceTable H.1 Space Page Top Address Figure H.2 9 ⋅ 17 Font Appendix I Example Printing in page Mode Figure I.1 Page Mode Example Figure I.2 Page Mode Example Print #1,ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST1234567890 Figure I.3 Page Mode Example Appendix J CODE128 BAR Code Description of the CODE128 Bar Code Code Tables 7B,41 123,66 7B,41 123,65 Appendix K Comparison Table Between TM-T88IIIAND TM-T88II