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              Contents
Part 1. General information ..........................1              
Part 2. Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG3, TG4, TG8, TG9 .........45
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Part 3. Models TF6 and TM6 .........................69
Part 4. Appendixes..............................79              
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              Preface
Who should read this manual                
How this manual is organized
              Related publications and diskettes
Where to find more information                
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Tell us what you think              
Summary of changes
GA27-4151-07 (April, 2009)                
GA27-4151-07 (February/March, 2007 update)
GA27-4151-07 (May, 2006)                
Web-only update GA27-4151-06 (December, 2005)
              Web-only update for Model TI8, GA27-4151-05 (April, 2003)
Web-only update for GA27-4151-04 (March, 2002)                
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Web update for GA27-4151-04 (June, 2001)                
GA27-4151-04
              GA27-4151-03
              GA27-4151-02
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              Chapter 1. Introduction
Printer overview              
Description of models
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              Features used with the SureMark printers
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Comparison of the SureMark models
Differences among SureMark models              
Differences between Models TI3, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG3, TG4, TG8, TG9, and Models TF6, TM6
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Planning information
Your responsibilities                
Limitations
              Communication interfaces
Temperature and humidity limits                
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Physical dimensions                
Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TG3, and TG4
              Models TI8, TI9, TG8, TG9
190.5 mm (7.5 in.)                
199.5 mm (7.9 in.)
Models TF6 and TM6              
Power requirements
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Hardware requirements
Software requirements                
Operating system requirements
              Application requirements
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Resident code pages
Bar codes            
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              Chapter 2. Installation instructions
              Unpacking the printer
Installing a SureMark printer                
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Installing for EIA-232/RS-485 communication            
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              Installing SureMark for USB communication
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              Using the wall mounting feature
              Installing the fillers Installing fillers for EIA-232/RS-485 printers
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3. If you do not have a video display, place the display filler on the system unit.
Figure13. Installing the fillers for EIA-232/RS-485 systems                
Updated April 2, 2009
              Installing fillers for USB printers
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              DTR/DSR control
XON/XOFF control              
EIA-232 communication mode selections (Models TI8, TI9, TG8, TG9)
Baud rate selection                
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EIA-232 communications protocol selection                
DTR/DSR control
              USB communication mode
USB selection            
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              Chapter 3. SureMark installation, service, and utility software
              Software adjustments (Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG3, TG4, TG8, and TG9)
Offline configurations for Models TI8, TI9, TG8, TG9                
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Using the IBM Diagnostics for the POS Systems and Peripherals (all models except Models TI1 and TI2)              
Using the reference/service diskettes (Models TI1 and TI2)
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              4610 fonts and logos utilities
Utility diskette                
IBM Diagnostics for POS Systems and Peripherals package (all models except TI1 and TI2)
Proportional font conversion utility                
Firmware update
              Using a firmware update diskette (Models TI1 and TI2 only)
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Using POSS for Windows to update SureMark printer firmware (RS-485 and USB only)
Using JavaPOS for Windows to update SureMark printer firmware (EIA-232, RS-485, and USB)                
Automatic update
Command line utility (AipFlash46s)              
Updating SureMark firmware using temporary EIA-232 attachment
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Limitation on updating firmware
Emulating the IBM Model 3 or Model 4 printers                
Limitations for emulation
Printing saved data              
Printing buffer data on thermal/impact printers
Printing buffer data on single-station printers                
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              Emulating an Epson single-station printer (single-station only)
Enabling Epson emulation                
Limitations for Epson emulation
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              Chapter 4. Operation
Operating controls and indicators                
Insertion of Check for MICR Reading and Franking
Insertion of Check for Printing the Face              
Insertion of Document (Front Load)
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              Ribbon loading
              Correct Not Correct
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Paper loading
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              Clearing jams in the check flipper area
              MICR reader read head cleaning
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Thermal print head cleaning
MICR Read Head                
Document Sensor Assembly
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              Document scanner cleaning (Model TI8, TI9, TG8, TG9)
              Document scanner calibration (Models TI8, TI9, TG8, TG9)
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Chapter 5. Testing and problem analysis
Testing the printer              
Offline tests
Customer receipt test                
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              Document insert test
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              MICR reader and check flipper test (Models TI2, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG4, TG8, and TG9 only)
Scanned check printout (ModelsTI8, TI9, TG8, TG9)              
EIA-232 hex dump
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Resetting the printer - offline
Electronic journal dump              
Problem determination
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              Chapter 6. Operation (Models TF6 and TM6)
Operating controls and indicators                
Paper loading
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              Thermal print head cleaning
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              Chapter 7. Testing and problem analysis (Models TF6 and TM6)
Testing the printer              
Offline test
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EIA-232 hex dump
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Resetting the printer - offline
Problem determination                
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              Appendix A. Consumable supplies
Paper specifications                
Thermal paper
              Document insert forms (Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG3, TG4, TG8, and TG9 only)
Single and multipart form specifications                
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Specifications for documents that can be flipped              
Print ribbons (Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG3, TG4, TG8, and TG9 only)
Expendable supplies            
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              Appendix B. Printer maintenance procedures
Product care procedures                
Service provider system maintenance procedures
Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG3, TG4, TG8, and TG9                
Models TF6 and TM6
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              Appendix C. Technical information
General description                
Specifications
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              Memory units
Immediate commands                
Voltage conversion circuitry
              RS-485 serial I/O parameters
Cash drawer connector pin assignments                
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              EIA-232 connector pin assignments
EIA-232 parameters              
USB connector pin assignments
Code page definitions                
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              Code page 865
Character fonts                
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Thermal printing font              
Impact printing fonts (Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG3, TG4, TG8, and TG9)
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              Appendix D. EIA-232 programming information
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              EIA-232 commands summary by function
The commands listed in Table14 are described in detail in following sections of this appendix.                
