Serial interface specifications, 101 | Seiko BX-900 guide

A. Specifications

❏Serial interface specifications

•Input connector (25-pin serial)

					13	1
					25	14
RS-232C Pin assignments
	PIN	SIGNAL	IN/OUT	PIN	SIGNAL	IN/OUT
	1	CHASSIS GND		14	NC
	2	TXD	OUT	15	NC
	3	RXD	IN	16	NC
	4	RTS	OUT	17	NC
	5	CTS	IN	18	NC
	6	DSR	IN	19	NC
	7	SIGNAL GND		20	DTR	OUT
	8	CD	IN	21	NC
	9	NC		22	NC
	10	NC		23	NC
	11	SRTS	OUT	24	NC
	12	NC		25	INC
	13	NC
Notes:	1. NC stands for no connection.

2.CHASSIS GND and GND are connected in the printer.

•Handshake protocol

One of the following four protocols can be selected:

-DTR protocol (Busy/Ready protocol)

-X ON/X OFF protocol I

-X ON/X OFF protocol II

-ETX/ACK protocol

•Logic level ON=Space (0)=High:

12V (+3 through +15V) OFF=Mark (1)=LOW:

-12V (-3 through -15V)

•Baud Rate

Input signal

75189 or equivalent

Input

330pF

Output signal

75188 or equivalent

Output

Inside printer

In the setup options, one of the following baud rates can be selected: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, and 38400 BPS.

Data frame

+3 +15V

-3-15V START D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7

D8 STOP

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Seiko BX-900 owner manual Serial interface specifications, 101

