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A.2 Notes on Printer Installation

•Connect the external power supply to the power supply connector of the printer. Then plug in the external power supply and turn it on if necessary. Be sure not to connect the external power supply with the wrong polarity. If it is connected incorrectly, the internal circuit fuse of the printer may be blown or the external power supply may be damaged.

•The power supply voltage is within the range of 24 V ± 7%. If the power supply voltage drops to

the outside of the range above during printing, the printer stops printing and waits until the voltage returns to normal and then automatically begins printing again. Therefore, printing speed may slow, the print pitch may not be correct, and some dots in some characters may not be printed.

•Both high and low voltage errors are shown in table 3.7.3. The blinking patterns are shown in the table.

•When either a high or low voltage error occurs, turn off the power as soon as possible.

A.3 Other Notes

1)Printer mechanism handling

•Do not pull the paper out when the cover is closed.

•Because the thermal elements of the print head and driver IC are easy to break, do not touch them with any metal objects.

•Since the areas around the print head become very hot during and just after printing, do not touch them.

•Do not use the cover open button except when necessary.

•Do not touch the surface of the print head because dust and dirt can stick to the surface and damage the elements.

•Thermal paper containing Na+, K+, and Cl- ions can harm the print head thermal elements. Therefore, be sure to use only the specified paper.

•Label paper cannot be used.

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Matsumoto Minami Plant TM-T88IIIseries TM-T88 III series Revision SheetRevisions Design Section Sheet Rev. No Document Sheet Rev Confidential Rev Sheet General Features REV Sheet Changed ContentsTM-T88IIIseries III Trademarks Confidentiality Agreement General Features Table of Contents Case Specifications CommandsOptions and Consumables FS q n xL xH yL yH d1 Appendix K Comparison Table Between TM-T88 III and TM-T88 Appendix F Notes on Using the Drawer KICK-OUT Connector Printing Specifications General Specifications Character Specifications 2 Supporting Character on Each Model Type Character Size Paper Specification AutocutterPaper Roll Supply Device 1 Paper Roll Printable Area Printable Area Internal Buffer Printing and Cutting Positions Electrical Characteristics EMI and Safety Standards AppliedEMI Environmental Conditions Reliability Installation Specifications ConfigurationSwitching between online and offline Interface 1 RS-232 serial interface GS a 1 TM-T88IIIPrinter Status and Signals DLE ENQ 1 or DLE ENQ 2 commands 1.4 XON/XOFF transmit timing2 XON/XOFF Transmit Timing Serial interface connection example Reset Switching 1 Minimum Reset Pulse Width pin 4 Reset DC Characteristics Compatibility Mode Reverse Mode Data Transmission from Printer to HostIeee 1284 Bidirectional Parallel Interface Interface Pin Assignments for Each Mode GNDDkstatus +5 V Signal Sender Characteristics Logic-H Signal Sender Characteristics Data Data Receiving Timing Compatibility Mode TRS Near end detection 3 RS-485 Serial Interface Specifications RS-485 compatibleCS1 CS2 DR1 DR2 Confidential SD2 RD1 SD1RD2 DR1 CS1 Other Interfaces Power Supply Connector Connectors Interface Connectors1 Power Supply Connector Pin Assignments Shell 2 Drawer Kick-out Connector Pin Assignments Drawer Kick-out Connector Modular Connector 4 Drawer Circuitry List of commands FunctionsESC ∗ ESC c ESC aESC d ESC p GS k GS hGS 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 Panel Buttons Switches and Buttons Power Button DIP Switches XON/XOFF DTR/DSR2 Transmission Speed 4 DIP Switch 2-3 DIP Switch Parallel interface specification DIP Switch 6 DIP Switch7 DIP Switch 2-3 1 Standby State Indication Panel LED Indicators Self-test C D E F G H I J Hexadecimal Dumping Error Processing Error Types 1 Errors That Automatically Recover2 Errors That Can Possibly Recover Printer Operation When an Error Occurs Unrecoverable ErrorsCPU Cover Open Button Paper SensorsCover Open Sensor Print Buffer-full Printing Setting Values in Standard and Page Modes Mode General Description Formatting of Print Data in the Printable Area 12.2 Character Data Developing Position ESC T n 12.3 Print Data Developing Position External Dimensions and Mass Case SpecificationsColor External Appearance Options and Consumables Standard AccessoriesOptions Consumables Commands Command NotationExplanation of Terms When font B Dots is selected, this Ascii Control Commands Ascii Can ESC FF, ESC L, ESC S Ascii DLE EOT DLE EOT n Confidential Confidential Ascii DLE ENQ DLE ENQ n Ascii DLE DC4 DLE DC4 n m t Ascii ESC ESC SP n ESC − ESC ! n ESC $ nL nH ESC &, ESC ? ESC % n ESC & y c1 c2 x1 d1 Dy ⋅ Xk d1 Dy ⋅ xk ESC %, ESC ? When font B 9 ⋅ 17 is selected dots NL nH d1...dk ESC ∗ MSB When 24-dot bit image is selected ESC ESC n ESC 2 , GS P ESC 3 n ESC ? n ESC = nESC ESC & , ESC % ESC @ ESC D n1...nk NUL ESC G n ESC E n ESC J n ESC L ESC R n ESC M n ESC S ESC $ , ESC L , ESC W , ESC \ , GS $ , GS P , GS \ ESC T n ESC !, ESC − ESC V n ASC ESC ESC W xL xH yL yH dxL dxH dyL dyH Paper ESC \ nL nH ABC Abcd Abcde ESC a n ESC c 3 n ESC c 4 n ESC c 5 n ESC d nESC 2 , ESC 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 NUL FS g 2 m a1 a2 a3 a4 nL nH 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 B n GS H nGS f , GS k Epson GS I nTM-T88 Kanji Japanese 125 124 GS L nL nH GS P x y ① GS V m ② GS V m n ① Ascii② Ascii GS W nL nH 130 129 GS \ nL nH GS r t m GS a n 134 133 135 134 ESC ! , GS GS f n ① GS k m d1...dk NUL ② GS k m n d1...dn UPC-A 139 138 140 139 Code a ShiftCode B Code C GS r n Transmits drawer kick-out connector status 143 142 GS v 0 m xL xH yL yH d1....dk CODE39, ITF, Codabar GS w n FS ! n Kanji Control CommandsBit Off/On Hex Decimal Function FS − , FS W , GS Name Select Kanji character mode Format FS − n FS & , FS C 150 149 Kanji System FS C n N2 ≤ FS S n1 n2 FS ! , GS FS W n Table A.1 Paper Feeding Amount Appendix a Miscellaneous Notes Other Notes App.4 App.3 Replacing the Paper Roll Appendix B Paper Roll Setup Figure C.1 Near-end Adjusting Position Table C.1 Adjustment Positions Figure C.2 Changing the Near-end Adjusting Position Appendix D Recovery from the Auto Cutter Error Figure E.1 Print Head Thermal Elements Appendix E Print Head Cleaning Appendix F Notes on Using the Drawer KICK-OUT Connector Table G.1 Transmission Status Identification Appendix G Transmission Status Identification Appendix H Configuring the Space Table H.1 Space Page Top AddressFCA480H FCBC80H Figure H.2 9 ⋅ 17 Font Figure I.1 Page Mode Example Appendix I Example Printing in page Mode Print #1,ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST1234567890 Figure I.2 Page Mode Example Figure I.3 Page Mode Example Description of the CODE128 Bar Code Appendix J CODE128 BAR Code Code Tables 7B,41 123,66 7B,41 123,65 Appendix K Comparison Table Between TM-T88IIIAND TM-T88II