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              Alphabetized EIA-232 commands summary
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              System commands Exercise program
Verify previous commands completed              
Status request
Extended address command-request printer ID                
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              Preset or Onetime-Set commands All models
Models TI8 and TI9 only                
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              Download graphics (logo) commands
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              Predefine messages
              Download user-defined characters
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Thermal code page
              Proportional font
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              Impact code page
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Flash storage write
Erase flash EPROM sector              
Send checksum of flash EPROM sector
Microcode tolerance (MCT) information - loading                
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              Microcode tolerance (MCT) information - request
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              Setup commands
Setup commands change character font, intercharacter spacing, and the target print station.                
Set print mode
              Set or cancel double-wide mode
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Set or cancel double-high mode
Set or cancel underline mode                
Set or cancel overline mode
Set or cancel invert mode              
Set or cancel emphasized printing
Select maximum print speed                
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              Set or cancel unidirectional printing
Request document length for landscape print                
Set document length for landscape print
              Set print station
Select user-defined or resident character sets                
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              Set code page
Set intercharacter spacing                
Set or cancel rotated characters
              Set print station parameters
Select 1/8-inch line spacing                
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Select 1/6-inch line spacing              
Select color printing
Set line spacing using minimum units              
Set sheet eject length
Set horizontal tab positions                
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Set left margin position              
Set relative position
Align positions              
Set error recovery function
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Define document wait time
Status sent to system              
Select character for reprinted lines
Re-initialize the printer                
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              Enable or disable the feed buttons
Enable or disable the beeper (Models TF6 and TM6 only)              
Enable or disable upside-down printing
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Select character size for scalable fonts
              Fix font matrix
Print logo inline                
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              Select thermal paper
Bar code commands                
Print bar code
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Print bar code examples              
Select horizontal size of bar code
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Select bar code height
Select printing position of human readable information (HRI)              
Select font for HRI
Print PDF417 bar code              
Print PDF417 bar code using binary mode
Select PDF417 ECC (error correction codewords) level                
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              Select aspect ratio PDF417 bar code
Enable PDF417 truncation              
Print character commands
Print and line feed                
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Print, form feed, and cut the paper (FF)                
Print and feed paper n lines
              Print and feed paper in reverse using minimum units
Print graphic messages Select and print a graphics (logo) command              
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              Print predefined graphics (logo) command
Print predefined messages              
Miscellaneous commands Tab to next tab stop
Return home (select print head location)                
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              Paper cut/DI eject
Generate drive pulse for cash drawer                
Retrieve the flash storage
              Retrieve size of user flash storage
Retrieve printer usage statistics                
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              Check processing commands (Models TI2, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG4, TG8, and TG9 only)
Models TI8 and TI9 MICR read commands                
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              MICR read
              Flip check
Document scanner commands                
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              Print scanned image
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Store scanned image and/or select partial image for retrieval
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              Retrieve scanned image
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Scanner calibration
              Retrieve next image location
Retrieve first unread image location                
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Select compression format and scanned image threshold              
Asynchronous (real-time) commands
Real-time requests              
Data buffer management and batch printing Reset line count
Disable line count                
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              Hold printing until buffer is released
Page mode printing commands                
Select page mode
Select standard mode              
Select printable area
Select printing direction/position                
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Set vertical position              
Set relative vertical position
Set left margin position (standard mode), set absolute print position (page mode)              
Set relative horizontal position
Set printing position                
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              Print and form feed and cut the paper
Print page in page mode                
Clear print data in page mode
Document handling                
Portrait mode
              Landscape mode
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Landscape printing commands
              Status summary
Message from the printer                
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Status byte 1              
Status byte 2
Status byte 3                
Contains the printer engineering code (EC) level with all status messages.
Status byte 4              
Status byte 5
Status byte 6                
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Contains the current line count.                
Status byte 7
              Appendix E. Uploading electronic journal data
Enable the upload of EJ data                
Disable the upload of EJ data
              Upload the EJ data
Request the size of the EJ space                
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Erase the EJ data in the printer              
Appendix F. Proportional fonts
Preparing the fonts                
Implementing proportional fonts
              Layout using align commands
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Layout using set tab position
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              Appendix G. Emulation support for Epson single-station printer
Commands supported in emulation mode              
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              Commands with limited support in emulation mode
              Commands not supported in emulation mode
Connectivity differences                
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Functional differences              
Appendix H. Safety information
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              Appendix I. Notices
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              Electronic emission notices Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement
European Union EMC Directive conformance statement              
Industry Canada Class A Emission Compliance statement
Avis de conformit aux normes dIndustrie Canada                
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Germany                
Australia and New Zealand
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              Product Recycling and disposal
              Battery return program
For Taiwan:                
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              For the European Union:
For California:              
Flat panel displays
Monitors and workstations                
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Trademarks              
Index Numerics
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