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Star Micronics RS232 manual Interface Circuit, RS-232C Interface, Serial

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4-2. Interface Circuit

SERIAL

4-2. Interface Circuit

4-2-1. RS-232C Interface

Input (RXD, DSR)

Printer

Output (DTR, FAULT, TXD, RTS)

Printer

75188 or equivalent

Host computer

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Star Micronics RS232 manual Interface Circuit, RS-232C Interface, Serial

Contents

Thermal Printer TSP200 Series Programmer’s Manual Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. OUTLINE 2-2. DIP Switch 2. MEMORY SWITCH AND DIP SWITCH2-1. Memory Switch DIP switch arrayDIP Switch #2 Factory settings 2-1 and 2-2 are on 2-3 and 2-4 are off DIP switch #1 The factory settings of DIP switch 1 are all onStandard 3-1. LED 3-2. Switches3-3. Switch Operation Combined Switch Operation 3. DISPLAY PANEL AND FUNCTIONS4-1. Interface Specifications 4. SERIAL INTERFACE4-2-1. RS-232C Interface 4-2. Interface CircuitSERIAL 4-3. Connectors and Signal Names 4-3-1. RS-232C InterfaceSERIAL SERIAL 4-4. Interface ConnectionsPrinter side 4-5. Data Protocol 4-5-1. DTR modeError Condition 4-5-2. X-ON/X-OFF mode 5. PARALLEL INTERFACE 5-1. Interface Specifications5-2. Interface Timing Figure 5-1. Parallel Interface Connector 5-3. Connectors and Signal NamesPARALLEL goes LOW to trigger data read 6. PERIPHERAL UNIT DRIVE CIRCUIT Fastener One loop Ferrite core Screw M3×4 Separate ground wire Peripheral unit drive circuit connectorDrive circuit The recommended drive circuit is shown 7-1. Automatic Recovery Power Lamp Flashing On-Line Lamp On 7. ERRORS7-2. Recoverable Errors Power Lamp Flashing On-Line 7-3. Fatal Error Power Lamp Flashing On-Line Lamp Flashing 7-4. Type of buzzer sound only Star mode P 50ms Pi 100msCommands to Select Characters 8-1. Star Mode Command Summary8. CONTROL CODES/STAR MODE Commands to Move the Print Position Commands to Set the Page FormatSTAR MODE Commands to Control Peripheral Devices Commands to Print Dot GraphicsCommands to Print Download Characters Commands to Control Auto CutterESC “#N, n1 n2 n3 n4” Other CommandsESC “?” LF NUL Commands to Select Characters 8-2. Command SpecificationSelect international character set Page CODE 39, NW-7 automatically added at the beginning of the data Special code STARControl codes Function codesSelect 12-dot pitch printing ESC “M” 1B 4D Sets the printing magnified double in character width SO 0E Sets the magnification rate in character height ESC “h” n 1B 68 n The part to be skipped by the horizontal tab setting is not reversed CODE STAR MODEFUNCTION CODECommands to Set the Page Format Set left margin ESC “l” n 1B 6C n Feeds the paper to the top of the next page, according to the page Commands to Move the Print Positionlength set by ESC“C” n or ESC“C”0 n when memory switch Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop. Ignored ifPrints the current line and feeds the paper to the next vertical tab Page Set horizontal tab stops ESC “D” n1 n2 1B 44 n1 n2 DOT Position Commands to Print Dot GraphicsImage data EXAMPLE We will create the design below using a bit imageSTAR MODE Printing SamplePrint high density graphics STAR STAR MODE Image dataPrinting Sample STAR MODEEXAMPLE LSB MSBPrint fine density graphics Commands to Print Download Characters Ignored 4 bitsPage FUNCTION Disable download character set ESC “%” “0” or ESC “%”1B 25 30 or 1B CODECommands to Control Peripheral Devices Commands to Control Auto Cutter Other Commands Cancel last line & Initialize printerSet memory switch Always “0” Causes the printer to transmit a status byteSTAR MODE Status byteResets the printer hardware FUNCTION9. CONTROL CODES/ESC/POS MODE ESC/POSDesignate the relative position of vertical characters when ESC/POS10. CHARACTER CODE TABLES Star ModeStar Mode Star Mode Character table katakanaPage International Character Set Star ModeESC/POS Mode ESC/POS Mode ESC/POS Mode Page 1KatakanaESC/POS Mode Page 2 PC850 MultilingualESC/POS Mode ESC/POS Mode Page 4 PC863 Canadian-FrenchESC/POS Mode ESC/POS Mode Page 255 Space PageESC/POS Mode 11. AUTOMATIC CUTTER MEMO P1996.11Page STAR MICRONICS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH OVERSEAS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIESSTAR MICRONICS AMERICA, INC ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS DIVISION