Contents

Business Printer Page Seiko Precision Inc Pin wide-carriage Dot matrix printerPage Contents Troubleshooting Setting the application softwareMaintenance Bar code and enlarged character Appendices Other specifications Control code summary Installation environment Power sourc eForeign matter and water Operating condition Check the cartons for the following items Unpacking the printer Quick startup To set up the printerTo make a test print To connect your computer Introduction Features Options and expendables Paper dimensions Power cord Printer description Tractor Precaution for extra-thick paper usage Physical dimensionModel a Physical dimensionModel B Installing the paper rack Setting upInstalling the sound seal cover P r e s s i n g t h e L a n g l e h i n g e Ribbon Feed Knob Installing the ribbon cassette Connecting the power cord Connecting the computerParallel Interface 36-pin plug Serial Interface 25-pin plug Fanfold continuous paper Loading the paper Left Paper Guide Single sheet paper Paper alignment Adjusting the print head position Indicators Control panel and indicatorsControl panel and operations OUT Fanfold Cover Open Function Keys Indicator lamps Lamp Off Blinking Park TOF SET Control Levers Friction Lever OUT Lamp Function Key Action Paper parking Printing test pattern Tearing off a form Demonstration print-out Operation reference Power-on operation summary About basic setup options Basic setup optionsTo set this option Setup Memory Selection procedure exampleMultipart Single Selecting page length for fanfold paper Printing multipart paperMultipart Copy Normal Copy Dark Fanfold 136 278 297 Selecting single sheet paper size Font ORATORs Selecting font style Letter Quality Selecting character spacing Zoom IN/OUT Enlarging/compressing print Loading user & factory setup options Setting top of form positionTOF Adjust Select Setup Setup Memo SET. Factory Option Menu Factory Default Basic options Factory Default Setting About extended setup options Extended setup options Extended setup options summary Previous Emulation Character table HP modeEmulation EML Epson EML IBM EML HP Character table IBM mode Character table Epson modeCHR TB Epson TBL Italic TBL Graphic TBL Down LD TBL Code PG CHR TB IBM TBL SET Code National font styleCode Brascii Abicomp Carriage return CR IBM Alternate graphic mode AGM Valid in IBM modeLine feed LF Line feed spacing Set default tab stopsSlashed zero Lock-in the page length Lock-in the font Print qualityLock-in the character spacing Lock-in the print quality BC Mode BC Ignored Enable Bar code print and Enlarged characterBar code type Sent by the user Bar code specifications Enlarged character size Bar code size Graphic Print Speed Setting of the FF Form Feed code at TOFAccent character Secondary character table HP mode HP mode enhancement PCL Mode HP modePCL Mode Mode PCL3+ Mode PCL3+D CHR TB2 HP TBL Line TBL Math Set the bottom margin Paper handling enhancement Set the top marginSet the left margin TOP Margin Set the right margin Autoscroll delayFanfold paper width Right M Override BM Override bottom marginOverride no Override YES Setting of the auto-scrolling position Setting of Paper out detectionCut sheet feeder type Line Feed Speed Select in signal parallel interfaceInterface type Parity bit serial interface Stop bit serial interface Data length serial interfaceCommunication protocol serial interface Communication speed serial interface CTS signal serial interface Serial error check serial interfaceCD signal serial interface DSR signal serial interface Communication buffer size Setting of whether ERROR/PE signals are output or notBusy/ACK timing parallel interface Data latch timing parallel interface LCD display language Print directionInvert LCD display Print DIR Print PRE-DIR Print UNI-DIR Print BI-DIR Lock the Reset key Software controlled setupSetting Energy Star Saving user setup options About printer driver Setting the application softwarePrinter driver selection Hewlett Packard Epson Introduction Connecting the BX-900 printer in the HP environment PCL3+ Mode Saving Your SetupPCL3+D Mode Error Messages Troubleshooting Troubleshooting guide To run this mode in draft printing Input hexadecimal dump modeTo run this mode in LQ printing To terminate this mode Cleaning MaintenanceIs not recommended. Apply only when it is necessary Inside the printer Printer cover removal Lubrication Printer Cover Operation and printing pattern Vertical alignment mode Description of Patterns LCD Description Key Operation Mode 1 no Outline of bar code function Bar code and enlarged characterMakeup of bar code Specified items on Bar Code Bar Code command Element width DC4 DC4 E Format Ascii Ascii DC4 ESC SO Ascii DC4 Data processing in the bar code data sequence HRI Printing bar codes Code 128 subset transition rule Error processing Calculating the check character UPC-E conversion rule Modulus Element printing Other Element printing example Outline of enlarged character function Enlarged character command list Ascii HMI Arrangement of enlarged characters DC4 DC4 a All-character set for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 d Height expansion for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 h VMI for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 j Enlarged character cell offset DC4 DC4 o Enlarged character quality DC4 DC4 q Setting and canceling enlarged character smoothing DC4 DC4 s Extended Setup Mode Hex Decimal 121 Print #1,BASE Enlarged character print samples Printing specifications Appendix A. Specifications Character table Epson mode Throughput Paper weightPaper feed method Paper width Print mode Print mode specifications Mode Graphic Print Specifications Input connector 36-pin parallel Parallel interface specificationsData input timing chart and input condition 100 101 Serial interface specifications 102 Other specifications 103 Appendix B. Control code summary 104 105 106 107 108 ESC SP n 109ESC ! n ≤ n≤ 110 111 ESC ? n m 112N16 NUL N2...n32 NUL ≤n≤255 ESC R n 113Set by n1+n2 x N1+n2 x 114 115 116 ESC # id 117ESC # @ ESC 0 118 ESC s # W 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 Epson, Italic character set Appendix C. Character setsEpson, Graphic character set, extended 127 IBM character set International character set Epson128 129 IBM all character set PC-8 Danish / Norwegian Character sets PCL ROMAN-8 Character sets PCL130 Line Draw character sets PCL Math 7 character sets PCL131 132 International character set ISO PCL EPSON/IBM mode PCL modeCode 00H ~ 7FH Common Code Page 850 Multilingual Code Page 863 Canadian French 134 ISO-1 ISO-8859-1 Code Page 865 Nordic135 Appendix D. Reverse control panel sheet Installation136 Page Printer Division